Met 2017 Season thread

[Andrew]

I would like to see Conforto get a shot at 3 spot. I know he struggled last year and still will for a while against lefties but he is our only young player on the team and he is off to a good start. I would bat Cespedes cleanup. Rosario should lead off with Cabrera second. We don't look like a playoff team right now so time to let some young guys play.

 

[JackofVirginia]

After Murphy tore up the playoffs with his bat he was successfully handled by the Kansas City Royals. They pitched him in tight and he helped them by swinging at some questionable pitches. What I fail to understand is why we don't throw inside to him, instead giving him pitches to hit (down the middle or outside). Last night Wheeler made him look bad on a slider down and in. Hello any Met coach home?

 

[beast of the east]

I like Flores as a player. Duda is a free agent next year so let Flores play 1st next year if you aren't going to put him at 3rd.

I'd definitely like to see him play more at 3rd this year however if Reyes doesn't get going soon.

If they can't unjam the outfield, I'd like to see Conforto bring a first basemen's glove to spring training and play some there -there's a kid who may warrant 450 ABs

This we can agree on, he should be playing most everyday. Funny, Collins' reasoning for not playing him is it is all about winning now, except when it comes to the starting pitchers, then he reverts to the coddle crap.

They have an outfield that is getting paid an aggregate of $60 million this season. They aren't going to bench any of them for Conforto unless he completely tears it up. I know the paradox, but that's the business reality of baseball.

Conforto can't tear it up on the bench.

When you are 6 for 21, an ohfer 15, well within Conforto's ability, puts you at .167. As fans we fall in love with positive short term contributions. Is Conforto the guy with a Ted Williams eye at the plate, or the guy that waved at sliders in the dirt? Only time will tell if he is the real deal, but for now he will have to earn it, at least until the trading deadline if the Mets are sellers.

Well, we've already seen too many 0 for 15's from Granderson over the last few years. You keep saying Conforto has to earn it, I'd love to see your list of players who have earned PT from the bench. And then I would like to see your list of teams that developed their best prospects by burying them on that same bench. You bring them up, you play them, you especially don't bury them for a veteran well past his prime who has contributed very little for a very long time.

Let's not forget Conforto absolutely stunk it up last season and looked lost. He still has the label of great potential, but it remains to be seen if he can break through. The simple answer he must perform when given the chance, and earn his playing time, no different than any underclassmen on the SJU roster.

The simple answer is baseball is not basketball and no organization except the amateurish Mets bury a player of Conforto's ability, which they did last year when Conforto went into a slump after that genius Collins decided to let his first start versus a lefty be against Baumgartner. Instead of letting him work through it they decided to bounce him around all year.

100% right. And after that weak performance against Baumgarttner Conforto got few chances against lefties. Another brilliant move by Collins.

Although Conforto was overwhelmed by Baumgartner, and you can peel back his horrible season to that game, it's absurd that 4 at bats against one pitcher would put a rising star into a season long tailspin. The reality is Conforto was lost at the plate, swung at bad pitches all season, and the discipline that marked his rookie season was completely absent. Fans like to measure baseball season in 30-40 or even 100 at bats. Hitters mostly tend to be streaky.

Last season after a mostly miserable campaign, Granderson's 8 home runs, 21 RBIs, 16 walks, and 2.86 average helped carry the Mets to a playoff berth. If you believe Conforto in any way shape or form was equipped to do that last season, you are mistaken. HE saw the writing on the wall, lost 20 lbs and worked hard all offseason, and looks more like the guy the Mets were high on. Reality is, it's a long season and with Duda and Cespedes out, now will appear to have a spell where he can earn regular at bats. I hope he continues to perform, but baseball is a very long season.

Look at Conforto's splits for 2016. Most of us wouldn't believe he got 300 ABs, but he was horrible end to end except for April. He hit .104 against lefties, and .242 against righties. I would say it was correct not to give him more ABs vs. lefties when you are fighting for the playoffs.

 

[JackofVirginia]

I like Flores as a player. Duda is a free agent next year so let Flores play 1st next year if you aren't going to put him at 3rd.

I'd definitely like to see him play more at 3rd this year however if Reyes doesn't get going soon.

If they can't unjam the outfield, I'd like to see Conforto bring a first basemen's glove to spring training and play some there -there's a kid who may warrant 450 ABs

This we can agree on, he should be playing most everyday. Funny, Collins' reasoning for not playing him is it is all about winning now, except when it comes to the starting pitchers, then he reverts to the coddle crap.

They have an outfield that is getting paid an aggregate of $60 million this season. They aren't going to bench any of them for Conforto unless he completely tears it up. I know the paradox, but that's the business reality of baseball.

Conforto can't tear it up on the bench.

When you are 6 for 21, an ohfer 15, well within Conforto's ability, puts you at .167. As fans we fall in love with positive short term contributions. Is Conforto the guy with a Ted Williams eye at the plate, or the guy that waved at sliders in the dirt? Only time will tell if he is the real deal, but for now he will have to earn it, at least until the trading deadline if the Mets are sellers.

Well, we've already seen too many 0 for 15's from Granderson over the last few years. You keep saying Conforto has to earn it, I'd love to see your list of players who have earned PT from the bench. And then I would like to see your list of teams that developed their best prospects by burying them on that same bench. You bring them up, you play them, you especially don't bury them for a veteran well past his prime who has contributed very little for a very long time.

Let's not forget Conforto absolutely stunk it up last season and looked lost. He still has the label of great potential, but it remains to be seen if he can break through. The simple answer he must perform when given the chance, and earn his playing time, no different than any underclassmen on the SJU roster.

The simple answer is baseball is not basketball and no organization except the amateurish Mets bury a player of Conforto's ability, which they did last year when Conforto went into a slump after that genius Collins decided to let his first start versus a lefty be against Baumgartner. Instead of letting him work through it they decided to bounce him around all year.

100% right. And after that weak performance against Baumgarttner Conforto got few chances against lefties. Another brilliant move by Collins.

Although Conforto was overwhelmed by Baumgartner, and you can peel back his horrible season to that game, it's absurd that 4 at bats against one pitcher would put a rising star into a season long tailspin. The reality is Conforto was lost at the plate, swung at bad pitches all season, and the discipline that marked his rookie season was completely absent. Fans like to measure baseball season in 30-40 or even 100 at bats. Hitters mostly tend to be streaky.

Last season after a mostly miserable campaign, Granderson's 8 home runs, 21 RBIs, 16 walks, and 2.86 average helped carry the Mets to a playoff berth. If you believe Conforto in any way shape or form was equipped to do that last season, you are mistaken. HE saw the writing on the wall, lost 20 lbs and worked hard all offseason, and looks more like the guy the Mets were high on. Reality is, it's a long season and with Duda and Cespedes out, now will appear to have a spell where he can earn regular at bats. I hope he continues to perform, but baseball is a very long season.

I didn't blame Conforto's poor season on his four at bats against Baumgartner, just his lack of chances against other lefties. Granted he had terrible habits at the plate against all pitching but did straighten it out down on the farm in Vegas.

 

[logen]

I like Flores as a player. Duda is a free agent next year so let Flores play 1st next year if you aren't going to put him at 3rd.

I'd definitely like to see him play more at 3rd this year however if Reyes doesn't get going soon.

If they can't unjam the outfield, I'd like to see Conforto bring a first basemen's glove to spring training and play some there -there's a kid who may warrant 450 ABs

This we can agree on, he should be playing most everyday. Funny, Collins' reasoning for not playing him is it is all about winning now, except when it comes to the starting pitchers, then he reverts to the coddle crap.

They have an outfield that is getting paid an aggregate of $60 million this season. They aren't going to bench any of them for Conforto unless he completely tears it up. I know the paradox, but that's the business reality of baseball.

Conforto can't tear it up on the bench.

When you are 6 for 21, an ohfer 15, well within Conforto's ability, puts you at .167. As fans we fall in love with positive short term contributions. Is Conforto the guy with a Ted Williams eye at the plate, or the guy that waved at sliders in the dirt? Only time will tell if he is the real deal, but for now he will have to earn it, at least until the trading deadline if the Mets are sellers.

Well, we've already seen too many 0 for 15's from Granderson over the last few years. You keep saying Conforto has to earn it, I'd love to see your list of players who have earned PT from the bench. And then I would like to see your list of teams that developed their best prospects by burying them on that same bench. You bring them up, you play them, you especially don't bury them for a veteran well past his prime who has contributed very little for a very long time.

Let's not forget Conforto absolutely stunk it up last season and looked lost. He still has the label of great potential, but it remains to be seen if he can break through. The simple answer he must perform when given the chance, and earn his playing time, no different than any underclassmen on the SJU roster.

The simple answer is baseball is not basketball and no organization except the amateurish Mets bury a player of Conforto's ability, which they did last year when Conforto went into a slump after that genius Collins decided to let his first start versus a lefty be against Baumgartner. Instead of letting him work through it they decided to bounce him around all year.

100% right. And after that weak performance against Baumgarttner Conforto got few chances against lefties. Another brilliant move by Collins.

Although Conforto was overwhelmed by Baumgartner, and you can peel back his horrible season to that game, it's absurd that 4 at bats against one pitcher would put a rising star into a season long tailspin. The reality is Conforto was lost at the plate, swung at bad pitches all season, and the discipline that marked his rookie season was completely absent. Fans like to measure baseball season in 30-40 or even 100 at bats. Hitters mostly tend to be streaky.

Last season after a mostly miserable campaign, Granderson's 8 home runs, 21 RBIs, 16 walks, and 2.86 average helped carry the Mets to a playoff berth. If you believe Conforto in any way shape or form was equipped to do that last season, you are mistaken. HE saw the writing on the wall, lost 20 lbs and worked hard all offseason, and looks more like the guy the Mets were high on. Reality is, it's a long season and with Duda and Cespedes out, now will appear to have a spell where he can earn regular at bats. I hope he continues to perform, but baseball is a very long season.

Look at Conforto's splits for 2016. Most of us wouldn't believe he got 300 ABs, but he was horrible end to end except for April. He hit .104 against lefties, and .242 against righties. I would say it was correct not to give him more ABs vs. lefties when you are fighting for the playoffs.

Again, as is your MO, you don't read and understand my post before you comment - I never said that the four at bats put him into a season long tailspin; I said the Mets jerking him around all year after he went into a slump following that game did. My point is that if you think Conforto or any young player is ready for the bigs, play him, play him, play him. If not, don't bring him up; you prove that point yourself by saying he was not equipped to react to the jerking around or poor season as a veteran like Granderson was; I agree with that; which is why you DON'T DO IT.

 

[beast of the east]

I like Flores as a player. Duda is a free agent next year so let Flores play 1st next year if you aren't going to put him at 3rd.

I'd definitely like to see him play more at 3rd this year however if Reyes doesn't get going soon.

If they can't unjam the outfield, I'd like to see Conforto bring a first basemen's glove to spring training and play some there -there's a kid who may warrant 450 ABs

This we can agree on, he should be playing most everyday. Funny, Collins' reasoning for not playing him is it is all about winning now, except when it comes to the starting pitchers, then he reverts to the coddle crap.

They have an outfield that is getting paid an aggregate of $60 million this season. They aren't going to bench any of them for Conforto unless he completely tears it up. I know the paradox, but that's the business reality of baseball.

Conforto can't tear it up on the bench.

When you are 6 for 21, an ohfer 15, well within Conforto's ability, puts you at .167. As fans we fall in love with positive short term contributions. Is Conforto the guy with a Ted Williams eye at the plate, or the guy that waved at sliders in the dirt? Only time will tell if he is the real deal, but for now he will have to earn it, at least until the trading deadline if the Mets are sellers.

Well, we've already seen too many 0 for 15's from Granderson over the last few years. You keep saying Conforto has to earn it, I'd love to see your list of players who have earned PT from the bench. And then I would like to see your list of teams that developed their best prospects by burying them on that same bench. You bring them up, you play them, you especially don't bury them for a veteran well past his prime who has contributed very little for a very long time.

Let's not forget Conforto absolutely stunk it up last season and looked lost. He still has the label of great potential, but it remains to be seen if he can break through. The simple answer he must perform when given the chance, and earn his playing time, no different than any underclassmen on the SJU roster.

The simple answer is baseball is not basketball and no organization except the amateurish Mets bury a player of Conforto's ability, which they did last year when Conforto went into a slump after that genius Collins decided to let his first start versus a lefty be against Baumgartner. Instead of letting him work through it they decided to bounce him around all year.

100% right. And after that weak performance against Baumgarttner Conforto got few chances against lefties. Another brilliant move by Collins.

Although Conforto was overwhelmed by Baumgartner, and you can peel back his horrible season to that game, it's absurd that 4 at bats against one pitcher would put a rising star into a season long tailspin. The reality is Conforto was lost at the plate, swung at bad pitches all season, and the discipline that marked his rookie season was completely absent. Fans like to measure baseball season in 30-40 or even 100 at bats. Hitters mostly tend to be streaky.

Last season after a mostly miserable campaign, Granderson's 8 home runs, 21 RBIs, 16 walks, and 2.86 average helped carry the Mets to a playoff berth. If you believe Conforto in any way shape or form was equipped to do that last season, you are mistaken. HE saw the writing on the wall, lost 20 lbs and worked hard all offseason, and looks more like the guy the Mets were high on. Reality is, it's a long season and with Duda and Cespedes out, now will appear to have a spell where he can earn regular at bats. I hope he continues to perform, but baseball is a very long season.

Look at Conforto's splits for 2016. Most of us wouldn't believe he got 300 ABs, but he was horrible end to end except for April. He hit .104 against lefties, and .242 against righties. I would say it was correct not to give him more ABs vs. lefties when you are fighting for the playoffs.

Again, as is your MO, you don't read and understand my post before you comment - I never said that the four at bats put him into a season long tailspin; I said the Mets jerking him around all year after he went into a slump following that game did. My point is that if you think Conforto or any young player is ready for the bigs, play him, play him, play him. If not, don't bring him up; you prove that point yourself by saying he was not equipped to react to the jerking around or poor season as a veteran like Granderson was; I agree with that; which is why you DON'T DO IT.

Conforto got plenty of chances for a guy who performed so miserably. If this were the Yankees of old, he'd have been sent to the minors much earlier and spent the entire season there.

You don't play a guy who is hitting .100 vs. lefties, and striking out nearly one in every 3 at bats when you are coming off a WS year and trying to get back there.

Nearly every one of your posts is designed to belittle anyone who disagrees with you. You must be one heck of a supervisor,

 

[Section3]

I like Flores as a player. Duda is a free agent next year so let Flores play 1st next year if you aren't going to put him at 3rd.

I'd definitely like to see him play more at 3rd this year however if Reyes doesn't get going soon.

If they can't unjam the outfield, I'd like to see Conforto bring a first basemen's glove to spring training and play some there -there's a kid who may warrant 450 ABs

This we can agree on, he should be playing most everyday. Funny, Collins' reasoning for not playing him is it is all about winning now, except when it comes to the starting pitchers, then he reverts to the coddle crap.

They have an outfield that is getting paid an aggregate of $60 million this season. They aren't going to bench any of them for Conforto unless he completely tears it up. I know the paradox, but that's the business reality of baseball.

Conforto can't tear it up on the bench.

When you are 6 for 21, an ohfer 15, well within Conforto's ability, puts you at .167. As fans we fall in love with positive short term contributions. Is Conforto the guy with a Ted Williams eye at the plate, or the guy that waved at sliders in the dirt? Only time will tell if he is the real deal, but for now he will have to earn it, at least until the trading deadline if the Mets are sellers.

Well, we've already seen too many 0 for 15's from Granderson over the last few years. You keep saying Conforto has to earn it, I'd love to see your list of players who have earned PT from the bench. And then I would like to see your list of teams that developed their best prospects by burying them on that same bench. You bring them up, you play them, you especially don't bury them for a veteran well past his prime who has contributed very little for a very long time.

Let's not forget Conforto absolutely stunk it up last season and looked lost. He still has the label of great potential, but it remains to be seen if he can break through. The simple answer he must perform when given the chance, and earn his playing time, no different than any underclassmen on the SJU roster.

The simple answer is baseball is not basketball and no organization except the amateurish Mets bury a player of Conforto's ability, which they did last year when Conforto went into a slump after that genius Collins decided to let his first start versus a lefty be against Baumgartner. Instead of letting him work through it they decided to bounce him around all year.

100% right. And after that weak performance against Baumgarttner Conforto got few chances against lefties. Another brilliant move by Collins.

Although Conforto was overwhelmed by Baumgartner, and you can peel back his horrible season to that game, it's absurd that 4 at bats against one pitcher would put a rising star into a season long tailspin. The reality is Conforto was lost at the plate, swung at bad pitches all season, and the discipline that marked his rookie season was completely absent. Fans like to measure baseball season in 30-40 or even 100 at bats. Hitters mostly tend to be streaky.

Last season after a mostly miserable campaign, Granderson's 8 home runs, 21 RBIs, 16 walks, and 2.86 average helped carry the Mets to a playoff berth. If you believe Conforto in any way shape or form was equipped to do that last season, you are mistaken. HE saw the writing on the wall, lost 20 lbs and worked hard all offseason, and looks more like the guy the Mets were high on. Reality is, it's a long season and with Duda and Cespedes out, now will appear to have a spell where he can earn regular at bats. I hope he continues to perform, but baseball is a very long season.

Look at Conforto's splits for 2016. Most of us wouldn't believe he got 300 ABs, but he was horrible end to end except for April. He hit .104 against lefties, and .242 against righties. I would say it was correct not to give him more ABs vs. lefties when you are fighting for the playoffs.

Agree. But he is absolutely the only Met with potential 3rd hitter abilities. No other Met is a 3rd hitter.Too many swing and miss guys. Alderson is on the wrong path.

 

[mjmaherjr]

the bottom line for next year is we have Dominick Smith apparently putting up excellent numbers in Vegas at 1st ( not great power numbers ) and Rosario at Short.

Next year walker contract ends and so does grandy, We need ti expire getting a real 3rd baseman snd someone for the outfield who can play center but the position to put money in is 3rd

 

[beast of the east]

the bottom line for next year is we have Dominick Smith apparently putting up excellent numbers in Vegas at 1st ( not great power numbers ) and Rosario at Short.

Next year walker contract ends and so does grandy, We need ti expire getting a real 3rd baseman snd someone for the outfield who can play center but the position to put money in is 3rd

Dominic Smith's (half) brother used to post here regularly and was excited when his brother got drafted. He privated me several times, but could not afford to go see him play in Savannah.

Conforto will get his chance eventually because of Granderson's age, contract expiration, and injuries to outfielders and the injury prone Duda. Walker may be re-signed if he has the kind of year he had last year.

This team is built to win this year, but they'd better start building up the roster once we get to mid season or they will burn the luxury of a low cost rotation.

 

[JackofVirginia]

Hurry back Lugo. Last year Gsellmo surprised everyone, not so thus far. Has been very hittable, ball not sinking. At his last two after game interviews he claims his ball is going side to side instead of down. Well is it at all possible that you and your esteemed pitching coach can get it right?

 

[Andrew]

Syndegaard out with a bicep problem and after a good first inning Harvey lost his command and velocity. Three walks and two runs. Hope he is not hurt also.

 

[Andrew]

50 innings since the Mets held a lead and they have been at home.

 

[kred]

And down goes Cespedes

 

[bamafan]

50 innings since the Mets held a lead and they have been at home.

Will the Mutts win another game this season?

 

[Spocky Ramone]

The long story:
Conforto playing like we hoped he would. Conforto playing like he did in April 2016. Let's see what May brings.
Bruce has been awesome! He is streaky, so it probably won't last.
I love Yo. He can do no wrong in my eyes. He gets picked off second, or botches a play in the outfield, my response is "Yo's awesome. Anyone else and I would be flipping out." Yo has been injury prone. See you Memorial Day.
I love Asdrubal, but he's been eh. He tends to be up and down from year to year. Looking more down than up thus far.
Duda's streaky like Bruce. When he plays, he can wreak a game. When he plays. He also walks. And looks like he never held a bat when he's not streaking.
Walker has been disappointing thus far. Rumors say that he's unhappy with his one year contract. For $17M. Coming off back surgery. Please somebody insult me like this. If the rumor is true, then he's just ridiculous.
Not a lot of offense from the backstops. I can live with Rivera because of his D, not with d'Arnaud and his lack of it.
Beneath the Mendoza line:
Wilmer - love him, can't hit righties.
Lagares - lost his swing
Granderson - was a fan even when he wore the pinstripes. Looks terrible. Opening the utensil drawer?
Reyes - was not thrilled when they brought him back last year, but was pleasantly surprised. Disappointed now, believe his lady love's request for an additional 30k/month is messing up his head. Insert fork?

Pitching:
Thor - delivering as advertised. Now arm issues - given recent team history, I am not confident.
DeGrom - The Man! Throws too many pitches early in the game. Coming off surgery.
Harvey - now Bruce Wayne. Still think he can be a good pitcher. Coming off surgery.
Wheeler - shows glimpses. Coming off surgery.
Gsellman - strikes out a lot of guys. The others score. Disappointing. Coming off surgery (but non-throwing arm).
Steven Matz - Southpaw Missing. Still Mending. Sorrowful Mets. Sad Met fans - Sado Masochists. Feel free to add your own here. Coming off surgery.
Lugo - have we hit the point where we are hoping he can get back asap? Sheesh.
Bullpen - looked good early, burned out already. Lots of frequent flier miles to be racked up between here and Vegas.

Coaching staff - Collins to blame for directly above. Sherlock coaching third makes me miss TT, who I thought was terrible.

Defense - sloppy second innngs. And other innings as well. Apparently getting fielding tips watching third graders in Little League.

Uniforms - hate the orange squatchee on the cap, it should be blue. Glad Mr Met is off the sleeve.

Crybaby fans - I loved Murph. I wasn't too upset that he was not resigned. Nobody saw him turning out this good (and don't go on about the playoffs, he hit a buck fifty against KC). Still can't field consistently. Only better than Jay Payton on the base paths.

Miscellaneous - Ahmed Rosario killing it for the 51's, so the Mets brought up Matt Reynolds. Dominic Smith also putting up numbers. We also have a world class athlete down in the lower regions of A ball who raised his batting average about 90 points in the last week, dare we think of him as our savi... nah, not going there.

 

[Spocky Ramone]

The short story:
Typical Mets. This is what it is to be a Mets fan.

 

[Spocky Ramone]

50 innings since the Mets held a lead and they have been at home.

Will the Mutts win another game this season?

Bet the house on at least 5 more, 1 per month.

 

[Andrew]

The long story:
Conforto playing like we hoped he would. Conforto playing like he did in April 2016. Let's see what May brings.
Bruce has been awesome! He is streaky, so it probably won't last.
I love Yo. He can do no wrong in my eyes. He gets picked off second, or botches a play in the outfield, my response is "Yo's awesome. Anyone else and I would be flipping out." Yo has been injury prone. See you Memorial Day.
I love Asdrubal, but he's been eh. He tends to be up and down from year to year. Looking more down than up thus far.
Duda's streaky like Bruce. When he plays, he can wreak a game. When he plays. He also walks. And looks like he never held a bat when he's not streaking.
Walker has been disappointing thus far. Rumors say that he's unhappy with his one year contract. For $17M. Coming off back surgery. Please somebody insult me like this. If the rumor is true, then he's just ridiculous.
Not a lot of offense from the backstops. I can live with Rivera because of his D, not with d'Arnaud and his lack of it.
Beneath the Mendoza line:
Wilmer - love him, can't hit righties.
Lagares - lost his swing
Granderson - was a fan even when he wore the pinstripes. Looks terrible. Opening the utensil drawer?
Reyes - was not thrilled when they brought him back last year, but was pleasantly surprised. Disappointed now, believe his lady love's request for an additional 30k/month is messing up his head. Insert fork?

Pitching:
Thor - delivering as advertised. Now arm issues - given recent team history, I am not confident.
DeGrom - The Man! Throws too many pitches early in the game. Coming off surgery.
Harvey - now Bruce Wayne. Still think he can be a good pitcher. Coming off surgery.
Wheeler - shows glimpses. Coming off surgery.
Gsellman - strikes out a lot of guys. The others score. Disappointing. Coming off surgery (but non-throwing arm).
Steven Matz - Southpaw Missing. Still Mending. Sorrowful Mets. Sad Met fans - Sado Masochists. Feel free to add your own here. Coming off surgery.
Lugo - have we hit the point where we are hoping he can get back asap? Sheesh.
Bullpen - looked good early, burned out already. Lots of frequent flier miles to be racked up between here and Vegas.

Coaching staff - Collins to blame for directly above. Sherlock coaching third makes me miss TT, who I thought was terrible.

Defense - sloppy second innngs. And other innings as well. Apparently getting fielding tips watching third graders in Little League.

Uniforms - hate the orange squatchee on the cap, it should be blue. Glad Mr Met is off the sleeve.

Crybaby fans - I loved Murph. I wasn't too upset that he was not resigned. Nobody saw him turning out this good (and don't go on about the playoffs, he hit a buck fifty against KC). Still can't field consistently. Only better than Jay Payton on the base paths.

Miscellaneous - Ahmed Rosario killing it for the 51's, so the Mets brought up Matt Reynolds. Dominic Smith also putting up numbers. We also have a world class athlete down in the lower regions of A ball who raised his batting average about 90 points in the last week, dare we think of him as our savi... nah, not going there.

I agree with everything you said but not about Murphy. He was one of our better hitters for a number of years and did seem to be improving. He was cheaper than Walker. We let him go because he is slow and not a great fielder? That describes the whole team that Anderson who should be fired has on the field.

 

[Spocky Ramone]

The long story:
Conforto playing like we hoped he would. Conforto playing like he did in April 2016. Let's see what May brings.
Bruce has been awesome! He is streaky, so it probably won't last.
I love Yo. He can do no wrong in my eyes. He gets picked off second, or botches a play in the outfield, my response is "Yo's awesome. Anyone else and I would be flipping out." Yo has been injury prone. See you Memorial Day.
I love Asdrubal, but he's been eh. He tends to be up and down from year to year. Looking more down than up thus far.
Duda's streaky like Bruce. When he plays, he can wreak a game. When he plays. He also walks. And looks like he never held a bat when he's not streaking.
Walker has been disappointing thus far. Rumors say that he's unhappy with his one year contract. For $17M. Coming off back surgery. Please somebody insult me like this. If the rumor is true, then he's just ridiculous.
Not a lot of offense from the backstops. I can live with Rivera because of his D, not with d'Arnaud and his lack of it.
Beneath the Mendoza line:
Wilmer - love him, can't hit righties.
Lagares - lost his swing
Granderson - was a fan even when he wore the pinstripes. Looks terrible. Opening the utensil drawer?
Reyes - was not thrilled when they brought him back last year, but was pleasantly surprised. Disappointed now, believe his lady love's request for an additional 30k/month is messing up his head. Insert fork?

Pitching:
Thor - delivering as advertised. Now arm issues - given recent team history, I am not confident.
DeGrom - The Man! Throws too many pitches early in the game. Coming off surgery.
Harvey - now Bruce Wayne. Still think he can be a good pitcher. Coming off surgery.
Wheeler - shows glimpses. Coming off surgery.
Gsellman - strikes out a lot of guys. The others score. Disappointing. Coming off surgery (but non-throwing arm).
Steven Matz - Southpaw Missing. Still Mending. Sorrowful Mets. Sad Met fans - Sado Masochists. Feel free to add your own here. Coming off surgery.
Lugo - have we hit the point where we are hoping he can get back asap? Sheesh.
Bullpen - looked good early, burned out already. Lots of frequent flier miles to be racked up between here and Vegas.

Coaching staff - Collins to blame for directly above. Sherlock coaching third makes me miss TT, who I thought was terrible.

Defense - sloppy second innngs. And other innings as well. Apparently getting fielding tips watching third graders in Little League.

Uniforms - hate the orange squatchee on the cap, it should be blue. Glad Mr Met is off the sleeve.

Crybaby fans - I loved Murph. I wasn't too upset that he was not resigned. Nobody saw him turning out this good (and don't go on about the playoffs, he hit a buck fifty against KC). Still can't field consistently. Only better than Jay Payton on the base paths.

Miscellaneous - Ahmed Rosario killing it for the 51's, so the Mets brought up Matt Reynolds. Dominic Smith also putting up numbers. We also have a world class athlete down in the lower regions of A ball who raised his batting average about 90 points in the last week, dare we think of him as our savi... nah, not going there.

I agree with everything you said but not about Murphy. He was one of our better hitters for a number of years and did seem to be improving. He was cheaper than Walker. We let him go because he is slow and not a great fielder? That describes the whole team that Anderson who should be fired has on the field.

We're gonna have to agree to disagree on this one. You're undoubtedly one of those bizarre "Left Twix is better than Right Twix" types, and nothing short of sumo suit combat will resolve this.

We concur that Murph was one of the Mets' better hitters, but given their sub-500 record for 5 of 7 years, that's not saying much. Runs have been lacking for the Mets for several seasons. And that is on Sandy. As far as improving, it's unusual for ball players to get significantly better after 30 (Ozzie Smith aside). And how come nobody's grinding on Justin Turner's stats in Hollywoodland? Nobody was hot for free agent Murph, everyone wanted Ben Zobrist. Murph was a very late signing. Nobody saw this coming. The Nats got lucky. Or, more accurately, the Mets were, are, and will forever be the Mets.

 

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The long story:
Conforto playing like we hoped he would. Conforto playing like he did in April 2016. Let's see what May brings.
Bruce has been awesome! He is streaky, so it probably won't last.
I love Yo. He can do no wrong in my eyes. He gets picked off second, or botches a play in the outfield, my response is "Yo's awesome. Anyone else and I would be flipping out." Yo has been injury prone. See you Memorial Day.
I love Asdrubal, but he's been eh. He tends to be up and down from year to year. Looking more down than up thus far.
Duda's streaky like Bruce. When he plays, he can wreak a game. When he plays. He also walks. And looks like he never held a bat when he's not streaking.
Walker has been disappointing thus far. Rumors say that he's unhappy with his one year contract. For $17M. Coming off back surgery. Please somebody insult me like this. If the rumor is true, then he's just ridiculous.
Not a lot of offense from the backstops. I can live with Rivera because of his D, not with d'Arnaud and his lack of it.
Beneath the Mendoza line:
Wilmer - love him, can't hit righties.
Lagares - lost his swing
Granderson - was a fan even when he wore the pinstripes. Looks terrible. Opening the utensil drawer?
Reyes - was not thrilled when they brought him back last year, but was pleasantly surprised. Disappointed now, believe his lady love's request for an additional 30k/month is messing up his head. Insert fork?

Pitching:
Thor - delivering as advertised. Now arm issues - given recent team history, I am not confident.
DeGrom - The Man! Throws too many pitches early in the game. Coming off surgery.
Harvey - now Bruce Wayne. Still think he can be a good pitcher. Coming off surgery.
Wheeler - shows glimpses. Coming off surgery.
Gsellman - strikes out a lot of guys. The others score. Disappointing. Coming off surgery (but non-throwing arm).
Steven Matz - Southpaw Missing. Still Mending. Sorrowful Mets. Sad Met fans - Sado Masochists. Feel free to add your own here. Coming off surgery.
Lugo - have we hit the point where we are hoping he can get back asap? Sheesh.
Bullpen - looked good early, burned out already. Lots of frequent flier miles to be racked up between here and Vegas.

Coaching staff - Collins to blame for directly above. Sherlock coaching third makes me miss TT, who I thought was terrible.

Defense - sloppy second innngs. And other innings as well. Apparently getting fielding tips watching third graders in Little League.

Uniforms - hate the orange squatchee on the cap, it should be blue. Glad Mr Met is off the sleeve.

Crybaby fans - I loved Murph. I wasn't too upset that he was not resigned. Nobody saw him turning out this good (and don't go on about the playoffs, he hit a buck fifty against KC). Still can't field consistently. Only better than Jay Payton on the base paths.

Miscellaneous - Ahmed Rosario killing it for the 51's, so the Mets brought up Matt Reynolds. Dominic Smith also putting up numbers. We also have a world class athlete down in the lower regions of A ball who raised his batting average about 90 points in the last week, dare we think of him as our savi... nah, not going there.

From this crybaby fan, Murphy was the Mets toughest out in the clutch BEFORE he became one of the best hitters in baseball and was their only remotely consistent hitter. He absolutely carried the Mets through the early rounds of the playoffs but let's let him go because he finally cooled off. And to say nobody saw him being this good, obviously, Keven Long did and, oh, he only worked for the Mets. Meanwhile let's stack the lineup with .180 hitters because they MIGHT hit a home run now and then. And to prove what a great baseball organization we are, just for kicks, let's baby all our pitchers because thats what will keep them healthy. Oh, wait, less innings means MORE injuries, you mean all that evidence from decades of baseball that there was little or no correlation between innings pitched and injuries is actually RIGHT??
One last thought, people disagree, just because you were ok with the Mets letting Murphy walk doesn't mean others can't disagree, and as long as we are throwing out insults, who proved to be right on that Einstein? I complained about it VERY early in 2016, way before Murphy showed what he had become.