Would You Trade R.A. Dickey to the Yankees?

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Joe Janish

In today’s episode of “Would You …?” we consider the unthinkable: trading a fan favorite and Cy Young Award winner to that despicable club on the other side of town. Would that be a nightmare or what? Continue reading →

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Mets Fan Window Shopping: Centerfield

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Joe Janish

Growing up poor — and still today far from wealthy — I didn’t have the chance to indulge in many luxuries. So one of the things I did to deal was “window shop,” which is the exercise of checking out cool stuff you really want, but can’t afford. It’s sort of a daydream, and if you have a really good imagination, it makes you feel all warm inside for a few minutes — maybe even an hour.

Since the Mets are poor, and thus can’t afford any of the luxury items on the free-agent market, we’ll indulge ourselves by window shopping this winter.

In case you missed it, the Mets have a hole in centerfield, so we’ll start there. Unless you are of the ilk that Kirk Nieuwenhuis will become more than Jeremy Reed or Cory Sullivan (hey, I LOVED those guys — and still can’t figure out why either of them weren’t brought in last year to play for the MLB minimum, instead of Andres Torres … but, I digress …).

If the Mets were a big-market team with money to spend, they’d likely consider some of the free agent centerfielders available below. Since they play in the tiny Flushing market, the Mets obviously can’t make a pitch for any. But hey, on this blog, we can dream — if only for a few fleeting moments. So here goes … Continue reading →

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2012 Analysis: Bobby Parnell

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Joe Janish


We are now four years into the Bobby Parnell Show. What have we learned? Continue reading →

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Hot Stove Update

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Joe Janish

Not much going on in Flushing, so let’s do a roundup of what’s been happening throughout the rest of MLB thus far this winter. Continue reading →

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Should Mets Wait for Greinke Before Signing Dickey?

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Joe Janish

As much as I prefer to see the Mets lock up R.A. Dickey for the foreseeable future as soon as possible, from a cold-hearted business perspective, it may behoove the Mets to wait until Zack Greinke signs before extending their knuckleballer. Why? Because Continue reading →

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Price for Dickey Just Went Up

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Joe Janish

[box style=”alert”]UPDATE (11/23/2012) via ESPN.com:
In choosing to sign a one-year, $15 million contract with the New York Yankees, right-hander Hiroki Kuroda declined other teams’ offers of more money and years, a source with knowledge of the negotiations told ESPNNewYork.com Wednesday.[/box]

In case you missed it, the Yankees just re-signed Hiroki Kuroda to a one-year, $15M contract that includes another $1M in incentives. How does this affect R.A. Dickey’s contract extension negotiations with the Mets? Well, the answer is, how does it not? Continue reading →

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Link Roundup: Thanksgiving Edition

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Paul Festa

The fourth Thursday of November is upon us, and that can only mean one thing.  Time to eat a lot and be thankful about it!  Other things to be thankful for: Your friends and family during the recovery from Superstorm Sandy.  Another thing to be thankful for?  Mets baseball.  It doesn’t matter how they’re doing in the standings, but we all have something to talk about and bond over.  That’s the real value of sports in our lives.

And the real value of Mets tickets?  A minimum of $63 per ticket on Opening Day.  So what are you going to do about that outrageous price?

In other news, the Mets filled out their 40-man roster.  Not much to see here, but that doesn’t stop the Twitter faithful from overreacting.  Actually, the big news is that Zack Wheeler is now on the 40-man.  You don’t have to be a psychic to see that Zack will be in the big leagues at some point in 2013, which is certainly something to look forward to.

Meanwhile, the Mets seem more determined than ever to sign both David Wright and R.A. Dickey.  If you believe Jeff Wilpon.

But some people think the chances are only 50/50 when it comes to Wright.

And the Mets have graduated from the fruit and nuts section to the frozen food isle, but that still doesn’t preclude them from a little dumpster diving.

Have a great Thanksgiving, wherever and with whomever you may spend it, and keep checking out Mets Today during the offseaon.

 

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Would You Have Signed Melky Cabrera?

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Joe Janish

Yes, a second “Would You …?” post in the same day — but, what else are we Mets fans to do? You already know the subject based on the headline, but let me preface it.

While researching something else, I happened upon this remark in the baseball blogosphere: Continue reading →

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