PECOTA loves the 2019 NEW YORK METS

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