December 2009 – Blogging Mets

After nearly a month of handwringing, Jason Bay has reportedly accepted the Mets offer, and will be in left field

Trade Carlos Beltran?

I’ll start this column by saying this is an exercise in futility. The Mets have no interest in trading Carlos Beltran. He

This decade with no name was an interesting one for the New York Mets. They started high, then quickly went

In a previous column about the 2010 Hall of Fame ballot, I said I would write something about accused steroid

I started out my previous column by admitting how wrong I was about where John Lackey would end up and

Well, I’ve been wrong before, and I’ll be wrong again. Let’s review. On November 6th I wrote of John Lackey:

Many Mets fans are sitting on Santa’s lap this Christmas season (left, just an excuse to use the photo in

So the winter meetings were not a total loss. The Mets signed Mike Hessman and Clint Evers. I’ll give you

This is the the first of what I hope will be a series of interviews with current and former Mets.

According to reports, the Mets have signed catcher Henry Blanco to a one-year, $1.5 million contract. This signing puzzles me.