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Let’s take a look at the last 5 starts for both Kodai Senga and Sean Manaea, and consider if the hook is coming too soon for who are supposed to be 1-2 in the Mets rotation: Manaea July 23 vs LAA Pulled after 5 complete innings. Mets up 6-1, 82 pitches. 2-3-4 coming up for the Angels in the next innning. Verdict: A little hasty, but this was Manaea’s third appearance of the season, so maybe defensible if he’s still stretching out. Game outcome: Mets won 6-3. Butto let up a couple of runs in his second inning of relief. July 29 vs SD Pulled after 5 complete innings, tie game (1-1), top of the Padres order coming up, 86 pitches. Verdict: too hasty. Game outcome: Butto relieved Manaea and let up one run in the 6th, and Mendoza then sent him out for a second inning which went very poorly. Mets lose 7-1 Aug 4 vs CLE Pulled in the middle of the 6th with 2 outs. Pitched 5 scoreless innings (allowing only 3 baserunners) but then let up 5 runs (including a bases-clearing homer) in the 6th with one out. Strikes out the next batter for second out, then allows a single and is pulled having thrown 29 pitches that inning (85 total for the game). Verdict: maybe he could’ve gone one more batter, but this isn’t really an awful decision. Game outcome: Mets would tie it up but lose in the 10th in large part due to clown car rules. August 10 vs MIL Pulled after first batter reaches in 5th. Mets up 6-3 at time. 87 pitches. Verdict: too quick to pull him Game outcome: Garrett came in and allowed a 2-run homer to the first batter he faced. Mets never scored again. Helsley and Diaz each allowed a run in the 8th and 9th to lose 7-6 Aug 15 vs SEA Pulled after 5 complete, Mets up 6-4, 86 pitches. Had allowed 3 runs on homers in the second and third, but had scoreless innings in the 4th and 5th. 6-7-8 coming up for Seattle. Verdict: too quick, with only 86 pitches Game outcome: bullpen lets up 7 runs. Mets get a few back but lose 11-9 Senga Jul 21 vs LAA Pulled after competing 3 inning, Mets down 4-0, 73 pitches. Threw 37 pitches in the third inning, giving up 3 runs. Verdict: defensible to pull him there after a very taxing inning and the game within reach if the bullpen could stop the bleeding. Game outcome: Mets won, 7-5. Kevin Herget with a nice outing to back up Senga’s early exit. Jul 27 at SF Pulled after completing 5 innings, Giants up 3-2, 92 pitches, bottom of order coming up in the 6th. Giants were throwing a bullpen game. Verdict: a little hasty. Senga’s had 4 outings of 100+ pitches so far this year. Game outcome: Mets won 5-3, using 5 relievers to get 4 scoreless innings. Aug 2 vs SF pulled after completing 4 innings, Mets up 5-4. 71 pitches. Verdict: way too quick for the guy who’s supposed to be the ace of the staff Game outcome: Mets won 12-6, teeing off on the Giants’ bullpen. Aug 8 at MIL Pulled with one out in the 5th, tie game (2-2, one run allowed by Senga was unearned), bases loaded (in part due to an error). Was at 79 pitches. Verdict: too quick of a hook, especially after a short outing the last time! Game outcome: Raley hit the next gut with a pitch to force in the run, and nobody scored again. Mets lose 3-2. Aug 14 vs ATL Pulled with 2 outs in the 6th, tie game (1-1), runners on first and third, 93 pitches. Had thrown 19 pitches in the inning. Verdict: probably too quick for a hook, but closer call. Could have allowed Senga to face Albies. Game outcome: Albies singled off Rogers for a one run lead. Mets would take lead a one run lead back but Helsley had a bad 8th. Mets lose 4-3.

Isn’t he still recovering from TJ surgery?

It’s a typo.

No confusion, Hodges is correct.

WAR leaderboard - entire MLB career with NYM 1. David Wright, 49.1 2. Brandon Nimmo, 26.4 3. Jeff McNeil, 22.6 4. Pete Alonso, 22.5 5. David Peterson, 8.0 6. Kodai Senga, 7.0 7. Ron Hodges, 6.2 8. Pedro Feliciano, 5.7 9. Bob Apodaca, 5.6 10. Jeff Innis, 4.6 11. Ed Kranepool, 4.2 12. Francisco Alvarez, 3.1 13. Drew Smith, 2.0 14. Tylor Megill, 1.9 15. TJ Rivera, 1.7

https://www.mlb.com/stats/team Sorted by OPS, and then used positional splits.

There was an awful lot of winning in 2022 and 2024, and despite the recent swoon, they’re still in position to make the playoffs again in 2025. That would make 3 good-to-excellent seasons out of 5…not exactly bad.

The easy answer is that those three guys only have 35 percent of the plate appearances this year, and the Mets are giving an equal amount of plate appearances to players who don’t hit (Vientos, Baty, Taylor, Torrens, Acuna, plus Young/Senger/Siri, etc). Lindor is quietly having a “down” year, by his standards at least. He’s got the lowest OPS in his Mets career since 2021. As for the Mets production compared to the league, the positional splits are telling to me: they’re getting far below average production at 4 positions. C: 24th 1B: 7th 2B: 21st 3B: 20th SS: 13th LF: 8th CF: 29th RF: 5th DH: 12th

This got lost among the trade deadline but the answers are: 1. George Thomas Seaver, 76.1 WAR 2. Charles Sidney Fernandez, 27.6 3. Walter Kevin McReynolds, 15.8 4. Ronald Wayne Garrett, 13.9 5. Otis Bernard Gilkey, 10.3 6. Keith Lance Johnson, 8.7 7. Jacob Seth Lugo, 8.4 8. Cornelius Clifford Floyd, 7.7 —- Other notables: Lynn Nolan Ryan, 2.9 Herman Timmy Davis 2.7 Charles Ray Knight, 2.4

I recall Anderson Garcia, a pitching prospect who the Mets acquired when trading away Benitez, spent a few days on the active roster in 2006 but never got into a game. He eventually pitched in one career MLB game for the Phillies (but never with the Mets).

The Athletic reported today that the Mets were one of the teams with the most interest in Byron Buxton but were told that he would not waive his no-trade clause and wanted to remain with Minnesota.

It is indeed Mauricio. He made 2 starts at short already this year when Lindor was getting the half-day off as DH.

Stearns did an excellent job with the bullpen and a poor job elsewhere. Not upgrading on offense seems like a particularly obvious miss. Mets look like a team that would comfortably make the playoffs but wouldn’t be favored against LA, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Diego, Toronto, or Detroit.

Query if this is actually a problem. Have any of those four guys hit well enough to justify an everyday spot in the lineup? The results to date indicate “no.”

Merrill Kelly of Arizona traded to Texas.

1. George Thomas Seaver, 76.1 WAR 2. Charles Sidney Fernandez, 27.6 3. 4. Ronald Wayne Garrett, 13.9 5. 6. 7. Jacob Seth Lugo, 8.4 8. —- Lynn Nolan Ryan, 2.9 Charles Ray Knight, 2.4

Mets have plenty of room to upgrade at DH, for one. And Nimmo can play center if needed.

Almost-Met Carlos Correa traded back to Houston

1. George Thomas Seaver, 76.1 WAR 2. Charles Sidney Fernandez, 27.6 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Jacob Seth Lugo, 8.4 8. —- Lynn Nolan Ryan, 2.9 Charles Ray Knight, 2.4

Is he actually better than Taylor? Tyrone has a 0.8 WAR this year despite never hitting. Mullins has 0.1 with basically league-average offense (105 OPS+). Mullins is showing as dead last on the CF leaderboard with -13 Defensive runs saved. Taylor is #7 overall.

Tigers also got Kyle Finnegan from Washington.

Yes, we do

Not great, Bob Mullins is an FA at the end of the season. Has OPS+ of 107, 101, 104, and 105 from 2022-2025. 0.1 WAR so far this year.

1. George Thomas Seaver, 76.1 WAR 2. Charles Sidney Fernandez, 27.6 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. —- Lynn Nolan Ryan, 2.9 Charles Ray Knight, 2.4

Not in my top 8 1. G. Thomas Seaver, 76.1 WAR 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. —- L. Nolan Ryan, 2.9 C. Ray Knight, 2.4