Category Archives: 2018 Mets Season

Mets half-season grades

Through the Mets’ first 21 series of the year (69 games), they looked like a champion. Every time someone got hurt, someone else stepped up. Every time a big hit was needed, a different hero came through. The team never … Continue reading

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Are the Mets better off than they were entering 2021?

Written one the eve of the 2022 season but not published due to technical issues, here at last is the annual installment in this series tracking the Mets’ changing fortunes from year to year. Half-season grades will follow shortly in … Continue reading

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Mets 68-game grades

There are now two weeks to go before the midway point of the season. I’m hoping that a lot happens in those two weeks to clarify what kind of team the 2021 Mets can be. Will hot players cool off? … Continue reading

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Are the Mets better off than they were entering 2020? This is the eighth annual article on this topic. Links to previous editions: 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 The story so far… … Continue reading

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The Mets Today Plan for Playing the 2020 Season

The Arizona Plan? Sure let’s play baseball in 120 degree weather and with games that start either at noon or 10PM EDT. The Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues Plan? Have you seen some of those parks? Plus it rains in Florida … Continue reading

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The Mets Bewildering Move

Huh? Unless you’ve been averting your eyes from all things baseball so as to not witness yet another Red Sox world championship, you already know that the New York Mets named super-agent Brodie Van Wagenen as the 13th non-interim General … Continue reading

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Fanboy or Old Cynic?

This is my first post since Spring Training began. It’s been that kind of year. The 2018 Mets started off red-hot and then went oh-for-June, which effectively ended their season. The fans grumbled, the press made fun, and the team … Continue reading

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Time warp to 2012!

Does the Mets’ 2018 season seem eerily familiar to you? Are you reminded of the beginning of the Alderson era, when the Mets failed to properly rebuild in the name of “maybe we can contend” every year? For those who’ve … Continue reading

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