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Binghamton 7 – Portland 1: Mets OF prospect Michael Conforto continued his domination of the Eastern League Thursday night in Portland, posting three more hits, including his seventh double. He now has a hit in 15 of 17 games since being promoted and his batting average is.393, with a 1.139 OPS. OF Brandon Nimmomade his return to Double-A, going 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles, lifting his avg. to .301. Josh Rodriguez smacked an opposite field two-run home run in the 4th inning, his league leading 12th of the season. He also singled and doubled. RHP Michael Fulmer had a good day on the mound, tossing 6 1/3 innings, allowing one run on seven hits, with five strikeouts and two walks. >>Read more at MiLB.com
Binghamton 7 – Portland 1: Mets OF prospect Michael Conforto continued his domination of the Eastern League Thursday night in Portland, posting three more hits, including his seventh double. He now has a hit in 15 of 17 games since being promoted and his batting average is.393, with a 1.139 OPS. OF Brandon Nimmomade his return to Double-A, going 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles, lifting his avg. to .301. Josh Rodriguez smacked an opposite field two-run home run in the 4th inning, his league leading 12th of the season. He also singled and doubled. RHP Michael Fulmer had a good day on the mound, tossing 6 1/3 innings, allowing one run on seven hits, with five strikeouts and two walks. >>Read more at MiLB.com
FLORES AGAIN, UNREAL FLORES AGAIN , RU KIDDING ME FLORES AGAIN!!!
One out man on 3rd.....Mets up 1-0 ...One hop to short stop Flores in on grass , looks to 3rd , looks again and throws flat footed late to first ...Safe ... DeGrom taken out with 96 pitches , double ...now 2-1 Braves
Runner never got more than two/ three steps from 3rd
One out man on 3rd.....Mets up 1-0 ...One hop to short stop Flores in on grass , looks to 3rd , looks again and throws flat footed late to first ...Safe ... DeGrom taken out with 96 pitches , double ...now 2-1 Braves
Runner never got more than two/ three steps from 3rd
How'd you guess :(. .235 and a potential 20 HR season isn't good enough to overlook how awful he is at short.
Our SS is playing 3rd, our 3rd baseman is playing SS, and our fool of a manager took out a starter throwing a shutout for a guy throwing bp. This is all on management. This organization puts players in a position where winning is nearly impossible.
Collins didn't want to mess with Flores at the plate so he left him at short. Yes he was actually quoted on that !
If you're Collins you let your ace try to
Work his way out of his own jam. And they'd better do something about that offense. Or lack thereof. That's 2 combined runs in the last 3 games. Pathetic.
Work his way out of his own jam. And they'd better do something about that offense. Or lack thereof. That's 2 combined runs in the last 3 games. Pathetic.
Fortunately, D'Arnaud is ok...day to day.....
Campbell should be in AA Ball - let alone AAA Ball........
Once Murphy comes back - put him at 3B; move Flores to 2B and put Reynolds at SS..
No way the IF above can be any worse than what we see now - with Campbell's constant brain farts as well as Herrera not being ready yet.....
Campbell should be in AA Ball - let alone AAA Ball........
Once Murphy comes back - put him at 3B; move Flores to 2B and put Reynolds at SS..
No way the IF above can be any worse than what we see now - with Campbell's constant brain farts as well as Herrera not being ready yet.....
I guess we will know by tomorrow whether they are getting anything for Gee or just exposing him to the waiver wire. He will never make it to Vegas if that is the case. That whole series of events still bothers me. What were they thinking in bringing up the Single A kid Morris only to see him get shelled and immediately send him to Double A.
Collins uses Famila who is being asked to get too many 4 and 5 out saves in the eighth inning Friday night when they are down 2-1 and he winds up with a groin injury. If that is not an indictment of a portion of that bullpen I don't know what is. Yes they have had many injuries and remain very offensively challenged but you still need to be smart. Till proven we have something better I like Murphy at 3b, Flores at ss and Herrara at 2b. I think that is the best combination of offense and defense. Tejada has hit better than expected and you could make a case for him over Herrera.
The bottom line is too many easy outs in the lineup.
Collins uses Famila who is being asked to get too many 4 and 5 out saves in the eighth inning Friday night when they are down 2-1 and he winds up with a groin injury. If that is not an indictment of a portion of that bullpen I don't know what is. Yes they have had many injuries and remain very offensively challenged but you still need to be smart. Till proven we have something better I like Murphy at 3b, Flores at ss and Herrara at 2b. I think that is the best combination of offense and defense. Tejada has hit better than expected and you could make a case for him over Herrera.
The bottom line is too many easy outs in the lineup.
This team is unwatchable....the offense is offensive for the eyes........one of the mets young stud pitchers needs to go ballistic on the offense...how long can Harvey and DeGrom tolerate this?
This is a product of what this team is, and what injuries have done to them. It's not about effort, attitude or the need for someone to act really mad and somehow thereby change bad hitters into good hitters.
From the start of the season, this team was built on a powerful pitching staff, from the number one starter through to the back of the bullpen. Then injuries, new and old, and absences started to unravel that. Parnell wasn't back (and really still isn't). Mejia knuckle-headed himself off the roster. That brings us down to our 3d choice as a closer, Familia, who's been excellent but overworked because of the other injuries I'm about to mention. And now Familia's groin is bothering him. It also weakens the pool of set up guys. Edgin went away for the year, further weakening the set up guys. Then Montero goes down and hasn't been seen since. Vic Black has shoulder and then groin problems and hasn't been seen since. It's amazing how many injuries there have been. There's more. Our lefty specialist, Blevins, breaks his arm and hasn't been seen since. One of the guys we call up, Goedell, pitching to a 1.88 ERA, goes down and hasn't been seen since. One of the effective veterans, Buddy Carlyle, goes down with an injury and hasn't been seen since. It's mind-blowing that the bullpen has been as good as it has been. You could field two good bullpens just with the players the Mets have hurt. Don't forget that the starting rotation lost it's number two guy, Wheeler, for the entire year before things even got started. Montero, who would have been a fill-in, hasn't been, because he's hurt. But all that's left the Mets with three starters who are performing very well -- Harvey, de Grom and Synderrgaard -- and two who are acceptable -- Niese and Colon. Matz will join them soon, kicking one to the bullpen. So the Mets have a strong rotation and a susceptible bullpen, instead of a strong staff from top to bottom.
And, at least for this year, they needed the staff to stay strong from top to bottom because the offense was going to be mediocre. That would have been enough for the playofffs. But the offense has been anything but healthy. Wright's been gone since week 2, and maybe forever. d'Arnaud missed 2 months and even now isn't back on full schedule - and got nicked again this weekend. Another one of the Mets best hitters, Murphy, is in the midst of missing a month. Lagares was almost DL'd, but played hurt and below par with a rib injury. He's also got a torn UCL in his elbow that may eventually require surgery. Herrara, the back-up 2B, was out for a month.
The injury list is mind-boggling. It's almost an entire roster of players. It's amazing that the Mets have stayed around .500. And even that likely won't last if injured players don't return. They have morphed from a team built -- at least for this year -- on great pitching top to bottom and mediocre hitting to a team with a strong rotation, no hitters and a bullpen ravaged by injuries. That gives you the frustrating games we've seen. And no amount of yelling or getting upset is going to change that.
I just hope the Mets don't make a stupid deal to get one player while forfeiting too much young talent. One player won't do anything. They need the bullpen to get way healthier, Matz to further fill out an already strong rotation, and 2 or 3 of their hitters to come back healthy. That will form a playoff team. But given the projected recover time for the injured players, it looks unlikely.
The Mets weren't going to win the WS this year. They were going to give us a good year and a run at the playoffs, all while talented young players continue to mature. But sometimes injuries stop everything. And this is what it looks like when that happens.
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Nice try. The Yankees had many more injuries last season. Go cry somewhere else.
That's pretty stupid. Did you even see the play he got injured on? That might have been a lot worse. And the previous injury this season was from getting hit by a major league fastball. Those tend to do some damage when they strike a bone. Especially one of the small bones in the body like in the wrist or hand.
He was, however, injured a few times in the minors. So, yes, these last injuries have been odd and one-off, but he's got a history of a lot of injuries, so you have to worry. At least, I worry.
Well, I do think it's a damn shame that the Mets are the only team that has a significant amount of injuries this season.
Where are all the loud mouth Yankee fans, when they are getting trounced by the Marlins and the Phillies?
Just another typical pre-ejac Mets fan. Another two games with the Phillies and the Yanks split 4 with the Marlins, including a 2-1 loss, so by saying "trounced" you really look like a fool.
Bottom line, as of today, the Yanks are in the playoffs and the Mets are not. Enjoy Generation K 2.0.
I know its been tough watching Herrera trying to hit, but i do think he they should stay with him.He provides speed on a team that has none.He is a true second baseman.Something that has been lacking for years.We desperately need to shore up the defense up the middle.
Herrera is one of the youngest players in the majors. He's hit for average and good 2b power everywhere he's been, from rookie ball to AAA. He'll eventually hit in the majors. Like many of the Mets young hitters, he's not ready yet. If there is no better option to him at 2B, play him and let him develop. He'll be a good one. If there is a better option, let him hit more at AAA.
The broader story is that the young Met pitchers are far closer to ready, or are already ready, for the majors than are the young Met hitters.
The broader story is that the young Met pitchers are far closer to ready, or are already ready, for the majors than are the young Met hitters.
Both NY teams losing to cellar dwellers of the National League. 11-6 whooping for Yanks by the Phils. That's 22 runs by the Phils in 2 games.
Another tough stretch for the Bronx Bombers. How long can they keep running Sabathia out there ?
The Mets....yawn....punchless. Damn cheapskates.
Surely you understand that even the worst team in MLB is gonna win some games during the course of a season. Especially when the Yanks starting pitchers are serving up meatballs. And that guy Franco is hotter than July right now.
But we'll be O.K. I know we don't have five aces and a stacked lineup like the Mets, but I like our chances.
I just hope we can avoid injuries to guys like our leadoff hitter, our cleanup hitter, and our closer. See, unlike the Mets we don't have a minor league system fully stocked with guys ready to step up and fill those positions with ease.
IMO the NL East is the worst division in MLB.
That doesn't mean that their worst team can't sweep a given series from any team. It just means that their strongest teams aren't that strong and their weakest teams are pretty weak.
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Wow, an old man who rushes to a thread about a team that he is not a fan of, at nearly 11 pm, to bump his own emoticon post.
Hope that brings you some joy KBee. Your posts in this thread don't bother me as much as they sadden me.
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