Mets

[Marillac]

My only concern down the stretch is the bullpen. Mejia is a real piece of work for hanging these guys out to dry. Does Montero slide into a 7th inning role if he gets healthy?

A healthy Mejia would have given us a top three bullpen. What a bonehead. Parnell is a disaster and I don't trust him in any big spot.

The good new is Goeddel is on the way any day and Vic Black hasn't given up an earned run in Vegas in his last 10 appearances dating back to 7/17. Probably time to call him back up. If he's healthy, gives us an awesome 7-8-9 combo. He was great last year.

Great call, sounds horrible as a fan but Vic Black has been a complete afterthought in my mind. We really could use him!

He got off to an AWFUL start after he came off the DL and had some setbacks in his rehab. After hearing that, a lot of fans kind of dismissed the notion of him coming back. Ten straight games without an earned run is pretty awesome in the Pacific Coast League. Give him some low pressure appearances to start off and he could be good to work the 7th and 8th innings in tight games in no time. Goeddel just got promoted to AA Binghamton and threw a scoreless inning yesterday. He's probably a week or so away.

 

[cpavin]

My only concern down the stretch is the bullpen. Mejia is a real piece of work for hanging these guys out to dry. Does Montero slide into a 7th inning role if he gets healthy?

A healthy Mejia would have given us a top three bullpen. What a bonehead. Parnell is a disaster and I don't trust him in any big spot.

The good new is Goeddel is on the way any day and Vic Black hasn't given up an earned run in Vegas in his last 10 appearances dating back to 7/17. Probably time to call him back up. If he's healthy, gives us an awesome 7-8-9 combo. He was great last year.

Any idea if Black's velocity has come back? I know initially it was down. We see what a drop of a few mph has done to Parnell.

I know the Mets want Matz to start a few games when he's ready but how great would it be if he came in the 7th or 8th inning in a big situation. I would guess he will be moved to the pen in the playoffs.

 

[Marillac]

My only concern down the stretch is the bullpen. Mejia is a real piece of work for hanging these guys out to dry. Does Montero slide into a 7th inning role if he gets healthy?

A healthy Mejia would have given us a top three bullpen. What a bonehead. Parnell is a disaster and I don't trust him in any big spot.

The good new is Goeddel is on the way any day and Vic Black hasn't given up an earned run in Vegas in his last 10 appearances dating back to 7/17. Probably time to call him back up. If he's healthy, gives us an awesome 7-8-9 combo. He was great last year.

Any idea if Black's velocity has come back? I know initially it was down. We see what a drop of a few mph has done to Parnell.

I know the Mets want Matz to start a few games when he's ready but how great would it be if he came in the 7th or 8th inning in a big situation. I would guess he will be moved to the pen in the playoffs.

Vic has his velocity back and that is likely why his #s have improved. The issue now is control, but it's the same issue he had last year in AAA to start the year and he we all now how well he ended it.

If Matz ever got hurt in relief...oh man! TC would never work in baseball again. I don't think I'd risk it. I'm not sure if he makes the playoff roster at all to be honest...if so, long relief/spot starter? He'd really have to end the year on fire. The Mets really need him to start 5-6 games to rest guys like Harvey and Thor or they might get shut down early.

 

[mjmaherjr]

rosters expand in 2 weeks

 

[cpavin]

My only concern down the stretch is the bullpen. Mejia is a real piece of work for hanging these guys out to dry. Does Montero slide into a 7th inning role if he gets healthy?

A healthy Mejia would have given us a top three bullpen. What a bonehead. Parnell is a disaster and I don't trust him in any big spot.

The good new is Goeddel is on the way any day and Vic Black hasn't given up an earned run in Vegas in his last 10 appearances dating back to 7/17. Probably time to call him back up. If he's healthy, gives us an awesome 7-8-9 combo. He was great last year.

Any idea if Black's velocity has come back? I know initially it was down. We see what a drop of a few mph has done to Parnell.

I know the Mets want Matz to start a few games when he's ready but how great would it be if he came in the 7th or 8th inning in a big situation. I would guess he will be moved to the pen in the playoffs.

Vic has his velocity back and that is likely why his #s have improved. The issue now is control, but it's the same issue he had last year in AAA to start the year and he we all now how well he ended it.

If Matz ever got hurt in relief...oh man! TC would never work in baseball again. I don't think I'd risk it. I'm not sure if he makes the playoff roster at all to be honest...if so, long relief/spot starter? He'd really have to end the year on fire. The Mets really need him to start 5-6 games to rest guys like Harvey and Thor or they might get shut down early.

Cardinals always bring there young guns up at the end of seasons and give them some time in the pen before starting them the following season. It seems to have worked out pretty good for them. Wacha, Martinez etc pitched relief in regular season then post season before joining the starting rotation the following year.

 

[Marillac]

My only concern down the stretch is the bullpen. Mejia is a real piece of work for hanging these guys out to dry. Does Montero slide into a 7th inning role if he gets healthy?

A healthy Mejia would have given us a top three bullpen. What a bonehead. Parnell is a disaster and I don't trust him in any big spot.

The good new is Goeddel is on the way any day and Vic Black hasn't given up an earned run in Vegas in his last 10 appearances dating back to 7/17. Probably time to call him back up. If he's healthy, gives us an awesome 7-8-9 combo. He was great last year.

Any idea if Black's velocity has come back? I know initially it was down. We see what a drop of a few mph has done to Parnell.

I know the Mets want Matz to start a few games when he's ready but how great would it be if he came in the 7th or 8th inning in a big situation. I would guess he will be moved to the pen in the playoffs.

Vic has his velocity back and that is likely why his #s have improved. The issue now is control, but it's the same issue he had last year in AAA to start the year and he we all now how well he ended it.

If Matz ever got hurt in relief...oh man! TC would never work in baseball again. I don't think I'd risk it. I'm not sure if he makes the playoff roster at all to be honest...if so, long relief/spot starter? He'd really have to end the year on fire. The Mets really need him to start 5-6 games to rest guys like Harvey and Thor or they might get shut down early.

Cardinals always bring there young guns up at the end of seasons and give them some time in the pen before starting them the following season. It seems to have worked out pretty good for them. Wacha, Martinez etc pitched relief in regular season then post season before joining the starting rotation the following year.

I don't know much about the injury histories of the Cards pitchers, but the Mets ace is in his first season back from Tommy John, another starter is in his 40s, a third is a rookie who is on an innings limit, and a fourth has had Tommy John in the past. We need Matz to make some starts or Harvey and likely Thor will be shut down early.

 

[cpavin]

My only concern down the stretch is the bullpen. Mejia is a real piece of work for hanging these guys out to dry. Does Montero slide into a 7th inning role if he gets healthy?

A healthy Mejia would have given us a top three bullpen. What a bonehead. Parnell is a disaster and I don't trust him in any big spot.

The good new is Goeddel is on the way any day and Vic Black hasn't given up an earned run in Vegas in his last 10 appearances dating back to 7/17. Probably time to call him back up. If he's healthy, gives us an awesome 7-8-9 combo. He was great last year.

Any idea if Black's velocity has come back? I know initially it was down. We see what a drop of a few mph has done to Parnell.

I know the Mets want Matz to start a few games when he's ready but how great would it be if he came in the 7th or 8th inning in a big situation. I would guess he will be moved to the pen in the playoffs.

Vic has his velocity back and that is likely why his #s have improved. The issue now is control, but it's the same issue he had last year in AAA to start the year and he we all now how well he ended it.

If Matz ever got hurt in relief...oh man! TC would never work in baseball again. I don't think I'd risk it. I'm not sure if he makes the playoff roster at all to be honest...if so, long relief/spot starter? He'd really have to end the year on fire. The Mets really need him to start 5-6 games to rest guys like Harvey and Thor or they might get shut down early.

Cardinals always bring there young guns up at the end of seasons and give them some time in the pen before starting them the following season. It seems to have worked out pretty good for them. Wacha, Martinez etc pitched relief in regular season then post season before joining the starting rotation the following year.

I don't know much about the injury histories of the Cards pitchers, but the Mets ace is in his first season back from Tommy John, another starter is in his 40s, a third is a rookie who is on an innings limit, and a fourth has had Tommy John in the past. We need Matz to make some starts or Harvey and likely Thor will be shut down early.

Any idea how Gee is doing? Maybe he can be a September spot starter?

 

[Marillac]

My only concern down the stretch is the bullpen. Mejia is a real piece of work for hanging these guys out to dry. Does Montero slide into a 7th inning role if he gets healthy?

A healthy Mejia would have given us a top three bullpen. What a bonehead. Parnell is a disaster and I don't trust him in any big spot.

The good new is Goeddel is on the way any day and Vic Black hasn't given up an earned run in Vegas in his last 10 appearances dating back to 7/17. Probably time to call him back up. If he's healthy, gives us an awesome 7-8-9 combo. He was great last year.

Any idea if Black's velocity has come back? I know initially it was down. We see what a drop of a few mph has done to Parnell.

I know the Mets want Matz to start a few games when he's ready but how great would it be if he came in the 7th or 8th inning in a big situation. I would guess he will be moved to the pen in the playoffs.

Vic has his velocity back and that is likely why his #s have improved. The issue now is control, but it's the same issue he had last year in AAA to start the year and he we all now how well he ended it.

If Matz ever got hurt in relief...oh man! TC would never work in baseball again. I don't think I'd risk it. I'm not sure if he makes the playoff roster at all to be honest...if so, long relief/spot starter? He'd really have to end the year on fire. The Mets really need him to start 5-6 games to rest guys like Harvey and Thor or they might get shut down early.

Cardinals always bring there young guns up at the end of seasons and give them some time in the pen before starting them the following season. It seems to have worked out pretty good for them. Wacha, Martinez etc pitched relief in regular season then post season before joining the starting rotation the following year.

I don't know much about the injury histories of the Cards pitchers, but the Mets ace is in his first season back from Tommy John, another starter is in his 40s, a third is a rookie who is on an innings limit, and a fourth has had Tommy John in the past. We need Matz to make some starts or Harvey and likely Thor will be shut down early.

Any idea how Gee is doing? Maybe he can be a September spot starter?

Typical Gee. In his last four starts he is 2-2:

(1) Complete game, 2 earned runs
(2) Complete game, 2 earned runs
(3) 4.1 innings, 7 earned runs
(4) 5 innings, 5 earned runs

In six of his last seven starts with the Mets, he let up between one and four runs and actually won the only game he gave up more than four runs (8 runs) 10-8.

I think hes worth a few spot starts because he's a very different look from the rest of the staff. It would be a good change of pace in a four-game series. It'd be ideal if the Mets could get Harvey and Thor two less starts over the next six weeks between Matz, Gee, and perhaps even Montero.

Harvey is at 153 innings and it is believed that his innings limit is 190.

Something I just thought of recently...what are the odds of Thor winning Rookie of the Year? Kris Bryant is the front runner with .246 average and 16 homers. Joc Pederson has 23 homers but has tanked the second half of the season and is hitting just .213 now. Duffy from SF, is hitting .306 with 10 homers, but he played 34 games last year and will be 25 in January.

What about deGrom for Cy Young? 2nd best ERA in baseball. He'll have to drop that a little and hope for Greinke to have one awful game. It's crazy how much one game can ruin an ERA...Thor went from 2.66 to 3.01 by just giving up five runs to Tampa Bay last week.

 

[kranmars]

Marillac, it looks like Montero is done for the year after his latest setback.

The problem with Gee is twofold: 1. Collins doesn't like him, and 2. He dogged it before being sent down because he felt he was unfairly yo-yoed between starter and reliever.

Matz will get starts in September, and so may Verrett, even if he is coming up now to replace Parnell in the pen. The Mets also have Alvarez and Smoker as the next guys up from AAA in an attempt to help the bullpen.

I just avoided the quote function to respond to you in order to make it easier to read.

 

[mjmaherjr]

Marillac, it looks like Montero is done for the year after his latest setback.

The problem with Gee is twofold: 1. Collins doesn't like him, and 2. He dogged it before being sent down because he felt he was unfairly yo-yoed between starter and reliever.

Matz will get starts in September, and so may Verrett, even if he is coming up now to replace Parnell in the pen. The Mets also have Alvarez and Smoker as the next guys up from AAA in an attempt to help the bullpen.

I just avoided the quote function to respond to you in order to make it easier to read.

I want a guy named smoker to come in and put out fires in relief

 

[Jack Williams]

I was never worried. Go Rockies

 

[beast of the east]

Nice win last night. I don't think the Mets can count on the Nats being a .500 team the rest of the way. With their pitching, the Nats are capable of a prolonged September run. My guess is that the Mets should be aiming at 88-90 wins to secure the division. 26-19 would get them to 90 wins. The Nats have 44 games remaining, and would have to finish at 31-13 to get to 90. The better the Mets play in the next two weeks, the harder they will make it for the Nats to catch them. Of course, poor play and they can give up the entire lead in that period.

 

[sirvoo]

I watched the end of that game through my fingers. Brutal. Was just thinking the same exact thing this morning Beast RE playing .500 the rest of the way. Not going to cut it. We should be looking to finish in the 25-18, 26-17 range.

 

[Marillac]

Nice win last night. I don't think the Mets can count on the Nats being a .500 team the rest of the way. With their pitching, the Nats are capable of a prolonged September run. My guess is that the Mets should be aiming at 88-90 wins to secure the division. 26-19 would get them to 90 wins. The Nats have 44 games remaining, and would have to finish at 31-13 to get to 90. The better the Mets play in the next two weeks, the harder they will make it for the Nats to catch them. Of course, poor play and they can give up the entire lead in that period.

I agree that the Nats have at least one more run in them as they get healthy. It could very likely come down to the last series of the season, which happens to be Nats @ Citi Field to face the Mets.

David Wright at even 80% could be the catalyst for another long winning streak for the Mets along with Kirk N., Vic Black, and Goeddel rejoining the team. That is a lot of potential energy right there--something this team seems to thrive on.

 

[Andrew]

Nice win last night. I don't think the Mets can count on the Nats being a .500 team the rest of the way. With their pitching, the Nats are capable of a prolonged September run. My guess is that the Mets should be aiming at 88-90 wins to secure the division. 26-19 would get them to 90 wins. The Nats have 44 games remaining, and would have to finish at 31-13 to get to 90. The better the Mets play in the next two weeks, the harder they will make it for the Nats to catch them. Of course, poor play and they can give up the entire lead in that period.

I agree that the Nats have at least one more run in them as they get healthy. It could very likely come down to the last series of the season, which happens to be Nats @ Citi Field to face the Mets.

David Wright at even 80% could be the catalyst for another long winning streak for the Mets along with Kirk N., Vic Black, and Goeddel rejoining the team. That is a lot of potential energy right there--something this team seems to thrive on.

Matz as well.

 

[Marillac]

Nice win last night. I don't think the Mets can count on the Nats being a .500 team the rest of the way. With their pitching, the Nats are capable of a prolonged September run. My guess is that the Mets should be aiming at 88-90 wins to secure the division. 26-19 would get them to 90 wins. The Nats have 44 games remaining, and would have to finish at 31-13 to get to 90. The better the Mets play in the next two weeks, the harder they will make it for the Nats to catch them. Of course, poor play and they can give up the entire lead in that period.

I agree that the Nats have at least one more run in them as they get healthy. It could very likely come down to the last series of the season, which happens to be Nats @ Citi Field to face the Mets.

David Wright at even 80% could be the catalyst for another long winning streak for the Mets along with Kirk N., Vic Black, and Goeddel rejoining the team. That is a lot of potential energy right there--something this team seems to thrive on.

Matz as well.

Absolutely! Very happy to have the rooks Thor, Conforto, and Matz on this run. It'll be nice to Herrera back to be around Uribe with the September call-ups. Uribe quickly becoming one of my favorite players.

 

[mjmaherjr]

Just when I started liking Robles he gives up the damn homerun

 

[guinness77]

Bunch of bums in that bullpen.

 

[beast of the east]

Bunch of bums in that bullpen.

Torres in the 9th? Really? Can you pick up a manager on waivers?

Understood that you have to play everyone to win a pennant and it's a long season, but that's ridiculous. Rest in November.

 

[guinness77]

Bunch of bums in that bullpen.

Torres in the 9th? Really? Can you pick up a manager on waivers?

Understood that you have to play everyone to win a pennant and it's a long season, but that's ridiculous. Rest in November.

It's the American League, why not just have Clippard pitch the 10th?