Altchek's Office Alumni: 2017 New York Mets

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conforto oppo off a lefty!

mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:43 (seven years ago) link

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsusQ3fWgAAK9f3.jpg

that cartoon is a shallow imitation of this image i made last year

na (NA), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:52 (seven years ago) link

go ck the standings so you know who to root for

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:54 (seven years ago) link

morbs you really have to have more of a sense of humor about mets ribbing bro

k3vin k., Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:14 (seven years ago) link

grim baserunning by reyes

mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:21 (seven years ago) link

Travis d’Arnaud, Steven Matz, and Seth Lugo all played for St. Lucie last night. Matz started the game and pitched three innings, striking out three batters and allowing one run. Lugo entered in relief of Matz, and went two and two thirds innings while only yielding one hit. d’Arnaud caught seven innings and went 2-for-4 at the plate.

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 May 2017 15:18 (seven years ago) link

wonderfully bizarre old Voice piece I think about much too often: "Favorite Dinosaurs of the Mets" pic.twitter.com/x1rZlAon4T

— Alan Scherstuhl (@studiesincrap) May 23, 2017

mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link

weird!

Robles optioned, Smoker up

going to tonight's game; leaving bag at work to brave security

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 21:17 (seven years ago) link

kill Harvey, fcuk deGrom, marry Conforto

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 04:01 (seven years ago) link

it's hard to envision Harvey going more than 5 innings in future starts

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 04:38 (seven years ago) link

Jay Bruce left Tuesday’s game with back tightness.

never gonna sit Grandy

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 16:31 (seven years ago) link

yes i

ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 28 May 2017 13:29 (seven years ago) link

Starting pitching has actually improved the last 5 starts, finally.

Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 03:58 (seven years ago) link

i think they'll stay in WC contention as long as they keep winning series vs shitty teams.

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 11:40 (seven years ago) link

offense has looked a lot better also, and cespedes poss back soon

johnny crunch, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 12:10 (seven years ago) link

mr met, true new yorker

mookieproof, Thursday, 1 June 2017 03:48 (seven years ago) link

what'd he do?

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 June 2017 06:09 (seven years ago) link

How can Mr. Met get in trouble for giving someone the middle finger IF HE DOESN'T HAVE ONE 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/0QZd2GxQyz

— Hector Diaz (@iamHectorDiaz) June 1, 2017

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 June 2017 12:29 (seven years ago) link

back to the field: ROSARIO

http://nypost.com/2017/05/31/note-to-mets-end-cabrera-misery-and-call-up-amed-rosario/

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:18 (seven years ago) link

and just watch, Collins will sit "tiring" Conforto twice a week once Yo comes back

http://nypost.com/2017/06/01/curtis-granderson-making-case-to-stay-in-mets-of-rotation/

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 June 2017 15:19 (seven years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/SWYjKnU.jpg

things keep getting weirder

mookieproof, Friday, 2 June 2017 01:01 (seven years ago) link

Moltar:
In your Insider piece today you talk about how Harvey still has the stuff to be successful, but no longer generates swings and misses. Is it reasonable to think that Harvey is still less than %100? If the Mets’ injury prevention program wasn’t a dumpster fire, would he have been better served starting the year on the DL and pitching a full compliment of rehab starts?

Jeff Sullivan:
Well, that’s impossible for us to know and be any kind of certain. My hunch is that Harvey had his delivery kind of screwed up when he made that emergency start against Atlanta, but that’s just uninformed speculation.

I have yet to do a real Harvey deep dive. But it’s instantly clear that his O-Swing even from last year has dropped 10 percentage points. That’s a problem with his secondary stuff, and not his fastball.
…which then becomes a problem for his fastball, since hitters can look for it.

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 3 June 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link

texas appears to be starting dillon gee tmorrow

johnny crunch, Monday, 5 June 2017 21:11 (seven years ago) link

our only hope

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 June 2017 21:16 (seven years ago) link

Braves intentionally walk Conforto to load the bases for Cespedes, who promptly hits a grand slam. Welcome back!

Michael F Gill, Saturday, 10 June 2017 21:36 (seven years ago) link

Flores is 39 for his last 100. I've done the math. That equals .390. Since the start of May. Decent.

— Steve Gelbs (@SteveGelbs) June 11, 2017

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 11 June 2017 07:10 (seven years ago) link

Starting pitching as advertised v Braves (assuming 5 scoreless innings is the max Harvey can give henceforth).

Series vs Cubs and Nats, need to go 4-3 at least.

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 June 2017 15:57 (seven years ago) link

@MarcCarig
Michael Conforto has back stiffness and was a scratch, per multiple reports from the ballpark. Flores is getting a day off.

@AlbaneseLaura
TC says Flores needed a day and today was ideal because he's struggled against Lackey and they've got a bunch of lefties coming up.

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 June 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link

that's the deGrom i know and love

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 01:20 (seven years ago) link

game only took 2 hours and 23 minutes too

Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 01:55 (seven years ago) link

Cespedes left game w/ sore heel :/

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 01:59 (seven years ago) link

Cabrera DL'd (thumb); Conforto out of lineup (back discomforto)

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2017/6/13/15794890/mets-asdrubal-cabrera-tj-rivera-disabled-list-thumb-injury-new-york

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link

Even though Cespedes was removed due to the score, TC brought up tendinitis for him, which isn’t great. Manageable, but not perfect.

— David Lennon (@DPLennon) June 14, 2017

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 15:16 (seven years ago) link

The Mets drafted Edgardo Alfonzo's son, Daniel, in the 38th round of this year's Draft. He played at Bayside High School in Queens.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) June 14, 2017

mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 21:53 (seven years ago) link

did they just have walker sac bunt with 1 out down 2-1 in the third inning???

na (NA), Thursday, 15 June 2017 00:03 (seven years ago) link

with harvey and montgomery on the mound, you know runs will be hard to come by

mookieproof, Thursday, 15 June 2017 00:13 (seven years ago) link

starting to think Mets are at least better than the Cubs

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 June 2017 02:44 (seven years ago) link

worse than the Nixon pardon

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:19 (seven years ago) link

apparently sandy has not seen reyes or cabrera or rivera play this year

Sandy's comments when asked about Amed Rosario pic.twitter.com/jCvmANJYnk

— SportsNet New York (@SNYtv) June 15, 2017

also harvey and walker to DL, syndergaard still four weeks from throwing

mookieproof, Thursday, 15 June 2017 20:26 (seven years ago) link

starting to think the cubs' medical and conditioning staff are at least better than the mets' medical and conditioning staff

na (NA), Thursday, 15 June 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link

oh c'mon, you don't expect to offend a Mets fan with that concept?

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 June 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link

I don't know if Alderson is taking questions at his SABR appearance... I'm trying to formulate 'polite' inquiries about Rosario/injuries.

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 June 2017 20:46 (seven years ago) link

I just read the article about the Seaver trade in the Post ... if this happened today, would people see it differently? These days, if a team knows it can't contend this year or the next, they almost have to trade a star who's signed to a team friendly contract.

So I guess it's really about how Mets management treated their biggest ever star like shit, rather than the trade itself?

NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 16 June 2017 13:30 (seven years ago) link

He was The Franchise. It would be like the O's trading Cal Jr in his prime during a down season.

He was in the last year of his contract, right?

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 June 2017 14:19 (seven years ago) link

only 6 home games left in the first half, that's daunting

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 June 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link

Nimmo and Reynolds are the moves.

— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) June 16, 2017

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 June 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link

Seaver signed a two year extension with a hometown discount instead of testing free agency. I guess you could point fingers at both sides there (Seaver for being naive, Mets management for taking advantage of him) but baseball fans as a whole were on the owners' side of the free agency issue, so Seaver was in a bad place, PR-wise, when his demands for a raise became public.

In the past decade, Johan Santana and Roy Halladay were franchise pitchers who were traded in their prime for players who never panned out. Of course they weren't inner circle HOF'ers like Seaver. But comparing these kinds of things across eras is (probably) pointless anyway -- every era needs to be considered within the context of its time.

NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 16 June 2017 20:21 (seven years ago) link


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