OT: Official 2022 NY Mets Season And Post Season Thread
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Nido giveth and taketh. Not a smart play especially with Hamilton running. As someone else posted hopefully with MCCann hurt again - it ll force Mets to make a trade for an adequate catcher.
Where’s Ron Hodges when needed? 😂
Where’s Ron Hodges when needed? 😂
Still a legitimate question to use him in the 10th instead of the 9th
Such a big 2nd run given up by Hunter. If not for that you could have bunted with Nido to get Luis to 3rd and a great chance Nimmo gets him in. But bottom line is unable to score against even a tired bullpen. Basically going with a 6-7 man lineup right now. I almost hate watching this Braves game right now feeling like the inevitable will happen vs the Nats. This basically sucks.
Walker and Max pitched great
Go get Josh Bell and let Alvarez 💩 or get off the pot. Why can every other MLB team call up 20 year olds but Mets can’t.
Go get Josh Bell and let Alvarez 💩 or get off the pot. Why can every other MLB team call up 20 year olds but Mets can’t.
Your passion is blinding you. Not a criticism, there are worse things you can go blind doing.
You know that what you are saying is nonsense. Most teams do NOT call up 20 year olds. Those that do are the rare exception.
Fun fact - Francisco Alvarez was the youngest player in the frickin' AA Eastern League. He is likely youngest at AAA as well, although I don't know that. Let him at least get a taste of MLB washouts in AAA, before you expose him to the real thing.
Alonso, McNeil, Marte, Diaz to the ASG. Escobar and Nido didn't make the cut.
It is indeed a very good question.
The book says that you use your closer in the ninth in a tie game. However, that does not take into account the free runner rule.
By saving Diaz for the 10th, you achieve the following:
* You have him available for the highest leverage situation, given the free runner.
* You create the possibility that you could win in the ninth without having to use him.
* You also create the possibility that you could lose in the ninth without using him. While this is undesirable, it is better than what happened - you use him and lose anyway.
You realize, they both have the same AB's and the only three stats Nimmo has over Marte is Triples, Walks and OBP.
We all love Nimmo but to say he should get it over Marte is not correct at all. It isn't a slight to Nimmo because he is having a great year but Marte is doing better.
No he's not. Defense matters as well.
Nimmo and Marte both have same 132 wrc+ which is great but Nimmos D in CF places him over Marte for me.
Vientos has been named to the Futures Game as a replacement. He'll join Alvarez next Saturday.
In a vacuum yes. He had an 8 wrc+ with Mets and Pads. 8!!! Not 80, 8. I can't even describe how bad that is. Statcast data backs it up also.
Some fans try too hard to be the smartest in the room as if they work in a MLB analytics department. They have absolutely nothing to lose by signing Cano when the Mets are pretty much paying him to play for the opponent. If he does anything at all for them it's a win. If not they can move on from him at no cost. Hell I wouldn't want to see him come up in a late game key situation against some guys in our bullpen right now.
No one is trying to be the smartest in the room. .149/.182/.189. If he gets a big hit against the Mets then shame on us.
Did anyone say that? Does every single decision the Braves make work out? What a strawman.
If that .115 batting catcher on the Astros can hit a game winning home run against our pen anyone else at the big league level can.
No, you didn't say that. But you expressed bewilderment over the decision to try a guy who just two years ago hit .320 for a partial season, and has a .300 career behind that. I doesn't seem at all bewildering that a contending, smart team would take a shot at that guy. And for no meanintful cost in either players or money. He's only had about 75 at-bats this year. Maybe that performance is who he is now. Maybe not. But taking a shot at him as a guy off the bench, pinch hitter and match-up threat is by no means unreasonable.
This is from a guy who hated the Cano trade from the minute it was made.
This is the part of the season where the fans turn on each other and start panicking because the competition picked up the albatross the Mets jettisoned. If Cano gets so much as a walk, there will be guaranteed hand-wringing and mocking of the Mets for unloading Cano. If Cano gets an RBI or a game-winning hit, this thread will implode.
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Better off becoming the Number 1 Catcher, even when McCann comes back instead of being wasted on the bench for Nido and McCann.
That's a pretty messy text. Let's see if Alvarez can get his bat going at AAA before thinking about promoting him. That said, if the Mets get relievers and/or a 3B/DH type hitter by the deadline and don't address catcher, it's not a big deal to take a shot and promote the kid (if he's hitting) and lose Nito. McCann is an excellent defensive catcher (if he can stay on the field), and it'd be fine to team him with a younger guy that you're hoping will already be able to hit in the major leagues.
I should’ve included that he was also better off staying in AAA than being wasted on the MLB bench
Yes and I still express it. The guy who hit .320 for a partial season who was then suspended for a full year because of steroid use. Take him off roids and aged a full year without playing and who's now 39 years old. SD even turned the page quick after seeing him play in person.
Braves just traded 3 prospects including Drew Waters for the #35 pick in the draft to KC. KC could trade that pick because it was a competitive balance pick.
I hope you're right that he's a bust for Atlanta. I just can't agree that a low cost, low-to-no risk shot at a guy like this is somehow bewildering. So far two major league GMs of successfull teams disagree with you. Maybe 3 if you count the Mets themselves.
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