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  1. Gwreck
    I think it’s to keep it a 1:1 substitution. Baty to first, Bichette to third, Brujan to short for the bottom of the tenth.
  2. Gwreck
    The gist is that (1) the focus on defense and positioning is a big part of the long-term decline in batting average, combined with (2) different hitting strategies (better to hit it in the air than on the ground). There was a one-year uptick in batting average after the shift was banned but those two long-term trends have not changed.
  3. Gwreck
    Paid my money, ads gone. Love it. Thanks! Edit: except now, my posts (and those by others who paid) now appear with a gold box around them and a star in the upper left corner of the post. I, uh, don’t really need that recognition. Can I decline that “benefit”?
  4. Gwreck
    Am I missing something?
  5. Gwreck
    Hey, there’s the value Semien’s supposed to be bringing to the team.
  6. Gwreck
    Except they’re not paying for the in-market games. MLB.tv has always been advertised as providing access to out-of-market games only. if MASN would sell them in-market streaming (the way SNY does) then they’d have easier access to those 17 games. (This clarification is not an endorsement of MLB’s broadcast strategy.
  7. Gwreck
    People care what Curt Schilling says? Really?
  8. Gwreck
    SNY started in-market streaming last year through the MLB.tv app….seems like something any other network could do too.
  9. Gwreck
    First thing that comes to mind re: Sterling is that he was on the call in the legendary July 4, 1985 game that the Mets won in 19 innings.
  10. Gwreck
    Well, it’s on Stearns now.
  11. Gwreck
    Ads: I know why they’re here. I wish there was a number you could give me that I could pay to make them go away when logged in. Assuming that’s pie-in-the-sky, however, can they at least be in sensible places? The ones that appear in the middle of the threads/topic listings? Ok, I get it. But the pop-up that comes up on mobile right above the address bar is awful and hinders us from using the site as intended.
  12. Gwreck
    Peterson is a free agent at the end of the year and has actually had some success in the bullpen. There’s plenty of reasons to keep him around and yes, he probably can be moved in a trade also. Manaea needs a thorough evaluation to see if he’s actually healthy. He never got those loose bodies in his elbow fixed, right? One would think a long IL stint and slow ramp-up is the path with him.
  13. Gwreck
    Maybe JD Martinez? this change has to happen immediately.
  14. Gwreck
    I’m on board with criticism of Stearns for making ill-advised moves but this one doesn’t make sense. -The Mets aren’t paying Nimmo to play for another team; the whole point of that deal was to lower overall financial exposure. Maybe (and it sure looks that way) it was a bad trade because the Mets weren’t getting enough on-field value in return but for cash purposes it was a reduction of money. -Minter is fantastic when on the field. Wasn’t it part of the Mets’ financial advantage to sign him to that deal knowing that they aren’t hamstrung spending the money if it doesn’t work out? Should Stearns have spent even more money for a different reliever? -Polanco was a (likely?) a bad move because he doesn’t really have a position. The alternative was…what, exactly? Spend more on whom? The point is that the issue isn’t the money, it’s the choice of players. And maybe also the manager.
  15. Gwreck
    1,301. Carl Edwards Jr. 1,302. Austin Slater
  16. Gwreck
    Still searching for rock bottom. Have to fire Mendoza soon so it doesn’t happen when the team is in Anaheim.
  17. Gwreck
    Or hurt. I’m certainly convinced that Manaea’s not been healthy for a long time.
  18. Gwreck
    Mark Vientos challenging a strike call with no one on, one out, and an 8-run lead in the 5th inning…and the pitch nowhere close to a ball…to burn the last challenge…is something. He needs to lose his challenge privileges for a week or something for that.
  19. Gwreck
    Zero chance of that happening.
  20. Gwreck
    Choosing (and retaining) Mendoza is also a Stearns choice. As I’ve said earlier, I think Stearns’ seat is also warm but firing him in-season isn’t going to make a difference with this team. Changing the manager might - and it’s not as if the team can fall to 6th place.
  21. Gwreck
    “Lumbar spine inflammation” = Billy Eppler conveniently finding a player with back spasms, but now with a fancy name. All seriousness, it wouldn’t be a shock if there was an unresolved injury issue with both Senga and Manaea.
  22. Gwreck
    It was Lindor until he got hurt. Soto should do it in his absence. Semien is the team’s union rep for what that’s worth.
  23. Gwreck
    It’s time. It may not do anything but if he’s not likely to return in 2027 (and he isn’t) there’s no sense keeping him if there’s any chance a change can turn things around.
  24. Gwreck
    You have to put Bichette, Soto, and Lindor in a separate bucket. Those 3 guys would have been in the opening day starting lineup for all 30 teams. That they’re bad, hurt, or both is not Stearns’s fault. That’s bad luck, not bad roster construction. The roster after those 3 guys was always the problem because it was counting on too much from the unproven/inconsistent (Baty, Alvarez, Vientos, Benge) or hoping for bouncebacks (Robert, Semien).
  25. Gwreck
    Cora was the manager of the 2018 championship team. Since that time, the Red Sox have not won a division title and have only 2 playoff appearances. The first was 2021, where a second-place team got a wild card and lost in the ALCS. Since then, the Red Sox had 78, 78, and 81 wins in 2022-2024. Last year 89 wins (third place) and got bounced in the Wild Card round. Started the year 10-17.
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