Welcome to another series thread, this time against the hated Braves. Both teams would be in the playoffs if they started today. There’s even a realistic chance that they could play against each other in the Wildcard round, so this series carries a lot of weight. The Mets have a record of
3-3 against them so far this season. Kodai Senga will be making his season-debut in this series. The Mets completed their road trip against the Marlins & Yankees to start the post All-Star Break portion of the schedule with a record of 4-2. Click
HERE to read a series preview of this series. Enjoy 😊!
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Mets vs. Braves: Game 1 –⚾Severino (R) vs. Sale (L)⚾– 7:10 pm EDT
Starting Lineups for both clubs tonight.
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Probable Starting Pitcher Matchups for tonight & tomorrow in Flushing against the Barfs.
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#LFGM!
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Notes:
-Tonight’s game will be televised on SNY, as will tomorrow’s game.
-The weather for tonight's game at Citi Field is expected to be decent. Showers were expected around gametime before, but that's no longer the case. Click
HERE to keep updated & see the Hourly AccuWeather Reports from there.
-The Mets are 53-48 now & are sitting in the 2nd Wildcard spot in the National League as of the start of business today. Click
HERE to see the Wildcard standings for both leagues. By virtue of their impressive victory yesterday, the Mets are now 5 games over .500, which is their high-water mark of the season. They’re only 1.5 games behind the Braves too, who are in possession of the 1st N.L. Wildcard spot going into this game. The Braves enter this series having lost 7 of their last 10 games; the Mets come into this series having won 7 of their last 10 games.
-Click
HERE to see the list of Mets transactions so far for July.
-Click
HERE to see the Mets' 26-man active roster.
-The Mets' 4-man bench for tonight’s game will consist of
Torrens (R), Bader (R), Nimmo (L), & Gamel (L). 
NFT: Mets Minor Leagues (July) - DanMetroMan - 7/1/2024 10:17 am
*For reference purposes, here are the links for previous months as well:
NFT: Mets Minor League Thread (June) - DanMetroMan - 6/1/2024 10:45 am
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
NFT: Mets Draft thread: July 14th to July 16th Optimus-NY | 7/13/2024 | 11:52 am
RosterResource - Team Payroll - NEW YORK METS PLAYER PAYROLL
Mets vs. Braves | 7:10 pm EDT start - July 25, 2024 – TV Broadcast: Mets' feed – SNY: Gary, Keith, & Ron (strfish.xyz)
Mets vs. Braves | 7:10 pm EDT start - July 25, 2024 – TV Broadcast: Braves' feed – Bally Sports Southeast: Gaudin & Francoeur (strfish.xyz)
MLB.com - Gameday: Pitch by Pitch – Mets vs. Braves – July 25, 2024 - 7:10 pm EDT start
Enjoy tonight's game 😊
Oh no! :-(
I hope he's ok. I was hoping to add him to this pen down the stretch.
Severino (RHP)
Senga (RHP)
Megill (RHP)
Peterson (LHP)
Quintana (LHP)
Manaea (LHP)
Do they send down Alex Young to Cuse? DFA Ottavio? Phantom injury (paging Ineptler, lol)? What then?
Once Garrett and SRF come back the pen could look like this (with a 6-man rotation)L
Righties (6):
Díaz
Núñez
*Megill (I'd move Buttó to starting rotation in place of Megill)
Maton
**Houser
**Ottavino
Lefties (3):
Diekman
**Danny Young
**Alex Young
-Keep two lefties & trade for Puk, so you'd have Puk & Diekman throwing from the left side.
-Factor in the return of Reed Garrett & Sean Reid-Foley off of the Injured List in the coming 2 weeks or so too.
If the Mets go to a 6-man rotation, the pen would have 7 guys & could look like so:
Lefties (2):
Puk
Diekman
Righties (5):
Díaz
Núñez
Maton
Megill
Garrett
**Once September 1st comes, & you can add two more players to the 26-man big league roster (a pitcher & a position player), you add a fully healthy Sean Reid-Foley to the bullpen OR Reed Garrett---whichever gets healthy second out of the two.
** = Pending any injuries, these guys are gonna have a hard time hanging on the 26-man roster. The two Youngs still have options and can be sent back down to Triple A if I'm not mistaken. Houser and Ottavino are out of options and are pending Free Agents. They'd be DFA candidates.
I've been thinking the same thing; he's been a stud in the bull pen, nine in a row tonight (shaded of Roger McDowell back in the day!), but Megill has been awful.
Is the 6 man rotation just for Senga's benefit?
Sure is a different world for starters these days; compete games are unicorns, TJ surgery left and right, 6 man rotations...20 game winners? What are those?
Glad to see Sale out of the game!
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He's making me consider leaving him in the pen. SUPERB job by him there coming into a tough situation after Severino left him a bit of a mess to clean up.
I've been thinking the same thing; he's been a stud in the bull pen, nine in a row tonight (shaded of Roger McDowell back in the day!), but Megill has been awful.
Is the 6 man rotation just for Senga's benefit?
Sure is a different world for starters these days; compete games are unicorns, TJ surgery left and right, 6 man rotations...20 game winners? What are those?
Glad to see Sale out of the game!
Pretty much Danny. Butto's the Kevin Mitchell of pitchers, lol: He can do it all! If the Mets go to a 6-man rotation, I'd rather see Butto start than Megill. My logic behind that being Megill won't hurt us as much as a reliever like he would as a starter. Butto's a better starter than him. Period.
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He's making me consider leaving him in the pen. SUPERB job by him there coming into a tough situation after Severino left him a bit of a mess to clean up.
I've been thinking the same thing; he's been a stud in the bull pen, nine in a row tonight (shaded of Roger McDowell back in the day!), but Megill has been awful.
Is the 6 man rotation just for Senga's benefit?
Sure is a different world for starters these days; compete games are unicorns, TJ surgery left and right, 6 man rotations...20 game winners? What are those?
Glad to see Sale out of the game!
Pretty much Danny. Butto's the Kevin Mitchell of pitchers, lol: He can do it all! If the Mets go to a 6-man rotation, I'd rather see Butto start than Megill. My logic behind that being Megill won't hurt us as much as a reliever like he would as a starter. Butto's a better starter than him. Period.
Butto’s biggest issue is that sometimes his first innings are rocky and against the top of an order that isn’t ideal. If you bring him in long relief against a 6th hitter then he can find his stuff against lesser bats.
For their 14th and 30th best prospects according to mlb.com
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Acquired by the D-backs.
For their 14th and 30th best prospects according to mlb.com
They were talking about trading Hamel and Morabito for him on MMO.com. What do you think about that?
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Acquired by the D-backs.
For their 14th and 30th best prospects according to mlb.com
They were talking about trading Hamel and Morabito for him on MMO.com. What do you think about that?
I think both are tradeable, but it looks like Florida is looking at bats and exit velocity and the Mets really didn’t have someone like that who fits.
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MLB.com - Gameday Wrap
Can't believe they gave Squirrel a hit on that. But, happy Jeff, I suppose...
Great to get game 1 with Sale on the mound...he is tough...
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He's making me consider leaving him in the pen. SUPERB job by him there coming into a tough situation after Severino left him a bit of a mess to clean up.
I've been thinking the same thing; he's been a stud in the bull pen, nine in a row tonight (shaded of Roger McDowell back in the day!), but Megill has been awful.
Is the 6 man rotation just for Senga's benefit?
Sure is a different world for starters these days; compete games are unicorns, TJ surgery left and right, 6 man rotations...20 game winners? What are those?
Glad to see Sale out of the game!
Pretty much Danny. Butto's the Kevin Mitchell of pitchers, lol: He can do it all! If the Mets go to a 6-man rotation, I'd rather see Butto start than Megill. My logic behind that being Megill won't hurt us as much as a reliever like he would as a starter. Butto's a better starter than him. Period.
Butto’s biggest issue is that sometimes his first innings are rocky and against the top of an order that isn’t ideal. If you bring him in long relief against a 6th hitter then he can find his stuff against lesser bats.
That's a really good point, Mike!
Can't believe they gave Squirrel a hit on that. But, happy Jeff, I suppose...
Great to get game 1 with Sale on the mound...he is tough...
True dat. My buddy WhatsAppd me nd said the guy in RF ran past that ball like Forrest Gump!
puk return looks pretty strong for miami. mets closest comparable prospect is probably parada, but im both unsure id have traded him for Puk or that Miami would have wanted him over what they got.
on to the next RP.
De los Santos a much better prospect than Parada at this point. Having a monster year in AAA at 21 and higher upside than Parada. Surprised AZ shipped him off for a RP even though Puk has been really good.
De los Santos a much better prospect than Parada at this point. Having a monster year in AAA at 21 and higher upside than Parada. Surprised AZ shipped him off for a RP even though Puk has been really good.
Did you see Wolverine & Deadpool? If so, no spoilers!
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Another W! Was at a movie so heard the last inning on way home. Thought we were going to blow that gift in the 10th then we got another one.
De los Santos a much better prospect than Parada at this point. Having a monster year in AAA at 21 and higher upside than Parada. Surprised AZ shipped him off for a RP even though Puk has been really good.
Did you see Wolverine & Deadpool? If so, no spoilers!
I did and not saying anything.
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Another W! Was at a movie so heard the last inning on way home. Thought we were going to blow that gift in the 10th then we got another one.
De los Santos a much better prospect than Parada at this point. Having a monster year in AAA at 21 and higher upside than Parada. Surprised AZ shipped him off for a RP even though Puk has been really good.
Did you see Wolverine & Deadpool? If so, no spoilers!
I did and not saying anything.
Right on. I wanna see it some time this next week. Looking forward to it!
Yep. 2 trades in less than the last 12 hours or so. Trade season has kicked off.
Alverez anticipating the squeeze play and getting Laureano out was my fav play. IMO the games key play
excited for Senga tonight but can't imagine he will go more then 60-70 pitches so who comes in?
LFGM!
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lol. amazing