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I guess the one good thing is that the Giants will spend the next 15 games playing the Diamondbacks, Dodgers and Cardinals. Arizona and St. Louis are both .500-ish teams with a slim chance to snag that 3rd WC themselves, so I guess they'll be playing for something. And LA, despite struggling lately, is still LA. But as FK mentioned in the other thread, only one of SF, CIN, STL or ARI needs to get hot. And if the Mets don't at least go .500 the rest of the way, they're likely on the outside looking in.
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Last night's loss was bad. Per ESPN, our playoff percentage dropped to 92.3%. It had been hovering around 96% for a long time. Three days of pain might be underselling it. They face Suarez, Sanchez and Luzardo over the next three days. Then come home to face deGrom. By the time Friday ends, they could possibly be out of a playoff spot. 2-2 might be the best we can hope for here. After deGrom they'll face: Saturday: Patrick Corbin. 4.36 ERA, 1.32 WHIP Sunday: Jacob Latz. 2.91 ERA, 1.24 WHIP Tuesday: Nick Pivetta. 2.85 ERA, 0.96 WHIP You figure they can beat Corbin, lefty or not, and you match up McLean against Latz on Sunday. Tuesday night Pivetta against Manaea is a mismatch.
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Was on with Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman on his podcasts. Says it was an adjustment issue. Last year no one had any info on him. This year, the book was out on him, and he had to make adjustments. In the recent weeks, he's learned to play the cat and mouse game and has had to adapt to how he's been pitched. When asked specifically what adjustments he made, he fell into cliches. So obviously he doesn't want to give anything away. Separately, he suggests he was too focused on not striking out. Now, he's focused on hitting the ball hard. His strength is his power. So if he strikes out, he accepts it, and understands he'll get another AB to help the team.
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Brandon Sproat starting in Cincy
Centerfield replied to Marshmallowmilkshake's topic in New York Mets Talk
They're not just "not eliminated". They're 4 games up on a playoff spot. A better argument can be made that failing to call these guys up cost them the division, or a chance at a first round bye. I think that's a more plausible argument. With McLean, I think there's no question it would have been better for the team had McLean been up earlier, but it's tough to know if he would have arrived here had he been called up earlier. Tong, is still an open book. We have no idea what he will be. Sproat hasn't even thrown a pitch yet. -
Brandon Sproat starting in Cincy
Centerfield replied to Marshmallowmilkshake's topic in New York Mets Talk
I like bringing up Sproat, but McLean should get the start on Sunday. First of all, that’s a tough game to give a rookie starter. The Philly games are less meaningful at this point. Also, you don’t want Philly to see McLean again so soon. Not just for the this game, but in case we see them in October. This is short sighted in my opinion. -
It's not just the rotation that's thin. The bullpen is looking a little lean too. Diaz is your closer. Tyler Rogers has a much higher WHIP since coming to the Mets, but still reliable. Raley has been pretty good. Beyond that, Reed Garrett is hurt, Gregory Soto has come back to earth. No one else is any good.
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Maybe I missed some nuance here, but with a completely rested bullpen today (except Stanek) and an off-day tomorrow, why did Mendy go to Helsley in a one run game?
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So are we accepting the Gelbs explanation that this turnaround came after they decided to be aggressive on fastballs? I don’t know what’s changed, but it’s crazy that all of a sudden everyone is hitting. If the story is true, give credit to Chavez and the organization making an adjustment. Though you have to wonder about the philosophy that caused them to suck in the first place. I feel like we had an episode of this a few years ago. Where hitters complained that they went up with too much info. Maybe that was Jeff McNeil? Anyway. Let’s hope this is is sustainable.
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On a deep fly ball it’s not usually clear that it’s a routine play. Outfielders get twisted around. You have to go halfway in case it drops. Allows you to get to third and the batter to get to second. If you tag and you’re wrong, you give your batter a long single. By the time you realize the outfielder is under the ball, there isn’t enough time to go back and tag.
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Man. I hope this kid is good. The Mets need a good 21. (No offense Lucas Duda)
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I wonder if that means play through the broken pinky, or wait until after it's healed.
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He wore 21 as a Salt Potato.
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Wait. Did I miss something? Did we get offended by the schedule last year?
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Wow! After just 2 starts in AAA. The stuff I read tells me his stuff is amazing and he'll be a star, and also tells me he depends too much on a fastball that won't fool MLB hitters like it did in the minors. So we'll see. I hope this kid is good. I love watching his interviews. I feel like I'm watching a kid that could have easily played on one of my son's teams.
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Anything other than a sweep is fine for Philadelphia. If they lose three in a row, then maybe it becomes something. Tonight is a BIG GAME.
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The closest they’ve come was the May 23 game against LA, scoring 3 in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game and force extras (losing in the 13th). Yup. That was an incredibly frustrating game. Torrens needed to put the ball in play to win it. There was one more game. I think it was the Sunday game in KC? Where McNeil tied it in the ninth. Then they lost in the bottom of that frame.
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How brilliant was it to promote McLean when they did?
Centerfield replied to roger_that's topic in New York Mets Talk
I think it's impossible to know if it was the right time to call up a particular player when it comes to that player's development. But as far as a team in contention is concerned I think it would be far fetched to argue that the team couldn't have used McLean, even a lesser version of him, during the losing streak in June. McLean said he got better against lefties in his recent starts. Would he have not made that progress pitching in the bigs? I don't see how anyone can know the answer to that. As far as Jonah Tong, I can't figure out how he's that good. The clips I'm seeing of him shows a lot of swing and miss on his fastball, and a decent change up. Hopefully that can translate to the big leagues, but who knows. -
I remember trading for him in 2024 and wondering what Stearns saw in this guy. And then he sucked and got hurt and you figure that's the last we'll see of him. And then his spine starts leaking fluid and I was sure that's the last we'll ever see of him. And then astonishingly he's tendered a contract by Stearns. $4M that could have gone to re-sign Jose Quintana. And then he finally came off the IL and pitched one good game against LA, then absolutely sucked every time he pitched after that. He was the one that started the avalanche in that June 13 game against Tampa. He started three games in that miserable losing streak in June and sucked in all of them. You wonder how many of those games the Mets might have won if he simply didn't exist. Even Austin Warren or Chris Devenski would have given us a better chance. I'm shocked that the Yankees signed him and ran him out there. I don't see how this guy has a job.
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For reference, in 2024, they had 8 wins where they came back in the 9th inning, which led MLB. In 2025, the Mets are one of 3 teams with no 9th inning comeback wins (Baltimore and CWS are the others). The Dodgers have 4, Milwaukee has 4, Philadelphia has 3, SDP and Cubs have 2 each. The Reds have 3. The NL leader is, of course, the Colorado Rockies. Just like everyone expected. They have 6.
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I think the worst case scenario is already here. Alvarez is a big part of the Mets future. I don't see any sense in trying to let him play hurt and potentially hurting him long term. Dustin Pedroia is the case that is cited as an example of him playing through this. Pedroia just said in a recent article that (a) his thumb still hurts him, and ( it's going to rob Alvarez of any power. In Dustin's case, power was just part of his game. If you take away Alvy's power, what do you have left? Of course, Pedroia played an entire season with a torn UCL, where Alvarez will be playing maybe a month to 6 weeks. I don't know. Doesn't seem like a good idea to me. I'd rather they call up Parada and see if the kid can go Benny Agbayani for a month. It can't be worse offensively than Senger.
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Expansion and Realignment (split from Aug 17 IGT)
Centerfield replied to metirish's topic in New York Mets Talk
One of the fun things for me is taking a trip to Baltimore or Boston and being able to root for the home team without any reservations knowing that it can’t hurt the Mets. And if they’re playing a NL team, it may even help them. Eliminating the AL and NL just so fundamentally changes the way we watch baseball. It’s just crazy. How much more revenue will actually be generated? Is that enough to destroy these traditions? I mean. I think I know the answer. It’s yes. It’s always yes. We didn’t stop the universal DH. We didn’t stop the extra inning runner. Naming rights to stadiums. On field advertising. Ads on the uniform. Eventually we’ll be rooting for the CitiBank Mets. If the name Mets even survives. -
They say hitting will be the actual challenge. Apparently there is some history of this. Dustin Pedroia played through a similar injury, and though it affected his power, he had a decent season. I don't know if there are any other examples other than Pedroia.
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He needs surgery. His season is over. It's hard enough to ask a regular position player to play through such an injury. A catcher? Forget about it. As long as you're not risking anything for next year, I guess there's no harm in seeing if he can play through it. But coming back seems highly unlikely.
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Again, it's curious that there's so little info. What's the injury. How long. etc. Makes me think it's bad. I wonder if they're holding the info while trying to figure out a better plan than Torrens/Senger.
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Not good. Hoping it's a 1-2 week thing.
