Are there any real catchers left who wont let a pitcher make a stupid pitch selection like that? Why would Mazeika let Ottavino throw a fastball in that situation?
Mets facing the Dodgers, Padres, Angels (lost 5 straight, now 27-22), and Brewers without their top 3 starters. Maybe Megill gets back for Angels or Brewers
Bullpen will have to be on point - cant afford blown leads late when missing those starters vs those teams. Gotta win the games you lead late in this stretch or it could get ugly
Mets facing the Dodgers, Padres, Angels (lost 5 straight, now 27-22), and Brewers without their top 3 starters. Maybe Megill gets back for Angels or Brewers
Bullpen will have to be on point - cant afford blown leads late when missing those starters vs those teams. Gotta win the games you lead late in this stretch or it could get ugly
Top 3 starters? Wait, when exactly did Megill pass Cookie and Bassitt? In a fully healthy rotation , Megill is battling Peterson and Walker for #5.
Mets facing the Dodgers, Padres, Angels (lost 5 straight, now 27-22), and Brewers without their top 3 starters. Maybe Megill gets back for Angels or Brewers
Bullpen will have to be on point - cant afford blown leads late when missing those starters vs those teams. Gotta win the games you lead late in this stretch or it could get ugly
Top 3 starters? Wait, when exactly did Megill pass Cookie and Bassitt? In a fully healthy rotation , Megill is battling Peterson and Walker for #5.
The way Megill was pitching, he was ahead of Bassitt and Carrasco already. To say he would be a 5th starter after how he started the year is just wrong
Mets facing the Dodgers, Padres, Angels (lost 5 straight, now 27-22), and Brewers without their top 3 starters. Maybe Megill gets back for Angels or Brewers
Bullpen will have to be on point - cant afford blown leads late when missing those starters vs those teams. Gotta win the games you lead late in this stretch or it could get ugly
Top 3 starters? Wait, when exactly did Megill pass Cookie and Bassitt? In a fully healthy rotation , Megill is battling Peterson and Walker for #5.
The way Megill was pitching, he was ahead of Bassitt and Carrasco already. To say he would be a 5th starter after how he started the year is just wrong
I don’t view it that way, but I guess it may be a good problem to have?!
the Mets are going to acquire proven veteran relievers this summer
Yes. It's unlikely a contender goes with multiple unproven rookie RP but it's nice to have that depth. Also, none are likely to ever be a viable Diaz replacement but a guy like Holderman (or one of the names I just mentioned) could be viable replacements for a guy like May next season.
Man, @stluciemets
really is loaded with interesting players. 20 year old William Lugo has a 116 wRC+/.348 wOBA (top 25 in the league for both numbers) and @mets
liked him enough to sign him for $475,000 August 2018
Junior Tilien's 3 homer game on Sunday was the first 3 homer game in the 34 season history of @stluciemets
, that per @MavalloneMiLB
damn kind of surprised even though his play has made it likely for a while now.
Probably land somewhere like Pittsburgh at the deadline for a RP or Quintana.
Could see that. The Paddack deal would have been a good one if he wasn't damaged goods but i assume they will do something similar - and at this point it might be better that they waited bc RP is probably the bigger need.
damn kind of surprised even though his play has made it likely for a while now.
Since Dom has options remaining I am not surprised. Guillorme and Plummer are both hitting for now and Davis's metrics indicate that he has run into some bad luck. Give him some consistent AB's in AAA to work things out. With Drew Smith nicked up and 2/5 of the rotation being lucky if they give 5 IP they needed another bullpen arm.
is throwing live BP today, Buck says 1-2 rehab starts before he can come back.
Even if he replaces Trevor Williams in the starting rotation, his pitch counts were getting way too high. If he can't give you more than 5 IP that really taxes the bullpen. Mets might be better served tag teaming Williams with either Peterson or Megill in the hopes of getting 7-8 IP between them.
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Francisco Lindor is the NL Player of the Week for May 23-29.
All Lindor did was hit .348/.407/.870 with two doubles, two triples, two homers and -- here's the silly part -- 14 RBI, including at least one in all six games.
The Mets hadn't had an NL POTW since Syndergaard in '19.
of why this is the right call to send Dom down to AAA. His defense doesn’t really add much value when Alonso is competent there and Smith doesn’t hit for shit.
Hopefully Smith can at least hit at AAA and redeem some value.
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Brandon Nimmo had a good day and his wrist has improved, per Buck. He is expected to start either tomorrow or Thursday
Katoh might be listed as an OF but 0 games out there this year, Vientos also 0, with Lee suddenly showing signs of life, he may in fact get another chance quicker than expected despite his truly awful start to his season
No it's not.
But that was a bad pitch.
Are there any real catchers left who wont let a pitcher make a stupid pitch selection like that? Why would Mazeika let Ottavino throw a fastball in that situation?
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That was terrible.
No it's not.
But that was a bad pitch.
Okay…they make a lot of bad pitches then.
This pen started off strong but has absolutely come back down to earth.
Escobar coming up huuuuuge! Hopefully that gets him going!
Has to feel good getting the GW when they intentionally walk someone to get to you.
Hope Smith is ok, this bullpen is not deep.
It gets VERY rough after WAS, they really need to sweep
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lets sweep the nats now
It gets VERY rough after WAS, they really need to sweep
It is tough but no they don't really need to sweep.
Bullpen will have to be on point - cant afford blown leads late when missing those starters vs those teams. Gotta win the games you lead late in this stretch or it could get ugly
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lets sweep the nats now
It gets VERY rough after WAS, they really need to sweep
It is tough but no they don't really need to sweep.
They need to grab as many “easy” wins as they can.
Bullpen will have to be on point - cant afford blown leads late when missing those starters vs those teams. Gotta win the games you lead late in this stretch or it could get ugly
Top 3 starters? Wait, when exactly did Megill pass Cookie and Bassitt? In a fully healthy rotation , Megill is battling Peterson and Walker for #5.
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Mets facing the Dodgers, Padres, Angels (lost 5 straight, now 27-22), and Brewers without their top 3 starters. Maybe Megill gets back for Angels or Brewers
Bullpen will have to be on point - cant afford blown leads late when missing those starters vs those teams. Gotta win the games you lead late in this stretch or it could get ugly
Top 3 starters? Wait, when exactly did Megill pass Cookie and Bassitt? In a fully healthy rotation , Megill is battling Peterson and Walker for #5.
The way Megill was pitching, he was ahead of Bassitt and Carrasco already. To say he would be a 5th starter after how he started the year is just wrong
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In comment 15721093 Snablats said:
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Mets facing the Dodgers, Padres, Angels (lost 5 straight, now 27-22), and Brewers without their top 3 starters. Maybe Megill gets back for Angels or Brewers
Bullpen will have to be on point - cant afford blown leads late when missing those starters vs those teams. Gotta win the games you lead late in this stretch or it could get ugly
Top 3 starters? Wait, when exactly did Megill pass Cookie and Bassitt? In a fully healthy rotation , Megill is battling Peterson and Walker for #5.
The way Megill was pitching, he was ahead of Bassitt and Carrasco already. To say he would be a 5th starter after how he started the year is just wrong
I don’t view it that way, but I guess it may be a good problem to have?!
They come back and win the game.
It’s a long season and Too early to fret that much. After trade deadline tho…it’s fucking on
LGFM
will need to add a RP or 2 in-season but Nunez/Montes de Oca/Otanez/Orze all have legitimate big-league stuff and aren't "far" off
Yes. It's unlikely a contender goes with multiple unproven rookie RP but it's nice to have that depth. Also, none are likely to ever be a viable Diaz replacement but a guy like Holderman (or one of the names I just mentioned) could be viable replacements for a guy like May next season.
really is loaded with interesting players. 20 year old William Lugo has a 116 wRC+/.348 wOBA (top 25 in the league for both numbers) and @mets
liked him enough to sign him for $475,000 August 2018
Junior Tilien's 3 homer game on Sunday was the first 3 homer game in the 34 season history of @stluciemets
, that per @MavalloneMiLB
Probably land somewhere like Pittsburgh at the deadline for a RP or Quintana.
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damn kind of surprised even though his play has made it likely for a while now.
Probably land somewhere like Pittsburgh at the deadline for a RP or Quintana.
Could see that. The Paddack deal would have been a good one if he wasn't damaged goods but i assume they will do something similar - and at this point it might be better that they waited bc RP is probably the bigger need.
Since Dom has options remaining I am not surprised. Guillorme and Plummer are both hitting for now and Davis's metrics indicate that he has run into some bad luck. Give him some consistent AB's in AAA to work things out. With Drew Smith nicked up and 2/5 of the rotation being lucky if they give 5 IP they needed another bullpen arm.
Even if he replaces Trevor Williams in the starting rotation, his pitch counts were getting way too high. If he can't give you more than 5 IP that really taxes the bullpen. Mets might be better served tag teaming Williams with either Peterson or Megill in the hopes of getting 7-8 IP between them.
Yep....his anemic bat was not nearly enough to overcome the marginally better glove than Pete at 1B
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Francisco Lindor is the NL Player of the Week for May 23-29.
All Lindor did was hit .348/.407/.870 with two doubles, two triples, two homers and -- here's the silly part -- 14 RBI, including at least one in all six games.
The Mets hadn't had an NL POTW since Syndergaard in '19.
Nope, it's marginal. If it was significantly better, Buck would have had him at 1B and Pete at DH.
But his hitting sucks, his glove isn't much of an improvement and they need pitching, so a clear no brainer move to send him down...
Again - if it was THAT much better, he'd be playing full time at 1B.
Oh, and "always"? LOL - it was a handful of times; certainly much less than "always"...
Hopefully Smith can at least hit at AAA and redeem some value.
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Mets Game 51 of 162, vs. WAS
Tuesday, May 31, 7:10 p.m.
LHP Patrick Corbin (1-7, 6.30)
Canha CF
Marte RF
Lindor SS
Alonso 1B
J.D. Davis DH
McNeil LF
Escobar 3B
Guillorme 2B
Nido C
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T. Williams RHP (0-3, 4.37)
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Brandon Nimmo had a good day and his wrist has improved, per Buck. He is expected to start either tomorrow or Thursday
i think they are trying to keep miles off his legs.
The Mets hadn't had an NL POTW since Syndergaard in '19.
Embarrassing tbh.