Lefty Specialist
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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.
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He'll have better numbers than last year (he's already got more RBI's), but his regression after the first month of the season is concerning. If the Mets had any viable alternative at first I'd say let him twist like they did last year and see how much he wants to come back. That leaves open the possibility he gets snatched away by any one of a number of teams, including the Yanx. But the Mets have no up-and-coming first base type in the minors currently.
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Well, it's not helping. You can't use 4 or 5 relievers night after night after night and expect good results. If this is by design, then that's a big problem. If you have starters who lose effectiveness after 75 pitches, maybe it's time to find new starters.
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Was McNeil that bad a center fielder?
Lefty Specialist replied to roger_that's topic in New York Mets Talk
McNeil wasn't terrible, but there were a few balls that he didn't get to that I wondered if Taylor would have gotten them. -
My Balamer friend says we'll like him. Hits better than Taylor, but who doesn't? At least they're not getting Luis Robert Jr, which would have been a disaster. I'd have preferred a starting pitcher, but I'm not David Stearns.
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3 A-Ball guys for Helsley I can certainly get behind. Yeah, bullpen solidified. Be nice if their starters could go more than 5 innings so these guys don't have to pitch every single night.
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Too much for a rental in my opinion.
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I've become okay with replay. It corrects a lot of egregious errors by umps, and the game is better for it.
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Sorry, this is stupid.
