Minor League Report: Five Players To Watch
Mets and Mariners make this month’s five prospects to watch.
Covering the past, present and future of the New York Game
Mets and Mariners make this month’s five prospects to watch.
As the season reaches its mid-way point, let’s take a look at the top players in the National League East.
Led by Ike Davis and Jose Reyes, The New York Mets offense has come alive during their recent four-game winning streak, scoring 27 runs over that stretch. Whether or not that streak continues against better competition — the Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks are two of the worst franchises in the National League — remains to be seen.
I AM a Mets fan and I always will be, regardless of the state of flux the current ownership has created with their incredibly bad decision-making for much of the last three decades.
Dave Lennon (Newsday), Cecilia Tan (Yankees Annual) and Lisa Swan (Subway Squawkers) all join this week’s Gotham Baseball LIVE
For much of the last few years, Mets fans have been asking for someone to stand up in the New York Mets’ clubhouse, take charge, and lead the team. Some might argue that Carlos Delgado was that leader, but more would say he was a failed and divisive one.
On this week’s Gotham Baseball LIVE, hosts Mark Healey and Joe McDonald talked to a diverse group about the growing scandal surrounding the Wilpon ownership group.
Are Mets fans willing to give Sandy Alderson as much leeway as they gave Frank Cashen?
From head – his cranium bursting with myriad bunt, steal, and hit-and run strategies – to foot, with a pack of cigarettes and a lighter tucked into his left baseball sock, Wally Backman is a 69-inch, barrel-chested, tightly wrapped bundle of wired energy.
The current mishmosh of what the Mets call a chain of command exists because Fred and Jeff Wilpon have allowed that to be the case.