OT: Official 2021 NY Mets Season Thread
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Darling had it right. There was no chance that call would be overturned. They wanted no part of placing the runners.
Baez's job is not to advance the runner there. His job is knock the run in and get on base himself, which admittedly he did not do. In that situation, you're playing for two runs. I don't want Baez hitting a weak grounder to the right side in that situation. Especially since he's not the type of hitter who can do it anyway.
Baez is going to strike out a ton, sometimes at the least opportune moments. If you want to pay him, which many on this board do, then you have to accept that.
The ironic thing is that if the Miami RF doesn't botch the fly ball, then Baez does advance the runner.
The knock on Rojas all year is that he is too formulaic, too much by the book with little feel for the game. The 10th inning was a microcosm of that. Three crucial decisions, all defensible by the book, but very weird in the context of the game.
- Guillorme for Pillar. Lefty-righty. But Pillar has produced some key hits, and Guillorme has hardly played.
- Mazeika for McCann. Again, lefty-righty. Admittedly not much to choose from. But the correct move IMO was Davis for McCann. Then Mazeika for the pitcher if it got that far.
- Pitching to De La Cruz. Again, lefty-righty. But if one guy is crushing the ball and the guy behind him is not...
#'s 1 and 2 are mind boggling..... Neither Guilorme and Mazieka belong in the major leagues.....#3 continues to exhibit the absurd stupidity of Rojas......none of the moves above can be defended
Who the hell cares about that sh-t. Certainly nobody in this thread.
Callaway is saving Rojas from being the worst Mets manager since Art Howe. It’s very close, however.
Pitching to DeLaCruz is not a problem with the roster. Shit move by Rojas there among many shit moves.
I noticed Rojas was by the book since early in the season, but others said to give him time. He's so by the book it likely cost the Mets a few games. I understand coaching by the book, but you have to have a feel for situations too. Everyone subscribes to the same book.
I think you're hard on Guillorme because he is not the typical player of today's game, home run or nothing.. Guillorme is a throwback to middle infielders who have a slick glove and are contact hitters. Guillorme showed last year he could hit. This year he has continued to show himself well when he's not injured. You can't say that for most of this team.
Agree. Unfortunately, for this year it looks like the results will be no different. Underachieving grossly mismanaged team that gets injured much more than the average team.
That's not the point. The point is, to use a tired example, that you're rearranging deck chairs on the titanic. In almost any broad, long-term view of a baseball team, the manager is the least important thing.
We mostly agree, but too many bonehead moves last night. I usually don't think about/blame the manager. Last night was just wacky, imo.
Boneheaded moves have cost maybe 5 games this year and possibly more. But I am only going by ones that had an obvious direct account.
But it is also correct that is is only part of a much larger problem. Sandy needs to get away from anything that touches the field. He needs to worry about operations of the franchise. He is a smart man but as I heard it correctly, he is always one step behind.
As we know, the plan was for Sandy to step back, but for various reasons that plan fell through. I am confident that it will be successfully executed this off-season.
One name that is now off the board is Erik Meander of the Rays. They just promoted him to President of Baseball Operations (the job the Mets want to fill) and gave him a multi-year extension.
David Stearns is an interesting name. The Brewers denied the Mets the right to speak with him last year. But now that Stearns has just one year left on his contract, the Brewers may be willing to negotiate. Assuming Stearns is interested.
Me like. 😁 😁 😁
I wanted him all along. I felt Stearns brought more to the table in terms of being up to date with how the game is played. As someone said, Sandy seemed to be a step behind.
Sandy’s acquisitions always remind me of when the Mets got Juan Samuel, Frank Viola, and Vince Coleman….has-beens, damaged goods, and dumpster dives.
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