OT: 2019 Mets Season Thread
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They will never turn the corner...
Get over the hump...
Jump the shark...
:mad::mad::mad::mad:
Get over the hump...
Jump the shark...
:mad::mad::mad::mad:
I would have chosen 2nd and 3rd with one out myself but maybe that's just me.
Took the words out of my mouth. Sending Nido was actually a very good and gutsy call. Dude beat the throw and would have been safe if only his foot bas downs as it had already crossed most of the plate when he was tagged but it was above the plate.
I would 100% take the aggressive play over not trying to win.
Actually, I remember them quite fondly in a very strange way.lol
I mean, come on...John Stearns(one of my favorite players) Harrelson(as a kid, my favorite player. I always wore number 3 in every sport I played) Milner, Milan, Garrett, Del Unser, Mazzili Don Hahn, and of course Seaver/Koosman/Matlack and one of my favs back then, Swan...
What are the chances Callaway is still a manager by the end of this road trip? My guess is 10%.
Cant we ever develop someone who has the complete tool set and not an all or nothing type?
Relax.
Players hit hot and cold stretches.
Not one post here about the Mets beating the red hot Dodgers.
Much needed excellent win tonight. Matz with a great all around game and Conforto with the huge grand salami.
I won't feel like the Mets have turned the corner until they get to 5 over, and slowly climb past that. LGM
In the meantime, we will get the daily Kelenic updates and endless complaining.
Rajai Davis has cleared waivers and accepted assignment to Syracuse. So maybe we'll see him again.
Lastings Millage, Gregg Jeffries. Seen it before. MHO will wait until he does this in the majors before I get too upset
Ill start thinking this if the Mets go 3/4 over the Dodgers and 2/3 over the DBacks. Until then it would be the SOS.
OK we are now at 54 games, exactly at the one-third mark of the season. 27-27. The very definition of meh. Not good enough to be in contention now, but certainly good enough to GET into contention.
The meh team stats support the meh record. Here are the key team batting stats in the 15 team NL:
10th in runs scored.
9th (tie) in HR
10th in BA
9th in OPS
Offensively at least, the Mets are who we thought they were. Just not that good. Meet the Mehs.
Pitching is the same story, yet very different:
10th in ERA (Starters 11th, Relievers 11th)
9th in Quality Starts
12th in BAA (Starters 11th, Relievers 11th)
11th in WHIP (Starters 9th, Relievers 10th)
Herein lies the problem. THE METS PITCHING MUST BE BETTER IF THE METS ARE TO CONTEND. It's not Frazier, it's not Cano, it's not Callaway. It's five guys: deGrom, Syndergaard, Wheeler, Familia, and the forgotten man Justin Wilson. Those five guys must be who we believe them to be.
The meh team stats support the meh record. Here are the key team batting stats in the 15 team NL:
10th in runs scored.
9th (tie) in HR
10th in BA
9th in OPS
Offensively at least, the Mets are who we thought they were. Just not that good. Meet the Mehs.
Pitching is the same story, yet very different:
10th in ERA (Starters 11th, Relievers 11th)
9th in Quality Starts
12th in BAA (Starters 11th, Relievers 11th)
11th in WHIP (Starters 9th, Relievers 10th)
Herein lies the problem. THE METS PITCHING MUST BE BETTER IF THE METS ARE TO CONTEND. It's not Frazier, it's not Cano, it's not Callaway. It's five guys: deGrom, Syndergaard, Wheeler, Familia, and the forgotten man Justin Wilson. Those five guys must be who we believe them to be.
That's an easy one to answer. They DFA'd Rajai because they correctly surmised he'd clear waivers and they could bring him back. Whereas the 28 year old Altherr was far more likely to be claimed.
And the player he was traded for closed it out in the majors last night.
Lastings Milledge--that name brings back memories. From his Wiki page:
In four seasons with the Yakult (Tokyo) Swallows through 2015, Milledge played in 255 games, batting .272 with 39 home runs and 129 RBIs. Hampered by injuries in 2014-15, Milledge appeared in only a combined 34 games those years.
On January 24, 2017, Milledge signed with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He retired from professional baseball following the season.
Interesting statement by Conforto that Cano is now his hitting coach, which was tongue in cheek.
https://www.sny.tv/mets/news/after-...inson-cano-is-his-new-hitting-coach/307543476
So, is there anything wrong effectively paying Conforto's personal hitting coach $14 million/year, after factoring in the $29 million the Mets saved with Jay Bruce going in the trade?
That was sarcasm.
https://www.sny.tv/mets/news/after-...inson-cano-is-his-new-hitting-coach/307543476
So, is there anything wrong effectively paying Conforto's personal hitting coach $14 million/year, after factoring in the $29 million the Mets saved with Jay Bruce going in the trade?
That was sarcasm.
As long as he is not his base running coach
You relax. Need I recite the many posts of you trashing various players who were off to a slow start going through a rough patch or whatever?
Nope. The truth is I don't need to. So again you relax. No one is beyond criticism in my eyes. That's where we're different I guess.
Whatever, dude. But you are freaking out over a rookie of the year candidate. Many of the top players are in the same category- Harper, Aaron Judge, Paul Goldschmidt. Fact is, Alonso is the best player on the roster.
Have a nice day.
We probably don't. I strongly suspect he'll be DFA'd when Cano returns. If not, then likely when McNeil returns. However, when R. Davis was let go, Callaway did say that they wanted to take a longer look at Altherr. So they're taking it.
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