Well, at the time the Mets signed Alex Cora for $2 million, much of the pushback against those upset with the deal centered on the following arguments:
1. That money won’t keep the Mets from spending elsewhere.
2. The Mets couldn’t fill their biggest holes for that price, anyway.
Well, it’s less than two weeks to spring training, [...]

Here are some quotes from the 2004 season and winter. See if you can identify any similarities between them and the current situation in Queens.
“Jim Duquette, the Mets’ general manager, said Wednesday night that this elbow injury was different from the one Zambrano sustained last month, which was diagnosed as flexor tendinitis. Duquette said the [...]

While much of the offseason complaining has been focused on what the Mets haven’t done, or moves made that don’t help the team, it appears they are close to a decision that does positively benefit the 2010 roster- bringing back Fernando Tatis.
Tatis, due to his unfortunate tendency to hit into double plays last season, fell [...]

One of the more frustrating aspects of the management issues the Mets seem to have at the major league level is watching how it is done in Brooklyn. A minor league team, also owned by the Mets, is unparalleled in excellence across the board, particularly from a promotional standpoint.
I don’t know if this comes down [...]

The reaction to the news that the Mets have acquired Gary Matthews, Jr. for Brian Stokes, with the Angels picking up $21.5 million of the remaining $23.5 million on Matthews’ deal, has been divided between two camps. In one corner, there are fans extremely upset about the trade. In the other, there are people who [...]

Tremendous news last night, as Bengie Molina rejected the Mets’ one-year, $5 million offer and returned to the San Francisco Giants.
This was hailed by many as a victory for Mets fans who are sabermetrically-inclined, and it is, to an extent- Molina’s negatives include such things as poor defensive metrics and a putrid on-base percentage. But [...]

There are several components to the shocking news that Carlos Beltran had knee surgery, reportedly (if Kevin Burkhardt is to be believed, and he certainly is) without the permission of the New York Mets.
The first part is the baseball aspect of this. If Beltran is unable to resume baseball activities for 12 weeks, it is [...]

I don’t think the story of MLB, MLBPA and the Marlins reaching an agreement to increase the team’s payroll moving forward has received the attention it deserves, though, as always, Maury Brown is the exception to the rule.
Brown does a terrific job breaking down exactly how the Marlins have been taking unfair advantage of revenue [...]

At the risk of seeming sentimental, I pass along this tidbit courtesy of MLBTradeRumors.com and Larry Stone of the Seattle Times- Endy Chavez is available. Very available.
I’d like the Mets to see if they can bring him back. And not just for reasons of the heart.
According to the piece, Chavez could be available as early [...]

So while I am on record as preferring neither option to Jason Bay or Matt Holliday, I feel a lot better about the Bay deal after news came of Matt Holliday’s seven-year, $120 million contract yesterday.
Put it this way- I think the preponderance of evidence shows Matt Holliday to be a better fielder than Bay, [...]

Tim Dierkes has a fresh post up on MLBTradeRumors.com that is worth pondering (full disclosure- I also write at MLBTR). He predicts where the remaining 25 free agents on his lost of 50 Top Free Agents will end up- and no fewer than four of the 25 end up in Queens- John Smoltz, Carlos Delgado, [...]

So I can easily weigh in on the signing of Jason Bay- he will make the team significantly better in 2010, and the combo of his age, defense and the length of deal worries me medium and long-term.
But I think a better way to look at the Bay deal is through the prism of everything [...]

Checking in from Ft. Lauderdale. I just want to point out here- I would have to think the good people at Fangraphs, just like any other site (NYBD included) probably write for a variety of reasons. To make money, sure- but we know the amount of money to be made doing this relative to the [...]

The acquisition this week of Javier Vazquez seems to have pitted the fans of Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain against each other- only one man can become a starter, while the other is destined for eight-inning duty.
It doesn’t- and shouldn’t-be that way. Whoever doesn’t start in the rotation must be sent to Triple-A for more [...]

Some fairly heated rhetoric is being directed at Ted Berg following his recent post seconding Thomas Boswell’s suggestion that ballparks stop playing “God Bless America” during the seventh inning stretch at baseball games.
The full post is worth your time, but Ted writes:
“But the song itself always seemed like a strange choice. One of the big [...]