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Noah never struck me as particularly bright. And that puts Hims squarely in the risk zone for MAGA propaganda.

How was Thornton? Kinda seems like he was lucky to escape with only 3 ER.

Team Weird 1B. Mo Vaughn 2B. Jeff Kent 3B. Ray Knight SS. Rey Ordonez RF. Juan Soto CF. Carl Everett LF. Yoenis Cespedes C. Mike Piazza SP: Al Leiter CL: Edwin Diaz Team Normal 1B. Keith Hernandez 2B. Edgardo Alfonso 3B. David Wright SS. Francisco Lindor RF. Michael Conforto CF. Lance Johnson LF. Bernard Gilkey C. Gary Carter SP: Jacob deGrom CL: John Franco

True, it's not necessarily garbage time for the opponents. But they're meaningless games for the Mets. And although situations may be '"high leverage" within the game, I don't know if you can extrapolate that the results would be similar when the division is on the line next year. Assuming someone like Lavender makes 20 appearances or so, and performs moderately well. Is that worth keeping him around for next year? It may be. But as you stated, spots are limited. Both on the active roster and on the 40. From what we've seen, Lavender might be a good second lefty in the pen behind Raley. But at the cost of Cionel Perez? Or exposing Yan to waivers? Duarte has looked pretty good. But do you protect him and risk losing Reid Garret? How about Dedniel Nunez? Brilliant in 2024, but has been hurt and it's tough to know what he is now. It sounded easy when the deadline trades were made. It's an audition and if you're good, you'll be here next year. But even with the guys we have, we're facing a roster crunch, and difficult decisions will need to be made.

Soto is weird. A lot of great hitters are weird. Yo was batshit crazy. Mike Piazza looked menacing as hell, but was weirdly aloof and had a girly voice. Carlos Beltran was sensitive. Soto is just a little bit off. Fine by me.

I don't think the Mets view 2027 as a rebuilding year. And let's be honest, in a system where 12 teams make the playoffs, there really is no reason a big market team should have a rebuilding year. I get that we have two months and about 50 games or so to figure things out, but that's really not a big sample size. If Nate Lavender pitches to a high 3 ERA in 2026 garbage time, are we going to trust him to get Kyle Schwarber out in a big spot?

I thought this thread was going to be about the 2027 bullpen. But yes, the Mets are going to have some decisions to make. Some candidates: 1. Devin Williams 2. Reid Garrett 3. Dedniel Nunez 4. Tylor Megill 5. Tobias Myers 6. Nate Lavender 7. Jeffrey Yan 8. Daniel Duarte 9. Kodai Senga And this is before signing anyone.

Wins and losses don’t matter. McLean being good matters. FMan making an appearance also significant.

Just turned it on. No one say anything.

Not for nothing, after generations of getting our asses kicked in Atlanta, it would be nice for this crew to create some new history. One of the benefits of the David Stearns turnover is that none of these guys have the demons from prior Mets teams. Let's create a new generation of Mets that regularly kicks Atlanta's ass.

Poor Mark Vientos got DFA's from the Injury Update Thread.

For 39 years I’ve noticed and smiled when the Mets win by the score of 8-5.

David Peterson feels like he’s been gone for a year.

Every win over the Braves feels good. Also. If Senga can really be a high leverage single inning reliever, that is a really good development.

Kodai Senga. Lockdown closer.

Semien also first pitch swinging. Ridiculous.

Also said Young should have taken a pitch. I agree.

Swing the bat AJ. Too many backwards Ks.

This man gets it.

HAVE YOU NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION KODAI SENGA. CLOSER.

I mean, look at this list of guys who have an OPS under .700: Vlad Guerrero, Trea Turner, Willy Adames, Steven Kwan, Jazz Chisholm, Bo Bichette, Nico Horner, Gunnar Henderson, Daulton Varsho, Austin Riley, Xander Bogaerts, Jarren Duran. If one team boasted this lineup before the season, you'd think they were a World Series contender.

Cowtripper makes a great point. Consider Cal Raleigh. As crazy as it was for him to have an OPS 200 points above his career average, he's now 200 points below his career average this year. Austin Riley has turned into Marcus Semien, but Michael Harris has found himself again after two down years. Something has changed in the game where it's very rare to have a reliable slugger to plug into your lineup year after year.

I've met Mr. Met and Mrs. Met on several occasions. For $50, I'm happy to meet with you for 2 minutes and tell you all about them.

I think the conversation has been kinda lively (on the Mets board anyway) for what has been a dead Mets season. I'm glad some guys are back. I thought I saw Fman posting not long ago. Wish we could get Greg and KC back. Miss those guys.

2027 looks a lot better if Sean Manaea has figured things out. Does the bounceback seem sustainable? meaning does the stuff look good? Or just some good luck today?