Monthly Archives: January 2008

In the week of January 14th, 2008, Sporting News, in their baseball section ranked each leagues starting rotation. Out of the 16, the Braves got ranked 8th, the Mets 9th, the Phillies 10th, Nationals 15th and the Marlins 16th.Needless to … Continue reading →

I haven't done a Numbers Daily in a while (mainly because it generally relates to recently played games) so today I decided to dig up some numbers. Ninth inning drama. Who can win it? Who do you want AB? Thats … Continue reading →

Jon Niese is one of those prospects who does not get his name thrown around a lot. I first heard of him at before the 2007 baseball season from Street and Smith's Baseball (2007). He was listed as number 5 … Continue reading →

Believeniks! 2005: The Year We Wrote a Book About the Mets by Ivan Felt and Harris Conklin is not your average book about the Mets. The book is made up of a series of letters from each of the authors … Continue reading →

Baseball is almost at that time of year again where everybody starts to make predictions for next year in terms of players and teams. At this point in the year, I am always ready for these predictions because they give … Continue reading →

The Phillies bullpen got a big boost this off-season with Brad Lidge as their new closer. This makes their 8-9 innings really strong especially against the Mets. Warning: these are not pretty statistics. Tom Gordon, the closer for part of … Continue reading →

When the Mets made the Carlos Delgado trade on November 24, 2005, they traded away their number 2 prospect, their number 4 prospect and an unlisted prospect who was noted as best strikezone discipline and fastest runner (all noted by … Continue reading →

I wanted to step away from the Mets' farm system with today's prospect. Today I wanted to look into Jason Heyward, an OF prospect in the Atlanta Braves' farm system. He was selected in the first round of this year's … Continue reading →

Earlier this month the Mets acquired Angel Pagan from the Cubs in exchange for Corey Coles and Ryan Meyers. Lets first look at Pagan vs Coles. Both are OF and they are both the same age. I posted a “Get … Continue reading →

After the holidays that cooled down the hot stove from earlier this winter, the hot stove really picked up some heat this week. So far this week there have been a flurry of rumors surrounding Brian Roberts, Erik Bedard, Mark … Continue reading →