At the beginning of the month, we introduced the “Club 90,” which was all of the players who had an OPS+ in the 90s. They were:
98 – Francisco Lindor
98 – Eduardo Escobar
97 – Mark Canha
97 – Tommy Pham
93 – Brett Baty
92 – Daniel Vogelbach
Now thru games of 6/27, here is the updated Club 90 membership:
97 – Luis Guillorme
95 – Vogelbach
92 – Escobar
Lindor now sports a 109, Canha a 101, Pham a 117 and Baty an 86. And Starling Marte is currently above the Galvis Line with an 82 OPS+.
You can remove Escobar!
But the alert is on for Alvarez with an OPS+ of 103 and dropping just to join that elite club.
2022 – 2 starters in the 140 Club, 3 in the 130 Club, 2 in the 120 Club, 1 100 Club and 1 below average and below the Galvis Line. The Mets replaced the two bottom producers with rookies. Escobar (106) was replaced by Baty (86) and Nido (72) was replaced by Alvarez (103) for a net of 11. What happened to the other starters in 2023? Coincidence? Maybe it’s the hitting approach.
Mets hitting approach:
1. Watch middle middle 92 mph fast balls.
2. Chase low and away sliders out of zone
3. Swing at head high cheese
Results:
1. Pop up
2. 6-3
3. Foul out
The approach is working great.
Brian!
All the best to you and all the fellas at mets360
I’ve been puzzled how many “experts” are asserting that Lindor is having a bad season.
At 79 games played thus far, we can merely double his current numbers for an easy computation to how he projects for the whole season
158 G
92 R
38 2B
32 HR
108 RBI
62 BB
150 SO
.226 BA
The batting average and strikeouts are concerning, but his OPS+ is 109 which isn’t hideously far from his lifetime 116. I think there’s still a good chance he can put together some pretty decent numbers by year end, given that his 2nd half stats are almost always better
Oh, and that defensive play he made last night was mind-blowing
Good to hear from you, Jose!
Too many people still look at AVG as a way to rate hitters, which is why people are down on Lindor. That said, in the prime of his career, he shouldn’t be putting up 110 OPS+ seasons. He’s been a tad disappointing.
But when assigning blame for the 2023 Mets, he’s far, far down on the list of reasons.
As a long term fan, I was pleased with the snippets that I heard from the owner today. I prefer action than reaction. Despite the high cost win now elders, they need to not screw up the kids, and they really need to avoid parting with a kid that can be a future contributor.
I keep thinking there’s lots of time left but in reality we’d need to play nearly .600 ball to make the playoffs. Just don’t see it. Sell, but keep the kids, the starting infield and Nimmo. Then Cohen can buy better players.
I like the idea of a sell off to restock the prospect pipeline. Even if the Mets have a .500 July, they will still be in a position to sell off.
You would only get good prospects if they trade Alonso. The prohibitive salary Lindor, Verlander and Scherzer would restrict their take in good prospects. Everybody else couldn’t yield a good prospect.
You know,Cohens $ don’t seem as important now as they did back in March.
The New York Mets today announced that the club has acquired RHP Trevor Gott and RHP Chris Flexen from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for LHP Zach Muckenhirn. Additionally, New York designated Flexen for assignment and transferred RHP Edwin Uceta to the 60-Day IL.
So instead of paying a few mil for one of the established relievers during the offseason, the Mets are now forking over $4-5 mil for a journeyman pitcher without options having a so-so year… (and i think Flexen can be outrighted so someone to eat innings in AAA)
“MLBTR confirmed with a source last week that Flexen can reject an outright assignment and retain his salary, despite the fact that he doesn’t have five years of Major League service time. That’s attributable to the nature of the contract he signed when returning from the KBO, which also stipulates that he cannot be sent to the minors without his consent and that he would become a free agent at the deal’s conclusion despite being shy of six years of MLB service.
Because of that contract, Flexen will become a free agent if the Mets aren’t able to find a trade partner of their own. Barring a trade, Flexen will hit waivers and surely clear, as other clubs aren’t going to want to be on the hook for that $3.9MM or so in salary. Once he clears, a new team would be able to sign him and only owe Flexen the prorated league minimum for any time spent on the MLB roster. The Mets would remain on the hook for the rest of that salary.”
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/07/mariners-trade-chris-flexen-mets-trevor-gott.html
I guess maybe he is better in Leone, Hartwig,McFarland or Brigham but he won’t increased their 4.9% playoffs chances. I’m with Name, that’s a lot of money for nothing.
I guess this is a good trade – we didn’t give up anything and we only acquired salary – Flexen will be released. Could pave the way for us dealing a bullpen piece.