OT: Official 2022 NY Mets Season And Post Season Thread
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If you say so. But it wasn’t a bang bang play as Lindor was out by w wide margin.
Agree to disagree.
You are talking about what the Mets SHOULD have done. That is subjective opinion and I respect yours. But I am talking about what the Mets apparently DID do. They gambled that Rocker had no serious medical issues when they drafted him. Then they saw his meds and decided that was a bad bet, and they weren't going to throw good money (literally) after bad.
Was it wrong of them to cash out? Well, none of us will ever likely know what that medical report said, and it's none of our business anyway. We do know that the issues, whatever they were, were serious enough to require surgery.
Let us look forward. The guy we got ain't a half bad consolation prize.
What we need is a setup man if and when our rotation is healthy. deGrom and Max will put one of Peterson, Williams or both into our bullpen. Megill gets back and we have to find a spot for him. Then May gets back. All of a sudden, we have a very solid middle and long relief group- and a shut down closer. My take, we need a shutdown setup guy in the pen. And a bat...but with our starts being deGrom/Max/Bassit/Walker/Carasco- a playoff series against us becomes very difficult for anyone.
No we won't get by with this offense. After Friday's game we scored 8 runs in 3 games vs. the Cubs. We scored yesterday because of a botched rundown play and a dunker. No matter how good your starting pitching is you won't win a title relying on 2-1 and 1-0 wins. Certainly not against playoff caliber competition. Not unless you get a 1988 Orel Hershiser or 1986 Mike Scott performance from somebody. And those are rare.
We need a steady, been there done that guy out in the pen in front of Diaz. We need a David Robertson or Andrew Chafin. Closers who would be fine with being an 8th inning guy on a contender. Robertson has already stated he would be fine with that. Also 5 starters don't get used in the postseason. 4 tops. I wishI had a crystal ball that would allow me to see ahead to August 2nd. I'm very anxious to see what Eppler pulls off.
We need more production out of the DH position. That can happen in three ways:
1) Stay the course with Smith and Davis and hope they turn it around.
2) Promote somebody from AAA, most likely Vientos.
3) Make a trade. Which ain't gonna be easy, even for a DH. Buyers > Sellers.
I read your whole post. Is the following second-half of your post what you're claiming I missed?: "I’ll stick with my original statement, mlb draft is a crap shoot but these are the reports grades I saw. Enjoy."
This statement indicates that you know nothing about the grades that you posted and the draft is a crap shoot. If that's your take, you should have replied to my post with an "agreed." Maybe you misread it. Either way, hey, I hope these guy can all play.
I mean, if your conclusion is that the Mets will score only 8 runs for every 3 games, that'd be bad. But that's not a valid position.
That would be wonderful. Not that May had been lights out, but that would be wonderful. It would also be bad planning. Setting up your rotation and pen based completely on the expectation that everyone comes back healthy and no one else gets hurt is a bad approach. A better approach is to presume that more people are going to get hurt and that we could use more quality depth in the pen to survive it.
Uhm no. My initial post was the grades from a report I read, and I stated that mlb draft is a crapshoot.
You then, maybe trying to be a wise guy, posted random meaningless letters and made the statement that your random “grades” are just as good.
I never used the word expert. You brought that word into this. My point is that a draft analyst is better equipped to grade picks than someone that probably never even heard of any of these players before.
Now I am done with this discussion as it is a waste of my time. Peace
We are still number 4 in MLB in runs scored...just saying and number 3 in run differential
My position is that we need to add a run producing bat. Simple as that.
I know you said that you don't see many games so I will give you a pass. But they posted a breakdown over the weekend during one of the game telecasts where they showed onscreen the decrease in our run production over the last perhaps 30 or so games. And let's just say it was a stark difference.
Yeah, we definitely disagree on that, with the disagreement being even stronger because you knew nothing about this guy whose grading you chose to post. The explosion of draft experts--seemingly composed of those who took over for real sportswriters who left because of the drop in pay and newly-minted experts posting from their mom's basement--is amusing to watch, but a waste of internet power.
There are a few things that they could add, but they won't get them all. So they will have to make choices. And if the choice is available, I would default to more and better pitching. If they can get everything, or can't get multiple bullpen arms but can get a hitter, OK, fine.
My first default is with you but would go specifically with a setup man. That is by far the number 1. Then we need a bat. Someone like Bell, not Soto
I think we could do both with minimal damage to our farm system
So these grades match with that of a writer for Bleacher Report whose most immediate previous qualifications were Elgin Community College, freelance HS Sports Writer, Sales Associate at Ace Hardware, and then Bleacher Report.
That's a perfectly fine resume, and I'm sure he's working hard to make an honest living. But I hope you see what I'm getting at about the internet and recruiting experts.
I'm curious- as I am so unfamiliar with the MLB draft...Why would a kid leave college as a Jr if it is going to be 9th round?
No it wasn’t a bang bang play. Given how we are hitting it still required the throw to be online. I was okay taking the chance.
I was Alston taught if you never get thrown out you are too conservative.
In baseball you're eligible after 3 years so just because he was drafted doesn't mean he will sign. He does have some leverage because as you said he's a junior and can return to college. The teams scout these players and talk to them so they generally know the number they'll sign for. They also know themselves and whether or not they gamble on themselves to get drafted higher after another year of college.
Also age matters, one of the selections was a sophomore but was just at the age so he was eligible
ESPN ran a story earlier today on Alonso and how he was bullied a lot growing up because he was always the big kid.
That news broke last night Freddie Freeman is taking his place. I was gonna post it but I figured it would be out there.
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