I think Pete just didn't want to be coy and did what his contract was designed to do - allow him to opt out if he had a great season. He said what everyone knew 100% what he would do - what he SHOULD do. No surprises, no shock, no bullshit. He was asked and he responded.
WAR can be a funky stat but certainly not end-all be-all, but Alonso's was 3.5 and Baty's was 3.2. It is very hard to understate how awful Alonso was at every aspect of first base, outside of scooping balls. Pete had a great offensive year. But the defense and running the bases was part of the problem this team had.
"After such a disappointing game and year, I don't want to talk about my contract today. Not the right time." That's literally the template of what he could've said.
That is his right of course. But I liked the way Diaz handled it better.
I don’t think I said a word about anyone changing my mind, I said you don’t get to make up my mind. Disagree all you want, no problem.
Honestly, the ralph kiner argument is silly. I agree timing not good
I agree with loading up on the pitching. They are so fragile and unpredictable, especially the bullpen.
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You and Silly should hang out more often. You guys could bond over Met fan’s misery.
Yes defense was a culprit. Not the primary one.How the Mets lost their groove: Inside baseball’s biggest collapse
Talented, yes, but this year's Mets lacked sizzle. They were MLB's only team never to mount a ninth-inning comeback.
"Talk to anyone in the sport these last few weeks about the Mets, and you’d inevitably reach an eye roll and a consensus conclusion.
“Their defense kills them,” one scout summarized late in the season.
Stearns, the president of baseball operations, cited defense as a concern as far back as May. After a brief window of improvement in the summer, it collapsed comprehensively over the final two months of the season.
Every Lindor error led to two unearned runs, it seemed. Alonso struggled with throws to first base, in one case costing the team a game and in another leading to an injury to the starting pitcher. Mark Vientos took a step back at third base, and New York’s outfield let far too many fly balls find grass.
There were the obvious errors — 19 in the final 29 games of the season — that ceded free bases, provided extra runners and prolonged innings. Over the past two months, only one team has allowed more unearned runs than New York’s 28.
Then there were the fringe plays the Mets consistently did not make — plays that don’t go down as errors (at least not anymore) but that a majority of big-leaguers make. This was an area the Mets had emphasized midseason, especially in turning double plays. Down the stretch, there was a play or two every night you could point to as pivotal.
Finally and most frustratingly, there were the mental lapses. The Mets left bases uncoveed. They missed cutoff men. They forgot to back up. These aren’t high-concept principles."
Yeah, but both feed off of each other. An above average defense can help a below average pitcher. I see it has all part of the same vacuum: run prevention. Bad pitching for 3.5 months and bad defense for the entire season, plus boom & bust hitting cycles, basically leads to being a bad team.
Please review the Team Fielding Stats. We Ranked 12 according to the Stats.
That was quick. He didn’t even take his cleats off before he announced it!!
Put Benge in CF next year and trade McNeil to put Jett Williams at 2nd base.
