Brian Yesterday at 7:17 pm
Manaea fans two in a scoreless first
ChrisF Yesterday at 7:17 pm
Evening Mets fans
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:19 pm
Mets picked up a Zuba and ditched an Adcock
Brian Yesterday at 7:20 pm
Hey Chris
Howdy Jose
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:20 pm
I can identify 13 of 14 in that double row of pix up there. Who’s the top row middle position?
Hello, Bri and Chris
Brian Yesterday at 7:21 pm
The recently departed Adrian Houser
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:21 pm
Ah
Can any of you honestly say you expected the Metsies to be doing so well, especially as their horrible june came a month earlier than usual?
Brian Yesterday at 7:22 pm
Coming into the season, I thought they were an 80-82 win squad
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:23 pm
Are the 9 regulars outperforming their career numbers?
I was concerned they were heading to 70-92 with that horrible rotation
ChrisF Yesterday at 7:23 pm
I think the Mets are gonna be an 80-83 win team
Brian Yesterday at 7:24 pm
Certainly not the 9 regulars over performng
The big positives have been Vientos and Alvarez
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:26 pm
5 of 8 are over in OPS+, career : 2024
3 are under: Pete, JD under
McNeil WAY under
By my assessment, since I don’t hold opinions. Lindor should snag their first NLMVP in their 62 years
Metsense Yesterday at 7:28 pm
Hi guys
Brian Yesterday at 7:28 pm
Alonso, Martinez and Nimmo all under their career marks, too
Hey Metsense
ChrisF Yesterday at 7:29 pm
Pete needs to go to the plate with no bat. It’s the only way he will stop swinging
until he learns some discipline, I’d throw him nothing but pitches in the LH batters box
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:30 pm
Yer right about nimmo. so half are over, half are under
Metsense Yesterday at 7:30 pm
Name 1 Position player Having a career year
ChrisF Yesterday at 7:30 pm
Lindor?
gotta be close. He’s killing it
winker get a knock!!
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:31 pm
This is encouraging, since a cursory assessment is that they are niot overperforming on the average
Brian Yesterday at 7:31 pm
Lindor had a 132 OPS+ in 2018 – he’s at 130 coming into today
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:32 pm
Lindor, besides the numbers, possesses the intangibles, as much as I don’t belielve in the intangibles
did anyone notice how he was talking to the young guys coming to the plate?
Brian Yesterday at 7:33 pm
Get some wheels Vientos
Metsense Yesterday at 7:33 pm
Lindor had 5 years better in OPS better than This year
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:34 pm
Lindor should be named captain since he’s de facto leader as is
Metsense Yesterday at 7:34 pm
I think Alvarez is the general
ChrisF Yesterday at 7:35 pm
Understandable, but captains rate not required and really reserved for a few folks
Brian Yesterday at 7:35 pm
When comparing different years, you need to use OPS+ to account for different offensive environments
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:35 pm
But Lindor’s OPS+ this year is better than all his others except 2028
2018
Brian Yesterday at 7:35 pm
I hope he has his best year in 2028
ChrisF Yesterday at 7:35 pm
Theres the Captain
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:36 pm
2024 is a less offensive environment than recent years
Metsense Yesterday at 7:36 pm
I know Brian. I was just I was just Spinning
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:36 pm
That sentence is not stated the way I wanted
Brian Yesterday at 7:37 pm
That’s what happens when you listen to Keith
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:37 pm
Broccoli just got a base hit
Metsense Yesterday at 7:37 pm
No It’s the Time I spent in Washington DC
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:37 pm
You mean Keith is causing my dementia?
Brian Yesterday at 7:38 pm
If anyone can do it – it’s Keith
Metsense Yesterday at 7:40 pm
Why is Alvarez not playing?
Brian Yesterday at 7:41 pm
sore shoulder, I think
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:41 pm
The guy pitching for MIN, what would he call his father’s brother?
Sorry for the dad humor
Brian Yesterday at 7:43 pm
Just saw that the dad from the Adams Family just had his 93rd birthday
José Hunter Yesterday at 7:43 pm
Reverend Jim from Taxi?
Brian Yesterday at 7:44 pm
Not sure why but I never watched that show
Metsense Yesterday at 7:47 pm
I used to Go to a gym With Peter Boyle. He was the Father Of Every One Loves Raymond
Brian Yesterday at 7:48 pm
Boyle lived in the same building as John Lennon
Metsense Yesterday at 7:49 pm
He was Frankenstein In Young Frankenstein
Brian Yesterday at 7:52 pm
Meanwhile, Manaea is cruising
Looks like we had the wrong Festa
walk, balk, wild pitch – the small ball fans are in heaven
Metsense Yesterday at 7:59 pm
All they have to do is a sacrifice fly
Brian Yesterday at 7:59 pm
JD with the RBI single and the Mets have the lead
Metsense Yesterday at 7:59 pm
All they have to do is a sacrifice fly
Martinez
Brian Yesterday at 8:00 pm
we had a bunch of those yesterday
Metsense Yesterday at 8:00 pm
With a single
Brian Yesterday at 8:02 pm
Interesting that Alonso has fanned on two high pitches – one outside and now one inside
Usually he K’s on low and away
Metsense Yesterday at 8:02 pm
Blackburn Is better than Megill
Brian Yesterday at 8:03 pm
Yeah, I hope that the Mets send Megill to the minors to work on becoming a reliever
Metsense Yesterday at 8:04 pm
Definitely
Brian Yesterday at 8:05 pm
It will be curious to see if all 3 guys they got are on the MLB roster and who goes
Megill and the 2 Youngs get sent down? Gage? Ottavino?
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:09 pm
Alonso could have Bonds like walks if he had discipline
Metsense Yesterday at 8:09 pm
Megill and One young
It depends on who has options
Brian Yesterday at 8:11 pm
Which one? And who’s the other to go?
Chris – enough deadline action for you?
VIENTOS
Metsense Yesterday at 8:12 pm
The VIENTOS
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:13 pm
well, interesting you mentioned that. I was wondering if there might be a contrasting Padres v Mets deadline moves story coming
Pretty much what I expected – a big ol nothingburger
Brian Yesterday at 8:14 pm
Padres better hope they make noise this year
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:14 pm
VIENTOS
clarified the Mets positioning however. Could Baty, Parada, and Acuna gotten that done?
I view what happened as substantially short of getting Johnson and Uribe
Brian Yesterday at 8:16 pm
Blackburn should be an upgrade from Megill
Metsense Yesterday at 8:17 pm
They improved the major league roster And then have to compromise the Minor league Prospects
Brian Yesterday at 8:18 pm
I’m not worried about losing any of the guys they traded.
Metsense Yesterday at 8:18 pm
Me neither
Brian Yesterday at 8:18 pm
I liked Gervase. And Morris had some potential. But given the prices of pitching, that wasn’t too much
José Hunter Yesterday at 8:19 pm
Anyone else experiencing excessive buffering?
Metsense Yesterday at 8:19 pm
The usual jose
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:20 pm
Hi guys! Manaea is having a strong game 69 pitches into the 6th
Brian Yesterday at 8:20 pm
One thing that I’ve found is that you use a Private Window it helps with buffering
Yeah, Manaea has been very good
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:23 pm
I never heard of any people in the transactions. All marginal moves at the best
Metsense Yesterday at 8:24 pm
I don’t want a 6 man rotation
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:24 pm
is the big league team better? Not worse, but thats no exchange for losing Senga who we all were blaming on as a deadline “acquisition”
Brian Yesterday at 8:25 pm
They just acquired 2 relievers. I’ll be shocked if they go to a 6-man rotation
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:25 pm
and a back end starter
José Hunter Yesterday at 8:25 pm
Brian, you mean incognito mode?
Brian Yesterday at 8:25 pm
I believe getting Megill and his 5.20 ERA out of the rotation a good thing
Metsense Yesterday at 8:26 pm
Me too
Brian Yesterday at 8:26 pm
José Hunter
Brian, you mean incognito mode? Yes – different browsers call it different things.
José Hunter Yesterday at 8:26 pm
Doesn’t seem better. Plus, it’s unleashed a barrage of pop-ups
Brian Yesterday at 8:27 pm
Which browser are you using? I don’t have that issue with Firefox but I also have Ad-Block Plus installed
José Hunter Yesterday at 8:28 pm
chrome, and I have adblock plus as well
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:28 pm
I read somewhere today that the Phillies have lost 4 or 5 straight series!
nimmo could sure use an XBH
Brian Yesterday at 8:28 pm
Most of the top teams are struggling – Yankees, Phillies, Braves, Guardians
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:28 pm
So Stearns protects the farm system by acquiring assets that are upgrades from what we have but not necessarily game changers. Filling the pen with stronger arms was a must. Like the addition of Winker and you know up until he joined the Mets that I hated him. ♂️
Brian Yesterday at 8:29 pm
tough strike call on Nimmo
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:30 pm
sure, the fringes can make a difference. But they clearly were not dealing top prospects to make the 2024 Mets serious contenders. These were basically “wash”moves
Metsense Yesterday at 8:30 pm
That’s it in a nutshell Steve
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:31 pm
They were not gonna be any moves that would get us into the 90+ win range because we’re just not that good. I think we can still surprise people if we get into the playoffs, but I have no delusions of grandeur anymore than I have any other year.
Brian Yesterday at 8:32 pm
How many games in a “streak” before you start believing? Mets have been fantastic the last 47 games.
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:32 pm
So then I wonder what the moves for the offseason will be. I saw the Giants were shopping Snell for contract value only, and that the Mets should be all in to protect the farm yet really improve.
Brian Yesterday at 8:33 pm
The offseason will depend upon if Cohen wants to get under the draft pick penalty threshold
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:33 pm
If thats to me, I dont see that they keep winning at this pace. But I’d sure love to be wrong
Metsense Yesterday at 8:33 pm
I think he will do that Cohen
Brian Yesterday at 8:33 pm
It was to the group
They can’t keep up a 110-win pace
But I don’t see how it means they’ll finish with 75 wins
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:34 pm
oh I dont think so either.
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:35 pm
I’m still sticking with my prediction of 88 wins because because that’s not such a big lift over being a 500 team.
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:36 pm
STOP SWINGING THE BAT PETE
Brian Yesterday at 8:36 pm
at least that one was just low – not low and outside
Metsense Yesterday at 8:37 pm
They are a solid team if The Starting pitching Holds up
Brian Yesterday at 8:37 pm
I thought 88 wins when you made that prediction was overly optimistic. I’d say it’s at least on the table now.
Metsense Yesterday at 8:38 pm
I think it’s on the table also
Brian Yesterday at 8:38 pm
Who’s better if healthy — Marte or Winker?
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:38 pm
I just never envisioned a May collapse like they had nor the loss of Senga, But the team had potential, and a lot of players had something to prove so they could get their next contract. Thrilled to be on the table.
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:38 pm
define better
Brian Yesterday at 8:39 pm
Which one would you rather have in the lineu
lineup
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:39 pm
Marte
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:40 pm
If healthy, Marte can steal a lot of bases and has a canon of an arm. Winker just started stealing bases and he’s been a pretty under the radar bat unless he’s facing the Mets when he simply kicks our ass. If Marty is healthy, how do you not give him a shot at right field
?
Out for the 7th!!!
Brian Yesterday at 8:41 pm
Because he’s a defensive liability and his power has disappeared?
Metsense Yesterday at 8:41 pm
A Platoon
Brian Yesterday at 8:41 pm
That’s what I expect, too. Which means Winker plays more
10 Ks for Manaea!
Metsense Yesterday at 8:42 pm
Yep, And he should
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:42 pm
Only 2 hits and 1 walk.
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:42 pm
Twinkies look baffled
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:43 pm
You would never know by watching them, but the twins are in the second wildcard position and are 11 games over 500
I’d give him one more inning
Brian Yesterday at 8:44 pm
Yesterday was a good win. Hopefully today too
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:44 pm
would feel better if we could borrow some of the runs from yesterday and add them to today’s score
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:44 pm
about 5-7
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:45 pm
that should be about right considering we only need six more outs
Brian Yesterday at 8:46 pm
Gotta figure that Diaz is pitching today. When’s the last time he pitched?
Metsense Yesterday at 8:46 pm
The twins have the bottom of the order In the 8th
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:47 pm
I’d like Stanek to do better this time around
Brian Yesterday at 8:47 pm
I wouldn’t pitch him in a close game if I could avoid it
Metsense Yesterday at 8:48 pm
Me too
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:48 pm
he was warming up
Metsense Yesterday at 8:49 pm
I realize that
And is coming in
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:52 pm
Throws hard
Brian Yesterday at 8:53 pm
I’m not opposed to taking out Manaea but Stanek is not the guy I want to see
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:53 pm
E3
Brian Yesterday at 8:53 pm
Maton hasn’t pitched in awhile – use him
Metsense Yesterday at 8:54 pm
yep
Brian Yesterday at 8:54 pm
F’ing Pete
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:54 pm
Alonso is just shitty throwing to pitchers. Hits instinct sucks
his value is plummeting
its not hard Pete, THROW IT TO THR BASE
NYM6986 Yesterday at 8:57 pm
At the rate he is going he’ll be lucky to get 90 RBI. That will make him that much more affordable to re-sign in the off-season
Metsense Yesterday at 8:57 pm
For the Mets It isn’t ol
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:58 pm
truthfully, even me, i really question if signing Pete for his 30s given how fast the decline seems would be seriously querstionable. Move Vientos to 1B and Maurcio to 3B
Metsense Yesterday at 8:58 pm
Plummeting
Brian Yesterday at 8:58 pm
I remember being mocked for saying that
ChrisF Yesterday at 8:58 pm
i know, even by me
and for that I doff my cap in your direction
Metsense Yesterday at 8:59 pm
Give him a fair contract Does the Mets can live by
Brian Yesterday at 9:00 pm
He means something to the fans and that shouldn’t be dismissed
3/$75 maybe?
ChrisF Yesterday at 9:00 pm
4/80
NYM6986 Yesterday at 9:00 pm
6 @ $28
Brian Yesterday at 9:00 pm
No way on 6 anything
ChrisF Yesterday at 9:00 pm
no way on 6.
Woodrow Yesterday at 9:01 pm
He will do better than 3/75
ChrisF Yesterday at 9:01 pm
I think 3 is where youd like to be, and 4 is the reach for me.
Metsense Yesterday at 9:01 pm
4 @ 92
ChrisF Yesterday at 9:01 pm
but the offer he got at the start of the season is done
NYM6986 Yesterday at 9:03 pm
Alonzo is making 20,500,000 right now. Someone out there will give him upwards of $30 million a year based on what he’s done the last five years. I wouldn’t. But offers at 20 or 25 or just low.
Brian Yesterday at 9:03 pm
If the Mets offer Pete 3/$75 and he gets more elsewhere, I live with that. Sometimes the answer is no
Metsense Yesterday at 9:03 pm
Yes me too
Brian Yesterday at 9:03 pm
I want to pay him for what he’s going to do – not what he did in the past.
NYM6986 Yesterday at 9:04 pm
I’d still go to 28 per but stop there.
Woodrow Yesterday at 9:04 pm
Hmm Mauricio or Alonso batting cleanup?
Brian Yesterday at 9:05 pm
Not sure why you think that’s the choice.
Metsense Yesterday at 9:05 pm
The money can be used elsewhere
Brian Yesterday at 9:05 pm
It wouldn’t shock me if Mauricio starts 2025 in the minors
NYM6986 Yesterday at 9:06 pm
Freddie Freeman has an average salary of $27 million. $28 is not so much for 35 HR hitter in todays
Market
Brian Yesterday at 9:06 pm
But you have to look beyond HR
Metsense Yesterday at 9:06 pm
Freeman is much better
NYM6986 Yesterday at 9:07 pm
I’d still expect him to get 100 RBI but not necessarily 130. How many 100 RBI players do we have during the course of the year?
Brian Yesterday at 9:08 pm
woo-hoo
NYM6986 Yesterday at 9:09 pm
Diaz!
Metsense Yesterday at 9:09 pm
NYM6986 Yesterday at 9:10 pm
only 18 players had 100 or more RBI last year.
Brian Yesterday at 9:10 pm
But raw RBIs are a terrible thing to rate a hitter on
If you have a ton of runners on base when you hit – you should have a bunch of RBIs
Metsense Yesterday at 9:10 pm
How many of them are35 years old?
NYM6986 Yesterday at 9:11 pm
Who’s 35?
Metsense Yesterday at 9:11 pm
You gonna pay him at that age
Brian Yesterday at 9:11 pm
Last year Alonso had a 16.36 RBI%
This year he has a 12.07%
Metsense Yesterday at 9:12 pm
He is trending downward
Brian Yesterday at 9:13 pm
That % ranks 236 among MLB hitters with at least 100 runners on base
NYM6986 Yesterday at 9:13 pm
How did his percent from last year rank him. How has that dropped the last three years. One year is not a trend
Nice hustle
Brian Yesterday at 9:18 pm
Maybe Alonso won’t be as bad in 2025 as he’s been in 2024. But I wouldn’t want to wager on him getting back to where he was in 2023, much less 2022
ChrisF Yesterday at 9:18 pm
strating to look that way
Metsense Yesterday at 9:19 pm
Pete has Conforto- itis
Brian Yesterday at 9:20 pm
Let’s get the leadoff hitter here, Diaz
NYM6986 Yesterday at 9:21 pm
Diaz looks good
Brian Yesterday at 9:23 pm
1:10 p.m. game tomorrow
NYM6986 Yesterday at 9:23 pm
put it in the book
ChrisF Yesterday at 9:23 pm
W
NYM6986 Yesterday at 9:23 pm
got the DVr
Brian Yesterday at 9:24 pm
6-2 against teams above .500
Metsense Yesterday at 9:24 pm
WINNER
Brian Yesterday at 9:24 pm
Clinch the series win
Metsense Yesterday at 9:26 pm
Thanks for the chatter Good night
NYM6986 Yesterday at 9:26 pm
night guys thanks