The Hot Corner

Okay, here is here, but has essentially abandoned the baseball discussions. As miserable as this team is, I can't blame a person for taking a break.

Overall, I am happy with the new place. Took little getting accustomed to it as does most change. Pleased to have several former members return to the fold and join us commiserating about this miserable season. I have pretty much learned to ignore the adds. Any one know what happened to KC.? I wish here were active here. He seems to be the one longtime member that appears to have left.

Not as disappointing as the Mets.

Good point. I just hate to essentially concede a season this early, but by all appearances this is a good time to start looking toward and building for the future. There appears to be very little life in this team.

Unfortunately, Tong is only pitching slightly more effectively for Syracuse than Senga, Manaea, and Peterson are for the Mets.

Sad, but pretty much sums up my feelings.

Robtrt Jr. to the DL before May starts, even with all the pampering the Mets staff did in order to not overwork and protect him.

Pitch well and your reward is to be cut loose. I wouldn't be surprised if Edwards were to be claimed off waivers, as he was one of the Mets most effective relievers in his limited time with the team.

I guess Carl Edwards, Jr. was too effective in his brief time with the Mets, so of course, they have to ship him out.

The Mets tighten their grasp on the worst record in MLB. Another week, but nothing much changes.

Well, that went bad in a hurry. Hopefully, the Mets can find a way to win the series tomorrow.

I guess the problem I truly has is that after Bichette and Soto, there just isn't much to choose from. Mendoza can shuffle the order all he wants, but it's still a weak hand with few proven hitters. The majority of the line up is hitting between .190 and .225. Actually Melendez (a career .216 hitter) is probably the most dangerous hitter the Mets have to offer after Bichette and Soto.

Agreed. As i said in this thread and numerous others, I am not overly worried about Bichette. Unfortunately, Soto, Bichette, and the injured Lindor are the only hitters with a proven record of success. I keep waiting & hoping for Alvarez and Baty to put it together. They both have periods of success, but neither of them have been able to maintain momentum for prolonged stretches. Vientos had a wonderful 2024 season, but the pitchers have figured out how to exploit his lack of plate discipline. Unless he can make adjustments, the free swinging hitter with good power that strikes out far too often (roughly 30%) and draws few walks (7-8%).

I expect Bichette to be fine when all is said and done. What I took too many words to say in my initial post, is that I believe the Mets offense (and likely their record) would be better at present with McNeil at second base and NImmo in the outfield than they are with Semien at second and Benge in the outfield. Once Stearns traded Nimmo for Semien, he virtually had to sign an everyday outfielder. Tauchman is a good 4th OF and would be a valuable player had he not got hurt. His injury likely forced the Mets to go with Benge. I believe Benge will be a solid player, but he needed to prove his readiness by being successful at AAA Syracuse first.

Nimmo may have cooled off of late, but he would still be the Mets best hitter for the season (BA .287, OBP .358, SLG .459, & OPS .817) not named Soto. Definitely, much better than what we are getting from Semien. You forgot to mention McNeil. (BA .276, OBP .354, SLG .368, & OPS .721) whom Stearns practically gave away, would also be a vast improvement over most of the Mets line up. At least our defense improved (10th in DRS 2026 vs 15th in DRS in 2025). Unfortunately, the drop offensively is far greater that the improvement in defense. I don't give Stearns credit for his failure to sign someone (Tucker) that is currently struggling. It is not as if Stearns changed his mind because he thought Tucker wasn't good enough. I will not be surprised if by the end of the season, Tucker is fine and would have been a tremendous asset to the Mets offense. With each passing season, the solid 3 year stretch (2021-2023) the Robert Jr. put together in his early years appears to be a distant anomaly, rather than realistic norms to expect moving forward. Then you have to factor in his significant history of injuries, that can not be expected to improve with age. The Peralta trade was a good move and the signing of Bichette (though a desperate move to land a "big name" after missing on Tucker) was a good, though he is likely just a high priced one year rental. He also counted too heavily on Benge being ready even though he only had 103 ABs in AAA Syracuse and hit .178/.272/.311/.583. His numbers with the Mets closely mirror his numbers in Syracuse, which shows (at least to me) he needed to prove he could hit at the AAA level, before becoming a mainstay for the Mets. It shouldn't be a surprise that Beltran is a little gimpy since he is 49 years old. 😄 Soto and Lindor being hurt is bad luck, but virtually every team has to deal with injuries. Even if they both were healthy, the Mets line up with the current assemblage of players would still be a mid-level offense at best. Stearns established a deserved reputation as a savvy GM during his time in Milwaukee, but he did not, in my opinion, have a great off-season leading when building this team.