is really fun. Yes Conforto made an all star game once before and they've each had some success before this recent run, but not as the core of the lineup. This is their team right now. Conforto grinded out a pitch to hit like a true #3 hitter does. Rosario is getting on base and making hard contact. Alonso is obviously the definition of a cleanup hitter. Really cool to watch the pieces fit together like this.
And shout out to Sandy Alderson. That's 2 high-ish draft picks, 1 high profile IFA (his first when he took the job here), and a diamond in the rough draft pick his regime was patient with.
Could have been healthy and in the mix with this crew. He's just as young as any of them and he would have been having a blast right now. Hopefully, he's back soon.
It’s times like these where idiot fans of another team were ripping Met fans around the trade deadline for us being deluded enough to think we even had a chance at the wildcard.
It’s times like these where idiot fans of another team were ripping Met fans around the trade deadline for us being deluded enough to think we even had a chance at the wildcard.
Yeah and I can promise most of them are lurking here every night. lol.
FP Santangelo after Frazier's tying bomb, he didn't analyze the pitch location or the swing or something else relevant to the at-bat (you know, his job and all), he just complained that Todd's bat flip was too big. Said something like, "I know he's excited and all but...blah blah blah." Like he's ever had such a big hit in his career. What a tool.
FP Santangelo after Frazier's tying bomb, he didn't analyze the pitch location or the swing or something else relevant to the at-bat (you know, his job and all), he just complained that Todd's bat flip was too big. Said something like, "I know he's excited and all but...blah blah blah." Like he's ever had such a big hit in his career. What a tool.
I wonder what he had to say at Robles’ bat flip right at the Mets dugout earlier in the game. Let me guess...nothing? Lol.
FP Santangelo after Frazier's tying bomb, he didn't analyze the pitch location or the swing or something else relevant to the at-bat (you know, his job and all), he just complained that Todd's bat flip was too big. Said something like, "I know he's excited and all but...blah blah blah." Like he's ever had such a big hit in his career. What a tool.
I wonder what he had to say at Robles’ bat flip right at the Mets dugout earlier in the game. Let me guess...nothing? Lol.
Soto not only flipped the bat but stared at the dugout. Cry a fucking river FP
FP Santangelo after Frazier's tying bomb, he didn't analyze the pitch location or the swing or something else relevant to the at-bat (you know, his job and all), he just complained that Todd's bat flip was too big. Said something like, "I know he's excited and all but...blah blah blah." Like he's ever had such a big hit in his career. What a tool.
The Nats were making all sorts of over the top gestures all game long. Homer announcers are the worst. Seems like this guy acted like a petulant chid.
Energy was off the charts at Citi tonight. Seemed like 80% of the crowd stayed until the very end. That was just Amazin Amazin Amazin!!!
Congrats for attending an epic game!!
Thanks! It was pure elation. People in my section spraying each other with beer and stroman’s family a few rows back. These are one of the nights we live for as sports fans.
Also no lugo, no Diaz tonight with Thor and the Ace coming up. Chance for an epic weekend. Psyched to read the game thread. If it was like section 114 it went from screaming at Mickey to practically making out with strangers. Just Amazin!!!
Or maybe not, are Rosario and JD Davis. Davis is an absolute stud and its a crime we didn't get him home after he led off with a double.
Im not surprised Rosario is evolving as a hitter, but I am shocked at how well he is playing defense all of the sudden.
HUGE.
Davis scored on Frazier’s home run. If you mean Rosario getting stranded after his double I agree, but that was a one-out double as McNeil K’d to lead off the bottom of the 8th. I think Rosario got stranded at 3rd a couple times last night.
Either way the Mets own Doolittle which has to be demoralizing to Washington.
Or maybe not, are Rosario and JD Davis. Davis is an absolute stud and its a crime we didn't get him home after he led off with a double.
Im not surprised Rosario is evolving as a hitter, but I am shocked at how well he is playing defense all of the sudden.
HUGE.
Davis scored on Frazier’s home run. If you mean Rosario getting stranded after his double I agree, but that was a one-out double as McNeil K’d to lead off the bottom of the 8th. I think Rosario got stranded at 3rd a couple times last night.
Either way the Mets own Doolittle which has to be demoralizing to Washington.
Ah, yes. I mixed up the two. Still, Davis had a huge night.
But I can't help looking at all these young cornerstones, mostly his draft picks and IFA signings and help thinking this was always the vision.
I always said the lineup was a little behind the pitching but if not for incredibly unfortunate injuries over the last couple of seasons I do believe we should have bridged the gap from 2015-2019 successfully and had a sustained run.
Either way, I haven't seen a young hitting nucleus like this in baseball develop together in some time.
Michael Conforto
Brandon Nimmo
Amed Rosario
Pete Alonso
Jef McNeil
Dominc Smith
and now add
JD Davis.
Heck, with a little luck we would have kept TDA and he would have blossomed with this group too this year. Oh well.
Either way, this is an incredible group that has a chance to stay to gather for some time.
a few nice highlights on the farm last night too Â
Most notably Vientos has been surging lately and stayed hot going 2/5 with a 2b. Over the 2nd half of the season (41 games) Vientos is hitting .301 with a near .900 OPS with 7 homers + 14 2b's. If there was a little more time left in the season they probably would have promoted him to A+, but at this point probably best to just let him ride out the hot streak. Mauricio (having a very solid season hitting .284) and Newton (not having a great year) each hit homers for Columbia too.
Baty also had a big night with a hr, 3b and 2 rbis and David Peterson had a strong start in AA going 5 innings and allowing just 1 hit (0 runs, 3k/2bb). In what has generally been regarded as a disappointing season, his numbers overall don't look so bad:
3-4 (19 starts)
4.37 era / 3.34 fip / 2.93 xfip
96k / 30bb / 90 ip (all pretty solid)
The lack of results in his record, his peripherals looking strong, and his babip against being very high (.345) make it it appear that he's had some bad luck and not a lot of run support. Maybe he's still got a chance after all.
One thing I have to give Brodie and the owners credit for is playing Â
Alonso from day one rather than bringing him up mid season to get another year of control.
It wouldn't have been midseason, it would have been a few weeks to keep his service time this season under 172 days. That's still obviously a very significant amount of big league time. The Cubs made sure Kris Bryant only got exactly 171 days in 2015 and he still played 151 games.
I have no issue doing something player friendly and to try to put the best team on the field, but in a 4-5 years when they break off extension talks with him like they just did with Wheeler the 1 less year of control may be a regret if he's the MVP level player we hope he continues to become. IMO it was a very Wilpon move in the sense that they got positive publicity and it cost them 0$ in the present day. But in the future it's going to add a chunk of $ to a payroll that they aren't usually so willing to accommodate.
because I thought then there was too much valuable experience to be gained (2 months) that it wasn't worth being cheap. We also would have known a lot better how to approach the offseason.
For 9 extra games, with 3 solid young players pushing for playing time (Mcneil, Smith, JDD) I would have just bit the bullet for a couple weeks.
RE: a few nice highlights on the farm last night too Â
Most notably Vientos has been surging lately and stayed hot going 2/5 with a 2b. Over the 2nd half of the season (41 games) Vientos is hitting .301 with a near .900 OPS with 7 homers + 14 2b's. If there was a little more time left in the season they probably would have promoted him to A+, but at this point probably best to just let him ride out the hot streak. Mauricio (having a very solid season hitting .284) and Newton (not having a great year) each hit homers for Columbia too.
Baty also had a big night with a hr, 3b and 2 rbis and David Peterson had a strong start in AA going 5 innings and allowing just 1 hit (0 runs, 3k/2bb). In what has generally been regarded as a disappointing season, his numbers overall don't look so bad:
3-4 (19 starts)
4.37 era / 3.34 fip / 2.93 xfip
96k / 30bb / 90 ip (all pretty solid)
The lack of results in his record, his peripherals looking strong, and his babip against being very high (.345) make it it appear that he's had some bad luck and not a lot of run support. Maybe he's still got a chance after all.
There is a video of Mauricio's HR from yesterday. Just pure muscled it out. looks like a shorter Strawberry - he's so skinny.
Most notably Vientos has been surging lately and stayed hot going 2/5 with a 2b. Over the 2nd half of the season (41 games) Vientos is hitting .301 with a near .900 OPS with 7 homers + 14 2b's. If there was a little more time left in the season they probably would have promoted him to A+, but at this point probably best to just let him ride out the hot streak. Mauricio (having a very solid season hitting .284) and Newton (not having a great year) each hit homers for Columbia too.
Baty also had a big night with a hr, 3b and 2 rbis and David Peterson had a strong start in AA going 5 innings and allowing just 1 hit (0 runs, 3k/2bb). In what has generally been regarded as a disappointing season, his numbers overall don't look so bad:
3-4 (19 starts)
4.37 era / 3.34 fip / 2.93 xfip
96k / 30bb / 90 ip (all pretty solid)
The lack of results in his record, his peripherals looking strong, and his babip against being very high (.345) make it it appear that he's had some bad luck and not a lot of run support. Maybe he's still got a chance after all.
There is a video of Mauricio's HR from yesterday. Just pure muscled it out. looks like a shorter Strawberry - he's so skinny.
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Really impressive he kept that fair. I don’t think there are very many teams who can match our assortment of IF prospects. Mauricio’s upside is high enough FG said he would have been in contention to be the #1 or #2 overall pick this past year. Gimenez is a unanimous top10 SS prospect even if his upside isn’t enormous. Baty and Alvarez are making noise in their first taste of pro ball (especially Alvarez) - and Vientos just keeps progressing.
Now I'm juiced and going to they gym to blow off some steam!
Haha no. But saw BVW tearing down the hall to greet MC, then the rest as they were coming in
They easily have the worst bullpen I have seen in a long time. And I know how bad the Mets bullpen is.
And shout out to Sandy Alderson. That's 2 high-ish draft picks, 1 high profile IFA (his first when he took the job here), and a diamond in the rough draft pick his regime was patient with.
They easily have the worst bullpen I have seen in a long time. And I know how bad the Mets bullpen is.
Phillies have the worst of all of them
Im not surprised Rosario is evolving as a hitter, but I am shocked at how well he is playing defense all of the sudden.
HUGE.
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Dom Smith rolling his scooter out to celebrate with the team?
Haha no. But saw BVW tearing down the hall to greet MC, then the rest as they were coming in
I was watching the Nats broadcast, they went to the next show pretty quickly after it was over.
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because my son is a huge Nats fan.
They easily have the worst bullpen I have seen in a long time. And I know how bad the Mets bullpen is.
Phillies have the worst of all of them
Quite an uplifting debate to watch on this thread...
Yeah and I can promise most of them are lurking here every night. lol.
I wonder what he had to say at Robles’ bat flip right at the Mets dugout earlier in the game. Let me guess...nothing? Lol.
Never could have predicted they would have been this awesome but still fun to think about.
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FP Santangelo after Frazier's tying bomb, he didn't analyze the pitch location or the swing or something else relevant to the at-bat (you know, his job and all), he just complained that Todd's bat flip was too big. Said something like, "I know he's excited and all but...blah blah blah." Like he's ever had such a big hit in his career. What a tool.
I wonder what he had to say at Robles’ bat flip right at the Mets dugout earlier in the game. Let me guess...nothing? Lol.
Soto not only flipped the bat but stared at the dugout. Cry a fucking river FP
The Nats were making all sorts of over the top gestures all game long. Homer announcers are the worst. Seems like this guy acted like a petulant chid.
Congrats for attending an epic game!!
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Energy was off the charts at Citi tonight. Seemed like 80% of the crowd stayed until the very end. That was just Amazin Amazin Amazin!!!
Congrats for attending an epic game!!
Thanks! It was pure elation. People in my section spraying each other with beer and stroman’s family a few rows back. These are one of the nights we live for as sports fans.
Also no lugo, no Diaz tonight with Thor and the Ace coming up. Chance for an epic weekend. Psyched to read the game thread. If it was like section 114 it went from screaming at Mickey to practically making out with strangers. Just Amazin!!!
Hahah just read it! Yup. Exactly what was going on at the ballpark. Too funny
Winning covers up a multitude of sins!
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Im not surprised Rosario is evolving as a hitter, but I am shocked at how well he is playing defense all of the sudden.
HUGE.
Davis scored on Frazier’s home run. If you mean Rosario getting stranded after his double I agree, but that was a one-out double as McNeil K’d to lead off the bottom of the 8th. I think Rosario got stranded at 3rd a couple times last night.
Either way the Mets own Doolittle which has to be demoralizing to Washington.
All three teams ended up winning unfortunately. STL also won. No help there.
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Or maybe not, are Rosario and JD Davis. Davis is an absolute stud and its a crime we didn't get him home after he led off with a double.
Im not surprised Rosario is evolving as a hitter, but I am shocked at how well he is playing defense all of the sudden.
HUGE.
Davis scored on Frazier’s home run. If you mean Rosario getting stranded after his double I agree, but that was a one-out double as McNeil K’d to lead off the bottom of the 8th. I think Rosario got stranded at 3rd a couple times last night.
Either way the Mets own Doolittle which has to be demoralizing to Washington.
Ah, yes. I mixed up the two. Still, Davis had a huge night.
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Brewers tied in the 9th. All coming up Mets.
All three teams ended up winning unfortunately. STL also won. No help there.
Yeah all went south after I commented. lol
I always said the lineup was a little behind the pitching but if not for incredibly unfortunate injuries over the last couple of seasons I do believe we should have bridged the gap from 2015-2019 successfully and had a sustained run.
Either way, I haven't seen a young hitting nucleus like this in baseball develop together in some time.
Michael Conforto
Brandon Nimmo
Amed Rosario
Pete Alonso
Jef McNeil
Dominc Smith
and now add
JD Davis.
Heck, with a little luck we would have kept TDA and he would have blossomed with this group too this year. Oh well.
Either way, this is an incredible group that has a chance to stay to gather for some time.
Baty also had a big night with a hr, 3b and 2 rbis and David Peterson had a strong start in AA going 5 innings and allowing just 1 hit (0 runs, 3k/2bb). In what has generally been regarded as a disappointing season, his numbers overall don't look so bad:
3-4 (19 starts)
4.37 era / 3.34 fip / 2.93 xfip
96k / 30bb / 90 ip (all pretty solid)
The lack of results in his record, his peripherals looking strong, and his babip against being very high (.345) make it it appear that he's had some bad luck and not a lot of run support. Maybe he's still got a chance after all.
Re-Sign Wheeler!
Yup. Argument seems silly now doesnt it? Every win counts and Alonso was ready day 1.
Amed Rosario’s first half of 2019:
.260/.299/.414, 88 wRC+
22.2% K rate
Amed Rosario’s second half:
.357/.394/.551, 149 wRC+
13.5% K rate#Mets #LGM @Mets
Six of J.D. Davis’ 13 home runs have either tied the game or put the #Mets ahead this season. #LGM
It wouldn't have been midseason, it would have been a few weeks to keep his service time this season under 172 days. That's still obviously a very significant amount of big league time. The Cubs made sure Kris Bryant only got exactly 171 days in 2015 and he still played 151 games.
I have no issue doing something player friendly and to try to put the best team on the field, but in a 4-5 years when they break off extension talks with him like they just did with Wheeler the 1 less year of control may be a regret if he's the MVP level player we hope he continues to become. IMO it was a very Wilpon move in the sense that they got positive publicity and it cost them 0$ in the present day. But in the future it's going to add a chunk of $ to a payroll that they aren't usually so willing to accommodate.
@mikemayerMMO
In last 20 games, JD Davis has hit .413 with a 1.194 OPS.
Six of J.D. Davis’ 13 home runs have either tied the game or put the #Mets ahead this season. #LGM
This guy is sounding better every day. I hope he stays hot.
For 9 extra games, with 3 solid young players pushing for playing time (Mcneil, Smith, JDD) I would have just bit the bullet for a couple weeks.
Baty also had a big night with a hr, 3b and 2 rbis and David Peterson had a strong start in AA going 5 innings and allowing just 1 hit (0 runs, 3k/2bb). In what has generally been regarded as a disappointing season, his numbers overall don't look so bad:
3-4 (19 starts)
4.37 era / 3.34 fip / 2.93 xfip
96k / 30bb / 90 ip (all pretty solid)
The lack of results in his record, his peripherals looking strong, and his babip against being very high (.345) make it it appear that he's had some bad luck and not a lot of run support. Maybe he's still got a chance after all.
There is a video of Mauricio's HR from yesterday. Just pure muscled it out. looks like a shorter Strawberry - he's so skinny.
Link - ( New Window )
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Most notably Vientos has been surging lately and stayed hot going 2/5 with a 2b. Over the 2nd half of the season (41 games) Vientos is hitting .301 with a near .900 OPS with 7 homers + 14 2b's. If there was a little more time left in the season they probably would have promoted him to A+, but at this point probably best to just let him ride out the hot streak. Mauricio (having a very solid season hitting .284) and Newton (not having a great year) each hit homers for Columbia too.
Baty also had a big night with a hr, 3b and 2 rbis and David Peterson had a strong start in AA going 5 innings and allowing just 1 hit (0 runs, 3k/2bb). In what has generally been regarded as a disappointing season, his numbers overall don't look so bad:
3-4 (19 starts)
4.37 era / 3.34 fip / 2.93 xfip
96k / 30bb / 90 ip (all pretty solid)
The lack of results in his record, his peripherals looking strong, and his babip against being very high (.345) make it it appear that he's had some bad luck and not a lot of run support. Maybe he's still got a chance after all.
There is a video of Mauricio's HR from yesterday. Just pure muscled it out. looks like a shorter Strawberry - he's so skinny.
Link - ( New Window )
Really impressive he kept that fair. I don’t think there are very many teams who can match our assortment of IF prospects. Mauricio’s upside is high enough FG said he would have been in contention to be the #1 or #2 overall pick this past year. Gimenez is a unanimous top10 SS prospect even if his upside isn’t enormous. Baty and Alvarez are making noise in their first taste of pro ball (especially Alvarez) - and Vientos just keeps progressing.
And has almost surpassed Wilmers career year.