Not a Stern listener. Whatever Lenny became later in life he was a hard nosed ball player who knew how to win.
OT: NY Mets Season
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#FreedeGrom
Poor guy gets hosed by listless Mets bats again.
Poor guy gets hosed by listless Mets bats again.
Interesting article about the Mets GM search. I think it suggests a certain degree of dysfunction:
- Fred and Jeff are not on the same page re the type of leader they want. Fred is old school, Jeff is more into modern analytics.
- Whomever they select will have Minaya looking over his shoulder.
- While this isn't stated, it's pretty much common knowledge that Callaway will be back. So the new GM will be inheriting a manager that he may or may not want.
Mets dysfunctional?? Certainly the first time I've ever heard of that claim.
Is it me or are the Mets going to dump deGrom for 3 mid level prospects before his contract is up?
Not to worry. deGrom will murder the entire starting lineup for lack of run support when he does not win the Cy Young award and will be in prison for life.
With his salary covered by insurance that won't be reinvested into the team.
Mets up 11-0 in 6th. Wonder what deGrom is thinking.
Make that 13-0.
Rosario had a monster HR.
Make that 13-0.
Rosario had a monster HR.
If they unload him in July or August of 2020, then you could be right. I think they will either extend him or trade him well before that though.
Dom Smith has also been coming on with more opportunities and so it looks like Flores is the odd man out right now.
The rotation looks great for next year:
Degrom is a top 5 SP right now. Thor is back to throwing 100 and you'd be hard pressed to find 10 pitchers in all of baseball who've been better than Wheeler since the All Star Break. Matz has been pretty good in the last month as well.
If they could only develop hitters.....
Degrom is a top 5 SP right now. Thor is back to throwing 100 and you'd be hard pressed to find 10 pitchers in all of baseball who've been better than Wheeler since the All Star Break. Matz has been pretty good in the last month as well.
If they could only develop hitters.....
David Wright press conference at 1:45. Assuming they'll announce he'll play some games this year and then walk off into the sunset with a deal on the money owed.
Hope McNeill can continue hitting (batting .340).
Rosario and Nimmo are solid and Rosario hitting near 300 in Aug/Sep
Conforto needs to do better.
Flores is odd man out but they need to find a place for him.
2019 Shopping List:
1) Catcher
2) Center Field
3) Bullpen
Check those three boxes and we have a contender. Easier said than done though. Especially for bullpen. Relief pitchers are SO unpredictable, with major deviations in performance for year to year. That is why Alderson was always reluctant to spend big in the bullpen. We'll see how the new guy feels about that.
Lugo and Gsellman and 1 or 2 of the new guys not enough for bullpen? Put Vargas in the pen!!!!
Springsteen is ending his run of Bruce on Broadway. Jay can take over there and tell baseball stories for 2 hours.
Everybody's a comedian. Leave that to the professionals in orange and blue.
But seriously folks... you can add Lagares to that mix, and maybe even Cespedes at some point. If so, what you've got is a serious First World Problem. GM's are paid to create these types of problems, and managers are paid to solve them. Although more often than not, they tend to work themselves out. Remember in spring when we were asking what we were going to do with all that starting pitching? Then we wind up starting the likes of P. J. Conlon and Drew Gagnon.
Mets have announced that David Wright will be activated for the final homestand, and will start at 3B on September 29. Without using the word "retirement" Wright basically announced his retirement.When asked if he might play again after this season, he responded, "I don't see that as a possibility."
I may have gone off on this subject at times because as someone with back issues, I knew there was no way in hell he would be pain free again, let alone play the same way again. But I'll give it to him that he tried to come back and play, despite what idiots like me had to say. Just wish he didnt come up with these injuries since he was on his way to Cooperstown. But heres hoping for a great weekend series for DWright.
They did not. I'm expecting some kind of settlement though.
Thank you. Knowing the Coupon's they will tell us it will count as payroll and thus they cannot sign any free agents for next year.
A couple of fun facts from Howie Rose after yesterday's first game:
1) It was the first time in Met history that they walked it off on two-out back to back jacks. I would have thought that in 56 years it would've happened before.
2) That was their fifth walk-off HR this year, which is second most in their history. Twice before they had six. Guess when? It was in 1962 and 1963, the first two years of their existence. So in 1962, 15 percent of their wins were on walk off homers! Amazin'.
1) It was the first time in Met history that they walked it off on two-out back to back jacks. I would have thought that in 56 years it would've happened before.
2) That was their fifth walk-off HR this year, which is second most in their history. Twice before they had six. Guess when? It was in 1962 and 1963, the first two years of their existence. So in 1962, 15 percent of their wins were on walk off homers! Amazin'.
What was going on here with the ump and Todd Fraizier after his walk off homer?
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Bought tickets to the David wright game. Very excited
