Thirteen Games

[Centerfield]

Out of the next 13 games, only the three games against the Angels (27-23) are against teams with less than a .600 win percentage.



How many will they win? How many is enough?

[Chad ochoseis]

Honestly? On the road, against excellent teams, missing our 1-3 pitchers? 5-8 wouldn't be awful. 7-6 would be cause for celebrating.

[TransMonk]

6 wins are more than enough with the lead they'd built.



I'd love the additional cahnfidence that would come with a monster road trip against these teams, but wouldn't think any less of them if they cool off out west.

[roger_that]

I'll be bitterly disappointed if they don't go on a 13-0 tear.

[Edgy MD]

I agree with the 5–7 win bar, but I don't think Megill, despite his fine run, had passed Bassitt, Carrasco, and Walker on his way to the top of the rotation.



The team is missing their 1, 2, and 6 starters. 1, 2, 6, and 7 if you're counting Joey Lucchesi.



Battle, battle, and keep things competitive, and however things shake out, make sure they spend as much as possible on the other side.

[Gwreck]

8-5 is the minimum. It is also what I am predicting.



10+ wins: Clear October calendar. Team cannot be stopped.



8-9 wins: Mets are as good as we think they are. Start reviewing your October calendar.



5-7 wins: inconclusive. With mediocrity around us in the decision, could still make playoffs but no guarantees.



4 or fewer wins: Shades of August 2021. Can't beat the good teams.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I had been thinking I'd be quite satisfied if they went 4-6 in California, and 3-7 wouldn't be a disaster. I hadn't accounted for the three games at home against Milwaukee immediately after the road trip. So I'll revise that to satisfied with 5-8 and 4-9 won't be a disaster. Going 4-9 would still leave them 13 games above .500.



But of course I very much want them to do better than that. A winning road trip and/or wins in 8 of the next 13 would make a real statement. And better than that would be... even better than that.



Maybe this should have been a http://phpbb3.leaptoad.com/mets/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=30673Prediction Poll

[Gwreck]

Expected matchups:



Dodgers

Walker v. Gonsolin

Bassitt v. Anderson

Peterson v. Buehler

Williams v. Uriah



Padres

Carrasco v. Darvish

Walker v. Manea

Bassitt v. Musgrove



Angels

Peterson v. Syndergaard

Williams v. Detmers

Carrasco v. Ohtani

[nymr83]

that is some legit opposing pitching!



To Edgy's point, I already thought of Megill as the #5 not the #6 when he went down (assuming the injury was the reason for his poor short outing in his last start), had deGrom come back healthy that day, I would have expected Walker to be the odd man out.



I'll be very happy to go 5-5 in California and come home. West Coast trips are always tough. The Mets have a cushion and don't need to kill it out there, but it sure would be nice to win 7!

[Ceetar]

Honestly I'm not convinced if they only win 1 of those games that they won't gain ground in the division the way things are going.

[vtmet7]

Out of the next 13 games, only the three games against the Angels (27-23) are against teams with less than a .600 win percentage. How many will they win? How many is enough?

I liked how Buck dismissed this type of questioning in the post game interview...seemed like half the questions that he was asked referred to the California swing series, missing deGrom/Max, and "is this team for real" types of questions...that shit must get old (the same redundant NY Media questions) after about the 3rd time



Buck's responses were basically like: we gotta focus on the current game, the current roster...not cry about who's not there because those other teams aren't going to feel sorry for us. (plus I liked his "I got my private thoughts on it"...but he had no intention of sharing his private thoughts)

[Ceetar]

i listened to the post game after Tuesday's, because #driving but same thing, same questions, same answer. He did pivot to talking about focusing on packing, and how there would be some repeats in the suitcase.

[vtmet7]

=Ceetar post_id=94390 time=1654121591 user_id=102]
i listened to the post game after Tuesday's, because #driving but same thing, same questions, same answer. He did pivot to talking about focusing on packing, and how there would be some repeats in the suitcase.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I kinda object to the home Milwaukee series being included as part of this question about a 3-city West Coast trip. The topic should be "10 games" -- I think that's how we're answering it anyway, and probably how the team/media/fans look at it.



At any rate, it's going to be interesting to see how we match up against these clubs however it turns out. Castillo pitching 2X in this stretch and relying on Williams in the game or 3 where we'll likely need him in long relief would be better.



But. The Mets are playing as well as they have in years. Years! They've won almost every series, and those guys get paid too.



So, if they play to character? They split in LA and take 2 of 3 from each of SD and LAA. 6-4 over 10/5-5 to be safe.



We sweep the fucking Brewers so make that 9-4/8-5.



WRITE IT DOWN

[Edgy MD]

I guess the key is still the same. Go 1-0 over the next one and then see where you're at.

[kcmets]

I can't lump the Brewers series into this so just doing the road-trip...



Dodgers 2-2 series split

Padres 2-1 series win

Angels 2-1 series win



6-4, put it in the books!

[Edgy MD]

Playoffs are over-rated. Regular season action should be for all the lasagna. This road trip would be that much more dramatic.

[Fman99]

I think they will win 7-8 of the 13 games and that I'll be totally great with that.