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Wheeler, Harvey Crack Law’s Top 100 Prospects
This is starting to become old hat, but still worth mentioning. ESPN’s Keith Law (Insider Subscribers) posted his annual Top 100 Prospects and the Mets’ Zack Wheeler checked in at #27 while Matt Harvey cruised in at #38.
Zack Wheeler:
“He will touch 97 mph and sit at least 91-94 with an above-average curveball that has shown it can miss bats. He has a fringy...
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Prospect Retro: Darryl Strawberry
I was looking around my university’s library this afternoon and I came across one of the best books I’ve ever laid eyes on. It’s a book called The Scouting Report: 1983. Just as the title implies, the book is a compilation of scouting reports on every Major Leauge Baseball player going into the 1983 season, and it is co-authored by our very own Ralph Kiner.
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Johan To Pitch From A Mound By Friday
Some encouraging news from Johan Santana who long-tossed from up to about 160 feet in front of Terry Collins today and showed no signs of discomfort and even had some zip on his throws.
“I’m not on rehab anymore,” Santana said. “I’m trying to build my arm strength back so that when I get on the mound, I don’t feel anything.”
Dan Martin of the NY Post spoke to Santana...
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MMO Fair or Foul: Mets Are Waving The White Flag?
Jon Morosi of FOX Sports reported today that the Mets are one of five teams waving the white flag. Here is the segment he wrote on the Mets…
The Mets’ payroll has dropped roughly $50 million since this time last year. They lost popular shortstop Jose Reyes because they weren’t able to match the Marlins’ offer — a notion that would have seemed absurd two years ago...
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Two Schools Of Thought On the 2012 Mets: Part One
Over the course this off season, there have been thousands of posts ranging from extremely negative to obliviously positive regarding the Amazin’s. So I have decided to group these fans into two categories for your viewing pleasure. Here one of two extremes on the various players that make up your 2012 New York Mets, starting with the negative. I will have the other end of...
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7 Days Until Pitchers & Catchers Report, Mr. Met Off To St. Lucie
Mr. Met helps the load the truck for Port St. Lucie!!
Next stop, Port St. Lucie, Florida.
One more week until pitchers & catchers report!
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The Lion (Picard), The Witch (Wilpon) and the Wardrobe (Mets Blogosphere)
I read an interesting article at Baseball Prospectus by Biz of Baseball’s Maury Brown, who sheds new light on some of complexities regarding the financial turmoil that has engulfed Mets ownership in the aftermath of the Madoff scandal.
Interestingly enough, Brown corroborates some of the things I’ve either speculated here on MMO as well as a few things I reported based...
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Petey Pete: Mets Organizational Sleepers of 2012
Everybody has their own definition of “sleeper.” Mine is the player who comes out of nowhere, the one without all the hype and high pedigree. I’m looking for the mutt’s. The brawlers. The over-achievers. The gamers. The winners. I’m looking for, not a prospect necessarily although he could be a fringy one, but a guy that is about to shed a mantle of...
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Scott Kazmir Throwing For Scouts, Would You Be Interested?
Scott Kazmir, a free agent, will throw for scouts in Houston Wednesday.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) February 12, 2012
Now I understand this is one of those high in the sky posts that not everyone likes, but I can’t help but to mention Scott Kazmir for the obvious reasons.
It is no secret that Kazmir has not been the same pitcher for the last few years. Ever since 2008...
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What Will We See Out Of Lucas Duda in 2012
After struggling in 29 games in 2010, Lucas Duda came roaring back in 2011, posting a .292 batting average in 100 games played over 301 at-bats. Duda stroked 21 doubles, 10 home runs and 50 RBI, and showed he could be a nice cog in the Mets lineup. So after a nice showing last year from Duda, what can we expect from Lucas this upcoming season?
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Clubhouse Confidential On Bay’s Struggles
It’s Jason Bay Day on MMO. Okay, just kidding, but check out this video from MLB Network’s Clubhouse Confidential.
Host Brian Kenny does a nice job pointing out some revealing stats on Bay.
From 2004-2009, Bay posted a .280/.375/.519 slash.
From 2010-2011, Bay posted a .251/.337/.386 slash. Look at that drop in slugging percentage!
His ground-ball rate has risen...
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MMO Sunday Flashback: Could Ike Davis Be The Next Darryl Strawberry?
Enjoy this MMO Sunday Flashback by Ed Leyro that was originally posted on April 20th, 2011. You can catch more from Ed on his site, Studious Metsimus.
It seems odd to compare Ike Davis to Darryl Strawberry. After all, Darryl was the #1 pick in the 1980 amateur draft, took home the Rookie of the Year Award in 1983, and is at or near the top of many of the Mets’ all-time hitting...
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Mets Single Game Tickets Go On Sale Monday – It’s Going To Be A Fun Season!
METS SINGLE GAME TICKETS GO ON SALE MONDAY, MARCH 5
ORDER AT METS.COM OR BY PHONE (718) 507-TIXX
The New York Mets today announced single game tickets for the 2012 season at Citi Field will go on sale Monday, March 5 at 10:00 a.m. online at Mets.com and by phone at (718) 507-TIXX.
The exclusive pre-sale for Mets Season Ticket Holders starts Monday, February 27 at 10:00 a.m. at Mets...
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A.J. Burnett Close To Being Traded To Pirates
It looks like A.J. Burnett is on his way to the Pirates. According to Buster Olney of ESPN, the Pirates and Yankees have a framework for a possible A.J. Burnett deal in place.
The deal is not done but the two teams have a lot of common ground and Pittsburgh is still the frontrunner.
Yesterday, ESPN’s Wallace Matthews reported that on the negotiations between the Yankees and the...
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Jason Bay Sees 30-Homer Seasons Ahead, Scout Disagrees
Andy Martino of the Daily News, spoke with Jason Bay and over the weekend and the Mets’ $66 million left-fielder sees a return to his 30-homer seasons despite his struggles the last two years.
Now 33, Bay believes his troubles are not related to age or mechanics and attributes the problems to overthinking.
“All those years I did well, I never worried about what I was doing...
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Mets Release St. Patty’s Day Cap, Jersey
Check out the new cap and jersey the Mets will be wearing on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) when they play the Braves at Digital Domain Park:
Simple, but kind of cool.
Poor Keith Hernandez has seen his uniform number handed out to a motley crew of players over the years, but I’m sure he’d have no problem lending his No. 17 to St. Patrick.
The cap and jersey look...
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Where Have All The Shea Stadium Players Gone?
Since late July, the Mets have parted ways with several players. First, it was Carlos Beltran leaving his heart in New York to go to San Francisco. Then Jose Reyes decided to take the money and run the basepaths in Miami. Soon after, Angel Pagan flapped his wings to the Bay Area. Even Nick Evans took the job security by signing in Pittsburgh.
What do all these players have...
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A Giant(s) Lesson To Be Learned
I’ve been kicking this post around in my head for a few days now, but in light of Joe D’s post regarding the lack of journalistic integrity, I think it’s time to write it.
First and foremost, congratulations to the New York Giants on their Super Bowl victory. I’ve been a Met fan for 40 years, and a Giant fan for almost that long, so this year’s win was a sweet surprise...
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Law Calls Tapia Mets Top Sleeper Prospect
Keith Law released a list of the top sleeper prospect in each organization (subscriber required), stating these are players who he thinks can take the step forward and become top 100 prospects by 2013, and in most cases top 50 prospects. For the Mets he went with the flamethrower from the Dominican Republic. He had this to say regarding Domingo Tapia:
Right-hander Domingo Tapia is...
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MMO Fair Or Foul: Was F-Mart The LH Bat We Needed?
Soon after the Nationals snatched up left-handed hitting outfielder Rick Ankiel, the Mets pulled the plug on their quest to land a left-handed bat for the team.
Ankiel had been high on their list and some reports even circulated that Sandy Alderson may have offered the one-time pitching phenom a minor league deal. Anyway, that was then and this now, and it’s looking more and...
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Astonishing Tales: And The Mets Are Now The 2012 World Series Champs!
Thanks to our reader Hank Johnson who sent us the link this post by Joe Lucia of The Outside Corner, who calls himself a dreamer and articulates the Mets’ path to the World Series in 2012. You wanted optimism, right? It’s all part of a series he’s doing for all 30 teams – you see, Joe’s actually a Braves fan which makes this story all the more interesting...
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PECOTA and the Mets: No Home Runs For You!
Caught this on MetsBlog, it’s a chart of the Mets PECOTA projections for the 2012 season. Brace yourself because it’s not too pretty…
This was originally posted on Baseball Prospectus and my buddy, who is big on this stuff, tells me he anxiously awaits these PECOTA projections every year at this time. I tried to see if they had any other Mets players, but for some...
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Captain Kirk Hoping To Get Beamed Up In 2012
If you haven’t checked out this article by Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, I urge you to take a few minutes to read it – it’s a nice piece on Mets centerfield prospect, Kirk Nieuwenhuis.
The talented outfielder with the cool moniker of Captain Kirk, is a package of baseball tools who, just nine months ago, was on the cusp of the Major Leagues, writes DiComo.
A lefty...
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Was It a Good Idea for Sandy Alderson to Join Twitter?
As alot of you know by now, GM Sandy Alderson has officially joined Twitter.
I was reading Matt Cerrone’s response to Alderson joining the Twittersphere this morning, and I wanted to write this in response to his comments about Alderson.
In Cerrone’s response, he stated the following.
I think this is great. I don’t know him well, but I’ve talked to him...
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MMO Exclusive Interview: Mets Pitching Prospect Logan Verrett
I got in touch with NY Mets 2011 3rd round draft choice Logan Verrett the other day. Verrett a 6’3″ right-hander, is in his final off-season preparations before heading out to spring training at Port St. Lucie in less than two weeks. Logan was nice enough to fill us in on his feelings on being drafted by the Mets, his record-setting college career, his pitching arsenal...
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