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  1. The Hot Corner
    Wow. The Mets defense is again pretty porous as Young boots a ground ball. Ruled a hit, by the official scorer but it was an error all the way. Hitters must love the official scorer at Truist. Just like the routine pop up off Taylor's glove the other night was ruled a triple. Now the official scorer has (rightfully) changed his ruling to an error on Young's botched ground ball.
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    I am pleased with the adjustments and progress that Benge has made over the course of the season. I expect Ewing to develop into a good top of the line up hitter. He has good patience and awareness of the strike zone Soto is elite. Lindor should be okay longterm. Baty and Vientos have had sufficient opportunities to show what they can and can't do. I think they should not be counted on to be anything more than part-time backups. Alvarez is faintly ahead of Baty and Vientos, but not by much. Robert, Semien, and Taylor should not be counted on to fill major rolls moving forward. Bichette will likely opt out and move on at the end of the season. I think Jared Young can be a platoon player at DH/1st base. Then, of course, there is the mess that is the starting pitching. The Mets have a major rebuild ahead of them this offseason.
  3. The Hot Corner
    I wish I had been that smart. I opted out following the bases clearing non-error.
  4. The Hot Corner
    Swing hard and hope for contact seems to be the predominant methodology for Mets hitters. Patience and pitch recognition seems to be lost on most of the hitters (outside of Soto and Ewing).
  5. The Hot Corner
    This team is embarrassing. The offense is anemic, the starting pitching is in shambles, and the defense not remotely of MLB caliber.
  6. The Hot Corner
    So far this year, it seems everyone likes the Mets.
  7. The Hot Corner
    The quality of his peak definitely was HOF worthy. However, I believe he still falls a little short in my eyes (I'm a small Hall guy), but he could have a few more good seasons and make it a done deal. I think it depends on what he does in the reminder of his contract.
  8. The Hot Corner
    I admit that I liked the addition of Helsley and Rogers. I thought they would bolster our pen for the stretch run. I believed a backend of Diaz, Helsley, Rogers, and Raley would be "lights out" game over type of late inning crew. I was rather indifferent to the Soto deal. Unfortunately, Helsley blew up and became a head case worrying over tipping pitchers rather than actually making good pitches. I think Helsley was another example of a closer that can't pitch in non-save situations. Worse yet, Helsley couldn't pitch in virtually any situation during his time with the Mets. Rogers was good and I would have liked to see the Mets retain him. Soto was underwhelming and couldn't throw strikes reliably. Cedric Mullins was a misguided attempt to catch lightning in a bottle a few years too late. He was once good, but his time had passed.
  9. The Hot Corner
    You were not alone. I too thought it was a good deal, though I would have rather moved Tong and kept Sproat.
  10. The Hot Corner
    Regardless of how we feel about his performance (or lack thereof) it does not appear that he is going anywhere. If he does as poorly in the upcoming trade deadline and offseason as he did last time around, then Cohen may change his mind. Hopefully, things go much better this time around. It would be hard to do worse.
  11. The Hot Corner
    Catching pop ups with two hands is a thing of the past in MLB, with few exceptions. Playing ground balls off to the side, rather than getting in front of them (when possible) also appears to be fading from MLB too. It drives on old, "old school" guy like me crazy.
  12. The Hot Corner
    Oh great, another swing hard and hope to make contact hitter. I am tired of a line up full of low batting average, high strike out rate guys. I want to see more disciplined players that don't chase every breaking ball with OBP skills. I don't care how far they can hit the ball, if they can't make contact reliably. The "Flail and Fail" offense, just isn't going to build a reliable offense. I realize you can only expect so much from the players available over the wire, but I would like someone that can at least make contact.
  13. The Hot Corner
    This Mets team is going nowhere, so they might as well unload any decent trade chips they have to clear money from the payroll and build for the future. That said, I would hold on to Weaver unless someone blew me away with an offer. I would deal Peralta and Minter as long as the return is decent. Raley is another option, as well as Holmes if he can return and be effective before the deadline.
  14. The Hot Corner
    Then Mauricio goes down on 3 pitches.
  15. The Hot Corner
    Wow. Vientos strikes out. What a shock.
  16. The Hot Corner
    Another RISP chance for the Mets. Oh great Vientos is up. Mr. Flail and Fail
  17. The Hot Corner
    Well, it didn't take long for the Keystone Mets defensive deficiencies to show up. Totally unacceptable.
  18. The Hot Corner
    Another game, another loss. Another game stranding a small village on the bases.
  19. The Hot Corner
    Oh lord, we are down to Baty as a last gasp hope.
  20. The Hot Corner
    Or pop one up to short.
  21. The Hot Corner
    Looking for Young to turn around a fastball to tie it up.
  22. The Hot Corner
    By all accounts, Mendoza is a very good and decent man, but I often did not agree with many of his in game decisions. Even in 2024, I felt he had too quick of a hook with starting pitchers (seemingly based on pitch count) and as a result overworked the bullpen which eventually led to poor performance.
  23. The Hot Corner
    I would hit Lindor for Baty.
  24. The Hot Corner
    I ❤️ Weaver!
  25. The Hot Corner
    Lindor's calf appears to be pretty healthy.
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