NFT: Mets at Cubs. Game 1. Megill

Starting Lineups for both teams today

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Starting pitching matchups today and tomorrow

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In comment 16122149 ZGiants98 said:

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Syracuse Mets @SyracuseMets Hey, guess what? Ronny Mauricio got a clutch hit It’s just what he does 2-run double… now 9-4 Bats

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that guy can really rake. he doesnt walk as much but at some point i need to look at his XBH/HR production age adjusted vs vientos. he's going to be behind on homers/walks but may be ahead on batting average and total xbh even if you dont consider steals.

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Mets at Cubs - 7:40 pm EDT start - Mets' TV Broadcast - SNY: Gary w/Keith

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MLB.com Gameday - Mets at Cubs - May 23, 2023 - 7: 40 pm EDT start

the Mets start working the pitchers in the first like they did a lot of last year

Smyly at 19 pitches already. Can be a great start to the series to get to the bullpen early

Notes.. one you will like and one probably not


-Was told there is a “feeling” the Mets still view Mauricio as a potential trade chip for SP help. This feeling is coming from other teams who have spoken to the Mets this season

-Rudick is viewed as legitimate prospect by the Mets (and externally). Breakout is viewed as legitimate. Not the next big thing (most likely) but not just a throwaway big start. One to watch.

Goodness. 11-10 @SyracuseMets. Arauz 2 homers, 5 rbi. They were down 9-0 after 2 #Mets

The original 5 will be back together in July and then they still have DP, Lucchesi and Megill. Vasil also maybe an option later in the season and Butto can spot start.

Of course, you never know what is going to happen with injuries but the depth at starter is significant.

Mets feel otherwise and have already spoken to other teams about SP. Butto’s FIP after today in AAA is now up over 5.00. He’s only in the rotation because they don’t have enough healthy arms to fill out the Syracuse rotation. They view him strictly as a RP going forward.

Would be completely brain dead IMO. I agree that SP shouldnt even be a need if we can stay relatively healthy from here on out.

What we likely need is a high leverage reliever or two but that shouldnt cost Mauricio.

Spoke to Teheran but he landed a major league deal. Let’s put it this way, Bundy 25 innings 12 homers allowed and he hasn’t been released. They are already fishing around for SPing of different values. Maybe Peterson will have a resurgence.

Also have internal concerns regarding Carrasco. His leash is shorter than you’d think of Peterson has 1-2 more decent starts…

Verlander, Scherzer, Senga, Quintana, and Megill/Lucchesi. Maybe Peterson figures it out in AAA and can become depth again also.

Carrasco is finished. Hopefully, he moves to the pen as the long man when Quintana returns.

Good news is 7 k’s 2 hits over 5, bad news is 4 walks. That’s now 28.2 innings with 42 k’s…22 walks.

Great job Megill. Not.

Guess is the hope to move Carrasco to more of a Trevor Williams role. The concern there is his persistent 1st inning issues. Can’t imagine they release him before trying him in that kind of role first though.

Isn’t a SP. even his last start… 8-9 hard hit balls. Ideally he too is in the bullpen where he can air it out. Megill reminds me of Gsellman where he had a brief run where he looked like a stud but that was fools gold

he can't fill innings and he has too many implosions. and we know there have been times when his stuff has played up. sign someone else, send him down and let him focus on becoming a late game reliever. hopefully peterson is ready once carrasco gets put out to pasture and maybe megill can play up in the pen quickly.

In comment 16122192 Eric on Li said:

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he can't fill innings and he has too many implosions. and we know there have been times when his stuff has played up. sign someone else, send him down and let him focus on becoming a late game reliever. hopefully peterson is ready once carrasco gets put out to pasture and maybe megill can play up in the pen quickly.

I’m sure they are snooping around. It’s not a coincidence that Teheran signed an mlb day the day after the Padres released him. Teams allow players to “negotiate” with other teams in these cases. I’m sure the Mets are on the hunt as we speak. El Paso is a terrible pitching environment so Teheran may well pitch well but the numbers were ugly. Good authority they did speak with him though .

Do you guys feel about Buck saying to Michael Kay he didn’t like Alonso saying “Fuck” in the interview? Many on twitter think that was wrong if Buck to do and should have spoken to Alonso privately

Crafty lefty on the mound.

Sanchez, Pham, and Escobar all starting with better players on the bench...

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In comment 16122199 DanMetroMan said:

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Do you guys feel about Buck saying to Michael Kay he didn’t like Alonso saying “Fuck” in the interview? Many on twitter think that was wrong if Buck to do and should have spoken to Alonso privately

Kinda lame. Think the whole thing is overblown. Alonso was excited. Typically he'll just say LFGM or something and not actually pronounce it out.

Don’t personally care , just surprising amount of debate about it.

double now.

as a more dynamic core player on this team (both now and for the future) than Canha. Right now, Canha is pretty much still a starting player most days. Mauricio brings speed, power, and switch hitting ability to the lineup.

It's fine letting him hone his defense at 2B or whatever a little longer but he should be a part of this team at some point in 2023 IMO.

He's just performing too well in AAA to ignore. If he keeps this up I think he should be up by end of June at the latest.

Trade Pham and make Canha the 4th OF.

I actually like a bench of Canha, Vogey, Escobar, and Narvaez

Crushed that. 18

Get rid of him.

In comment 16122218 ZGiants98 said:

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Get rid of him.

He is fucking horrible.

Ugly ugly baseball.

Eppler, do your fucking job. Please find actual pro level pitchers that aren’t old and injury prone.

lol. Nice job guys.

Please cut Buck lose. He is horrible in handling young players. Get him out of there then bring up Mauricio

That's enough baseball for me today.

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Being a fucking DH, fatty.

taking out Vientos for a singles hitter when down 4 runs and have 2 runners on.

vientos is probably one of the best chances on the team to make it a 1 run game on 1 swing.

of course xxxl guillorme without the defense (vogelbach) does his best small ball impression flying out semi-hard at 96mph.

if its a 1 run game and you are putting up mcneil because a base hit ties it i get it. in this situation there was no reason for that switch when vogelbach has been the opposite of a run producer.

In comment 16122245 KevinBBWC said:

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taking out Vientos for a singles hitter when down 4 runs and have 2 runners on.

Everyone knew it was going to happen. Why keep Vientos out there when you can have the 300 lb ZERO up at bat? I would love Buck if he wasn’t so ignorant and stubborn.

So glad we wasted two lineup spots on these guys. Are we really wasting games to market these guys for trades? One of which we just signed for no reason at all? Benny Hill is running this team.

10th homer and 24th rbi in 43 games so he's roughly on a 35+ homer, 85+ rbi pace.

In comment 16122252 Eric on Li said:

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10th homer and 24th rbi in 43 games so he's roughly on a 35+ homer, 85+ rbi pace.

Would have been nice to have had him here over Canha. Almost the whole lineup is homegrown. Would have been cool for him to be a part of it.

he's played in 5 straight games. pretty amazing for a rookie.

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SANCHEZ

Mets brain trust on full display.

no need to play Sanchez, when Perez, Narvaez and Alvarez are better.

In comment 16122263 CooperDash said:

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Mets brain trust on full display.

Haha!