Mets Today - The Hot Stove Edition

Last winter we regularly combed through the scrap heap in search of possible nuggets for the Mets to consider. Strangely enough, few if any of our recommendations were acted upon by the Mets. Is it possible that Omar Minaya and Tony Bernazard do NOT read this blog? Crazy thought, I know.
Anyway, the recent signing of [...]

This weekend MetsToday will be completely reformatted for the Hot Stove Season. That means the site will look a LOT different from the last time you visited — and, you may see some strange things this weekend while I tweak the design.
Contrary to popular opinion, this “change” was not inspired by the 2008 Presidential Election. [...]

Russ Springer is a Type-A free agent. So is Doug Brocail, and Bobby Howry. Huh? That’s right — Springer, Brocail, and Howry are deemed in the same “class” as Manny Ramirez, C.C. Sabathia, and Mark Teixeira, among others. Go figure.
Meantime, the same sure-fire system

The bad news is that every media outlet will be spouting about some philthy team down I-95 today. The good news is that the Hot Stove Season has officially begun!
That means we’ll begin discussing:
1. Free agents to bring back, or unleash
2. Free agents to pursue
3. Trades to conjure and debate
4. Rumors to discuss, and dispel
5. [...]

The World Series is not yet over, but already there are a slew of mixed messages coming from the media in regard to the Mets.
For example, the Mets ARE after Manny, but the Mets are NOT after Manny.The Mets ARE after K-Rod, yet the Mets are NOT after K-Rod. Derek Lowe doesn’t want to play [...]

This offseason is eerily similar to the one between 2001 and 2002 — when the Mets also were intent on “remaking” the roster, and “addition by subtraction”.
The Mets went to the postseason — the World Series, in fact — in 2000, then took a step back in 2001. There were big contracts to dump, aging [...]

The Mets announced that Howard Johnson would remain their batting coach for 2009, Dan Warthen will continue as the pitching coach, both Sandy Alomars would return to the staff, Razor Shines will take over as the third base coach, and Randy Niemann will replace Guy Conti as bullpen coach. The lucrative and vital position of [...]

Earlier this week, Mets owner Jeff Wilpon suggested that the Mets’ roster would undergo a makeover:
“I think we’re gonna be active in trying to remake our roster. I think I said at a time that I wanna be uh, some addition by subtraction, and I think that will happen. Whether that happens by free agency [...]

In case you missed it, Jeff Wilpon appeared on Miked Up and discussed the Mets. Some of the highlights, and my analysis, follow.

Not sure about you, but the prospect of watching the Phillies in the World Series makes me ill. Still, I have a dire need to watch (consume?) baseball every chance I get.
Toward that end, if you are not looking forward to watching the “fightin’ Phils” this week, but would like to be entertained by our [...]