Here we go!
-Verrett VS Conley
-Zack Wheeler plans to throw off a mound at Marlins Park in front of Mets brass
-Cubs pitcher Clayton Richard, who underwent thoracic outlet surgery in 2014, believes the procedure will help Matt Harvey. “I felt so much better afterward. It’s really been a new lease on my career,” Richard tells Matt Ehalt in the Record. “Very happy I had it done, because I would honestly probably be done. I couldn’t really throw. … I hope it’s the same for him. That isn’t anything you want to go through.”
-LGM!
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Called it! We dont win unless we hit homers
They are, they also contribute even when they're not hitting with defense. A Flores / Loney platoon at 1st isn't so bad if Duda comes back ineffective.
This one wasn't on him as much - if Cespedes catches that ball it's a different inning.
TDA has been hitting in July. Move him up. Enough with Cabrera/Walker in the middle of everything gumming it all up.
Seriously. I wouldn't even be surprised if Walker started hitting again if he had less pressure.
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I wouldn't mind adding another reliever and we probably should in some capacity but I'd personally be completely comfortable with Robles as the 7th inning guy. He hit a little rough patch around Memorial Day but since June 1st he has a 1.99 ERA (not counting tonight, so it's actually a little lower) and I definitely feel like he's still getting better. Dude is only 25 years old.
Anyway.. huge win. Loney's HR was a fucking moonshot.. looked like Griffey. Really can't be any happier with what he's given us in Duda's place. Funny how it works.. Flo gets the start at 1B and then it's JL who comes through late with the blast.
Reed has been incredible and Familia just keeps doing what he does. Always worried that the one night he can't walk that tightrope is going to be one we really, really need.. but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. For now, the guy just keeps coming through.
Cannot do any worse than splitting the next two.. absolutely must, MUST win this series. A sweep would be ideal. Jake is going to have his work cut out for him with Fernandez going but I actually have the most confidence in him right now out of all our pitchers. He'll bring it. Let's do this.
If we can steal tomorrows game, we are in good shape
Going to be Lagares. Because of the huge ballpark I doubt Conforto plays much this weekend.
I think the pieces are starting to come together though. The top of the order has come alive. Cespedes might be shaking off the rust. TDA has been hitting. Loney/Flores have been filling in fine. We are close to having things click again.
Overall, Mets are 15th in baseball with a 97 wRC+
FOURTH in the baseball with no one on with a 104 wRC+
27th with runners on with 84
dead last with RISP with 63
The Mets can hit. They get something in their heads in run scoring situations which prevents them from performing as they can.
They need a shrink, not a new hitting coach.
SS Reyes
CF Granderson
CF Cespedes
1B Duda
3B Longoria
RF Conforto
C TDA
2B Walker/Johnson/Flores
Now that's a fucking lineup. lol
This is one of those stats that should include post season.
Cabrera has also been terrible with in the clutch. .137 with RISP and two outs.
If you keep playing guys because of their contracts, you will pay for it. Fine to try and get a guy going in June. But it is getting to be crunch time: guys should play strictly on merit. Cabrera needs to get more days off and Walker needs to go to the bench or be packaged in a trade. He is a black hole in the lineup
I suggest playing Flores more often instead of Walker. Even Johnson needs more ABs.
Walker has been a negative offensively since May
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2015 Conforto
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