Uncle Steve is going to make sure everyone on the 86 team gets inducted..... even Lenny if he's not incarcerated.
Mets Hot Stove Talk--2025-2026
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Uncle Steve is going to make sure everyone on the 86 team gets inducted..... even Lenny if he's not incarcerated.
Logistics question: Is the induction ceremony before or after Beltran replaces Mendoza?
Agree. He is a good guy, who had a very good career, but falls a bit short of the HOF.
However — and forgive me for sounding sappy — but if his daughter is posting on social media about how he deserves to be in the HOF, then he already made it, as a dad. Being a great dad who is loved by his family, is the biggest blessing and recognition a man can receive.
The HOF is now the Hall of Very Good. Doesn’t bother me but there are multiple players who have gotten in and are “borderline” at best.
At their best, Wagner was more dominant than Franco, but neither belong in the Hall.
Closers are tricky. I value the ones who inherit the toughest situations on the biggest stage. Those are very few because it also depends on the success of the teams they're on ie Mariano. Guys like Trevor Hoffman have had long-term dominance, but as Tony Soprano said, "He ever been put to the test?"
RedmanMike
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Wagner was by far the best closer the Mets ever had, but I always loved John Franco. (And I'm a guy that was raised on the great Tug McGraw.)
Spocky Ramone
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There was no closer who had more of an impact on the success of the Mets than Neil Allen
Ya gotta believe, "Tug McGraw".
Mets eat David Stearns’ $34 million blunder. Montas is the pitching equivalent of Jedd Lowrie. Of course, that was a Van Wagenen and Wilpon disaster.
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Mets DFA Frankie Montas before final year of 2-year, $34M deal
NEW YORK -- Frankie Montas’ turbulent Mets tenure will end after only nine appearances. The Mets designated Montas for assignment on Tuesday, cutting ties with a player who wasn’t going to be healthy enough to pitch anyway. The move is mostly procedural; Montas underwent Tommy John surgery at...
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Spocky Ramone
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The more things change…Mets eat David Stearns’ $34 million blunder. Montas is the pitching equivalent of Jedd Lowrie. Of course, that was a Van Wagenen and Wilpon disaster.
Mets DFA Frankie Montas before final year of 2-year, $34M deal
NEW YORK -- Frankie Montas’ turbulent Mets tenure will end after only nine appearances. The Mets designated Montas for assignment on Tuesday, cutting ties with a player who wasn’t going to be healthy enough to pitch anyway. The move is mostly procedural; Montas underwent Tommy John surgery at...