Author Archives: Elliot Teichman

This week is DRC+ week at Baseball Prospectus where they debuted a nifty new stat to figure out how good a hitter really is. If you haven’t checked it out, go do it! It’s a nifty way to check out … Continue reading →

It’s been about a week again since we’ve returned to this series and during that time the Mets have traded prospects in this guide book including #3 Justin Dunn (setting up for an awkward article in two weeks) and #25 … Continue reading →

Last week the Oakland Athletics and Portland both released renders of how their future ballparks. The difference being, Oakland has a team and make the ball park a reality (finally) and Portland doesn’t have a team yet. In an error … Continue reading →

The non-tender deadline has gotten more interesting the last couple of years as players on the tender/nontender bubble are not making significantly less than free agents, thus teams rather risk it than going to arbitration to save money. There are … Continue reading →

The Mets made a controversial splash into the Hot-Stove this week as they acquired Cano and Diaz from the Mariners for Kelenic/Dunn/Bautista/Bruce/Swarzak. The Mariners also sent over 20 million, considerably less than originally thought but still a solid chunk of … Continue reading →

Coming into 2018 Gavin Cecchini was the #13 prospect in the Mets system. So much (and then so little) happened with Gavin in 2018. Coming into 2018, Gavin had major league playing time in both 2016 and 2017 in the … Continue reading →

For the purpose of the argument “Where Else Do The Mets Improve the Lineup?”, we are going to ignore the later effects / costs of Cano’s contract and ignore the starting rotation entirely. Right now the Mets set up something … Continue reading →

The stories in baseball can be so coincidental sometimes you could convince yourself there’s a higher order to the baseball universe orchestrating story lines. Anthony Kay, a left handed pitcher, attended the same Long Island high school as the current … Continue reading →

It’s been almost two weeks since we returned to this old top 30 list, and we still have half the list to go (and honestly only 5 weeks left before it really becomes less of a review and more of … Continue reading →

The Mets have been linked to Andrew Miller as some early rumors in the bullpen market are starting to ooze out. Andrew Miller is part of the upper tier / upper-mid tier of relievers this year, so it’s relieving to … Continue reading →