The most interesting thing about Pete is the possibility remains. It’s put up or shut up time. If he keeps up his recent pace he might carry us to the promised land yet.
Despite a lackluster 115 games, he can still write (rewrite?) the script with a strong finish.
He was talking about 40 home runs again after the game. It's tiresome. I'd much prefer it if he thought more about RBI. Not as a result of dingers, but as a source of pride and a response to opportunity. Bringing the man home from 2nd by going the other way; hitting the sac fly; making contact. Not always & exclusively chasing the Ghost of Aaron Judge's Contract.
Not able to get behind ESPN's pay wall, curious what were the "4 keys" to the Mets turnaround. Anybody know, or care to guess?
Vientos > Baty
Alvarez Return
Martinez Signing
Ingelesias Call Up
Lindor/Nimmo Get Hot
Butto > Houser
What do you think? The key that I can't neatly sum up as a bulleted point is a GM who is willing to quickly and decisively transact. The one ring that rules them all. A constant process of add & discard, tweak & purge. When a starter falters, Houser & Megill, he doesn't sit on his hands. Dumping a lazy, fat, underperforming, indifferent slub like Narvaez was a huge move in the clubhouse. Giving Baty time but not enough to destroy the season was a difficult balancing act. And that was a huge day, that 24 hours of Lopez and the player moves and the team meeting. Sending Baty down, probably number one in my book. It gave a clear path to Vientos and called up Inglesias. Those two guys.
Yes on Lindor and Vientos. The others were the rotation getting a little better and the bullpen getting a little better.
The weird thing to me is that the article doesn't have an author. It just says "ESPN" where the author name usually goes. I wonder how high up the chain this article went; all the way to Jimmy Pitaro??
A lot of things are written by AI now. I read a lot of blog posts that are absolutely AI. I know that Sports Illustrated got in trouble for it, so not sure what the policy is right now. I believe that AP started using AI in 2014.
The moves made by Stearns and to a point Mendoza also. Stearns is tied to nobody on this roster except the last draft which means none are his guys (actually I should say that) Hauser was one of his guys but he cut bait with him was the right call. For too long this team has stuck with underwhelming players. (Nido,Narvaez to name a couple) trotting them out there and saying their glove permits them keeping a spot and playing but going 0-4 everyday is acceptable. I’m happy it’s not anymore. Baseball is about production and if you don’t produce you should sit and if that doesn’t help you gotta go. It’s not personal. This is a business and to be successful you need people to contribute on defense and offense. This brings accountability to the club and a bit of fear knowing hey if I don’t hit and field or pitch my butt is gone. How many YEARS did we watch Nido do nothing with his bat but hey he won a batting title at AAA Vegas. It was maddening. We have done it for years. I’m happy for this change.
Great game for the Mets & Pete Alonso yesterday! Now the Mets move on to Seattle where the competition will be much tougher amidst the travel nightmare that was/is this West Coast swing. Adam Ottavino has performed much better lately and I'm hoping it is not him who gets DFAed when Reed Garrett is finally added back to the active roster. On the other hand, then exactly who is it that either gets sent down or DFAed? Here's hoping it is someone who has options left so the Mets don't lose him to another team.
Makes the most sense. Otto is looking much better. But it’s been low stakes outings. May as well see if he can do as well in a big spot before cutting him loose. One of the Youngs can marinate in Syracuse for a few weeks.
More important than Garrett and SRF, I want to know if Nuñez is gonna be back.
Another factor in all this is team control beyond 2024. Garrett, for example, is controllable for years to come (I think; I didn't look that up for details), whereas Otto walks when the season ends.
I'm not saying it's the ruling factor, but it's part of the equation.
If we don't bring up a healthy Reid-Foley, out of options, are we forced to place him on waivers? But if we keep him, do we have him in our control in 2025? It gets complicated and I do not currently have all the facts. Anyone?
I personally still like Ottavino and I still like him under the brightest lights.
Sidenote: I love the rest these relievers are getting. One, the starters are giving them length (at least, the 2024 version of "length") and, moreover, we are seeing a much more complete and deep bullpen. There's not the "A" group for when we are winning and the "B" group from when we are losing. It makes a huge difference in terms of rest.
Since Reid-Foley is out of options, he would need to be placed on waivers, where I think he would be claimed. If he somehow wasn't, the Mets still risk losing him. Since he has surpassed three years of service time, he can elect free agency instead of accepting an outright assignment to the minors, or elect free agency at the end of the year.
Yeah, interesting. We are playing for 2024, and that far outweighs 2025, but it's complicated.
Reid-Foley has 1.66 ERA this season . . . in only 21 innings. That's the thing. His arm is always about to fall off. You'd still like to retain rights.
Spotrac is correct on SRF. Raley is a unique case since he signed back into the majors out of the KBO. So despite his MLB service time, he will be a free agent after this season.
Pete needs to show up vs SD and Arizona at the end of the month. Hitting a couple dingers at Coors doesn’t move the needle for me.
The most interesting thing about Pete is the possibility remains. It’s put up or shut up time. If he keeps up his recent pace he might carry us to the promised land yet.
Despite a lackluster 115 games, he can still write (rewrite?) the script with a strong finish.
He was talking about 40 home runs again after the game. It's tiresome. I'd much prefer it if he thought more about RBI. Not as a result of dingers, but as a source of pride and a response to opportunity. Bringing the man home from 2nd by going the other way; hitting the sac fly; making contact. Not always & exclusively chasing the Ghost of Aaron Judge's Contract.
Not able to get behind ESPN's pay wall, curious what were the "4 keys" to the Mets turnaround. Anybody know, or care to guess?
Vientos > Baty
Alvarez Return
Martinez Signing
Ingelesias Call Up
Lindor/Nimmo Get Hot
Butto > Houser
What do you think? The key that I can't neatly sum up as a bulleted point is a GM who is willing to quickly and decisively transact. The one ring that rules them all. A constant process of add & discard, tweak & purge. When a starter falters, Houser & Megill, he doesn't sit on his hands. Dumping a lazy, fat, underperforming, indifferent slub like Narvaez was a huge move in the clubhouse. Giving Baty time but not enough to destroy the season was a difficult balancing act. And that was a huge day, that 24 hours of Lopez and the player moves and the team meeting. Sending Baty down, probably number one in my book. It gave a clear path to Vientos and called up Inglesias. Those two guys.
You could write the article yourself! Who needs ESPN?
Yes on Lindor and Vientos. The others were the rotation getting a little better and the bullpen getting a little better.
The weird thing to me is that the article doesn't have an author. It just says "ESPN" where the author name usually goes. I wonder how high up the chain this article went; all the way to Jimmy Pitaro??
A lot of things are written by AI now. I read a lot of blog posts that are absolutely AI. I know that Sports Illustrated got in trouble for it, so not sure what the policy is right now. I believe that AP started using AI in 2014.
The moves made by Stearns and to a point Mendoza also. Stearns is tied to nobody on this roster except the last draft which means none are his guys (actually I should say that) Hauser was one of his guys but he cut bait with him was the right call. For too long this team has stuck with underwhelming players. (Nido,Narvaez to name a couple) trotting them out there and saying their glove permits them keeping a spot and playing but going 0-4 everyday is acceptable. I’m happy it’s not anymore. Baseball is about production and if you don’t produce you should sit and if that doesn’t help you gotta go. It’s not personal. This is a business and to be successful you need people to contribute on defense and offense. This brings accountability to the club and a bit of fear knowing hey if I don’t hit and field or pitch my butt is gone. How many YEARS did we watch Nido do nothing with his bat but hey he won a batting title at AAA Vegas. It was maddening. We have done it for years. I’m happy for this change.
Great game for the Mets & Pete Alonso yesterday! Now the Mets move on to Seattle where the competition will be much tougher amidst the travel nightmare that was/is this West Coast swing. Adam Ottavino has performed much better lately and I'm hoping it is not him who gets DFAed when Reed Garrett is finally added back to the active roster. On the other hand, then exactly who is it that either gets sent down or DFAed? Here's hoping it is someone who has options left so the Mets don't lose him to another team.
Makes the most sense. Otto is looking much better. But it’s been low stakes outings. May as well see if he can do as well in a big spot before cutting him loose. One of the Youngs can marinate in Syracuse for a few weeks.
More important than Garrett and SRF, I want to know if Nuñez is gonna be back.
Another factor in all this is team control beyond 2024. Garrett, for example, is controllable for years to come (I think; I didn't look that up for details), whereas Otto walks when the season ends.
I'm not saying it's the ruling factor, but it's part of the equation.
If we don't bring up a healthy Reid-Foley, out of options, are we forced to place him on waivers? But if we keep him, do we have him in our control in 2025? It gets complicated and I do not currently have all the facts. Anyone?
I personally still like Ottavino and I still like him under the brightest lights.
Sidenote: I love the rest these relievers are getting. One, the starters are giving them length (at least, the 2024 version of "length") and, moreover, we are seeing a much more complete and deep bullpen. There's not the "A" group for when we are winning and the "B" group from when we are losing. It makes a huge difference in terms of rest.
Since Reid-Foley is out of options, he would need to be placed on waivers, where I think he would be claimed. If he somehow wasn't, the Mets still risk losing him. Since he has surpassed three years of service time, he can elect free agency instead of accepting an outright assignment to the minors, or elect free agency at the end of the year.
Yeah, interesting. We are playing for 2024, and that far outweighs 2025, but it's complicated.
Reid-Foley has 1.66 ERA this season . . . in only 21 innings. That's the thing. His arm is always about to fall off. You'd still like to retain rights.
assuming Spotrac is accurate - SRF has 3 arbitration years after this one and Garrett is still in pre-arb
I don't know if all of that is accurate because it has Raley as going into Arb-3 but I thought he was a FA after this season
Spotrac is correct on SRF. Raley is a unique case since he signed back into the majors out of the KBO. So despite his MLB service time, he will be a free agent after this season.
Just for the record: this series worries me.