The Interesting 2018 New York Mets (Who Will Probably Fall Into a Pile of Scorpions Again)

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i don't know that this *means* anything, but at present the 2018 mets are offensively the worst-performing team ever, relative to overall performance, at home

they sure have sucked at home

btw WFAN midday idiot also said their big booboo last winter was not signing Eric Hosmer

The Mets have a 23-year-old potential star first baseman. They don’t want to lose a season of control in a year where they’re going to lose the majority of their games. The Blue Jays have arguably received less backlash for being thrifty with Guerrero than the Mets have with Alonso, and there’s no doubt at all that Guerrero is the better player, now and in the future.

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/david-wright-peter-alonso-and-the-law-of-metropolitan-frugality/

the big difference is that alonso is four years older than vlad. when they do finally call him up next april 15, he'll be 24 and under team control until he's 31. we know players peak around 28, so he, like degrom, stands to lose big money by having free agency delayed into his 30s.

the vlad thing also sucks, but assuming the jays don't just leave him in the minors until they think they have a competitive team -- and it could be a while -- he'll still hit free agency at 27.

i don't know how much the union cares about this -- they're still minor leaguers, so they're not *in* the union -- but this is a serious screwing of its future members and yet another sign that the CBA is not working for the players

The Mets just announced that Jay Horwitz -- their longtime PR guy who could write a hell of a tell-all if he wanted to -- will "take on a new role with" the team. They're announcing more tomorrow at 2 p.m.

— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) September 11, 2018

new general manager obvs

via Amazin' Avenue:

"As the Mets ramp up their search for their next GM, reports say the team has asked Terry Collins to assume a larger role in the front office. Right now, people around the team point to Blue Jays' Mark Shapiro as the best fit to lead the Mets."

https://www.sny.tv/mets/news/mets-gm-search-update-collins-asked-to-assume-larger-role-keep-eye-on-shapiro/294168810

I don’t think it’s an accident that Mark Shapiro — a man who has shown that he is an expert at not spending money on baseball players while not catching much hell for it — is a top candidate for the Mets GM position. Indeed, I can think of no one more appropriate for the job.

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2018/09/11/of-course-the-mets-are-interested-in-mark-shapiro

Heard a clip of Jay Horwitz talking about the time the players bought him a stripper...

David Wright will retire after this season.

David Wright will play again in the Major Leagues.

The Mets will activate Wright on Sept. 25. He will start at third base on Sept. 29.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 13, 2018

David Wright is tearing up at his press conference.

"It's truly been an honor to take the field with you, and serve as your captain," Wright said to his teammates.

"To the fans, words can't address my gratitude."

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 13, 2018

:(

i'm glad he'll at least get to make one more appearance. i think everyone was really rooting for him to make it back. he seems to have tried his damndest

@keithhernandez doing radio play by play in @MetsBooth with Howie and @WayneRandazzo is both wonderful and hilarious!
Keith: Here's the payoff pitch.
Howie: at 1-2?
Keith: Hopefully

— Alan Yudman (@AlanYudman) September 13, 2018

Going to the game today at Fenway. There are tons of Mets fans everywhere. Too bad we drew Oswalt pitching instead of anyone else, but I’m hopeful it won’t be a blowout. They haven’t played in Boston since 2009.

no, Friday night was the blowout

The parade of 7line Mets fans en route to Fenway probably stopped traffic for a good 10-15 minutes. Most people in their cars took it well, actually.

bye Hannity

The Mets make it official: they're moving their radio broadcasts from WOR 710 to WCBS 880 beginning next season, in a deal that runs through 2025.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 17, 2018

Callaway says that it’s possible the #Mets will shutdown Wheeler for the rest of the year. Team will meet with him tomorrow to make a decision.

— Steve Gelbs (@SteveGelbs) September 18, 2018

need matz in the lineup every day i guess

scorpions

Wilmer Flores has been diagnosed with early onset arthritis in both knees. He is done for the season.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 20, 2018

i am enjoying the jeff mcneil experience

Me too, might even get some rookie of the year votes with that .340/.394/.495 in 221 plate appearances so far. No need to look for a 2019 2B.

Official: The Mets have activated David Wright from the disabled list.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 25, 2018

Out of respect to Braves fighting for home field , Mets don’t want to use him in a meaningful game https://t.co/1V5glSi5DX

— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) September 25, 2018

so adjusting expectations to Gehrig 1939

Thor getting that treatment normally reserved for DeGrom.

Jacob deGrom has retired 11 in a row. He has five strikeouts through five shutout innings. His Major League-leading ERA is 1.72.

Mets 0, Braves 0, mid-fifth.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 27, 2018

also it's going to rain like hell in 40 mins or so

3-0 lead, tenth win graspable

2) This David Wright scouting report from before the 2004 season will always be one of the best I have ever written. pic.twitter.com/tGVmcYK5mh

— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) September 28, 2018

scorpion postmortem

Noah Syndergaard throws a four-hitter in Game 162. The Mets won consecutive 1-0 games over the Marlins to end things.

They went 31-20 over their last 51 games -- a bandage over a bullet hole, perhaps, but enough for the Mets to enter the offseason with optimism.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 30, 2018

Noah Syndergaard is heading to Ireland, where he will guest star in an episode of the @HISTORY drama "Vikings." Syndergaard will play the character Thorbjorn, a Viking warrior who is loyal to Ivar the Boneless.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) October 3, 2018

Mets Welcome New General Manager Nikki Haley

ivar the boneless would be a good addition to the mets. seems less likely to get injured, what with his having no bones and all.

Wilpon added that Van Wagenen would have to recuse himself from certain negotiations, such as with Jacob deGrom, but he would help provide direction.

— James Wagner (@ByJamesWagner) October 30, 2018

this is ridiculous. the wilpons are such a joke

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- New York Mets minor leaguer Tim Tebow has earned a promotion to Triple-A Syracuse.

The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback hit .273 with six homers and 36 RBIs in 84 games this year for Double-A Binghamton. His season was cut short by a broken hamate bone in his right hand, which required surgery July 24.

"Timmy is not a guy you want to put restraints on," new Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said Wednesday. "If he sees a block, he's going to work that much harder to go overcome whatever somebody places on him. I believe in him."

Before he was hired by the Mets last week, Van Wagenen worked at CAA Baseball and represented the 31-year-old outfielder.

Tebow hit .301 in June for Binghamton and .340 in 15 games in July.

"Given the hamate injury he had last year, his momentum was stopped," Van Wagenen said. "The goal is if he can pick that up in spring training and hopefully get off to a good start in Syracuse, then we'll evaluate it when he's ready."

Tebow signed with Mets in late 2016, played in the Arizona Fall League and in 2017 hit .226 with eight homers and 52 RBIs in 126 games at two levels of Class A. He played in seven games for the Mets in spring training this year, hitting .056 (1-for-18).

I don't understand why we're posting in team threads after the season ends...

hey, it’s nice to have some positive mets news

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/rnxcgziqhs42jgs9cicz.png

https://news.clickhole.com/the-saga-continues-j-k-rowling-has-revealed-that-ever-1831109080

a missed opportunity : /

hahaha that clickhole article is so good

I take it that is not the actual boring-as-fuck author JK Rowling, but some mediocre "satirist"

TBF Darryl Strawberry sounds like a JK Rowling character name

and would presumably be a hufflepuff

I always wondered why Lastings Milledge showed up in Half-Blood Prince.

🚨🚨🚨 Turk Wendell AMA 🚨🚨🚨

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— New York Mets (@Mets) January 25, 2019

btw Art Shamsky will be at the SABR NYC meeting tomw to kick off the '69 Mets golden anniv (Ira Berkow too)

http://sabrnyc.org/

Baseball Prospectus writer @pizzacutter4 announces that the Mets' front office has hired him in a to-be-defined role. He joins assistant general manager Adam Guttridge, also an analytics expert, in coming from somewhere other than a rival front office.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) January 31, 2019

nice hire