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I wasn't directing anything towards you...apologies if by quoting the mention of Nimmo not making the all stars made it appear that way... I also don't understand why when I have an opinion, you call it many false characterizations to sort thru here (yeah, I know I will probably get chastised for not spelling through correctly, as well)...lately I've had a few things that I have posted, that IMO felt like harmless comments that you have ripped me for...if you don't want me posting, then I won't... I find the offensive strategy of this team very frustrating: take pitches and swing for the fences without much in between...

he has 85 strikeouts at the half way point of the season...35 of those came in June...so 85 times 2 is 170...and if you go by "trends" instead of "pace", and his June "trend" continues, he could easily eclipse 170... However, after looking at the NL roster, it does seem like Lourdes Gurriel and Nick Castallanos are a bit of a stretch getting nods over Nimmo...neither one is overly impressive either with their stats; but I guess that you need a token Philly and the D'backs are tied for the 3rd best record in the Majors, so that probably gave Gurriel a bump... and according to fangraphs, Pete is tied for the 6th best first baseman even with all his HRs... https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=1b&stats=bat&lg=nl&qual=y&type=8&season=2023&month=0&season1=2023&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2023-01-01&enddate=2023-12-31https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=1b&stats=bat≶=nl&qual=y&type=8&season=2023&month=0&season1=2023&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2023-01-01&enddate=2023-12-31

Edgy MD wrote: Is that a rhetorical question? It was more a comment of why he's not an all star...the Mets fans may love his taking a ton of pitches, but I don't think that a guy that strikes out a ton is as valuable as we might be led to believe vs other OFers that put up better numbers...OF is a very crowded position for all star selection, he might be able to do it as an infielder or a catcher (which is technically an infielder as well) but the competition is pretty fierce for those OF spots by comparison, Jose Ramirez is on a pace of 70 strikeouts (while on a pace for 78 walks)...has a .506 slugging percentage and an .867 OPS...and plays third base...so obviously he's an all star...

Edgy MD wrote: It's not the distinction you aim for, but Nimmo's got a real chance to pass Mookie Wilson as the all-time most-accomplished Met to never represent the team as an All-Star. how many non-power hitting outfielders are on a pace for 170 strikeouts in a season?

well someone's gotta represent...although a first base man hitting .221 feels a little like a Dave Kingman representation this year...

https://metsminors.net/mets-acquire-two-starting-pitching-prospects-for-eduardo-escobar/https://metsminors.net/mets-acquire-two-starting-pitching-prospects-for-eduardo-escobar/ A little insight into the pitchers received... doesn't sound overly encouraging when both guys average fastball is around 92 mph...the one guy sounds like a control pitcher with a good change up.

=vtmet7 post_id=129635 time=1687569347 user_id=80] I am curious to see who takes his roster spot. I would not be surprised to see it be Danny Mendick.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=129645 time=1687573021 user_id=68] Well, Escobar's not the third baseman Cohen probably wants if he wants to build a team like the Dodgers. So goodbye, Escobar. Now all Cohen has to do is to find a third baseman that plays like Mike Schmidt.

Hopefully since Eppler was in the Angles organization, he knows more about these guys than what shows up in their stats.

I am curious to see who takes his roster spot. I would not be surprised to see it be Danny Mendick.

I actually like Escobar as a utility player more than Luis G... only problem was that Buck continued to give him too many starts when he should have been a bench player.

I wonder if there is any market for the FA catcher that we signed in the off-season. He doesn't appear to even be at Nido's level

The important thing is that they might be finally thinning out the herd of 30+ year olds that are fringe players at best.

Prospects might be a bit of an overstatement...the injured guy is famous for hitting 6 batters in one game without being elected... maybe he got acquired to be a retaliation accidental head hunter

Vientos is back in the swing of things in AAA... Last night: Mauricio played Left field, 2 walks, 1 run scored; Vientos played first base, 1 Home Run (14th), 2 RBI, 2 Runs scored, 1 walk Voit DH, 1 HR (4), 1 RBI, 2 Runs scored, 1 walk https://www.milb.com/gameday/mets-vs-bulls/2023/06/22/723720#game_state=final,game_tab=,game=723720https://www.milb.com/gameday/mets-vs-bulls/2023/06/22/723720#game_state=final,game_tab=,game=723720 unfortunately pitching prospect (recently moved up to AAA) struggled again with his control walking 3 in less than 4 complete innings...Vasil had great control until his undisclosed injury in late May, and has struggled since his return. 2 walks with 27 strikeouts in April; 4 walks with 21 strikeouts in May; 7 walks with 12 strikeouts in June; https://www.milb.com/player/mike-vasil-678024?stats=gamelogs-r-pitching-mlb&year=2023https://www.milb.com/player/mike-vasil-678024?stats=gamelogs-r-pitching-mlb&year=2023

Middletown 2 (There are several Middletowns in New York State, but I believe our two Middletown Mets — Mike Remlinger and Dave Telgheder — are from the one in Orange County.) not that there are any Mets from the Rochester, NY that is in Ulster County, NY....but I found this one interesting since there are 2 Rochester, New York....the famous one, and the one that most have never heard of in Ulster County... Rochester's in Upstate NY right? Way, way Upstate? Well...yes and no. There's the Rochester in Monroe County on Lake Ontario, and then there's the other Rochester, the Rochester in Ulster County. It's better known by the names of two of its hamlets, Accord and Kerhonkson. But it's not as well known as it deserves to be! https://www.villagegreenrealty.com/blog/the-other-rochester-ulster-county-real-estate.html#:~:text=yes%20and%20no.,the%20Rochester%20in%20Ulster%20Countyhttps://www.villagegreenrealty.com/blog/the-other-rochester-ulster-county-real-estate.html#:~:text=yes%20and%20no.,the%20Rochester%20in%20Ulster%20County.

thanks for the answer Edgy...makes sense, I have been noticing alot of long series, didn't make the covid connection until you pointed it out

I never noticed this prior to having minor league games on my MLB.tv package, but it seems that there are Zero minor league games scheduled on Mondays.

=MFS62 post_id=129191 time=1687216634 user_id=60] I see Vientos and hopefully remember that Mike Schmidt hit around .200 in his first 500 MLB AB. Later

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Not saying he won't be a guy someday but he's looked pretty bad as a big leaguer. kind of hard to play good as a youngster when you have 5 days worth of wood splinters in your ass after being on a homer tear in AAA...

He should have a little more respect from the team in terms of being a prospect...guy is a Dave Kingman like power threat, and similarly to Kingman can play 1B/3B/LF just not up to metrics that the team uses...then again, I don't think that McNeil did either until they were forced to give McNeil a shot at the MLB level

Lefty Specialist wrote: It's pretty clear David Stearns will be in charge of the cleanup this offseason. Eppler's just marking time, which is one of the reasons they may not do anything splashy at the deadline. Buck, I'm disappointed. He always seemed like to most prepared guy in the room but he's made some inexplicable moves this year. Vogelbach's one-week 'vacation', the handling of Vientos, to name two. if this is a 77-85 type season, I don't know how he survives. I think that it's been implied elsewhere that Buck has hinted very coyly that he is not the guy making the decisions...not saying that it's true but the in-season treatment of the baby mets has been very different from how he handled them while his superstars went off to the WBC...Eppler didn't exactly put up winning teams with the Angels despite his rich owner spending a ton of money on a few star players... I had high hopes for Eppler and Buck but their handling of the team this season is leaving a lot to be desired...hopefully the Stearns rumor mill doesn't cause the Stearns hiring not to happen out of fear of tampering charges

What are you tearing down? Verlander, Scherzer, and Senga aren't going anywhere. Neither are Nimmo, Lindor, or Alonso. I'm in favor of getting rid of Carrasco and Megill but who do you use in their stead? You could probably trade Baty or Alvarez but do you really want to do that? I think a "tear down" for this team means to stop pretending that these 30ish+ role players are anything more than role players and get what you can for guys like Cahna, Daniel V, Pham, Escobar, Luis G, Megill, Peterson, Carrasco, the veteran LHP that hasn't pitched at the MLB level yet this season, most of the veteran bullpen guys...obviously guys like Alonso, Nimmo, Baty, Alvarez are likely core members for the next several years...and the $40+ mil pitchers hopefully have key seasons for the team next season...

When you are short, you see a lot of balls

Edgy MD wrote: As for BABIP, I've never been a fan of counting on that statistic to normalize. people have always told me "everyone has a BABIP of .300...if it's not, they are either getting unlucky or lucky"... IMO, that's hogwash...guys that hit hard line drives with being able to hit the ball the other way, or guys that have speed and have level swings are going to have higher BABIP...guys that are slow and focus on pulling the ball or trying to hit the ballpark are going to have lower BABIP because when it doesn't go out, they tend to hit popups or hit the ball right at infielders an example: Derek Jeter (hate to praise Captain Fistpump) when he was "young" and relatively fast: 1995-2009: BABIP of .360; https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeterde01.shtml#1995-2009-sum:batting_advancedhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeterde01.shtml#1995-2009-sum:batting_advanced 2013-20114 (age 39 and 40, slowed down a bit both with his legs and probably his bat speed): BABIP of .285; https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeterde01.shtml#2013-2014-sum:batting_advancedhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeterde01.shtml#2013-2014-sum:batting_advanced another example: Anthony Rizzo, hard hitting lefty with extreme pull tendencies and tends to swing for the fences 2022 (extreme shift was still legal): BABIP of .216; 2023 (extreme shift no longer legal, which means that they don't have 5 fielders ganged up in shallow Right/Center field: BABIP of .317; https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rizzoan01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rizzoan01.shtml