I have seen teams GO INTO the shift with two strikes on the hitter. Beyond my comprehension.
OT: Official 2021 NY Mets Season Thread
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4 in a row! Pen has been fantastic. McNeil and Lindor getting along. deGOAT going tomorrow for the sweep!!
Cleveland and Seattle have worst BAs and CLE is 0.5 out of first and SEA is 2.5 out of first. And their pitching is not close to Mets. Pitching matters and so does gutting out wins.
Right now- Mets have to make sure to stay in it near the top of the NL East. No one else is playing great either.
McNeil, Lindor, Smith, Conforto are not going to be this bad all year. Not even close.
the pitching may drop slightly as there may be no way to stay this good either...but that drop should be much less than the gain in offense.
what I do like this year though...we are missing two starters in the field and it doesn’t feel like we are just filling holes with AA players. Same with the pitching. We are missing two huge starters and our top RP. That alone would cripple most teams.
I am not sure many teams would be able to hang in with not having two starters like Noah and Carasco- on about 1/2 of major league teams- that would be a strong 1-2 punch. Get them back- and have our hitting even get to middle of the pack, and this is the typr of team that would be built for a big playoff run.
Definitely ugly.
But safe to say teams around the league are struggling to hit? Maybe not to this extent but somewhat?
Yep. Look at all the no-hitters already this season. Thats crazy. Freddie Freeman just ended an 0 for 22 skid yesterday. Anyway.....we're back in first.
The Diamondbacks today are conducting a poll of their viewers as to who is the greatest Mets' pitcher since Seaver,listing Gooden,Franco,Leiter,and deGrom.
Have to be extremely cautious and careful with your franchise. Hope everything is ok with Jacob but I would have preferred Mets have shut him down for awhile. It’s a marathon and your franchise.
Heyman tweeted Mets are concerned.
Fingers crossed once again.
The Mets do an excellent job of finding bums like Barnes who are no MLB caliber. Somehow they find a way into games when they shouldn't be on the roster. Rojas loves making the game closer than it has to be. Throw Alderson in for signing these types of players thinking he outsmarting other teams.
Mets have tried their hardest to be 5 games under 500 but are in first place !!!
nice job by Diaz today !!!
Just need good news on Jake
nice job by Diaz today !!!
Just need good news on Jake
How so? They have won 5 in a row.
Pitching has been superb, even considering a couple of sub par performances. LFGM.
If Jacob freaking deGrom can figure out how to beat the shift, how come these Professional Launch Angle Goofs in all of baseball can’t and all they do is to cry to have it banned????
Here’s hoping to a NOTHING SERIOUS or a 10 DAY IL VISIT for deGrom:
Here’s hoping to a NOTHING SERIOUS or a 10 DAY IL VISIT for deGrom:
Well the D'Backs made the Mets look like the '27 Yankees offensively. Take the off day and pray Jake is not going on the DL. I think if the team did not have to use an opener Saturday and so much BP on Friday, they could have held Jake out to the better weather expected on Tuesday. It will be interesting to see how we do against Harvey on Wednesday.
Matt Harvey was traded by the Mets to the Reds on May 8, 2018 - almost exactly three years to the day. Do you know how many current Mets (on 25 man active roster) were his teammates at that time?
The answer is pretty shocking, at least to me. It is FOUR. DeGrom, Familia, Gsellman, and Conforto. That's it.
That is a bit of a trick question because there are three Mets currently on the IL (Lugo, Nimmo, and Syndergaard) who were his teammates then. Plus Dom Smith was his teammate for part of 2017, but was in AAA at the time of the trade.
Still, that seems like a lot of roster churn in three years.
EDIT: Actually, there were FIVE current Mets on the roster when Harvey was traded. Tomas Nido was up as backup catcher, same as now. When Devin Mesoraco arrived from the Reds in exchange for Harvey, Nido went back down.
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Before we worry about Harvey, we have to get a hit on Tuesday. The O's starter is coming off a no no.
That's the final straw. Let's just dump em all and start over.
Starting to see some life in Lindor too. Get Davis and Nimmo back and we may see this team get on a roll.
Here I was hoping they might announce that he's pitching the series opener in Atlanta a week from today when I will be in attendance.
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I had an interesting discussion with someone over analytics taking over the game. He said those analytic experts had bullied their way into controlling the game. He said baseball is a game of skills in which a person is rewarded for being a selected few who can play the game at a high level. He said the Lindor/McNeil incident is directly related to analytics micro-managing the game and showing those who were once excluded from the game now control it. Analytics has these guys playing in areas of the field that is not natural or conducive to making routine plays. I did agree with him that analytics has taken some of the fun out of the game. I said baseball used to be a game where guys showed off their athletic abilities/skills, and the manager had to be several steps ahead of the other team if they were going to win. Now, analytics has covered every angle, and that's no fun. That's like two computers play chess which has diminished some aspects of the game.
I believe analytics has a place at the table in baseball these days, but it shouldn't control every event that takes place during a game. I believe a good manager should be able to incorporate analytics into his decisions but maintain the ability to have a feel for the game. For example, analytics may say your pitcher should have the advantage over the opposing team, but an astute manager could see his pitcher doesn't have today and pull him from the game before it gets ugly.
I believe analytics has a place at the table in baseball these days, but it shouldn't control every event that takes place during a game. I believe a good manager should be able to incorporate analytics into his decisions but maintain the ability to have a feel for the game. For example, analytics may say your pitcher should have the advantage over the opposing team, but an astute manager could see his pitcher doesn't have today and pull him from the game before it gets ugly.
That's a false narrative repeated by people are hate analytics and refuse to evolve their thinking.
Nobody who values analytics says "this is the only way to do things and the analytics must be followed absolutely at all times."
It's always been a combination.
Are you saying I'm promoting a false narrative or the guy with who I have the conversation the other day?
If the Mets win a WS with Edwin Diaz as their dominant closer, then it's a good trade. Period. Regardless of what Kelenic goes on to do. Even if he's a first ballot Hall of Famer.
That's what it will take. A World Series championship. Nothing less will suffice.
That's what it will take. A World Series championship. Nothing less will suffice.
Hate to say it but Kelenic's physique; stature; demeanor etc remind me of a lefty Mike Trout. These next 15 years will be torture. Thank goodness at least he's in the AL.
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