-Verrett the stopper? Verrett VS Sherzer (lol)
-Matz pushed back a day
-Harvey felt great last night
-Sandy says waiting on Gurriel to spend a month in the minors might not make sense
-Reyes 0-9 in the minors
-Duda 2 weeks from baseball activity (If he starts baseball activities in two weeks that will be WAY sooner than I expected. Good news)
-Rock bottom for Mets right now??
Maybe we will be healthier for the Nats home series before the break. And Jose Reyes will be a spark plug again for us.
De Aza blows
De Aza blows
Should've gotten Flores up instead. Whats Collins thinking?
That was the game.
even Travis Taijeron in AAA might be a better option. I miss Darrell Ceciliani lol
he has a lower BA than 2015 John Mayberry and 2016 Eric Campbell.
He might be the worst position player in mlb. I am a Sandy fan, but holy shit, if de Aza was "the plan" or even a major part of it as a platoon with Lagares if they didn't sign Cespedes the Mets would be sellers already for 2017.
What is his WAR now? -10?
Alejandro De Aza's OPS, .440, is the second lowest of any player with 100+ PAs this year. The only one lower, Daniel Castro, got sent down.
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Alejandro De Aza's OPS, .440, is the second lowest of any player with 100+ PAs this year. The only one lower, Daniel Castro, got sent down.
I did.
Owar -0.9
dwar -0.1
Dom Smith 3 for 6
Rosario 1 for 4 with 2 bb's
Smart man Arc. I started letting go a few weeks ago ...the signs have been there for quite a while if we're to be honest.
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It's not worth the frustration.
Smart man Arc. I started letting go a few weeks ago ...the signs have been there for quite a while if we're to be honest.
Yup. 3 day holiday weekend coming up, weather looks like it's going to be good. I can find better things to do for a bit.
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@Mets With every game De Aza plays, Mr. Met's noose gets tighter and tighter
Hes not a big power hitter. Hes a good hitter, hes a good hitter. Hes a good sixth or seventh hitter in a good lineup. Thats what he is. And he hurts you so badly in the field and on the bases, and with all the craziness I think its time to move on Murph is a lovable guy, but I think hes a net negative, and Ive always felt that way.
I'm a Nats fan (grew up a Yankees fan, never a Mets fan). I'm shocked how bad the Mets were tonight. And that lead off hitter, oof.
Agreed, wow is he bad.
Lol we would be 15 back right now if we rolled into the season with that Garbage in CF.
That said, 15 back at some point this year isn't out of the realm of possibility. Just doesn't feel like our year. I'm afraid our O lineup is going in the wrong direction heading into the offseason..
The 2016 Mets through 77 games: 40-37 record, 276 runs scored (14th most in the NL)."
The 2016 Mets through 77 games: 40-37 record, 276 runs scored (14th most in the NL)."
This means absolutely nothing. Big difference is how many games back we are. This season is pretty much toast. Only a few more weeks before Terry and Sandy get serious about the season.
Agree with those who say they should lock up Cespedes. The guy is a player. Period. Alderson lucked into this guy and won't admit he was wrong about him. If not for a chance xray/MRI, you have Carlos Gomez (hitting a beefy .226 with 3 dingers for Houston) batting 3rd here. Scary thought.
Disagree with those who think that Murphy is suddenly Rogers Hornsby. He's playing over his head. A nice player when he's hot, sometimes a liability when he's not. And he's in a much better lineup there between Harper and Ramos.
Not even a major trade helps this team right now because half of it is injured and most of it is completely underperforming. No one player is going to be a savior.
The only chance the 2016 Mets have is to not fall too far out, get healthy and get hot for a good stretch in the 2nd half. I'm not holding my breath for that at this point but no matter how "serious" anyone in the FO gets, I can't see them magically fixing this mess.
They picked up Reyes and he's struggling to even get a hit in the minors.. they called up Nimmo. They worked out Gourriel and say he won't be ready for the majors for a month. What else can we do right now? Take calls on Rosario and deal him away for a hitter? I'm being serious. I'm just looking at a team that has their two best pitchers this year having elbow issues, their two best pitchers from last year underperforming (deGrom less than Harvey).. their 3B out for the year, their 1B out for at least another month and has been out most of the year, were without their C most of the year and he's struggled for the most part when he's played.. it's just a lot to overcome.
It feels like a lost season to me. I'd rather not further mortgage the future for the sake of this season at this point.
And yeah, de Aza has sucked. To me, he looks like a guy who is pissed that he's not getting the PT he thought he would when he initially signed and is just mentally not even interested. I'd be fine with getting rid of him but who do we even replace him with?
The team is half a game out of a wild card spot today and there's half a season left to go. Maybe the offense is putrid the rest of the year and they just fade away, but teams are never as bad as they look when they are in a horrible slump.
Not even a major trade helps this team right now because half of it is injured and most of it is completely underperforming. No one player is going to be a savior.
The only chance the 2016 Mets have is to not fall too far out, get healthy and get hot for a good stretch in the 2nd half. I'm not holding my breath for that at this point but no matter how "serious" anyone in the FO gets, I can't see them magically fixing this mess.
They picked up Reyes and he's struggling to even get a hit in the minors.. they called up Nimmo. They worked out Gourriel and say he won't be ready for the majors for a month. What else can we do right now? Take calls on Rosario and deal him away for a hitter? I'm being serious. I'm just looking at a team that has their two best pitchers this year having elbow issues, their two best pitchers from last year underperforming (deGrom less than Harvey).. their 3B out for the year, their 1B out for at least another month and has been out most of the year, were without their C most of the year and he's struggled for the most part when he's played.. it's just a lot to overcome.
It feels like a lost season to me. I'd rather not further mortgage the future for the sake of this season at this point.
Not sure why you've been a raging douchebag lately but I guess we'll keep going with that too, huh?
And half our team isn't injured, but nice try. Wright and Duda from our starting lineup are injured. Nobody really expected anything from Wright and Duda is always hit and miss. Underperforming? Sure. Then maybe the entire coaching staff should be held to the fire for not adjusting.
But when your manager and GM both say that the time to get serious is after the all star break (inexplicably before the most important 20 game stretch of the season - when you are already 5 games out and sinking fast) then you set yourself up for ridicule. It goes along with h the complete lack of urgency that surrounds this team, coaching staff and FO.
But keep it up with the condescending prick act, it's what you are good at.
Were did Sandy and Terry even say that they were going to wait until after the AS break to "get serious" about the season? You keep running with this narrative that no one in the front office has been paying any attention to the team for the first 3 months of the season. I'm asking you seriously.. do you really think that's true? What do YOU think they should have done instead? What moves should Alderson have made that he didn't?
And yes, half our lineup either is injured or has been injured. We're missing both corner IFers, our C missed more than half the year so far, Lagares is on the DL, Granderson is day to day now and then you have Conforto who was so lost that he had to be sent down. Even Cespedes and Walker have been banged up. Literally every player from our opening day lineup is either on the DL, has been on the DL or has been dinged. In addition to this, our two best pitchers have bone spurs and Matz can't even get through 5 innings anymore. Show me a team who is overcoming all of that.
And we can all beat up on Duda for his streakiness, but it's still a 30-35 HR bat in the lineup.
Whatever.
#2 factor is that none of the other guys who could have possibly filled that role and stepped up did. TDA once again hurt. Duda hurt. Wright ineffective and hurt. Flores taking a step back instead of forward.
#3 is that the pitching hasn't been as good (I haven't looked at the numbers to compare them but I'm pretty sure this is true).
Is there hope? Yes. Conforto and Reyes could be 2 big pieces. The pitching could turn things around. Sandy could make a move to knock some of the dead wood off the roster (ADA). This season certainly hasn't gone as we'd have hoped but all is not lost. Still right in the mix for a wild card spot and in a series our pitching can beat anyone.
#2 factor is that none of the other guys who could have possibly filled that role and stepped up did. TDA once again hurt. Duda hurt. Wright ineffective and hurt. Flores taking a step back instead of forward.
#3 is that the pitching hasn't been as good (I haven't looked at the numbers to compare them but I'm pretty sure this is true).
Is there hope? Yes. Conforto and Reyes could be 2 big pieces. The pitching could turn things around. Sandy could make a move to knock some of the dead wood off the roster (ADA). This season certainly hasn't gone as we'd have hoped but all is not lost. Still right in the mix for a wild card spot and in a series our pitching can beat anyone.
#3 is the "dirty little secret". Other than Syndegaard none of them so called elite young arms have been dominant. Colon has been their 2nd best pitcher. Harvey certainly isn't making anyone forget Dwight Gooden.
And we can all beat up on Duda for his streakiness, but it's still a 30-35 HR bat in the lineup.
Most people were HOPING for 100 games from Wright and then didn't even know what to expect. So yeah, I guess its just news to you, I guess.
Duda is synonymous with streaky. Yeah, he hits a lot of HRs...in clumps. He'll carry you for a week and then sink the team like an anchor for the next three or four or six weeks. Awesome player.
It's also a lot easier to sit behind a computer and tell guys to play the fuck through it than actually do it. Bone spurs can be quite painful and neither Matz or Syndergaard have made real MLB money yet. Can you blame these guys for being super cautious? Collins admitted they're instructed to notify the club of literally ANY discomfort they're experiencing anyway.
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And we can all beat up on Duda for his streakiness, but it's still a 30-35 HR bat in the lineup.
Most people were HOPING for 100 games from Wright and then didn't even know what to expect. So yeah, I guess its just news to you, I guess.
You can't call out other people for being "raging douchebags" and then post like this. Calm down.
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News to me and a few others, I'm sure. .
And we can all beat up on Duda for his streakiness, but it's still a 30-35 HR bat in the lineup.
Most people were HOPING for 100 games from Wright and then didn't even know what to expect. So yeah, I guess its just news to you, I guess.
You can't call out other people for being "raging douchebags" and then post like this. Calm down.
Thanks for the advice. I'll think about it long and hard. Thanks brah.