Category: Writing

There are 17 pitchers currently on the roster for the Brooklyn Cyclones. Sixteen of them throw overhand. Then there’s Josh Hejka. | Originally published April 30, 2022

Tomás Nido might not be the greatest hitter on the planet — but he is arguably the best defensive catcher in baseball. | Originally published April 12, 2022

Everyone knows the best seasons in New York Mets history. Dwight Gooden in 1985. Jacob deGrom in 2018. Tom Seaver in 1971. Or 1973. Or 1975. However, not everyone knows who had the best season at each age. | Originally published January 2, 2022

Did you know Davis actually still had a solid year hitting-wise in 2021? Yet for some reason, Mets fans seem eager to send him out of town. | Originally published December 3, 2021

The 2021 New York Mets were supposed to be a playoff team, and they even spent 91 days in first place — here's how it all fell apart. | Originally published October 20, 2021

Javier Baez is a very good baseball player, but he has some major flaws to his game. There's a chance that the short stint with the Mets in 2021 was the best it'll get. | Originally published Sept. 29, 2021

There have been people considered New York Mets killers before. Chipper Jones, Chase Utley, and Manuel Margot (yes, Margot, look it up, it’s crazy) come to mind as just a few. However, none of them compare to Paul Sterling DeJong. | Originally published September 13, 2021

Baseball-Reference defines a 5.0-plus WAR season as All-Star quality. Sometimes a season at that level is expected — but every once in a while, someone comes out of nowhere and has one. | Originally published July 4, 2021

Johan Santana was one of the best pitchers of his generation, but he fell off the Hall-of-Fame ballot after just one year. Here's why that was a big mistake. | Originally published June 1, 2021

One of the greatest injustices in baseball has been the inability of the Los Angeles Angels to put a winning team around Mike Trout. However, that could be changing very soon. | Originally published April 14, 2021