Barring any last-minute disasters, 24 of the 25 Opening Day roster spots have been decided for your 2017 New York Mets. There’s still one single open question–we’ll get two the two pitchers duking it out later on–but most everything seems set in stone for Day One. Feel like reviewing the roster containing the first New York Mets […]
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Brian Cole: “The Best That Never Was”
If you’re familiar with the 1993 film, A Bronx Tale, then you’re familiar with Robert De Niro’s famous line, “Remember, the saddest thing in life is wasted talent. You can have all the talent in the world but if you don’t do the right thing, then nothing happens.” Frankly, if you’re from New York then […]
Here Comes The Bandwagon
The guys on my corner in Brooklyn used to wear Yankees hats. When I arrived in New York almost eight years ago, pretty much all the baseball hat-wearing people did. Seeing someone else in Mets gear felt rare, so much so that I sometimes felt a jump of excitement at what would usually turn out […]
From BP: Looking Back on Tomorrow – New York Mets
This week, Baseball Prospectus is wrapping up our season preview series … and today I have the Mets’ side of things. The conceit of these season previews is that we’re trying to figure out what the 2017 season will be remembered for; when it comes to the Mets it seems obvious that the remarkable, talented […]
Statistically Projecting Mets Position Player Injuries for 2017 (Part 1)
After the 2010 season, Jeff Zimmerman posted a series of articles on FanGraphs using regression models to try and predict the probability that a starting pitcher would get injured. It makes a lot of sense that he’d focus on pitchers. After all, the saying is “pitchers break.” Yet for the 2016 Mets, “everyone breaks” may […]
Statcast Catch Probability Shows the Mets No (G)Love
With the plethora of outfielders on the New York Mets roster it will be hard to determine who should play where and how much they should play. While Yoenis Cespedes will get the bulk of the time in left field, playing time in center field and right field will likely be shared among Jay Bruce, […]
WBC 2017: The Biggest Game of Seth Lugo’s Career
Seth Lugo’s had a lot of “biggest games of his career” in the past year, given that he was fighting to stay in the majors for much of last season. But last night, he took the ball representing Puerto Rico in what might forever be the biggest game of his career, the World Baseball Classic Championship […]
Noah Syndergaard: Change for Change(up)’s Sake
Noah Syndergaard throws harder than practically anyone in the MLB, yet he’s been making waves with his comments that he plans to improve upon his first full season in the bigs by actually throwing slower. Well, that and a few other proclamations about somehow throwing harder, too. No, Syndergaard isn’t playing tricks with us. He […]
BP Mets Unfiltered: 40 Questions About “The Four Horsemen”
Last week, a 30-second MLB.com commercial–starring Steven Matz, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, and Matt Harvey–began circulating on Twitter. I have no idea where it came from, or where it’s being aired. Honestly, I know absolutely nothing about this ad. But I would like to know more. Here’s what I’d like to know: What was the […]
Which Ace(s) Should the Mets Extend?
It’s no secret that the biggest strength of the Mets in 2017 is their starting pitching. There’s a reason this group has been nicknamed the “Four Aces” (former five) and that is simply a reflection of the talent this group possesses. Of course, we’ve never seen the full potential of this unit, as injuries have […]