PECOTA loves the 2019 NEW YORK METS

Will we?

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2019/2/7/18215693/pecota-2019-mets-baseball-prospectus-projections-89-wins

you just have to beat the goddamn phillies, that's all i ask

Devin Mesoraco’s minor league deal with the Mets is $1.75 million with $250,000 in incentives.

endy chavez will be a coach in brooklyn this summer

Stay healthy, please: the 2019 Mets thread.

https://tht.fangraphs.com/the-miracle-remembered-those-69-mets

The Mets have signed infielder Adeiny Hechavarria to a minor league contract with an invitation to big league camp.

Jed Lowrie's MRI exam revealed no significant damage to his left knee, Mets plan to take it slow with him.

— Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) February 22, 2019

see you in June, Jed

alonso go boom

Nimmo ate undercooked chicken that he prepared himself and got sick, according to Callaway. Mets plan to teach him how to cook.

— Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) February 27, 2019

pure mets

teach a hitter to cook, and you feed him til ...

Al Leiter, who recently left his broadcasting duties at the YES Network, has joined the Mets as a baseball operations advisor.

also, dominic smith is in the best shape of his life

If this mean more Coney on YES I'm all for it

surely you will miss the chemistry between leiter and kay

it was truly scintillating

The Mets are hiring Jessica Mendoza as a baseball operations advisor, per source. She will remain at ESPN and on Sunday Night Baseball.

— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) March 5, 2019

so many advisors

rough

From the Hall of Fame: Tom Seaver's family announced today that he has been diagnosed with dementia. Tom will continue to work in his beloved vineyard at his California home, but has chosen to completely retire from public life.

— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) March 7, 2019

I knew he was unwell, per Art Shamsky at January's SABR NY meeting.

Sad. Hope he feels some enjoyment from working the vineyards.

Just heard about this yesterday from a friend. Bench was my first favourite player, he--thanks to this dime-store biography--was my first favourite pitcher.

http://pictures.abebooks.com/JDTBOOKS/md/md415305426.jpg

overdue

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2019/3/21/18276166/new-york-mets-citi-field-41-seaver-way-statue

Luis Guillorme has earned a roster spot as a utility infielder in a surprise move that sent Adeiny Hechavarria packing. Hallelujah, cuz Aunt Daisy can outhit Adeiny.

RIP Marty Noble

https://www.mlb.com/news/former-mlb-com-reporter-marty-noble-dies

^read him a lot at Newsday

Hope he stays good and healthy:

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2019/3/26/18282147/mets-news-jacob-degrom-contract-extension-cy-young-starting-pitcher-new-york

thor otm

These are the Mets’ makeshift mounds at the Carrier Dome pic.twitter.com/5rdlReeMYH

— Greg Joyce (@GJoyce9) March 26, 2019

well he hadn't seen those, but perhaps he envisioned them.

DeGrom breakdown 10M signing
7M in 2019
23M in 2020
33.5M in 2021 and 2022
Opt out
30.5M in 2023
32.5M club option 2024

— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) March 26, 2019

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jacob-degrom-joins-crowd-avoids-free-agency/

alonso made the team

DON'TCHA KNOW

IT'S ROBBIE CANO

that's not necessary

Ahahaha I am dropping a Sterling.gif in here every time this happens

be nice

lol you first

10th player to homer in his first mets AB (and first since . . . mike jacobs)

off the top of my head i remember Benny Ayala

Jake w/ 9K thru 5

alonsoooooo

Lowrie and Frazier can take their time coming back...

I watched the 8th inning in a bar -- which took forever -- and I had no idea who the Davis who knocked in 2 runs was, except he wasn't Chili or Ike.

Glad I missed the Lugo excitement.

Pete Alonso and Dominic Smith celebrating the homer is everything. pic.twitter.com/eLO8BXaDYU

— SNY (@SNYtv) April 2, 2019

scoring 5 in the 1st when Vargas is pitching is good strategery

Peter Alonso (WAR leader) riding the pine.

as I said 12 minutes ago....

Al, Dom Smith had two hits. They're not going to let him rot on the bench.

have outhit Nats 3-1 after 7, trail 2-0

nimmo off to a rough start

He was recently hit in the hands by a fastball which will do that to ya...

Adding to the Mets' tight turnaround between last night's game and this morning: Dominic Smith and one other Met were randomly drug tested late Wednesday. Smith didn't really have to pee, so he chugged water while his teammates waited close to an hour for him to do the deed.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) April 4, 2019

the game on april 1st was the first time robby cano has struck out 4 times in a game in his career fyi

morbs/mgill/jcrunch how do you feel about mickey as a manager?

hes fine

I think he's fine too. All the mets twitter/reddit/etc I've seen has been awfully harsh considering how things have gone so far.

how do you feel about mickey as a manager?

what questionable things has he done so far? i haven't been following closely

Twitter/reddit/sbnation fans are "out for blood" (Dicomo's words) because he's supposedly making bad bullpen / lineup moves, double switching, bunting in the wrong places. He's gambled a few times with using a reliever for a second inning and has gotten burned for a few runs, but it's kind of overblown because everyone in the bullpen has been struggling aside from Diaz. It's always pretty easy to Armchair GM using hindsight. Once a member of Panic City, always a member of Panic City though.

i am familiar with the situation. when the manager is doing questionable things that aren't working out well, and it's tough to tell where the fault lies with the manager and where it's just weird baseball luck.

I'd argue that none of the questionable moves have directly ended up in a loss yet. Just stuff like, "we had a comfortable lead in the game, but then the reliever struggled and we had to use Diaz again and I CANT TAKE IT."

I have not seen a game all the way thru yet, but the fan sites say Callaway is addicted to double switching.

no quality start for Jake tonight

2 HR to Mitch Garver

Looks like Alonso is making the case for more bench time.

Ahead of tonight’s game, the Mets have announced that they have recalled Corey Oswalt from Triple-A Syracuse and optioned Tim Peterson.

MONEYBALL

B. Nimmo hit by pitch, A. Rosario scored, J.D. Davis to third, N. Syndergaard to second

P. Alonso walked, J.D. Davis scored, N. Syndergaard to third, B. Nimmo to second

R. Canó walked, N. Syndergaard scored, B. Nimmo to third, P. Alonso to second

M. Conforto walked, B. Nimmo scored, P. Alonso to third, R. Canó to second

Only one person had ever put a ball in the upper deck at Shea. On April 10, 1969 Tommie Agee hit a ball so far that his teammates are still talking about today. #TBT https://t.co/OOdo1488OU

— New York Mets (@Mets) April 11, 2019

"Ride The Pine" Pete has 5 HRs over his last 5 games.

man Cubby, get off this horse, he's gonna play 150 games if he can

this fuckin' cardiac bullpen

upper echelon HR

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2019/4/12/18307283/pete-alonso-home-run-mets-statcast-breakdown-holy-crap-he-crushed-it-again

more fun for Jersey Al

Mets Game 13 of 162, @ ATL
Friday, April 12, 7:20 p.m.

A night after his splashdown homer, Pete Alonso gets his second scheduled off day of the season.

McNeil 3B
Rosario SS
Canó 2B
Conforto RF
Ramos C
Smith 1B
Broxton CF
Nimmo LF
Wheeler RHP

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) April 12, 2019

amed rosario, all grown up

Yeah, that bat's way too hot, gotta cool it down with some #pinetime

please let that be the end of Vargas

yeah but who do you have in mind

i'm sure Brodie has Keuchel's number

bartolo >>>>> vargas

Ron Darling is taking a medical leave of absence from his broadcasting duties due to a large mass found in his chest, which will require surgery to remove. Provided there are no complications, he should be back announcing Mets games sometime next month.

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-20190414-72xpwagwcvctrllbx5xl5bk3mm-story.html

66 pitches and deGrom is not out of the 3rd

The Mets recalled RHP Drew Gagnon from Triple-A Syracuse and optioned INF Luis Guillorme.

If the Mets are not going to use Díaz here — when he’s clearly better than the other option, when he hasn’t pitched in three days, when the bases are loaded in a one-run game, when the heart of the opposing order is up, when it’s a division rival, when the pitcher’s spot in the order is a full nine batters away, when it’s literally the highest-leverage plate appearance of the Mets’ season to this point — then it’s fair to wonder when they will.

“He’s not going to get four outs,” manager Mickey Callaway said after the game. “He’s going to get three.”

lol Mickey

thx to you last night i was thinking "Mathenaging"

Mickey has much to learn from the spirit of Matheny. anyone can imitate it for a night, a few weeks. but let's see him commit to it for 5+ seasons

supposedly the Diaz Rules have been imposed by the front office -- but that doesn't explain why his 'three outs' are apparently only for the ninth when leading

Brandon Nimmo's first eight games: .077/.250/.077, 0 XBH, 5 BB, 17 K.

Brandon Nimmo's next eight games: .393/.500/.821, 6 XBH, 5 BB, 9 K.

It appears he's figured it out.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) April 16, 2019

Matz can't miss batz.

31 pitches, 0 outs recorded.

ERA jumps from 1.65 to 4.96

Brandon Nimmo still has a ton of soreness in his neck. He took a muscle relaxer, but woke up with little range of motion -- about the same as yesterday.

Nimmo is almost certainly unavailable to pinch-hit today, but he doesn't think it's serious enough to warrant an IL stint.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) April 17, 2019

DeGrom’s elbow is “barking” according to Callaway. He’s been sent back to NY for an MRI.

— Steve Gelbs (@SteveGelbs) April 19, 2019

muzzle that 'bow imo

of courrrrrse

let's fucking do this

what, BP vs Vargas? congratulations.

if mickey has vargas throwing BP before he starts, that might explain some of his troubles

Appears to be a duel of mid-80s-mph junkballers.

Radio team sez MRI for deGrom not yet planned.

has 'barking elbow' ever been solved without surgery (apart from tanaka?)

I know everyone is naturally skeptical when it comes to injuries, and that reputation exists for a reason.

That said, everything I've heard today indicates this really is a minor issue for Jacob deGrom, at least as far as the Mets can tell pre-MRI. The concern level isn't high.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) April 19, 2019

Jacob deGrom throwing a baseball. pic.twitter.com/9G15mIvfCV

— Matt Ehalt (@MattEhalt) April 20, 2019

Happy Birthday Morbs,

- Dex

wasn't watching

Dexter Fowler kindly helps Noah Syndergaard get his first home run of the season: https://t.co/z17J5GWUu3 pic.twitter.com/JHuGIr7NED

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) April 21, 2019

Jake MRI negative

9:50 start!

D'arnaud DFA'd, Nido with a clutch 2-RBI 2B today.

the d'Arnaud saga

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2019/4/30/18522810/mets-catchers-darnaud-nido-mesorco-plawecki-van-wagenen-depth-new-york

vargas cruelly robbed of a W

8 scoreless for Thor, and his solo HR is his 1-0 lead

first MLB pitcher to bat for himself in the eighth this season

shutout!

you kids might want to look that term up in Dickson's Baseball Dictionary

Source: The Mets have acquired right-handed Rays reliever Wilmer Font for cash or a player to be named.

Font throws in the mid-90s with two distinct braking pitches. He had a 5.79 ERA with the Rays and offers the Mets another bullpen option.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) May 6, 2019

Steven Matz was unable to throw in his recent bullpen session and is heading back to New York to get a nerve issue in his elbow checked out.

Apparently he's only going to a miss a single start.

Being faithful to the Mets truly is a constant emotional rollercoaster

— Julia Salazar (@JuliaCarmel__) May 8, 2019

NIDO NEATO!

"New York Mets announce that fans going to a game right after work are no longer welcome" https://t.co/FAfHUk9bjC

— Evan Davies (@efd) May 10, 2019

Yeah, that's bullshit. I carry a frayed laptop bag these days instead of a knapsack, but still.

that is the least helpful infographic. bags with more than one compartment aren't allowed?

i know you're supposed to click through to the link for details but something tells me quite a few fans aren't going to thoroughly review mets.com/bagpolicy

The New York Mets are the 6th MLB team to prohibit backpacks following the Astros, Cardinals, Nationals, Rays, and Tigers.

ain't that America

that must have really hurt the Rays attendance figures

I'm surprised the Rays don't allow Ginzu knives and fireworks

rays are also now cashless, which will no doubt be coming to a stadium near you before long

https://deadspin.com/cashless-stadiums-are-the-next-frontier-in-fan-exploita-1832061651

just like the newly renovated cafeteria at my "job," which i avoid. Homie don't pay that.

Looking forward to affordable MLV VR when I can just sit in a lawn chair outside and pretend I'm at the game rather than run the outrageously expensive obstacle course that is going to an actual game

MLB

this is also another way to boost food sales on the margins, ppl will be less inclined to bring a sandwich or whatever in from outside

oh hey missed Matz to IL

Dominic Smith is back today, which is good news for the Mets' bench:https://t.co/g1ysTA85TQ

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) May 10, 2019

Jed Lowrie update: He had a setback.

Out all season with sprained left knee capsule, Lowrie now is dealing with a hamstring strain. He’s going back to Port St. Lucie and will be re-evaluated in two weeks.

— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) May 14, 2019

they better win this

icymi, Conforto concussion

and Carlos Gomez up

HALLELUJAH, KB can't hit

The Mets have designated outfielder Keon Broxton for assignment.

In addition to Carlos Gomez, reliever Paul Sewald is up from Syracuse. Michael Conforto goes to the seven-day IL, as expected.

Broxton, an offseason trade acquisition, hit just .143/.208/.163 with the Mets.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) May 17, 2019

hey Jake is losing 4-1 to the '62 Mets

too embarrassed to wear Mets cap today

just tell people you think the duck is cool

i get that one

DUCK
FACE

Now the Mets are saying this might change, and that the probable pitcher is to be determined. So less than six hours before game time, they still don't know who is starting.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) May 20, 2019

it's Font

going tomorrow night for the first time this year; not looking forward to many more

rosenthal this morning basically called on mickey to be fired and replaced by a veteran like dusty or scioscia

i don't think it's mickey's fault that the entire rotation is pitching below league average or that cano is being out-hit by amed rosario, but i guess he does seem in over his head

Yoenis Cespedes was in an accident at his ranch. Ankle fracture.

— Matt Ehalt (@MattEhalt) May 20, 2019

oh

excited to see if the mets try to void his contract over this

it'd be worth a try.

Good news, at least, on Michael Conforto (concussion), who has been symptom-free for the last three days. The Mets were awaiting word from their medical team on Monday afternoon regarding what sorts of activities Conforto can start to do, and when.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) May 20, 2019

btw this ought to make all the snarling old men happy

Mickey Callaway said Robinson Canó is on the bench today in part because of his lack of hustle over the weekend.

"He understands that it's unacceptable to not run balls out," Callaway said. "He understands that he needs to do that at all times."

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) May 20, 2019

only 4 and a half left years left on the cano contract

oh, the horror

not seeing a long-term problem. yet.

well I’m going to Citi Field on Friday as a casual observer

it sounds like fun right now, *cough*

fangraphs and the ringer both have stories about how shitty the mets are today

also apparently todd frazier and adam eaton have a feud? this is delightful news

Michael Baumann in The Ringer piece:

"to a certain extent this is just a decent team in a rough patch that happens to play in the rubber-walled confines of the New York media bubble"

Interesting definition of "shitty" (and Baumann hates NYC with every fiber of his being)

We all know the Wilpons are demons, but so are most pro sports owners.

that was quite the seesaw battle last night

can't believe this team lets Adeiny bat in a 9th-inning tie tho

RAJAI!

joining Nimmo

Canó down. McNeil down. Two more key Mets to the injured list:https://t.co/88hdJtV2PH

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) May 23, 2019

O joy, i guess Adeiny is the 2B for now

Lacking outfield depth, the Mets just claimed Aaron Altherr off waivers from the Giants. He'll presumably be active tomorrow night against the Tigers.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) May 23, 2019

he's 1-for-31 this season. but hey, at least it was a double

GOGOGOMEZ

Altherr will only be around til Conforto is activated phaps

now with added ervin santana

Jesus, i don't even want to look at the numbers

it's a minor league deal, mook, don't do that to me

and...

When Matt Kemp's signing becomes official, he will report to Triple-A Syracuse, source says.

The Mets are trying to catch lightning in a bottle with the 34-year-old outfielder:https://t.co/lkgIE8GPkd

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) May 24, 2019

Adeiny with a 3-run homer? Who needs Matt Kemp?

BadGirlRihRih sure don't

mets radio update: howie rose just learned the word "cosplay."

— jesse jarnow (@bourgwick) May 25, 2019

Ah yes, our clutch home run hitters: Carlos Gomez, Rajai Davis, Aaron Altherr, Adeiny Hecchavaria, and now Tomas Nido.

Brandon Nimmo is suffering from a bulging disc in his neck and whiplash. As of now, his timetable remains unknown.

Polar Bear Pete for ROY?

Diaz coughs one up

apparently mets twitter spent the morning freaking out about jarred kelenic

is that the guy Seattle got?

yeah

Callaway pulled Thor and second-guessed himself after the game. Sounds done.

You’re not kidding pic.twitter.com/aOC3uxia5t

— Kevin Kernan (@WheresKernan) June 5, 2019

staff ace jason vargas

need this series win... i believe it's nothing but winning teams til the break after SF

btw

Most shutouts, Major League pitchers since 2011:

1. Clayton Kershaw, 14
2-t. Jason Vargas, 8
2-t. Adam Wainwright, 8

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) June 6, 2019

The Mets have opened a game with back-to-back homers three times in their history, all in the last 13 years:

July 12, 2007:
José Reyes & Rubén Gotay

Aug. 26, 2016:
José Reyes & Asdrubal Cabrera

June 6, 2019:
Amed Rosario & Dominic Smith

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) June 6, 2019

Cano returns to IL

unstoppable as long as Robbie is hurt

ok let's do this

punks

weather permitting

DH tomorrow

abolish interleague play

SQUIRREL

take that, keith law

Slow Hook Callaway

and Wheeler's still in there! already tryin to win tonight.

smdh

METS WIN

DIAZ IS GARBAGE

love the metsness of the jed lowrie saga

- his former agent is the GM
- no one seems to know what's wrong with him or when he will recover
- having him actually show up would probably be a downgrade

unless they make him the closer

This bullpen is certainly a disaster in a half, with Mets losing in very Metsian ways.

I'm coming around to the thinking that JD Davis was a good pickup.

Weekend with #mets: The GM won't say if Jed Lowrie has a new injury, despite suggesting there is one; Brandon Nimmo now seeing neck specialists for injury team has said was merely "soreness"; and team won't reveal MRI results for Noah Syndergaard that was taken Sunday AM

— Zach Braziller (@NYPost_Brazille) June 17, 2019

The Mets have called a full-blown team meeting this afternoon -- not exactly standard operating procedure before a game. Appears to be a bigger roster shakeup than just Daniel Zamora, as well. The team has no reserves or bullpen arms listed on its clubhouse lineup card right now.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) June 18, 2019

meeting appears to have worked

Jacob deGrom just moved into seventh place on the Mets' all-time strikeout list:

1. Tom Seaver, 2,541
2. Dwight Gooden, 1,875
3. Jerry Koosman, 1,799
4. Sid Fernandez, 1,449
5. David Cone, 1,172
6. Ron Darling, 1,148
7. Jacob deGrom, 1,109

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) June 19, 2019

deGrom started warming up an hour before the game bcz no one told him when it started. Great way to manage your $135 million guy.

lol

I assume ATL's later home start times (7:20) is because traffic is a horror show, esp right there on the perimeter.

while it pains me to *not* completely blame mets management for something, maybe as a veteran pitcher making $135m you should be able to find out the gametime all by yourself

they also had him start the 9th inning at 101 pitches and a 10-0 lead

i wouldn't do it, but it's not like he had 120.

pitching coach dave eiland fired

82-year-old Phil Regan, the new Mets pitching coach, made his MLB debut in 1960 with the Tigers.

His manager that day, Jimmy Dykes, was born in 1896.

— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) June 20, 2019

I understand Bernie Sanders is the new bench coach

jack mckeon is available

p convinced Alonso will swat 50

At least they're not benching him all the time like they did in the beginning of the year.

lol Al "all the time"

He's The Vulture!

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/a-conversation-with-phil-the-vulture-regan/

Callaway said Wilson will have to "battle through" some of his elbow tightness, which just seems kind of a weird approach to take for a guy who very openly says he came back too soon from the same injury the first time. pic.twitter.com/QCGbpK6tuT

— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) June 21, 2019

great vulture convo xp

it brought home to me that Sandy Koufax is 83

Pete with 26th

Howie Rose is such a reactionary fuck btw

wishes the umps could get their "imperial power" restored w/ abolition of replay review

Mickey Callaway told a reporter to leave the clubhouse, calling the reporter a motherfu**er multiple times.

"Don't be a smartass, motherfu**er*," Callaway said.

Jason Vargas, defending his manager, said "I'll knock you the f**k out, bro."

— Deesha Thosar (@DeeshaThosar) June 23, 2019

apparently this was set off by the reporter saying, 'see you tomorrow, mickey'

well, even before that, asking him why he didn't bring in Diaz for 5 outs.

Tom Seaver's children and grandchildren will be on hand this Thursday for the official renaming of Citi Field's address to 41 Seaver Way. Jerry Koosman, Ron Swoboda and Cleon Jones will also be present for the ceremony.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) June 24, 2019

shit -- had no idea he had dementia

it was pretty big news the day the family announced it

Pete Alonso's 27th HR broke the record for rookie season homeruns for the Mets. Who was the previous record-holder?

Darryl Strawberry

on pace to knock Judge from the top of the rookie HR heap

The National League Player of the Week for June 17-23 is Mets first baseman Pete Alonso. He hit .417/.548/1.042 with four home runs (traveling a projected 1,708 feet!) in seven games.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) June 24, 2019

this guy

"Billy Martin punched a reporter one time...I'm a passionate guy about baseball, I'm a tough competitor" - Mickey Callaway pic.twitter.com/GOz6UFml7H

— SNY (@SNYtv) June 24, 2019

this other guy

Jason Vargas had a comment that lasted 20 seconds, including referring to his threat to fight a beat reporter as a distraction and an unfortunate incident.

He stepped away before media could question him. Effectively, Vargas remained unaccountable for his actions.

— Deesha Thosar (@DeeshaThosar) June 24, 2019

New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway and pitcher Jason Vargas have been fined by the team following a confrontation with a reporter in the clubhouse Sunday.

even allowing for the stickball atmosphere in Philly, Matz is a mess

at least mickey got five outs out of brooks pounders

hey Thor pitches in Coney tonight

pelkey: How can this be the Mets’ reality year after year?

Meg Rowley: The Mets are a mess. They are total, weird, could come out of a TV writers room mess. They were also in the World Series so recently! Just very, very recently.

I mean, the answer is, they have very bad ownership, and it is pretty wild that that ownership has been allowed to persist, and make weird hires, and allow this culture to hang around.

But also, just so recently in the World Series. They’re a mess. Other teams are tragedies.

thor's game is on the road (which is kinda weird because both binghamton and syracuse are at home)

oh, glad i'm not goin then

maybe thor's still pissed about having to go to syracuse between spring training and opening day in DC

Counting tonight, the Mets' bullpen ERA in June is 7.67. That's by far the highest in MLB.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) June 26, 2019

which calls is BvW making?

https://deadspin.com/whos-running-the-mets-1835833264

Twenty-nine-year-old rookie Chris Mazza says he was "holding back tears" when he learned of his call-up to the Mets: pic.twitter.com/13eOUqZBKK

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) June 26, 2019

MOST PREDICTABLE NIGHTLY LATE-GAME DISASTERS I'VE EVER SEEN

season over

sell

hey, you almost made it to july with hope

I;m going to guess Riggleman replaces Callaway on one of the off days next week, Monday or Thursday.

Of course, it could be Jack McKeon. Or the Jeopardy! guy.

first reply is good

The Mets have officially announced plans for a Tom Seaver statue in front of Citi Field. It's going to be eight feel tall.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) June 27, 2019

oh, mets

of course of course

probly just as well Seaver isnt seeing this

oh no

Diaz, just another meatballer

The Mets' peak win probabilities for these four games in Philadelphia:

MON: 68.2 percent
TUES: 86.1 percent
WED: 95 percent
THRS: 92.6 percent

They went 0-4.

— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) June 27, 2019

Epic meltdown rant from Mike Francesa after the #Mets bullpen blew another game #LGM pic.twitter.com/Js6O6kLmnd

— WTP New York (@WTPNYC) June 27, 2019

what's going with the pope's teeth^ these days?

keep fuckin' Fatcesa out of this thread, plz

The graph on the left is Robinson Cano's xSLG by year, since 2015.

The graph on the right is Edwin Diaz's xSLG by year, since 2015.

It seems quite clear that the Mets bought high on both, and are suffering the regression now. pic.twitter.com/ftniWetgnS

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) June 27, 2019

they bought high on diaz, but he's still only 25, decent at worst, and cheap

cano is a disaster to the point where one wonders if it was the juice all along

xp I thought you would appreciate the commiseration

that guy knows less about baseball than my mom did

There are more prospects that the Mets traded for Edwin Diaz than there are actual Mets prospects in this year’s Futures Game.

— Bret Sayre (@BretSayreBP) June 28, 2019

This is cool. For the Mets' 1969 reunion weekend, they redid their scoreboard graphics to mimic the old Shea Stadium board. Pennants are also painted onto the field. pic.twitter.com/pq0vYCC55P

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) June 28, 2019

too bad the Marlins exist, Alonso might set the record for HR with a last-place team (Kiner?)

who was the last rookie to lead the leagues in HR?

Anyone since McGwire in '87?

Judge, 2017 (52 HRs)

how soon we forget

I meant the bigs, not just one league.

(poor phrasing on my part, i acknowledge)

Bill de Blasio thanked the Wilpons “for all you do for this city and for this great franchise.”

— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) June 29, 2019

go back to South Carolina, chump

this is mickey’s last game, isn’t it

The Mets paid tribute to Jim Gosger and Jesse Hudson in their 1969 video. But both are alive. pic.twitter.com/egJNu2lzNG

— Mike Mazzeo (@MazzYahoo) June 30, 2019

bobby bonilla
cashes the check
in the mail from the new york mets team
lives in a dream

Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!

you mean the move that led to David Wright being drafted, right

DiComo thinks Callaway stays all year

https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/mets-trade-deadline-outlook

If you can somehow forget how depressing the bullpen is, this season is almost worth it for batting title Mcneil and ROY Alonso. (Actually the whole offense being non-anemic is great).

not really sure who to blame (besides the wilpons)

the bullpen was supposed to be a strength! they spent money on familia and prospects on diaz but nevertheless they've somehow used chris flexen in eight games

degrom has been not cy, but still pretty good. they've gotten lucky with vargas, apart from the assaulting reporters thing. syndergaard and wheeler and matz just aren't what they were supposed to be

lucky with mcneil and alonso and ramos! unlucky with cano and nimmo getting hurt and lagares being a complete offensive void. well, maybe that last one was predictable

at any rate, i think we've finally confirmed that despite its former promise, this starting rotation has run its course and should get on with its life's work

this starting rotation has run its course

have syndergaard and wheeler really pitched that badly? i assumed they will bounce back sooner or later, unless it's injury-related. i'd say sell high on vargas and just sell matz, keep the other guys

Ramos' offensive numbers are in line with his career overall (eg 105 OPS+ this year, 104 career).

Syndergaard's FIP is 3.72, highest ever for him but not terrible. Matz's is an unsightly 5.41.

DiComo above expects Wheeler and Vargas to be gone. Mets intent on being "competitive" next year so Thor stays.

also they did a pretty good job developing Alonso and McNeil, looks like. I know it hurts to give them any credit whatsoever...

i don't think they had much of a clue about mcneil -- last year they started him in double-a at age 26

to be fair, no one else did either (except for alonso!) mcneil's weird; even last august keith law was all 'he's not a prospect'. i think it was kind of luck that he got called up and immediately started hitting to the point where they couldn't send him back down, because he had quad-a written all over him

he might be my favorite current ballplayer

Matz to bullpen for now

Pete Alonso is taking his Home Run Derby prep seriously. He's out practicing with his cousin, Derek Morgan, for the second day in a row.

By my count, he's hit 16 homers in 39 swings, including several to the batter's eye in straightaway center and two to the second deck in left.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 3, 2019

Seinfeld's booth stint tonight proved that he is a deluded LI yokel

Mickey Callaway on Edwin Diaz: "He's definitely healthy. He feels great. The velo's there."

Callaway did not dismiss the notion that the Mets could consider using Diaz in a lower-leverage role until he gets himself right.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 6, 2019

Today's back pages: pic.twitter.com/k9cXTeed7u

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 7, 2019

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kcNl1A7MOdA

DOM

alonso almost hit one out of target field

Pete Alonso: 474 feet

Mets' longest HR tracked by Statcast pic.twitter.com/7X9XFzRqNf

— David Adler (@_dadler) July 17, 2019

4-game winning streak, 5 out of WC2 perfect timing for a contention mirage

Next 20 games are against below .500 teams too!

that alonso homer was a bomb

Shoutout to Juan Lagares for being visibly upset that the runner held up at third base on his double against a position player in a 14-4 game. I relate.

— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) July 17, 2019

This 4-game series with SF is innnnteresting, as a sweep by either team might stoke contention delusions, and a 2-2 split would surely finish both (I think).

Most RBIs all-time by a Mets rookie:

1. Pete Alonso, 75 (2019)
2. Darryl Strawberry, 74 (1983)

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 20, 2019

https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/67082981_1082616438600248_7396522815786057728_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_oc=AQmp9I-77ZmAiB_n_0hKj8X_s9sUs5MjNfdFUHnHWKXGjbs0_n32CYdzCA06hBwt8kI5Y4zXunTXGTYSIPL4jWNI&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=c0aa315f82e6626ad626f8e306f9bd9c&oe=5DEBC3D7

The disco was called Cooters!

What kind of jams are on the PA at a disco in Texas called "Cooters" in '86 that these guys would get into a scuffle?

We need a Roshomon/Seinfeld recall of the evening's events by the DJ at the Cooters of Houston, Texas in the night in question.

wotta torturous ballclub

Both sides unhappy with Mark Ripperger's strike zone today. Michael Conforto was just steaming mad after taking called strike three (pitch no. 7 here): pic.twitter.com/Z8PtxVBDQz

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 21, 2019

Pete snapped a bat too, right?

I only had radio on all weekend

Jarred Kelenic's mom Lisa on New York City and the Mets: "It still surprises me seeing him in New York newspapers after all this time. He's 19. He was yours for 4 months. You broke up with him."

— Joe (@JoeDoyleWSU) July 21, 2019

by popular demand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZZ0w7vMz-4

NEW YORK! Where I was born. Where my heart lies. Where my family resides. Crazy excited for this part of my journey. Some things were meant to be! @Mets #HDMH pic.twitter.com/Z2H3GaxfLG

— Marcus Stroman (@MStrooo6) July 29, 2019

Photographed moments after he'd handed his parents a list of 15 complaints.

haven't followed his career, really... is he 'difficult'?

He's one of those people who should stay off Twitter, for sure. I'll put it this way: if your team is winning, you love his theatrics and intensity--he was one of the highlights of '15 and '16. But if your team's going nowhere and he starts getting into it with the umpire in the third inning over borderline calls, or he comes charging off the mound cursing and pumping his fist after striking out a guy when he's down 6-2, that's not nearly as much fun. That's why I thought he'd be perfect for the Yankees, or for some other team headed for the post-season.

Stroman is an extreme ground ball pitcher and now playing for one of the worst defenses in the league. Not a good fit but I like him a lot as a player.

Marcus Stroman on fellow Long Island native Steven Matz:

"I played baseball with Steven Matz my whole upbringing. Every travel team I was on when I was younger, he was on my team. ... It's going to be crazy to join him on this staff."

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 29, 2019

https://deadspin.com/a-working-theory-of-what-the-mets-are-even-doing-right-1836779351

Other teams selling pitchers are very annoyed at the Blue Jays return for Stroman, which one rival called “dogs*it.” If that’s all it took to get Stroman, fear is the price goes down for other pitchers unde control

— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) July 30, 2019

The Mets have Marcus Stroman lined up to make his debut Saturday in Pittsburgh, in what would have been Jason Vargas' rotation spot.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 30, 2019

since mid-May, deGrom is essentially last year's vintage

oh shit, they're sort of back in it

Fangraphs playoff odds up to 19%

three more against the pirates should help

need to make Diaz as much of a nonfactor as possible; no 1-run leads in the 9th

I was looking at the Mets' roster this morning, and I would think their Top 3 starters + Alonso + McNeil would give them at least a decent chance at a wild-card. On the other hand, I was also thinking that yesterday's Sanchez deal (supposedly he and Stroman, former friends, had a falling out at some point) was another way of sticking it to Stroman: "Okay, you're going to the Mets, and you're going to the Astros."

mets might be a case of how being an awful defensive team is hard to quantify

the metrics are doing a fair job of that (28th in team defense last i looked)

i don't remember if that was DRS or what

Jeff McNeil made a sick catch thanks to the White Sox's new nets: https://t.co/RYlboqz22M pic.twitter.com/BPB4g7TWSw

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) August 1, 2019

4 games out of the wild card with 54 games to play doesn’t sound too bad, even if the majority of those games are against over .500 teams.

They project at around 81-82 wins

steal 3 more...

Matz just came apart like the Atlantic Avenue station ceiling

steal 3 more...

that's what jed lowrie is for

WILSON

Jacob Rhame has been placed on the 10-day IL (right elbow discomfort) and LHP Donnie Hart has been recalled from Triple-A Syracuse. Hart was claimed off waivers from Milwaukee yesterday, he will wear #68. #Mets pic.twitter.com/cTLUWY5Szx

— New York Mets (@Mets) August 4, 2019

Guillorme up, McNeil to 2b

https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/robinson-cano-to-injured-list-with-hamstring-strain

It's almost comical how pitchers continue to throw Jeff McNeil first-pitch strikes. Isn't this what scouting reports are for? He's now batting .416/.423/.883 with nine of his 14 home runs on the first pitch of an at-bat.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) August 5, 2019

If you were to graft Alonsos' first half with McNeil's second half, you might have one of the greatest rookie seasons in quite a long time.

I don't think McNeil qualifies

i'm sure he doesn't... came up mid-2018

oh wait you mean the 2nd half of last year

anyway, sweeeeeeep

17-6 post-ASB

. . . and two of those games were against winning teams

well, don't I know it

at least most of the winning teams are mediocre tho

Nats are really the only WC contender with an easier schedule than the Mets henceforth; most in the same neighborhood

http://powerrankingsguru.com/mlb/strength-of-schedule.php

1.5 out of WC2

Alonso 37th, 4 off club record

*

FordFrickieproof

could be another Edwin-free game! may they all be.

Nationals line up three top available pitchers for this weekend in New York — Stephen Strasburg, Patrick Corbin and Aníbal Sánchez moved up to go on normal rest. The Mets have Marcus Stroman, Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom. Big weekend.

— Jesse Dougherty (@dougherty_jesse) August 7, 2019

The Mets' active 13-1 run is their best 14-game stretch in 29 years.

The Mets went 16-1 from June 17 to July 6, 1990.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) August 7, 2019

panik on the streets of flushing, queens

Mets expected to sign Panik

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) August 9, 2019

he's no DJ, he's no DJ, he's no DJ, he's no DJ,
he's no DJ he's no DJ he's no DJ...LeMahieu

i suck at the music pun game but i want to play anyway

kudos i was tryin to make that line work

Panik on the streets of Long Isle...

not even gonna try one for Brach

https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/brad-brach-signs-with-mets

Why Panik?

Hechavarría was due $1M roster bonuses each for 100 and 150 days in the majors. Tomorrow would have been his 100th day with the big club. https://t.co/tnQxks3p6e

— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) August 9, 2019

frazier !

FRAAAAAYYYZZZHAAAAAAAA

Panik winning run on

Keith is such a small-sample BA/RBI motherfucker

ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaa

Conforto with the shirtless walk off!

the battle of the sucky bullpens belongs to NYM tonight

Game of the year for sure.

Guillorme is the new Al Weis

icymi

https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/mickey-callaway-keeping-bullpen-roles-fluid

btw Trout visits Queens next August

arggggh fuck no, Mets are visiting Anaheim

life sucks

as McNeil goes to the IL

"It's absolutely our hope and expectation" that Jed Lowrie will play for the Mets this season, Brodie Van Wagenen said. Lowrie has overcome his left side issues, but is still nursing a right calf injury.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) August 14, 2019

btw Ruben Tejada is up

OK plz fire Callaway at the end of the season

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-mickey-callaway-adam-guttridge-analytics-20190816-m3z6jemzurcurkcpztmrtmtqyi-story.html

the great analytics "debate" among players, managers, and broadcasters continues

JED LOWRIE will designatedly hit for st. lucie tonight

Nimmo also in AAA. Mcneil likely back this weekend. Roster may get a bit crowded soon!

Prior to Tuesday's game, the Mets called up Rajai Davis and optioned Walker Lockett.

Robert Gsellman has a partial lat tear and may be done for the 2019 season.

SNY, I know you know that's Óliver Pérez. pic.twitter.com/2FKCHykF54

— Roger Cormier (@yayroger) August 22, 2019

hand got rattled, mets pull out another 1

This is quite a run they are on, lots of fun to watch. JD Davis postgame interview was A+ /pure energy.

has anyone offered an explanation of why JD doesn't suck anymore?

i don't think he ever did? he got 113 plate appearances last year over four separate big league stints, which is a tough situation for most anyone

that said, he almost has to hit this well to offset his defense -- a perfect met

fair point on the 4 stints, but when they got him i looked at the stats and just thought "someone the Astros couldn't fix". i guess they didn't try hard enough.

i think it's less that they didn't try than that they're so loaded there was no room for him

they also gave up on a.j. reed, but i don't think he's gonna make a comeback. not really a good sign when you're a two-time minor league homer champ

Tejada DFA'd, that was fast.

538: the mets are the most average team in baseball
https://www.google.com/amp/s/fivethirtyeight.com/features/behold-the-2019-mlb-all-average-team/amp/

there is a job listing open for a copy ed at 538

i will now apply and redline that shit

nice thing about being in the 14th is that Edwin Diaz has come and gone

icymi

National Review Seeks Full-Time Editor https://t.co/kAX1IDDxFl

— National Review (@NRO) August 23, 2019

DON'T HURRY BACK

Callaway said "it's really hard to say" if Edwin Diaz's trap tightness is something that could land him on the injured list.

Diaz was far more upbeat about the issue, saying he's not worried about it and doesn't consider it serious at all.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) August 25, 2019

I'll be at the game tonight. Need 86 wins for a WC, I think. Important to go 8-4 in the next 12.

At least you got to see Alonso’s 42nd.

didn't even see the swing

#Mets dismissing Jim D’Aloia, their director of pro scouting for the past eight seasons, sources tell The Athletic. Will remain with club through end of contact on Oct. 31. D’Aloia was a college teammate of former NYM executive J.P. Ricciardi.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 28, 2019

Thor doesn't work well in storms howbout that

Christ, their defense sucks

yr man ron swoboda has been triple-a new orleans' color guy for the last 25 years -- this is his final weekend, as the team is moving to wichita

rip

Nimmo back. Maybe Cano and Lowrie later this week?

In hindsight, looks like Mets lucked out in signing Ramos instead of Grandal.

How?

Way higher batting average, same amount of RBIs for a cheaper price? Grandal does have more power though.

And better OBP, and much much better defense. He is twice the price for three times the value.

Marginally better OBP? My memory of his defense is definitely clouded by his postseason performance last year though.

What I'm saying is that a higher average is null if the other player both has a higher OBP and slugging.

Grandal has been excellent this season at defensive catching (he always is).

Rajai Davis getting called out here is a real insult-to-injury moment pic.twitter.com/YIMluCoMtb

— Hannah Keyser (@HannahRKeyser) September 2, 2019

watch, they have one tease left in them

#Mets announce Bryn Alderson — Sandy’s son — has been promoted to pro scouting director.

— David Lennon (@DPLennon) September 3, 2019

oh, mets

lmao @ 12 combined 9th inning runs

Worst loss I can remember in a long, long time. Is there a more tempestuous team to follow?

not if you go to bed when I did

also MFG you can't have a "worst loss" when the season was dead already

their only hope the last 6 weeks, as I said, was

DON'T

USE

DIAZ

and that was never gonna happen

I still have hope, so that's on me. I don't know why sometimes.

now that it's all meaningless, Jed Lowrie just pinch-hit

you gotta believe

Mickey Callaway said he intentionally walked Andrew Knapp today to get to Bryce Harper because he wanted to force the Phillies to remove reliever Mike Morin from the game.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 8, 2019

Wile E Coyote, Genius

geez Flores hit a bomb off deGrom

Cubs are facilitating the Mets' third phony resurrection of the year

you gotta believe

maybe you gotta! this team doesnt belong on the field with the Dogers, but then again LA has already clinched, so maybe some stars will be rested in the weekend series...

do not want WC2 if it means Mickey 2020

Mets collect 9 runs, 11 hits on 9/11 anniversary

what a moment

Grand slam by JUAN LAGARES

this upcoming dodger series will be crucial, after that the schedule softens

rising from the rubble

can we get Edwin Diaz to a safe house for the next 17 days?

I will admit: I thought the combination of the Cubs sweeping the Mets and the Nationals engineering that 11-10 comeback last week basically ended the Mets' season.

I was wrong. The Mets are alive and well. It's the team that won't die.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 12, 2019

it's the end of Carrie on a loop

Lagares and Nido must be one of the most unlikely back-to-back HR combos this year.

Getting swept in Miami didn’t end the season. Falling 11 games under .500 didn’t end the season. Neither did losing six straight at home, nor blowing a six-run lead in the ninth.

Improbably, inexplicably, incredibly, the Mets are contenders.

Story: https://t.co/JJwFqjW1ND

— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) September 13, 2019

getting the jump on Kershaw

you really need to stop posting about first-inning leads

deGrom leads NL in pitching bWAR, 6.3 to Scherzer's 6.1

3rd among all NL players with 6.9 (offense and fielding added)

I don't give a fuckitty fuck who wins the awaaahds

Alonso 49th

3 out, 10 to play.

Don't do this to me again.

Will probably need to win at least 8 out of the final 10, and get a lot of help, but there is a chance with CIN & MIA coming up.

would have to sweep in Cincy I think

OK I guess

https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/jerry-koosman-s-no-36-to-be-retired

Had no idea there was a Mets hall of fame committee.

Ed Kranepool should be considered (Wright will get there eventually)

fwiw, much respect to the mets this year

they did some good things; they did some things that didn't work out. but they fuckin tried! extending degrom, letting alonso start on opening day, not trading syndergaard -- these are all good things! the deal with seattle doesn't look too great at the moment, but it was an effort to improve rather than purely dump salary. getting stroman was bold! they maybe *should* have traded wheeler at the deadline but it's awesome that they didn't.

41-25 in the second half is promising! mickey doesn't seem like a great manager, but the season has turned out a lot better than i thought it would three months ago

Well... Stroman had an answer to Cashman’s comments that he wouldn’t have been a “difference-maker”... I would have retweeted him but I have the honor of being one of the many baseball writers he has blocked online... pic.twitter.com/iQvDTXoVl6

— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) September 24, 2019

If only they'd put Diaz on the IL with bubonic plague on August 1.

Kranepool IS in the Mets HOF, Gill, how could he not be? Had most of the career offensive leads until Wright came along.

https://www.mlb.com/mets/history/mets-hall-of-fame

Oh I meant they should consider retiring Kranepool’s number next, and then retire Wright’s after that.

I agree with a lot of what Mookie says upthread. Great turn around in the second half, wish they could have gotten it together faster. JD Davis has been a great find, and his frazzled post-game walk off speech was one of the highlights of the year for me. So many concerns about pitching going forward (aside from Degrom/Lugo/Wilson) but I am looking forward to seeing the young core of hitters develop for the next 3 or so years.

Right now the Mets are the dictionary definition of mediocre. They seem intent on losing all their remaining games, which would appropriately leave them at .500.

You can't "get it together" when you have the worst bullpen in the franchise's last 50 years.

(had no idea they came back to win last night)

I liked Ashley Docking's line on Stroman this morning (fair or unfair): "Retweeting his life away."

dear Howie Rose,

shut the motherfuck up, altecocker.

Jake up to 20 straight scoreless frames

Congrats Alonso

Will he also break Judge's whiff record? I know he got a golden sombrero a couple nights ago.

Pete Alonso’s grandfather, Pete, arrived to Ellis Island from Spain in the 1930s. Twenty miles away and nearly 90 years later, his grandson is the toast of New York tonight. @Mets @Pete_Alonso20 @MLBNetwork https://t.co/k8T4BggRmf

— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) September 29, 2019

Name to watch if #Mets fire Callaway: Carlos Beltrán. Bi-lingual. Strong communicator. Played for #Mets from 2005 to ‘11. Interviewed for #Yankees’ job that went to Boone. One Mets exec, Allard Baird, was his GM with #Royals. Another, Omar Minaya, signed him when he was NYM GM.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) October 3, 2019

speaking of which

The Mets announce they have fired Mickey Callaway.

— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) October 3, 2019

m-i-c, k-e-y, f-i-r-e-d, callaway! go away! etc

Beltran would seem a slam dunk

President Nixon has no plans to become manager of the Mets. - RZ pic.twitter.com/sIBZGZpqj8

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) October 3, 2019

^I remember seeing that moment on live TV, after Cone won his 20th in '88

I also endorse Beltrán

quiddities; agonies

Jeff Wilpon on the Mets' season: "I feel unfulfilled."

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) October 3, 2019

i'll feel fulfilled if he sells the team

Van Wagenen, unsolicited: "Edwin Diaz is going to be on this team next year. Noah Syndergaard is going to be on this team next year."

— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) October 3, 2019

Pretty please. Oh, pretty, pretty please. https://t.co/fCtj84s8lF

— Joe Sheehan (@joe_sheehan) October 3, 2019

can't see him opting to live in such a den of iniquity, but that would be amazing

new york press would eat him alive and matheny knows it

i grew to like callaway idk this move seems pointless

brodie shd try and get something, anything for yoenis, hes not gonna be worth 29.5M next year no way

u mad crunch (on Mickey Thataway)

seems like girardi would be a good choice, but i doubt the wilpons would pay him enough to make it worth dealing with them

hoping to retain chili & phil - https://metsmerizedonline.com/2019/10/mets-hoping-to-keep-chili-davis-phil-regan-on-staff.html/

why not just get bonilla to manage, they have to pay him anyway

theyre also paying david wright still ibelieve

prefer Ray Searage to the Vulture

anyway i can't be a hypocrite, i don't like these team threads getting bumped thru October (and beyond).

but i will do it again

I assume Shelton is not the guy who made Bull Durham

Hearing Carlos Beltran is very serious candidate for Mets manager. Has close relationship w/key FO guys Allard Baird and Omar Minaya, both said to support. @Ken_Rosenthal 1st linked CB to job. Interestingly, 3/4 known candidates have no MLB managing experience; also Bell, Shelton

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) October 11, 2019

Twins’ bench coach Derek Shelton, apparently

he should hire wainwright as his pitching coach

Girardi/Beltran 2020

your new metropolitans manager is carlos belTRAN

we'll see

*enormous trepidation*

The only Mets star who went on to manage them was Bud Harrelson, and that didn't work out too well, but I don't see this being a similar situation.

rumor has it that he wants terry collins as his bench coach(!)

idk, seems kinda scary, but given that they're the mets they could have done a lot worse

Mr. Met will help Michael Bloomberg's 2020 campaign open a field office in Queens tomorrow pic.twitter.com/e64c24MeOr

— Anna Sanders (@AnnaESanders) February 5, 2020

well, that's not the real Mr Met, he's on vacation in Belize til the Grapefruit League starts

Neil deMause:

http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2020/02/06/15748/bloomberg-wins-mr-mets-endorsement-after-380m-gift-of-public-money/

first comment is good

impressive how no matter who's in the front office, the mets always end up shitting on their former players

what happened?

well, Wheeler spoke first...

both parties shd've kept their mouths shut.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2876334-mets-gm-brodie-van-wagenen-takes-shot-at-zack-wheeler-after-sps-criticism