To say that injuries derailed the 2017 Mets would be an understatement. So numerous and so serious were the ailments that befell the team that they would crush preseason optimism into a 70-92, fourth-place finish, cost the manager and the head trainer their jobs and prompt a major revision in the team’s medical practices.                The optimism? Start with Yoenis Cespedes, the biggest bat in the lineup, signing a four-year, $110 million contract. Second baseman Neil Walker, another...

If the old baseball adage holds true that sometimes the best trades are the ones you don’t make, consider this corollary that applies to the 2015 New York Mets: Sometimes, the best trades you make are the ones that happen because one you did make falls through.                A convincing argument could be made that the Mets made it to the World Series largely because the July trade that would have sent Wilmer Flores and Noah Syndergaard to the Milwaukee Brewers fell through when the Mets...

The 2014  Mets season saw the arrival the the Grandyman and The Big Sexy, but the biggest impact came from a shortstop-turned-pitcher whose made the most of a May call-up and an unexpected start.                The team’s final record was 79-83, 11 games short of general manager Sandy Alderson’s 90-win prediction, and while it was good enough for a second place tie in a weak National League East, the team still finished nine games out of a wild card spot.                Nevertheless, the...