Painfully familiar: the New York Mets (RIP Morbs)

https://i.imgur.com/5WmGxFU.png

• degrom hit 102 last night
• meet the new bullpen
• jeff mcneil also thinks the vax is a personal decision; talk to him, alonso
• guillorme's throw was bad, but mccann still should have caught it
• missed keith going 'mmm'
• wish i didn't have to watch them on my computer using a vpn

been making me a tinge sad that morbs will never get to see lindor in a mets jersey, but i appreciate them remaining a continued source of amusement. keep it up boys

I hope they win at all.

And then come in last.

Painfully Familia

Who will actually smile more though, Lindor or Nimmo?

hbp blown-call walkoff, appropriate for a mets/marlins game

crunch otm. lots of tweets of ppl feeling bad for marlins fans, this isn't an emotion that actually exists in the universe

honestly ffs

If I owned the Mets Sandy Alderson would be fired by 9AM this morning. https://t.co/l5chQ6eyO6 pic.twitter.com/h13pYEnRxw

— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) April 16, 2021

Depressing.

otoh, DeGrom is doing DeGrom things: .53 ERA and .667 BA (early days).

2 fewer innings for the bullpen to blow it for degrom

HE GOT THE WIN

THE BOYHOOD DREAM HAS COME TRUE

Painfully familiar indeed. Only the Mets would lose to a very depleted Phillies lineup by way of a wild pitch strikeout of the pitcher that ending up scoring the 2 decisive runs.

Alvarado and Hoskins trying to start brawls with Smith and Castro was the insult on top of the cake, even had Ron Darling wishing the Mets would have given to the rage.

Ok maybe some karma for Alvarado and Hoskins tonight. Crazy game.

that ball bounced back like a homer imo

mets getting a ridic amount of dumb ump calls in their favor so far this year. morbs pulling strings upstairs or mlb bending over backwards to keep mets competitive. rojas is not exactly making me forget the shit for brains callaway years with his bullpen management. weird roster

hitting coaches fired lol

they get on base at a healthy clip, can't do anything to score mostly
not sure what that is but whatevs, chili the patsy here

This Donnie stuff is so stupid, unless Donnie is code for PEDs.

have to think that the general manager spelling his first name incorrectly and having a shitty last name contributed to the questionable decisionmaking

This guy who is up for the Mets is the weirdo pitcher from Everybody Wants Some!!

You gotta like that story; 27 yo career minor leaguer in his second at-bat gets the game winning infield hit in the bottom of the 10th.

Eureka it’s Mazeika!

Mets suck

Lol, when are you going back to booing Stanton along with the other bleacher creatures?

Who you kidding. Stanton gonna be the hero of NY if he keeps this up

Go jerk off to Susan Waldman you loon.

Only thing worse than a Yankees fan is a Dallas Cowboys fan.

calstars will at some point turn on every single yankee except cole and higgy before the season ends

Nah bro

Go jerk off to Susan Waldman you loon.

Only thing worse than a Yankees fan is a Dallas Cowboys fan.

I was born at the fry station at Mickey Mantle's Restaurant. Where you from?

Mazeika, king of the walk-off fielders choice.

Is Lindor Jason Bay 2.0? It's still early (it better be), but damn, he is lost.

He's walking a good amount and not striking out much. He rates pretty well in exit velocity and barrels. I think he'll figure it out but it's definitely been rough.

I also feel there is something about coming to the NY market that is a shift. But yeah, he hasn't hit well so far. His defense has been good though.

God, just saw Pillar in the dugout tonight and cringed. Looks brutal and glad he seems ok (aside from nasal fractures).

So many injuries and yet a lot of unexpected people coming through lately. This has been a very fun month so far.

this is a nice catch but i'm not sure it's enough to make up for being 0-for-5 with five strikeouts in your career

KHALIL LEE TO THE RESCUE!!! pic.twitter.com/69GtNN84dH

— SNY (@SNYtv) May 19, 2021

He's walking a good amount and not striking out much. He rates pretty well in exit velocity and barrels. I think he'll figure it out but it's definitely been rough.

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, May 17, 2021 8:23 PM (two days ago)

i love lindor and even tho he's a met i still have a hard time rooting for him to fail, but his slash numbers have been pretty concerning for a bit now even dating back to last season. his SLG percentage has fallen off a cliff and if he's not providing elite power at that position he's kinda just... a high AVG/low OBP shortstop getting into his 30s... it feels pretty dicey to me longterm. they really need him to be an MVP level player for the next 4-5 years because the back half of that contract is gonna be ugly given the type of player he is

'i love lindor but nevertheless i must bury him'

too soon

Over the last ten games he is batting .278/.341/.500, 132 wrc+

More or less, that’s the slash line of his best batting season.

Jacob deGrom is throwing 102 MPH...

Someone send help.

— Palm Beach Cardinals (@GoPBCardinals) May 20, 2021

deGrom needs his own thread:

ERA 0.71 IP 51.0 SO 82 WHIP 0.57

He is 9-for-20 at the plate this season, and he’s allowed only 22 hits in 51 innings on the mound. Put it another way:

Jacob deGrom's season:
4 runs, 3 RBI as a hitter (9-for-20, .450)
4 runs allowed in 51 innings as a pitcher.

— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) June 1, 2021

deGrom is going to do what Kluber and Donaldson looked like they might do (but almost certainly won't now): get into the HOF on an astounding peak value after the age of 27.

He still needs to play 3 more years to be eligible, and may need a Cy young / no hitter / post season heroics along the way to really seal the deal. But he is definitely on the path.

You think he needs another cy young?! He could tread water the next three years and I think he’d skate into the hall no problem.
I don’t like his odds of playoffs heroics with the Mets!

still has work to do imo, even adjusting for the short 2020 season. and he turns 33 in a couple weeks

JAWS
  Starting Pitcher (152nd):
    41.4 career WAR / 38.6 7yr-peak WAR / 40.0 JAWS
  Average HOF P (out of 65):
    73.3 career WAR / 50.0 7yr-peak WAR / 61.6 JAWS

I hope you’re right but I don’t think he is a lock just yet. David Wright was also on the verge of the Hall, but then injuries pretty much took it away.

Xpost

I'm ready to start a deGrom thread. If you have a better title than "The Ghost of Tom Terrific," please, speak up--cribbing from Bruce Springsteen is a sign of desperation.

How about “From the perspective of a person living in 2021, Jacob DeGrom seems like he has a good shot at the hall of fame, if his arm doesn’t explode. He’s 33.”?

That's not long enough. Maybe "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton and from the Perspective of a Person Living in 2021, Who Feels Like Jacob DeGrom Has a Good Shot at the Hall of Fame if His Arm Doesn’t Explode. He’s 33.” I kind of like that.

Or just “DeGrom good”.

"deGrom Good, deGrom Delightful, deGrom DeLovely"

I could also always pun on the word "Poll," an ILX favourite.

“I am DeGrooom”

happy bobby bonilla day

does bonilla celebrate? i kind of imagine him throwing a party on this day every year'

of course, each year the party gets just a little bit less valuable, in comparison to what that same party would have been like in the early 2000s

Despite the injuries, this team seems pretty tight-knit. I don’t think I’ve seen teammates tagging and cheering each other on through social media as much as this year. Would love to see some more consistent hitting, but otherwise this year has been better than expected so far.

The rumor they were talking on sports talk news this afternoon was that the Mets were considering just paying Bobby Bo off, which to that I "BOOOOOO...".

Mets just need to embrace it and no matter what happens, 7/1 will ALWAYS be Bobby Bo day.

i'm curious what their motivation would be. would it save them any money, or are the embarrassed that it's become a thing every year? it cant be that much trouble sending the guy an etransfer every 12 months.

paying him off would cost them (a little extra) money

no reason not to lean into the meme

Was watching last night’s game in NY and there was a phone commercial featuring Bobby himself that said Happy Bobby Bonilla day at the end.

Coin Gallery of Oyster Bay?

unless bonilla owes a bunch of money to satan or something, he should be donating 99% of that shit every year

Bobby Bonilla Climate Pledge Park

Baez looked pretty bad today at shortstop.

i had thought getting kumar rocker at #10 was kind of a coup for the mets. probably should have known

Probably should have held off on the those billboards saying welcome to New York

That last hit by Schrock it was like less than 2 steps to Baez' right. Not exactly Ozzie Smith range. He muffed an easy double play ball hit right at him the inning before.

Reds commentators were saying the Mets looked like they were playing a get away game today.

Reds owed the Mets a series win, as they had not won one in NY since 2013. They only play them 2 series a year and seem to lose them all no matter how good or bad the Mets seem to be.

I know I saw twice in person Homer Bailey get shellacked by the Mets. That huge first basemen the Mets used to have hit a couple of homers in one game and it was like 100 degrees.

javy baez today: 5 PA, 5 K

Good lord Baez makes Rob Deer look like Rod Carew...

I think we have an answer to the question of how long can they keep this up.

woof

thread title says it all

today the mets begin a 13-game stretch in which they play only the dodgers and giants

it's not going well so far

going better now

https://i.imgur.com/hRwpy6O.png

It was a great first half! But back to cold hard reality now. Offense has dissolved and can’t seem to buy a hit with RISP all month. I’m so used to them dramatically collapsing, but each year comes with a different flavor of what-ifs. This year you really wanted to see what Degrom could have done had he stayed healthy. And Lindor was finally hitting consistently well before being injured.

everyone has injuries, and they've had -- as ever -- perhaps more important ones than most. but . . . also cohen is kind of right?

conforto and dom smith and mcneil have had terrible years, but at least they're not making what lindor is

stroman has been fantastic, walker merely average but easily above expectations. may and diaz (again) have been major disappointments. if degrom had been healthy they'd be right in it but also: fucking hit better!

(there is literally no one in MLB i want to see succeed more than jeff mcneil, just because keith law was such an incredible asshole about him 'not being a prospect')

Cohen strikes me as someone who could become a cross between Steinbrenner and Daniel Snyder with very little trouble.

Very much in the spirit of morbs:

Javier Báez said the "thumbs down" sign Mets players have made on the field is a response to fans that have booed him and others. Báez said the players disapprove of how often they've been booed.

"I love the fans, but ... we can't have our fans against us," Báez said. pic.twitter.com/OJmkZQX3xZ

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) August 29, 2021

Morbs would have done his traditional SEASON OVER post about a week or two ago.

Villar and Pillar, despite not putting up impressive numbers, have had a lot of clutch hits this year. Jose Peraza too. But pretty much every other batter aside from Alonso and Nimmo has underperformed, especially with runners in scoring position.

Surprisingly the bullpen (including Diaz) has been mostly good this year, throughout all the turmoil. Although anything would be better than 2019.

Morbs was anti-booing?

These guys need a thicker skin. Mets fans are pretty lax given the level of futility the last 60 years.

Don’t think Morbs would be anti booing, probably would be as disgruntled as the rest of the fans, although with a sense of futility that most Mets carry the past few decades.

Never heard Mets fans described as lax though

lol gtfo

this team has the third-highest payroll in the majors and they've shit the fucking bed. pillar is a replacement-level asshole and baez will be gone in five weeks because he has a career .302 OBP

lindor needs to wake the fuck up though. this entire city was dying to love him and then he hit .224/.317/.370. i'm sure it sucks being booed, but play better

i mean the team is 7-19 in august -- same as the pirates, after trading away almost anything that responded to light

No argument here

mookie otm

I hate to be the “in my day” guy but in my day, a Met responded to boos by THROWING A GRENADE at fans. https://t.co/vjlCb5f3PC

— Michael Rosenberg (@Rosenberg_Mike) August 30, 2021

i kind of like this trend

Francisco Lindor, Javier Báez and Kevin Pillar were among those Mets players to flash thumbs-down signs after their hits today.

"When we don't get success, we're going to get booed," Báez explained afterward. "So they [the fans] are going to get booed when we get success." pic.twitter.com/TGX55fQM2O

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) August 29, 2021

it's true, fans suck

every time i go to a baseball game there's the low-key existential dilemma over the fans and how they suck

when the pitcher throws over to check on first base, fans are like BOOOOOOOOOO!!! whatyaa doin!? you can't check on the runner! come on, hit for a cycle, the cycle is the best!!

*annoying guy voice*
"wouldn't you rather a player hit 4 home runs then the cycle? 4 home runs would be much be-"
"BOOOOOOOO!!!! whaatya doing, us fans want the cycle!"

New York media is pressing people to care about this much more than is biologically possible for the average homo sapien

Has the “thumbs down guy” weighed in yet

lol

It took three weeks for the Mets thumbs down to be noticed bc they only did it when they did something good and they never did anything good and I’m dying https://t.co/mDmJ5I2M8Q

— Razzball (@Razzball) August 30, 2021

"When you have the last name of Boone, you never get booed." - Aaron Boone

Aguilar to Lindor: “Me, what did I do? You’re the one booing the fans” 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/EiFSYaZ4CZ

— Master flip (@Masterflip_) August 31, 2021

it's not on the same level of knocking the mets out of the playoffs on the final day of the season two years in a row, but i'm eyeing a marlins doubleheader sweep at citifield at the height of thumbgate as the next chapter in the history of the marlins torturing the mets

this thumbgate thing is hilarious

i am a fan-hater. i hate when fans boo. fans fucking suck, so it's hilarious to watch players try to fight back against it. because they are screeeeeeeeeeewed lol, zero % chance of success with this tactic

in New York, no less. Lovin it.

you know if lindor wants to take a slight paycut to play in front of the BFIB for a few years, he might find that upside-down thumb turned upside-down again

by which i mean that after turning his thumb up upside-down, the "new" upside will be turned down again, back to the original position of thumbs up, with the up and down in their proper positions

i'm trying to say that lindor would be giving thumbs up to the BFIB

A search party remains on the field in Flushing apparently looking for a piece of jewelry that Javier Báez lost during his slide across home plate. Sandy Alderson is among those searching, alongside members of the grounds crew and security staffs.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) August 31, 2021

It's not on the same level of knocking the mets out of the playoffs on the final day of the season two years in a row, but i'm eyeing a marlins doubleheader sweep at citifield at the height of thumbgate as the next chapter in the history of the marlins torturing the mets

Looked like it was on its way to happening, but they got 5 runs in the 9th inning to walk it off, with Baez scoring the winning run. Gary Cohen's voice cracked/jumped an octave during the final call. Apparently their first four-run ninth inning comeback in 10 years. Ya gotta believe?

After playing only Giants/Dodgers for 13 games (they went 2-11), they are now in the midst of playing only Marlins/Nats for 15 games in a row. Weird.

A search party remains on the field in Flushing apparently looking for a piece of jewelry that Javier Báez lost during his slide across home plate. Sandy Alderson is among those searching, alongside members of the grounds crew and security staffs.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) August 31, 2021

Oops.

sometimes the metsing is just relentless

We were surprised and deeply disappointed to learn this morning about an alleged DUI involving Zack Scott. We take this matter very seriously. Zack will not be traveling with the team for our upcoming road trip while we learn more and determine next steps.

— New York Mets (@Mets) September 1, 2021

fucking terrible name

that doesn't excuse the DUI though

how do the mets keep coming up with this stuff?!

Maybe the Wilpons were just victims of the franchise like everyone else?

The new owner certainly doesn't seem to have changed anything.

stop hiring a GM. has never worked out

— ryan (@ryantherooster5) September 1, 2021

“The New York Post was first to report details of Scott’s incident, which occurred early Tuesday morning when police found him sleeping in his car in White Plains, N.Y. ESPN reported that Scott had been at team owner Steve Cohen’s house earlier in the night for a charity fundraising event.”

Even in the midst of a extended winning streak, gave up a 9-0 lead today in a 7 inning game, only to barely squeak by in extras. Geesh.

I’m amazed they won after that.

you gotta believe

Mets suck

When I see kids wearing Mets caps I can only say I’m so sorry…your parents must be major douches…

Gary Cohen surprising me with multiple Gilmore Girls references in the past two weeks.

Jonathan Villar is batting .519 in the last 7 games.

welp, who is going to watch the battle of the old men tonight? over 81 years of experience and leadership!

Double no hitter incoming surely

i'm very excited to listen to the mets broadcast crew today for a couple reasons. first, they're great, and i'm keith hernandez. but more importantly, i figure they will either not talk much at all about the thumbs down stuff, or talk about it briefly or in passing or something. the cardinals announcing team, whoever it is, will talk about it at length and find a way to spend an inning or two on it during each game of the series. somehow, they will have terrible opinions about it, and if jim edmonds is on, he'll have a just bonkers opinions of some sort and will then dan mclaughlin will start to apologize to him for disagreeing but stress that the facts are facts. at this, edmonds will double down and assert his opinion as the truth.

meanwhile over in the mets broadcast they appear to be enjoying a baseball game

, and i'm keith hernandez. but more importantly,

and just like that, hernandez just made a reference to wainwright and hill having 81 years of experience combined. make sense to me!

Love GKR

wow. that third pitch was called a ball.

https://i.imgur.com/oEV3fy1.png

that may place in those end-of-year "worst called strike / worst called ball" articles

for those not catching this game, so far the home plate ump called a pitch thrown near the middle of the zone a ball, the third base umpire called a ball that was at least 6-7 feet fair a foul ball, and the first base umpire's right cheek was smashed by an errant through by SS edmundo sosa. the umpire's attention was completely focused on first base, so he didn't see it coming at all.

i am worried about the final umpire at 2B.

*errant throw*

fuckin waino isn't going to make the hall, but wow he's really been great

Welcome back, Thor.

had no idea it'd been so long

right on time

i'm not against 'moving on from' (hate this euphemism) luis rojas but why in the fuck is sandy alderson still in charge of anything? the mets have gone 817-863 (.486) and made the playoffs twice in 11 seasons since his involvement with them began, and he's seemingly incapable of hiring people who aren't sexual predators

i don't like tlr either but he's at least won some other shit since the 1989 world series

anyway, mets free agents:

syndergaard
conforto
familia
stroman
baez
villar
loup
hand
hill

on the bright side, the return of robinson cano for $24m!!!

I think maybe half of those guys come back? Thor might do the qualifying offer.

Team really does need a manager and management that they can believe in. Cohen can only do so much.

Cohen can only do so much.

I feel like he could stand to do a bit less. All he needs to do is shut up, hire Epstein, and open his wallet.

I meant Cohen can only do so much to inspire confidence, but I also agree he should not be on Twitter and yes, Epstein would be ideal.

Heard that brainiac Cohen decided not to hire Epstein. I presume Sandy is the sticking point.

I'm going on the record that this guy is going to be the Daniel Snyder of the MLB.

i thought it was more that epstein wasn’t interested? either way, not great

I have very low expectations about this search, and am expecting it to go poorly.

amazin

A report that the #Mets have put former #Pirates 1b Dorian Boyland on growing short list led to a pleasant conversation with Boyland who told me no contact with the NYM, no interest in the job. He said he is happy to run his car dealerships.

— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) October 18, 2021

You have to hand it to the Mets. They found a worse owner than the Wilpons.

You could just make these up now and it would be 100% believable. Like, how long before they do a ted lasso and try hiring an Australian cricket coach?!

The Boyland rumor may have actually been made up, but as long as someone can get a lolmets out of it, it’s worth it.

The Mets have already been turned down by a handful of targets in their search for a new baseball operations head. Each of Theo Epstein, Billy Beane, David Stearns, Matt Arnold, Scott Harris and Brandon Gomes had been raised as potential candidates only to later be ruled out of consideration.

Cardinals general manager Michael Girsch can be added to that list, as Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (Twitter link) that New York reached out to the Cards for permission to speak with him last week. Girsch, however, declined to pursue the opportunity, electing to remain in St. Louis instead.

girsch is pretty much a no name in st louis, for what it's worth. so good move to be turned down by him?

is this press (mlb trade rumors) right that the dynamic is these various candidates turning them down? if so, yikes

and bobby valentine lost his race to become mayor of stamford, connecticut

Barves fan here - HAHA

Anyway, here it is, I wish I didn't have to do this pic.twitter.com/h0QcU3k5p6

— Michael Baumann (@MichaelBaumann) November 5, 2021

so boring and predictable

I’m not happy this morning . I’ve never seen such unprofessional behavior exhibited by a player’s agent.I guess words and promises don’t matter.

— Steven Cohen (@StevenACohen2) November 24, 2021

What a fucking baby.

This guy makes Jeff Wilpon look smart.

apparently this is about matz? horrifying that a guy the mets traded away might use them as leverage in free agent negotiations

put that coffee down, steve

He's raging about all these external things and:

1. Sandy Alderson is still involved even though he hired three scumbags for managers/gms.
2. They still don't have a manager.
3. Farm system is still a disaster.

He should probably be thankful Matz didn't give him a chance to outbid the Cards, that deal would've been even more lolmets embarrassing

perhaps, even apart from being sandwiched between aldersons, the mets’ gm opening was so bad and hated because the billionaire owner is micromanaging back-end-of-rotation negotiations

Low threshold these days for what counts as news:

https://www.mlb.com/news/keith-hernandez-mets-jersey-retirement

With the new rule-of-Baines in place, I think it's almost a certainty that he'll eventually get into the HOF via one of the committees: 60.3 bWAR, his years as an announcer, famous Seinfeld episode (crucial to any serious HOF resume). I imagine his cocaine dalliance is long forgotten.

I never knew Dusty Baker was part of that whole episode.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_drug_trials

would totally go to a game with a PBKR (cheap seats tho!)

perhaps we could even get j mod or m gill or mary j or j crunch

Cool, the more the merrier! I will look at the schedule soon, offer some dates.

Yeah I might be down if the timing works out. I am due for another trip to NYC this summer.

first place

been thinking of our doctor friend this week. i wish nothing but pain for all mets fans but i do miss morbs

I can understand the urge to cheer for this team. But this franchise has literally the worst luck.

they have the worst something but idk if i would say it’s luck

They have angered a moderately powerful genie

been thinking of our doctor friend this week. i wish nothing but pain for all mets fans but i do miss morbs

― J0rdan S., Saturday, April 9, 2022 1:53 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

same :(

I think for at least the 7th year in a row, Mets may have had the greatest potential for both incredible feats and incredible failure. There has been a lot of failure to say the least, and even the good years (‘15, ‘16, ‘19) have been filled with so many rip-your-hair-out-of-your-head moments. Former GM Brodie Van Wagenen literally started throwing chairs at one time.

Lindor had himself a day. Hoping the old Lindor is back

staff ace chris bassitt

Marte is not going to sustain this for a season, but he's a way better player than I realized.

And possible co-ace Tylor Megill!

Feel like we are about to find out if Nimmo is actually unvaccinated though

The beats: “Buck, what’s the status on Jake’s MRI?”

Buck: “Well, I think first you gotta ask the question: what exactly IS an MRI? Something to think about. Anyway, next question.” https://t.co/uagbr4YAnn

— Michael Drago (@iammichaeldrago) April 25, 2022

Appreciate a manager who has already dealt the NYC media nonsense before.

get ready for some jordan hicks. a guy who throws 100 mph sinkers, 91 mph sliders, doesn't strike out as many as you'd think, and is now trying to become a starting pitcher with only two pitches. note: he was a starter in the minors before getting promoted very quickly, and upon reaching the majors as a reliever he dropped from 4 pitches down to his current TWO (2). a "deep cut" storyline of the cardinals this year is whether he can bring back a 3rd pitch and get the game into the 5th or 6th inning (at some point this year - his goal for today should be a solid 4 innings), or if the ship has sailed

I feel I am already familiar with the Hicks saga due to you KM! I remember when he first came up. Turning him into a starter is an interesting angle, considering his past injury / closer issues. If Flaherty is still around, do you think they still try this out? LGM.

If Flaherty is still healthy, this doesn't happen. It's interesting, though, what would have happened when the inevitable injuries occurred later in the season - if Flaherty goes down in mid-May, does Hicks suddenly get the 5th rotation spot after being in the late-bullpen the previous 2 months? i don't think so, but not sure. i'm glad he's getting the opportunity - both hicks and reyes were once thought of as starting pitchers before injuries and circumstances led them to the bullpen. they're both so injury prone, it's hard to imagine a long-term future for either one. but i'm loving this opportunity to see what hicks can do while his arms is still mythical

every time alex reyes comes back it's like obi wan kenobi's ghost version. it's like hey, i see you there for a minute, and i love you, but goodbye

it appears the 2022 hicks era is already over

saying that from a doomer perspective, but i'm just not accustomed to seeing hicks (or reyes) for more than a few weeks without total disaster

Yeah the phrase “season-ending injury” is always hovering around both of them.

Met batters have been averaging 1 HBP per game this month, and after each one Showalter’s glower power grows.

hell yeah

Darryl Strawberry is here at Citi Field - and with his jersey on! pic.twitter.com/45tBcqEjDl

— SNY (@SNYtv) April 29, 2022

(btw, just reviewing strawberry's 1983-90 stats -- DAMN! he was fantastic)

only got into 335 games from 1992-1999, and even with that ended up with 41+ career fWAR

That cocaine is a hell of a drug.

hell of a ballplayer; dumb as a fucking rock

159-pitch combined no-hitter y'all

crazy to remember that strawb was on the 114-win “best ever” yankees in 1998. such a completely different era. i just looked it up and he hit 24 home runs that year. the next year, his last, he didn’t play much, but hit .327 with a 1.112 OPS.

I think it was 30 For 30 that did an episode about him and Gooden that I thought was really good. Explored their personalities and upbringings - and exposed a lot of the faults in the way teams treated their players (mentally/socially) at the time.

Noticed that Tylor Megill and Alek Manoah, both in their second year (Megill's a little older), have very similar old-school lines right now:

Megill - 4-0, 1.93, 28 IP, 18 H, 6 BB, 27 K
Manoah - 4-0, 1.44, 25 IP, 15 H, 7 BB, 25 K

Megill, scherzer, and Degrom all on the IL :/

SOUNDS LIKE THE METS AM I RIGHT LOL

this game has been really, really funny

also, enjoying alonso make good on his vows to hurt people, lol! he's earned the right to hurt cardinals though - he almost got hit in the head AGAIN today

Alonso has hurt me

:)

Great call by Mets booth too. What a rocket.

I love the Mets booth. Always the best part about playing them. Like how they focused on how Pallante closed his eyes on that one delivery, noting that they never seen that before.

Not only would the cardinals crew never notice that, but...I mean. When Escobar made that error that tied the game in the 9th, Jimmy Edmonds said “that’s a big play right there.”

I wish I were paraphrasing

Every win is important right now because the starting pitching is going through some things.

Brings back some serious deja vu from last season, although the clutch hitting has been way better this year.

that alonso walk-off HR was beautiful

Need to find a gif of Alonso’s swing and subsequent beating of his chest.

This version of Alonso is fun.

He is putting up MVP-type numbers so far, especially with OPS being down all year.

Funny to compare it to 2019, where he hit 53 HR, 120 RBIs, .941 OPS, and finished 7th in the MVP voting.

This season/this team has been so much fun so far. Next month is going to be crucial (playing almost all 1st and 2nd place teams) and the injuries loom large, but it’s been a pretty perfect two months as far as results.

Met's offense reminding me of the 2015 Royals team they lost to in the WS. A lot of contact all up and down the lineup.

What's going on with Guillorme? He's hitting .360/.455/.908 in 86 AB.

It’s impressive. This is the first time he’s really had any sort of consistent playing time since he came up in 2018. He could be a late bloomer offensively a la McNeil. He does fit well in this new look Mets offense which seems to focus on putting the ball into play as opposed to launch angle / power.

Bobby Bonilla day!

I never get tired of this story (at least until 2035).

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34168816/what-bobby-bonilla-day-explaining-why-former-met-gets-paid-119m-every-july-1

he should try to negotiate an extension while his value is still high

remember that brief golden moment when it seemed like dom smith had finally figured it out?

me neither

His 2020 was pretty incredible. They retroactively said he was playing with an injury in 2021, but his 2022 has been worse. JD Davis, who is in a similar season-long malaise, has had some great moments/clutch hits this season, where Dom has just looked lost. A trade may actually help him out in that he would get regular playing time and start fresh.

The team defense is so solid, especially compared to recent years.

30 games over .500!

Deadline pickups have been very good so far. Edwin Diaz has had a magical last two months. It feels like Showalter and Scherzer have shifted the clubhouse culture this year way more than anyone expected. There is a lot of chemistry on this team.

truly love putting on a squeeze play up four runs in the bottom of the eighth

I know starting pitching is a 5 inning affair these days, but the Mets have been wearing out starting pitching lately.

They were saying Mets batters see the most pitches in the first inning. They do make pitchers grind it out.

Love taking 4 out of 5 from the Braves.

#lgm

Braves’ starters worked a total of only 24 innings in the five games, as the Mets knocked them out early.

Topic of conversation today on Bill James's site: who is the oldest living Met? It's not someone famous--Dave Hillman, turns 95 in September.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hillmda01.shtml

the metsening

They should wait another two weeks for the full collapse for that real 07-08 vintage feel.

pirates to the rescue

it’s good medicine

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/09/mets-conducting-interviews-for-team-president-sandy-alderson-to-eventually-transition-to-advisory-role.html

it's a long shot, but i think everyone reading this should interview for the role of new york mets team president. trying doesn't hurt

Since when is Alonso hitting second?

With Marte out, Buck has put Alonso in the two hole when the Mets have been facing lefties lately.

Can’t imagine making your MLB debut in the biggest series of the year when you are 20 years old.

Did not know that.

UGH. This series is killing me so far.

Not good.

wonder what they're gonna do about these games, seeing as how it will never stop raining

Maybe they are waiting until the pain of this weekend subsides. Been a long time since I felt so acutely anguished by baseball.

:/

Yeah, it sucked.

I was thinking of trying to go a to a playoff game, but I might keep my powder dry.

101 wins, a combined no hitter, McNeil wins the MLB batting title, Alonso with a share of the MLB RBI crown, and mostly good vibes throughout the season. Some great comebacks and amazing work by Diaz. Hard to complain but wouldn’t have minded a game 163 tiebreaker since they ended up with same record as the Braves.

That's a pretty good summary of things.

also you have scherzer and degrom in the same starting rotation

also got awfully good results from chris bassitt and taijuan walker -- and it's pretty nice to have (arguably) your fifth-best starter, carlos carrasco, go 15-7

This is primo Mets, I gotta say.

Though I have the feeling they weren't coming back from 3-0 either.

guy behind me at citifield says he’s “done with baseball” and “might try like, books”

— blowing stop sign on bird scooter (@rachelmillman) October 10, 2022

You do have to quit this team at times. After 2006-2008, I checked out for a bit.

Only had two base runners all game tonight.

MLB playoff structure is the pits.

101 wins doesn’t get you what it used to back in the day. Blame inflation.

As much as it feels like their pitching let them down, their offense in the playoffs was just as ineffective as their offense the last six weeks.

i'm still glad to be rid of that dumb one-game playoff bs.

outscored 26-6 in milwaukee

nimmo 5-for-5 with a homer today, now hitting .349/.481/.476

So… Max Scherzer…

“That’s when we realized the level of stickiness on his hand was much worse than it was even in the initial inspection that had taken place two innings prior,” Bellino said. “So following the proper protocols, Phil immediately recognized it. Phil then asked me to come in to verify that the hand was too sticky. Both Phil and I touched his hand. As far as stickiness, level of stickiness, this was the stickiest that it has been since I’ve been inspecting hands, which now goes back three seasons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOq3S0VhHRQ

Max Scherzer: “I thought I was gonna get in front of a neutral arbitrator but I wasn't. It was going to be through MLB. So given that process, I really wasn't gonna come out on top. I’m gonna follow what the Mets wanted me to do, and that was accept the suspension.”

— Will Sammon (@WillSammon) April 21, 2023

This has been one crazy story.

"No one can explain what is too sticky," Boras said. "There are no units of stickiness to quantify. How do you appropriately enforce? MLB attempts to level the playing field by using standards that are not measurable. Further, one umpire has a stickiness standard that is different than all other umpires.

"Under this standard, players are not given due process of how to use an approved substance provided by the league," Boras added. "This reminds me of a local wine taster -- he likes what likes."

Nimmo is batting .536/.578/.756 over the last 9 games. Alonso is also torching the ball.

The pitching injury situation is a bit ominous but they are getting away with it at the moment. Great west coast trip so far.

yeah for a team that is supposed to be up shit creek 14-7 is p good

Daniel Vogelbach is a John Kruk look alike.

When your bartender in SF is wearing a David Wright jersey… And you’re David Wright. 😱 pic.twitter.com/6HwALOTh3o

— New York Mets (@Mets) April 21, 2023

So good.

Oh thats nice!

That looks like Zeke's (a few blocks away from the stadium.

Bad night for Scherzer against the worst offense in the league.

(Those bar patrons should be ashamed of themselves for talking while the real national anthem is on the stereo.)

Alexa play ring the alarm by tenor saw

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37467118/former-mets-star-pitcher-matt-harvey-announces-retirement

the dream is over

Despite all the current pitching (and winning) problems, it’s not like the people who left are doing much better. Walker and Bassitt haven’t been good so far, Degrom is on the IL again, and if you wanted to sign Rodon he’d also be on the shelf.

Correa’s current awful start would also not have been tolerated in NYC after all the hoopla surrounding his physical. Brett Baty is looking better and better each day.

Reds win series against the Mets, does not tend to happen often.

Brett Baty is looking better and better each day.

― Michael F Gill, Thursday, May 11, 2023 10:45 AM (nine hours ago)

...would be much more accurate if this post was (nine days ago)

Baty's May has been grim.

on a 6-16 run

rotation is a disaster

basically only nimmo is playing well

Pete's been playing better offensively than Nimmo but your point stands... woof.

Verlander is also a bright spot and their bullpen despite losing Diaz has been surprisingly effective.

oof, I take it all back...

Thursday, June 1 at approximately 1pm ET – Ira will throw out the first pitch ahead of the New York @Mets vs Philadelphia @Phillies game at @CitiField. Photographic evidence to follow (or not, depending on how it goes.) pic.twitter.com/o5XtqIj2us

— Yo La Tengo (@TheRealYLT) May 17, 2023

Alvarez doing what he's done at every level - take a short period to adjust, then mash.

MARK CANHA SAYS HAPPY PRIDE MONTH pic.twitter.com/RMx6j56AHm

— Helen Elizabeth (@hesilf) June 1, 2023

this makes me a canha fanha

Noice

Mark Canha called out those Tampa Bay bullpen homophobes didn’t he? Between that and his food Instagram the man’s a king.

ok, that is great.

I saw the Canha post on a thread about non-homophobe platters and it is not a long list!

players

I was so confused given the food talk immediately prior.

Look at this fucking king showing up in his Pride shirt

"I'm just trying to have good at-bats, really not trying to do too much."

Mark Canha on his approach at the plate: pic.twitter.com/GZmIVTdvOY

— SNY (@SNYtv) June 1, 2023

I he hit 33% of his RBIs this year in the last two games v. PHI!

i am also not trying to do too much

Videographic evidence that Ira Kaplan > Curtis Jackson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-_whLKe-A0

Can only imagine what Morbs' reaction would have been to the Mets-Braves series this week. Swept after leading each game by at least 3, yeesh.

it’s . . . amazin’

It's such a shame.

Side note: Verlander, oof. Plenty of season left but they didn’t pay him to cough up all those runs.

Alonso to IL, currently being blown out by the Pirates, and someone named Zach Muckenhirn is pitching.

letting ke'bryan hayes go 5-for-5 is a poor sign

i really like lindor but .222/.296/.431 is not ideal

21-36 since april 22; only oakland and kansas city have been worse

steve cohen is holding a press conference before wednesday's game. i cannot imagine that anything remotely good will come of it

The pitching has been really poor, especially when they have a big lead. When the pitching has been good they seem to be unable to get any hits lately.

i just have no idea what cohen's press conference will accomplish

is he gonna blame himself/his front office for giving all this guaranteed money to apparently shitty players? is he gonna blame the players for sucking? is he going to say that he believes in this group of players but they're just struggling at the moment?

the players already know they're underachieving; i don't see how -- even with the last option -- cohen talking publicly about it will help matters

it's gonna be deeply metsian when they finish behind the nationals, who aren't even trying

the worst team money could buy, part 2

“I didn’t get to finish ‘Oppenheimer’ that day,” said Mark Canha, the veteran outfielder who was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers late that afternoon.

I loved that quote. Was hoping for more from the article though.

yeah, not very juicy - but i read that as the disappointing performance this season was not a clubhouse issue or management issue - just bad luck, injuries, age. just baseball things.

Yeah it’s less juicy than the Padres collapse. Tommy Pham always seems like a dick even when they’re giving him the nicest personal interpretation. Guys are playing pool together? Who cares!

Also, interested to see that Alvarez is included in the leaders dinners!

alvarez is great, he gets so happy in the dugout when his teammates play well. also those gray eyes, that smile. my mets crush

I too love el troll, always looks high as fuck off the field and apparently makes a great lasagna
https://i.postimg.cc/288cs6s2/IMG-9822.jpg

lol

this is a regular meme on the mets subreddit

https://i.ibb.co/VW3BG0z/b62vctri9oab1.jpg

he really loves that shirt.

Oh my God

https://i.redd.it/mets-ground-crew-takes-a-group-photo-in-front-of-the-v0-ln2ibncil4rb1.jpg?s=402d227165bde499b1d01ad263c63807bb5ce1d6

amazin'

I love it so much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j93rtl8Cc6Y

baseball really is amazing

I hope someone got Alvarez safely to higher ground

Btw I don’t know if you follow the Mets Instagram (top 5 team Instagram imo!) but did you see this

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxJBnvyOrpu/

hah no i'm not really on insta but i guess i need to be. lol that tiny mic. last game i went to they were giving away big sexy shirts but they were out by the time i got there.

They do a lot of tiny mic questions, it’s elite tbh. Three more & then I’ll knock it off.

Favourite female artist (Alvarez in video)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwarNyRPfkP/

Best/worst dressed on the team (not featuring Alvarez):

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CunGaI5vRNY/

Who would you road trip with? (Alvarez in video, Baty talking about him like 😍)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cs_1MKuuwla/

Literally as I finished posting that I noticed Alvarez had updated his story and posted a link to a playlist of his

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX8sljIJzI0oo

i love the alvarez/baty bromance!

everybody's favorite baby met is having a helluva game

Very happy for him, he’s him

buck :(

https://nypost.com/2023/10/04/buck-showalter-mets-brass-butted-heads-over-daniel-vogelbach/

"Vogelbach’s limited mobility also meant he couldn’t be used in the field."

understatement of the year

I remember seeing his name trending on Twitter several times when he was in a lineup and people were absolutely raging /blaming Showalter & the thinking was that continuing to play him was Buck’s decision - I’m kind of surprised that it was FO but again I’m not that familiar with the Mets inner workings at all so that was probably obvious to you.

Showalter was told he had to play Vogelbach, the source said.

Part of the manager’s opposition to Vogelbach was philosophical: Showalter viewed the DH spot as one that should be used on a rotation, allowing position players a partial rest while remaining in the lineup.

But Showalter — who was fired last weekend, allowing new president of baseball operations David Stearns the opportunity to pick his own manager following the Mets’ 75-win season — also had an issue with Vogelbach’s limited skill set, according to a source.

Showalter viewed the DH spot as one that should be used on a rotation, allowing position players a partial rest while remaining in the lineup.

i'm surprised more managers don't do it this way. i mean sometimes it's done this way in a pinch but as a philosophy of what the DH should be for i like it

The source for this article is obviously Buck Showalter.

NEWS: Billy Eppler has resigned as Mets GM, the team announced.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) October 5, 2023

predicting much rejoicing along the 7 line

Just for you
https://i.postimg.cc/NMGGNvMr/IMG-0497.jpg

<3 senga and mauricio should be in the baby mets club, imo

should have traded pham to the AL :(

I think you can say that the Diamondbacks are succeeding in spite of Tommy Pham. Paul Sewald is a bigger influence on their success.

Senga posted a picture on his Instagram story of him and his agent having lunch with Lars Nootbaar.

i mean yeah i'm just saying that pham got the dbacks started yesterday with his homer

Nothing in his Mets tenure would make you believe that Sewald could be an effective reliever. He infamously went 118 major-league appearances without getting his first win. Pretty incredible turnaround over the past few years.

Yeah I read about his awful Mets career at some point last year! Mariners pitching lab can fix anyone (except Chris Flexen and Brennan Bernardinho).

David Stearns said the Mets will not fill their open GM role this winter. “We’ve got enough going on,” Stearns said.

— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) November 7, 2023

I feel like that’s an important role to fill

Stearns is totally running the show, gm would be second banana so not that essential as it would be in orgs where gm has a lot of power. this is why ng left miami, her gm role was demoted to secondary status.

Brett Baty, Uh Oh (3D tracking)

To be fair, I don't know what the heck was going on with that ball pic.twitter.com/H5owOa6J8Q

— David Adler (@_dadler) July 16, 2023

d'Arnaud responds on Instagram https://t.co/EOBMt4Ctnz pic.twitter.com/IythH5Tk5s

— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) January 30, 2024

LGM

LFGM!

Also, this is good Mets content

The greatest TikTok of all-time pic.twitter.com/ZQlsZvxayW

— Shea Station (@shea_station) January 6, 2024

https://x.com/MikeBeauvais/status/1753103237354508422?s=20

u_u

https://i.imgur.com/9OisWNA.jpeg

Hard to remember just how good he was before the injuries.

https://i.postimg.cc/fTf3nN3d/IMG-5186.jpg
🥰

https://i.postimg.cc/7LN1zcrZ/IMG-5245.jpg

What is his favorite food? Afcpa?

Arepa

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arepa

Wow, I lived in Peru for more than three years, never encountered that. Well, I learned something today, after all.

everybody's favorite baby met is having a helluva game

From the NYer today:
https://scontent-atl3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/428599146_804044781596047_6222202550565661477_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p526x296&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=3635dc&_nc_ohc=mrfw5QNBL9MAX8M-iaz&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-2.xx&oh=00_AfBoMObiV-A2eCsDMOXIAGcd_sEQgTBIIevLXFc6CDA-og&oe=65DEA463

i love that this account exists https://twitter.com/WxMets

https://ny.eater.com/2017/3/31/15067732/where-to-eat-citi-field-best-food-mets-stadium

why would they use a pic of scherzer for this article haha

on saturday we were buying a pretzel from the sweet chick stand on the 300 level and a guy was returning a fried chicken sandwich that was completely raw in the middle so i'd avoid that one (the pretzel was somehow bad too?)

Because eater is barely useful xp

i had a sweet chick sandwich last year, it was hard as a hockey puck from being under the heat lamp. thumbs down for sweet chick. xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53RCV_bsqm4

sort of a painful watch. i'm guessing the team that lost ruben tejada to a broken leg is trying to take the high road on sliding into second?

it'd be funny if someone ran toward the door of whoever teaches running there but then just kind of slowed down and turned off toward the water fountain as they neared the handle

mets *just* postponed tonight's game, despite it raining all day and there being a flood watch

bet they do the same thing tomorrow as well

Why stop there?

is there a youtube of the one-track mind mr. met singing his dang song in the rain

There’s a picture the run during rain delays where he’s holding and umbrella and holding his hand out. He is very sad when it rains!

We are in a rain delay. We will provide updates as they become available. pic.twitter.com/vXu5bjiOqV

— New York Mets (@Mets) August 5, 2020

He’s probably still quietly singing under that umbrella though. He doesn’t quit!

https://streamable.com/i7duay

"Max"
- BEST DRESSED METS FAN AT CITI FIELD -

considered suggesting that the mets and marlins trade managers (hey, it happened to chuck tanner) but now that one of them has a win, forget it

also i honestly have no idea who either of their managers are, beyond Not Buck

That Mets fan needs an official position.

100%. Weekly midgame report from the stands, minimum

Omg, I finally tune into another Mets game and they’re showing “Max” in the stands (still dressed to the nines!) after the Mets get a hit! Is he now a permanent fixture of SNY? Gotta watch more Mets!

https://i.postimg.cc/zXV8ByhW/IMG-0487.png
My man is positively GLOWING

Whoops
https://i.postimg.cc/zXV8ByhW/IMG-0487.png

Real “Mets Messiah” vibes happening in that photo

they showed him a bunch the other night dressed in a purple faux fur coat. the tv booth did not comment on him though.

They should cut to a "Max report" from the stands every game

the mets are now officially .500

i'm not impressed by max fwiw. bad interviewee. seems like a poser

Why have a bad take when you could simply have no take at all?

? i'm sorry you think that guy is 'fun'?

I at least thought he was a good interviewee!

lets see what the mets can do against yamamoto :/

swing at the first pitch and it'll be 23-0 mets dodgers. don't do that, he'll throw a perfect game

That looked painful for Alvarez (also think he was out there, oh well)

Yamamoto's fastball is disgustingly hittable. .322 xba/ .554 xslg

damn alvarez :(

i dont even know what to say atp bro https://t.co/rVjBavmqIH pic.twitter.com/UTXObPAq2P

— Pearl.exe ⚾️ (@Pearl_exeee) April 20, 2024

Mets bullpen has been surprisingly great so far. Presence of Diaz certainly helps.

lindor's finally waking up on the left side of the plate

very silly game today, the kind they'd lose if it actually mattered - but hey, i'll take it!

also gyac avert your eyes, but alvarez getting surgery on that thumb out 6-8 weeks :\

I saw :( bad week for big boys I like

vry silly indeed! Mets looking good