2008 New York Mets

[Andrew Ryan]

Mets traded Jon Niese for Neil Walker and signed Asdrubal Cabrera to play shortstop.

[sg3]

Good moves by the Mets

Way better than urinating away 4 year gazillion money on 35 year old Zobrist

And Walker is a better player than Zobrist and as a trade for Neise it added no payroll

Asdubral is a major league SS who will probably outplay Wilmer


Plus Cabrera and Walker and minus Neise is a big upgrade

[ons]

I love the Cespedes deal, seems like a great move for both sides. He can go back on the market for a long term deal after one year in a weak free agent market and the Mets don't have to commit for years of potential decline.

[ons]

Ruben Tejada waivered, which annoys me. Best infield depth by far, significantly better than Matt Reynolds. Arguably a comparable player to Asdrubal Cabrera over the past two years. And with Wright limited, Flores is going to be playing a lot of third base this year - which means we need as much solid infield depth as possible.

Just don't really understand the logic.

[Andrew Ryan]

Wilpons save $3 million.

[Andrew Ryan]

Harvey named opening day starter. DeGrom and Matz could both wind up pitching in game 2. Syndergaard expected to pitch the home opener.

[Andrew Ryan]

Syndergaard was filthy today. 6 innings of 3-hit ball with 9 K's.

[ons]

Mets aren't falling apart yet, which is good. Amazing how pessimistic I still am after last year.

[Andrew Ryan]

Mets are quietly one of the hottest teams in baseball right now.

[JFIF]

Mets are quietly one of the hottest teams in baseball right now.

Nothing quiet about 6 in a row and 11 out of 13.

[Pope]

Mets are built to dominate the regular season, barring catastrophic injuries. They're essentially trotting an ace on the mound every day. If they can put up 3 or more runs they have a great chance of winning.

[Andrew Ryan]

Nothing quiet about 6 in a row and 11 out of 13.

But who's been talking about them? All I've been hearing about are the Nationals.

[ons]

Mets are built to dominate the regular season, barring catastrophic injuries. They're essentially trotting an ace on the mound every day. If they can put up 3 or more runs they have a great chance of winning.

Matz, DeGrom and Harvey have all had relatively shaky starts to their seasons, though, which is a little concerning.

[Andrew Ryan]

Matz, DeGrom and Harvey have all had relatively shaky starts to their seasons, though, which is a little concerning.

Matz had one bad start after a long layoff and has been very good since, deGrom has started only two games due to a lat strain and his wife giving birth (yet still has a 1.54 ERA), and Harvey has put together back-to-back encouraging starts after an awful start to his season. Personally, I think it's more impressive that they're 13-7 despite the disruption in the rotation.

[Andrew Ryan]

My lord...