Darryl Strawberry planned to take his evangelical ministry speaking about his life and the ills of drug and alcohol addiction to Israel in November. That plan was discarded by the former Mets slugger after the recent outbreak of conflict in the region between Hamas and Israel.
David Stearns is arriving to an organization that has increased its analytical tools exponentially in the three years Steve Cohen has owned the team. Now, as one Mets official recently surmised, it might be as much about “trimming the fat” and distilling information as about unearthing new statistics.
Even if Buck Showalter remains as Mets manager – and that’s hardly a certainty – it’s a fairly safe bet changes will be occurring within the coaching staff.
It’s almost hard to believe the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves finished with identical records a year ago (101-61) with the Braves winning the division thanks to a tiebreaker.