Ceetar

Frayed Knot wrote: - Yanx jumped out to a 4-run lead on a Chase Headley 2nd inning Grand Slam but Sabathia, who had been pitching well recently, gave it all back and more by the 4th: 5-4 Rox after 4. . oof. CC had been unhittable so I picked him up in fantasy.

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Not sure what the next elevation will be -- holograms! -- but there will be one. Once that happens I think it's all over. The Mets will literally sell tickets to a hologram-reenactment of '86 game 6 at Citi Field

I think Reyes should play again, I don't think he should be barred from the game. He's definitely better than some of the guys on the roster, positional adjustments aside. but.. he's not good enough to override the baggage in my eyes. I generally don't think teams should consider off-field/off-season stuff very highly, but it's too much here. It's too much for him to basically succeed off it. (he'd be wallowing away on the Rockies otherwise, not possibly joining a contender) It's too much given Wilpon's history. But more so, i think it might be too important off the field. If he comes back, he'll get more cheers than when he came back as a Marlin. The incident will be forgotten. People who point out he's still an abuser will be mostly ignored because he hit that home run to win that game. He served his time, within his job, but it's gotta be more than that. If he were to come back I want him volunteering in a domestic violence cause, or escorting women to Planned Parenthood, or something _actually_ redemptive. I mean, look at Aroldis Chapman. Violently shot up his garage in anger at his wife/girlfriend and I doubt anyone's harassing him about it or booing him at Yankee Stadium. Basically forgotten?

Fman99 wrote: Oh, and here I am, with a contractor scheduled for today to work on my kitchen. Guess I'll work from home all day (though I expect him to be done by 12-1 PM, not that I'm shouting that from the rooftops). What are you getting done?

Braun would be a great get. wonder what he'd cost. probalby more than Wheeler.

flip flop. Noah pushed back to tomorrow so his next start aligns with the Nats. Bartolo tonight.

Granderson started slowly but he's been better as of late. (excepting the last 4-5 games when no one really has) RBIs mean nothing.

Edgy MD wrote: Pick a dividing line. One says his final OPS+ will be above X. One says below. Money on the table. payout when 5 years after retirement?

there's literally no prospect I wouldn't, money on the table, take Cuddyer's career from. It' a hard game. and that's the only thing I'm arguing, and not really arguing it hard. It's certainly not dumb. I'd argue it's dumber to be convinced Conforto will be, no doubt, a bona fide great major leaguer. It's really dumb to be worried about a guy who literally has never driven a ball for a hit against a lefty in the majors? In the last 30 days he's 5th of 228 in worst OBP of anyone with at least 70 PA. His wRC+ is 52, meaning he's basically half a baseball player. I mean, Stanton is worse over that stretch, but at least he actually has a track record. He's been really really bad and again, a couple of hard hit balls don't fix that.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Ceets you're pretty funny about this. If you look at them at the same point in their age/development Conforto's already a much better player than Cuddyer, who didn't surpass an 800 OPS till he was 27. Corforto's 23 and is that already. That's not to say Conforto will be better than Cuddyer, they actually do profile somewhat similarly but can only imagine how you'd receive Young Cuddyer as he fought to establish himself. And everyone knows Niuewy for as valuable as he could be (at times - I liked him, CF with power and speed) wouldn't ever be as serious a threat to have a very good career as Conforto is right now. I wouldn't describe 194 PA last year as 'being there already' Especially as a platoon. Especially for how bad the non hot-streaks are. I certainly see the potential, I was even starting to buy in, and then he became literally a waste of space for 6 weeks. Cuddyer was average for a few years and then was pretty good for a while. I'd take that. It'd be nice if Conforto was better, but I'd take it.

Centerfield wrote: I like Conforto too. But the kid is clearly no Michael Cuddyer. I'd sign for Cuddyer's career from Conforto, could do much worse.

Ceetar wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: Anyone hear anything further about Wilmer? I heard he really likes deGrom's hair. https://vine.co/v/ilOW9FIr1HY

Conforto clearly has more physical ability, but that doesn't mean he'll he fine. He sucked when he came up and then exploded in August with the rest of the team. His September was merely okay and barring WS game 4 when he was amazing, he sucked in the postseason. Then he exploded again in April and then sucked in May and June of this year. And like, epic levels of suck. And he's literally never had a hard hit off a lefty. 7/57 all singles.

Nieuwenhuis had pretty good power. He also walked more than Conforto and plays better defense. His problem was very much an all or nothing thing, where he could identify some pitches and crush them, was smart enough to lay off others, but generally just isn't talented enough to crush anything but mistakes. And Conforto is exhibiting many of the same problems.

d'Kong76 wrote: Anyone hear anything further about Wilmer? I heard he really likes deGrom's hair.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: It wasn't just two hits. It was four pretty damn good at-bats, and he could have/should have had a 3rd or 4th hit in there. We'll see, of course. But what exactly are you looking for, Cee? Something closer to the 10% walk rate than the 4.4 he has in June. Something less than the 28 in may and 33% in June K rate. Those are Nieuwenhuis numbers. he's 4/43 with 1 BB against lefties. That's a small sample, but I might be able to do better in those spots just by standing their and not swinging hoping for 4 balls. His batting ball lines are bad too. He's just making a ton of soft contact up the middle. he's just tapping out the 2B and SS basically. One good day against some struggling pitchers is not going to allay those concerns.

I mean, it was two hits off a righty at least one of which wasn't pitching very well. He also only has 2 walks in June to 15 strikeouts in 45 PA in June. It was nice to see the home run, but we're a long way from me being comfortable with Conforto.

Frayed Knot wrote: So they say it was a "discectomy" with fusion which, as I understand it anyway, means they removed the offending/irritating disc (essentially the cartilage 'padding' between two vertebrae) and fused those two now unpadded vertebrae together - the idea being that the fusing restores stability and the source of the pain, the bulging disc impinging on nerves, is gone. The downside to that solution is that the spine is now less flexible than before. Think of a length of chain with two of its links welded together, it's now less able to be coiled, snaked, wrapped, whatever. It would definitely shoot the hell out of a ballet career. Baseball, maybe not, but each case would certainly vary. he could QB for the Broncos too maybe.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Bartolo!!!! Always an adventure!

oof. career OBP .258 Eric Kratz batting as the last out. I can't believe the Mets are playing short and end up having no one to hit in that spot.

Fman99 wrote: Wilmer's showing that he needs daily AB's to find a rhythm. Some goober wrote that they'd like to see the Mets acquire another 3B but in order to "push Flores into a super sub role," where he's not shown a real knack for contributing as a part time player. the rhythm is mostly small sample. He showed his best work last year as a super sub post Kelly/Uribe/Wright Anything that gets less AB for the sub-par guys like Loney and Flores (and Campbell) is best. I don't think we can bank on Duda having no setbacks since it's a back thing, and Kelly's okay but not particularly good and now Walker is achy too. Really could use at least one more option.

seawolf17 wrote: Locked in for my annual weekday matinee, going to be attending the Thursday 7/28 Mets v Rockies 1:10 game with Fboy and my buddy Kevin, also a life long Mets fan. Any CPF'er who wants to meet up for a howdy, please shoot me a PM or a FB message and I will buy you a beer at the ball park. Looks like I'm going to come down with a nasty headache that morning that won't allow me to go to work. I'm prone to migraines myself.

Frayed Knot wrote: Has there been any research into whether or not it even helps? You mean other than the fact that strikeout rates have quintupled every decade? or something like that yes. not striking out is not the goal, getting on base safely is the goal.

Frayed Knot wrote: Of all the times that Keith, or numerous others of his generation, go into their 'players these days' laments, the one I tend to agree with most is to bemoan the loss of the 'two-strike swing' where a player cuts down and goes the other way so as to make contact and avoid strikeouts. OPS with 2 strikes 2011-2016 .514 OPS 2000-2010 .551 OPS 90s .545 88-89 .511 % of balls in play 2011-2016 50.34% .292 babip 2000-2010 52.6% .292 babip 90s 53.32% .290 babip 88-89 55.67% .278 babip I'm not sure any of that's particularly meaningful of course. I'm sure hitters have decided that altering there approach hurts more than it helps. Has there been any research into whether or not it even helps?

Despite a Viagara single-pak in his carry-on and come-hither looks from his traveling companion, man waits until he gets to the B&B to get it on.