Mets

[logen]

Since chances of signing Harvey long term are slim, trade him to Boston for Xander boegarts play him at ss move Flores to 2nd base. Conforto in left. Still look for a speedy glove for cf if lageres can't improve and heal and or Brandon Nimmo up in mid summer. Travis d'naud may have to learn 1b/3b he's great w staff but it's open track for runners on bases. Degrom Thor Matz Niese and a serviceable 5 starter maybe Bart for 1 more yr. guess it's hot stove now lol

You forgot Wheeler too. I think you keep Harvey and trade him after this year if he wont take extension. Harvey will command a boatload of return so maybe that is your best bet but I want him on staff next year because further away from the surgery I think he will be lights out

Today is a real rough day as a fan

I would start inquiring about Harvey and see what someone is willing to pay and trade him as soon as we get an acceptable offer. Would love to keep him although not a fan of his persona at all, but I don't believe for a second he will resign with the Mets.

 

[Ray Morgan]

Best line of the night came from Harold Reynolds as extra innings started, as he observed, quite accurately, that the Mets would need a home run to score, but the Royals would only need a baserunner. Although Collins is no master strategist, the series was won by the more complete team. I can't recall how many times their pitchers were behind 3 and 0 and came back to get outs, as ours were ahead 0 and 2 and gave up a hit or a walk. I don't recall a single infield pop up or foul pop out by the Royals all series. as their great base running, defense, and clutch hitting was all on display. No weak bats in the lineup. The fact that we were ahead into the 8th or 9th in 3 of the 5 games makes me feel pretty upset, even though they outplayed us in every aspect of the game but the long ball. Yet when they needed one in game one, they came through.
With the Dodgers pitching and rising Cubs team, the Mets management better looked to make this team better next season. Middle relief, defense, guys that get on base, speed are all needed.

Losing this series was like being stabbed to death with a bobby pin.
Royals are a good team, but honestly the Mets played terribly and still should have won 3 of the games they lost

If Clippard and Familia hold, series over and Mets win 4 to 1. Part of reason we played terrible was because Royals go after your weaknesses. Put balls in play. Run on D'Arnaud, who has no arm, and the pitching staff, that can't hold a runner on. Don't try to hit a home run when a single, steal, and single will do. Something they excel at. Make the other guy make plays. How many starters hit under 200 for the series? All but Granderson and Duda. Mets pinch hitters? Cuddyer wouldn't get a hit in T Ball, Johnson at least made contact a few times for his 100 BA for the post season, and I'm not sure what to say about Neuwenheis other than I'm not sure I spelled his name right. But you are right, which makes losing like this really hurt. Plus, it's just tough to get here. How many years can you get by the top 3 Cy Young vote getters, facing them 5 times in your first 9 playoff games?

 

[logen]

Best line of the night came from Harold Reynolds as extra innings started, as he observed, quite accurately, that the Mets would need a home run to score, but the Royals would only need a baserunner. Although Collins is no master strategist, the series was won by the more complete team. I can't recall how many times their pitchers were behind 3 and 0 and came back to get outs, as ours were ahead 0 and 2 and gave up a hit or a walk. I don't recall a single infield pop up or foul pop out by the Royals all series. as their great base running, defense, and clutch hitting was all on display. No weak bats in the lineup. The fact that we were ahead into the 8th or 9th in 3 of the 5 games makes me feel pretty upset, even though they outplayed us in every aspect of the game but the long ball. Yet when they needed one in game one, they came through.
With the Dodgers pitching and rising Cubs team, the Mets management better looked to make this team better next season. Middle relief, defense, guys that get on base, speed are all needed.

Losing this series was like being stabbed to death with a bobby pin.
Royals are a good team, but honestly the Mets played terribly and still should have won 3 of the games they lost

If Clippard and Familia hold, series over and Mets win 4 to 1. Part of reason we played terrible was because Royals go after your weaknesses. Put balls in play. Run on D'Arnaud, who has no arm, and the pitching staff, that can't hold a runner on. Don't try to hit a home run when a single, steal, and single will do. Something they excel at. Make the other guy make plays. How many starters hit under 200 for the series? All but Granderson and Duda. Mets pinch hitters? Cuddyer wouldn't get a hit in T Ball, Johnson at least made contact a few times for his 100 BA for the post season, and I'm not sure what to say about Neuwenheis other than I'm not sure I spelled his name right. But you are right, which makes losing like this really hurt. Plus, it's just tough to get here. How many years can you get by the top 3 Cy Young vote getters, facing them 5 times in your first 9 playoff games?

Don't disagree but you can't discount the role shoddy fielding played, starting with the first pitch "inside the park home run" and ending with an unbelievably bad throw by Duda.

 

[Ray Morgan]

Best line of the night came from Harold Reynolds as extra innings started, as he observed, quite accurately, that the Mets would need a home run to score, but the Royals would only need a baserunner. Although Collins is no master strategist, the series was won by the more complete team. I can't recall how many times their pitchers were behind 3 and 0 and came back to get outs, as ours were ahead 0 and 2 and gave up a hit or a walk. I don't recall a single infield pop up or foul pop out by the Royals all series. as their great base running, defense, and clutch hitting was all on display. No weak bats in the lineup. The fact that we were ahead into the 8th or 9th in 3 of the 5 games makes me feel pretty upset, even though they outplayed us in every aspect of the game but the long ball. Yet when they needed one in game one, they came through.
With the Dodgers pitching and rising Cubs team, the Mets management better looked to make this team better next season. Middle relief, defense, guys that get on base, speed are all needed.

Losing this series was like being stabbed to death with a bobby pin.
Royals are a good team, but honestly the Mets played terribly and still should have won 3 of the games they lost

If Clippard and Familia hold, series over and Mets win 4 to 1. Part of reason we played terrible was because Royals go after your weaknesses. Put balls in play. Run on D'Arnaud, who has no arm, and the pitching staff, that can't hold a runner on. Don't try to hit a home run when a single, steal, and single will do. Something they excel at. Make the other guy make plays. How many starters hit under 200 for the series? All but Granderson and Duda. Mets pinch hitters? Cuddyer wouldn't get a hit in T Ball, Johnson at least made contact a few times for his 100 BA for the post season, and I'm not sure what to say about Neuwenheis other than I'm not sure I spelled his name right. But you are right, which makes losing like this really hurt. Plus, it's just tough to get here. How many years can you get by the top 3 Cy Young vote getters, facing them 5 times in your first 9 playoff games?

Don't disagree but you can't discount the role shoddy fielding played, starting with the first pitch "inside the park home run" and ending with an unbelievably bad throw by Duda.

After Duda's throw, I kept thinking about the scene in The Godfather, where Sonny is upset with Tom Hagen for not being a wartime Consiglieri as he fought the other families after the Don's shooting. Sonny said: "Pop had Genco, look what I got". Terry Collins should be saying: "Davey Johnson had Keith Hernandez, look what I got". It's hard to steamroll anyone in the World Series. You have to make plays. They did, we didn't, end of story. Plus, Collins had a bad week. He didn't make any winning moves, and paid the price.

 

[we are sju]

Best line of the night came from Harold Reynolds as extra innings started, as he observed, quite accurately, that the Mets would need a home run to score, but the Royals would only need a baserunner. Although Collins is no master strategist, the series was won by the more complete team. I can't recall how many times their pitchers were behind 3 and 0 and came back to get outs, as ours were ahead 0 and 2 and gave up a hit or a walk. I don't recall a single infield pop up or foul pop out by the Royals all series. as their great base running, defense, and clutch hitting was all on display. No weak bats in the lineup. The fact that we were ahead into the 8th or 9th in 3 of the 5 games makes me feel pretty upset, even though they outplayed us in every aspect of the game but the long ball. Yet when they needed one in game one, they came through.
With the Dodgers pitching and rising Cubs team, the Mets management better looked to make this team better next season. Middle relief, defense, guys that get on base, speed are all needed.

Losing this series was like being stabbed to death with a bobby pin.
Royals are a good team, but honestly the Mets played terribly and still should have won 3 of the games they lost

If Clippard and Familia hold, series over and Mets win 4 to 1. Part of reason we played terrible was because Royals go after your weaknesses. Put balls in play. Run on D'Arnaud, who has no arm, and the pitching staff, that can't hold a runner on. Don't try to hit a home run when a single, steal, and single will do. Something they excel at. Make the other guy make plays. How many starters hit under 200 for the series? All but Granderson and Duda. Mets pinch hitters? Cuddyer wouldn't get a hit in T Ball, Johnson at least made contact a few times for his 100 BA for the post season, and I'm not sure what to say about Neuwenheis other than I'm not sure I spelled his name right. But you are right, which makes losing like this really hurt. Plus, it's just tough to get here. How many years can you get by the top 3 Cy Young vote getters, facing them 5 times in your first 9 playoff games?

Don't disagree but you can't discount the role shoddy fielding played, starting with the first pitch "inside the park home run" and ending with an unbelievably bad throw by Duda.

After Duda's throw, I kept thinking about the scene in The Godfather, where Sonny is upset with Tom Hagen for not being a wartime Consiglieri as he fought the other families after the Don's shooting. Sonny said: "Pop had Genco, look what I got". Terry Collins should be saying: "Davey Johnson had Keith Hernandez, look what I got". It's hard to steamroll anyone in the World Series. You have to make plays. They did, we didn't, end of story. Plus, Collins had a bad week. He didn't make any winning moves, and paid the price.

Scary thing is Duda is our best fielding infielder. Solid at first all year. Flores actually played well in the WS and he was our biggest issue going in.

 

[logen]

Best line of the night came from Harold Reynolds as extra innings started, as he observed, quite accurately, that the Mets would need a home run to score, but the Royals would only need a baserunner. Although Collins is no master strategist, the series was won by the more complete team. I can't recall how many times their pitchers were behind 3 and 0 and came back to get outs, as ours were ahead 0 and 2 and gave up a hit or a walk. I don't recall a single infield pop up or foul pop out by the Royals all series. as their great base running, defense, and clutch hitting was all on display. No weak bats in the lineup. The fact that we were ahead into the 8th or 9th in 3 of the 5 games makes me feel pretty upset, even though they outplayed us in every aspect of the game but the long ball. Yet when they needed one in game one, they came through.
With the Dodgers pitching and rising Cubs team, the Mets management better looked to make this team better next season. Middle relief, defense, guys that get on base, speed are all needed.

Losing this series was like being stabbed to death with a bobby pin.
Royals are a good team, but honestly the Mets played terribly and still should have won 3 of the games they lost

If Clippard and Familia hold, series over and Mets win 4 to 1. Part of reason we played terrible was because Royals go after your weaknesses. Put balls in play. Run on D'Arnaud, who has no arm, and the pitching staff, that can't hold a runner on. Don't try to hit a home run when a single, steal, and single will do. Something they excel at. Make the other guy make plays. How many starters hit under 200 for the series? All but Granderson and Duda. Mets pinch hitters? Cuddyer wouldn't get a hit in T Ball, Johnson at least made contact a few times for his 100 BA for the post season, and I'm not sure what to say about Neuwenheis other than I'm not sure I spelled his name right. But you are right, which makes losing like this really hurt. Plus, it's just tough to get here. How many years can you get by the top 3 Cy Young vote getters, facing them 5 times in your first 9 playoff games?

Don't disagree but you can't discount the role shoddy fielding played, starting with the first pitch "inside the park home run" and ending with an unbelievably bad throw by Duda.

After Duda's throw, I kept thinking about the scene in The Godfather, where Sonny is upset with Tom Hagen for not being a wartime Consiglieri as he fought the other families after the Don's shooting. Sonny said: "Pop had Genco, look what I got". Terry Collins should be saying: "Davey Johnson had Keith Hernandez, look what I got". It's hard to steamroll anyone in the World Series. You have to make plays. They did, we didn't, end of story. Plus, Collins had a bad week. He didn't make any winning moves, and paid the price.

Scary thing is Duda is our best fielding infielder. Solid at first all year. Flores actually played well in the WS and he was our biggest issue going in.

Agree Duda has been a solid first baseman defensively. But throwing, and especially throwing under that type of situation and pressure is not something he does often.

 

[we are sju]

Best line of the night came from Harold Reynolds as extra innings started, as he observed, quite accurately, that the Mets would need a home run to score, but the Royals would only need a baserunner. Although Collins is no master strategist, the series was won by the more complete team. I can't recall how many times their pitchers were behind 3 and 0 and came back to get outs, as ours were ahead 0 and 2 and gave up a hit or a walk. I don't recall a single infield pop up or foul pop out by the Royals all series. as their great base running, defense, and clutch hitting was all on display. No weak bats in the lineup. The fact that we were ahead into the 8th or 9th in 3 of the 5 games makes me feel pretty upset, even though they outplayed us in every aspect of the game but the long ball. Yet when they needed one in game one, they came through.
With the Dodgers pitching and rising Cubs team, the Mets management better looked to make this team better next season. Middle relief, defense, guys that get on base, speed are all needed.

Losing this series was like being stabbed to death with a bobby pin.
Royals are a good team, but honestly the Mets played terribly and still should have won 3 of the games they lost

If Clippard and Familia hold, series over and Mets win 4 to 1. Part of reason we played terrible was because Royals go after your weaknesses. Put balls in play. Run on D'Arnaud, who has no arm, and the pitching staff, that can't hold a runner on. Don't try to hit a home run when a single, steal, and single will do. Something they excel at. Make the other guy make plays. How many starters hit under 200 for the series? All but Granderson and Duda. Mets pinch hitters? Cuddyer wouldn't get a hit in T Ball, Johnson at least made contact a few times for his 100 BA for the post season, and I'm not sure what to say about Neuwenheis other than I'm not sure I spelled his name right. But you are right, which makes losing like this really hurt. Plus, it's just tough to get here. How many years can you get by the top 3 Cy Young vote getters, facing them 5 times in your first 9 playoff games?

Don't disagree but you can't discount the role shoddy fielding played, starting with the first pitch "inside the park home run" and ending with an unbelievably bad throw by Duda.

After Duda's throw, I kept thinking about the scene in The Godfather, where Sonny is upset with Tom Hagen for not being a wartime Consiglieri as he fought the other families after the Don's shooting. Sonny said: "Pop had Genco, look what I got". Terry Collins should be saying: "Davey Johnson had Keith Hernandez, look what I got". It's hard to steamroll anyone in the World Series. You have to make plays. They did, we didn't, end of story. Plus, Collins had a bad week. He didn't make any winning moves, and paid the price.

Scary thing is Duda is our best fielding infielder. Solid at first all year. Flores actually played well in the WS and he was our biggest issue going in.

Agree Duda has been a solid first baseman defensively. But throwing, and especially throwing under that type of situation and pressure is not something he does often.

Duda, Murphy, Wright, D'arnoud, Cespedes and even Lagares played terrible D in WS.
Flores, Granderson and Conforto were fine.

 

[bobo]

Best line of the night came from Harold Reynolds as extra innings started, as he observed, quite accurately, that the Mets would need a home run to score, but the Royals would only need a baserunner. Although Collins is no master strategist, the series was won by the more complete team. I can't recall how many times their pitchers were behind 3 and 0 and came back to get outs, as ours were ahead 0 and 2 and gave up a hit or a walk. I don't recall a single infield pop up or foul pop out by the Royals all series. as their great base running, defense, and clutch hitting was all on display. No weak bats in the lineup. The fact that we were ahead into the 8th or 9th in 3 of the 5 games makes me feel pretty upset, even though they outplayed us in every aspect of the game but the long ball. Yet when they needed one in game one, they came through.
With the Dodgers pitching and rising Cubs team, the Mets management better looked to make this team better next season. Middle relief, defense, guys that get on base, speed are all needed.

Losing this series was like being stabbed to death with a bobby pin.
Royals are a good team, but honestly the Mets played terribly and still should have won 3 of the games they lost

If Clippard and Familia hold, series over and Mets win 4 to 1. Part of reason we played terrible was because Royals go after your weaknesses. Put balls in play. Run on D'Arnaud, who has no arm, and the pitching staff, that can't hold a runner on. Don't try to hit a home run when a single, steal, and single will do. Something they excel at. Make the other guy make plays. How many starters hit under 200 for the series? All but Granderson and Duda. Mets pinch hitters? Cuddyer wouldn't get a hit in T Ball, Johnson at least made contact a few times for his 100 BA for the post season, and I'm not sure what to say about Neuwenheis other than I'm not sure I spelled his name right. But you are right, which makes losing like this really hurt. Plus, it's just tough to get here. How many years can you get by the top 3 Cy Young vote getters, facing them 5 times in your first 9 playoff games?

Don't disagree but you can't discount the role shoddy fielding played, starting with the first pitch "inside the park home run" and ending with an unbelievably bad throw by Duda.

After Duda's throw, I kept thinking about the scene in The Godfather, where Sonny is upset with Tom Hagen for not being a wartime Consiglieri as he fought the other families after the Don's shooting. Sonny said: "Pop had Genco, look what I got". Terry Collins should be saying: "Davey Johnson had Keith Hernandez, look what I got". It's hard to steamroll anyone in the World Series. You have to make plays. They did, we didn't, end of story. Plus, Collins had a bad week. He didn't make any winning moves, and paid the price.

Scary thing is Duda is our best fielding infielder. Solid at first all year. Flores actually played well in the WS and he was our biggest issue going in.

Agree Duda has been a solid first baseman defensively. But throwing, and especially throwing under that type of situation and pressure is not something he does often.

“Make [Lucas] Duda throw the ball. Make [Travis] d’Arnaud throw the ball,’’ was presented to every Royals player.
http://nypost.com/2015/11/02/why-a-royals-scouting-report-was-start-of-the-mets-demise/

 

[Ray Morgan]

The Royals knew our weaknesses and exploited them. I'm sure they also knew that if forced to make a decision, Collins would make the wrong one. With all that, the better prepared, better team doesn't always win. It's sinking in that the we blew 2 9th inning leads, and an 8th inning lead. The Royals have to get most of the credit for exploiting our weaknesses and for great clutch hitting under pressure, but less talented teams can win when their players step up, like Murphy in the playoffs. Their players stepped up. Our players did not. And what's this thing that was said by one of the Fox analysts about Cespedes never diving for the ball? Is that in his contract? Does he have a grass allergy? It's the World series. Dive if it can save a hit. Run into a wall if you have to. Then he gets hurt hitting a foul ball. Irony at its finest.

 

[JackofVirginia]

Best line of the night came from Harold Reynolds as extra innings started, as he observed, quite accurately, that the Mets would need a home run to score, but the Royals would only need a baserunner. Although Collins is no master strategist, the series was won by the more complete team. I can't recall how many times their pitchers were behind 3 and 0 and came back to get outs, as ours were ahead 0 and 2 and gave up a hit or a walk. I don't recall a single infield pop up or foul pop out by the Royals all series. as their great base running, defense, and clutch hitting was all on display. No weak bats in the lineup. The fact that we were ahead into the 8th or 9th in 3 of the 5 games makes me feel pretty upset, even though they outplayed us in every aspect of the game but the long ball. Yet when they needed one in game one, they came through.
With the Dodgers pitching and rising Cubs team, the Mets management better looked to make this team better next season. Middle relief, defense, guys that get on base, speed are all needed.

Losing this series was like being stabbed to death with a bobby pin.
Royals are a good team, but honestly the Mets played terribly and still should have won 3 of the games they lost

If Clippard and Familia hold, series over and Mets win 4 to 1. Part of reason we played terrible was because Royals go after your weaknesses. Put balls in play. Run on D'Arnaud, who has no arm, and the pitching staff, that can't hold a runner on. Don't try to hit a home run when a single, steal, and single will do. Something they excel at. Make the other guy make plays. How many starters hit under 200 for the series? All but Granderson and Duda. Mets pinch hitters? Cuddyer wouldn't get a hit in T Ball, Johnson at least made contact a few times for his 100 BA for the post season, and I'm not sure what to say about Neuwenheis other than I'm not sure I spelled his name right. But you are right, which makes losing like this really hurt. Plus, it's just tough to get here. How many years can you get by the top 3 Cy Young vote getters, facing them 5 times in your first 9 playoff games?

Don't disagree but you can't discount the role shoddy fielding played, starting with the first pitch "inside the park home run" and ending with an unbelievably bad throw by Duda.

After Duda's throw, I kept thinking about the scene in The Godfather, where Sonny is upset with Tom Hagen for not being a wartime Consiglieri as he fought the other families after the Don's shooting. Sonny said: "Pop had Genco, look what I got". Terry Collins should be saying: "Davey Johnson had Keith Hernandez, look what I got". It's hard to steamroll anyone in the World Series. You have to make plays. They did, we didn't, end of story. Plus, Collins had a bad week. He didn't make any winning moves, and paid the price.

Scary thing is Duda is our best fielding infielder. Solid at first all year. Flores actually played well in the WS and he was our biggest issue going in.

You are right about Duda. He has made excellent throws to second and home all year, surprised us Sunday.

 

[MainMan]

We are probably the only MLB team that has zero questions about our rotation next year.

We are also solid at closer and leadoff.

But beyond that there are questions at almost every position. Here are a few:

Is Conforto an everyday outfielder next year? I'm sure the Wilpons would love to use him as an uber-cheap replacement for Cespedes.

Did Lagares peak two years ago? Or can he return to form defensively in center and be a solid late order hitter?

Is D'Arnaud so bad defensively that he has to find another position?

Is Wright capable of playing a productive full season?

Bring back Murphy? Flores and Tejada still at short?

Can you live with Duda's wild streakyness?

Will the Mets spend money on mid-tier bench players (Johnson, Uribe, etc) before the season starts or rely on AAA talent like they did for much of 2015?

 

[mjmaherjr]

We are probably the only MLB team that has zero questions about our rotation next year.

We are also solid at closer and leadoff.

But beyond that there are questions at almost every position. Here are a few:

Is Conforto an everyday outfielder next year? I'm sure the Wilpons would love to use him as an uber-cheap replacement for Cespedes.

Did Lagares peak two years ago? Or can he return to form defensively in center and be a solid late order hitter?

Is D'Arnaud so bad defensively that he has to find another position?

Is Wright capable of playing a productive full season?

Bring back Murphy? Flores and Tejada still at short?

Can you live with Duda's wild streakyness?

Will the Mets spend money on mid-tier bench players (Johnson, Uribe, etc) before the season starts or rely on AAA talent like they did for much of 2015?

I expect big things from Conforto

Is lagares getting surgery ? I'm hoping he returns to form and if we pick up another opposite hitting cf to platoon I'm cool with that but I'm hoping Lagares returns to the player from 2 years ago. He did well in the playoffs so maybe the time off helped him

Travis I'm cool with moving to first if not next year the year after

I don't think Wright will ever be close to the player he was. At best maybe bat 300 with less than 12 home runs but I think his contract is a serious killer for us

Tender qualifying offer to murphy. If someone goes nuts with contract it is what it is but I'd love to have him back especially with Wright's back

I can live with Duda's streakiness for 1 more year. But the irish in me that holds grudges for lifetimes will never forgive him for that shitty throw to home

I think they will spend money on bench. Johnson I don't think comes back but I think Uribe does

What about Herrera ? Is he ready next year ? I can live with Wilmer at SS for now or as utility infielder

I want Cuddyer traded for a shake shack burger if we could do it. I'd like Bartolo back but at 11 million no way I'd rather let Varett be the 5th starter or Niese. Ideally Niese and build up his trade value and cash that chip in and then you reduce salary too

Get Blevins back too and make him wear foam pads on his arms so he stops breaking them

 

[beast of the east]

Alderson has to decide what kind of team he wants the Mets to be. When you reconstruct a roster at the trading deadline, you have hours to make decisions to trade to get what you need. He did a spectacular job, and with a little luck acquired a guy who put up some of the best numbers over 6 weeks in Met's history in Cespedes, valuable bench players in Uribe and Johnson, and added a bunch of middle relief guys trying to find someone who was reliable in the 6th-th innings.

Conventional wisdom says that teams with great starting pitching have to be strong up the middle. Flores-Murphy raise a lot of questions there, even if they supply better than average offense. Can Lagares recover from injury and regain arm strength?

I like Cespedes, but at what price? He isn't the monster he was over 40 games or so, and he isn't the washout he was in the playoffs. 30 hr, 100 rbi guys aren't easy to find, and Cespedes in his prime years should be that. His cool September and October may lower his pricetag to $16-18 million. At the lower end I'd grab him, but not at much more.

The enigmatic Murphy, who hit 21 homeruns this season (w playoffs) is another story. Could he be a 20/80 guy at .285? Not crazy to expect that. He makes some dazzling plays, and we all know about the muffs. At $10 million, I'd sign him, but I suspect someone will offer him more. Not sure he supplies enough pop to be a dangerous DH, but in the right ballpark could up his power #s.

Bullpen - I'd sign another closer, pay him well, and create a 2 headed monster for 8th and 9th innings. We'd still need a bridge to get to the 8th, and constructing that won't be easy. In this era, the bullpen is perhaps the most important and overlooked aspect of creating a powerhouse team. If the Mets solve this, the next few years could be amazing.

Niese - deserves to be a bottom of rotation starter somewhere. Perhaps he could be dealt for some middle relief talent.

Colon - would he come back at a reduced salary? (5-6 million). I suspect he'd want to pad his wins total, and if Wheeler comes back in July, Colon would become a middle relief and spot starter. He deserves a huge thank you for what he provided in the stretch run and by agreeing to be a rubber armed reliever in the playoffs.

Conforto - everyday leftfielder.

Granderson - another guy who didn't complain when made into a leadoff guy. Great spokesman, glad he's with us.

D'Arneau - He isn't limited behind the plate the way Piazza was. I think his defense and throwing can improve, and his bat will find him another position if he doesn't.

Plawecki - all accounts say he is a big league starting catcher. Does he get packaged for high level prospects? Maybe. And maybe that would be a mistake.

Wright - So happy for him to be a part of this run. Great to see him grow into a verbal captain's role. Hope he holds up. Good man.

Duda - what you see is what you get. Babe Ruth, or Babe the pig.

Front four starters - Will only get better. No one gets traded.

New York Mets - Thank you. Terrific year. Lots of Mets gear regained their value this season. Time to put away the balls and bats, but can't wait till next year.

 

[MainMan]

Alderson has to decide what kind of team he wants the Mets to be. When you reconstruct a roster at the trading deadline, you have hours to make decisions to trade to get what you need.

It'll be interesting to see if there is a shift in philosophy. Will Alderson continue to stay relatively quiet in the offseason, not spend much money per ownership and wait til things shake out midseason to make some significant moves? Or will he be aggressive between now and spring training in fortifying this team for a deep 2016 run?

 

[beast of the east]

Alderson has to decide what kind of team he wants the Mets to be. When you reconstruct a roster at the trading deadline, you have hours to make decisions to trade to get what you need.

It'll be interesting to see if there is a shift in philosophy. Will Alderson continue to stay relatively quiet in the offseason, not spend much money per ownership and wait til things shake out midseason to make some significant moves?

It would be very sad for New York City if the Wilpons don't open the wallet. We have a 3 season window until Harvey becomes a free agent with the other young pitchers to follow. Citifield turned from a morgue into the city's largest party of friends for 3 full months. A Mets game was an event. They made you wonder if emergency rooms around the boroughs were treating high-five injuries. The Mets have been run like a small market team - a modest payroll of about $100 million - most of that eaten up by a few players. Like small market teams, once successful they either ante up or let talent walk.

Like those 17 year cicada's, Met fans emerged in hordes. Thousands followed the team around the country on road trips. The ones I met while travelling didn't appear to be flushed with extra cash, just starved Mets fans filled with enthusiasm. Amazing. It would be a travesty to lose all this excitement (and for the Wilpons, potential revenue) because the Mets don't make the proper investment.

It was generally acknowledged in the past (before the Yankees long resurgence from the mid 90s ten year drought) that NYC was a national league town. You'd seriously doubt that after the Yankees filled the Stadium night after night and filled the internet and news outlets. But the last two months have been a revelation. Except for the most ardent Yankee fans (who like Met fans must hate the other team) admitted they were rooting hard for the Mets. Lets hope the Mets don't lose sight of all this.

 

[logen]

Mets extended Terry Collins through 2017. I am not a big fan but that aside, he certainly had a great year and deserved to stay. He kept the team within striking distance and managed very well down the stretch and in the playoffs. WS was another story but poor performances by the players were more of a contributing factor in the losses than Collins' poor decisions.

 

[beast of the east]

Mets extended Terry Collins through 2017. I am not a big fan but that aside, he certainly had a great year and deserved to stay. He kept the team within striking distance and managed very well down the stretch and in the playoffs. WS was another story but poor performances by the players were more of a contributing factor in the losses than Collins' poor decisions.

Good comment. Plus, a two year deal for a manager can often be eaten if he has to be fired. The players clearly like him, and he deserves a lot of credit to keeping everyone calm as the team struggled. He earned an extension, and while he isn't a genius strategist, how many of those are out there that can actually lead a team (reference Bobby Valentine, who is bright to brilliant but pisses everyone off eventually)

 

[MainMan]

Alderson collapses, faints during Q&A with reporters. Appears to be okay.

 

[cpavin]

Mets extended Terry Collins through 2017. I am not a big fan but that aside, he certainly had a great year and deserved to stay. He kept the team within striking distance and managed very well down the stretch and in the playoffs. WS was another story but poor performances by the players were more of a contributing factor in the losses than Collins' poor decisions.

Good comment. Plus, a two year deal for a manager can often be eaten if he has to be fired. The players clearly like him, and he deserves a lot of credit to keeping everyone calm as the team struggled. He earned an extension, and while he isn't a genius strategist, how many of those are out there that can actually lead a team (reference Bobby Valentine, who is bright to brilliant but pisses everyone off eventually)

I love Bobby V but his year in Boston was perhaps the biggest disaster by a manager ever. He'll never manage in the big leagues again.

 

[cpavin]

Mets extended Terry Collins through 2017. I am not a big fan but that aside, he certainly had a great year and deserved to stay. He kept the team within striking distance and managed very well down the stretch and in the playoffs. WS was another story but poor performances by the players were more of a contributing factor in the losses than Collins' poor decisions.

I agree that TC had a great year up to the WS where he didn't have such a good series. Bottom line though is that Royals were the best team. Even if Mets win game five KC would'v wrapped it up in game 6. Glad they signed TC to a two year deal. He earned it.