Jump to content
Grand Central Mets
  • Create Account

Cowtipper

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    4,684

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    5

 Content Type 

Profiles

New York Mets News, Rumors & Analysis

New York Mets Videos

2026 New York Mets Top Prospect Rankings

New York Mets Trade & Free Agent Rumors

New York Mets Fan Guides & Resources

2026 New York Mets Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by Cowtipper

  1. Cowtipper
    Disastrous? David Stearns isn't just extremely intelligent, he is also very wise. He made these trades to show us that some things in life are more important than winning baseball games. David Stearns, he's so great 😍
  2. Cowtipper
    LGM! OMG!
  3. Cowtipper
    Bichette looks 20 but he's almost 30.
  4. Cowtipper
    Devin Williams has a 2.21 ERA since April 26 (21 G).
  5. Cowtipper
    This is a game actually worth watching.
  6. Cowtipper
    If you can believe it, Brooks Raley is now one of the longest-tenured Mets.
  7. Cowtipper
    Gary stole my joke!
  8. Cowtipper
    The fact that the Blue Jays keep using Mason is downright Fluharty!
  9. Cowtipper
    I ❤️ Zweigles.
  10. Cowtipper
    Just got a Ro ad. I'd like to pop a Viagra one time just to see what happens.
  11. Cowtipper
    Steve Gelbs needs to go to Rochester and try a Zweigle.
  12. Cowtipper
    Can't believe Steve Gelbs is only 39.
  13. Cowtipper
    Can't believe Young let us down. He's one of the team's top sluggers.
  14. Cowtipper
    Time for a Jared Young home run.
  15. Cowtipper
    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.
  16. Cowtipper
    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.
  17. Cowtipper
    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.
  18. Cowtipper
    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.
  19. 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?"
  20. Cowtipper
    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
  21. Cowtipper
    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.
  22. Cowtipper
  23. Cowtipper
    Mets release Joe Charles!
  24. Cowtipper
    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.
  25. Cowtipper
    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
×
×
  • Create New...