NFT: Mets - Saturday - April 19

Braves
Jason Heyward, rf
B.J. Upton, cf
Freddie Freeman, 1b
Justin Upton, lf
Evan Gattis, c
Dan Uggla, 2b
Chris Johnson, 3b
Andrelton Simmons, ss
Ervin Santana, rhp

Mets
Eric Young Jr., lf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Curtis Granderson, rf
Chris Young, cf
Lucas Duda, 1b
Travis d'Arnaud, c
Ruben Tejada, ss
Bartolo Colon, rhp

Let's see how many times Granderson can K tonight. I know Yankee fans warned us he was a strikeout machine but he strikes out on so many hittable pitches.

they can get more than 1 hit off todays pitcher... so sick of watching them suck something awful at home every year

Strikes out at a historical pace (even when he is already a strikeout machine), plays shifty defense, and I bet he wont even crack 25 HRs. Another quality signing.

Hey, but at least he's a really nice guy.

its not his fault, this team is fucking cursed... i don't know what it is, but they are absolutely 100% cursed...

get great pitchers, all their arms fall off, make any type of signing of guys who perform well for other teams, watch them have career low years here...

just inexplicable at this point...

for some reason Wright has been able to remain a decent constant, Piazza probably has a better career if went to another team but he was so good he still had a HOF career here...

just can't even anymore at this point...

In comment 11628674 PhiPsi125 said:

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Strikes out at a historical pace (even when he is already a strikeout machine), plays shifty defense, and I bet he wont even crack 25 HRs. Another quality signing. Hey, but at least he's a really nice guy.

Jay Bay was nicer.

He's a fucking disaster

What the fuck is the point of having review if the calls are still going to be wrong

With costly poor throw. They should have ben out of the inning without allowing a run.

debut with a run scored

Adam Rubin ‏@AdamRubinESPN 6m
Can challenge hit by pitch but cannot challenge fair/foul in infield.

Adam Rubin ‏@AdamRubinESPN 8m
Bartolo Colon E-1 on Freddie Freeman grounder with 2 outs. 2 runs scored. Ball actually hit Freeman's foot--should've been foul.

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In comment 11628720 sphinx said:

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Ball actually hit Freeman's foot--should've been foul.

We know what Gil Hodges would have done.

where Grandy doesn't K called a success?

He was better than Granderson has shown so far. Of course it is early but he looks absolutely awful so far.

I forget, how many years did they sign him for?

Here it comes, i've seen this way too many times

Now they need to give him some run support.

That is riculous

Signs Colon for 20 million. Let's Harang go, who signs with Braves for 1 million.

Granderson: Can you say "Jay Bay the Sequel"

Young: 0 for 6 after hitting .212 last year


Obviously, it is very early and things could turn around. But the early returns are not good.

Granderson squared up a ball and hit it to right. It would have been in the 5th row of the Little League park in the Bronx. It was caught at the front edge of the warning track. Don't underestimate how that's going to play on his mind and make things worse as he tries to come out of his shoes to get it out of the park in Citifield.

A bad call and a fucking inept offense will do him in tonight

He is not a big guy like Giancarlo Stanton who can blast them out of anywhere. His power was obviously to a certain extent a product of the places where he played: Yankee and Tiger stadiums

I would expect him to be a 15-18 HR guy at Citi.

Also, when you already have a bunch of high strikeout guys in the lineup, you can't go out and sign to whiff kings like Young and Granderson.

know any mets fan who didn't think that granderson was going to suck at our home park... it was just a shit ass signing, but they "had" to do something since they are just bumbling around right now.

in Detroit is not a power hitters stadium, particularly when it first opened. The gaps are huge, dead center is like 420 I think.

He benefited from playing at Yankee Stadium, no question.

His defense has always been overrated. There are a bunch of balls each year that he should catch that he doesn't

On that.

FUCKING SUCKS.

And tejada is a fucking moron

That guy thinks the Mets FO piss rainbows.

But for a team to be this poor at their home park for this long is mind boggling. Front Office continues to put a shitty team together with equally shitty manager, and put all their eggs in a basket of minor league pitchers.

I really cant believe what we've had to endure through.

The team needs to adjust and he's got to go back to hitting like he did in Detroit - which would make him more of a top of the order guy. He's not likely to strike out less as a cleanup hitter without any protection behind him.

Obviously this lineup is a bunch of bad options, then Wright and Granderson, and then a bunch of other bad options. But assuming they had someone else who could protect Wright, Granderson would be a lot better off batting in the 2 hole ahead of Wright.

a beach ball right now. He's in a huge slump. I doubt he stays like this much longer but I feel bad for him because fans are going to turn on him quick. Everyone has Bay fresh in their minds plus he has the whole former yankee thing going for him. Its not going to be pretty for him. He better get it together quick.

He sucks offensively and defensively, i've seen enough of him

Funny shit

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The reason they have sucked at home the last few years is because the team has simply sucked period. I don't get what the big mystery is. We've gone through a rebuild over the last few years and we are about a year away from finally seeing the rewards of it. So what if we were a little better on the road? People act like we've had a World Series team and have just choked at home. When you have a team filled with shitty players you may not do well at home. Shocker.

And fucked it up.

We can have all the pitchers in the world but if you can't hit then you will still suck.

Where do you see this offense coming from? Still hoping on our minor leaguers that never seem to pan out? Or another amazing free agent signing from Sandy...because he's shown to be real good at those moves too.

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As a player. That shit is probably 10 rows out at Yankee Stadium

And likely a lot better than it is now by the time the year is out. There is no reason to go crazy and spend money on Drew ect this year with Harvey out. The pitching is going to be ridiculous next year. The bullpen will be sorted. We'll have options galore with the lineup. Yes, Puello and Flores are two legit prospects that could push their way on this team soon. Yes we'll have the money to sign a free agent if theres even a hole and yes we'll have plenty of chips next year to make a trade. We can't roll with a 9 man rotation next year. Something has to give and next year with all the ducks in a row will be the time to do it.

he knew i was pissed

too! He sucks!!

Letting tejada hit. Clueless terry

You should have to hit a baseball to get a homerun. I coach my son's 13 year old Little League team and they play on a 300' field. A 308' hit should NOT be a homerun. It's a joke.

wtf

What could be the upside to having Tejada bat in that situation?

do you let Tejada hit there! You have to be kidding me! They have Kimbrel you ideot! That was our only chance to score, Terry Collins...only the Mets would be that stupid.

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In comment 11628826 ZGiants98 said:

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And likely a lot better than it is now by the time the year is out. There is no reason to go crazy and spend money on Drew ect this year with Harvey out. The pitching is going to be ridiculous next year. The bullpen will be sorted. We'll have options galore with the lineup. Yes, Puello and Flores are two legit prospects that could push their way on this team soon. Yes we'll have the money to sign a free agent if theres even a hole and yes we'll have plenty of chips next year to make a trade. We can't roll with a 9 man rotation next year. Something has to give and next year with all the ducks in a row will be the time to do it.

I'm sorry, but this post is filled with hilarity. How is this lineup "a lot" better next year? Because Flores and Puello are legit prospects? Okay. Because you are banking on a bunch of minor league pitchers and Harvey coming off TJ surgery? And please dont tell me they will have money to spend...I mean, really? But yeah, those are some rose colored glasses.

Valverde fucking sucks and he's douchebag on top of it all with his bullshit antics on the mound.

ever played another teams 9 times in a row with an "A" on their hat as their logo?