Green Thoughts

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I have vague memories of watching Andy Green as a Met, wearing No. 10.

Managed the Padres for 3+ seasons.

That's all I got

[metirish]

Andrew Mulligan Green 

[Benjamin Grimm]

It isn't easy being Green.

I assume this is an audition for the permanent gig.

 

[Benjamin Grimm]

Fun fact: He's the first Mets manager to share a last name with one of his predecessors.

[seawolf17]

Green, at least, has been in the org for a while and theoretically knows these kids as well as anyone. Hopefully that leads to something.

[metirish]

I like him already 

 

 

[Edgy MD]

8 hours ago, Benjamin Grimm said:

Fun fact: He's the first Mets manager to share a last name with one of his predecessors.

That Ron Hodges managerial stint that seemed so likely never came to pass.

[Frayed Knot]

Plus, the future managerial stint of Kodai Stengel is probably a long shot.

[metirish]

Stearns says Green is going back to the Frong Office after the season 

[The Hot Corner]

Green has said that Jared Young will receive the "lions share" of the reps at first base.  I am all for that.  He has shown a solid stroke with good power at the plate.  He demonstrated his defensive abilities with several nice plays in yesterday's game.  Given the other options (Vientos & Baty) I am fine with Green's plan.  Let young have his shot to show what he can do as a regular. 

I've seen enough of Vientos to know he is not the answer at first base.

[Cowtipper]

His winning percentage is only .250 right now. He's worse than Salty Parker!

The Mets have really been in a state of flux for what seems like 10 years now. Going back to the '90s, Dallas Green specifically, there was a trend toward managerial stability:

Dallas Green: 512 games, managed part or all of 4 campaigns
Bobby Valentine: 1,003 games, 6+ seasons,
Art Howe: 323 games, 2 full seasons
Willie Randolph: 555 games, about 3.5 seasons
Jerry Manuel: 417 games, about 2.5 seasons
Terry Collins: 1,134 games: 7 full seasons

After 2017, we've had:

Mickey Callaway: 324 games, 2 full seasons
Luis Rojas: 222 games, 2 "full" seasons (2020 included)
Buck Showalter: 324 games, 2 full seasons
Carlos Mendoza: 405 games, 2.5 seasons

From Dallas Green to Terry Collins, we had two managers with less than 500 games and the equivalent of 3+ seasons of work. Since then, we haven't had a single manager even reach 500 games, or about 3 full seasons, as a Mets skipper. 

[Edgy MD]

Andy Green emptied a good chunk of his goodwill account with me yesterday, starting Ewing in the leadoff spot and then pinch-hitting Tyrone Taylor for him against a lefty, mid-game.

Ewing is hitting .190 against lefties, but the Mets needed baserunners, and while his OBP against lefties is a still paltry .255, Taylor's is only a half-tick better at .260, with enough game left to play to make it likely that the spot would come up again, which it did, as Taylor not only came up empty quickly in the seventh, but undermined the Mets' rally against Iglesias in the ninth.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

It's not encouraging that he'll be one of the guys interviewing his own successor next year.

[smg58]

Ewing has a .241 BABIP against lefties, which is extremely unlucky for a lefty hitter with his speed.  He'll regress to the mean in a good way if he's given the chance.

I realize Taylor is responsible for the team's happiest moment this season, but why is he still here?

[Cowtipper]

He's 2-6 since joining the Mets. Maybe the manager wasn't the problem after all. 

Maybe this whole time, it's been ... 

... someone else.