Let's go METS 2016 thread ......Just get in and anything can happen!

[Doctor Worm]

Time for the Mets to promote Wally Backman. Will you join me on the Wally wagon ?

If TC is dismissed at midseason (either this year or next), I would not be at all surprised if their 1986 second baseman is named to replace him on an interim basis. Just not the 1986 second baseman you have in mind.

If he is dismissed at season-end, I think the Mets would go for a bigger name. Bud Black has been mentioned, although the Mets would likely have to outbid the Braves for his services.

Either way, I don't see Backman ever managing the Mets as long as Alderson is making the call. It's not like Backman is that hot a commodity. He's been available for all 30 teams for quite a while now.

 

[Kbee3]

Congrats to you, you play the lousy Angels.

Thanks. I sure am glad we don't play every series against Toronto, Cleveland, Boston, and Baltimore. And it would be just great if we could finish the season with 7 of our last 10 games vs. the Phillies.

And please tell me....3/4 of the way through the season.....which New York MLB team has the better record.... the sellers or the buyers ?

 

[shields]

KBEE you have a short memory, the Phils beat you 2 out of 3 last year. And I also read that the Mets have a good record vs the American League over the last 5 or 6 years.

 

[Kbee3]

KBEE you have a short memory, the Phils beat you 2 out of 3 last year. And I also read that the Mets have a good record vs the American League over the last 5 or 6 years.

Funny
Look....any team can beat any team on any given day....blah, blah, blah.
We're talking probabilities here.
But NO ONE would rather finish with Toronto, Boston, and Baltimore than Philadelphia.
Christmas comes early for the Mets.

 

[shields]

you make fun of the Phillies but they beat you last year and they have better pitching this year. It is like Indiana making fun of RU football when RU beat them last two years.And I get any team can beat another team but you still lost to them. Like i question Cleveland when the yanks have won 5 out of 7 this year.

 

[ntlrock1]

Ignore/block kbee t2kplus and proud Nj sports fan. They bring nothing to the table, neither RU related or any other kind of viable opinion or value to these boards. They're losers and trolls. Just simply block them and you will find scarlet nation . com to be more enjoyable! Happy Sunday ppl

 

[Knight Shift]

Bartolo for the win. The most durable pitcher in the rotation. Cespedes with 2 HRs. Walker goes on paternity leave after today's game.

 

[Kbee3]

Ignore/block kbee t2kplus and proud Nj sports fan. They bring nothing to the table, neither RU related or any other kind of viable opinion or value to these boards. They're losers and trolls. Just simply block them and you will find scarlet nation . com to be more enjoyable! Happy Sunday ppl

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:[banana][banana]

 

[Kbee3]

you make fun of the Phillies but they beat you last year and they have better pitching this year. It is like Indiana making fun of RU football when RU beat them last two years.And I get any team can beat another team but you still lost to them. Like i question Cleveland when the yanks have won 5 out of 7 this year.

I wasn't making fun of the Phillies. I was merely pointing out that they are a much weaker team this season than Toronto, Boston, and Baltimore. And, of course, that the mets are fortunate to have them at the end of their schedule this season rather than those three AL East teams.
Now....which New York MLB team has the best record this season ?

 

[tico brown]

Funny
Look....any team can beat any team on any given day....blah, blah, blah.
We're talking probabilities here.
But NO ONE would rather finish with Toronto, Boston, and Baltimore than Philadelphia.
Christmas comes early for the Mets.

Conveniently forgets that Washington and Miami are also on the Mets schedule. Both have managers who can do more than ride the coatails of great pitching and be on the good side of streaky hitting. FWIW, both managers, along with Joe Maddon, could have had by the Mets if they really wanted to be competitive. Unfortunately, last year has turned out to be a fluke thanks to Collins and Long.

BTW, its a shame that the Yankee fans in this thread act like a bunch of spoiled bastards. I may not be a Yankee fan but Onhad a couple of opinions about the way they were actually better in the 90s before they started going for the big name superstars and free agents. They probably wouldve had 1 or 2 more titles if they stuck to the original plan.

Its actually interesting to see if they actually can now be better by going younger, with hungrier players. Too bad their fans wont even go to their own Yankee threads.

 

[ntlrock1]

Bartolo for the win. The most durable pitcher in the rotation. Cespedes with 2 HRs. Walker goes on paternity leave after today's game.

That hurts, just as they finally have a game with a full lineup. Dangit baby couldn't you waited for December?! In 3 days when NW gets back a lineup 1-5 of Reyes Cabrera Cespy Bruce Walker is nice. Matz injury still worries me big time- although Lugo pitched surprisingly well last night a starting rotation which includes some combo of a Niese, Lugo, Verett for any kind of extended period is crappy. Season still remains on life support with a slim chance of making the tourney

 

[tico brown]

Steven Matz and the Mets training staff is a tragic ending waiting to happen.

 

[ruready4somefootball]

Thanks. I sure am glad we don't play every series against Toronto, Cleveland, Boston, and Baltimore. And it would be just great if we could finish the season with 7 of our last 10 games vs. the Phillies.

And please tell me....3/4 of the way through the season.....which New York MLB team has the better record.... the sellers or the buyers ?

LMAO, Maybe the Yankee brass should have shown more confidence in their team instead of throwing in the towel and giving up their bullpen. As a Yankee fan, I would think you'd be pissed and not mocking on the Mets for giving it a go,lol,dumb ass.

 

[ruready4somefootball]

LMAO, Maybe the Yankee brass should have shown more confidence in their team instead of throwing in the towel and giving up their bullpen. As a Yankee fan, I would think you'd be pissed and not mocking on the Mets for giving it a go,lol,dumb ass.

I'm waiting for a Kbee3's response,but he works the 3-11 shift at Exxon , and always posts late at night.

 

[Kbee3]

I'm waiting for a Kbee3's response,but he works the 3-11 shift at Exxon , and always posts late at night.

1. I'm retired...I work in my garden....that's it.
2. The Yanks are playing better since they moved Miller, Chapman, Beltran, A-Rod, and Nova.The mets are playing worse since they acquired Bruce. That's all good to me.
No complaints here.

 

[Knight Shift]

I'm waiting for a Kbee3's response,but he works the 3-11 shift at Exxon , and always posts late at night.

Who? Is that the guy with the mutant possessed rat for an avatar?

 

[Kbee3]

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

+1

 

[OTBOTOR]

Rene Rivera having a good night behind the dish.

 

[Knight Shift]

Rene Rivera having a good night behind the dish.

You don't like the wounded duck throws from Travis? :grimace:

 

[OTBOTOR]

You don't like the wounded duck throws from Travis? :grimace:

Ugh. As a Pastafarian, he is a reminder that man was created in the image of our god.

 

[shields]

Cespedes!!!

 

[Knight Shift]

Cespedes!!!

Grandy coming back to life? :pray:

 

[SAE96]

We need to take 2 of 3 in St. Louis for a .500 road trip. With our September schedule we have a chance, limited as it is, to get back in 2nd WC race.
Without Stanton, Florida is vulnerable and the Cards have a fairly tough September schedule, especially if Pittsburgh can get things together. This should make for exciting several weeks.

 

[SAE96]

I'm waiting for a Kbee3's response,but he works the 3-11 shift at Exxon , and always posts late at night.

He's a weasel. It's who he is. If you've read his posts over the past decade plus, you already know that.

The Yanks did the right thing. Their team, with that pitching staff, isn't competitive against any team with a pulse. They have Seattle, KC, and Baltimore next. Their season is over. I'll be surprised if they win any of those series.

Cashman did the right thing. They needed to make those trades. I liked the Chapman trade. Torres is an A level prospect. The Miller trade was mediocre. They should have done better. I was surprised they didn't bring back any A level pitching prospects.

With their resources, they can probably be competitive in three years and back in the playoffs in 5. It's going to take years to rebuild their starting staff and to create any pitching depth in their farm system.

It should end up being a lost decade for them. It's doubtful that they'll even make it to the WS, let alone win one, in the next 4 years.

 

[Kbee3]

With our September schedule we have a chance......
Without Stanton, Florida is vulnerable and the Cards have a fairly tough September schedule....

At least this one admits the mets have an easy schedule remaining....and that it's their only hope. Lots of games remaining vs. Philly and Atlanta....and some praying. The formula for success for the Amazins'.
Aren't they lucky they don't face Boston, Baltimore, and Toronto back-to-back-to-back down the stretch.
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

 

[Kbee3]

It should end up being a lost decade for them. It's doubtful that they'll even make it to the WS, let alone win one, in the next 4 years.

Listening to a mets fan predict the future of the New York Yankees is like listening to a Syracuse fan predict the future of Rutgers football. No one could possibly take their prejudiced prognostications seriously.

 

[tico brown]

Funny how same people who keeps harping on the Phillies and the NL East, conveniently for about Washington (probably the best team in NL) and Miami (who are always competitive vs the Mets and who btw has as many WS wins as the Yankees in this century). But whatever.

Back to the Mets, they must take at least 2/3 vs St Louis or theyre done. Hopefully Cespedes gives them the spark again like last year, esp with Reyes actually doing ok as the lead off they haven't had since Reyes. I would probably keep Rivera behind the plate since he can throw out base runners and is hitting the ball as much as D'Arnaud. Plus the pitchers seem to do better with him behind the plate.

See what happens this week.

 

[shields]

Niese pitches first game, yuck.

 

[RUfromNJ]

Niese pitches first game, yuck.

Gonna have to outslug the Cards in that one. Between last night and today, the bullpen is getting a much needed rest in likely preparation for a Niese start. We'll see what the news on Matz is today...

 

[Kbee3]

Funny how same people who keeps harping on the Phillies and the NL East, conveniently for about Washington (probably the best team in NL) and Miami (who are always competitive vs the Mets and who btw has as many WS wins as the Yankees in this century). But whatever.

IMO you refer to it as "harping" because it's a fact, jack. And yes....an early Christmas present for the mets.
Both the Yankees and the mets have 12 series left in the season.The Yankees play 10 of those 12 series vs. a team with a winning record The mets 5.
Of their 39 remaining games, the Yankees play exactly 7 vs. a team with more losses than wins...Tampa. The mets 22...including 9 vs. the two worst teams in baseball...Atlanta and Minnesota.
Admit it...the mets got a break from the schedule-maker again this year.

 

[ntlrock1]

2 of 3 against StL is a pipe dream with Niese going game 1, then degrom game 2 against Martinez, who is filthy, and then Lugo going game 3. Unless cespedes and co. hit hella HRs they easily lose those 2 games started by Niese and Lugo

 

[SAE96]

2 of 3 against StL is a pipe dream with Niese going game 1, then degrom game 2 against Martinez, who is filthy, and then Lugo going game 3. Unless cespedes and co. hit hella HRs they easily lose those 2 games started by Niese and Lugo

Lugo may surprise but, I agree, Niese is a disaster. What's the point of having him pitch 4 innings and then going to the BP?

I know Ynoa is back in LV but why exactly is Alderson jerking around the young guys? I can't believe that Justin Ruggiano is more helpful to the team, than a number 5 starter who can pitch more than 4 innings.

As an aside, Conforto continues to rake. The front office hasn't been the same since DePo left.

http://metsmerizedonline.com/2016/08/terry-collins-knows-michael-conforto-is-raking.html/

 

[tico brown]

Lugo had a decent start last time but of course TC pushed his luck, giving up 2 of 3 runs in the 7th. He's done enough to deserve another chance to show the Mets what he can do. It's all on him.

 

[tico brown]

Let's talk about facts, not history:
-10 of the Yankees 27 titles were before Jackie Robinson was allowed to play MLB.
-19 were before the Mets started in 1962.
-Only 1 was in this century, which is as many as two of of the teams that is mocked by certain people (Miami and Philly). For some glorious sports organization, they only did more than the Dallas Cowboys or Montreal Canadiens.

 

[T2Kplus10]

Matz out for a while - mild strain and rotator cuff inflammation. Might as well shut him down for the season.

 

[T2Kplus10]

Let's talk about facts, not history:
-10 of the Yankees 27 titles were before Jackie Robinson was allowed to play MLB.
-19 were before the Mets started in 1962.
-Only 1 was in this century, which is as many as two of of the teams that is mocked by certain people (Miami and Philly). For some glorious sports organization, they only did more than the Dallas Cowboys or Montreal Canadiens.

You know baseball is all about history, more so than any other sport, right? And winning 5 series in the past 20 years is pretty nice. Not many teams can say that. And obviously not NY's JV team.

 

[Doctor Worm]

You know baseball is all about history, more so than any other sport, right?.

Maybe to those of my demographic it is. But your comment brings to mind the widely-published Fox dictum when they got the MLB contract, "Anyone who talks about a dead guy during a broadcast gets fired".

You do trust the Fox brand, right?

 

[Kbee3]

You know baseball is all about history, more so than any other sport, right? And winning 5 series in the past 20 years is pretty nice. Not many teams can say that. And obviously not NY's JV team.

Well, the mets have won two World Series in 53 seasons....that's pretty poor.
Also the last one was in 1986, so pretty much any mets fan under the age of 40 has never seen their team win it all. That's almost sad.
Unless of course you think about Jets fans and THEIR drought.

 

[T2Kplus10]

Maybe to those of my demographic it is. But your comment brings to mind the widely-published Fox dictum when they got the MLB contract, "Anyone who talks about a dead guy during a broadcast gets fired".

You do trust the Fox brand, right?

Nope, I don't watch any cable news stations.

 

[T2Kplus10]

Well, the mets have won two World Series in 53 seasons....that's pretty poor.
Also the last one was in 1986, so pretty much any mets fan under the age of 40 has never seen their team win it all. That's almost sad.
Unless of course you think about Jets fans and THEIR drought.

There is a reason why most Mets fans are also Jets fans - and it's not due to their past proximity to each other.