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Time Traveler Tuesdays: 2010s Mets 1st Basemen, Always Swinging for the Fences

The 2010s were yet another decade of transition for the New York Mets, and few positions reflected that churn more clearly than first base. From early promise and unmet expectations to a thunderous finish that redefined the franchise’s power identity, the Mets’ first basemen told a story of trial, error, and, ultimately, transformation. The decade opened with Ike Davis, a former first-round pick and the heir apparent to the position. Davis burst onto the scene in 2010, showin

Manny Fantis

4 days ago2 min read

Franchise Friday: deGrom Perfect Through Six in Mets 5-0 win over Giants All-Time Greats

Week 6 of Franchise Fridays returned us to Citi Field, where the All-Time Mets Greats hosted the All-Time Giants Greats in what has become our favorite winter pastime: using Strat-O-Matic All-Time Great teams to give Mets fans something glorious to stare at when the real box scores are frozen solid. Dice were rolled. Cards were flipped. Legends were unleashed. Looking for back-to-back wins, the Mets entered play hoping to gain their first bit of momentum all season. After ope

Mark Rosenman

Dec 26, 20253 min read

Franchise Fridays: All-Time Mets Greats Get in Win Column with 7-5 Thriller against the All-Time Giants Greats at the Stick.

Week 5 of Franchise Fridays brought the All-Time Mets Greats back into action, this time facing the All-Time Giants at the breezy confines of virtual Candlestick Park. After dropping their first four games—three to their Dodgers cousins and one to the Giants—the Mets were desperate to get off the schnied and remind everyone that New York baseball can, in fact, be victorious. As always, these games are more than just numbers on a Strat-O-Matic board. By pitting all-time greats

Mark Rosenman

Dec 19, 20252 min read

Pete Alonso’s Career Trajectory Explained: Five-Year Outlook for Former Mets Slugger

One of my father’s favorite sayings and trust me, many of the others are not fit to print was: “Figures don’t lie, but liars figure.” It’s a wonderfully sneaky line, and like most good wisdom, it works on more than one level. The figures themselves, the numbers, are factual. They are what they are. But the figuring, the interpretation, the selection, the framing of those numbers? That’s where things can get slippery. With enough creativity, or agenda, even honest data can be

Mark Rosenman

Dec 13, 20255 min read

Pete Alonso Mets Goodbye Instagram Letter: What a Bunch of P.S. Polar Bear S@#T

Pete Alonso said goodbye to New York this week. And not just any goodbye. This was a full-on, heart-clutching, cue-the-violins, sun-setting-over-the-Queensboro-Bridge emotional farewell on Instagram. And by emotional, I mean the kind of scene that makes even the toughest Mets fan well up like they’re watching the end of Field of Dreams—you know, the “Hey Dad… wanna have a catch?” moment that destroys grown adults on contact. Here is Pete’s message exactly as he posted it: New

Mark Rosenman

Dec 12, 20256 min read

Two Guys Talking Mets: From "Narco" to Narcolepsy

It's been a while since our resident curmudgeons awoke from their afternoon naps and weighed in on the latest in Mets land. But the events of the past few days got their juices flowing. So pull up a stool to the hot stove near the cracker barrel and join the conversation: A.J. Carter: The sun came out this morning, and my electricity still works, so I guess the world didn’t end last night because the Mets lost Edwin Diaz and Pete Alonso. And I’m not willing to keep on wringin

A.J. Carter

Dec 11, 20256 min read

Mets Offseason Fallout: Alonso, Díaz, the Departures, the Backlash, They have “Some ’Splaining to Do”

Let’s be honest, Mets fans: if 2024 ended on the magical, delirious high of the “OMG Run,” and the following offseason delivered the jaw-dropping addition of Juan Soto, you would’ve thought the Mets were building toward a baseball utopia. Instead, the collapse of the 2025 offseason and the events of the past two days have felt more like waking up the next morning, looking around your house, only to realize someone took the TV, the couch, and half the kitchen appliances. The

Mark Rosenman

Dec 10, 20255 min read

Franchise Fridays Week 3: Dodgers Sweep Mets in Nail-Biting Strat-O-Matic Showdown at Citi Field

Week 3 of Franchise Fridays at Citi Field had all the tension of a playoff game, even if it was really just a Strat-O-Matic showdown between Mets All-Time Greats and Dodgers All-Time Greats. After the Mets dropped the first two games of the series—Tom Seaver outpitched by Sandy Koufax at Shea, Doc Gooden outmatched by Don Drysdale at Ebbets—the spotlight fell on Jacob deGrom. He was tasked with keeping the Mets competitive, while Fernando Valenzuela, with his hypnotic screwba

Mark Rosenman

Dec 5, 20253 min read

What Happens in Vegas (Hopefully) Doesn’t Stay in Vegas: David Stearns Talks Mets at the GM Meetings

The annual General Manager Meetings are sort of the appetizer before baseball’s offseason buffet.The Winter Meetings get all the glory, the signings, the trades, the Scott Boras monologues that go longer than a game-winning home run given up by Ryan Helsley, but the GM Meetings? That’s where everyone starts slow-cooking the rumors. And this week, the baseball world descended on Las Vegas, which feels appropriate, because nothing says baseball wants to distance itself from a g

Mark Rosenman

Nov 12, 20255 min read