Lefty Specialist
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Um, the Wilmer HR? Arguably turned the 2015 season around.....
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Very happy they retained Richardson, though. He seemed to unlock something in the running game. Other teams will spend the winter trying to copy it, but he seems to have a knack in this one particular department.
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Somebody had to pay for this year's pitching collapse, so not surprised it was Hefner. I never really bought into the 'he's a pitching guru' thing. But better, less-injured players would have helped. And so we move on.
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They thought they were getting one of those guys with Buck Showalter. Worked for one year, kinda.
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I'll be stuck in anger for a while. This was 2024 in reverse, and the long, slow, painful descent is going to leave a mark. They could have a 20-game lead next year and I won't trust them to not blow it.
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Things I never want to see again
Lefty Specialist replied to Centerfield's topic in New York Mets Talk
I suspect Mendoza not being fired immediately was because they didn't know if they'd limp into the playoffs or not until the very last moment. These things are planned in advance on a team that's out of it. Hard to reward 4 months of horrendous baseball with continued employment. All the glitter from 2024 got washed away this year. But Stearns needs to look at himself, too. He put together a pitching staff out of pipe cleaners and paper clips and it blew up on him. He was lucky it worked for 69 games, but it fell apart over the next 93. -
I was pessimistic and rightly so. I was right about this being an incomplete team. And we were all right about Frankie WTF Montas.
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Things I never want to see again
Lefty Specialist replied to Centerfield's topic in New York Mets Talk
Yeah, pitching. Much of Mendoza's weird decision-making resulted from a pitching staff he couldn't trust or didn't have. Peterson and Holmes burned out in the second half. I have to believe Senga wasn't ready to come back and got out of synch. Montas was a head-scratcher from the jump. Manaea, I dunno, but we're stuck with him for two more years. Hindsight being 20/20, they probably jumped the gun on Tong. Sproat and McLean will probably be okay getting their feet wet this year. One thing the pitching lab needs to do is to teach these guys to pitch to contact. 8 strikeouts are cool, but only lasting 4 2/3 innings is not cool. And there was just too much of that this year. And we haven't even gotten to the bullpen yet. Don't know what Stearns' plans are for next year, but golly, this year didn't work at all. -
Things I never want to see again
Lefty Specialist replied to Centerfield's topic in New York Mets Talk
Things I never want to see again: 1) Cedric Mullins 2) Gary Cohen talking about how great somebody has been just before they **** the bed. ("Reed Garrett has had a 1.07 ERA over his last 13 appearances") 3) Yes, the 5-boro race. 4) Cedric Mullins. 5) Ads for a suite at Citifield. They start at like $15,000. 6) Kevin James screaming on the scoreboard. I have nightmares. 7) 47 pitchers appearing in a season. There's a reason it's never been done before (it doesn't work) 8) Mendoza bad pitching decisions. He always seems to pull people too early or too late. 9) Gelbs talking about in-game parlays or somesuch nonsense. 10) Cedric Mullins. Not even in street clothes. Not even 20 years from now at a card-signing table. -
I guess Manfred wants to stage a game in the new White House ballroom next year.
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This team just seems to lack the fight you need to pull this off. They also seem to be lacking the pitching and clutch hitting. Losing 2 of 3 to the Nats at home when you desperately need wins tells you where this team is. And I'm not sure how it gets better going forward, since they have a lot of dead weight on this roster.
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They'll be swept by the Phillies, then face a hot Rangers team with something to play for. They're toast.
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Need to break that down further. Until June 12th (when they were 45-24) and since June 12th (where they are 31-44, a .413 win pct). Continuing at that pace gives them either an 83-79 or 84-78 record. That's not enough..
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They've been slowly sinking for 3 months now (13 games under). The only question is which one of the teams treading water around .500 gets hot for a week and catches them. Right now it looks like the Giants.
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Helsley is just beyond awful. He needs to take Stanek's place as the reliever of last resort. It's that he keeps falling behind as everyone sits on the fastball.
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Shoulda worn oven mitts when batting.
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How brilliant was it to promote McLean when they did?
Lefty Specialist replied to roger_that's topic in New York Mets Talk
Well, we're going to find out the answerto that question on Friday..... -
How brilliant was it to promote McLean when they did?
Lefty Specialist replied to roger_that's topic in New York Mets Talk
Not to open a can of worms, but we may be having this conversation about Jonah Tong shortly.... -
I'm guessing the Yankee fans will be doing a 'Memories of Paul Blackburn' thread soon.....
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Well, Hefner was supposed to be a genius pitching coach. But if your starters can't get out of the 4th inning repeatedly, perhaps his genius could be employed by another team. When you have to use 5-6 relievers every night, it's inevitable that one or two of them are going to blow up. Someone has to go. I nominate Hefner.
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Oh, WTF, been a long time ATL at NYM (ll)
Lefty Specialist replied to kcmets's topic in New York Mets Talk
18-32 since June 12th. The question is not "will they hang on to the wild card?', it's "will they finish below .500?" -
Oh, WTF, been a long time ATL at NYM
Lefty Specialist replied to kcmets's topic in New York Mets Talk
No more Blackburn. We've seen what he can do, and it's frightening. -
Oh, WTF, been a long time ATL at NYM
Lefty Specialist replied to kcmets's topic in New York Mets Talk
$34 [CROSSOUT]17[/CROSSOUT] million well spent. Fixed that for you. -
Send it to Stearns. They're all playing like disemboweled goats anyway. Pitchers don't pitch, hitters don't hit.
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It could be. Pitchers adjust to hitters, hitters need to adjust back. Vientos hasn't done that yet on a consistent basis. Same thing happened to Alvarez after his 25 HR's in '23.
