Edgy MD

The Mets haven't had a righty-hitting rightfielder?

I'm not sure what you are basing that on. Doesn't everybody like shortstops, catchers, and lefty hitting outfielders?

Well, indeed, I exaggerated about "all season," but my point is that his option year does not end after his next callup. I am certain will not have to worry about Mauricio being called up and sent down five times. The rule is more about the abuse of bullpenners, but your correction is noted.

The Mets have been playing Waiver Wire Tug o' War with The Nationals over this guy for seemingly a year. They finally decided to get some $$ out of it and have traded the guy and his contract to Washington for filthy filthy cash. Hopefully this means AJ Minter is within shouting distance. Check out his repeatable delivery!

Even if Mauricio doesn't return any time soon, Baty can play second once a week, and Bichette can certainly sub in at shortstop twice a month.

No, he can go up and down all season, if need be. His final option year was triggered when he got called up last week, but he can still bounce between levels this season.

I dunno. Last time, you said they were using old issues of Rolling Stone. Good Housekeeping strikes me as a sturdier makeshift bat. This, of course, depends on how tightly you wrap your periodicals, and how damp they are. RS probably gives you more coverage on the outside corner, though.

To me, part of good managing is getting use out of guys when their bats aren't particularly loud. But they seem to be in wait-'til-I-get-it-goin' mode, and that's not a happy show to watch.

Hell, that's some sexy shit. I guess I meant to specify turning around the team with intangibleness, but your point is well taken. Notable that both turner-arounders were Cubano-Americanos.

Hey, I left out Jose Iglesias — the only man with the proven ability to turn around a Mets season.

But has he gotten even an inning off? I am probably misremembering, but of the secondbaseman, thirdbaseman, and shortstop, I think only Bichette has sat a day, and he DH'd that day. I don't think we're doing him or the team any favors by riding these three hard while mixing the other players in and out of the lineup.

I don't state it so much as confess an impression. Nothing I wrote blames the manager for the personnel. I don't know how to make clearer that I am not advocating here, except to state I am not advocating. If I was advocating, I would advocate the manager, PoBO, and owner all be dismissed and I be given the keys to the team free of charge. Though I think he's, like, 100 now.

I neither particularly advocate for nor predict the dismissal of Carlos Mendoza, but I think we're at the point in this losing streak where the morning after each loss leaves him tangibly closer to the edge than he was the morning before. They flipped over the team. They flipped over the coaching staff. If they cannot change direction, there aren't a lot of other flips available to upper management. That said, it's also hard to shake the idea that this lineup — at least the non-Juan Soto version of this lineup — may actually be this bad. I mean, they probably aren't this bad, but maybe. So last night I went to sleep not counting sheep, but counting alternative managers: Carlos Beltran — A Hall of Fame election has perhaps or perhaps not completed his professional rehabilitation, and now it's perhaps time to take the job his downfall cost him and complete his public rehabilitation. The other side of that is the open question of whether he ever should have been offered the job in the first place. JD Martinez — Because if one SAttPoBO is a candidate, then the other should be. Edgardo Alfonzo — Fan favorite former infielder forced to grind out his managerial ambitions in the indy minors despite said fan-favorite status, and he's not Wally Backman. Joe Girardi — The guy always strikes me as a nut, but probably is at the top of any list for teams seeking an experienced manager. Reid Brigniac — Managed Binghamton into one of the all-time great Mets minor-league teams in 2025, and would presumably be a familiar person to manage those players as they become big leaguers. Don Mattingly — Outside of Bud Black, I don't know anybody who does better holding a job a long time without any outward signs of success. Apparently the industry likes him. It'd be another theft right out of Philly's pocket and he's a back-page guy. And, of course, winning with him would be an embarrassment for the Yankee brand — but the trick would be winning with him. Skip Schumaker David Ross Scott Servais Buck — he'd probably do it for triple what he was being paid when he got the axe. For what it's worth, they actually haven't faced a division opponent yet. I'm not sure what to glean from that, but you can glean what you will. For what it is also worth, fixing things on a veteran team is an assignment usually handed to an experienced manager, and the Mets are a veteran team. If it is a first-time manager, it is usually going to be a highly regarded guy with All-Star juice like Beltran or Martinez — a guy the Alex Castellanoses of the world can respect, and not an out-of-left-field minor league whiz kid like Mendoza or Luis Rojas. But usuallys are just usuallys. Anyhow, put your names here, and hopefully they go on a 24-game tear that makes this thread look silly.

Well, a grand slam off the closer we went to instead of Diaz, which puts the game beyond the Dodgers having to use Diaz, kind of feels like rock bottom.

Perhaps the biggest question is whether they let Diaz off the leash in the ninth.

Tommy getting another trip. Futiley.

Alas, with the same ending.

MJ is Casey at the Bat right now.

Or Torrens or Polanco.

I'm calling Pham "Oham" from now on. Young Mets radio voices get the facts right on the Jackie Robinson story, but kind of get the nuances wrong.

MJ Melendez is leading the Mets Batter of the Month race after two trips to the plate.

A baserunning error probably isn't the best idea right now.

Battle, you Mets.

LIndor working an 11-pitch at-bat is the most hopeful thing yet. Use up whatever Ohtani's count may be. Of course, he went down on something seven inches off the plate, but UP 'TIL THEN ...!

Wait a minute ... Dodger Stadium is now called "UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium"? How long has this been? It's stunning enough that an iconic fixture like Dodger Stadium would sell naming rights, but for a gross, jive-ass Japanese fast-fashion outlet? That's, like, Marlins-level whoring.