PECOTA loves the 2019 NEW YORK METS

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

NEW YORK! Where I was born. Where my heart lies. Where my family resides. Crazy excited for this part of my journey. Some things were meant to be! @Mets #HDMH pic.twitter.com/Z2H3GaxfLG

— Marcus Stroman (@MStrooo6) July 29, 2019

Photographed moments after he'd handed his parents a list of 15 complaints.

haven't followed his career, really... is he 'difficult'?

He's one of those people who should stay off Twitter, for sure. I'll put it this way: if your team is winning, you love his theatrics and intensity--he was one of the highlights of '15 and '16. But if your team's going nowhere and he starts getting into it with the umpire in the third inning over borderline calls, or he comes charging off the mound cursing and pumping his fist after striking out a guy when he's down 6-2, that's not nearly as much fun. That's why I thought he'd be perfect for the Yankees, or for some other team headed for the post-season.

Stroman is an extreme ground ball pitcher and now playing for one of the worst defenses in the league. Not a good fit but I like him a lot as a player.

Marcus Stroman on fellow Long Island native Steven Matz:

"I played baseball with Steven Matz my whole upbringing. Every travel team I was on when I was younger, he was on my team. ... It's going to be crazy to join him on this staff."

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 29, 2019

https://deadspin.com/a-working-theory-of-what-the-mets-are-even-doing-right-1836779351

Other teams selling pitchers are very annoyed at the Blue Jays return for Stroman, which one rival called “dogs*it.” If that’s all it took to get Stroman, fear is the price goes down for other pitchers unde control

— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) July 30, 2019

The Mets have Marcus Stroman lined up to make his debut Saturday in Pittsburgh, in what would have been Jason Vargas' rotation spot.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 30, 2019

since mid-May, deGrom is essentially last year's vintage

oh shit, they're sort of back in it

Fangraphs playoff odds up to 19%

three more against the pirates should help

need to make Diaz as much of a nonfactor as possible; no 1-run leads in the 9th

I was looking at the Mets' roster this morning, and I would think their Top 3 starters + Alonso + McNeil would give them at least a decent chance at a wild-card. On the other hand, I was also thinking that yesterday's Sanchez deal (supposedly he and Stroman, former friends, had a falling out at some point) was another way of sticking it to Stroman: "Okay, you're going to the Mets, and you're going to the Astros."

mets might be a case of how being an awful defensive team is hard to quantify

the metrics are doing a fair job of that (28th in team defense last i looked)

i don't remember if that was DRS or what

Jeff McNeil made a sick catch thanks to the White Sox's new nets: https://t.co/RYlboqz22M pic.twitter.com/BPB4g7TWSw

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) August 1, 2019

4 games out of the wild card with 54 games to play doesn’t sound too bad, even if the majority of those games are against over .500 teams.

They project at around 81-82 wins

steal 3 more...

Matz just came apart like the Atlantic Avenue station ceiling

steal 3 more...

that's what jed lowrie is for

WILSON

Jacob Rhame has been placed on the 10-day IL (right elbow discomfort) and LHP Donnie Hart has been recalled from Triple-A Syracuse. Hart was claimed off waivers from Milwaukee yesterday, he will wear #68. #Mets pic.twitter.com/cTLUWY5Szx

— New York Mets (@Mets) August 4, 2019

Guillorme up, McNeil to 2b

https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/robinson-cano-to-injured-list-with-hamstring-strain

It's almost comical how pitchers continue to throw Jeff McNeil first-pitch strikes. Isn't this what scouting reports are for? He's now batting .416/.423/.883 with nine of his 14 home runs on the first pitch of an at-bat.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) August 5, 2019

If you were to graft Alonsos' first half with McNeil's second half, you might have one of the greatest rookie seasons in quite a long time.

I don't think McNeil qualifies

i'm sure he doesn't... came up mid-2018

oh wait you mean the 2nd half of last year

anyway, sweeeeeeep

17-6 post-ASB

. . . and two of those games were against winning teams

well, don't I know it

at least most of the winning teams are mediocre tho

Nats are really the only WC contender with an easier schedule than the Mets henceforth; most in the same neighborhood

http://powerrankingsguru.com/mlb/strength-of-schedule.php