No, your eyes are not deceiving you. For the first time in franchise history, the New York Mets are 10-1 to start the year. While we’re only six percent of the way through the 162-game marathon that is the regular season, I can already feel that the majority of this fanbase is struggling with whether or not […]
Author: Rich MacLeod
What we’re not talking about: spring training stories that deserve a second look
Spring training is in full swing for the New York Mets and while everyone’s attention has seemingly been on Mickey Callaway’s inaugural season as manager, Hansel Robles getting shelled and the unwarranted smear campaign of Yoenis Cespedes — don’t get me started on that last one — there are plenty of things going on in camp that […]
BP Mets Unfiltered: No more half measures
After a vastly disappointing 2017 campaign, the New York Mets are entering a crucial offseason for their franchise. Their 70-92 record this season was the team’s worst since 2009, they endured 25 disabled list stints, underperformance from those who remained healthy and traded away many of the veterans that made up their roster. Yet with […]
Why ‘buying’ in the midst of a fire sale is Sandy Alderson’s savviest move yet
The Mets officially waived the white flag on Thursday, as they traded the long-tenured Lucas Duda to the Tampa Bay Rays for right-handed pitching prospect Drew Smith. As the team finds themselves with the fifth worst record in the National League, this was just the first of what is expected to be a bevy of […]
Farewell to Lucas Duda, the Mets’ underrated first baseman
As the New York Mets find themselves on the outside looking in on the National League playoff picture, the first domino has fallen in team’s trade deadline sale of veterans on expiring deals. The Mets have traded first baseman Lucas Duda to the Tampa Bay Rays for right-handed pitching prospect Drew Smith, the club announced on […]
Giving up on the present can help set the Mets up for 2018 and beyond
In a season that began with so much promise and hopes of another run to the World Series, it takes a lot to admit defeat weeks before even reaching the halfway point. Seventy-five games into the 2017 campaign, however, the New York Mets find themselves looking way up in the standings with little chance of a turnaround. […]
The Dark Knight Rises, again
Happy Harvey Day, indeed. For the first time since July 4, Mets fans were able to watch Matt Harvey take the mound in a game that actually meant something, and in this case, it was more significant than just team win No. 2 of the 2017 campaign. After a tumultuous half-season last year in which Harvey […]
Ryan Church and the Concussion that Ended his Career
On the verge of a breakout, 29-year-old right fielder Ryan Church suddenly found his career crash to an abrupt halt after suffering a severe concussion on the basepaths. Less than two years later, he quietly retired from Major League Baseball. Church recently spoke with BP Mets about the aftereffects of his concussion, Shea Stadium’s final game, […]
The Mets don’t want Jay Bruce, and neither does anybody else
So, you’ve got yourself a player who you’d like to get rid of. Problem is, his value isn’t anywhere near what you expected it to be. And right now, it doesn’t look like anyone else wants him, either. Now what? That’s exactly the situation that the New York Mets find themselves in these days. Last summer, New […]
The Yoenis Cespedes Contingency Plan
On Saturday afternoon, Yoenis Cespedes informed the Mets that he will opt out of the remaining two years and $47.5 million on his contract—news that should have come as a surprise to no one. There is still a chance that the Metropolitans look to bring back their slugging outfielder on a long-term deal, as the […]