Blog's 2guys

I don’t want to be totally negative, so I will lead off today with a few positive thoughts that entered my mind this weekend about the Mets. I couldn’t get my glass all the way to half full, so if you are not in the mood to be bummed out…

Okay, Mike, dream with me. I read the phrase from time to time, most often coming from Mack Ade’s splendid, blazing keyboard, but the sentiment is widely shared, this idea that by 2015 the Mets might be holding “four aces.” Harvey, Wheeler, Syndergaard, Montero. I realize there’s quite a leap to…

Mike: One small off-season move the Mets made this winter was the signing of John Lannan. Today is his first opportunity to impress as he is scheduled to pitch against the Marlins. I have to admit, I will be rooting for John. He is a local kid, born in Long…

What’s in a number? For one thing, we know they can be “rational” or “irrational” or “imaginary.”   Just to be clear: A number r is rational if it can be written as a fraction r = p/q where both p and q are integers. In reality every number can be…

Mike: Nelson Cruz signed a one year, $8 million contract with the Orioles. A few thoughts on this. First of all, I have been very surprised how much the qualifying offer has depressed the value of many of these players. I misjudged this factor, it has had a huge effect…

As I’ve told any team I’ve ever coached when they were flinging the ball around the infield, “If it ain’t snappy, it’s crappy!“   * Sandy Alderson wants to stay for another few years. This might surprise some readers, but I think this is a good thing for two main reasons.…

A year ago at this time, the Mets had two left-handed, power-hitting first basemen, Lucas Duda and Ike Davis. In 2012, Davis had been much more productive than Duda when at his best, and  mind-numbingly bad at his worst. The bad stuff was not for a short period; it went…

I’ve been buying various baseball annuals since the mid-1980′s. Beginning in 2000, I’ve picked up Baseball Prospectus every year. I have a love/hate relationship with those good folks — the condescending, dogmatic attitudes sometimes make me want to hurl, but overall they are well-informed, insightful, and funny. BP is the heir-apparant to…

* May 22, 1998: New York Mets trade Preston Wilson, Geoff Goetz and Ed Yarnell to the Florida Marlins for Mike Piazza.    Mike: One thing I look at with trades is which team got the best player. Depth is nice, but it takes difference makers to win. And winning is the goal, not putting…

A lot of fans have been calling for the Mets to shut down Jenrry Mejia before he injures himself farther. The calf, the hernia, the back. Enough already. And others look at David Wright — baseball’s saddest player, and the face of the Mets franchise — and say, hey, let’s give…