Makes a double switch and brings in the lighter hitting Ellis as a defensive upgrade (questionable) over Wong only to see Ellis allow a ball to get by him and score that run. If you Mets fans want to trade managers, I'm all in.
Torres has been great.. but that shouldn't be an excuse to completely wear the guy out. Collins has to learn to trust a couple other guys. Germen would have been a good call.. Dice-K has looked solid out of the pen so far. Familia could stand to get a little more burn.
weak lineup and our good pitching, we're likely going to be in a lot of low scoring close games this year. We're going to need more than a couple of guys that we can throw out there in these types of games.
Descalso batting sixth with a career .241/.308/.343 tells you all you need to know about the Cardinals this year. Losers of four out of five and just sucking donkey balls.
Descalso batting sixth with a career .241/.308/.343 tells you all you need to know about the Cardinals this year. Losers of four out of five and just sucking donkey balls.
I was surprised Matheny did not PH with Peralta in that spot. As bad as Collins is with the pitching staff, Matheny appears much worse with the line-up. Soon he will have the pitchers hitting 8th for no apparent reason
Two weeks ago he let Trevor Rosenthal hit in the bottom of the 10th with runners in scoring position. Of course he struck out and of course the Cardinals lost in the next inning. It's madness.
There's always lots to gripe about with this team,
but holding the Cardinals to 6 runs in the series and winning 3 of 4 makes me a happy camper. Good starting pitching, good relief and good defense is a good formula. But we do need to get more hitting.
Not terrible putting 4 runs on the board today.. we've done worse. The pitching has been really good, though. And after it looked like the pen was going to be an absolute disaster, it has been pretty solid.
Thankfully they listened to my idea to put Dice-K in the pen. Seems to be working out nicely so far.
is carrying this team like no other. The bullpen hasn't been that bad either. Can't hit a lick and they seem to love striking out, but timely hitting is all you need sometimes.
They're going to have to make a big trade for a slugger.. but I think that has always been the plan. Just not sure when they're going to make it happen. Probably after they see a little more from the young arms.
that our pitching is even better next year, but I don't see how our hitting is. Is there a bigtime 1B, SS or OF upgrade that we can sign?
Puello is one possibility. We'll see how he does in Vegas. Also, at some point, one or more of our pitchers or pitching prospects should be traded for a position player. There aren't enough spots in the rotation for these guys + Thor + Montero and possibly + de Gromm.
It'll take a while (and some consistent winning) for that to change. Sucks but it is what it is. As of today, I'm glad they're at least above .500.. the schedule this month has not been easy at all.
Harvey, Wheeler, Niese, Mejia, Gee, Thor, Montero, DeGrom and Colon. That's nine guys for five spots. Somewhere out there there has to be a big bat available for one or two of them.
that makes me gruntled I guess. They owe me nothing, same as the Giants, Rangers & Knicks. Would I love the teams to win? stupid question, but I choose to follow of my own free will and what ever happens there is always the next game
Harvey, Wheeler, Niese, Mejia, Gee, Thor, Montero, DeGrom and Colon. That's nine guys for five spots. Somewhere out there there has to be a big bat available for one or two of them.
I don't see Colon and Degrom as starters next season. But yeah it's crowded. I hope Colon gets traded mid-season, and Thor gets brought up to start.
that makes me gruntled I guess. They owe me nothing, same as the Giants, Rangers & Knicks. Would I love the teams to win? stupid question, but I choose to follow of my own free will and what ever happens there is always the next game
If that's your outlook, that's cool... you're entitled to it 100%. But you can't expect the entire fanbase to feel that way. I can deal with some losing/crappy years.. shit happens. This past football season was hard but the Giants have given me so much to be happy about in recent years that it's hard for me to get too up in arms about a down year. The Mets have been bad for a while now and throughout my entire time as a fan, they've really only been legitimately good for like 3 seasons. For a team I invest so much time in, I'd like to see them actually be considered one of the better teams in the sport again. I don't need a WS every year but at least give me more than 1 season of playoff baseball in 15 freakin years.
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Is Collins going to go to Torres again in the 8th? He's going to wear him the fuck out. I'd give Dice-K the ball. He's looked solid out of the pen.
Grandy gets another hit but gets thrown out at 2nd, Recker scored.. EY tripled. 3-1
I was surprised Matheny did not PH with Peralta in that spot. As bad as Collins is with the pitching staff, Matheny appears much worse with the line-up. Soon he will have the pitchers hitting 8th for no apparent reason
Not terrible putting 4 runs on the board today.. we've done worse. The pitching has been really good, though. And after it looked like the pen was going to be an absolute disaster, it has been pretty solid.
Thankfully they listened to my idea to put Dice-K in the pen. Seems to be working out nicely so far.
Who needs Batman when we've got the rest of the Justice League pitching for us!!?
Gee, Niese, Colon, Mejia, Wheeler = invincible!
Next year we can start looking at that stuff. This team doesn't have the hitting.
Definitely nice to take a 4 game series at home against a quality team, though. Can't wait to get Lagares back.
Puello is one possibility. We'll see how he does in Vegas. Also, at some point, one or more of our pitchers or pitching prospects should be traded for a position player. There aren't enough spots in the rotation for these guys + Thor + Montero and possibly + de Gromm.
I don't see Colon and Degrom as starters next season. But yeah it's crowded. I hope Colon gets traded mid-season, and Thor gets brought up to start.
If that's your outlook, that's cool... you're entitled to it 100%. But you can't expect the entire fanbase to feel that way. I can deal with some losing/crappy years.. shit happens. This past football season was hard but the Giants have given me so much to be happy about in recent years that it's hard for me to get too up in arms about a down year. The Mets have been bad for a while now and throughout my entire time as a fan, they've really only been legitimately good for like 3 seasons. For a team I invest so much time in, I'd like to see them actually be considered one of the better teams in the sport again. I don't need a WS every year but at least give me more than 1 season of playoff baseball in 15 freakin years.