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People Wake Up: The Mets Can Win 90 Games

Posted: 3rd April 2010 by Walker McKeough in MLB
The Mets can win 90 games this season. Omar Minaya wasn't lying when he said that on a recent radio interview. Many people would wonder how I could think that.  Well, here we go. 1. Starting Pitching For the Mets to win 90 games, Santana would have to win 16 games and the second to fifth starters would have to win 12.  That equals 64 wins.  With that, the bullpen would have ...

2010 Yahoo Fantasy Sleepers Draft Guide

Posted: 27th February 2010 by Walker McKeough in MLB
  This is my second time writing my Yahoo Fantasy Sleeper Guide (if you would like to see how I did last year, here is a link http://bleacherreport.com/articles/139285-yahoo-fantasy-baseball-sleepers-draft-guide).  The point of this article is to exploit the holes in the yahoo rankings and point out which players will give you the best bang for your buck in the later rounds.  How I choose my players is based on their age, stats, experience, and whether ...

The New York Mets Mess: Omar Minaya at the Helm

Posted: 17th February 2010 by Walker McKeough in MLB
Well, first I would like to congratulate Omar Minaya on his job as general manager.á He has somehow made Washington a more desirable place to play then New York.á As the 2009 baseball season ended, Mets fans knew that they had seen the worst; surely players would swarm to play in New York.á I hoped, like many others, that the Mets could get a decent second or third starting pitcher to ...

The Mets’ Starting Pitching: How To Fix the Fiasco

Posted: 4th January 2010 by Walker McKeough in MLB
Inátheirárecent acquisitions, Mets management has shown they are unwilling to invest in prospects but instead, shovel out huge amounts of money for Jason Bay (four years, $66 million) and, in all likelihood, 35-year oldáBengie Molina.á With a heavy loaded lineupáconsisting ofáBay, Beltran, Frenchy, Wright, and Reyes, the Mets have the hitting lineup to get to the playoffs. But they still lack a pitching staff; hell, they still lack a credible defence, ...