PECOTA loves the 2019 NEW YORK METS

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

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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