Category: Michael Baron

• Now, the Mets need to sign Yoenis Cespedes…

  Even in the shortest off-season for the Mets in 15 years, it can be long enough for it to take some unexpected twists and turns. As markets develop, opportunities both arises and collapse. Players become available as fast as they get signed or traded. But throughout all of these twists and turns, the needs for…

  Michael Baron

  December 12, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• By adding Walker and Cabrera, the Mets have added versatility via creative options

  From the moment the Mets lost the World Series, they set out to improve their roster versatility, reduce the number of strikeouts in the lineup, and become a more contact-oriented team. There’s no question signing Ben Zobrist would have accomplished that goal, and why the Mets so heavily pursued him in their failed attempt to sign…

  Michael Baron

  December 10, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• Now that Ben Zobrist has chosen the Cubs, what’s next for the Mets?

  

  The best-laid plans often go awry, and that’s precisely what happened to the Mets on Tuesday night. The Mets were focused on their pursuit of Ben Zobrist for the better part of the last month, but lost him to the Cubs as he reportedly signed a four-year, $56 million deal with them, leaving the Mets both…

  Michael Baron

  December 8, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• The circle is nearly complete for David Wright

  David Wright  faced the greatest trial of his life in 2015 after being diagnosed with spinal stenosis in the first month of the season. Not only was he faced with his own basebLl mortality, he also wondered how the quality of his normal life might be as he dealt with a back injury that often…

  Michael Baron

  November 4, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed

• How can the Mets manage workloads for their starting pitchers this winter, and in 2016?

  One of the merits about the Mets playing so deep into the season is it makes for a very quick off-season. Believe it or not, spring training is right around the corner, approximately 3 1/2 months before pitchers and catchers report to Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie. So the Mets need to detox quick,…

  Michael Baron

  November 3, 2015

  Michael Baron, Op-Ed