Here we go again with another series thread, this time against the defending World Series champion Rangers in the Lone Star State. Enjoy 😊!
P.S. Sorry for the late posting for this series. Got caught up with some family-related things and just got home.
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Mets @ Rangers: Game 1 –⚾Peterson (L) vs. Gray (R)⚾– 8:05 pm EDT
Starting Lineups for both clubs tonight.
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Probable Starting Pitcher Matchups for the games tonight as well as tomorrow evening in Arlington, Texas against the Rangers.
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#LFGM!
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Notes:
-Tonight's and tomorrow’s games will each be broadcast by SNY.
-The weather won’t be an issue for this series since Globe Life Field in Arlington has a retractable roof. The Rangers are one of five teams in MLB that play on a synthetic surface. The others are Arizona, Miami, Toronto and Tampa Bay.
-The upcoming MLB All-Star Game will be played at Globe Life Field in Arlington next month. Let’s see who makes it to play here again for the Mets at the All-Star Game. Too bad Seth Lugo and Zack Wheeler are no longer with the team since they’re having All-Star seasons. In any case, the Mets have won 9 of their last 11 games—they had a total of just 9 for the entirety of the month of May.
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HERE to see the list of Mets transactions to start the month of June.
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HERE to see the Mets' 26-man active roster.
-The Mets' 4-man bench for tonight’s game will consist of
Torrens (R), Iglesias (R), Marte (R), & Bader (R). 
NFT: Mets Minor League Thread (June) - DanMetroMan - 6/1/2024 10:45 am
*For reference purposes, here are the links for previous months as well:
NFT: Mets Minor Leagues (May) - DanMetroMan - 5/1/2024 12:15 pm
NFT: Mets Minor League Update (April) - DanMetroMan - 4/2/2024 10:17 am
Only 1 extra base hit.
Stewart with a 3 run hr
Martinez rocketed one 410 ft for an out.
Surprised Gray wasn't pulled
RosterResource - Team Payroll - NEW YORK METS PLAYER PAYROLL
Fun start to the game here! Every time I request to move on from Stewart he hits a HR to shut me up.
Mets at Rangers | 8:05 pm EDT start - June 17, 2024 – TV Broadcast: Mets' feed – SNY: Gary & Keith (strfish.xyz)
Mets at Rangers | 8:05 pm EDT start - June 17, 2024 – TV Broadcast: Rangers’ feed – Bally Sports Southwest (strfish.xyz)
MLB.com - Gameday: Pitch by Pitch – Mets @ Rangers – June 17, 2024 - 8:05 pm EDT start
Note: Ron won’t be calling the game tonight.
Enjoy tonight's game 😊
i think the month between now and ASB will decide it. schedule is easy especially after july 1, so if they are in a wild card i doubt they sell anything meaningful. maybe just marte if they can.
Fun start to the game here! Every time I request to move on from Stewart he hits a HR to shut me up.
Sorry for the lateness. Got home later than I thought I would, but I had the template ready to go. Just needed to make a couple of tweaks/additions to it before posting.
Quite a start! These mongos might actually have something going here. We prolly won't see Senga for another month though, but the starting rotation is doing the job thus far without him. The club playing well since the return of Alvarez is certainly not a coincidence. #LGM!
-Garrett has only thrown 8 pitches in the last 4 calendar days.
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Skenes is ridiculous already. What a talent.
Blah Peterson just gave up a 2 run HR.
And then a nice play at 3B by Vientos.
Agreed!! Depending on this next month we might have to ADD to the pen.
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This home-plate ump missed strike 3 and cost the Mets those 2 runs.
109.5 mph single
92.2 mph single
110 mph 2b
(also had 96 mph groundout, 89 mph flyout)
has the 2 hardest hit balls in the game out of either team. guy is a hard hit baseball machine.
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MLB.com - Gameday Wrap
6 in a row since Grimace threw that first ball!
Yup. Before it was "how will they blow this " and now feels like "how will they respond"
this deadline was set well for the Mets to be sellers, especially with so many teams to be potentially buying.
The return on Sevy, Alonso, Marte and others would be 5X as much as previous years.
Also movement would set the path for Acuna and Scott to come up for the rest of the year and be ready for 2025 roles.
I love the winning but is this fools gold. we saw this in the beginning of the season before. To me it comes down to this.
Does a "non-hot" (not cold) Mets team have the capability to beat the Phillies/Braves/Dodgers ? I'm not so sure, even with the injuries...
That said, I'm loving the Grimace era. Matches up well with the city connect jerseys too lol
if the team is above .500, make smart moves and try to keep winning. who knows where it goes.
trying to and ultimately winning as many games as possible is a fundamental part of becoming a winning organization.
if the team is above .500, make smart moves and try to keep winning. who knows where it goes.
trying to and ultimately winning as many games as possible is a fundamental part of becoming a winning organization.
Yep, you never know what happens. Not smart to sell in the playoff hunt.
Sevy and Alonso should get QOs as well. So if not back, they would get a comp pick.
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did the diamondbacks match up last year?
if the team is above .500, make smart moves and try to keep winning. who knows where it goes.
trying to and ultimately winning as many games as possible is a fundamental part of becoming a winning organization.
Yep, you never know what happens. Not smart to sell in the playoff hunt.
Sevy and Alonso should get QOs as well. So if not back, they would get a comp pick.
yep, no real urgency to sell unless there's something special another team puts on the table, and honestly the most special thing they got back last year may be J-rod, who only cost them Pham.
I'd be shopping Marte for something along those lines, fully paid down, but that's because i think his defense is such a net negative he is blocking them from a better roster construction.
at present marte is the worst fielder in MLB:
by DRS he's -10. those 2 main methodologies for advanced defense often disagree, but with marte they are in total alignment.
yep, hopefully there's another team without JDM that feels the same way.
Yep, you never know what happens. Not smart to sell in the playoff hunt.
Sevy and Alonso should get QOs as well. So if not back, they would get a comp pick.
The issue is there's what, 3 teams not in the hunt? Things will shake out a little more in the next month but I'd probably still sell a guy like JDM
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Yep, you never know what happens. Not smart to sell in the playoff hunt.
Sevy and Alonso should get QOs as well. So if not back, they would get a comp pick.
The issue is there's what, 3 teams not in the hunt? Things will shake out a little more in the next month but I'd probably still sell a guy like JDM
Yeah, it's a month and 10 days, so anything can happen between now and then. But as is now, I don't see them being sellers. If they are out of it by the end of July, of course.
I'm here for it though.
giants probably not trading anyone if they are around .500.
cubs have fallen back but i'd kind of doubt they trade bellinger.
if mets were looking for a bat right now, tommy pham, eloy jimenez and justin turner are probably the best rental options i'd be able to come up with. luis robert would be an interesting consideration but he will cost a ton and he is presently hitting .186 with a 40% k-rate.
if marte's bat continues the way it has, he is a strong option if the mets pay him down to where he is essentially "free" DH/part time OF for 2 years.
Here are 16 teams who have gotten nothing from their DH so far - hopefully 1 of them would give us another j-rod/vargas:
Marte has hit better than Arraez this year, who also has 1 more year after this one. Knock the value down by half since Marte is so bad in the field and that is still probably a return we'd be THRILLED with.
I'm here for it though.
speaking of optimism, a couple more we should keep faith with stearns, erick fedde who they were a finalist for looks like he would have been the steal of the offseason and michael tonkin whom he was heavily criticized for now has a 2.9 era. the guys i loudly criticized him for not signing for a lot more money have been awful.
so far his eye on the pitching side has been excellent. diaz going in the tank for may was the only real big problem so far.
it's amazing but once again tommy pham is probably going to end up the best bat on the market lol.
there's a real selling window for marte, i hope they don't pass on it.
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is currently hitting .231/.288/.381 and has been worth 0.5 fWAR since OD 2023 (156 games)
it's amazing but once again tommy pham is probably going to end up the best bat on the market lol.
there's a real selling window for marte, i hope they don't pass on it.
Eric, do you think White Sox move Crochet? I'm not so sure they do nor they should.
@Chandler_Rome
Astros manager Joe Espada tells @SportsMT
that Justin Verlander’s progress “is slower than we expected.” Thursday’s starter against the White Sox is still TBA.
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is currently hitting .231/.288/.381 and has been worth 0.5 fWAR since OD 2023 (156 games)
it's amazing but once again tommy pham is probably going to end up the best bat on the market lol.
there's a real selling window for marte, i hope they don't pass on it.
Eric, do you think White Sox move Crochet? I'm not so sure they do nor they should.
Reportedly asked for an "absurd" package from the Padres.
@Chandler_Rome
Astros manager Joe Espada tells @SportsMT
that Justin Verlander’s progress “is slower than we expected.” Thursday’s starter against the White Sox is still TBA.
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is currently hitting .231/.288/.381 and has been worth 0.5 fWAR since OD 2023 (156 games)
it's amazing but once again tommy pham is probably going to end up the best bat on the market lol.
there's a real selling window for marte, i hope they don't pass on it.
Eric, do you think White Sox move Crochet? I'm not so sure they do nor they should.
big trades with players who have term left are rare. look at how many false starts there have been with luzardo and some of these other pitchers who have been rumored available for years now.
look at what arraez cost with 1 more year left after this one.
rental market is generally much easier to estimate both in terms of availability and cost. especially if a team like nym is willing to eat as much $ as necessary to facilitate.
I always thought it would be a challenge system. How many challenges will be the question.