nymr83

Wow. Niese too. this is a very injured team! could you imagine if they thought they were set and didn't bring Colon back after last year's embarrassment of pitching riches?

I dont know why, but after the Flores homer the Mets felt more alive in the race to me than they have in a long time - maybe he can start crying again and turn things around for us!

I would fire him - his in-game management seems even worse this year. Just looking at the on-field stuff, I think a bad manager takes away a lot more than a good manager gives. Terry is now in the bad camp and the only reason you might not think so is that other recent managers like Wee Willie Small Ball were worse.

Centerfield wrote: This team is done. DONE.

ughhh how did they blackmail him into this? the Yankees are about to have money and open positions to fill again as all their crap is off the books now (except Sabathia)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Fman99 wrote: I like it. If Verrett continues to eat it four innings in, give Niese a chance to start. Why not. Ashie62 wrote: Verrett really really sux. Start Niese. Why not start them both? Like, make every fifth day a shared-start day. They alternate "starting" the games, but really, they're handling 3-4 innings each, with the other being the first out of the pen. why not really go outside the box - give the start to a "reliever" who pitches the first inning with both Niese and Verrett ready to go - then decide which one pitches the 2nd inning on based on the opposing lineup's lefty/right split - as long as the other team believes you are equally willing to start either player they wont be able to load the lineup with lefties/righties.

I voted "Indifferent" but I'm not really indifferent, just neutral. Bruce fills a need for next year if Cespedes walks and while Cespedes is on the DL right now. he's pretty redundant when everyone is healthy and I think it even hurt the team to have Lagares' defense ride the bench with 3 butchers out there. The Mets have been decimated by injuries but Herrera still wasnt playing - that tells me all I need to know about what the Mets thought of his future, let us hope they were right.

Colon continues to amaze me.

Edgy MD wrote: Because he might displace somebody better, and possibly engage in divisive behavior while doing it. if his behavior is divisive, cut him. displace somebody better? right now he'd displace Ty Kelly, which does not concern me in the slightest. if Puig doesnt hit and someone better comes along, just cut him.

I'd take Puig in a second if it only costs us Wilpon's money and no real prospects, why not try it?

its a parade around the bases! feels like we scored 7 runs all of July!

I like it, out with the garbage and and welcome back a usable player

seawolf17 wrote: I'M KIDDING can we vote on suspending seawolf for posting this awful, horrible image?

very redundant with what we have - but if the prospect cost isnt too high it is a smart move to hedge against Cespedes walking for NEXT year.

Edgy MD wrote: Not for nothing, but he had a 1.80 ERA in the World Series, and a 0.61 ERA in the post-season as a whole. Opponents had a .477 WHIP against him. You can hardly ask for anything more. He came in that last game with one run already home and the tying run on second, with no outs. They had waited until he had virtually no margin for error. He got three groundouts, two of which were struck notably weakly, and the tying run scored on a freaky play. To scapegoat him would be to miss virtually everything else. Not that that ever stopped Benitez bashers. I hold the 2 homers a week apart in September 2001 against him more than any postseason failings.

bad trade for Pitt, if you cant get the Chapman package just hold onto him for the pick!

d'Kong76 wrote: Seeing Nimmo primarily in print (and on screen) for so many years I always mispronounced his name in my head. Now hearing it so much the last few days, the correct pronunciation sounds odd to me. are you telling me it is NOT pronounced like a the cartoon clown fish? i refuse to believe that.

De Aza doing what he does best - making outs.

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Does Curtis have any trade value as we approach the deadline? you want to trade away our 2nd best hitter? Conforto just doesnt fit as an every day player right now because Lagares is hitting enough again this year that his CF defense makes him worth playing ahead of Conforto anyway. that Nimmo and Conforto both bat lefty is a problem, since neither is a good platoon partner for Granderson

Ceetar wrote: *cough cough* John Olerud was a better Mets hitter than both of 'em (and Piazza) though he only had a few years worth of PA the best. but i thought we were discussing the best "homegrown" player

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Comparing their first eight seasons is fair. Yes, Wright's rookie season was a partial one, but Straw missed about a quarter of his rookie season, and missed about a third of the '85 season --when Straw was on pace to have what would've been his best season ever. Even though Wright appeared in just 69 games in his debut season, overall, Wright still had 258 AB's more than Strawberry in their first eight Mets seasons -- 4,161 to 3,903. So that's 2 less WAR's for Wright, if you wanna use WAR, which you do, in 258 more AB's. That doesn't help your case, WAR-wise. Not being on the team yet vs. getting hurt are two different things entirely. and staying on the field certainly matters, but the point is that they were roughly as good per-year and Wright played several more years - he is the best homegrown Mets hitter. and i haven't even gotten into the off-field stuff - Wright is a model citizen, Straw got into fist fights with teammates and was on cocaine - and these things mater too when you are talking about who should be retired. I'm not even sure that Strawberry is second on my list of homegrown hitters - taking not just the bat but position into account, I'd at least consider the Mets careers of Edgardo Alfonzo and Jose Reyes as being on par

Strawberry has 2 more WAR in 8 years as a Met if you make the most favorable comparison of 8 years to 8 years that includes Wright's half season rookie year, if you instead include Wright first FULL 8 years then he is the one who leads by 2 WAR - I'll take the 3B ahead of the corner outfielder when output is similar. I wouldn't retire the number either.

themetfairy wrote: Centerfield wrote: Yikes. I don't know guys. You know my stance on Wifey Watch to begin with. I'm just going to put out there that High School Girlfriend watch is like, way over the line. I'm with CF I actually wrote this same post earlier and then got distracted by work and never posted it. Wifey Watch? well, hey, when you marry a celebrity you become one too and i dont think its unreasonable to expect internet people to comment on you and re-post your pictures. High School girls? CREEEEPYYY

Edgy MD wrote: Nymr83 wrote: i'd rather see Syndergaard with the tying run on 2nd needing a single instead of deAza with the tying run on 1st needing a double. its possible Syndergaard wasnt available either... I'd use deGrom. That's some really stretchy thinking. And that's even ignoring the fact that you need James Loney to get you from one scenario to the other. No - my argument is that you are in a better position with Loney up compared to de Aza - even if you think they'll walk him. if they don't walk him then you undeniably have the better hitter at the plate anyway. What would you do if you were the Nationals' manager and Loney comes up with Cespedes holding a bat on deck? unless you have a mole in the Mets locker room telling you Cespedes can't swing is there really any way you can chance pitching around Loney? Terry outsmarted himself by only taking into account what he knew and not thinking of what the Nats didn't know.

bmfc1 wrote: He should have been DFA'd weeks ago but perhaps Sandy won't admit his mistake or he thinks he can find a sucker for a trade. Either way, having him up in that spot was terrible. If Yo was n/a than Terry didn't have a choice as Loney had to PH for the pitcher. Even if Cespedes is unavailable (and he had to be, or else fire Terry now) I would send Loney up there. the worst they can do is walk him (and THEY don't know Cespedes can't hit at all, send him out on deck for the pitcher), and then i'd rather see Syndergaard with the tying run on 2nd needing a single instead of deAza with the tying run on 1st needing a double. its possible Syndergaard wasnt available either... I'd use deGrom.