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  1. Cowtipper
    Can't believe Young let us down. He's one of the team's top sluggers.
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    Time for a Jared Young home run.
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    They're also not giving too many of the prospects any real time to develop on the major league stage. Go back in time and see what happens what does happen sometimes when they do ... you get Wright, Reyes, Wheeler, deGrom, etc. Sometimes they turn into Vientos or Baty, but you never know until you put them out there for a while. They didn't give Sproat or Acuna any meaningful time at the big league level. How much starting has Mauricio gotten to do? Gilbert, Williams, etc. didn't get any chance.
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    They have a whole lineup and roster of people they could actually be trading now as we near the trade deadline, and trading actually gets real returns. Yet, we're still acquiring the detritus no one else wants.
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    Since bringing on stars proves wishy-washy, and they have plenty of prospects now, I'd probably start ditching the veterans and building around the prospects. I mean, Mets prospects are historically wishy-washy, too, but clearly building around stars (Scherzer, Verlander, Bichette, Soto) doesn't work too well, either.
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    His winning percentage is only .250 right now. He's worse than Salty Parker! The Mets have really been in a state of flux for what seems like 10 years now. Going back to the '90s, Dallas Green specifically, there was a trend toward managerial stability: Dallas Green: 512 games, managed part or all of 4 campaigns Bobby Valentine: 1,003 games, 6+ seasons, Art Howe: 323 games, 2 full seasons Willie Randolph: 555 games, about 3.5 seasons Jerry Manuel: 417 games, about 2.5 seasons Terry Collins: 1,134 games: 7 full seasons After 2017, we've had: Mickey Callaway: 324 games, 2 full seasons Luis Rojas: 222 games, 2 "full" seasons (2020 included) Buck Showalter: 324 games, 2 full seasons Carlos Mendoza: 405 games, 2.5 seasons From Dallas Green to Terry Collins, we had two managers with less than 500 games and the equivalent of 3+ seasons of work. Since then, we haven't had a single manager even reach 500 games, or about 3 full seasons, as a Mets skipper.
  7. Cowtipper
    Will Salmon is something Angels fans used to ask a lot. "Will Salmon come up big here?" "Will Salmon hit 25 home runs this year?"
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    They've been screening people since the 1960s. The rule didn't change recently. The Hall's own rules-history page marks a screening committee as starting in 1962, then being formalized in 1968 specifically to cap ballots at 40 names. Before that — basically all of 1936 through the early '60s — there was no curation step at all beyond whatever the bare eligibility rules happened to be that year, and those were even looser than today's: no waiting period after retirement from 1936-45, a one-year wait from 1946-53, and the five-year wait everyone knows today wasn't installed until 1954. So for roughly a quarter-century, "played 10 years, now retired" really was close to automatic — helped along by the fact that the league was still young enough that the pool of guys who'd actually compiled a decade-long career and retired was small. Source: Claude.ai
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    10 years doesn't automatically put you on the ballot. You have to play at least 10 years to be considered, but it doesn't automatically put you on the ballot. Players with 10 years are vetted before they make the final list. Per Wikipedia, the following players were also eligible the years Benes was (2008), but didn't make it: Luis Alicea, Alex Arias, Mike Benjamin, Dennis Cook, Delino DeShields, Darrin Fletcher, Rich Garcés, Chris Haney, Dave Hollins, Bobby J. Jones, Tom Lampkin, Darren Lewis, Mike Magnante, Dave Mlicki, Mike Morgan, Hipólito Pichardo, Armando Reynoso, Henry Rodríguez, Lee Stevens, Greg Swindell, Mike Trombley, John Valentin, Randy Velarde, Ed Vosberg, and Mark Wohlers. You could've knocked me over with a feather when I learned Mike Magnante, Hipolito Pichardo and Ed Vosberg even made it to ten years.
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    Mets release Joe Charles!
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    Kevin Gausman is one of those secret weapons that really doesn't get the fanfare that he should. He averages more than a strikeout per inning for his career, doesn't allow a lot of hits or walks, and has quietly compiled his way past 2,000 career Ks ... still an impressive milestone in any era. He's a free-agent after this season and is the sort of guy I actually might endorse giving a look at. He kind of reminds me of Andy Benes, who also compiled his way to 2,000 Ks without anyone really noticing. He didn't even make the HOF ballot.
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    The season is saved, as the Mets are signing another hot hitter in Christopher Morel, who has batted .162 with zero home runs and 1 RBI in 68 at-bats in 2026. This is on the back of a superstar 2025, when he hit .219/.289/.396 in 278 ABs. For his career, he competes for the top spot among modern greats, as he owns a .220/.296/.407 line. On the bright side, he's hit 20+ home runs a couple times ... at the expense of one strikeout every 2.9 at-bats. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/06/mets-sign-christopher-morel.html
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    Pete Alonso is hitting .290/.384/.545 with 11 homers and 34 RBI since May 18 ... but not with the New York Mets :-(.
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    Tom Davis was a longtime baseball scout who spent over 40 years in professional baseball, working for organizations including the Phillies, Cubs, Angels, Mariners, and Braves. He also coached high school baseball and was named West Coast Scout of the Year in 2010, and he passed away in 2025 after a career that included signing players such as Nick Skuse.
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    Anderson Severino to the Hanshin Tigers!
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    Good riddance! Gerber will be around for two days until he gets demoted again.
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    Clay Holmes: Nearing mound work. Holmes (fibula) has been throwing on flat ground and is expected to progress to mound work next week, Chelsea Janes of SNY.tv reports. The veteran right-hander underwent a follow-up X-ray last week that came back clean, clearing the way for him to ramp up his rehab work while recovering from a fractured right fibula. Holmes will now need some time to build his arm back up and is likely looking at a return in late July or early August. Injury Lower Leg. Est. Return 7/27/2026.
  19. Cowtipper
    Tyler Burch released!
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    I don't even know where it came from, when I signed up someone (one of the mods) put it there. Maybe I can find it on the Wayback Machine., EDIT: Nope, not there.
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    Paul Lo Duca was awesome. You can tell how much the Mets standards have fallen since then. He wasn't brought back because he "slipped" to a .272/.311/.378 line in 2007. By the team's modern standards, that's enough to keep him around for another 5-6 years.
  22. Cowtipper
    I think we need to bring back the traditional lineup construction that would put Soto at #4. He should be our RBI guy.
  23. Cowtipper
    Stearns won't be fired, he'll be optioned to Triple-A Syracuse.
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    Dude, Kyle Schwarber is an animal. He's like Ralph Kiner, just packing all these super power-packed seasons in a short time span. Kiner's 162-game average, 1947-1951: 46 HR, 120 RBI, 115 R Schwarber's 162-game average, 2022-2026: 43 HR, 93 RBI, 96 R (though he's actually more comparable to Adam Dunn, 2004-2008).
  25. Cowtipper
    Andy Green might be just what the Mets need to turn it around. An actual manager with managerial and playing experience, not some schlub like Men-dope-za (LO L get it?). Plus, his career .428 winning percentage is only about 200 points away from being a .600 winning percentage, so rounding up he's basically good enough to be a Yankees manager. Therefore, I hereby decree the Mets will make the playoffs this season with Green at the helm.
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