So far, this has been the best Mets bullpen in years. Garrett is riddiculous - pitched yesterday and blew the dodgers away in the 9th. And I could getting the 9th again if Diaz isn’t available and he js.
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So- on the same side that we wanted to crush Stearns on the off season- we need to also give some time during the season as well
First- thrilled that I may be wrong about "this years" team- they are playing their balls off
Next- there are guys that have nothing to really do with Stearns that are doing very well.
Will the Stearn's guys continue?
And if they do, so f-ing happy to be so wrong. lol
We are doing this without the Ace and the HOF DH...
First- thrilled that I may be wrong about "this years" team- they are playing their balls off
Next- there are guys that have nothing to really do with Stearns that are doing very well.
Will the Stearn's guys continue?
And if they do, so f-ing happy to be so wrong. lol
We are doing this without the Ace and the HOF DH...
What a kick in the stones. Between him and Mauricio, two players I wanted to see play and develop this year. Damn!
To your question, Mets have a few quality catching prospects in the system, most notably Parada, but no one who is close to being ready.
They also have a couple of stopgap veterans, but no one who would be an upgrade over Nido.
Mendoza did not give a timeline for Alvarez' return, but expressed confidence that the injury would not be season ending.
Exactly, so now what? Who's out there that won't require giving up any of our top tier prospects?
Nido, He won't cost anything. I expect the Mets will ride with what they have for awhile.
EDIT: 37 Year old Martin Maldonado is currently the White Sox primary catcher. I expect he's available. However, he's only hitting .194 - and that's not his BA, it's his OPS!
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Fun fact du jour:
Remember Danny Mendick, who hit .185 with 1 HR in 65 AB's for the Mets last year? THAT Danny Mendick?
Well, that Met castoff has just homered in 5 consecutive games - all of them against the Mets!
Granted, he hit them for the AAA Charlotte Knights, and the team they were playing was the Syracuse Mets, but still quite an accomplishment.
Remember Danny Mendick, who hit .185 with 1 HR in 65 AB's for the Mets last year? THAT Danny Mendick?
Well, that Met castoff has just homered in 5 consecutive games - all of them against the Mets!
Granted, he hit them for the AAA Charlotte Knights, and the team they were playing was the Syracuse Mets, but still quite an accomplishment.
Don't know if it's possible to upgrade the backup catching position in Alvarez' absence at this juncture - but hope Stearns does it if possible.
Nido is a hustler; adequate defensively but awful at the plate
Shame Parada is nowhere near ready......He's hitting .190 in AA ball...ugh
I recall seeing that as being Alvarez' own projection, so who knows.
Plus there is the question of what that even means. 6-8 weeks until MLB activation? Or 6-8 weeks until resumption of baseball activities, in which case you can add on a couple more weeks.
Michael Busch breaking out with the Cubs after the Dodgers traded him is why you don't get rid of Vientos because he's blocked in the majors. The Dodgers bottom of the order is struggling and they got rid of Busch because they were bored of him, now the Cubs are benefitting.
The trick with decisions like this and, frankly, building a system is to evaluate players well. The focus isn't on whether to give up on a player. The focus is on getting your evaluations right more often than your competitors. Then make good decisions based on those evaluations.
Hyper-focusing on young talent and your system means nothing without good evaluations and, at times, good transactions based on those evaluations. Didn't the Cubs give up young talent for Busch? Was that wrong? Are you sure Busch is going to be good long term? And so on.
Right now, I'm just relying on Stearns and his team. Because one thing I know is that I don't know anything.
Apr. 14, 1964 - Station WOR-TV will add color to the New York Mets this season. About $400,000 worth of color television equipment has been installed in Shea Stadium, the new home of the Mets, which opens Friday afternoon. All 81 home games and some road games of the Mets will be televised in color over Channel 9.
Orville Sather, chief engineer for WOR-TV, said a special type of lighting that permitted the best possible color reproduction had been installed in the stadium because of the night color broadcasts. In theory, the color quality at night should be no different from that during the day games, he said.
The station will have six color cameras at Shea Stadium — four for covering the field and two in a large studio underneath the stands. Three of the field cameras will be positioned in the press box behind home plate, first, and third base, and the other will be at ground level behind home plate.
Orville Sather, chief engineer for WOR-TV, said a special type of lighting that permitted the best possible color reproduction had been installed in the stadium because of the night color broadcasts. In theory, the color quality at night should be no different from that during the day games, he said.
The station will have six color cameras at Shea Stadium — four for covering the field and two in a large studio underneath the stands. Three of the field cameras will be positioned in the press box behind home plate, first, and third base, and the other will be at ground level behind home plate.
Yes, but sometimes even that is a bit blurry. How many times has someone tried to declare victory or defeat over the Kelenic deal? What if Busch is just having a Mike Vale hot start? What if the young players given up by the Cubs hit it big?
Angel Hernandez, MLB Crushed by Fans After Another Embarrassing Performance by Ump
Fans have had enough of this guy.
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Brooks Raley to IL. Grant Hartwig back up. Sean Reid-Foley with them but not yet activated.
Big loss. Hopefully nothing long term. He, Ottavino and Diaz have been quite the late inning trio in wins.
They need to go up against Adrian Houser. That would be a cure-all.
The injuries are pretty significant at this point--Senga, Martinez, Alvarez, Raley. It may start showing up in the W/L column. Martinez arriving at the end of the week would, of course, temper that some.
Excellent article about David Stearns
www.espn.com
Dodgers East? Milwaukee Plus? Inside David Stearns' plan to turn Mets into MLB's new model franchise
From the small-market Brewers to the Big Apple, here's how the Mets' new prez is reimagining things in Queens.
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