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Welp. These guys are not the Rockies.

Kinda wish we had done the 3 years, $90 Million. Or four years 120M.

This may be something or nothing, but I saw this little tidbit from this weekend. "For the first time in his seven-year career," Sammon wrote, "Alonso is using external help to assist him with research, digest data and create personal plans against pitchers. The information comes from people affiliated with his agent, Scott Boras, and from people at his Tampa, Fla.-based workout group, Diesel Optimization, among others. ...Every day before he leaves for the ballpark, Alonso goes over how pitchers might plan to attack him and what to look for in certain counts and situations. This work supplements the preparation Alonso does with the Mets." https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/reporter_details_how_external_help_helped_pete_alonso_become_mvp_of_2025_mets/s1_13132_42304564https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/reporter_details_how_external_help_helped_pete_alonso_become_mvp_of_2025_mets/s1_13132_42304564

More on the Braves. Atlanta's pitching is not bad. 13th overall in ERA, and 15th in WHIP. You figure as Strider gets back to being healthy, that could improve. Where the Braves have been bad is scoring runs. 21st in MLB (Mets are 7th). The Braves are 17th in OPS. Looking at each of their players, I can't really understand why their overall numbers are bad. Acuna was out, but he's been back for 15 games and is raking (.944 OPS). Ozuna and Olson have an OPS in the .800s, and they've been getting great production from their new catcher Drake Baldwin (.859 OPS). Austin Riley (.783) and Sean Murphy (.771) have also been good. That's 6 good hitters. That should be enough to give you above-average offense. Albies and Harris have been disappointing, and none of the other role players are really producing, but you'd think with that top 6 they'd at least be average. One thing it is not, is OPS with RISP. They're 22nd in OPS with RISP (.696), which is nearly identical to their overall OPS (.699).

As FK mentioned in the other thread, the low point of the Mets 2024 season was May 30, 2024. The Mets were 24-33. We were 15.5 games behind Philadelphia for the division, and 9 games behind Atlanta for the WC. Records the rest of the way: NYM: 65-40 PHI: 55-49 ATL: 57-50 By playing .619 baseball for 4 months, the Mets were able to close the 9 games against Atlanta, but were never in the division race. Back to 2025, the Atlanta Braves are 27-37. They're 14 games back of the Mets, and 9.5 games back of the Phillies, who right now are the third and final WC. There's certainly plenty of time for them to get right and snag a Wild Card. Especially if any of the top 3 fall back to the pack. The division is also in play, but the Mets can make that a much harder by continuing to win. Last year Philadelphia wasn't great in the second half, but they did play 6 games over .500 from May 31 onward. For what it's worth, Fangraphs projects them to have a better record than the Mets for the rest of the year. https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-oddshttps://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds NYM: 51.3 - 44.7 ATL: 55.5 - 42.5

=Centerfield post_id=194856 time=1749357295 user_id=65] =Centerfield post_id=194556 time=1749125409 user_id=65] =Centerfield post_id=192164 time=1746843606 user_id=65] Mets win! Phillies lose! Braves lose!

=Centerfield post_id=194556 time=1749125409 user_id=65] =Centerfield post_id=192164 time=1746843606 user_id=65] Mets win! Phillies lose! Braves lose!

Here. But sleepy.

It's a hit with RISP!!!

Mauricio HR!!! So much going on!!!

BMFC sighting!

I think we need to revisit the definition of “scoring position”.

Stanek gave up a clean single, a double into the corner, then a screaming liner to third base. Then struck out a guy. Naturally he gets the win.

No walks Edwin.

The Hot Corner wrote: Alonso and Lindor are the only Mets hitters I have faith they can come through with a hit when the game is on the line. Let's be clear. This post from Doc came before the two run double.

Alvarez doesn't seem ready.

Lots of potential there but Mauricio does not look ready.

Holy fuck. Inexcusable.

And of course Jerry Reinsdorf was also the real bad guy in the breaking up of the Chicago Bulls dynasty, though he masterfully allowed Jerry Krause to take the fall. I kinda get why Fred and Jeff wanted to hold onto the franchise for 5 years. I think they always thought they were a year away from holding the trophy. The White Sox are a mess and Reinsdorf has no interest in investing in their success. Why would you want to hold onto a franchise that you are tanking.

=kcmets post_id=194668 time=1749174853 user_id=53] They had plenty of chances to score in a close game. I can't see how waging a finger at an error is pissed-off worthy.

Omg I just saw the Baty error. Ridiculous. Now I'm pissed.

Yikes. Just saw LA closed to within 4-3. Winning a 4 game series against the defending champs wasn't going to be easy.

Syndergaard was looking to make a comeback as recently as March. https://www.si.com/mlb/mets/news/ex-mets-starter-noah-syndergaard-still-eyeing-potential-mlb-comebackhttps://www.si.com/mlb/mets/news/ex-mets-starter-noah-syndergaard-still-eyeing-potential-mlb-comeback

=ashie62 post_id=194571 time=1749144653 user_id=90] K Hernandez 3

I said I'd be happy with a split before the series began. I'm not sure I'll feel that way once the game starts but right now I'm happy with what they've already done.