The Hot Corner

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.

I went to watch this game on MLB. I had forgotten that I am blacked out for all Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles games. Likely spared me a night of frustration. After the Rockies series, I said I was taking a break for my mental health. I told myself there are better and more enjoyable ways to spend my time. Then I find myself looking for a Mets fix like an addict.

Who would have ever imagined the Mets would have MJ Melendez batting clean up. The Mets offense has been making opposing pitchers look like world beaters. Let's see how this miserable lineup looks when they face a team that gives up 5.9 runs a contest. Something has to give. I am hoping the Nationals pitching can get the Mets offense off life support. Looking at tonight's line up, I'm not overly optimistic.

The problem for the Mets is that roughly half the active roster is made up of 1st year Mets. Many of the others are reasonably young and unproven at the MLB level. The other issue for this team is that it is difficult to hold others accountable and tell them they need to pick it up, when you aren't getting the job done yourself. That essentially leaves Soto, who just doesn't seem like the vocal, leader in the clubhouse. type that would hold others accountable.

The Mets have placed Kodai Senga on the 15 day IL with lumbar spine inflammation. Christian Scott was recalled from Syracue to take Senga's spot in the rotation. Senga is unbelievably fragile for a professional athlete. He seems to be injured more than not since his debut season.

He looked pretty good in his debut against the Rockies. He displayed a wicked 12-6 curveball. to go with his 93-95 mph fastball. I think he is worth holding onto as long as he is effective.

I am not the biggest fan of Mendoza, but I don't believe that firing him will make much difference. There are just too many holes in the Mets line up. Stearns made a series of bets on players that were once good, banking on them to rebound to their prior level of play. He appears to have greatly miscalculated and has stuck Mendoza and the Mets with a losing hand. Ultimately, Mendoza will be the fall guy, but then there will be no one else to blame for the mess Stearns has made of the Mets.

Ae you talking game? Or Season?

So what you're saying is several former Mets are prospering upon leaving the Mets. I did want the Mets to resign Rogers. He has a proven track record and consistently makes a high number of appearances each year. Soto threw hard, but did little to make me wish for his return.. I will admit that I had to look up Rico Garcia who pitched pretty effectively for the Mets in limited action in 2025 (8 appearances, 12.2 innings, 0.711 WHIP and 2.11 ERA), but I had no recollection of him.

I have seen more than enough of the Mets noffense. Absolutely, pathetic and there appears to be no relief in sight.

The Rockies don't even bother sending their closer in for the 9th inning. They have faith their long man can close it out.

Hollander is another in a long line of starting pitchers to have their best start of the season when facing the Mets.

Men on 1st & 2nd with no outs. The Mets avoid the GIDP by lining into DP right at the first baseman playing behind the runner. If it weren't, friends for bad luck, we'd have no luck at all. Gloom, despair and agony on me.

At least Edward's is doing a nice job in relief. He has a wicked old school curve. Too bad that game is essentially out of reach with the Rockies leading 3-0. Since the Mets have scored 2 or fewer runs in 13 of 27 games thus far, the likelihood of them coming back yo win this one is roughly 10% by my guesstimation.

At least Edward's is doing a nice job in relief. He has a wicked old school curve. Too bad that game is essentially out of reach with the Rockies leading 3-0. Since the Mets have scored 2 or fewer runs in 13 of 27 games thus far, the likelihood of them coming back yo win this one is roughly 10% by my guesstimation.

Semien is quickly thrown out on an attempted steal of second.

MLB one team subscription for the year. I need to be more judicious in my expenditures now that I am retired.

I'm a glutton for punishment, so I'm back to watch this miserable mess again in game two.

I am not a big fan of Mendoza, but he is stuck playing the hand that Stearns dealt him this off season.

Regarding the pitching, I should have included Peralta with Mclean and Holmes as being effective starters. However, each of them have trouble getting through a line up a third time. They often cruise through 4-5 innings, then suddenly they fall apart. They either throw strikes or they start getting hit hard. Senga looked good for 2 starts, but since then has been horrible. He has a pretty good fastball (particularly up in the zone) and a great "ghost fork", but he falls behind too much so that he can not effectively use his best pitch (the split finger). His other pitches (cutter & slider) are not of good enough quality to get people out regularly. Peterson and Manaea have pitched themselves into being long men in the bullpen due to ineffectiveness. The bullpen (outside of Williams) have for the most part performed reasonably well. I will admit, that it is difficult for the pitching staff to continually work with no margin for error as a result of the Mets offense being so inept and anemic.

Is there anything this rendition of the Mets does well? They do not hit well for average. They do not hit with power. They were reportedly built with improving the run prevention through improved defense, but they do not play good team do not play good team do not play good defense. The starting pitching is very inconsistent (or just plain bad) beyond McLean & Holmes. Even the two of them can seldom get through 6 innings. The bullpen has been unable to close out tight games. Our "closer" can't seem to get anyone out. I don't see much evidence that this is a playoff caliber team.

Looks like we need a merger.

The Mets really need to win 2 tomorrow. Hopefully, the Mets pitching is on point and the offense can give them adequate runs to work with. It has to be tough to feel like you have to be perfect in order to give your team a chance.