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  1. The Hot Corner
    Sorry. Regarding coaches with or without MLB playing experience, I don't think it matters much as far as knowledge of the game. I do think, that many players may have greater respect and place greater credence on information or instruction that is conveyed by someone who has been through the grind of MLB. I think they view them more as a peer who has been there and knows what they are talking about. Regardless of his experience (or lack there of) as a player, I have not been overly happy with many of the decisions Tim Leiper has made this season. I am rather indifferent to to the Performance of Gilbert Gomez as first base coach. Antoan Richardson was very impressive as the first base coach last year. Just one person's perspective, but much like the line up construction I feel took a definite step back from last year, I believe the same can be said with the coaching changes last fall.
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    The stats posted by Seawolf indicate that, as Frayed Knot has mentioned numerous times, this Mets team just doesn't hit with men in scoring position. Taking it one step further, they just don't hit very well in most any circumstance. Mets Team Offensive Rankings: AVG.: .234 26th OBP: .304 29th SLG: .382 26th OPS: .686 28th Defensively the Mets are tied for 28th with 69 error in 100 games. This should likely be in the Tracking the Noffense thread, but Frayed Knot does a great job keeping that current. I posted it here because I think it is pertinent to the point of the Mets lack of offense and their need to maximize their productivity through smarter baserunning and play.
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    I know Soto is the Mets best hitter and one of the best in all of baseball, but I am tired of his half-hearted effort on defense and baserunning.
  4. The Hot Corner
    The rain is trying mercifully put an end to this game.
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    Senga is toast. The hitters seem to have adjusted to him. Due to his lack of command, he is virtually always pitching behind in the count. So hitters just need look fastball and ignore the splitter until you have 2 strikes.
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    Drinking is the only way I can stand to watch this team. If it wasn't for watching the development of Ewing, Benge, McLean, and Scott I likely wouldn't watch at all.
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    I remember Ron Hunt for his propensity for crowding the plate and his relative indifference to getting out of the way of pitches. I remember he led the NL in being hit by pitches for several consecutive seasons. He set the record for being hit by pitches (50)* in a single season while playing with the Expos. This at a time when players didn't wear so much (if any) body armor that they looked like Gladiators. *I knew he had set the record, but I had to look up exactly how many times he took one for the team. I was playing Little League and Senior League baseball during his streak. I couldn't imagine getting hit that many times. It obviously made a lasting impression on me.
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    Many of the decisions the Mets have made over the past year do not appear to have been based on intelligence, whether human or AI.
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    I know he might be one of their best trading chips, but I will be very upset if they move Lindor.
  10. The Hot Corner
    Why can I only read Gwreck's post for this thread in dark mode? In regular (no-dark mode) it is just a large white blank space.
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    With 2/3 of the outfield (Benge & Ewing) being young , cheap & under team control for several years to come, they are worth holding onto. That should free up some money for the Mets to get starting pitching, a first baseman, and a quality RH outfielder that can DH/platoon or possibly allow Ewing to play second more. More and more, I am starting to believe that Bichette will return to the Mets next season. Noo one is likely match his current salary.
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    The Mets have enough holes to fill, that unless the return for Alvarez was to net them an established (or MLB ready) corner infielder or starting pitcher, I don't see it being worthwhile to move him. Accumulating more prospects, that are 2-3 years away from being MLB contributors, does not help to improve this team for 2026. Regarding Alvarez, I believe that pitch recognition and cutting down on his swing appear to be the things he most needs to improve if he is to better fulfill the promise of his early prospect ratings. He is strong enough that he does not need to swing so violently at every pitch. I feel he should work on going with the outside pitch and hitting it to the RCF alley.
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    It would appear that Myers needs to ditch the splitter and return to the change up he used previous. With greater movement, both horizontally and vertically it seems to be a "no brainer".
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    I just don't see a place for Vientos in the Mets future. Yes he is strong and has good power at the plate, but he has had 1328 at bats. He has managed a .234 BA and .284 OBP over that span even with his one good year in 2024. His career slugging of .429 with a career OPS of .716 just is good enough. Add to the fact he is a below average defender at either corner and that he doesn't run well. As Gwreck pointed out earlier, there just isn't a place for him on a team that seriously plans to contend for the post-season.
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    This team is hopeless. They just find ways to lose. For all the off season talk of improving run prevention, the Mets defense and pitching has been pretty poor.
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    Of their 13 picks thus far, the Mets have taken 7 college pitchers (6 RH & ! LH). I worry that our #1 pick missed most of this past season recovering from an internal brace surgery on his UCL. The next pitcher chosen by the Mets is coming back from Tommy John surgery. I know that now days, pitchers are often having Tommy John surgeries in middle school and high school. I just worry about taking pitchers with an injury history so early in the draft. Time will tell.
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    Good job by Brazoban.
  18. The Hot Corner
    Now that is how (and when) you use your zABS challenges.
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    Another disappointing effort by Peralta. Now Brazoban has to try to clean up his mess.
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    Jose Quintana
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    Absolutely stupid ABS challenge by Peralta (on a pitch that wasn't remotely close) earlier in the game comes back to haunt them. The 3-2 pitch to Durban appeared to be a strike, but after wasting the earlier challenge the Mets are a little gun shy of using their sole challenge. Durban takes first on the walk and now Monaststerio takes him deep. Cost Peralta extra pitches and now an extra run. Of all the off-season additions, I think Peralta has disappointed me the most.
  22. The Hot Corner
    So they are an awful like most of the Mets line up.
  23. The Hot Corner
    Well Frayed Knot and Ben Grimm beat me to the punch and got the two I thought of. The only other player that comes to mind with those initials is Tony Tarasco, but I can't remember him playing with the Mets. I remember him as a Brave, Oriole, & Yankee.
  24. The Hot Corner
    Soto attones for his lackadaisical defense with a bomb to RF.
  25. The Hot Corner
    Bad typing (pecking) skills.
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