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  1. 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.
  2. 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).
  3. 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.
  4. Gwreck
    Do we think that was actually a mistake? Gary’s call seemed to suggest that it was just bad luck (not a lot of effective replays to judge for myself).
  5. Gwreck
    I saw that in a pregame interview Lindor demurred on the question. Was there something post-game about it in which Stearns or Mendoza declined to give more information?
  6. Gwreck
    I doubt Bo will be playing much shortstop.
  7. Gwreck
    Well, it’s make or break time for Ronny Mauricio now. He’s the only shortstop on the roster, so look like a long extended chance to prove himself.
  8. Gwreck
    Also Mark Vientos is possibly the slowest man I have ever seen play for the Mets. John Olerud carrying a refrigerator is faster.
  9. Gwreck
    Stearns tried, Buxton wouldn’t waive the no-trade clause
  10. Gwreck
    Senga is starting Saturday against the Rockies.
  11. Gwreck
    I also find the personal animosity towards Stearns very odd.
  12. Gwreck
    Plus Edward Cabrera. He’d start for any MLB team and there’s a reason the Cubs traded their no. 1 prospect to get him this offseason. The losses to the Dodgers and Cubs are a lot less troubling because they’re good teams (still not an excuse for losing all 6.) The upcoming homestand against Minnesota, Colorado, and Washington — 3 teams that entered this season not even trying to make the playoffs? Mets are going to need 6-7 wins minimum.
  13. Gwreck
    Obviously there are bigger issues right now but we can’t let this game go by without observing that a team won in extra innings without any Hits. Walks, HBP, or runners reaching on errors or dropped third strikes. I’ll never forgive Rob Manfred for perverting baseball like this.
  14. Gwreck
    So they call up Senger but neither he nor Torrens are in the lineup. Curious.
  15. Gwreck
    He’s had the Achilles problem for a while but the hand injury occured Tuesday while batting against Yamamoto.
  16. Gwreck
    As a point of reference: the 2022 Phillies fired Joe Girardi on June 3 with a 22-29 record. They went 65-46 the rest of the way, capturing the final wild card spot.
  17. Gwreck
    Your lineup today, and I promise there aren’t typos here: Benge RF Bichette 3B Lindor SS Robert CF Alvarez C Melendez DH Semien 2B Baty 1B Taylor LF
  18. Gwreck
    True, although more Baty in the lineup right now may be a bad thing.
  19. Gwreck
    No, he hasn’t. If/when Polanco goes on the IL, they should call Mauricio back up and give both Lindor and Semien some days off.
  20. Gwreck
    Bad in-game decision-making cost the Mets a couple games this year. That’s squarely on Mendoza, but it also was only a couple games. Bad fielding/mental errors suggests a lack of preparation, which is at least partly on Mendoza. But the complete inability to hit? I have a harder time putting that squarely on Mendoza.
  21. Gwreck
    I also like Skip Schumacher as a candidate but he is currently managing the Rangers, so that might result in a tampering charge. JD Martinez seems like an obviously choice and checks a lot of boxes (including Spanish fluency).
  22. Gwreck
    Yes of course, although using either of those players means burning them plus an outfielder to come in on defense.
  23. Gwreck
    We do. Vientos or Taylor.
  24. Gwreck
    Ronnie and Joe Buck have forgotten that Ohtani has only about 10 starts as a Dodger. It’s still a good stat that this was his first leadoff walk but he hasn’t been a starting pitcher for 3 years or something
  25. Gwreck
    Pham doesn’t look ready to be playing in major league games.
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