John Harper

Jan 7, 2024 | sports.yahoo.com | John Harper

Sean Manaea might be a “sneaky good signing,” as one MLB talent evaluator told me Sunday, but even if that's the case it’s now as clear as can be the Mets are indeed taking a step back in 2024 and will need a best-case scenario to reach the postseason as a wild card team. It’s not a surprise.

Dec 30, 2023 | sports.yahoo.com | John Harper

The pursuit of pitching has been the theme of the Mets’ offseason, but let’s not forget the need to improve an offense that ranked 11th in the National League in runs scored in 2023 and produced a .238 team batting average, second-worst in the NL. The most glaring trouble spot is at DH, considering the Mets hit a league-worst .217 from that position in the lineup and slugged .391, which ranked 11th.

Dec 28, 2023 | sports.yahoo.com | John Harper

After losing out on Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the Mets appear to be shopping for pitchers only in the free-agent bargain aisle, seemingly determined to avoid long-term deals with anyone at or nearing age 30. So they’re looking for bounce-back candidates willing to sign short-term contracts as a way of restoring their value after injury or underperformance. That is, someone similar to Luis Severino, whom the Mets signed to a one-year, $13 million deal a few weeks ago.

Dec 20, 2023 | forbes.com | John Harper

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Aug 20, 2023 | timesnewspapers.com | John Harper

I’m just curious if the city of Kirkwood has any plans on fixing Geyer Road, specifically the blocks between Woodbine and Big Bend, but especially in front of Meramec College. That road is starting to remind me of the roads in Iraq after we did bombing runs. And my goodness, somebody with the city has had to drive down Big Bend at one point and made that tricky left onto Geyer Road and noticed that, as your driving, the signal for that turn cannot even been seen.