Vic Sage

Vic Sage wrote: With Lugo continuing to pitch well in the rotation, i do think Vargas is the odd man out once Thor gets back, regardless of his contract. But there is no reason to think he'll be any more effective in the pen. He'll likely just sit there and only get used in blowouts and as an extra spot starter, not as a "situational lefty" to make up for Blevins. Meanwhile, we should release Reyes and Bautista, and send Guillorme down, and bring up McNeil, Kelly and an OFer (Borenstein, Kazmarski, denDekker or Brentz). as for the bullpen, Its time for Drew Smith to join Tim Peterson in Flushing, while Robles is staked on a field of ant hills. well at least they took my suggestions on Kazmarski and Drew Smith. I'm anxious to see Smith; he's the guy we got for Duda and he could be the one RPer (of the many we got) from our late season dump fest that could be for real.

Lets see if he can keep it up at home. Certainly Flores isn't making an argument to be the 1bman.

our "hot streak" is comprised of winning 3 out of our last 4, where we've score 5+ runs in each game. During that stretch Reyes has contributed an 0-1, 1-3 (+bb), 0-1, and 0-0 (+bb), so i'd say his contributions had very little to do with our fuego-ness, such as it is. And maybe you think he's poised for another hot second half, based on his 3-6 over 6 games. I don't. I think we're more likely to catch lightning in a bottle with McNeil. But either way, the team's future depends more on learning about McNeil rather than giving Reyes more ABs or (god forbid) innings in the field.

hitting is hard. wow. you should sew that on a pillow.

yes, you got to give it up to Vargas. He does suck quick.

With Lugo continuing to pitch well in the rotation, i do think Vargas is the odd man out once Thor gets back, regardless of his contract. But there is no reason to think he'll be any more effective in the pen. He'll likely just sit there and only get used in blowouts and as an extra spot starter, not as a "situational lefty" to make up for Blevins. Meanwhile, we should release Reyes and Bautista, and send Guillorme down, and bring up McNeil, Kelly and an OFer (Borenstein, Kazmarski, denDekker or Brentz). as for the bullpen, Its time for Drew Smith to join Tim Peterson in Flushing, while Robles is staked on a field of ant hills.

Trachsel and Vargas have comparable careers.

Centerfield wrote: ... His last three starts were all 5 innings, and the ER were 0, 2, and 3 respectively. If that's his upside, with his downside being blowups like last night, then this guy just is not a big league quality pitcher. But that's consistent with his career performance. He's a mid-4 ERA pitcher with a 6ip/gs average. if he gives us 5ip/2.5runs per game, that's a 5th starter, and that's him. It's the games where he gets blown out that are the problem. That it happened in COL is not a shock. But after he started the season with 3 awful starts, 4 of his next 5 starts are pretty much what we should have expected: 5 ip / 0,0,2,3 runs scored. So i'd say he was, in fact, rolling in a good direction [for him] before last night. He should just never be asked to start at high altitude, cuz his shit don't play there. I'm not arguing that he's a good pitcher, or that it was good we signed him. He's not and it wasn't. But if you cut him some slack for a slow start due to ST injury, then he's given us what we should have expected. I'd prefer more consistency [6ip/3r per game would be fine]. But even DeGrom isn't winning with this lineup, so i don't know that this season has been about Vargas' failures. Even with him in the rotation, we've got a good one. It's that the 2 big bats we brought in for big money have been injured and/or unproductive, and our young prospects haven't been exactly precocious in their development.

you don't give a pitcher who turns 30 today (Happy Birthday, Jake!), whose under team control through 2021, a 7-year deal. I love him too, but no...just no.

The DeGrominator is a thing of beauty. He just gets better every year, and this is a guy who started as the NL ROY.

Borenstein's OB% is still .350, despite the .250 BA, and he's done it over a span of 3x as many ABs as Kaz, but yeah, i'd take either one over Bautista right now.

They should DL Bruce, cut Bautista and Reyes, and bring up Kelly, McNeil and Borenstein, whose the leading hitter in Vegas this season. These are AAAA-type players who could be useful if given a chance, and certainly will bring more energy and potential than the washed up vets currently stinking up the bench. And since they're older players, they'll be grateful, and won't need to play everyday. You wouldn't want Alonzo up here sitting on the bench, but Borenstein or Kelly or McNeil are less of a concern in that regard.

the Mets should fly his family out to every game.

Vic Sage wrote: 280/380/420, 10hr, 70r I thought i was being optimistic.

https://www.sny.tv/mets/news/mets-reportedly-ready-to-entertain-trade-offers-for-virtually-everyone/281778660 The Mets are "ready to entertain trade offers for virtually everyone" on the roster, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports. According to Rosenthal, the Mets would prefer to hold on to Brandon Nimmo, Michael Conforto, Robert Gsellman, and Seth Lugo, and would be more open to trading Noah Syndergaard than Jacob deGrom.

Edgy MD wrote: And since the Mets have his UCL and his rib, they can clone him if necessary. it WILL WORK!

i stuck it out this time and was handsomely rewarded by my boy, Captain Nimmo.

how about scoring 5 and giving up 3? That works too.

LET IT GO, DUDE! https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=A2KLfS105iNbResAzBlXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=let+it+go&fr=yset_chr_cnewtab#id=1&vid=30f14754b7fe574a9c4c402ea8b9db58&action=view

That deadspin article can't seem to focus on a central thesis. Or if it does I'm not getting it. Just kinda rambles and vents about the Wilpons. central thesis: "More specifically, it’s because they have persistently mismanaged how they handle injuries and roster construction, because they have been both conservative and cheap about the drafts and trades and minor league scouting that should have provided organizational depth, and because they have continued to use their bench as a sort of hospice for aging veterans looking for a quiet and moderately dignified place to spend their last few MLB innings. All of those failures, to some extent or another, can quite readily be traced back to the strange, stubborn, curdled laziness of the people in charge of the franchise."

NBA draft next week!

avi

and with Cabrera hurt, who else on the roster can play 2b? Reyes? Do we really want to give Reyes more ABs? I'd rather have Kelly