The New York Mets hoped to build on their 101-win 2022 season by adding high-salaried free agents who would propel them past the wild card round in 2023. Instead, they ended up a major disappointment, a 26-win swing in the wrong direction as they were beset by injuries (real and phantom), underperforming veterans and, and, at least in this writer’s analysis, a failure to recognize the impact of new rules changes that should have prompted a different overhaul of the roster. The...

Marlins 2 Mets 1 (Loan Depot Park, Miami FL) Mets record: 22-29 Mets streak: Lost 1 WP- Eury Perez (3-6) LP- Sean Manaea (0-1) S- Pete Fairbanks (6) Seat on the Korner: Esteury Ruiz We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Event...

The 2022 Mets were not as much about what was, but about what could, or should, have been. About a front office and roster overhaul that took the Mets to the playoffs, but not beyond. So was the glass half empty or half full? We’ll let you decide. The overhaul began in November, shortly after the 2021 season ended, when owner Steve Cohen and head of baseball operations Sandy Alderson hired Billy Eppler to replace the fired Zack Scott as general manager. It was...