2020 NY Mets Season

[quote="mjmaherjr" post=394352]Céspedes homered his last 3 games[/quote]


Not looking good recently. Could see Smith as the designated hitter. And why not? Wouldn't put it past Rojas. Just look at his late inning changes with Cano out for a defensive replacement. Got to believe he will sit any veteran not producing in this short season.
 
[quote="mjmaherjr" post=394772]DeGrom should throat punch Lugo[/quote]

deGrom should demand to be traded to the Yankees.
 
[quote="SJUFAN2" post=394808][quote="mjmaherjr" post=394772]DeGrom should throat punch Lugo[/quote]

deGrom should demand to be traded to the Yankees.[/quote] I'll toss in Diaz because I'm generous
 
[quote="mjmaherjr" post=394835][quote="SJUFAN2" post=394808][quote="mjmaherjr" post=394772]DeGrom should throat punch Lugo[/quote]

deGrom should demand to be traded to the Yankees.[/quote] I'll toss in Diaz because I'm generous[/quote]

That's gonna drag down the overall package I give up, but OK. What's it gonna take on our end?
 
If Conforto ever expects to be a Met for life and sign a long term contract he better start making contact with the baseball. Right now he is a strikeout waiting to happen. Expect Rojas to take him out of the clean up spot.
 
I am by no means blaming Rojas for yesterday's loss. That falls on Seawald, Betances and Lugo. But I am very disappointed with Rojas' removal of Portello. 8 to 2 lead in the bottom of the fifth, two Braves on base via a walk and a dropped fly ball by Davis and one out. Why would you take out Portello who threw only 82 pitches and has a chance for a win. And you are bringing in Seawald who is incconsistent to say the least. Just look at Portello's face as he leaves the mound. Poor judgment on the part of the manager, especially having several years managing in the minors. What a shame the reporters never asked him about this move. Must have thought they were interviewing Biden with softball questions.
 
Not a Met fan, and not to make this political, but Trump's interviews with FOX are all softballs. Just saying.
 
Cespedes is out of his mind for taking issue with being benched de to 15 strikeouts in 31 at bats. While I'd agree someone of his stature be given a little more leeway than a bad start, he had been horrid. To quit and use Covid as a reason won't help him one bit in securing a contract for next season. Someone will likely sign him, but instead of gutting it out, putting up decent numbers and nailing another large contract to DH, he mostly damaged himself.

Still and all another crazy event for a snakebitten franchise.
 
There's a reason why Cespedes has been on so many teams in a short period of time
He is talented but a real knucklehead
 
[quote="Paultzman" post=395660]Mets announce that Marcus Stroman has opted out of this season[/quote]

It isn't just the Mets. The wheels are coming off of this season for MLB. This is a highly infectious disease, and there may soon be a floodgate of opt outs that end the season.
 
[quote="Beast of the East" post=395663][quote="Paultzman" post=395660]Mets announce that Marcus Stroman has opted out of this season[/quote]

It isn't just the Mets. The wheels are coming off of this season for MLB. This is a highly infectious disease, and there may soon be a floodgate of opt outs that end the season.[/quote]

I hope the NFL is paying attention to how MLB has blown their chance, and how the NBA and NHL are positioned to pull off their reboot successfully.

If I'm Roger Goodell I set it up this way:
1- I move all Thursday and Monday games to Saturday (once the college football season is moved to the spring).
2- Each team will be required to house their players in a bubble environment for the season. Can't put the whole league in one location, so each franchise needs to find a local resort and lock it down for the remainder of the year. Violating the bubble as a player means out for the year, no pay, and no accrued season.
3- Each team should have those 10 minute testing solutions the White House uses for people meeting the POTUS. Test every player daily, especially on days of travel for away games.
4- No overnight stays in away cities. Travel and play on the same day. Return to the plane and fly home after. Yes, its a disadvantage. But playing on the road has always been that, and these are unprecedented times.
 
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Problem is NHL and NBA were limited time engagements just to finish the season.
Even when next NHL and NBA season rolls around I doubt the players will want to do a bubble. I think if NFL did a bubble even MORE players would opt out
 
[quote="SJUFAN2" post=395666][quote="Beast of the East" post=395663][quote="Paultzman" post=395660]Mets announce that Marcus Stroman has opted out of this season[/quote]

It isn't just the Mets. The wheels are coming off of this season for MLB. This is a highly infectious disease, and there may soon be a floodgate of opt outs that end the season.[/quote]

I hope the NFL is paying attention to how MLB has blown their chance, and how the NBA and NHL are positioned to pull off their reboot successfully.

If I'm Roger Goodell I set it up this way:
1- I move all Thursday and Monday games to Saturday (once the college football season is moved to the spring).
2- Each team will be required to house their players in a bubble environment for the season. Can't put the whole league in one location, so each franchise needs to find a local resort and lock it down for the remainder of the year. Violating the bubble as a player means out for the year, no pay, and no accrued season.
3- Each team should have those 10 minute testing solutions the White House uses for people meeting the POTUS. Test every player daily, especially on days of travel for away games.
4- No overnight stays in away cities. Travel and play on the same day. Return to the plane and fly home after. Yes, its a disadvantage. But playing on the road has always been that, and these are unprecedented times.[/quote]
By and large I agree, but I think they need to move all of the teams to one general area with multiple pro/college stadiums (North Carolina or Florida maybe) that are reasonably accessible by bus. Play multiple games at each venue on Saturday and Sunday. It would be an expanded bubble.
 
[quote="Moose" post=395670]Problem is NHL and NBA were limited time engagements just to finish the season.
Even when next NHL and NBA season rolls around I doubt the players will want to do a bubble. I think if NFL did a bubble even MORE players would opt out[/quote]

I'm sure you are right. But without a bubble, the NFL is absolutely going to have the same problems that baseball has experienced.
Just look at the Indians. Pleasac and Clevinger couldn't resist the urge to break MLB's quarantine even though one of their top pitchers/teammates had leukemia last year and their beloved manager is in the high risk category with underlying conditions.
the NFL is going to have 80 guys to draw from during their season. No way there aren't going to be multiple Pleasac's & Clevinger's on each NFL team.

I don't see how they get in a full season without each team having its own bubble. If people want to opt out because of that...ok. I'd rather have a season with a bunch of almost NFL level players than no season.
 
[quote="Spocky Ramone" post=395671][quote="SJUFAN2" post=395666][quote="Beast of the East" post=395663][quote="Paultzman" post=395660]Mets announce that Marcus Stroman has opted out of this season[/quote]

It isn't just the Mets. The wheels are coming off of this season for MLB. This is a highly infectious disease, and there may soon be a floodgate of opt outs that end the season.[/quote]

I hope the NFL is paying attention to how MLB has blown their chance, and how the NBA and NHL are positioned to pull off their reboot successfully.

If I'm Roger Goodell I set it up this way:
1- I move all Thursday and Monday games to Saturday (once the college football season is moved to the spring).
2- Each team will be required to house their players in a bubble environment for the season. Can't put the whole league in one location, so each franchise needs to find a local resort and lock it down for the remainder of the year. Violating the bubble as a player means out for the year, no pay, and no accrued season.
3- Each team should have those 10 minute testing solutions the White House uses for people meeting the POTUS. Test every player daily, especially on days of travel for away games.
4- No overnight stays in away cities. Travel and play on the same day. Return to the plane and fly home after. Yes, its a disadvantage. But playing on the road has always been that, and these are unprecedented times.[/quote]
By and large I agree, but I think they need to move all of the teams to one general area with multiple pro/college stadiums (North Carolina or Florida maybe) that are reasonably accessible by bus. Play multiple games at each venue on Saturday and Sunday. It would be an expanded bubble.[/quote]

I don't think that would work. You'd have to eliminate any stadium with real grass. If you played two or three games a day on back to back days in those facilities the fields would breakdown and would become more hazardous to a players future career than COVID.

32 teams. In order to play two games on Saturday and two games on Sunday you'd need 4 NFL level facilities in the same area that don't have grass fields and you need a resort(s) where you can bubble the players and staff at that could also handle 3,000+ people. I'm not sure that situation exists.
 
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