Can-Do Attitude

[TransMonk]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'm not saying we should lean into this slide. But maybe the last month of the year is for regrouping, seeing what we have in some youngsters, and if the draft position improves a bit, well, all the better.

Yes, yes and yes.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

TransMonk wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'm not saying we should lean into this slide. But maybe the last month of the year is for regrouping, seeing what we have in some youngsters, and if the draft position improves a bit, well, all the better. Yes, yes and yes.

Which youngsters?

[Edgy MD]

Draft-elbowing is not my cup of tea.

Play to win. Play to thrive. Play to inspire.

[metirish]

I like those sentiments Edgy, the Mets this year never did seem to inspire , something felt not right all year.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Make Your Playoff Ticket Plans Now!

[Centerfield]

You know, they're really just at 3-4 game win streak away from putting themselves in contention. They have a chance to directly take down the two teams in the lead (SF and St.L) and that could really make things interesting.

Cespedes will be back, the Walker baby will be here, if Bruce gets hot and Rivera keeps hitting...

I think there's no way around it. It's time to send Ben Grimm to Peru.

[Edgy MD]

FK is right, though, T.J. has to stay on second.

My guess is, if everything goes right, that Cespedes appears about the time Walker goes to the paternity list. Walker and Cabrera's returns knock out Rivera and Kelly, and Ruggiano (did he really happen?) doesn't get re-activated until after the rosters expand.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Centerfield wrote: I think there's no way around it. It's time to send Ben Grimm to Peru.

I'll call our CPF travel agents in Stockholm to see if they can make arrangements.

[Lefty Specialist]

I think this explains a lot of things.

General Batting (Rank)
AVG: .237 (30)
Runs: 445 (29)
Hits: 939 (30)
Home Runs: 154 (8)
Stolen Bases: 28 (28)
OBP: .306 (27)
SLG: .403 (20)
Total Bases: 1596 (26)

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: FK is right, though, T.J. has to stay on second.

Except that an inning or two after I typed that in last night's IGT, Gary related that Backman had recommended Rivera for 3rd rather than 2nd despite the nearly 2/1 ratio of minor league innings played the other way around.
So maybe it's just SSS applying here - although that small sample makes it look to me that TJ doesn't have the arm for that half of the infield.

[Edgy MD]

I think Wally's opinion is colored by him having different options. He has a good hitting shortstop to play second. The Mets have Kelly Johnson and Wilmer Flores, both of whom have the arm for third, but not necessarily the nimbleness for the keystone.

Anyhow, it looks like Terry is thinking this way too, as Johnson and Rivera have switched assignments tonight.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I'm sorry, but losing 5-6 to the fucking Diamondbacks over the course of one
week is goddamn disgraceful. I don't care who is hurt or who has a bun coming
out of the oven or whatever silly excuse anyone can come up with. If ya can't
beat a team that was like twenty five games below .500 with the squad you have,
bring up some more guys from AAA or AA that will fight for playing time and at
least get some work in at the major league level. *spits* National League Champs
my Cal-Ripkin-eaten asshole, they should take the pennant down and be ashamed
of how they've followed up such a remarkable season. *spits again*

[Centerfield]

d'Kong76 wrote: I'm sorry, but losing 5-6 to the fucking Diamondbacks over the course of one week is goddamn disgraceful. I don't care who is hurt or who has a bun coming out of the oven or whatever silly excuse anyone can come up with. If ya can't beat a team that was like twenty five games below .500 with the squad you have, bring up some more guys from AAA or AA that will fight for playing time and at least get some work in at the major league level. *spits* National League Champs my Cal-Ripkin-eaten asshole, they should take the pennant down and be ashamed of how they've followed up such a remarkable season. *spits again*

Yup.

[MFS62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Centerfield wrote: I think there's no way around it. It's time to send Ben Grimm to Peru. I'll call our CPF travel agents in Stockholm to see if they can make arrangements.

Call Donald Trump. I'll bet he has some nifty ideas on how to send someone back there.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Optimism reason # (whatever)
That other 2015 WS team looked even more dead than we did in early August -- 7 games below .500 on Aug 5th, dropped to 4th place, as many as 11 games back in the AL Central -- and for many of the same reasons: lots of injuries, pitching not as good as in the past, etc.
And while they're still a seemingly insurmountable 8 games back in the Central, their current 8-game winning streak* and 13 wins in their last 15 has them within 3.5 games of WC #2.

Now of course we're currently just 1/4 of the way into a theoretical 8-game winning streak and even further from a 13-of-15-like run, but we're also not starting from as far behind as the Royals did and are essentially in the same spot that they're just now getting to.
Grasping at straws? Sure, especially seeing as how they've shown no signs of being capable of anything like it recently, but it is a reminder of what a hot week or more can accomplish.





* Runs allowed during their run: 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 0, 1

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We're going to have to bop our way back.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Bop 'til you drop!
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[Centerfield]

Optimism reason # (whatever) That other 2015 WS team looked even more dead than we did in early August -- 7 games below .500 on Aug 5th, dropped to 4th place, as many as 11 games back in the AL Central -- and for many of the same reasons: lots of injuries, pitching not as good as in the past, etc. And while they're still a seemingly insurmountable 8 games back in the Central, their current 8-game winning streak* and 13 wins in their last 15 has them within 3.5 games of WC #2. Now of course we're currently just 1/4 of the way into a theoretical 8-game winning streak and even further from a 13-of-15-like run, but we're also not starting from as far behind as the Royals did and are essentially in the same spot that they're just now getting to. Grasping at straws? Sure, especially seeing as how they've shown no signs of being capable of anything like it recently, but it is a reminder of what a hot week or more can accomplish. * Runs allowed during their run: 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 0, 1

We don't even need 8 (though it certainly would be nice). Three straight wins against St. Louis would make things really interesting with plenty of time left in the season.

Got Yo back. That helps. When is Jay Bruce due to arrive from Cincinnati? This is like the longest flight ever.

[Vic Sage]

i think his plane went down in the Andes. He may have eaten himself by now.

[Frayed Knot]

Centerfield wrote: We don't even need 8 (though it certainly would be nice). Three straight wins against St. Louis would make things really interesting with plenty of time left in the season.

Yeah we don't need a streak so much as they just have to win consistently.
As with the East division last year, this year's WC race is being left open by a bunch of teams none of which is likely to hit 90 wins. This is thanks both to the contenders knocking off each other and the NL (following a brief hot start at the beginning of the season) once again getting its collective butts kicked by the AL in inter-league play.

So with 38 games left it's possible that they could squeak in by going 25-13 or even a game or two worse. 25 wins would put them at 87 on the year, the WC-leading SFG are currently headed for 88.5

[Centerfield]

25-13 seems like a tall order for this team. I guess we'll find out a lot over these next 3 games.

[Lefty Specialist]

You can play with numbers all you want, but realistically they have to sweep the Cards. Just don't see it happening.

[Ceetar]

Lefty Specialist wrote: You can play with numbers all you want, but realistically they have to sweep the Cards. Just don't see it happening.

three game samples are tiny. Crappy teams clobber juggernauts and vice versa, all the time.

Mets could sweep the Cards and then get swept by the Phillies while the Cardinals sweep the As and we're right back where we started.

Alternative, the Mets could drop 2/3 to the Cards, sweep the Phillies while the Cards get swept and end up better off.

[seawolf17]

Lefty Specialist wrote: You can play with numbers all you want, but realistically they have to sweep the Cards. Just don't see it happening.

THAT IS NOT A CAN-DO ATTITUDE.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Lefty Specialist wrote: You can play with numbers all you want, but realistically they have to sweep the Cards. Just don't see it happening.

Once a year it has to be asked, and I choose now to ask!
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??

[Lefty Specialist]

Yes.

[Guest d'Kong76]

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[seawolf17]

COME ON PEOPLE.

[bigpurple:uz8zcaju]YA.

GOTTA.

BELIEVE.[/bigpurple:uz8zcaju]

[Guest themetfairy]

I believe.

I believe.

It's silly, but I believe....

[Frayed Knot]

Lefty Specialist wrote: You can play with numbers all you want, but realistically they have to sweep the Cards. Just don't see it happening.

Sure, but my point in starting this was to point out that 8 in a row (now 9) and 12 of 15 (now 13 of 16) wasn't easy to see for the Royals this year either.
They were even worse than the Mets until two weeks ago.