Category: 2011 Mets Evaluations
2011 Analysis: Jonathon Niese
9Overall, Jonathon Niese took a step forward in 2011. But there were two issues that may impede his progress in 2012. In 26 starts, Jon Niese gave the Mets 157 innings -- an ...
READ MORE +2011 Analysis: Jason Isringhausen
1When Jason Isringhausen walked off of a softball field and into spring training in Port St. Lucie, expectations were low. After all, the 38-year-old hadn't thrown a big-league ...
READ MORE +2011 Analysis: Danny Herrera
1Diminutive Danny Herrera became the shortest pitcher in Mets history when he climbed up to the rubber in Washington, D.C. (without the help of a step ladder) on September 2nd. ...
READ MORE +2011 Analysis: Dillon Gee
5At the beginning of the spring, not much was expected of Dillon Gee. Yet by the end of summer, it could be argued that Gee was a disappointment. Before you take that the wrong ...
READ MORE +2011 Analysis: R.A. Dickey
1In the winter between 2009 and 2010, Omar Minaya pulled R.A. Dickey off the scrap heap. I made fun of the signing at the time. Much to my -- and most others' -- surprise, Dickey ...
READ MORE +2011 Analysis: D.J. Carrasco
2After being non-tendered by his previous clubs two years in a row, D.J. Carrasco signed the first multi-year contract of his life last winter -- a two-year, $2.4M deal with the ...
READ MORE +2011 Analysis: Chris Capuano
5Way back in 2008, I wondered if the Mets would consider Chris Capuano as a "low-risk" free-agent pickup. I wondered the same thing in 2009. Luckily, the Mets didn't sign him ...
READ MORE +2011 Analysis: Tim Byrdak
2Although many Mets fans were sad to see "Perpetual" Pedro Feliciano leave Flushing, in retrospect, that move couldn't have turned out better. For one, the five years of abuse the ...
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