There is no doubt the Mets have top pitching prospects who can make an impact sooner rather than later. Great pitching can make teams great, but there needs to be some hitting for a team to truly be a world series contender. For example, the Atlanta Braves had three of the greatest pitchers of all time [...] more... Welcome to the Sports-less Void. Early February is a strange, uncomfortable time for baseball fans. For those of us who take our off-season refuge in football, the Super Bowl has come and gone, and chances are, we’ve had to watch some other team celebrate the championship that we were certain should have been ours. And [...] more... For my 22nd birthday, I received The Baseball Encyclopedia – an epic novel written in the code of the box score. In my case, it tells the story of how I became a Mets fan. The first thing I looked up was to confirm exactly how bad my childhood team was. A born New Yorker, [...] more... 
As featured on Mets Police, this is what appears to be the 2013 Home Derby logo. What do you guys think? We like the fact they used the apple since it’s iconic for Home Runs in Mets parks, though feel it’s very subtle and think they should have added additional graphic elements that ties this [...] more... On this past week’s edition of SNY’s Hot Stove, Mets’ General Manager Sandy Alderson made some comments that the majority of Mets fans (myself included) agree with wholeheartedly- he is not comfortable with Frank Francisco as the team’s closer heading into 2013. Regarding the topic of the bullpen and Francisco, Alderson had this to say: [...] more... It was a dark time at Shea Stadium. High along the stadium’s outer wall, the latest in a series of feeble promotional slogans promised fans that “The Magic is Back!” On this late afternoon, though, there was little magic to be found, either in the deserted parking lot outside the ballpark, or on the field [...] more... Earlier this week the Mets signed RHP Scott Atchison to a minor league contract that comes with an invite to spring training. In 42 relief appearances the 36 year old went 2-1 while pitching to an impressive 1.58 ERA in 51 1/3 innings. He ranked 4th best among pitchers with at least 50 innings, striking [...] more... This just in Mets fans, if the season started tomorrow, the Mets’ outfield would be pretty bad. And that’s putting it lightly. As of right now, there is no outfield set in stone, but Lucas Duda, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Mike Baxter and even Justin Turner and Zach Lutz are all possible candidates to be roaming Citi [...] more... Shaun Marcum has signed a one year deal with the New York Mets, pending a physical. This is the type of move that can pay enormous dividends and further showcases Sandy Alderson’s brilliance. Shaun Marcum has a career 3.76 ERA and has spent about half of his career in the challenging American League East pitching [...] more... What outfield? That’s what Sandy Alderson said. It’s one thing for fans to joke and poke fun at the mess that is the Mets. But for the team’s GM to continually joke about it is no laughing matter. Sandy Alderson has gone on record various times making fun of the current Mets standing of being [...] more...