Worries here

[Elster88]

I worry that I'm getting too cocky. Invites punishment from the baseball gods.

After the game yesterday I'm looking at the pitching matchup and wondering how the Metd could lose today. Very dangerous train of thought.

[Lefty Specialist]

I worry that seats are going to be expensive on StubHub this year.

[Elster88]

Terry makes questionable decisions.

[Zvon]

Elster88 wrote: Terry makes questionable decisions.

[MFS62]

Elster88 wrote: Terry makes questionable decisions.

During yesterday's post game interview, Terry said he'd be looking for" spots to give Conforto a rest".

Memo to Terry:
The kid is en fuego.
He has hit .407 (according to SNY) since he has been inserted into the third spot in the lineup.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

Meanwhile, he has David Wright play all nine-innings of a game where the Mets got an early 12-run lead.

[Chad ochoseis]

MFS62 wrote: Terry makes questionable decisions. During yesterday's post game interview, Terry said he'd be looking for" spots to give Conforto a rest". Memo to Terry: The kid is en fuego. He has hit .407 (according to SNY) since he has been inserted into the third spot in the lineup. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Later

I have no problem with giving Conforto a seat once in a while, even if he's been mashing lately. Occasional rests are good things. An outfield of Cespedes-Lagares-Granderson doesn't exactly suck. Conforto has benefited from facing almost all righties; he's only 3-12 on the season against lefties.

I didn't get leaving Wright and Plawecki in for the full 9 innings of that 13-1 game, either.

[Guest cooby classic]

The sun will never come out again. Though that is not specifically a baseball worry

[Frayed Knot]

Plawecki was going to sit the next game anyway as a DGANG, and the same decision about Wright may have been made beforehand as well.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Plawecki was going to sit the next game anyway as a DGANG, and the same decision about Wright may have been made beforehand as well.

I'm not sure Plawecki needed to be sat there either, not like he's played anything like regular yet. Though I guess he's got a week or so in now right?

With Wright I'm not sure what's best for him. It's not like it's an injury and there doesn't seem to be any risk of fatigue and wear and tear making the condition worse. I guess normal back injury/stiffness type stuff might make it so he's unable to get loose the next day, but it feels very binary to me. Either he's loose enough to play, or he's not. Might be good just for his peace of mind not to yank him after one inning when he put 2 hours worth of work in to get ready to play the game.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

I worry that if the Mets start their backup players and face Madison Bumgarner in every game going forward, that they won't do well.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I worry it's May, and the Braves come in and sweep the Mets.
not really, but if it happens the whammy is all on me

[Guest d'Kong76]

If anyone cares what Boras says re: Harvey

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

If anyone cares what Boras says re: Harvey

Basically, nothing.

I'm serious though: I think he probably drinks and uses coke too much. Wouldn't be the first MLB star to do that.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Pain killers and booze... the fast way to dehydration and still
be able to grow three chins before thirty...

*pure speculation and without intent to slander

[ashie62]

Is this a Prince thread?

[soupcan]

Not worried about Big Harv.

At best he'll rebound in the next few starts.

At worst it's a down year for him and he'll be back to his old self next year.

Either way there's no physical damage and, unlike me, I don't believe he's stupid enough to throw away his potential hundreds of millions for booze, pills or coke.

[Frayed Knot]

soup can wrote: ... I don't believe he's stupid enough to throw away his potential hundreds of millions for booze, pills or coke.

NOW it's a Prince thread!

[Edgy MD]

They're all stupid enough. We are all stupid enough.

And if I learned nothing else in my years of playing Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, I've learned that intelligence ain't wisdom.

[Guest cooby classic]

d'Kong76 wrote: Pain killers and booze... the fast way to dehydration and still be able to grow three chins before thirty... *pure speculation and without intent to slander

The tiny print thingy still works?

[Edgy MD]

Contact hitting. Control hitting. It's a largely dead art and it's that much deader with Murphy gone.

Our power all the way through the lineup is a nice thing, but I don't know how many times I can take going through the fifth with a no-hitter going against us. I don't know how many times I'm supposed to congratulate Granderson or Duda on well struck outs that got eaten up by the shift.

I'd rather have the mid-70s Reds than the early sixties Yankees as it were. I mean, it's sure nice to be a good enough that that's something like a real choice, but with the power-ball era over, and the promulgation of shifts, somebody is going to be ahead of the curve on returning to Wee Willie Keeler's philosophy, hitting 'em where they ain't, using the whole field, bunting to keep the defense honest, and protecting with two strikes. I'd like that to be my team.

Doesn't have to be everybody certainly. Let Cespedes swing a big meat hook every at-bat. But our best teams thrived on the virtues of contact hitters like Hernandez and Backman as much as on the big-ripping ways of Strawberry and Johnson. And even more true was the complement they provided to each other.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Edgy MD wrote: But with the power-ball era over, and the promulgation of shifts, somebody is going to be ahead of the curve on returning to Wee Willie Keeler's philosophy, hitting 'em where they ain't, using the whole field, bunting to keep the defense honest, and protecting with two strikes. I'd like that to be my team.

We did get to watch that team for a few games at the end of last season/beginning of this. (Also, last weekend, wearing different unis.)

[Frayed Knot]

Do keep in mind, however, that the Mets' BA & OBA are, despite two low-hit games in the last week, not low but actually right around MLB average (BA a few clicks below, OBA a few above) and that the vaunted 'KC model' is currently DFL in the AL at putting runners across the plate and, across baseball, is out-scoring only the Phils & Braves.

[Edgy MD]

I'm not vaunting the KC model but rather a hybrid. One that places the batting average (and all metrics) above average, but also spreads the defenders around, puts pressure on the defense, and is capable of grinding out single runs when needed, in addition to scoring them in bunches.

I would also like if they could rotate my tires and help me get my poetry career off the ground, but since we were on the subject, I thought I'd mention it.

[Centerfield]

I wish they were better at making adjustments, talking to each other.

I don't know how many guys have to strike out on that Rick Reed Tailing Fastball (I know some guy on the Braves supposedly threw one too) before they start telling each other "Don't give up on that pitch inside".

Conforto's gotta get that bat off his shoulder. Too many called strikes on the inside corner.

[Guest cooby classic]

cooby wrote: The sun will never come out again. Though that is not specifically a baseball worry

Still worrying

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

A couple of days ago I meant to post that I was worried about how a west coast road trip could dampen the Mets' success, but I'm less worried about that now.

[TransMonk]

Honestly, the offense, bullpen and even the defense has been far less concerning to me than I thought they would be back in Spring Training.

The starting pitching still has some hiccups to iron out (ironically, that was my smallest concern five weeks ago), but overall I like this team tight now...especially if Plawecki can provide some offense.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Syndergaard will break at some point. Nobody throws this hard this consistently and doesn't.

Honestly, it's not so much worry, I don't think. More like dread of the inevitable. The only worry is about when, really.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Syndergaard will break at some point. Nobody throws this hard this consistently and doesn't.

Ahem! How soon they forget.