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  1. Lefty Specialist
    They thought they were getting one of those guys with Buck Showalter. Worked for one year, kinda.
  2. Lefty Specialist
    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.
  3. Lefty Specialist
    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.
  4. Lefty Specialist
    I was pessimistic and rightly so. I was right about this being an incomplete team. And we were all right about Frankie WTF Montas.
  5. Lefty Specialist
    Well of course he opts out. It'd be agent malpractice if he didh't. Too bad Frankie Montas won't opt out.
  6. Lefty Specialist
    Keef setting a record for sighing in the booth.
  7. Lefty Specialist
    Yeah, but the hitters, especially the BIG $, have done nothing.
  8. Lefty Specialist
    It would be the LOLMetsiest thing ever if the Reds lose and the Mets can't score a run in the most critical game of the year.
  9. Lefty Specialist
    So what do you do after Diaz?
  10. Lefty Specialist
    In what universe does pitching Diaz in the 5th inning make any sense?
  11. Lefty Specialist
    This team needs to show they have some sack, RIGHT NOW.
  12. Lefty Specialist
    Things I never want to see again: 1) Ryne Stanek
  13. Lefty Specialist
    Oh, and screw the Brewers.
  14. Lefty Specialist
    Minaya was trying to strike everybody out and walking them instead.
  15. Lefty Specialist
    I'd like to be optimistic, but the Brewers have nothing to play for. The Mets have no one to blame but themselves for being in this situation.
  16. Lefty Specialist
    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.
  17. Lefty Specialist
    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.
  18. Lefty Specialist
    Plenty of turning points, but the real problem is that the Marlins were playing like the team fighting for the playoffs, and the Mets were playing like the team that was just waiting for the season to end.
  19. Lefty Specialist
    Stick two forks in it.
  20. Lefty Specialist
    They also commented that the Mets are throwing Sproat on Friday and after that it's pretty much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  21. Lefty Specialist
    I guess Manfred wants to stage a game in the new White House ballroom next year.
  22. Lefty Specialist
    3 more to get. Hoping for Good Diaz.
  23. Lefty Specialist
    Raley has been solid. Nice inning.
  24. Lefty Specialist
    Well, shit.
  25. Lefty Specialist
    McLean is dealing, but I'm not comfortable with this lead.
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