Frayed Knot

If nothing else, this puts the team in the position of having a buffer between the owner and the GM and I'm not sure we've ever had a real one of those before. Sandy gets to oversee things while somebody -- whether Brodie or not -- does the day to day GM stuff and that might be better at Sandy's age and with various health issues on his plate. Sandy was, in a lot of ways, the father of analytics in MLB but I don't think his Mets teams were on the cutting edge of that anymore. Maybe that was things passing him by or maybe he wanted to do more but was stymied from above. Or both could be true. What we should watch for as things move forward is the kind of front office he and Cohen put together when this all becomes official. I already fear too many fans expecting (demanding) that a Cohen ownership is going to immediately mean a ballooning payroll for their immediate gratification. But if Sandy can get backing to do what he thinks is necessary and is given the reins to hire the right guys to implement things then we can stop this constant lurching back and forth between philosophies and reacting to last year's trends while the other teams are moving on to the next new thing. THAT is going to be a bigger plus in the long run than just a gratuitous bump in payroll. In other words, if they could, y'know, SHOW US THE PLAN!!!! that would be cool too.

Except that it's rare that one draft winds up turning a team around and rarer still that it does so in a short time period. Nimmo was a 13th overall pick but that's coming up on ten years ago now (June 2011); Dom (7th overall) was back in 2013; Conforto (10) in 2014; and David Peterson (20) in 2017 And worse than those who take time before they start to blossom are those who don't work out at all: say Gavin Cecchini (12th in 2012) for instance. Ironically, the quicker way to improve through the draft is often the less popular one: trading recent high picks for current players. Jerred Kelenic (6th, 2018) + Anthony Kay (31st, 2016) for Cano & Diaz comes to mind. Not that those moves always work out either.

=vtmet7 post_id=47346 time=1600970245 user_id=80]I was a little surprised that the Mets could move their AA team to NYC without having to gain the Yankees approval...didn't the Mets block the Yankees from having the Newark Bears play closer when their stadium had some construction issues?

And remember that Brooklyn is expected to be a AA franchise if things go according to plans.

Oliver Drake serving up some gruel for NYM hitters. Please Sir, we want some more.

I'm starting to think that this one isn't going to go our way.

Edgy MD wrote: Glasnow sure likes to smell his glove. Does Dennis Eton-Hogg know this?

Chad ochoseis wrote: But don't know what Alonso was thinking going home with a fast runner on third. Yeah, you gotta KNOW you've got the out in a play like that, especially early in a game. Not getting the out had the potential to set up a big inning for the Rays. Fortunately the subsequent play -- the 9-3 DP -- went our way so no further harm done.

The more the off-site umps uphold those bang-bang calls the less often managers will risk challenging them ... and that will be a good thing.

How high can Pete's exit velo be on all those pop-ups he hits?

Since this is the final home game it should be Fan Appreciation Day All fans in attendance will rec ... wait,, nevermind. Nice start for Wacha-Flocka

and we live another day

Well they TRIED to put up a big fat Zero despite bases loaded and no outs, but a slight bobble foiled their plans

Edgy MD wrote: "Guillermo ... hits one to Palermo!" — J. Sterling Heredia, the pitcher's afraid of ya!

TBR pitcher John Curtiss ... the second S is for 'See Ya Later'

We turn base runners into outs ... they turn them into runs

Hardly anyone has seen good Dom is Rozarena says he knows I'll take obscure pop lyrics for $600 Alex

That's now three baserunners erased in five innings. Put another way, Snell has had to retire just four innings worth of batters (12) in order to get through five.

Re: that Kurkjian article above It IS less fun this season. It's more fun than NO season would be so I can't complain too much. But I find myself less interested in what other teams are doing even though more of those O-o-T games theoretically mean more to the Mets. Late night scores are going unchecked during my morning computer check and I'm watching fewer O-o-T games when they're available. I'll probably get into the odd post-season we're about to embark upon although with the fear inside my head that the powers that be will mistake the quirkiness of this season for for a sign of what the game needs going forward on a permanent basis.

What's with this pick-up & tag by the catcher? That's not a play I'm familiar with.

Frayed Knot wrote: Just as most CY / MVP / ROY contests boil down to September, this final week is essentially the September of this year so the final one or two starts for those guys will likely play a big part in deciding things. Sure. But in a 162 game season, there'd be more separation between the pitchers. This year, there's at least a half dozen pitchers that have a realistic shot at the NL Cy Young. Some of those have better chances than others, but they all have a plausible shot. Well that's pretty much my point, that this upcoming/on-going week and the final one or two starts from each will have an over-sized influence on these awards.

Or, in binary, he'd be just the 15th Met.

Just as most CY / MVP / ROY contests boil down to September, this final week is essentially the September of this year so the final one or two starts for those guys will likely play a big part in deciding things.

Marlins (by 2 in the 7th) and Philly (by 4 in the 9th) both losing. If we want to pretend that there's ANY chance of playing past Sunday we need to pull this one out here.

This Diego Castillo guy looks like HE should be the one labeled as the 'Bulk' starter.