Mets Lineup
Brandon Nimmo – CF
Francisco Lindor – SS
Michael Conforto – RF
Pete Alonso – 1B
Dominic Smith – LF
Jonathan Villar – 3B
Jeff McNeil – 2B
James McCann – C
Taijuan Walker – RHP
Marlins Lineup
Corey Dickerson – LF
Miguel Rojas – SS
Starling Marte – CF
Jesus Aguilar – 1B
Brian Anderson – 3B
Adam Duvall – RF
Jazz Chisholm – 2B
Chad Wallach – C
Nick Neidert – RHP
LGFM!
Should have happened prior to the season imo.
as much as it would be frustrating to have dealt Matz pre-long awaited breakout, at least the money saved and roster spot opened likely went to Walker (after Bauer fell through).
When (I guess if) fully healthy, Walker will be the Mets 5th starter. That is pretty impressive.
Why is this year different from all other years?
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bats off to a brutal start with RISP.
Why is this year different from all other years?
I think every team thinks their team stinks in this stat (RISP), I'd like to see year over year, how the Mets compare to the rest of the league is see if it's just fan bias.
Nice catch, but puts the Mets on the board.
quickly gives up the lead, go ahead run on 2B no outs.
Hard to blame Walker (so far) he's given up just two runs.
but this juggernaut lineup has been pretty shitty with RISP (as mentioned).
Hard to blame Walker (so far) he's given up just two runs.
but this juggernaut lineup has been pretty shitty with RISP (as mentioned).
That's for sure. If you are getting QS's from Walker most of the time you are ahead of what someone in his spot of the rotation would normally give (he was expected to be their #4 SP until Thor was healthy). We can't be 0 for 6 with RISP and 8 LOB overall against Nick f'n Neidert
Let's see if the bats can come alive and walk this off.
Nimmo - Lindor - McNeil - Alonso - Smith should be the top 5 right now. And if they want to hit Conforto 6th that's fine. 2 lefties in a row won't kill anyone.
2nd and 3rd.
let's see him break out of his season opening slump.
I'll take it if it stands, but man that is flimsy
Not cool
it was right down Broadway and Conforto leaned into it. Should've been struck out
it was right down Broadway and Conforto leaned into it. Should've been struck out
I’ll take it. A W is a W
W!
But if the rule is that you were in the strike zone and HPB, that you're out, then obviously the umpire should know that, hey, it was a strike, because that's what he first called, and it's immaterial at that point whether or not he was HBP.
I'm going to bet that this was not reviewable as Gary was saying, and that he probably explained to Mattingly that he fudged the call but because they can't review whether or not it was a ball or strike or that Conforto intentionally stuck his arm out to draw the HBP, that the call simply can't be changed.
I used to LOATHE Chase Utley for doing that, btw. Pretty bad umpiring there but they really needed this one. Glad for the W. DeGrom going tomorrow, they need to get on the right side of .500.
What were they doing with the headset if they aren't allowed to review that?
Also, good on the Mets booth for calling out the crap and not just accepting the win.
W is a W, and as I said, I'll take it (like I have a choice) but I'm not afraid to admit that was about as bullshit a W as you can get.
W is a W, and as I said, I'll take it (like I have a choice) but I'm not afraid to admit that was about as bullshit a W as you can get.
Yes, from my understanding the determination of whether he leaned in can't be made after the fact on replay and can only be called on the field.
W is a W, and as I said, I'll take it (like I have a choice) but I'm not afraid to admit that was about as bullshit a W as you can get.
Yes, from my understanding the determination of whether he leaned in can't be made after the fact on replay and can only be called on the field.
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McNeil is now top 2% of the league in XBA, top 5% in XSLG, top 5% in XWOBA. Jeff McNeil is crushing the ball, he needs to be one of the top 5 hitters in the lineup. No questions asked
McNeil is now top 2% of the league in XBA, top 5% in XSLG, top 5% in XWOBA. Jeff McNeil is crushing the ball, he needs to be one of the top 5 hitters in the lineup. No questions asked
I like the Top 5 as it was today. McNeil should definitely be batting 6th as long as Davis is out. When Davis gets back it is a little tougher because, as long as there is not nobody out, it prevents from a team bringing in a strong lefty reliever versus Smith and McNeil. If you look at the top lefty relievers, McNeil does not have good numbers and Smith has not faced many.
in ex-Mets news...not a great day today though.
Lindor
McNeil
Alonso
Smith
Conforto
That should be the top 6 right now just about every day. When Nimmo Sits you can either move everyone up a spot or just have McNeil leapfrog to leadoff.
Get the best players the most at bats in the best situations possible.
Nimmo is one of the players in baseball getting on base. That's exactly what you want leadoff.
Lindor is one of the best players in baseball who can do everything. That's exactly what you want in a 2 hitter.
McNeil is one of the best pure hitters in baseball and literally nobody has a better BA than him over career. That's exactly what you want in a 3 hitter.
Alonso is perhaps the best power hitter in the sport and you want him up with men on.
Both Smith and Conforto are sufficiently dangerous to protect him.
That top 6 could be a thing of beauty. Don't overthink it.
Probably pressing trying to prove he's worth $200M (which he is)
So sick of fans who think it's their job to tell other fans what to do.
No one is panicking, but yes people can criticize decisions and be pissed at losses.
No one is send Conforto to the minors or cutting him, but yes people can criticize his slow start.
It's either him or Smith for 4th, that's a toss up right now but if Smith has another strong year he probably wins that.
OPS - .878 vs. .840 (McNeil +.38)
BA - .316 vs. .259 (McNeil +.55)
OBP - .381 vs. .357 (McNeil +.24)
SLG - .497 vs. .483 (McNeil +.14)
He's been better overall and better with each individual component input. Conforto homers a little more frequently but that's it.
It's either him or Smith for 4th, that's a toss up right now but if Smith has another strong year he probably wins that.
Nimmo not far behind either (I think he's ahead of Conforto in some stats like OBP, behind in SLG, probably close in OPS, maybe ahead in wRC+). Mets have a solid lineup.
You have to know with his bad luck start, when he hit that one, he was like, "catch that one, bitches!"
You have to know with his bad luck start, when he hit that one, he was like, "catch that one, bitches!"
And how about he gets plunked Friday...was that used to be showing up the other team?
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But how about that bat flip by McNeil.
You have to know with his bad luck start, when he hit that one, he was like, "catch that one, bitches!"
And how about he gets plunked Friday...was that used to be showing up the other team?
I think the bat flips are mostly ignored nowadays. The lines of the unwritten rules are a little blurred in modern baseball.
It was a 9th inning game tying homer to a guy that had yet to get his first hit. I seriously doubt he'll be thrown at.
Conforto may be a different story.
The only thing that really matters is that the ball was clearly a strike. On that alone, he should've been called out.
Home plat umpire Kulpa has already admitted his mistake, but that the only reviewable aspect of the play was if the ball indeed hit him. It did hit his forearm guard, I have zero doubt, the ball ever so slightly changed trajectory.
McNeil is now top 2% of the league in XBA, top 5% in XSLG, top 5% in XWOBA. Jeff McNeil is crushing the ball, he needs to be one of the top 5 hitters in the lineup. No questions asked
Absolutely - Cant stand to see Luis bury him down the order - hell at this point just flop him and MC and all it a day
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But how about that bat flip by McNeil.
You have to know with his bad luck start, when he hit that one, he was like, "catch that one, bitches!"
And how about he gets plunked Friday...was that used to be showing up the other team?
Well they're off Friday so that would be tough...
So sick of fans who think it's their job to tell other fans what to do.
No one is panicking, but yes people can criticize decisions and be pissed at losses.
No one is send Conforto to the minors or cutting him, but yes people can criticize his slow start.
Yeah and I probably overreacted there..
I'm surprised that so many are down on Conforto overall though..
I'd put money on him having higher WAR for rest of his career than any offenses player on the Mets besides Lindor. I think the shoulder sapped him for 2 years and he is the 6 WAR guy he was before the injury and in 2020... But stats don't back me up for his career so I see why people say he is behind Alonso and Jeff...
Nevertheless, it's a good problem to have when you are debating whether your superstar RF is the 2nd through 5th best hitter on the team... That's pretty unreal
That's a 1st ballot hall of fame in the bush league for Conforto today, and then he says "From my point of view, "I turned, there may have been a little lift in my elbow, out of habit/out of reaction"
Schmuck. He should get drilled on the 1st pitch of every at bat this weekend. At least own what you did
That's a 1st ballot hall of fame in the bush league for Conforto today, and then he says "From my point of view, "I turned, there may have been a little lift in my elbow, out of habit/out of reaction"
Schmuck. He should get drilled on the 1st pitch of every at bat this weekend. At least own what you did
Yeah its complete crap... he definitely deserved to get hit and I hope a coach pulls him aside and tells him to cut it out. Like I said, thats reserved for scum like Utley, who we now know was not well respected at all around the league by the players or coaches.
The rule states: If the batter does not attempt to avoid the pitch, he is not awarded first base, and the pitch is ruled either a strike if in the strike zone or a ball if out of the strike zone.
The rule states: If the batter does not attempt to avoid the pitch, he is not awarded first base, and the pitch is ruled either a strike if in the strike zone or a ball if out of the strike zone.
Official Baseball Rule 5.05(b)(2) states that the batter becomes a runner and is entitled to first base without liability to be put out when—"He is touched by a pitched ball which he is not attempting to hit unless (A) The ball is in the strike zone when it touches the batter, or (B) The batter makes no attempt to avoid being touched by the ball." Furthermore, "If the ball is in the strike zone when it touches the batter, it shall be called a strike, whether or not the batter tries to avoid the ball. If the ball is outside the strike zone when it touches the batter, it shall be called a ball if he makes no attempt to avoid being touched."
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First - YES Conforto seemed to purposely get hit and yes I think he should have not been awarded first as a hit batsman - However - the only way he is awarded first by rule is that it is a ball NOT in the strike zone - which would have made it ball 4 anyhow. And the run scores. Again - I completely agree that Michael tried to take a dive but walking in the run vs being hit is still a run.
The rule states: If the batter does not attempt to avoid the pitch, he is not awarded first base, and the pitch is ruled either a strike if in the strike zone or a ball if out of the strike zone.
Official Baseball Rule 5.05(b)(2) states that the batter becomes a runner and is entitled to first base without liability to be put out when—"He is touched by a pitched ball which he is not attempting to hit unless (A) The ball is in the strike zone when it touches the batter, or (B) The batter makes no attempt to avoid being touched by the ball." Furthermore, "If the ball is in the strike zone when it touches the batter, it shall be called a strike, whether or not the batter tries to avoid the ball. If the ball is outside the strike zone when it touches the batter, it shall be called a ball if he makes no attempt to avoid being touched."
Right - but that's the point- 1) he made no attempt 2) the ball MUST have been out of the strike zone or he is not a hit batter - ergo Ball 4
There is no part of the rule that states he took a dive at a ball outside the strike zone and he's out for interference or its now called a strike.
You can argue whether it should have been a strike or not (it should have) but results are the same if its not.
That's a 1st ballot hall of fame in the bush league for Conforto today, and then he says "From my point of view, "I turned, there may have been a little lift in my elbow, out of habit/out of reaction"
Schmuck. He should get drilled on the 1st pitch of every at bat this weekend. At least own what you did
Oh dear. People do recover from such things.
Top 3% in expected slugging
Top 3% in XOBA
Top 3% in XOBACON
It's 4 games, it's just noise with that sample but wowzas.
Top 3% in expected slugging
Top 3% in XOBA
Top 3% in XOBACON
It's 4 games, it's just noise with that sample but wowzas.
He's put on some muscle mass - even my girlfriend commented on it lol. With his pre-existing bat-to-ball skills some more strength could be huge.
Realmuto is 94th so to your point DMM that's probably going to be "the one that got away" from this offseason when things are all said and done just because of how fair his contract ended up. But I kind of buy the whole "didn't want to go to NY" thing with him since he said he wanted to wait. Maybe he would have come here if there was no other choice but more likely they'd have gotten leveraged like Bauer/LAD and Philly would have just upped their offer with another year if need be. And McCann may have been gone.
The pitch was not "down the heart of the plate." It barely caught the plate and one could argue that the ball only caught the edge of the plate because of hitting Conforto's elbow. In real time, you can barely tell he moved his arm (obviously slo-mo enhances everything). I'm really surprised at the outrage in the NY media. They say NOTHING when other teams do this to us but now this is national news? Come on.
Feel however you want, I get it. I just don't see it. If the umpires are NEVER going to reinforce the rules, then this is what you get. To me, that was a bit of Karma due to the Marlins.
That’s a whole lot of players on Mets wish lists this past offseason.
Not only that but his insane increase in spin rate last year just screams unnatural development.