PECOTA loves the 2019 NEW YORK METS

it was truly scintillating

The Mets are hiring Jessica Mendoza as a baseball operations advisor, per source. She will remain at ESPN and on Sunday Night Baseball.

— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) March 5, 2019

so many advisors

rough

From the Hall of Fame: Tom Seaver's family announced today that he has been diagnosed with dementia. Tom will continue to work in his beloved vineyard at his California home, but has chosen to completely retire from public life.

— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) March 7, 2019

I knew he was unwell, per Art Shamsky at January's SABR NY meeting.

Sad. Hope he feels some enjoyment from working the vineyards.

Just heard about this yesterday from a friend. Bench was my first favourite player, he--thanks to this dime-store biography--was my first favourite pitcher.

http://pictures.abebooks.com/JDTBOOKS/md/md415305426.jpg

overdue

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2019/3/21/18276166/new-york-mets-citi-field-41-seaver-way-statue

Luis Guillorme has earned a roster spot as a utility infielder in a surprise move that sent Adeiny Hechavarria packing. Hallelujah, cuz Aunt Daisy can outhit Adeiny.

RIP Marty Noble

https://www.mlb.com/news/former-mlb-com-reporter-marty-noble-dies

^read him a lot at Newsday

Hope he stays good and healthy:

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2019/3/26/18282147/mets-news-jacob-degrom-contract-extension-cy-young-starting-pitcher-new-york

thor otm

These are the Mets’ makeshift mounds at the Carrier Dome pic.twitter.com/5rdlReeMYH

— Greg Joyce (@GJoyce9) March 26, 2019

well he hadn't seen those, but perhaps he envisioned them.

DeGrom breakdown 10M signing
7M in 2019
23M in 2020
33.5M in 2021 and 2022
Opt out
30.5M in 2023
32.5M club option 2024

— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) March 26, 2019

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jacob-degrom-joins-crowd-avoids-free-agency/

alonso made the team

DON'TCHA KNOW

IT'S ROBBIE CANO

that's not necessary

Ahahaha I am dropping a Sterling.gif in here every time this happens

be nice

lol you first

10th player to homer in his first mets AB (and first since . . . mike jacobs)

off the top of my head i remember Benny Ayala

Jake w/ 9K thru 5

alonsoooooo

Lowrie and Frazier can take their time coming back...

I watched the 8th inning in a bar -- which took forever -- and I had no idea who the Davis who knocked in 2 runs was, except he wasn't Chili or Ike.

Glad I missed the Lugo excitement.

Pete Alonso and Dominic Smith celebrating the homer is everything. pic.twitter.com/eLO8BXaDYU

— SNY (@SNYtv) April 2, 2019

scoring 5 in the 1st when Vargas is pitching is good strategery

Peter Alonso (WAR leader) riding the pine.

as I said 12 minutes ago....

Al, Dom Smith had two hits. They're not going to let him rot on the bench.

have outhit Nats 3-1 after 7, trail 2-0

nimmo off to a rough start

He was recently hit in the hands by a fastball which will do that to ya...

Adding to the Mets' tight turnaround between last night's game and this morning: Dominic Smith and one other Met were randomly drug tested late Wednesday. Smith didn't really have to pee, so he chugged water while his teammates waited close to an hour for him to do the deed.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) April 4, 2019

the game on april 1st was the first time robby cano has struck out 4 times in a game in his career fyi

morbs/mgill/jcrunch how do you feel about mickey as a manager?

hes fine

I think he's fine too. All the mets twitter/reddit/etc I've seen has been awfully harsh considering how things have gone so far.

how do you feel about mickey as a manager?

what questionable things has he done so far? i haven't been following closely

Twitter/reddit/sbnation fans are "out for blood" (Dicomo's words) because he's supposedly making bad bullpen / lineup moves, double switching, bunting in the wrong places. He's gambled a few times with using a reliever for a second inning and has gotten burned for a few runs, but it's kind of overblown because everyone in the bullpen has been struggling aside from Diaz. It's always pretty easy to Armchair GM using hindsight. Once a member of Panic City, always a member of Panic City though.

i am familiar with the situation. when the manager is doing questionable things that aren't working out well, and it's tough to tell where the fault lies with the manager and where it's just weird baseball luck.

I'd argue that none of the questionable moves have directly ended up in a loss yet. Just stuff like, "we had a comfortable lead in the game, but then the reliever struggled and we had to use Diaz again and I CANT TAKE IT."

I have not seen a game all the way thru yet, but the fan sites say Callaway is addicted to double switching.

no quality start for Jake tonight

2 HR to Mitch Garver

Looks like Alonso is making the case for more bench time.

Ahead of tonight’s game, the Mets have announced that they have recalled Corey Oswalt from Triple-A Syracuse and optioned Tim Peterson.

MONEYBALL

B. Nimmo hit by pitch, A. Rosario scored, J.D. Davis to third, N. Syndergaard to second

P. Alonso walked, J.D. Davis scored, N. Syndergaard to third, B. Nimmo to second

R. Canó walked, N. Syndergaard scored, B. Nimmo to third, P. Alonso to second

M. Conforto walked, B. Nimmo scored, P. Alonso to third, R. Canó to second

Only one person had ever put a ball in the upper deck at Shea. On April 10, 1969 Tommie Agee hit a ball so far that his teammates are still talking about today. #TBT https://t.co/OOdo1488OU

— New York Mets (@Mets) April 11, 2019

"Ride The Pine" Pete has 5 HRs over his last 5 games.

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