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Lee B.'s avatar

The best stat for staying the course is the record for +/-6 innings pitched by SPs. The long term plan they've discussed is designed to develop or acquire enough SPs or RPs to address that, just hopefully not at such an expense or with people who carry lots of variance in production. As long as there's a a continued level of accountability to what is or is not working (by all parties) and not a bunch of platitudes or deflections promising something different instead, I'm fine with however the season goes from here. Don't need anyone to be fired, just own there's a problem. That being said I'm never going to like Buck, but I can grumble less going forward, lol.

Eppler owning he built a roster that isn't working and being open to selling at the deadline and not hoping of injured players to come back to justify inaction is enough a change in the trade winds for me from ownership/FO that tells me Sandy's hands aren't on the steering wheel anymore and I have confidence we can move forward.

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Ben Anderson's avatar

I don’t think the 529 WAR analysis of managers is that useful or that it applies here because it is an aggregate metric. What matters are the big individual moments/decisions in a big games and Buck consistently fails at these (Orioles in 2016); end of 2022 Mets; and the horrible loss to the Phillies a few days ago. Buck might win the popularity contest with players but he has never won a World Series. I don’t think it is a wise investment to expect a different outcome with this Mets team.

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