It's literally the object of pitching, trying to prevent solid (or any) contact without walking or hitting batters
Lol, not a joke but in retrospect…I suppose it was a pretty silly question.
I assume that having movement on your pitches and keeping batters off balance/making weaker contact was the answer. But with an Eric’s obsessive exit velocity stats, I was thinking maybe…oh, I don’t flippin’ know. It was a dumb question, lol.
It's literally the object of pitching, trying to prevent solid (or any) contact without walking or hitting batters
Lol, not a joke but in retrospect…I suppose it was a pretty silly question.
I assume that having movement on your pitches and keeping batters off balance/making weaker contact was the answer. But with an Eric’s obsessive exit velocity stats, I was thinking maybe…oh, I don’t flippin’ know. It was a dumb question, lol.
I’ll take the heat. Lay it on me!
Ha! All good. This team is finished, if they can't get even so much as a decent start from 3/5 of their rotation.
But what is really comical is the first inning ratio for runs. What is it now, 45 Runs given up, and 9 scored?
Can you imagine the backlash? Eppler and Buck would have to be on crack if that happened---or just plain fired.
alvarez just passed nidos career best homers in a single season. and his defense has been great. agreed unless he finds himself in some kind of brutal slump you can't send him down.
RE: RE: Alvarez CAN NOT be sent back down to Triple A for Nidon't.
Can you imagine the backlash? Eppler and Buck would have to be on crack if that happened---or just plain fired.
alvarez just passed nidos career best homers in a single season. and his defense has been great. agreed unless he finds himself in some kind of brutal slump you can't send him down.
Can you imagine Eric? Would we be surprised though?
P.S. Here comes another run!
RE: Alvarez CAN NOT be sent back down to Triple A for Nidon't.
canha - 97mph grounder
alvarez - 103 mph homer
lindor - 101 mph 2b
mcneil - 94 mph single
hit it hard and good things happen. as far as baseball stats being predictive go it's hard for me to see one more important.
Quote:
In 2021, hard-hit batted balls produced a leaguewide .500 batting average, a 1.015 slugging percentage, and a .625 wOBA. On the flip side, batted balls hit below 95 miles per hour produced a leaguewide .221 batting average, a .263 slugging percentage, and a .208 wOBA. These statistics make it pretty clear there is a value in hard-hit rate.
canha - 97mph grounder
alvarez - 103 mph homer
lindor - 101 mph 2b
mcneil - 94 mph single
hit it hard and good things happen. as far as baseball stats being predictive go it's hard for me to see one more important.
Quote:
In 2021, hard-hit batted balls produced a leaguewide .500 batting average, a 1.015 slugging percentage, and a .625 wOBA. On the flip side, batted balls hit below 95 miles per hour produced a leaguewide .221 batting average, a .263 slugging percentage, and a .208 wOBA. These statistics make it pretty clear there is a value in hard-hit rate.
I didn’t mean to use the word “obsessive” as a bad thing - sorry if you took it that way. I enjoy your posts.
canha - 97mph grounder
alvarez - 103 mph homer
lindor - 101 mph 2b
mcneil - 94 mph single
hit it hard and good things happen. as far as baseball stats being predictive go it's hard for me to see one more important.
Quote:
In 2021, hard-hit batted balls produced a leaguewide .500 batting average, a 1.015 slugging percentage, and a .625 wOBA. On the flip side, batted balls hit below 95 miles per hour produced a leaguewide .221 batting average, a .263 slugging percentage, and a .208 wOBA. These statistics make it pretty clear there is a value in hard-hit rate.
I didn’t mean to use the word “obsessive” as a bad thing - sorry if you took it that way. I enjoy your posts.
It’s all good they are obsessive - just with a good reason I think.
Not to step on the rally but this stat from Mayer is insane:
@mikemayer22
Ronny Mauricio was 3-for-5 tonight including a single at 115.5 mph and his league leading 19th double (6 more than anyone else).
His 62 hits lead all of minor league baseball.
Mauricio’s development is incredible. He is exceeding anyone’s expectations. For him to lead the minors in hits is incredible as his hit tool was the biggest question mark on him
Not to step on the rally but this stat from Mayer is insane:
@mikemayer22
Ronny Mauricio was 3-for-5 tonight including a single at 115.5 mph and his league leading 19th double (6 more than anyone else).
His 62 hits lead all of minor league baseball.
Mauricio’s development is incredible. He is exceeding anyone’s expectations. For him to lead the minors in hits is incredible as his hit tool was the biggest question mark on him
His hit tool was underrated - his career avg is .270 despite always being the youngest guy in his league and he has never k’d a lot. They overrated the fact that he doesn’t walk and said he made bad swing decisions, which always sounded like something that shouldn’t be considered that odd for a player as young as he is. Last year I think he led the Mets org in xbh rate and that’s without counting his 20ish steals too. He will probably never walk much and his average will probably be variable but if he hits a ton of Xbh he will be a very productive player. The exit velocity makes it seem like just as good of a bet to produce as the other 3 but maybe not as quickly since they each got a taste last year.
With these kids coming up - Bath, Alvarez, Vientos, Mauricio on the way - along with Alonso, Lindor, Nimmo, Diaz (fingers crossed). And Buck as the manager.
Similarities to the mid-90s Yankees? I think so!! So by my estimation, Buck will be gone soon (lol) right before we go on our Dynasty run for the next 20 years.
But Alvarez looks so so much better at the plate now than he did his first couple weeks. He's really getting comfortable up there.
Anyone that can’t see that everything is better with those guys having received as much mlb playing time as they have the last month deserves to get fired by stearns day 1. There is no 1 game or 2 game or maybe 3 game winning streak without them. There was nothing gained playing lifeless deadwood as long as they did.
McNeil is something else. Superb play at 2B. Strong throw by Baty too. Robertson's a stud for pitching three days in a row. Capped off by Pete making a helluva plat at 1B for the 3rd out.
They need to see if robbie cano left any protein powder in his old locker.
lmao!
I will say this...playing Baty, Alvarez, and Vientos, with the energy they bring to the game but also the production in keeping the line moving, getting more ABs, getting more looks at the pitching, as well as more RBI opportunities, it's the old axiom about a rising tide lifting all boats. Marte and Canha are professional hitters, and having a potent lineup around them like this is only going to help them as well.
Wow, what a play by Pete Alonso! Two terrific defensive plays by the Mets in that half-inning with McNeil and Alonso.
Gary mentioned it earlier, but McNeil had a great AB to set up the game winning homer by Alonso on Wednesday. McNeil hasn't had a lot of huge moments this year, but every day he's bringing something to help this team.
Let's go for another walk-off:
McNeil
Alonso
Baty
If anyone gets on, Marte and Vientos. I desperately want Vientos to win this game in a walk-off, but I'll take anything.
But Alvarez looks so so much better at the plate now than he did his first couple weeks. He's really getting comfortable up there.
Totally agree with you.
Just in the last couple of weeks especially, his mannerisms, his communication with the pitchers, his defense, and his ABs...he has the look of a superstar catcher.
I just hope Buck recognizes what he has. We are watching the reincarnation of Pudge Rodriguez before our eyes, and any time he's not in the lineup the Mets are worse for it.
Silver lining, unless Marte wins the game first, Vientos is going to have a chance to walk this off in the bottom of the 10th, pending the Mets keeping the score within a run.
imagine what could have been if they'd have maybe brought vientos up earlier last year and given him the at bats that went to ruf and naquin.
vientos rbi single in the 10th was 105.8 mph.
since coming up he has 7 batted balls. a hard hit ball is over 95 mph, vientos has hit 6 of them over 99 mph. 5 of those 6 over 102 mph. his avg exit velocity before tonight was 103 mph. his hard hit rate is 85%. there are only 20 guys in MLB above 50%. baty is the only other met (54%).
aaron judge has the highest average exit velo at 96 and the 2nd best hh% at 62%. alonso's avg ev is 90 mph and his hh% is 43%.
as long as vientos hh% is over 50% he should be in the lineup every day. it is as simple as that.
it is not hyperbole to say that the 3 kids have the most explosive bats in the lineup other than alonso and of the 3 vientos has the most. and that the 3 is probably 4 with mauricio.
ill give eppler credit for 1 thing and that is keeping all 4 and only mildly blocking them with a few limp traffic cones (and 1 XXXXL traffic cone). the fact that they can pretty easily shift mcneil to LF and put Mauricio at 2b to allow all 4 a path to playing every day by the end of the year is eppler's greatest accomplishment.
this isn't just 2 games. it was all spring, last year in limited action, and obviously every day in AAA.
103mph exit velocity and an 85% hh rate is not sustainable. his spring training numbers may not be sustainable either because they are basically aaron judge - 98mph and a 63%. but maybe we should let the freaking guy play at least until his numbers fall below the threshold of "destroyer of worlds"?
that recognizes talent and just wants to win? Buck is such a slave to veterans and also thinks his shit doesn’t stink. If Buck would just embrace the youth, we’d be unstoppable. I guess we’ll see. But he STILL couldn’t help himself in his postgame presser. Still feel the need to praise Escobar over the kids that actually WON the game? Fuck that guy.
Mets are only a game and a half out of a playoff spot.
imagine what could have been if they'd have maybe brought vientos up earlier last year and given him the at bats that went to ruf and naquin.
vientos rbi single in the 10th was 105.8 mph.
since coming up he has 7 batted balls. a hard hit ball is over 95 mph, vientos has hit 6 of them over 99 mph. 5 of those 6 over 102 mph. his avg exit velocity before tonight was 103 mph. his hard hit rate is 85%. there are only 20 guys in MLB above 50%. baty is the only other met (54%).
aaron judge has the highest average exit velo at 96 and the 2nd best hh% at 62%. alonso's avg ev is 90 mph and his hh% is 43%.
as long as vientos hh% is over 50% he should be in the lineup every day. it is as simple as that.
it is not hyperbole to say that the 3 kids have the most explosive bats in the lineup other than alonso and of the 3 vientos has the most. and that the 3 is probably 4 with mauricio.
ill give eppler credit for 1 thing and that is keeping all 4 and only mildly blocking them with a few limp traffic cones (and 1 XXXXL traffic cone). the fact that they can pretty easily shift mcneil to LF and put Mauricio at 2b to allow all 4 a path to playing every day by the end of the year is eppler's greatest accomplishment.
They can also put Mauricio in RF. Kid has a cannon for an arm.
With Marte's poor start and possible post-concussion syndrome, the fact that they are not giving Mauricio any reps in OF is absurd. There is zero downside to giving a guy some starts in the OF especially when he is fast like Mauricio.
2B is a way harder position to master. And the 2B is involved in way more plays than a RF, meaning his negative defensive impact is potentially much, much higher. In fact, it is probably the second hardest position after catcher. Whereas any athletic player gain competence at corner OF spots. And if you have the eye-glove-ball coordination to play SS, you can definitely play RF.
RE: Why is it so hard to get a normal fucking manager
that recognizes talent and just wants to win? Buck is such a slave to veterans and also thinks his shit doesn’t stink. If Buck would just embrace the youth, we’d be unstoppable. I guess we’ll see. But he STILL couldn’t help himself in his postgame presser. Still feel the need to praise Escobar over the kids that actually WON the game? Fuck that guy.
Spot effing on, especially that second line you stated that's underlined above. He is an arrogant lil' fella, isn't he? It's not about winning at all costs with him. It's about being right. I'll take being wrong and winning ten times out of ten. Buck, for all of his raw intelligence, is a slave to his mentality. He has his pets and, if he had his druthers, wouldn't have these kids up here, even if they are the best options for winning ball games. Fireable offense really.
And I agree the kids gotta play. But this could be trying to keep them from getting over confident and still working hard for the managers affection. Like that teacher in school who didn't believe in giving A+'s because there was always room for improvement. He also probably wants to keep the older guys engaged and encouraged that are losing their spots. They still have a roll and we'll need them.
I mean he's got to see those guys weren't getting it done, these kids are, and they're the future right?
Emmanuel Clase came into Friday against the Mets having never allowed more than 3 hits in any of his 192 appearances.
The Mets got 4 hits (2 by rookies) off Clase in their comeback win.
I will give Buck this, he could have hit vogey for Vientos and hit canha vs clase since he’s a reverse split guy. He let Vientos hit. After today I think he has to see the obvious. Marte and vogey didn’t get close. The kids went up to hit and they did it. There will be slumps and the vets may get hot later but right now ride the young guys. They have the talent and they are ready for the moment.
RE: RE: these last 3 games have been the most exciting since august vs philly
imagine what could have been if they'd have maybe brought vientos up earlier last year and given him the at bats that went to ruf and naquin.
vientos rbi single in the 10th was 105.8 mph.
since coming up he has 7 batted balls. a hard hit ball is over 95 mph, vientos has hit 6 of them over 99 mph. 5 of those 6 over 102 mph. his avg exit velocity before tonight was 103 mph. his hard hit rate is 85%. there are only 20 guys in MLB above 50%. baty is the only other met (54%).
aaron judge has the highest average exit velo at 96 and the 2nd best hh% at 62%. alonso's avg ev is 90 mph and his hh% is 43%.
as long as vientos hh% is over 50% he should be in the lineup every day. it is as simple as that.
it is not hyperbole to say that the 3 kids have the most explosive bats in the lineup other than alonso and of the 3 vientos has the most. and that the 3 is probably 4 with mauricio.
ill give eppler credit for 1 thing and that is keeping all 4 and only mildly blocking them with a few limp traffic cones (and 1 XXXXL traffic cone). the fact that they can pretty easily shift mcneil to LF and put Mauricio at 2b to allow all 4 a path to playing every day by the end of the year is eppler's greatest accomplishment.
They can also put Mauricio in RF. Kid has a cannon for an arm.
With Marte's poor start and possible post-concussion syndrome, the fact that they are not giving Mauricio any reps in OF is absurd. There is zero downside to giving a guy some starts in the OF especially when he is fast like Mauricio.
2B is a way harder position to master. And the 2B is involved in way more plays than a RF, meaning his negative defensive impact is potentially much, much higher. In fact, it is probably the second hardest position after catcher. Whereas any athletic player gain competence at corner OF spots. And if you have the eye-glove-ball coordination to play SS, you can definitely play RF.
I agree with you. Watching Mauricio, he has the look to me of a corner OF type of player. If he can play 2B everyday, the Mets will be better for it. Either way, the clock is now ticking on getting him up to the big club. He does need to work on defense, but imagine all 4 of these guys really working out to be tremendous hitters. What a young core the Mets would have, and you keep Pete in the mix, with Lindor, Nimmo, and McNeil that's 8 tremendous players in the lineup, and you have a potential 9th perhaps coming to Queens for 2024 next year in Shohei. Then all you have to do is find your everyday LFer.
Can you imagine a team with a 1-9 in no particular order:
Nimmo CF
Lindor SS
Vientos 3B
Ohtani DH
Alonso 1B
Baty LF
Alvarez C
Mauricio 2B
McNeil RF
And yeah, that's not including Marte. There's really not room for all these guys. Need Marte to get going again. The Mets have two more years under contract with him after this one.
The one thing if everybody sticks and if Marte can get back to playing close to his baseball card again, you can still have a 1-9 that's absolutely devastating, and you can move guys around and still give someone a rest.
And I agree the kids gotta play. But this could be trying to keep them from getting over confident and still working hard for the managers affection. Like that teacher in school who didn't believe in giving A+'s because there was always room for improvement. He also probably wants to keep the older guys engaged and encouraged that are losing their spots. They still have a roll and we'll need them.
I mean he's got to see those guys weren't getting it done, these kids are, and they're the future right?
Good post. Mind games are all good and well, but my issue issue is that Buck really doesn't want to play these kids.
After wrapping up the contributions of Vientos, Alvarez, and Baty...
"They've fit right in, they're ready, they're professionals."
Pete for player/manager!
I had to DVR game so just finishing it up and the team looks totally different with these 3 extra bats. Some random thoughts.
Kids obviously the big difference in the lineup here. Buck post game embarrassing. Buck throwing Ottavino and Robertson this much early is scary but I honestly don't know what else he could do. Need some pitching from somewhere. Josh Walker going back down might be a mistake considering all the slop we have in the pen.
RE: RE: RE: these last 3 games have been the most exciting since august vs philly
imagine what could have been if they'd have maybe brought vientos up earlier last year and given him the at bats that went to ruf and naquin.
vientos rbi single in the 10th was 105.8 mph.
since coming up he has 7 batted balls. a hard hit ball is over 95 mph, vientos has hit 6 of them over 99 mph. 5 of those 6 over 102 mph. his avg exit velocity before tonight was 103 mph. his hard hit rate is 85%. there are only 20 guys in MLB above 50%. baty is the only other met (54%).
aaron judge has the highest average exit velo at 96 and the 2nd best hh% at 62%. alonso's avg ev is 90 mph and his hh% is 43%.
as long as vientos hh% is over 50% he should be in the lineup every day. it is as simple as that.
it is not hyperbole to say that the 3 kids have the most explosive bats in the lineup other than alonso and of the 3 vientos has the most. and that the 3 is probably 4 with mauricio.
ill give eppler credit for 1 thing and that is keeping all 4 and only mildly blocking them with a few limp traffic cones (and 1 XXXXL traffic cone). the fact that they can pretty easily shift mcneil to LF and put Mauricio at 2b to allow all 4 a path to playing every day by the end of the year is eppler's greatest accomplishment.
They can also put Mauricio in RF. Kid has a cannon for an arm.
With Marte's poor start and possible post-concussion syndrome, the fact that they are not giving Mauricio any reps in OF is absurd. There is zero downside to giving a guy some starts in the OF especially when he is fast like Mauricio.
2B is a way harder position to master. And the 2B is involved in way more plays than a RF, meaning his negative defensive impact is potentially much, much higher. In fact, it is probably the second hardest position after catcher. Whereas any athletic player gain competence at corner OF spots. And if you have the eye-glove-ball coordination to play SS, you can definitely play RF.
I agree with you. Watching Mauricio, he has the look to me of a corner OF type of player. If he can play 2B everyday, the Mets will be better for it. Either way, the clock is now ticking on getting him up to the big club. He does need to work on defense, but imagine all 4 of these guys really working out to be tremendous hitters. What a young core the Mets would have, and you keep Pete in the mix, with Lindor, Nimmo, and McNeil that's 8 tremendous players in the lineup, and you have a potential 9th perhaps coming to Queens for 2024 next year in Shohei. Then all you have to do is find your everyday LFer.
Can you imagine a team with a 1-9 in no particular order:
Nimmo CF
Lindor SS
Vientos 3B
Ohtani DH
Alonso 1B
Baty LF
Alvarez C
Mauricio 2B
McNeil RF
And yeah, that's not including Marte. There's really not room for all these guys. Need Marte to get going again. The Mets have two more years under contract with him after this one.
The one thing if everybody sticks and if Marte can get back to playing close to his baseball card again, you can still have a 1-9 that's absolutely devastating, and you can move guys around and still give someone a rest.
Mauricio has really filled out. Not the skinny kid we saw in the past. He is built like a Linebacker now. Just don't see him at 2B
Also, he appears to have turned his career around in winterball. Making a lot more contact. Compared to last year, his average is 100 points higher and his strikeouts are down 30%.
Mets ought to hire whoever worked with him in Winterball.
Heads up and a look forward to tomorrow's 4:10 pm (EDT) game:
He's under contract through the end of the 2025 season. He's also injury prone and 34 years old now. He's another guy they need to think about, if not in-season for some pitching, then in the offseason.
There's a history in this sport in particular of calling young players up to ignite a lethargic veteran team. Mets just saw it first hand last season with Atlanta. It does save seasons.
The pitching needs to improve significantly. If they can get that right they'll get on a real roll and start to climb back up.
There's a history in this sport in particular of calling young players up to ignite a lethargic veteran team. Mets just saw it first hand last season with Atlanta. It does save seasons.
The pitching needs to improve significantly. If they can get that right they'll get on a real roll and start to climb back up.
They've also played a lot of road games to start the season. If I'm not mistaken, they've played 27 of these first 46 games so far on the road. Verlander and Quintana were also out. Verlander is back now. Quintana will be back in about a month, unless I'm wrong about his timetable, so those right there are two big pluses on the ledger in addition to more home games. The kids are up now too giving this team juice. It's all right there. The onus is on management to make the right roster decisions and trades for relief pitching and Buck to play the right guys---two things that are worrisome, to be quite frank.
will be this team's Achilles heel. Maybe Peterson can be converted to be a long man in the pen.
Bullpen will be the easiest thing to improve. Josh Walker/Lavender may be internal backend options. Come playoff time, you are going 3/4 starters. Without adding a starter, Verlander, Scherzer, Senga, and a 4th guy. Let’s say Quintana. That gives you Megill in the bullpen where he should be effective. Trade for a couple bullpen guys. You could go Robertson, Chapman, Ottavino, other bullpen pickup, Megill, Smith, Brigham, Peterson as a long man. Should be plenty. Could also see Vasil as a bullpen option this year. He has barely exceeded 80 innings in his career. But maybe he could be an option as a bullpen guy this year to keep his innings down
Francisco Álvarez of the @Mets has delivered a game-tying hit with his team down to its last out in each of his last 2 games played (Wednesday & today).
Only one other MLB player in the last 10 years has done that in back-to-back games played: Albert Pujols (April 9 & 11, 2017).
guessing he puts all the young guys in vs bibee in game 1 then more of a veteran lineup vs bieber in the night game?
bieber's splits are pretty pronounced this year. marte and escobar are combined 7/8 with 4 doubles, 2 homers, and 5 rbis off bieber.
i think id go game 1 - baty 3b, vientos dh, alvarez c, maybe pham in rf for marte to keep him for the night game.
then game 2 - escobar 3b, vogey dh, sanchez, and marte back in RF. maybe put escobar at 2b, baty at 3b and mcneil in lf?
I don't think we will see any more games from Buck and Eppler.
The organization's approach with the young guys was clearly demonstrated to be wrongheaded in so many different ways.
If the Wilpons were still in charge, then maybe. But Uncle Stevie has already demonstrated he holds people accountable.
i tend to agree. it's just too obvious. they have a 3 game winning streak where they've scored a total of 21 runs.
10 of those runs have been driven in by the 3 kids.
8 have been driven in by alonso.
1 by lindor.
1 by mcneil.
1 by pham on an IF single.
marte was 1/7
vogelback was 0/4
canha was 1/6
all 3 games were 1 run games so i think quite clearly without the 3 kids and their 10 RBIs (and 4 homers) they go 0-3.
and they only started 1 of 3 games altogether.
there is no argument against the positive impact we saw from the kids or that we shouldn't have seen it earlier. their judgement on this issue was more impaired than zack scott driving himself home on new years eve.
RE: RE: RE: Baby Mets in their first game together...
guessing he puts all the young guys in vs bibee in game 1 then more of a veteran lineup vs bieber in the night game?
bieber's splits are pretty pronounced this year. marte and escobar are combined 7/8 with 4 doubles, 2 homers, and 5 rbis off bieber.
i think id go game 1 - baty 3b, vientos dh, alvarez c, maybe pham in rf for marte to keep him for the night game.
then game 2 - escobar 3b, vogey dh, sanchez, and marte back in RF. maybe put escobar at 2b, baty at 3b and mcneil in lf?
I don't think we will see any more games from Buck and Eppler.
The organization's approach with the young guys was clearly demonstrated to be wrongheaded in so many different ways.
If the Wilpons were still in charge, then maybe. But Uncle Stevie has already demonstrated he holds people accountable.
i tend to agree. it's just too obvious. they have a 3 game winning streak where they've scored a total of 21 runs.
10 of those runs have been driven in by the 3 kids.
8 have been driven in by alonso.
1 by lindor.
1 by mcneil.
1 by pham on an IF single.
marte was 1/7
vogelback was 0/4
canha was 1/6
all 3 games were 1 run games so i think quite clearly without the 3 kids and their 10 RBIs (and 4 homers) they go 0-3.
and they only started 1 of 3 games altogether.
there is no argument against the positive impact we saw from the kids or that we shouldn't have seen it earlier. their judgement on this issue was more impaired than zack scott driving himself home on new years eve.
RE: RE: RE: RE: Baby Mets in their first game together...
They are all capable of hitting 30 HRs. Or let's say, together the four of them can hit 120 HRs.
Lindor will be a big beneficiary. He is so much better when he has a level swing than when he upper cuts to hit HRs. Like last night, he was just trying to drive in the run in the 10th and went with the pitch instead of trying to jack it.
Coming into this year, he was the Mets #2 power source. Next year, he will be #6 or maybe even #7.
Much rather have Lindor hitting .290 with 15 HRs than .220 with 25 HRs
Here are replays of the last half-innings of 2 of the last 3 wins:
Wow. The improvement over last season is massive. Imagine what he'll be by next season. I can see him possibly being brought up around the trade deadline around the end of July. Lots of roster shakeups have to take place between now and then though. I'm perfectly fine with Luis G staying at Triple A the rest of the year if there's no place for him on the roster btw.
the crazy thing with mauricio is the total XBH if you add his steals
he had his 9th steal today, so that may as well be 9 more XBH on top of the fact that he already leads the league already.
in 43 games he has 28 xbh which is more than anyone in the big leagues even having played a handful more games.
now add the 9 steals and you have 37 xbh. he is basically on pace for like 130 on the year. last year judge led mlb with 90 + 16 steals. he led the next closest guys by more than 10. so currently Mauricio on pace to obliterate that.
Freddie Freeman currently leads MLB with 26 in 47 games + 6 steals.
Acuna has 24 xbh + 18 steals. Pretty sure he's the only guy at with more combined xbh/steals than Mauricio.
this isn't an aberation by the way. last year in 123 games mauricio had 26 homers, 26 2b, 2 3b, 20 steals. so 74 in 100 games means he was pacing for right around 100 xbh + sb last year too.
which was especially odd given a good year last year, and probably his most impressive accomplishment to date was his winter league performance (which was at a level considered to be AAA equivalent).
keith law had him #87 (down from #40 the year prior). fangraphs had him #90.
i know these prospect writers don't want it to be as simple as the guys with the best numbers are the best players but i think sometimes they have a tendency to overcomplicate whatever the obvious is.
I am always a bit reminded of Alfonso Soriano... and then you go and post that Eric, which is basically saying he's a similar xbh/sb machine...
dont quote me on this but i think law has made that same comparison. something in the soriano/baez realm seems like a reasonable upside outcome. his profile isnt that far off rosario's except with more power, and rosario with more power would be a very good player.
Alvy and Vientos better be in the lineup for the nightcap of today's doubleheader.
they have to be, the big question is if he plays baty both? there's no reason to play vientos at 3b, he should either dh or play 1b so alonso can dh 1 of the 2 games.
so does he start escobar in both games or does he start baty in both?
presumably mcneil comes into 2b, and canha or pham or both get starts in COF if marte doesnt play both.
I'm gonna start a Game thread now that we have the lineups for Game 1.
We can continue our chin wag there. This one's getting buried now and is from the game two days ago. There'll be plenty to talk about today I'm sure, lol. Link is below...
I am always a bit reminded of Alfonso Soriano... and then you go and post that Eric, which is basically saying he's a similar xbh/sb machine...
dont quote me on this but i think law has made that same comparison. something in the soriano/baez realm seems like a reasonable upside outcome. his profile isnt that far off rosario's except with more power, and rosario with more power would be a very good player.
Mauricio is too big for me to see Soriano (not comparing results or comp, just a visual).
I am not comparing the players, just their size/style and I see a lefty Arod in Mauricio (and comparing him to a righty batter doesn't seem like a stretch Soriano was also a righty like Arod) when I see Mauricio (most of his highlights seem lefty but he does have good righty numbers too). The size, the leg kick, etc. the thick body. Soriano seemed thin to me, so visually Mauricio and he are not similar to me.
I am always a bit reminded of Alfonso Soriano... and then you go and post that Eric, which is basically saying he's a similar xbh/sb machine...
dont quote me on this but i think law has made that same comparison. something in the soriano/baez realm seems like a reasonable upside outcome. his profile isnt that far off rosario's except with more power, and rosario with more power would be a very good player.
Mauricio is too big for me to see Soriano (not comparing results or comp, just a visual).
I am not comparing the players, just their size/style and I see a lefty Arod in Mauricio (and comparing him to a righty batter doesn't seem like a stretch Soriano was also a righty like Arod) when I see Mauricio (most of his highlights seem lefty but he does have good righty numbers too). The size, the leg kick, etc. the thick body. Soriano seemed thin to me, so visually Mauricio and he are not similar to me.
soriano was definitely wiry and agreed mauricio looks likely to fill out at least 20-30 pounds heavier than the 195 soriano was listed at. the soriano comps made more sense a couple years ago in brooklyn when mauricio was still like 180.
i dont know if i have a great visual comp because mauricio looks to have more of an upper cut to me than a-rod. visually his stroke isn't the prettiest so i see some of the swing/miss concern with him beyond the #s - but soriano and baez obviously had/have a lot of swing/miss so i think that kind of outcome seems reasonable even though he'll look different doing it.
a taller/thinner devers may not be the worst visual comp. mauricio is already listed at 222 so who knows how big he'll end up.
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I want him gone. Guy is trash. Not sure why they brought him back this season.
by pitching better? that's like literally what makes pitchers good (or in this case bad).
Coop was this a joke?
It's literally the object of pitching, trying to prevent solid (or any) contact without walking or hitting batters
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off his pitches?
Coop was this a joke?
It's literally the object of pitching, trying to prevent solid (or any) contact without walking or hitting batters
Lol, not a joke but in retrospect…I suppose it was a pretty silly question.
I assume that having movement on your pitches and keeping batters off balance/making weaker contact was the answer. But with an Eric’s obsessive exit velocity stats, I was thinking maybe…oh, I don’t flippin’ know. It was a dumb question, lol.
I’ll take the heat. Lay it on me!
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off his pitches?
Coop was this a joke?
It's literally the object of pitching, trying to prevent solid (or any) contact without walking or hitting batters
Lol, not a joke but in retrospect…I suppose it was a pretty silly question.
I assume that having movement on your pitches and keeping batters off balance/making weaker contact was the answer. But with an Eric’s obsessive exit velocity stats, I was thinking maybe…oh, I don’t flippin’ know. It was a dumb question, lol.
I’ll take the heat. Lay it on me!
Ha! All good. This team is finished, if they can't get even so much as a decent start from 3/5 of their rotation.
But what is really comical is the first inning ratio for runs. What is it now, 45 Runs given up, and 9 scored?
I'll be dead by the top of the 2nd
when he's missed he's missed bad though because the indians have a bunch of loud contact on him (obviously).
if you are going to get tagged for homers it helps if they are solo's like alvarez' and not 3 run homers like naylors.
But what is really comical is the first inning ratio for runs. What is it now, 45 Runs given up, and 9 scored?
So I stopped being lazy for a minute and looked it up - it was 38-10 before tonight, so 41-10.
News flash - that's bad. Like REALLY bad...
alvarez just passed nidos career best homers in a single season. and his defense has been great. agreed unless he finds himself in some kind of brutal slump you can't send him down.
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Can you imagine the backlash? Eppler and Buck would have to be on crack if that happened---or just plain fired.
alvarez just passed nidos career best homers in a single season. and his defense has been great. agreed unless he finds himself in some kind of brutal slump you can't send him down.
Can you imagine Eric? Would we be surprised though?
P.S. Here comes another run!
Have you seen Buck? He can absolutely send him down, he's that fucking stupid
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alvarez - 103 mph homer
lindor - 101 mph 2b
mcneil - 94 mph single
hit it hard and good things happen. as far as baseball stats being predictive go it's hard for me to see one more important.
alvarez - 103 mph homer
lindor - 101 mph 2b
mcneil - 94 mph single
hit it hard and good things happen. as far as baseball stats being predictive go it's hard for me to see one more important.
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In 2021, hard-hit batted balls produced a leaguewide .500 batting average, a 1.015 slugging percentage, and a .625 wOBA. On the flip side, batted balls hit below 95 miles per hour produced a leaguewide .221 batting average, a .263 slugging percentage, and a .208 wOBA. These statistics make it pretty clear there is a value in hard-hit rate.
I didn’t mean to use the word “obsessive” as a bad thing - sorry if you took it that way. I enjoy your posts.
Leave no doubt, these kids need to play every day. Studs.
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Can you imagine the backlash? Eppler and Buck would have to be on crack if that happened---or just plain fired.
Have you seen Buck? He can absolutely send him down, he's that fucking stupid
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Can you imagine the backlash? Eppler and Buck would have to be on crack if that happened---or just plain fired.
Have you seen Buck? He can absolutely send him down, he's that fucking stupid
(insert crying emoji here)
HAHA!
"they got lucky"
Can we get a couple of legit ML relievers?
is it that hard to find reliable relief pitchers?
bringing in Leone, who is brutal, after the Mets cut the lead to 2, is questionable.
is there no one better they could have brought in?
As soon as I saw him come in, I knew it wasn't going to end well
Can we get a couple of legit ML relievers?
Call up Luis G to pitch in his place. We'd be better off.
bringing in Leone, who is brutal, after the Mets cut the lead to 2, is questionable.
is there no one better they could have brought in?
As soon as I saw him come in, I knew it wasn't going to end well
I'd rather see Sunny Leone pitch instead of this phat bastardo.
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canha - 97mph grounder
alvarez - 103 mph homer
lindor - 101 mph 2b
mcneil - 94 mph single
hit it hard and good things happen. as far as baseball stats being predictive go it's hard for me to see one more important.
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In 2021, hard-hit batted balls produced a leaguewide .500 batting average, a 1.015 slugging percentage, and a .625 wOBA. On the flip side, batted balls hit below 95 miles per hour produced a leaguewide .221 batting average, a .263 slugging percentage, and a .208 wOBA. These statistics make it pretty clear there is a value in hard-hit rate.
I didn’t mean to use the word “obsessive” as a bad thing - sorry if you took it that way. I enjoy your posts.
It’s all good they are obsessive - just with a good reason I think.
7-7!
@mikemayer22
Ronny Mauricio was 3-for-5 tonight including a single at 115.5 mph and his league leading 19th double (6 more than anyone else).
His 62 hits lead all of minor league baseball.
Yeah something was looking weird to me too
@mikemayer22
Ronny Mauricio was 3-for-5 tonight including a single at 115.5 mph and his league leading 19th double (6 more than anyone else).
His 62 hits lead all of minor league baseball.
Mauricio’s development is incredible. He is exceeding anyone’s expectations. For him to lead the minors in hits is incredible as his hit tool was the biggest question mark on him
lmao!
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Not to step on the rally but this stat from Mayer is insane:
@mikemayer22
Ronny Mauricio was 3-for-5 tonight including a single at 115.5 mph and his league leading 19th double (6 more than anyone else).
His 62 hits lead all of minor league baseball.
Mauricio’s development is incredible. He is exceeding anyone’s expectations. For him to lead the minors in hits is incredible as his hit tool was the biggest question mark on him
His hit tool was underrated - his career avg is .270 despite always being the youngest guy in his league and he has never k’d a lot. They overrated the fact that he doesn’t walk and said he made bad swing decisions, which always sounded like something that shouldn’t be considered that odd for a player as young as he is. Last year I think he led the Mets org in xbh rate and that’s without counting his 20ish steals too. He will probably never walk much and his average will probably be variable but if he hits a ton of Xbh he will be a very productive player. The exit velocity makes it seem like just as good of a bet to produce as the other 3 but maybe not as quickly since they each got a taste last year.
Similarities to the mid-90s Yankees? I think so!! So by my estimation, Buck will be gone soon (lol) right before we go on our Dynasty run for the next 20 years.
History repeats itself for a NY baseball team.
Anyone that can’t see that everything is better with those guys having received as much mlb playing time as they have the last month deserves to get fired by stearns day 1. There is no 1 game or 2 game or maybe 3 game winning streak without them. There was nothing gained playing lifeless deadwood as long as they did.
Now someone hit one out and get the w before the ghost runner nonsense.
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They need to see if robbie cano left any protein powder in his old locker.
lmao!
I will say this...playing Baty, Alvarez, and Vientos, with the energy they bring to the game but also the production in keeping the line moving, getting more ABs, getting more looks at the pitching, as well as more RBI opportunities, it's the old axiom about a rising tide lifting all boats. Marte and Canha are professional hitters, and having a potent lineup around them like this is only going to help them as well.
Wow, what a play by Pete Alonso! Two terrific defensive plays by the Mets in that half-inning with McNeil and Alonso.
Gary mentioned it earlier, but McNeil had a great AB to set up the game winning homer by Alonso on Wednesday. McNeil hasn't had a lot of huge moments this year, but every day he's bringing something to help this team.
Let's go for another walk-off:
McNeil
Alonso
Baty
If anyone gets on, Marte and Vientos. I desperately want Vientos to win this game in a walk-off, but I'll take anything.
McNeil with the pop-out.
Totally agree with you.
Just in the last couple of weeks especially, his mannerisms, his communication with the pitchers, his defense, and his ABs...he has the look of a superstar catcher.
I just hope Buck recognizes what he has. We are watching the reincarnation of Pudge Rodriguez before our eyes, and any time he's not in the lineup the Mets are worse for it.
Silver lining, unless Marte wins the game first, Vientos is going to have a chance to walk this off in the bottom of the 10th, pending the Mets keeping the score within a run.
Eppler has done a bang-up job with Cohen’s money.
Mets scored 4 runs in the 7th before an out was recorded.
This is not over.
Let's go!
FUCK A BUCK!!!
Not the bullpen of course, but overall.
Lindor comes through again. Not having a great year but has come through in some big spots
Amazing
What a great win.
Marte flies out.
Vientos gets a RBI hit to bring them within 1.
Vogey strikes out.
Alvarez gets the game tying RBI hit after Escobar steals as a pinch runner, getting the run home represented by Vientos' single.
Nimmo extends the inning with the infield hit.
And Lindor wins it with the walk-off single.
This after homers by Alvarez, Baty, and of course, Pete.
And they needed all of it. And all 3 of "the baby Mets" were crucial in getting this win.
LFGM - PLAY THE KIDS!
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7-3
and 9-7 going into the bottom of the 10th.
And they win.
Buck was struggling in that answer about the kids' contributions in the 10th postgame presser.
Then says, "Big stolen base by Escobar."
7-3
and 9-7 going into the bottom of the 10th.
And they win.
Buck was struggling in that answer about the kids' contributions in the 10th postgame presser.
Then says, "Big stolen base by Escobar."
Watching it now. lol. Wanna smack him into retirement.
vientos rbi single in the 10th was 105.8 mph.
since coming up he has 7 batted balls. a hard hit ball is over 95 mph, vientos has hit 6 of them over 99 mph. 5 of those 6 over 102 mph. his avg exit velocity before tonight was 103 mph. his hard hit rate is 85%. there are only 20 guys in MLB above 50%. baty is the only other met (54%).
aaron judge has the highest average exit velo at 96 and the 2nd best hh% at 62%. alonso's avg ev is 90 mph and his hh% is 43%.
as long as vientos hh% is over 50% he should be in the lineup every day. it is as simple as that.
it is not hyperbole to say that the 3 kids have the most explosive bats in the lineup other than alonso and of the 3 vientos has the most. and that the 3 is probably 4 with mauricio.
ill give eppler credit for 1 thing and that is keeping all 4 and only mildly blocking them with a few limp traffic cones (and 1 XXXXL traffic cone). the fact that they can pretty easily shift mcneil to LF and put Mauricio at 2b to allow all 4 a path to playing every day by the end of the year is eppler's greatest accomplishment.
"They've fit right in, they're ready, they're professionals."
103mph exit velocity and an 85% hh rate is not sustainable. his spring training numbers may not be sustainable either because they are basically aaron judge - 98mph and a 63%. but maybe we should let the freaking guy play at least until his numbers fall below the threshold of "destroyer of worlds"?
7-3
and 9-7 going into the bottom of the 10th.
And they win.
Buck was struggling in that answer about the kids' contributions in the 10th postgame presser.
Then says, "Big stolen base by Escobar."
And this is why Mets fans here are tired of Buck, RORY.
And it’s why Buck is a good manager that never wins it all…cause he’s kinda short-minded, stubborn dick.
buck's answer:
"they were just tired of losing"
not sure that captures it all buck.
Mets are also at .500 again
NL East standings as of now
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Can't ask for much more than that!!
vientos rbi single in the 10th was 105.8 mph.
since coming up he has 7 batted balls. a hard hit ball is over 95 mph, vientos has hit 6 of them over 99 mph. 5 of those 6 over 102 mph. his avg exit velocity before tonight was 103 mph. his hard hit rate is 85%. there are only 20 guys in MLB above 50%. baty is the only other met (54%).
aaron judge has the highest average exit velo at 96 and the 2nd best hh% at 62%. alonso's avg ev is 90 mph and his hh% is 43%.
as long as vientos hh% is over 50% he should be in the lineup every day. it is as simple as that.
it is not hyperbole to say that the 3 kids have the most explosive bats in the lineup other than alonso and of the 3 vientos has the most. and that the 3 is probably 4 with mauricio.
ill give eppler credit for 1 thing and that is keeping all 4 and only mildly blocking them with a few limp traffic cones (and 1 XXXXL traffic cone). the fact that they can pretty easily shift mcneil to LF and put Mauricio at 2b to allow all 4 a path to playing every day by the end of the year is eppler's greatest accomplishment.
They can also put Mauricio in RF. Kid has a cannon for an arm.
With Marte's poor start and possible post-concussion syndrome, the fact that they are not giving Mauricio any reps in OF is absurd. There is zero downside to giving a guy some starts in the OF especially when he is fast like Mauricio.
2B is a way harder position to master. And the 2B is involved in way more plays than a RF, meaning his negative defensive impact is potentially much, much higher. In fact, it is probably the second hardest position after catcher. Whereas any athletic player gain competence at corner OF spots. And if you have the eye-glove-ball coordination to play SS, you can definitely play RF.
Spot effing on, especially that second line you stated that's underlined above. He is an arrogant lil' fella, isn't he? It's not about winning at all costs with him. It's about being right. I'll take being wrong and winning ten times out of ten. Buck, for all of his raw intelligence, is a slave to his mentality. He has his pets and, if he had his druthers, wouldn't have these kids up here, even if they are the best options for winning ball games. Fireable offense really.
I mean he's got to see those guys weren't getting it done, these kids are, and they're the future right?
Can't ask for much more than that!!
The Mets got 4 hits (2 by rookies) off Clase in their comeback win.
I will give Buck this, he could have hit vogey for Vientos and hit canha vs clase since he’s a reverse split guy. He let Vientos hit. After today I think he has to see the obvious. Marte and vogey didn’t get close. The kids went up to hit and they did it. There will be slumps and the vets may get hot later but right now ride the young guys. They have the talent and they are ready for the moment.
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imagine what could have been if they'd have maybe brought vientos up earlier last year and given him the at bats that went to ruf and naquin.
vientos rbi single in the 10th was 105.8 mph.
since coming up he has 7 batted balls. a hard hit ball is over 95 mph, vientos has hit 6 of them over 99 mph. 5 of those 6 over 102 mph. his avg exit velocity before tonight was 103 mph. his hard hit rate is 85%. there are only 20 guys in MLB above 50%. baty is the only other met (54%).
aaron judge has the highest average exit velo at 96 and the 2nd best hh% at 62%. alonso's avg ev is 90 mph and his hh% is 43%.
as long as vientos hh% is over 50% he should be in the lineup every day. it is as simple as that.
it is not hyperbole to say that the 3 kids have the most explosive bats in the lineup other than alonso and of the 3 vientos has the most. and that the 3 is probably 4 with mauricio.
ill give eppler credit for 1 thing and that is keeping all 4 and only mildly blocking them with a few limp traffic cones (and 1 XXXXL traffic cone). the fact that they can pretty easily shift mcneil to LF and put Mauricio at 2b to allow all 4 a path to playing every day by the end of the year is eppler's greatest accomplishment.
They can also put Mauricio in RF. Kid has a cannon for an arm.
With Marte's poor start and possible post-concussion syndrome, the fact that they are not giving Mauricio any reps in OF is absurd. There is zero downside to giving a guy some starts in the OF especially when he is fast like Mauricio.
2B is a way harder position to master. And the 2B is involved in way more plays than a RF, meaning his negative defensive impact is potentially much, much higher. In fact, it is probably the second hardest position after catcher. Whereas any athletic player gain competence at corner OF spots. And if you have the eye-glove-ball coordination to play SS, you can definitely play RF.
I agree with you. Watching Mauricio, he has the look to me of a corner OF type of player. If he can play 2B everyday, the Mets will be better for it. Either way, the clock is now ticking on getting him up to the big club. He does need to work on defense, but imagine all 4 of these guys really working out to be tremendous hitters. What a young core the Mets would have, and you keep Pete in the mix, with Lindor, Nimmo, and McNeil that's 8 tremendous players in the lineup, and you have a potential 9th perhaps coming to Queens for 2024 next year in Shohei. Then all you have to do is find your everyday LFer.
Can you imagine a team with a 1-9 in no particular order:
Nimmo CF
Lindor SS
Vientos 3B
Ohtani DH
Alonso 1B
Baty LF
Alvarez C
Mauricio 2B
McNeil RF
And yeah, that's not including Marte. There's really not room for all these guys. Need Marte to get going again. The Mets have two more years under contract with him after this one.
The one thing if everybody sticks and if Marte can get back to playing close to his baseball card again, you can still have a 1-9 that's absolutely devastating, and you can move guys around and still give someone a rest.
I mean he's got to see those guys weren't getting it done, these kids are, and they're the future right?
Good post. Mind games are all good and well, but my issue issue is that Buck really doesn't want to play these kids.
"They've fit right in, they're ready, they're professionals."
Pete for player/manager!
I had to DVR game so just finishing it up and the team looks totally different with these 3 extra bats. Some random thoughts.
Kids obviously the big difference in the lineup here. Buck post game embarrassing. Buck throwing Ottavino and Robertson this much early is scary but I honestly don't know what else he could do. Need some pitching from somewhere. Josh Walker going back down might be a mistake considering all the slop we have in the pen.
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imagine what could have been if they'd have maybe brought vientos up earlier last year and given him the at bats that went to ruf and naquin.
vientos rbi single in the 10th was 105.8 mph.
since coming up he has 7 batted balls. a hard hit ball is over 95 mph, vientos has hit 6 of them over 99 mph. 5 of those 6 over 102 mph. his avg exit velocity before tonight was 103 mph. his hard hit rate is 85%. there are only 20 guys in MLB above 50%. baty is the only other met (54%).
aaron judge has the highest average exit velo at 96 and the 2nd best hh% at 62%. alonso's avg ev is 90 mph and his hh% is 43%.
as long as vientos hh% is over 50% he should be in the lineup every day. it is as simple as that.
it is not hyperbole to say that the 3 kids have the most explosive bats in the lineup other than alonso and of the 3 vientos has the most. and that the 3 is probably 4 with mauricio.
ill give eppler credit for 1 thing and that is keeping all 4 and only mildly blocking them with a few limp traffic cones (and 1 XXXXL traffic cone). the fact that they can pretty easily shift mcneil to LF and put Mauricio at 2b to allow all 4 a path to playing every day by the end of the year is eppler's greatest accomplishment.
They can also put Mauricio in RF. Kid has a cannon for an arm.
With Marte's poor start and possible post-concussion syndrome, the fact that they are not giving Mauricio any reps in OF is absurd. There is zero downside to giving a guy some starts in the OF especially when he is fast like Mauricio.
2B is a way harder position to master. And the 2B is involved in way more plays than a RF, meaning his negative defensive impact is potentially much, much higher. In fact, it is probably the second hardest position after catcher. Whereas any athletic player gain competence at corner OF spots. And if you have the eye-glove-ball coordination to play SS, you can definitely play RF.
I agree with you. Watching Mauricio, he has the look to me of a corner OF type of player. If he can play 2B everyday, the Mets will be better for it. Either way, the clock is now ticking on getting him up to the big club. He does need to work on defense, but imagine all 4 of these guys really working out to be tremendous hitters. What a young core the Mets would have, and you keep Pete in the mix, with Lindor, Nimmo, and McNeil that's 8 tremendous players in the lineup, and you have a potential 9th perhaps coming to Queens for 2024 next year in Shohei. Then all you have to do is find your everyday LFer.
Can you imagine a team with a 1-9 in no particular order:
Nimmo CF
Lindor SS
Vientos 3B
Ohtani DH
Alonso 1B
Baty LF
Alvarez C
Mauricio 2B
McNeil RF
And yeah, that's not including Marte. There's really not room for all these guys. Need Marte to get going again. The Mets have two more years under contract with him after this one.
The one thing if everybody sticks and if Marte can get back to playing close to his baseball card again, you can still have a 1-9 that's absolutely devastating, and you can move guys around and still give someone a rest.
Mauricio has really filled out. Not the skinny kid we saw in the past. He is built like a Linebacker now. Just don't see him at 2B
Also, he appears to have turned his career around in winterball. Making a lot more contact. Compared to last year, his average is 100 points higher and his strikeouts are down 30%.
Mets ought to hire whoever worked with him in Winterball.
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Scherzer needs to step up. Case closed. He can load up on the KY at home tonight if he needs to...
The pitching needs to improve significantly. If they can get that right they'll get on a real roll and start to climb back up.
The pitching needs to improve significantly. If they can get that right they'll get on a real roll and start to climb back up.
They've also played a lot of road games to start the season. If I'm not mistaken, they've played 27 of these first 46 games so far on the road. Verlander and Quintana were also out. Verlander is back now. Quintana will be back in about a month, unless I'm wrong about his timetable, so those right there are two big pluses on the ledger in addition to more home games. The kids are up now too giving this team juice. It's all right there. The onus is on management to make the right roster decisions and trades for relief pitching and Buck to play the right guys---two things that are worrisome, to be quite frank.
Make him the bunting coach
Bullpen will be the easiest thing to improve. Josh Walker/Lavender may be internal backend options. Come playoff time, you are going 3/4 starters. Without adding a starter, Verlander, Scherzer, Senga, and a 4th guy. Let’s say Quintana. That gives you Megill in the bullpen where he should be effective. Trade for a couple bullpen guys. You could go Robertson, Chapman, Ottavino, other bullpen pickup, Megill, Smith, Brigham, Peterson as a long man. Should be plenty. Could also see Vasil as a bullpen option this year. He has barely exceeded 80 innings in his career. But maybe he could be an option as a bullpen guy this year to keep his innings down
They should be in the WC race all season.
Only one other MLB player in the last 10 years has done that in back-to-back games played: Albert Pujols (April 9 & 11, 2017).
Game postponed...double dip tomorrow....
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bieber's splits are pretty pronounced this year. marte and escobar are combined 7/8 with 4 doubles, 2 homers, and 5 rbis off bieber.
i think id go game 1 - baty 3b, vientos dh, alvarez c, maybe pham in rf for marte to keep him for the night game.
then game 2 - escobar 3b, vogey dh, sanchez, and marte back in RF. maybe put escobar at 2b, baty at 3b and mcneil in lf?
bieber's splits are pretty pronounced this year. marte and escobar are combined 7/8 with 4 doubles, 2 homers, and 5 rbis off bieber.
i think id go game 1 - baty 3b, vientos dh, alvarez c, maybe pham in rf for marte to keep him for the night game.
then game 2 - escobar 3b, vogey dh, sanchez, and marte back in RF. maybe put escobar at 2b, baty at 3b and mcneil in lf?
It'll be interesting to see what he does. I think Pete DH's at least one of the games
Can't ask for much more than that!!
But it wouldn't mean shit without that stolen base by Mehscobar! Lol
bieber's splits are pretty pronounced this year. marte and escobar are combined 7/8 with 4 doubles, 2 homers, and 5 rbis off bieber.
i think id go game 1 - baty 3b, vientos dh, alvarez c, maybe pham in rf for marte to keep him for the night game.
then game 2 - escobar 3b, vogey dh, sanchez, and marte back in RF. maybe put escobar at 2b, baty at 3b and mcneil in lf?
I don't think we will see any more games from Buck and Eppler.
The organization's approach with the young guys was clearly demonstrated to be wrongheaded in so many different ways.
If the Wilpons were still in charge, then maybe. But Uncle Stevie has already demonstrated he holds people accountable.
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5-13, 2 HRs 1 double and 4 RBIs...
Can't ask for much more than that!!
But it wouldn't mean shit without that stolen base by Mehscobar! Lol
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guessing he puts all the young guys in vs bibee in game 1 then more of a veteran lineup vs bieber in the night game?
bieber's splits are pretty pronounced this year. marte and escobar are combined 7/8 with 4 doubles, 2 homers, and 5 rbis off bieber.
i think id go game 1 - baty 3b, vientos dh, alvarez c, maybe pham in rf for marte to keep him for the night game.
then game 2 - escobar 3b, vogey dh, sanchez, and marte back in RF. maybe put escobar at 2b, baty at 3b and mcneil in lf?
It'll be interesting to see what he does. I think Pete DH's at least one of the games
they could dh him game 1 and put vientos at 1b. in fact id probably bet on that. that keeps pretty much all the key vets fresh for game 2.
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guessing he puts all the young guys in vs bibee in game 1 then more of a veteran lineup vs bieber in the night game?
bieber's splits are pretty pronounced this year. marte and escobar are combined 7/8 with 4 doubles, 2 homers, and 5 rbis off bieber.
i think id go game 1 - baty 3b, vientos dh, alvarez c, maybe pham in rf for marte to keep him for the night game.
then game 2 - escobar 3b, vogey dh, sanchez, and marte back in RF. maybe put escobar at 2b, baty at 3b and mcneil in lf?
I don't think we will see any more games from Buck and Eppler.
The organization's approach with the young guys was clearly demonstrated to be wrongheaded in so many different ways.
If the Wilpons were still in charge, then maybe. But Uncle Stevie has already demonstrated he holds people accountable.
i tend to agree. it's just too obvious. they have a 3 game winning streak where they've scored a total of 21 runs.
10 of those runs have been driven in by the 3 kids.
8 have been driven in by alonso.
1 by lindor.
1 by mcneil.
1 by pham on an IF single.
marte was 1/7
vogelback was 0/4
canha was 1/6
all 3 games were 1 run games so i think quite clearly without the 3 kids and their 10 RBIs (and 4 homers) they go 0-3.
and they only started 1 of 3 games altogether.
there is no argument against the positive impact we saw from the kids or that we shouldn't have seen it earlier. their judgement on this issue was more impaired than zack scott driving himself home on new years eve.
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5-13, 2 HRs 1 double and 4 RBIs...
Can't ask for much more than that!!
But it wouldn't mean shit without that stolen base by Mehscobar! Lol
double lol
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guessing he puts all the young guys in vs bibee in game 1 then more of a veteran lineup vs bieber in the night game?
bieber's splits are pretty pronounced this year. marte and escobar are combined 7/8 with 4 doubles, 2 homers, and 5 rbis off bieber.
i think id go game 1 - baty 3b, vientos dh, alvarez c, maybe pham in rf for marte to keep him for the night game.
then game 2 - escobar 3b, vogey dh, sanchez, and marte back in RF. maybe put escobar at 2b, baty at 3b and mcneil in lf?
I don't think we will see any more games from Buck and Eppler.
The organization's approach with the young guys was clearly demonstrated to be wrongheaded in so many different ways.
If the Wilpons were still in charge, then maybe. But Uncle Stevie has already demonstrated he holds people accountable.
i tend to agree. it's just too obvious. they have a 3 game winning streak where they've scored a total of 21 runs.
10 of those runs have been driven in by the 3 kids.
8 have been driven in by alonso.
1 by lindor.
1 by mcneil.
1 by pham on an IF single.
marte was 1/7
vogelback was 0/4
canha was 1/6
all 3 games were 1 run games so i think quite clearly without the 3 kids and their 10 RBIs (and 4 homers) they go 0-3.
and they only started 1 of 3 games altogether.
there is no argument against the positive impact we saw from the kids or that we shouldn't have seen it earlier. their judgement on this issue was more impaired than zack scott driving himself home on new years eve.
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5-13, 2 HRs 1 double and 4 RBIs...
Can't ask for much more than that!!
But it wouldn't mean shit without that stolen base by Mehscobar! Lol
double lol
Lindor will be a big beneficiary. He is so much better when he has a level swing than when he upper cuts to hit HRs. Like last night, he was just trying to drive in the run in the 10th and went with the pitch instead of trying to jack it.
Coming into this year, he was the Mets #2 power source. Next year, he will be #6 or maybe even #7.
Much rather have Lindor hitting .290 with 15 HRs than .220 with 25 HRs
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what a putrid season for him so far.
Rosario has been worse (offensively and defensively).
what a putrid season for him so far.
Rosario has been worse (offensively and defensively).
If Cleveland fan twitter is any indication, they are done with Rosario
Batting .417 in May
Numbers updated to include today's game
Batting .417 in May
Numbers updated to include today's game
Wow. The improvement over last season is massive. Imagine what he'll be by next season. I can see him possibly being brought up around the trade deadline around the end of July. Lots of roster shakeups have to take place between now and then though. I'm perfectly fine with Luis G staying at Triple A the rest of the year if there's no place for him on the roster btw.
in 43 games he has 28 xbh which is more than anyone in the big leagues even having played a handful more games.
now add the 9 steals and you have 37 xbh. he is basically on pace for like 130 on the year. last year judge led mlb with 90 + 16 steals. he led the next closest guys by more than 10. so currently Mauricio on pace to obliterate that.
Freddie Freeman currently leads MLB with 26 in 47 games + 6 steals.
Acuna has 24 xbh + 18 steals. Pretty sure he's the only guy at with more combined xbh/steals than Mauricio.
this isn't an aberation by the way. last year in 123 games mauricio had 26 homers, 26 2b, 2 3b, 20 steals. so 74 in 100 games means he was pacing for right around 100 xbh + sb last year too.
He is on it (#99 from BA, #94 from MLB), Vientos was not.
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100 prospects in the minors and Mauricio wasn't included.
He is on it (#99 from BA, #94 from MLB), Vientos was not.
Ah, ok. Thanks. 99 and 94 are pretty low though, but then he wasn't putting these numbers up when they compiled it.
keith law had him #87 (down from #40 the year prior). fangraphs had him #90.
i know these prospect writers don't want it to be as simple as the guys with the best numbers are the best players but i think sometimes they have a tendency to overcomplicate whatever the obvious is.
dont quote me on this but i think law has made that same comparison. something in the soriano/baez realm seems like a reasonable upside outcome. his profile isnt that far off rosario's except with more power, and rosario with more power would be a very good player.
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Francisco Alvarez in his last 11 games: .270/.372/.676 (1.048 OPS), 4 HR, 7 RBI
unless he's planning to play them both games, not playing marte/escobar vs bieber seems like an odd choice.
they have to be, the big question is if he plays baty both? there's no reason to play vientos at 3b, he should either dh or play 1b so alonso can dh 1 of the 2 games.
so does he start escobar in both games or does he start baty in both?
presumably mcneil comes into 2b, and canha or pham or both get starts in COF if marte doesnt play both.
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I am always a bit reminded of Alfonso Soriano... and then you go and post that Eric, which is basically saying he's a similar xbh/sb machine...
dont quote me on this but i think law has made that same comparison. something in the soriano/baez realm seems like a reasonable upside outcome. his profile isnt that far off rosario's except with more power, and rosario with more power would be a very good player.
Mauricio is too big for me to see Soriano (not comparing results or comp, just a visual).
I am not comparing the players, just their size/style and I see a lefty Arod in Mauricio (and comparing him to a righty batter doesn't seem like a stretch Soriano was also a righty like Arod) when I see Mauricio (most of his highlights seem lefty but he does have good righty numbers too). The size, the leg kick, etc. the thick body. Soriano seemed thin to me, so visually Mauricio and he are not similar to me.
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I am always a bit reminded of Alfonso Soriano... and then you go and post that Eric, which is basically saying he's a similar xbh/sb machine...
dont quote me on this but i think law has made that same comparison. something in the soriano/baez realm seems like a reasonable upside outcome. his profile isnt that far off rosario's except with more power, and rosario with more power would be a very good player.
Mauricio is too big for me to see Soriano (not comparing results or comp, just a visual).
I am not comparing the players, just their size/style and I see a lefty Arod in Mauricio (and comparing him to a righty batter doesn't seem like a stretch Soriano was also a righty like Arod) when I see Mauricio (most of his highlights seem lefty but he does have good righty numbers too). The size, the leg kick, etc. the thick body. Soriano seemed thin to me, so visually Mauricio and he are not similar to me.
soriano was definitely wiry and agreed mauricio looks likely to fill out at least 20-30 pounds heavier than the 195 soriano was listed at. the soriano comps made more sense a couple years ago in brooklyn when mauricio was still like 180.
i dont know if i have a great visual comp because mauricio looks to have more of an upper cut to me than a-rod. visually his stroke isn't the prettiest so i see some of the swing/miss concern with him beyond the #s - but soriano and baez obviously had/have a lot of swing/miss so i think that kind of outcome seems reasonable even though he'll look different doing it.
a taller/thinner devers may not be the worst visual comp. mauricio is already listed at 222 so who knows how big he'll end up.