I’ve been thinking a lot about Daniel Murphy lately when I should be thinking a lot more about Neil Walker, since the former decamped for a new contract in D.C. while the latter is in Mets colors for the here and now. But after last season’s playoff run and Murphy’s subsequent departure for the Mets’ […]
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An Ode To Steady Eddie
I met Ed Kranepool once when I was a kid. It was the early 1990s, and he was sitting at a card table in the bowels of the Trenton Thunder’s new Mercer County Waterfront Park. The Thunder (Double-A affiliate of the Red Sox at the time) had opened the stadium 40 minutes from our house […]
Game recap April 5: Syndergaard deals, Walker homers in 2-0 win over Royals
In a Sentence: Noah Syndergaard unleashed his shiny new hammer of a slider and the Mets won 2-0. A 95 MPH…Slider? The Royals didn’t get multiple runners on base until the sixth inning. With the crowd revved up, Syndergaard threw four straight balls for his only walk of the afternoon. It felt like we were […]
The Lucas Duda Narrative Buster
Every team has one–a guy who seems to get too little appreciation from the fans at large. For whatever reason, there are players who’re wildly overlooked or the subject of unfair criticism from those who follow a team, especially on the local level. In recent years, they’re often people like Joe Mauer (“he should still […]
Mets vs. Nationals: What Are The Projections Missing?
Baseball is upon us! Expectations in Queens are high this year and Baseball Prospectus’s projections forecast the Mets will narrowly win the division (again!). Projections can be myopic though. Last year, analysts held a preseason coronation for Washington before they ceded their crown to the Mets once the games were played. This year, projections are far […]
Hot Takes: Our Boldest Mets Predictions for 2016
Ain’t nothing like a hot take. It’s what makes the sports-industrial complex go–the ultimate expression of our tendencies toward hyperbole, contrarianism, and creativity. While in many cases, the needless hot take can be a thing that frustrates us, we here at BP – Mets enjoy the occasional bold opinion or projection. (Plus, we try to […]
Game recap April 3: Cespedes error haunts Mets, bats falter in 4-3 loss to Royals
Who Won: The Off-Shade Blue and Gold Not Mets What Happened, Pitching: For starters, Matt Harvey had one of those days at the office. You know, one of those days when you do everything you can to succeed, but the powers that be have other ideas. One of those days when you watch a seemingly-routine fly ball fall […]
Celebrating The Golden Anniversary Of The Tom Seaver Signing
“In 1966, I was in Long Beach, California with the Cleveland Indians, and we were playing the Cubbies. On that day, they were asking me to share a locker with this kid. There were six Hall of Famers: Ernie Banks, Ferguson Jenkins, Ron Santo, Billy Williams, Cubs manager Leo Durocher, and the kid who threw […]
Mets Minor League Preview: Las Vegas 51s
While the big league regular season gets going on Sunday night, the minor leaguers have to wait until Thursday evening to begin their 2016 campaign. So, welcome to the preview for the Mets’ full-season affiliates. We’ll start close to the big leagues with the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s and move down the system to discuss […]
Conforto, Syndergaard, and the Mets’ History of Rookie Debuts
Think back on your favorite piece of the Mets’ 2015 season. Was it finally breaking through and pushing past the Cubs in the NLCS? Was it Cespedes’ three-homer outburst on August 21? Was it this?: Yeah, those were some of my favorite moments too. But there’s another one that stands out for me: Michael Conforto’s […]