Big Jake on the mound for today’s game. Always a must watch.
Unfortunately, I think he falls just short of the third CY this season. In a short season, one start can kill your numbers. And that September 16th start where he left early due to an injury, knocked him out. However, he’s still the best pitcher in baseball.
Cards can still finish ahead of them for 2nd in the central
Giants are 29-29. Phillies are 28-30.
What if there is a 3-way tie at 30-30 for the two wild card slots? Please don't tell me they are basing it on NL record or something when teams are playing completely different opponents within their divisions..
He came in with runners on the corners and 1 out. You expect him to just automatically get out of that with no runs? Cmon.
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He sucks. Not a closer. Can’t hack it in high leverage situations. Go get your stats in middle relief or garbage time.
He came in with runners on the corners and 1 out. You expect him to just automatically get out of that with no runs? Cmon.
Uh, yeah...that’s kinda the point. Is it difficult? Fuck yeah. But he’s a strikeout pitcher that throws 100 mph. Strike out, ground ball, pop fly...all at least gives an opportunity to to TRY and get the out. But this guy gives up a hit the second he enters the game. Lol cmon.
they both have electric stuff, but are so frustrating with their control and command.
If the Mets can get a pitching coach to harness that stuff the bullpen isn't an issue.
So far it hasn't happened.
Diaz was fine today, would have been nice to see him escape without giving up the run on the forceout, but he did his job.
I have started game threads in the past but it’s rare. However, a DeGrom start should ALWAYS have a game thread so I wanted to start one 😁
The defense has been a disaster for the entire decade, and specifically regressed badly since the last playoff appearance.
Team defense by DRS this year - 5th worst
last year - 3rd worst
2018 - 4th worst
2017 - worst
2016 - 15th (only year they were actually + with a +3)
2015 - 17th (-11)
That's an area where I hope the new regime comes in and acts quickly to embrace a more athletic team that plays solid defense. That will require both self reflection on their previous strategies and also resource investments. But it should not only help smooth out offensive slumps but also be a tremendous help for the whole pitching staff to not give the opposition extra outs.
He’s gonna have a tougher time getting to the HOF because of his later start to his career and that he’s been saddled with the Mets but a couple more years of this and it shouldn’t even be a question.
You might think this is irrelevant because wins are a silly stat to use to gauge a pitchers value or performance, but you know at some point his low win total is going to be mentioned and/or considered by BBWAA HOF voters.
I'd love to see the stat about career run support and see how many HOF pitchers have a worse or similar run support and how many W's they have.
This off-season has the chance to be amazing, our payroll is way down with Cespedes, Lowrie, Ramos, David Wright, and probably Matz off the books.
With Cohen's money, and the fact that FA market will be depressed because of COVID, we have the opportunity really strike big.
I would expect 2 major moves, and a handful of mid-level moves.
I'm thinking Realmuto, Bauer and Hendriks, and a trade for Arenado. I seriously don't think this is a dream either.
Rockies are going to want to dump that contract, and we should be able to get deals on the FA market given Cohen probably will want to spend to take advantage of our window.
Imagine this lineup -- DH-Alonso C-Realmuto 1B-Smith 2B-Cano SS-Gimenez 3B-Arenado LF-McNeil CF-Nimmo RF-Conforto
Plus with deGrom, Syndergaard, Stroman, Peterson, we can have a REALLY good team next year. Move Lugo back to pen, and the pitching staff can be lights out too.
Plus with the bad record this year, we will get another high draft pick, and the farm system is creeping into the above average category with Baty, Alvarez, Mauricio, Allan, Crow-Armstrong, probably all arriving in the '22-'23 season, we have a bright future.
In fairness to BVW in this case, by the time Syndergaard was injured free agency was over and Stroman obviously opted out.
but with those two and no Wheeler, the Mets are in the playoffs, and maybe just behind the Dodgers as NL favorites.
Shecky has insider knowledge, I don't pretend to but I'd imagine someone like Cohen even with all his loot wouldn't want a GM to come in and spend for the sake of spending.
I do think Bauer makes sense, but his market will be active.
People like Cohen don’t amass their wealth by being careless with their finances. And being a lifelong Mets fan doesn’t mean that Cohen knows a lick on how to run a team. I agree that he’ll have a conversation with Sandy about payroll and then let him operate within those boundaries.
And to be fair, we have no idea how Sandy (and new GM) will operate under Cohen. Nor do we know what Cohen will do from a payroll perspective. Just because $100 million is a drop in the bucket to. Oven doesn’t mean that it’s insignificant to him.
Lots to be excited about but also lots that we don’t know yet.
2-10 with a 6+ era.
only thing worse than them was Matz 6 starts.
0-5, 10+ era.
That's a pretty shit-tastic 60% of the rotation.
Whether they keep Rojas or not, I would not be at all disappointed to bring in a highly regarded veteran pitching coach. I know Hefner was well thought of and bows to the analytics alter, but other than JDG our streak of almost every other pitcher regressing continues.
He's going to spend, especially with the window they are in with deGrom, and the fact that they have so much money coming off the books.
They will spend. Mets haven't signed a major free agent (not counting re-signigns) since probably Johan, and right after that? Madoff. No more debt now. Cohen wants to win. I expect to spend, and I expect to take advantage of a market where teams are looking to shed salary (See Arenado)
This year, money was spent on: Porcello, Familia, Lowrie, Ramos, Wacha, Cespedes, Wright, Betances, Marsinick, and what did we get from those players? Pretty much nothing. If you take away the pro-ration, that's like 70 million on virtually nothing, re-allocate that money to sure-thing players like realmuto and arenado and bauer and we have ourselves a team.
He's going to spend, especially with the window they are in with deGrom, and the fact that they have so much money coming off the books.
They will spend. Mets haven't signed a major free agent (not counting re-signigns) since probably Johan, and right after that? Madoff. No more debt now. Cohen wants to win. I expect to spend, and I expect to take advantage of a market where teams are looking to shed salary (See Arenado)
Johan was a re-sign after the trade - maybe you mean Beltran.
5h
To Gary Cohen's point
Wilson Ramos' successful block rate on pitches in the dirt is 87%
Average is 91-92%
J.T. Realmuto is 95%
He's among the leaders with Max Stassi, Roberto Pérez, Yan Gomes, Stephen Vogt
Ramos can rake but boy was he a terrible pickup for a staff full of pitchers who rely on high velocity sliders and splitters in the dirt. What an awful signing instead of Grandal.
I know Shecky has concurred that Omar deserves his share of blame for some of the moves they made the past couple years and that one sticks out to me as the likeliest candidate. Runner up being Stroman.
Realmuto is a consideration but his age as a catcher is a little reason for pause. Depending on price he still may be a consideration.
Same for Bauer.
But there's little else on the market in the places they have holes. When Marcus Stroman is the 7th best FA, that's a very weak class.
Here are the top 25 free agents for 2020-21 - ( New Window )
I saw a stat somewhere that the Mets led all MLB in most games with double-digit hit totals. But they were near the bottom in runs scored. That says something about the way the lineup was constructed, lack of timely hitting.
BVW traded away good pitchers, then filled the Mets rotation with garbage. Would have been nice to see Justin Dunn start some games. Or even Kevin Smith. hey were forced to start a pitcher whose name I didn't know and can't recall....Bum of the Month.
Wait til next year.
A lot of the other talent the Mets gave up hasn't really done much at the ML level.
The biggest losses will be seen in the years ahead, specifically Kelenic and Simeon-Woods Richardson, those are the two to be most concerned about.
SWR and Kelenic are going to haunt us for a while.
I don't particularly think much of Dunn/Kay/Smith, but the volume of players BVW gave up for practically nothing at the MLB level is staggering, even lower level guys like the guy they gave up for Font. Law of averages would suggest at least 1 will come back to bite them.
Justin Dunn finished 4 and 1. That would make him better than 3 of the Mets starters. What was their FIP ?
Kevin Smith should have been covered under the Peterson Rule....you don't give away big Lefty pitching.
Anyway, we'll be rid of this front office in a short while.