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Mets claw back! OMG!

At least Senga's season ERA is below 10 again.

Anthony Kay, former first round pick traded for Marcus Stroman in 2019 (though he returned briefly in 2023), disappeared to Japan for a couple years. He returned stateside for 2026 and is doing well, posting a 6-2 record and a 4.24 ERA in 76 1/3 innings for Chicago.

On the bright side, Luzardo is on my fantasy team and he's racking up some decent points for me today.

Exactly. Give the kids a chance. It seems like for the past few years we keep hearing how many worthwhile prospects they have, yet they keep throwing retreads out there instead of letting the fruits of their farm system actually prosper. You can't know if the prospects are actually good if you never give them a real shot.

The Mets are "stretching out Myers" to become a starter. Disregard the fact he's been a total letdown. They're going to make him a starter. Disregard the fact the Mets have Tong, Wenninger and Thornton in the minors. They're gonna try to make Myers a starter. Well, Mendoza's gone but the stupid is still there.

Toby Myers has a 7.26 ERA since April 10 and a 11.12 ERA since May 6 (13 games), yet they still keep trotting him out there.

Toby M. needs to disappear, too. Could probably be traded for a 12-pack of Charmin toilet paper.

Dedniel Nunez: Cleared for rehab assignment. Nunez (elbow) will begin a rehab assignment with Single-A St. Lucie on Thursday, Michael Mayer of MetsmerizedOnline.com reports. Nunez is less than a year removed from undergoing Tommy John surgery but has already been cleared for game action. Barring any setbacks, the reliever appears in line for his season debut shortly after the All-Star break. Nunez boasts a 2.82 ERA and 59:14 K:BB over 44.2 innings during his time with the Mets. Injury Elbow. Est. Return 7/24/2026. Jorge Polanco: Beginning rehab assignment. Polanco (Achilles) will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday, Will Sammon of The Athletic reports. Polanco originally began a rehab assignment in late May, but the Mets shut him down in early June after he reported renewed soreness in his ankle. Now ready to return to a competitive setting, the 32-year-old will work exclusively as a designated hitter while he ramps up and could eventually take over as the Mets' primary DH once activated. Injury Achilles. Est. Return 7/7/2026. Marcus Semien: Shelved by hip flexor strain. The Mets placed Semien on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a left hip flexor strain. Semien played every inning of both legs of Wednesday's doubleheader but evidently picked up a hip injury in the process. It's not clear at this point how long the veteran infielder will be sidelined. Brett Baty will likely see the bulk of the reps at second base while Semien is out. Injury Hip. Est. Return 7/5/2026.

I fell off the David Peterson bandwagon a lot sooner than most people. I remember being over him by 2023; he was far too inconsistent. I was impressed by his 2024 campaign, and thought he might've turned the corner, but still wasn't sold. We had seen that script multiples before. A good year, then a bad one, then a good one, then a bad one. The one highlight I DO remember fondly is his complete game shutout from 2025. Before there was Vientos, Alvarez and Baty, there was David Peterson, the top prospect they obsessively stuck with long after they should have ditched him.

The one time I was impressed by Mendoza was when he went out to pull a pitcher in a good game, but I think the pitcher shooed him away and he let the pitcher stay in. I wanna say it was during one of the complete game shutouts by either Peterson or Severino. Through June 2025, at least, I had no complaints about him. I thought he was solid. By the end of 2025, I had flipped. He made some of the most asinine pitching moves involving relievers and would pull starters too quickly, just because they got to 100 pitches. This was my Mets memory on UMDB from June 1, 2025: "I have no complaints about Mendoza yet. When he first came aboard, I thought "oh great, another dumb experiment," but he's proven to be a very effective skipper. He led the team to the postseason in his first year with the club and is 125-95 (.568 W%) as of this writing. Here's hoping to many more successful seasons!" but by September 29, it was this: "I now have complaints about Mendoza and wish to retract my previous glowing appraisal of him, based largely on his questionably managing over the last half of the 2025 season and punctuated by him going with a bullpen game in the last game of the year, the most important game of the season, the game that would decide whether the Mets went to the playoffs or not. Also idiotic was him pitching Ryne Stanek early in that game, Stanek who had an ERA over 6 since early June and an ERA of 7.50 since August 1. Stanek, of course, gave up the majority of the runs, because bad pitchers give up a lot of runs. Not sure if Mendoza was aware of that arcane knowledge when he made the decision to use him."

Jorge Polanco sent on rehab to Syracuse. Zack Short sent to Syracuse. Mets release minor league pitcher John Valle.

Can't go wrong with the results so far. Maybe he's 2026's dark horse.

Edgy, I gotta say, I almost never actually read anything you ever respond with because you never actually say anything constructive, it's always just pedantic nitpicking, rude condescension and leading statements meant to get a rise out of people. You shouldn't really even try. Thank goodness we get alerts that tell us who quotes us before we see it.

Thanks for proving my point by referencing the one truly successful example from 40 years ago.

Mendoza often seemed like he was Men-dozing off in the dugout, but now he is gone. Share your memories of this less than illustrious Mets manager here. He did finish with a winning record overall, but he managed during an era when fans wanted a little more than just a "winning record."

Boy genius David Stearns loves using options for everyone else, but for whatever reason he kept Melendez on the roster, despite Melendez hitting .143 since May 1 -- a span of 91 at-bats. Granted, Stearns usually options people when they're doing well, but regardless, keeping Melendez around as long as he did is one of the most egregious examples of the mismanagement this team has experienced this season. Do you think since Stearns is young and cocky, he sticks with decisions longer than he should, even if they're clearly wrong or bad, because to do otherwise would mean he's wrong and admitting being wrong would bruise his very cocky ego? I think so. https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mets-option-mj-melendez-triple-171459150.html

He made some of the dumbest pitching moves I've ever seen. He relied way too much on the algorithm even if it defied common sense. Also I said in the game thread yesterday that if the Mets lose, you'll see another trade within a few days, if not sooner. Well, this wasn't a trade ....... but I was directionally accurate. II had my doubters, but you know, I'm used to being doubted and winding up right in the long run, so it's okay.

We really needed that .180 bat. They should trade him too. Actually, shoulda gotten rid of him last year.

NO. Stop hiring duds with no previous managerial experience. Just stop. Rojas was a dud, Mendoza was slightly less of a dud, but also a dud. Callaway was sort of a dud, though technically he had a winning record with NY. Who were actually good for New York? The guys who actually managed before. Like Bobby Valentine, Buck Showalter (101 wins) and Terry Collins.

The most milquetoast and uninspiring manager since I got into the Mets and I lived through Art Howe and Jerry Manuel.

If the Mets lose again I bet we will see another trade in just a few days, or less.

I stopped watching when Vientos got to the plate with the bases loaded, because I assumed he was just gonna strike out. Did he?

Al Fléming was one of Curaçao's greatest baseball figures, starring for the Netherlands Antilles national team from the late 1960s through the 1970s, earning co-MVP honors at the 1972 Haarlem Baseball Week, and leading his domestic league in batting, home runs, and RBIs. After his playing career, he spent more than 15 years coaching and managing the national team, highlighted by guiding the Netherlands Antilles to its first-ever international baseball gold medal at the 1994 South American Games. Shigeki Ukisu was a Japanese right-handed pitcher who signed with the Nagoya Dragons in 1952 after attending Toyota Nishi High School. Although his professional career lasted just five games, he made the most of the opportunity, posting a 1-0 record with a 3.24 ERA before retiring from baseball.

100%. I miss the Eppler years. I was going to say in another thread yesterday that they were more fun than the Stearns years. They were underwhelming, save for 2022, but they had character, they were fun to watch. Heck, I miss the whacky Van Wagenen/Callaway years, because we weren't really expecting much from them. But dude, what I would do for the stability of Collins and Alderson again. That's how bad the Stearns years have been.