He oould go one more inning, but should he at this point? I'd give Peterson the ball for an inning or two, then hope they score a run, and then bring in Diaz.
He oould go one more inning, but should he at this point? I'd give Peterson the ball for an inning or two, then hope they score a run, and then bring in Diaz.
Otto has pitched the last two games, and I don't really trust anyone else I'd send him out for one more
that they aren't going to win out. 2 out of 3 against a desperate MIL team is a good result. Holding even over 3 days @MIL while ATL hosted WSH is a minor win for us.
This weekend @OAK with ATL playing PHI, we should be aiming to pick up a game.
Mets need to head to Atlanta in 9 days up 1 game on the Braves. If they do that, I like their chances. All they'd need to do is win one game there and they'd have the tie-breaker and then head back home to play the last three games of the season against the Nats (no jinx meant).
Need to win all three games there vs probably three left-handed starters. The Mets will be off again on the 26th and then head home to play the Marlins for two games, and then then have another off day on the 29th for the last time this regular season before heading to Atlanta on the 30th for three games.
Mets need to out this behind them and play to win the next 5 games and hope the Phils win one against the Braves. No excuses for the Mets playing against the likes of the Triple A's in Oakland and then the Marlines at Citi. They'll have three off-days to help them out too before heading to Atlanta in nine days. Just need a 1 game lead before heading there. hopefully the Mets get healthy (Nimmo, McNeil, and Marte).
"In 11 starts against teams contending for the playoffs, Carrasco has a 6.71 ERA. In his 16 starts against everyone else, Carrasco has a 2.14 ERA."
Funny that now the beat writers are asking about the 4th playoff starter being Carrasco or Walker when all of you thought Carrasco could be a 3rd starter. With those numbers he might be in the pen
I just saw the grand slam today. I dont care if you havent pitched in the big leagues recently, missing your spot by over a foot and hanging a slider with an 0-2 count in that situation just cannot happen
Smith does it constantly
I honestly don't know who I'd pick between Carrasco and Walker
If the Mets can't go with a 3-man rotation I think they need to ride the hot hand, but maybe stack them and have a short leash so start either one of them, but have the other ready. kind of like a bullpen game. I imagine both would be on the PS roster.
hasn't thrown more than 2 innings since June and he only did that once. He's not an option unless you're talking about an "opener" aka 2-3 innings and replaced.
hasn't thrown more than 2 innings since June and he only did that once. He's not an option unless you're talking about an "opener" aka 2-3 innings and replaced.
Mets blew it IMO by not using the past few weeks to stretch him out. They are more confident in Carrasco and Walker than then should be.
Still enough time to stretch him to 35, 50 and 65 pitches before the playoffs but I doubt they do it.
the salary isn't crazy but the $11m post buyout is probably better spent elsewhere. i'd guess Trevor Williams will cost half that and they can put Peterson/Megill into the rotation. Butto is looking like he may be an option at some point next year at least as depth too.
JDG and Bassitt are going to require raises in the $10m ballpark, so letting Carrasco walk pays for 1 of them.
Walker will probably get a 3/45m or something like Matz last year, which would also be a $10m raise. I'd rather keep him for a few years than Carrasco for 1 i think. but if i were guessing right now i think they will let him go too.
RE: RE: I generally feel like it's hard to expect sweeps
Last week Braves lost 4 out of 5. Two to Seattle and two to Giants
1 R (1 ER)
4 H
2 BB
3 K
1 HR
3.34 ERA
He oould go one more inning, but should he at this point? I'd give Peterson the ball for an inning or two, then hope they score a run, and then bring in Diaz.
1 R (1 ER)
4 H
2 BB
3 K
1 HR
3.34 ERA
He oould go one more inning, but should he at this point? I'd give Peterson the ball for an inning or two, then hope they score a run, and then bring in Diaz.
Otto has pitched the last two games, and I don't really trust anyone else I'd send him out for one more
This weekend @OAK with ATL playing PHI, we should be aiming to pick up a game.
lol. He went downhill after he took that pregame picture with one of those supermodel chicks at Citi Field.
Mets need to head to Atlanta in 9 days up 1 game on the Braves. If they do that, I like their chances. All they'd need to do is win one game there and they'd have the tie-breaker and then head back home to play the last three games of the season against the Nats (no jinx meant).
Nothing. Buck probably wanted to see what Smith was made of (which isn't much, lol).
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I was away from the game, Peterson struck out the first batter he faced, and then I came back and it's 6-0 and Smith is in. what happened to Peterson?
Nothing. Buck probably wanted to see what Smith was made of (which isn't much, lol).
Wow, talk about over-managing!
Need to win all three games there vs probably three left-handed starters. The Mets will be off again on the 26th and then head home to play the Marlins for two games, and then then have another off day on the 29th for the last time this regular season before heading to Atlanta on the 30th for three games.
Absolutely.
Mets need to out this behind them and play to win the next 5 games and hope the Phils win one against the Braves. No excuses for the Mets playing against the likes of the Triple A's in Oakland and then the Marlines at Citi. They'll have three off-days to help them out too before heading to Atlanta in nine days. Just need a 1 game lead before heading there. hopefully the Mets get healthy (Nimmo, McNeil, and Marte).
I voted for Carrasco
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Gonna need help from the Phillies though since the Mets and Braves are even in the loss column. The Braves have two games in hand.
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José Butto's last three starts: 19.0 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 17 K
Funny that now the beat writers are asking about the 4th playoff starter being Carrasco or Walker when all of you thought Carrasco could be a 3rd starter. With those numbers he might be in the pen
I just saw the grand slam today. I dont care if you havent pitched in the big leagues recently, missing your spot by over a foot and hanging a slider with an 0-2 count in that situation just cannot happen
Smith does it constantly
Smith is another guy that should stick in AAA
Smith is another guy that should stick in AAA
That is an outside the box option that I like. It's been so long since we've seen Megill start and pitch though, but when he did, he was quite good.
If the Mets can't go with a 3-man rotation I think they need to ride the hot hand, but maybe stack them and have a short leash so start either one of them, but have the other ready. kind of like a bullpen game. I imagine both would be on the PS roster.
If we can do that and the Phils just manage a split, we will be 2.5 up and in great shape to start the final week.
If we can do that and the Phils just manage a split, we will be 2.5 up and in great shape to start the final week.
We have to expect a sweep of the lowly A's and the top 3 starters going. This is what playoff teams do.
Mets blew it IMO by not using the past few weeks to stretch him out. They are more confident in Carrasco and Walker than then should be.
Still enough time to stretch him to 35, 50 and 65 pitches before the playoffs but I doubt they do it.
Degrom
Scherzer
Bassit
Carrasco
Megill
Peterson
Lucchesi
Maybe Butto or someone else
JDG and Bassitt are going to require raises in the $10m ballpark, so letting Carrasco walk pays for 1 of them.
Walker will probably get a 3/45m or something like Matz last year, which would also be a $10m raise. I'd rather keep him for a few years than Carrasco for 1 i think. but if i were guessing right now i think they will let him go too.
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but I think this weekend is an exception for the Mets. We are throwing our big 3 against the punchless A's. Drop the hammer and take all 3.
If we can do that and the Phils just manage a split, we will be 2.5 up and in great shape to start the final week.
We have to expect a sweep of the lowly A's and the top 3 starters going. This is what playoff teams do.
+1 Specifically division-winning teams.