NFT: Mets @ Guardians: Game 2⚾Houser (R) vs Curry (R)⚾ 6:10 pm ET

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Mets @ Guardians | 6:10 pm EDT start - May 21, 2024 – TV Broadcast: Mets' feed – SNY: Gary & Ron (strfish.xyz)

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Note: Keith won't be calling the game today.


Enjoy today's game 😊

3rd row behind Mets dugout, about 80’ down the first base line.

Too bad the Mets aren’t more fun to watch. Going tomorrow, too. Same seats. Very summery weather here. Nice.

Severe neck spasms, they say.

In comment 16521593 81_Great_Dane said:

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3rd row behind Mets dugout, about 80’ down the first base line. Too bad the Mets aren’t more fun to watch. Going tomorrow, too. Same seats. Very summery weather here. Nice.

Enjoy! Send pics when you can please!

In comment 16521594 81_Great_Dane said:

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Severe neck spasms, they say.

Yep. In the game notes.

He signed a one-year deal with his former club this past off-season for a cool $2 mill. I think he was making $14M last season with the Metropolitans. His numbers stink this year. Next stop for him is prolly the Mexican League with Kenny Powers in 2025.

seemed like a good guy but he has been shot for a couple years now.

lol. Nice to see them trying to imitate our threads too with that baseball emoticon in the subject line.

In comment 16521605 Eric on Li said:

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seemed like a good guy but he has been shot for a couple years now.

He was turrible. I can't believe Eppler opted in to his contract in 2023 when the Mets had a team option on him out of fear they were short in their starting rotation. Total waste of $14 mill.

Good.

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lol. Nice to see them trying to imitate our threads too with that baseball emoticon in the subject line.

if they've got a j-rod to send back like AZ did for pham he's all theirs.

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In comment 16521606 Optimus-NY said: Quote: lol. Nice to see them trying to imitate our threads too with that baseball emoticon in the subject line. if they've got a j-rod to send back like AZ did for pham he's all theirs.

lol, exactly!!

are an embarrassment of a baseball team. Piss poor fundamentals every goddamn day. How Houser can get another start is a real mystery. Tear this shit show to the ground ASAP.

by Alonso. Trade his sorry ass.

In comment 16521606 Optimus-NY said:

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lol. Nice to see them trying to imitate our threads too with that baseball emoticon in the subject line.

Trying to steal from the best

Maybe this exit velocity stuff works.

In comment 16521641 GF1080 said:

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In comment 16521606 Optimus-NY said: Quote: lol. Nice to see them trying to imitate our threads too with that baseball emoticon in the subject line. Trying to steal from the best

I remember that poster getting pi$$y about Yankees fans not being as active as the Mets fans are on this site for some reason. They're so insecure, lol.

Meantime, the SYR Mets are spanking the Yankees Scranton team.

Score is 10-0 Good Guys. Jose Butto is working on a 2-hitter and throwing grounders.

These SYR Mets are more fun than the big club.

pitches today from Houser. Dude has given up 5 runs already. I'm not sure going nay further past this inning would be wise.

In comment 16521652 Named Later said:

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Meantime, the SYR Mets are spanking the Yankees Scranton team. Score is 10-0 Good Guys. Jose Butto is working on a 2-hitter and throwing grounders. These SYR Mets are more fun than the big club.

Good for Butto. I like him and wouldn't mind him being part of this rotation on a regular basis next year all season. For now, he's gonna have to rise the Flushing-Syracuse shuttle due to his options. Always good to beat the Prison Strpers' farm teams too for obvious reasons.

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by Alonso. Trade his sorry ass.

are you 12? cause you act like it.

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are an embarrassment of a baseball team. Piss poor fundamentals every goddamn day. How Houser can get another start is a real mystery. Tear this shit show to the ground ASAP.

Surgery for Raley. :(

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Maybe this exit velocity stuff works.

He’ll be back on the bench tomorrow.

seems like the swing decision experts may have over estimated their predictive abilities.

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Surgery for Raley. :(

man that really sucks. Was one of the best LH we've had in over a decade.

also would have been a valuable trade candidate.

Very Mets.

just doing Nido things.

To spend big bucks on Alonso would be a huge mistake. Power hitters do not age well, he can't run, is a mediocre first baseman, and doesn't hit for average. The Mets are trying to build through the farm system and probably are a few years away from being a contender. And a fucking little leaguer should know not to stray so far from the third base bag to eliminate any possibility of tagging on that blooper. If the guy dives and comes up empty, Alonso scores easily. Shitty fundamentals.

is fun to watch hit.

In comment 16521691 Maggot Brain said:

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To spend big bucks on Alonso would be a huge mistake. Power hitters do not age well, he can't run, is a mediocre first baseman, and doesn't hit for average. The Mets are trying to build through the farm system and probably are a few years away from being a contender. And a fucking little leaguer should know not to stray so far from the third base bag to eliminate any possibility of tagging on that blooper. If the guy dives and comes up empty, Alonso scores easily. Shitty fundamentals.

better.

I get mad when I think how we offered him 7 for 150 and he turned it down. Situation reminds me of Conforto. Guess we'll see how he shakes out end of the season.

The Mets have lost 19 of their last 28 games.

experience of what it's been like to lead this organization for about 20 years.

the good news is even in the worst case this continues, if they can execute another trade deadline like last year (shameless plug linked below) this can still be a productive year. click your heels 3x and say j-rod, j-rod, j-rod. alvarez will get healthy and some of the others from AAA will eventually arrive later this summer, and watching young guys get chances is always fun.

trying to put myself in the organization's shoes and given cohen's comments preceding this latest run of uninspired losing baseball, if i were the manager i think i'd challenge the team and call it like it is. if you believe in this clubhouse, if you want this group to remain mets, if you think you are better than this, then go out and show it every day for the next 8 weeks or there may be changes. these first 8 weeks of the season werent it. if that's uncomfortable then either embrace that discomfort or start packing because playing with high expectations is never going to be comfortable, especially in ny.
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play guy who hits ball hard every day until that stops happening.

I was gonna ask you earlier to post it please. I read it on the Minor League thread. Great work! Please check it out everyone.

In comment 16521773 Optimus-NY said:

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I was gonna ask you earlier to post it please. I read it on the Minor League thread. Great work! Please check it out everyone.

thank you again optimus. for those that don't read the minors thread, let me introduce you to j-rod. this is what last year's deadline brought us for pham, by next year he may be the top prospect in the system.



this is his 101 mph homer from earlier today, pretty soon he will be promoted to A-ball where he will be one of the only 17 year olds (if not the only one). not even mauricio or alvarez were in a-ball before they turned 18. he is presently hitting almost .400 with almost the same number of walks as strikeouts. when jett debuted in the league j-rod is in now he was 18 after getting drafted, it was a real small sample but he hit .250 and walked 50% less often than j-rod.

jett started his age 19 last year in A-ball, so as far away as 17 seems, j-rod has that same kind of eye at the plate that could get him on the map quickly.

but didn’t realize they sent down Butto and gave Houser his rotation spot back for some reason. Not hard to argue that decision likely cost them the game tonight.

Houser has been out up almost every outing this year and has an era near 8 (!). Why the hell did Butto get demoted for him? Butto was walking too many guys but was still obviously a better option that Houser.