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We're due for one of those games where we're up like 8-0 after three and then just don't get another hit while the other team chips away little by little until suddenly it's 8-9 and then they keep going and we lose 8-15. But actually they're going to win 4-1 tonight, Bichette homers.

Lowest walk rate since his pre-rookie season, highest k rate since 2017. Swinging at the most pitches out of the zone since pre-rookie season, despite getting the most first pitch strikes of his career. By a lot. Bat speed was already bad and now it's worse. He's running faster though.

Gee, almost seems like the Mets could've used someone like Brandon Nimmo a lot more than someone like Marcus Semien, who could've possible foreseen that besides anyone that had actually looked at the roster.

I think it was two CBAs ago the players also negotiated 4 more days off. It seems odd for to move what's seemingly pretty standard April temps. Just schedule them for 4 to start with then. It's already a low attendance type of game, and maybe people can make a 4pm game if they know to plan ahead. I guess ratings would be lower, but your contract is already in place for that, so whatever. Over here on the other side of the river, and presumably many places, softball/baseball season has started. The 10 year olds are playing 6-8 outside.

Carlos Beltran was amazing, was amazing as a Met, was maybe the best CFer in the game at the time, etc etc. no brainer.

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Nimmo's at .360/.429/.520. Mets could've easily played Baty at second and Vientos/Benge/Nimmo at DH. The move made no sense, and continues to not make sense.

Umpires might want to familiarize themselves with this obscure document called "the rule book" which defines this nebulous and elusive zone. Oh, you can't expand it for 3-0 pitches and contract it for 0-2? So sad. Just get it right, it's not a performance piece.

yeah. as much as it sucked driving home, it would've taken me a similar time on transit. They are doing a shuttle bus service from Paramus Park mall which may help some of us, but looks like, while cheaper, you gotta get there at 4:30 for a normal game. I think currently the best move is prepay parking and get there earlier enough for a spot in the main lot. This might actually work great to go west, because the entrance to OUR Grand Central west is essentially in the parking lot, versus having to do lots of loops from other spots. Otherwise the Skyview mall is a 10 minute walk (And there are shuttles). The BEST plan would be a 7 line extension in NJ, treating the other side of the Hudson a little more like a 6th borough, Merging NJ Transit/Port Authority/MTA all into one big interconnected thing..

Security tech has improved that they generally don't need to paw through your stuff (unless you're going to the brewery) the machine detects what it needs to detect and they'll pull you aside if you ding it. Where'd you get the 9-9-9 challenge? I wondered everywhere but didn't quite study every menu. It looked even stupider in person. Like I saw people with a fresh one in the bottom of the 6th... Took me over 2 hours to get home, and over 40 minutes exiting the area because they remain terrible at traffic control. I screwed up the parking thing to start with, but man it's going to be terrible there for... well forever.

yeah. but this is the brewery place. You can't go inside from there.

It's essentially the same space. And some/many of the beers on the list you posted are only available there as far as I could tell. Couldn't find Maine Lunch inside in particular, nor some of those Montauks I don't think, but maybe they are seasonal/showing up later. I also couldn't find an actual beer list besides just reading the taps.

Image courtesy of © Jim Rassol-Imagn Images In the style of Effectively Wild's annual preseason prediction game, we've come up with three bold predictions, or hot takes if you will, for the 2026 New York Mets. Presented here in order of confidence. 3 Bold New York Mets Predictions for 2026 Season Kodai Senga will be the Mets' best starting pitcher I'm a big fan of Kodai Senga, and I think the Mets have been both under-appreciative of him, and have sabotaged him a little bit too. In 2026. I think everything comes together for Senga's best season as a Met. This isn't a doom-and-gloom prediction—I'm not down on Freddy Peralta or David Peterson or anyone else. We're going to do this by FanGraphs WAR, and currently Senga is listed fifth in projected fWAR at 1.5, behind Peralta at 2.6. Senga faded last year, after missing most of 2024, which was a common theme for the Mets rotation. With Senga though, the Mets optioned him to AAA in favor of September ERAs of 9.88 for Jonah Tong, 9.72 for David Peterson, and 8.10 for Sean Manaea. Up until the All-Star Break, the Japanese right-hander had a 1.39 ERA through 14 starts with 74 strikeouts, but in his final seven starts, he had a 6.10 ERA. He had one bad start and one good start in the minors after that to end his season. Clearly, the Mets had little faith in him at that point, but overall his numbers in MLB have been good, and I've seen or heard nothing from the Mets to suggest last year was anything more than an anomaly, perhaps from ramping up innings after missing most of 2024. This year, he's starting healthy and ready to go, after having thrown 126 2/3 innings last year. The Mets, and Jeremy Hefner, had him learn the slider last year, and he used it about 6% of the time. Now Hefner is gone, and it's a fresh season. He's got a year of growth with the new pitch, and more data to use about how to mix pitches, maybe with some different input from the dugout. Senga's a real talented pitcher, with lots of weapons, and that Ghost Fork still flummoxes hitters. Of all the Mets' top six starting options, Senga's got the second lowest ERA over the last three years, behind only Nolan McLean's much smaller sample. I think McLean and Peralta will both have excellent seasons, and maybe even better stretches of games, but when the dust settles, it will be Kodai Senga who has created the most value out of that rotation. Brett Baty will get the most starts at second base This one's potentially a bit more pessimistic, because I'm not sold on Marcus Semien, but ultimately I think it works out for the Mets. Currently. FanGraphs has Semien getting 637 PA at second, and Baty only 35, but with Bichette at third, and Vientos the primary backup there and at first, it seems likely Baty would be the one to replace Semien if it isn't working (barring another position switch from Jorge Polanco). Semien is projected for a .310 wOBA, which is higher than either of his last two years. If he bounces back, great, but if he continues to decline, it's going to be harder and harder to carry him for the defense, especially if the decline there last year was age and not just fuzziness in defensive metrics. Baty, meanwhile, put up a .324 wOBA last year and a 111 wRC+. He got 432 PA and contributed 2.3 fWAR. A lot of that came from increased power, really driving the ball with authority. More of that will earn him more starts, which could come at Semien's expense (or, alternatively, the Bichette experiment failing could open up starts at both second and third for Baty). Francisco Alvarez will hit 30 home runs This is the year Alvarez puts it all together. This is his age-24 season, and his four as the regular catcher. The 2025 campaign was his best year so far, and if there's improvement that sticks, he could be even better. ZiPS projects him for 21 HR, which is the most optimistic, but that's over 118 games. If he can get to 130 or 140 starts with some DH time, 30 homers might be in the cards, and that extra power in the Mets would really lengthen the bottom of the lineup. His Statcast metrics have been trending up in that he's hitting the ball harder, with more exit velocity and a better launch angle. He's swinging at meatballs more often, and swinging at first pitches and out of the zone pitches less. In general, it seems like he might actually have a little bit of a plan up there as compared to previous years, and there's no reason to think he can't display even more improvement in 2026. What are your hot takes for the Mets' 2026 season? Let us know in the comments below! View full article

Metsmerized doesn't count imo. Looks like it's just some text in the press notes: Which probably means it's still mostly useless, not connected to the stadium, and what a nuked version of the 9-9-9 meme, lol. 36oz of Coors Light wouldn't even get me drunk in 1 inning, 9 mini dogs is gonna be what, 6 normal hot dogs? A little excessive but not terribly so.

cool? maybe? you have a link/article or something to this? (that list is pathetic btw) The two* previous breweries there could've done fine probably if they weren't run by idiots.

Well let's hope THAT never happens again.

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weren't we always?

Severino on the bump, Go team DR. Pulling for Italy overall though.

Cohen traded half of us I think.