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A final grade for the Mets’ offseason Share this story Transaction Recap Say what you will about the Mets’ offseason, but they sure did a lot. We already graded ten separate transactions, summarized here: A/B- C+ We mentioned in some of these articles that grades would need to be re-evaluated in the broader context of the offseason. Trevor May’s contract looks good given how the reliever market developed, so his grade stays the same. Meanwhile, the decision to sign Aaron Loup still looks questionable given what better options have subsequently signed for. There’s a longer discussion t...

April 1, 2021 Ah, yes — that time of year already. If I had more time recently (which I hadn’t) and if I were more consideration (which I’m not), I would have published these bold predictions sooner so you, the reader, could act decisively on them in drafts as you saw fit. But, alas — draft season is over. I gotta squeak in these predictions before or, uh, on Opening Day. I say something like this every year: a bold prediction is worthless if it is either too bold or not bold enough. In my opinion, the perfect bold prediction is very bold but also achievable. Often it is bold because...

Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images The Metshave scratched Dominic Smith from the lineup, manager Luis Rojas announced before the team’s 1:05pm game against the Marlins in Jupiter, Florida. Smith was originally slated to hit fifth and play left field, but he will miss the contest and is listed as day-to-day. Mallex Smith will take his place. Dom Smith has been dealing with “general wrist soreness” during the spring, so the first baseman turned left fielder is taking the day off from hitting. He did get in some defensive work in left field earlier in the day, so it appears the scratch is mo...

March 17, 2021 Most of the time, I don’t like to make predictions. For one thing, they’re hard! The amount of public information out there is borderline overwhelming. Beating the wisdom of the crowd isn’t easy, particularly when the crowd is using fancy models and copious batted ball data to be wise. The other big problem with making predictions is that they’re usually wrong if they’re bold. That’s the nature of the game — a bold prediction can’t be the majority of the probability mass, or it wouldn’t be bold. How fun can it possibly be to read a list of things that probabl...

The outfielder is several seasons removed from being a good MLB outfielder.