Matt & Jacob & Wheeler & Pray for Noah: The 2015 "Sustainable Model" New York Mets

Sandy sez the team has the "capacity" to win 10 more games this year, and claims he couldn't get a better SS without trading Syndergaard.

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/2/5/7984757/mets-season-preview-sandy-alderson-questions-event

http://risingapple.com/2015/02/04/sandy-alderson-implies-refusal-deal-noah-syndergaard-prevented-mets-acquiring-shortstop/

i like flores & think the need to get a better ss talking point has been really overblown

the glove worries me more than the bat.

Manfred: Mets "can" spend, I'mma not gonna make em.

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/97285/new-commish-weighs-in-on-mets-issues

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/11/matt-harvey-is-the-new-york-bureau-chief-for-the-players-tribune

nice

the path to 89 wins

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/97303/the-2015-mets-a-40-war-scenario

turk wendell currently answering questions on the mets' twitter

espn.com's Schoenfeld sees 86 wins and a WC this year

*schoenfeld

Ojeda out, Nelson Figueroa in as SNY analyst. Comedy has-been unhappy.

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2015/02/jerry_seinfeld_is_still_furious_abou_mets_broadcas.html

Here's a contemplative piece from the ThePlayersTribune.com's New York City Bureau Chief:

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/matt-harvey-my-gap-year/

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByuJfdTIgAAzZS3.jpg

Terry Collins left camp due to the death of his father. He was 95.

(In '62, Stengel's dad was dead at the present time.)

oblique injury for Duda

from Chris Mosch at BP:

As it’s currently constructed, the Mets’ rotation is a crowded place. Terry Collins has six hurlers returning to camp who made starts for the team last season, plus the return of Matt Harvey. But the Mets skipper didn’t waste much time revealing how he expects his starting rotation to shake out, telling reporters on Wednesday that Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Jacob deGrom, Jonathan Niese and Bartolo Colon are his likely starting five. That leaves Dillon Gee and Rafael Montero on the outside looking in while confirming that the chances of youngsters Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz starting the year with the big-league club are extremely slim.

However, Collins made it clear that the organization won’t rush the development of their young arms at the expense of team needs; should a rotation spot at the big-league level open up due to injury or poor performance, the skipper told Marc Carig of Newsday, among others, that it’s Gee who is next in line. This comes after general manager Sandy Alderson told the media last week that neither Syndergaard nor Matz is a candidate for the Mets bullpen, indicating that neither pitcher will get the call until he truly shows he has nothing left to prove in the minors.

that's a fearsome rotation, potentially.

plus another few months of watching Bartolo batting/'running'

i liked him as a player but dude is like top-5 worst analyst in mlb ugh

Welcome Mets fan favorite Cliff Floyd @CliffFloyd30 to the @SNYtv family! See his debut at 10pm on @Mets Hot Stove

well i don't have cable and didn't watch those shows when i had it.

Collins hoping Lagares can lead off.

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/2/28/8126411/new-york-mets-lineup-leadoff-sport-terry-collins-juan-lagares

wright, parnell getting all red-ass on syndergaard

@MarcCarig 6 minutes ago
As Wright scolded Syndergaard, Parnell took his plate, still piled with food, tossed it into a nearby trash can.

a tale of grown men getting upset about a sandwich that threatened their tenuous, invented hierarchy

athletes as grown men, interesting concept

i don't mind what wright did, but who the fuck does bobby parnell think he is

on the bright side, it largely overshadowed daniel murphy talking shit about teh gays on the day that billy bean visited camp

much ado about who cares

Daniel Murphy's "lifestyle" is walking about 30x a year and hitting ten HR

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_WFFWjUgAA7hYx.png

Matt Reynolds at SS?

http://nypost.com/2015/03/07/mets-reynolds-turning-heads-making-push-for-flores-job/

MRI for Josh Edgin, not lookin good.

prospect matthew bowman is interesting, nerdy: http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/3/9/8177935/mets-matt-bowman-prospect-sabermetrics-stats

elbow tendinitis for Edgin, TJ 'considered'

mets have settled out of court with former vp leigh castergine

Bummer

what shall we change thread title to? cuz i have zero doubt all their pitchers except Bartolo are tearing something this year.

@AnthonyDiComo
Sandy Alderson said #Mets had been forewarned by doctors as early as last season that Wheeler's elbow was a concern.

It's particularly fair to question why Wheeler was fourth in the NL in pitches per start last season. At age 24. In his first full season. Pitching for a team that fell out of contention.

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/baseball-joe/blog/new-york-mets-zack-wheeler-injury-doesn-t-derail-team-s-chances-031615

Bartolo starts opener in D.C.

Murphy very likely to open season on DL.

I missed this a couple weeks ago.

http://metsmerizedonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mets-billboard-final-400x201.png?6c20df

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/03/04/ya-gotta-leave-mets-fan-goes-after-ownership-with-billboard/

have crappy middle infield range? mini-shifts!

http://www.wsj.com/articles/mets-try-new-trick-on-defense-predicting-where-ball-will-be-hit-1427314056

Report: Mets cut ballpark security to save money

counting on few fistfights til September Mets-Stanks series

Collins hinted that he might use a lineup with the pitcher batting eighth, Juan Lagares ninth, and Curtis Granderson leading off.

Matt Harvey is 26 today. Getting a little too Namath-like off the field for socialists to love:

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/03/matt-harvey-mets-superstar.html

Harvey, reclining, his hair still glistening from a vigorous shampooing, wants to be helpful.

that is some very descriptive language

@msimonespn
Michael Cuddyer turns 36 today.

Only 2 Mets position players have had a 2.0 WAR season at 36 or older

Jose Valentin
Moises Alou

averaging 6.8 runs/game in their last 19 (spring) games

cuddyer with his sixth homer

start spreading the news

Kevin Long, the Granderson miracle worker

Adam Rubin:

The New York Mets addressed a left-handed relief void Monday, trading for Padres southpaw Alex Torres. Minor league right-hander Cory Mazzoni and a player to be named later are headed to San Diego.

The Mets again addressed that void later Monday in a trade with the Washington Nationals, acquiring left-handed reliever Jerry Blevins for outfielder Matt den Dekker.

Left-hander Sean Gilmartin, a Rule 5 pick from the Minnesota Twins, is likely to make the Opening Day roster even with the acquisition of Torres. He is not considered a lefty specialist, however.

torres was really nasty in 2013 I think? w/ tampa

torres isn't a lefty specialist either -- he has reverse splits

lagares extension!

harvey's final spring stats: 22.2 IP, 21 K, 1 BB, 1.19 ERA

we expect nothing less

RJ Anderson of BP on Lagares:

Every hitter is dependent to some degree on his batting average, but Lagares is reliant upon singles to an extreme extent; he's simply not going to be productive at the plate if he doesn't have a high average.

With that in mind, going year-to-year with Lagares would've been a sound play; the risk being that he wins another Gold Glove or two, posts a high average a couple more times, or employs an agent who convinces arbitrators that his client is the best defender on the planet. Ultimately, the money involved isn't enough to fret too much about it one way or another; however, it is a surprising and perhaps unnecessary investment for a franchise that, as of late, has been reluctant to spend.

<3 this guy btw

The Mets’ phenom, who spent a lot of time fishing and hunting growing up, still bears the scars of his days spent out in the hot Florida sun.

“I used to ride fawlers a whole bunch,” he says.

Fawlers?

“We would have tracks, fawlers and dirt bikes,” he says.

Ah, four-wheelers.

“We would build some pretty big jumps,” he reminisces, “The days I wasn’t playing, I would definitely ride.”

But before you have a heart attack, Fred Wilpon, know this. The kid is over fawlers.

“I don’t think it’s a good idea,” he says with a mischievous grin. “I had my fair share of getting injured.” Pulling up his pants legs, deGrom shows off the battle scars on his right knee. “I busted up my knee and had to get 20 stitches in that,” he says. “The back of my leg had to get stitches. I’m lucky I never broke anything, but I was always having to get stitches.”

http://observer.com/2015/03/reigning-rookie-of-the-year-jacob-degrom-makes-his-pitch-for-greatness/

Murphy is ready for the opener; roster has 8 relievers anda 4-man bench, which means deGrom could pinch-hit.

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/4/4/8344767/mets-opening-day-roster-new-york

hahaha, there's yr no-hit shit, Scherzer

what a terrible haircut on Duda btw

Mejia to undergo MRI on stiff right elbow

consecutive opening days where their closer leaves injured

Mejia to DL -- "no structural damage" -- and righty Erik Goeddel up. Familia presumed to close.

The 'unorthodox' lineup will continue. (On Monday Ron Darling pronounced himself "irritated" at Lagares 6th, Keith felt similarly about Wright 2nd. I really don't understand their reps as superior analysts, except for the extreme idiocy in other booths.)

http://nypost.com/2015/04/07/david-wright-second-mets-newlook-lineup-works-eventually/

except for the extreme idiocy in other booths

nails it, in comparison to most theyre usually a cut above imo

Keith also loves "clutch RBIs"

he's comedy relief tho

i like clutch RBIs too

but you don't think it's a unique skill, i suspect

tru

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCQQTsvWYAA9NTR.png

mayberry jr

the stanzoLOL parade rolls on with meija its latest star - 80 games

wow wtf

^perfect -- new Mets ways of being Mets.

i guess this qualifies as a rally vs the Barves, an error and HBP with the bags loaded.

and Wilmer with a gdp on the first fuckin' pitch

lol even the netflix daredevil show is throwing zings at the mets bullpen

https://twitter.com/mlb/status/587332954084380672

7 inn - 77 pitches/60 strikes

beeyootiful

we need more jolly round men in their 40s

Flores nicknames from a Mets blog

• Wilmer Porous
• Non-drelton Simmons
• Wilmer T. Flores (as in “WTF — he’s at short?”)

big cheer for the massage therapist

mets opening day, brought to you by the 'limitless courage' of the new york city police department

i am resigned to turning a deaf ear to NFL-caliber cop/military worship in MLB (another part of Beelzebud's legacy perhaps)

I'm going on Jackie Robinson Night, there may be an appropriate moment for an I Can't Breathe chant.

SI Yankees have both an NYPD and #bluel1vesmatter nights plus a military night

what, no bald eagle / armed drone flyover?

Happy Harvey Day.

apparently this game was full of beanballs, denied replays, and ejections

til i got home

Wright hamstring :(

http://m.mets.mlb.com/news/article/118332352/terry-collins-mets-third-baseman-david-wrights-hamstring-injury-major

neg x-ray on Cuddyer's hand

@msimonespn
Michael Cuddyer turns 36 today.

Only 2 Mets position players have had a 2.0 WAR season at 36 or older

Jose Valentin
Moises Alou

― Andy K, Friday, March 27, 2015

I missed this the first time around, this now might be my favourite baseball trivia question of all time.

Mets-enfreude, eh? I'm not sure why 2 WAR is significant... Meant to look up Rusty Staub's pair of deluxe PH years, when he was 40 or so.

I will be in the first row in the LF corner if you wanna look for me on the teevee tonight.

d'Arnaud's HR landed about 7 feet from me, an i did not make a move for it. i see enough doctors.

booo

if only it had been a recker HR

i don't think it wd've had extra ass on it.

Curtis "Walk, Don't Hit" Granderson: .185/.405/.185

all alone in first, campers!

ugh stanton has now homered in 5 str8 games vs the mets, tying hank aarron and ryan howard for that honor

keith hernandez said "colon has that…that….i can't think of the word"

lagares is showing off

COLON SAC FLY

Colon for the Silver Slugger 2015

Stanton can keep homering if it's a solo show

forgot alex torres rocks the padded hat lol

seven straight, harvey tmrw

shit

C D'ARNAUD (FRACTURED RIGHT HAND) LEFT GAME BOT 7TH
RP BLEVINS (FRACTURED LEFT FOREARM) LEFT GAME TOP 7TH

reckin and plaweckin time

3 weeks+ for d'Arnaud

Mets' other 10-3 starts were 1986 and 2006.

Cameron on FG: The Mets haven’t played well enough that we should dramatically alter our expectations of what they’re going to do going forward, but now, .500 ball for 24 weeks gets you an 85 win finish. And while 85 wins probably doesn’t get you the Wild Card, that’s the mean forecast out of a range of expected outcomes, and it doesn’t take very many things going New York’s way before that 85 turns into 88 or 89.

yes

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/so-the-mets-might-be-contenders/

This Braves-Mets series could conceivably be some good baseball.

bobby parnell blew a save for class a st. lucie today; hope someone throws his dinner in the garbage

Dillon Gee has made 48 straight starts of at least five innings dating to May 2013, the longest active streak in the majors. The team record is 50 by Dwight Gooden.

the positive tone crossed w/ a cautiousness bordering on a wait for the other shoe to drop is a clear tend in mets pieces of late
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/mlb-new-york-mets-bartolo-colon-matt-harvey-jacob-degrom/

shoes (ie players) are dropping, still winning so far

true, plus most of those injuries don't seem catastrophic

plz don't... classic Mets injury goes from 'day-to-day' in April to the entire year

JM Jr batting first tnite, weather permitting

@AdamRubinESPN
Terry Collins explains leadoff role for John Mayberry Jr. in part by citing 5-for-11, 3 doubles, 1 HR in career vs. Eric Stults.

Fun fact of the day: This year, the Mets will pay Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom a combined $1,171,000. This year, the Mets will pay Bobby Bonilla $1,193,248.

Ha!

That never stops being hilarious.

not to youse jerkz

10

that catch by Lagares!!

attempt the undefeated 10-game homestand today for the first time in their history.

Harvey has an ankle sprain, will not miss his next start. :/

Murphy is just headless in the field some days

11

I know this is all statistical noise so far, but....

Nah this is exciting.

Which is the most hated franchise by Mets fans? Braves, Phillies or Yankees?

not as much reason to hate Atl w/ their autumn chokes and absence of Larry.

So the Phillies then?

we don't hate them now so much as delight in their misery

have the mets and phillies ever been good at the same time?

between th 80s and '06 maybe throw the cardinals in there too

oh yeah major Cards hate '85-89

Mets and Phils weren't good at the same time until the last years of Shea (thx for reminding me)

BACK to the present... did you see Bartolo's 1U pickoff today?

Cubs and Mets used to not like each other at times when they were both in the east. I know they had a couple brawls back in the day. I remember Jody Davis hitting 2 HRs against Doc Gooden in Chicago and then I don't think Doc ever lost to them again.

i love hearing from the Mets booth during interleague, not that I have much of a choice. wonder what the max number of 1986 references they have made in one evening.

prob about as many as john sterling has made to jeter or TEH RINGZ

try sometime when they don't have an 11-gamr streak, skrit u chump

they just segued from Wally Backman to a HoJo rememberance. big anniversary year coming up.

nostalgia's a hell of a drug

'85 was an awesome year even tho they finished 2nd: arrival of Carter, Gooden became king of the world, etc.

Current BP playoff odds:

Div title: 46.8%
Wild card: 16.1%
Playoffs: 62.9%
Playoffs (Adj, ie making it to Div Series): 54.7%
WS title: 4.5%

(eat it, sanskrit)

btw select tickets for games April 30-May 6 are $13 off. Best values appear to be in Promenade for the Oriole games next week.

Wright may be back by Saturday

mook ck your email

Montero optioned after spot start, LH reliever Jack Leathersich up

well, Montero was DL'd instead.

Strasburg has been dealing tonight since Flores' glove opened the floodgates.

Dilson Herrera up to play 2nd, Murphy shifts to third til DW returns.

jerry blevins recommended listening to the serial podcast fyi

great game

Honey, are we going to the game today? …They’ve got that [deGrom] gnome tonight. Pack up the kids.

The last time the Mets had lost 1-0 on consecutive days was Sept. 4-5, 1990, at St. Louis and Pittsburgh, STATS said. The previous team to defeat New York 1-0 on back-to-back days was the Chicago Cubs in April 1973 at Shea Stadium. Ferguson Jenkins beat Tom Seaver in the opener in a matchup of future Hall of Famers.

Nats/Expos had never won consecutive 1-0 games before.

C Johnny Monell of da Bronx called up. The end of Recker?

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/5/4/8547971/mets-johnny-monell-las-vegas-catcher

can't stop talking about recker's end, huh

if he had a wider skill set...

I have an extra ticket for tnite ($8), but almost all the NYers have been ruled out already. Jimmy the Mod?

sorry would love to do a day game @ some pt tho :\

ok... there is a matinee vs Cards in a couple Thursdays i am taking off for

Bartolo is just a head-shaking spectacle of ease and mastery. Though Familia yielding a leadoff HR to Machado in the 9th gave me Armando Benitez flashbacks...

In the Mets program I learned that the 3 all-timers Kirk Nieuwenhuis would invite to dinner are CS Lewis, Churchill, and George W Bush.

via espn.com:

Colon became the first pitcher in at least 100 years to defeat the same opponent with seven different teams...

Colon has defeated the O's while pitching for Cleveland, the White Sox, the Angels, Boston, the Yankees, Oakland and the Mets.

STATS said its research dating to 1914 shows no other pitcher who has topped the same opponent with seven different clubs. Dan Haren, David Wells and Hall of Fame spitballer Burleigh Grimes were among the seven to beat a team six ways.

Left fielder Michael Cuddyer barely avoided nicking him and marveled at what Lagares can catch, telling Collins: "He calls me off balls hit right to me."

YUP

http://deadspin.com/the-mets-could-have-been-named-the-avengers-bees-or-b-1702440839

man, if they'd been named the new york burros the post/daily news headlines would be un-fucking-real...

bartolo.gif

http://www.gfycat.com/AlertGrandAmurratsnake

my bad, that was Chris Davis that Familia surrendered the bomb to. Machado's was off Colon.

season-low crowd at Citi for last night's game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llu7Y4PZae4

gets called up for the next spot start, apparently

why he wdn't stay i dunno!

rumors ~swirling~ that matz will be called up for sunday (probably because syndergaard just pitched)

syndergaaaaard up, will start at wrigley tuesday

Harvey moaning that 5+ days' rest throws him off.

Wright has a sore back now (no structural damage on MRI). Maybe we'll see him by August.

yikes

hueg doubleplay

Familia 12/12 in saves

v close to time to cut bait on Mayberry.

Wright began "baseball activities" today. Murphy hitting .136 vs lefties; might need to become a platoon 2b when DW comes back.

the man who would be THOR

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/5/12/8590911/somebody-found-noah-syndergaards-school-yearbook-picture

http://cdn.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/NS-Curve-3.gif

Mets don't seem to get they have to beat some good teams now n' then

^^^i guess we can now say that the cubs have arrived

Like the Mets, they have currently arrived at a projection of 85.5 wins

Hung Jeurys

it's hay-you-rees you iliit'rit

reckin ball

^^^

blowing a 5-1 lead, there they go

deGrom is throwing all of pitches harder than he did last year. His curveball isn’t breaking quite as much as it did, he’s not using it against right-handed hitters as often, and it’s generating fewer swinging strikes overall. Hitters haven’t whiffed on his four-seam fastball as often, and they’ve already hit more home runs against that pitch this year than they did all of last year.

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/5/15/8609521/mets-jacob-degrom-strikeouts-home-runs-curveball

http://www.hardballtimes.com/the-1961-expansion-draft-and-baseballs-anti-competitive-history

off to see Bartolo go for 7th straight walkless start

RIP Curtis, RIP Bartolo

tbf, he didn't walk anyone

wilmer!

satisfying win.

OF Darrell Ceciliani called up -- hoping that means the end of Nieuwenhuis.

Sandy needs to call up his friend Beane and get Josh Reddick maybe

whether Cuddyer "breaks" or not

Capt Kirk DFA'd HALLELUJAH

bartolo colon infield hit

that was bizarre

lol

Bartolo sets walkless innings record

bartolo is the best

he shuts down innings both on the mound and as the lead runner on base

dam bart is losing it

goodbye for the year, first place

lucas loves lefties

second-best game score of the season for degrom (behind kluber, of course)

i was dere, can't believe they got a split

bummer: http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/05/23/new-york-mets-david-wright-injury-spinal-stenosis

jeez

he'll be out all year, i'm feelin it

http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/8/17/1/anigif_enhanced-buzz-3260-1376716493-12.gif

getting my parrot blaster

first triad of 10+K Pirate pitching since '69

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CF3yd7gUUAA1otL.jpg

'notable'

well i can come up with varying A-1 factoids for nearly all, if Anna Benson counts.

deGromminator pitched like God again, and now the lead is evaporating

Hansel Robles was not gret(el) tonight

excellent work by Flores on the SF; I was sure we were gonna see 3 Ks after the non-run on the Frenchy fumble in RF

@jonahkeri
Wilmer Flores, still better than Tulo.

indeed

Duda and Flores really carrying them offensively right now.

Muno is today's 3B entrant.

syndergaard home run!

THOR

430 feet, not too shabby

3-for-3 now

a 2nd bomb from Duda

Beating the snot outta the Philths, Fish and Barves is a key to the Mets' WC path. If they last, somehow I see the Giants and Cubs staying as their solitary rivals.

the first part seems entirely doable, for sure

At worst they're a wild card team. Too much pitching to fall out of contention imo

presuming

1) the pitchers' arms don't fall off (and the 6-man rotation will limit their starts, possibly to their good, who the fuck knows)

2) the offense isn't horrendous, and they don't go most of the year w/ third basemen who can't hit and a shortstop who can't field

poly, you don't see them passing Washington, do you? (barring catastrophic Nats injuries/disasters that is)

Yeah, the Nationals are probably the division winner, especially if Strasburg and Rendon can start making some positive contributions.

Bartolomania!
https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CGWnp1cUkAEi8qu.mp4

all the "no timetable for Wright" stories are expected and depressing

go get Ben Zobrist

BACK IN FIRST! I am stunned.

Mayberry resurrected (first 4-hit game of career)

Daniel Murphy is going to get an MRI done after exiting in the third inning with quad tightness.

tomas does resemble marlon byrd i think ronnie just read my mind

murph 2 dl btw

time to eat Niese's contract, call up Matz and get Zobrist

back to 5-man rotation

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/6/5/8739495/new-york-mets-six-man-rotation-dillon-gee

Dillon Gee sings the song of the Modern Ballplayer upon being sent to the pen

"this will decrease my value"

Saturday's promo is David Wright Replica Jersey, presented by the Hospital for Special Surgery

d'arnaud back 2night

Parnell allegedly by the weekend

joe panik says HACK THIS MASS

season over.

btw Terry Collins revealed a few days ago that he avoids infield realignments acc to what will keep news off "the back page." Fire the bum.

Harvey has sucked since Virginia Plain bought his jersey.

who's to blame?
virginia plain

Hahaha . . . Shall I burn the jersey in effigy?

after 6 innings, usually

the mets will be fine.

Parnell and Herrera activated; Gee placed on the bereavement list, Tejada placed on the paternity list.

~cycle of life~

CUDDYAH

Back in first! What a crap division.

wow double-plays in each of last three innings

and Nats lose -- theyre pulling away!

Eric Goeddel to DL

series of double plays

lol 3 errors muno wtf

fuck freeman is so tough

Nieuwenhuis reclaimed off waivers :/

hahaha

thank u barves for bp

Muno and RECKER sent to Vegas!

Akeel Morris called up from St Lucie to the pen:

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/6/14/8779389/mets-akeel-morris-bullpen-promote-new-york

excited for this series, Morbs?!

dillon G dfa'd

moreso if tonight's rainout didnt depend on me going out there first

xp

camo rally, thanks 2 dudas bloop off cecil into an xtreme jay of shift

That was long, but entertaining. Noah looked good out there.

no TT, i was not unduly excited til about 10:30.

Enjoyed heckling 20 Jays fans in the next section with every Canadian dadjoke i could lazily extract from my addled brain.

Parnell is BACK, boys n' girls

With last night's win against the Blue Jays, Terry Collins passed Gil Hodges for third on the all-time wins list by a Mets manager with 340.

i guess this stuff works in st lucie

ouch

i felt bad for that kid

i was asleep; did they hang him out to dry?

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/06/18/this-is-an-interesting-way-to-report-the-dillion-gee-dfa

to Morbs: pretty much. makes his MLB debut against the heart of the toughest offense in baseball. it does not go well. and he was still left in there maybe three to four batters after it was obvious this poor kid was seriously over matched.

has been sent down to Binghamton

ex-Ranger righty Logan Verrett up

calling a pitcher up from class a is the dumbest thing i can remember alderson doing

why? i'm curious

The outcome seems to prove that he was not ready in every way.

I wonder when a first-place team last started the season 10-21 on the road.

xp the cliche is that the biggest gap between minor league levels is from high-a to double-a, but it seems more or less true. at the lower levels you can get by on sheer talent, but at a certain point you also need to have an 'approach', i.e. a more detailed plan than just throw hard or see ball/hit ball. triple-a veterans lack the tools, but they know what they're doing, and akeel morris has never consistently faced a lineup that knew what it was doing.

players at high-a just aren't that good. in 2012 the st. lucie mets were the best team in the florida state league; three years later the regulars who have gone on to the most success are daniel muno and wilmer flores (who was really young for that level then).

despite this being morris' sixth pro year (at age 22!), he's only thrown 248 innings. he's always been hard to hit, but only last year established decent command. his highest-level experience is this year in the fsl, which is the most pitcher-friendly minor league.

his stuff -- a low-to-mid-90s fastball and a good changeup -- is good enough to baffle low minor leaguers, but he can neither blow his fastball past the highest-scoring team in the majors nor fool it with his change.

the mets needed an arm and since he was headed north anyway (he's now at double-a binghamton) maybe they were all what the hell. and they were losing that game anyway iirc. but it seems a case of throwing a dude in the deep end well before he can swim, and we'll see how he bounces back.

there might be others, but the only dude i remember recently basically jumping straight from a-ball to the majors (albeit with an offseason inbetween) is jose fernandez.

10-22 on the road

great explanation mookie, thanks!

to all the fathers out there, happy birthday

Harvey better go the full 9, bcz i can't imagine the Metsies scoring before then.

i guess no one has ever directly explained the predictive worthlessness of "9-for-18" close & late SSS clutchiness to Keith. God i wish he would stfu about them.

The truth of the 2015 Mets probably lies somewhere north of the 68-win pace they’ve operated at since April 24, but I don’t see holding them to the standard of their record over slightly more than a third of the current season as somehow unfair. This is the team that’s going out and playing the games that count. In a parallel universe in which all variables are delightfully controlled, nobody vital has been injured, everybody worthwhile has been inked to sub-market contracts and distant potential has translated into immediately pleasing reality, the Mets are probably kicking Atlanta ass and taking Washington names.

In this one, they’ve scored 13 runs in their past 66 innings and looked like rank amateurs for the better part of a week.

http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2015/06/22/the-thoroughly-lost-weekend/

Klapisch sees no cavalry

http://www.northjersey.com/sports/klapisch-no-one-is-coming-to-rescue-mets-1.1360897

sss, but conforto is hitting .378/.477/.622 in his first 20 double-a games

http://i.imgur.com/sGmpMre.png

that d'Arnaud is sposed to be back

nope, back on the DL

playoff odds down from 46% to 19% in last week

that was quick

good seats for the next 3 months

they're only 3.5 behind in the division, 4.5 in the WC! I don't think all is lost for the yung metropolitans just yet

rosenthal thinks matz is coming up

why not? they suck!

1-1 suspended by rain in the 7th resumes tomorrow... which means Matz's debut will occur at TIME UNKNOWN.

dillon gee's first triple-a game: 5 IP, 6 R, 7 H, 6 K

he got the win in las vegas' 20-8 victory

also kirk nieuwenhuis has six homers in his first nine games for them!

matz shd hit 3rd next start

last debuting starter w/ 4 RBI?

none

ANTHONY RECKER is yr pacific coast league player of the week

did he drop his pants?

The 2015 Mets' starting pitchers are one of only two post-1969 staffs with a walk rate below five percent.

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/6/30/8775849/mets-pitchers-walks-matt-harvey-jacob-degrom-noah-syndergaard

it would be remiss of ilb not to wish the mets and their fans a happy bonilla day

direct your comments to Al Harazin then sit n' spin

HEY KEITH HERNANDEZ, BUNTING IS A SHIT PLAY. READ SOME BLOGS.

Daniel Murphy is not a major-league defender.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CI8PT02WcAQ4wfV.png

trade something inconsequential and get horrible matt kemp is my prediction/hope

sny had a "beat the booth" trivia show - part of it was password style, the clue to get was "paul lo duca" and howie was like "06 catcher" …. "loves horses" *time expires*

idk that is hysterical right

& a fan tried to guess k-rod and called him "kendrick rodriguez"

bitch don't k my vibe/9

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CI_y9ufW8AAu5oO.jpg

using your hat is ironically the best way to catch a decapitated head flying at you

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/it-s-the-time-of-year-where-the-mets-pay-bobby-bonilla-for-being-retired-180327650.html

"Due to a strange clause in his contract, Bonilla will receive close to $1.2 million from the Mets once a year until 2035."

weird how they always paint it like bonilla pulled some crazy trick on the poor unsuspecting mets... like i thought they couldn't afford to pay him, so they worked out a plan where he would defer the payments and basically get the $ + standard interest later?

wasnt it too that the mets were getting a steady 12% from madoff @ the time so were putting as much toward that as possible? like it wasn't an unwise business decision iirc

could everyone plz stfu on Bonilla for all time.

Collins on trying to stir the offense: "The only thing left is human sacrifice."

Or Michael Conforto.

only until next july 1 obvs

who u gonna trade for a hitter?

harvey
degrom
syndergaard
matz
(wheeler)

Bartolo

oh, Nieuwenhuis is back w/ the big club and just doubled -- doubled! -- in the 9th

J.D. (PA)
Keith, Conforto continues to hit AA pitching. I'm actually in favor of getting him some ABs while Cuddyer rests up, but at the very least he should be in AAA, right? I've never understood the Mets handling of him.

Klaw (1:11 PM)
I don't understand the Mets' handling of their prospects overall. It seems like they're horribly slow to promote hitters - Dom Smith should probably be in AA, Conforto should have started in AA and be in AAA or the majors by now.

dom smith didn't start hitting at all until june and still has only two homers (as a first baseman) in 70 games. and he just turned 20 last month.

conforto should have started full-season ball last summer rather than going to brooklyn, but at least they did jump him to high-a this spring. considering their struggles offensively, and cuddyer's injury, and conforto's performance in double-a, it does seem like they should be giving him a gallo-like shot. (i'm not sure that playing triple-a in a place like vegas would prepare him much for the majors)

@Mike_Vorkunov
It's a weird world when a minor league affiliate can question its major league's team lineup via interwebs

Las Vegas 51s @LasVegas51s
@Mets where's Nieuwenhuis in the lineup today? 51s lit up Peavey in LV last week. Capt Kirk hit two HRs off Jake in his last rehab start.

I'm going Saturday, hope to sell my Lagares bobblehead afterward for a cool C-note.

0-0 in the 5th, you mean again, wau how unlikely

4 of the Mets' 8 "hitters" have sub-.290 OBPs.

murphy's laziness cost them a second run

Murphy is a loser

raw numbers

Seaver's rookie year: 251 IP, 78 BB, 170 K, 19 HR

deGrom's career to date: 254 IP, 64 BB, 256 K, 15 HR

(obv there are differences; Seaver was 22)

nyt colon article - http://nyti.ms/1fqUUsY

Bartolo Colon attributes his skills to throwing rocks at coconuts and his work ethic to his pet donkey, Pancho.

more like steven latz amirite

jesus god

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/7/9/8925463/mets-steven-matz-injury-lat-tear-new-york

sometimes mook we don't know what the news is

NOAH

harvey hr

couldn't believe that one from Sec 520

my Lagares bobblehead is available for $60

Nieuwenhuis is the tenth Met ever to hit 3 HR in a game :o

first at home

that...is not a thing i expected to read in the mets thread

but hey! maybe he's figuring his shit out finally!

K. Nieuwenhuis LF 3 3 3 4 0 0 .149

lol

kirk whiffs going for 4

@Dbacks
Confirmed: Kirk Nieuwenhuis is human after all.

entering the game, he'd been 4-for-44 this year with the Mets (3-for-22 with the Angels)

Mets' next 16 games are 6 vs Wash, 4 Dodgers, 3 Cards, 3 Padres. Given the generally nonexistent offense, I expect maybe 6-10, but am willing to be surprised.

also

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/7/16/8984769/mets-pitchers-way-better-atlanta-braves-fab-five-john-smoltz

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKH1cvpUAAEbQ6W.png

Mets' next 16 games are 6 vs Wash, 4 Dodgers, 3 Cards, 3 Padres. Given the generally nonexistent offense, I expect maybe 6-10, but am willing to be surprised.

also

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/7/16/8984769/mets-pitchers-way-better-atlanta-braves-fab-five-john-smoltz

― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, July 17, 2015 10:08 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

afterwards the schedule becomes really easy that being said, i expect a strong finish from the mets

keith is getting rightly exasperated w this shit

wong'd

keith has audibly groaned at least a dozen times

suicide squeeze!@

haha first thing i thought of when i saw this was 'o shit is keith there'

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKUFgSAWEAEmlYz.jpg

25 LOB ties franchise record (i'd guess they didnt win the other time)

top 5 Keith freakouts

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2015/07/best_keith_hernandez_freak-out_moments_during_mets.html

@katiebakes
"I don't know how you compare the Mets to William Wallace. William Wallace had a lot of wins, let's be honest." -Mike Francesa to a caller

bartolo colon is outhitting his catcher

and he isn't that far behind his #4 and #5 hitters

cuddyer dl, conforto up

in the lineup tonight? please?

i will be dere, hoping for at least 3 runs in the absence of Greinke.

M.C. is the 1000th Met.

Niese also scratched bcz of childbirth!

Conforto in LF, bats 7th

mets get an injection of PVL - kelly johnson and juan uribe in a forbidden intra division trade

mrs niese shdve started pushing

she had the baby during the game! bastard should never have pitched

btw the lede in that trade story shd be MAYBERRY DFA'D

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/13314467/new-york-mets-trade-acquire-juan-uribe-kelly-johnson-atlanta-braves

lol 'kelly johnson hasn't hit .275 since 2010, but could now be the mets' best hitter'

i've never even heard of ian thomas!

that happens to guys who pitch 3 years in Winnipeg

conforto smoked that second double

lol 'kelly johnson hasn't hit .275 since 2010, but could now be the mets' best hitter'
--mookieproof

naturally he hits a dinger in his first fuckin game lol

they're using up all their hits

uribe!

ty kenley for that pitch @ 0-2 btw

Joc's overrun to break the ZG streak makes ya think shutouts, as well as no-hitters, are made by defenses, eh?

express or local?

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/7/26/9044487/noah-syndergaard-and-logan-verrett-ride-the-7-train-home

jenrry mejia, 162-game suspension

daaaaaaamn

more work for Clippard!

d'Arnaud may return Friday.

Nimmo promoted to AAA.

@AnthonyDiComo
Juan Lagares and Wilmer Flores are bench players at this point, by the way. I think that's clear. Nieuwenhuis and Tejada are starters. #Mets

what a journey for captain kirk

well Lagares is clearly hobbled (in his arm at least)

back on the field, Bartolo has looked kinda lousy the last 6 weeks or so.

he shd do another stem cell injection for the playoff push imo

will help lots if duda can keep swinging well off of last night

opponents hitting about .300 vs Colon post-April

is Jason Bay available?

Parnell, Robles doing their best to blow it

come, rain

peak mets, really

fuckin fuck

prob be about 300 people left when they resume

might have helped if it hadn't taken 10 minutes to get the tarp on the second time

@jonahkeri
If you're wondering what's going on with the Mets, note that I've been in town last 3 days working on a feature about the Mets. #LocustsSoon

last scheduled date btwn teams -- reverts to last inning if they'd call it, Mets wd win.

won't happen

welp

@AdamRubinESPN
If this deal is consummated, I believe we can put to rest money scuttling Gomez deal. Bruce makes more than Gomez.

sweet Jesus

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal
Also hearing #Mets could land two OFers, as @andymartino said. Not sure how they would make it work.

Outfielders who are or could be in play for #Mets: Bruce, Cespedes, R. Davis, Venable. Cuddyer may not be back. Questions about Lagares.

lol wow

add abt 4 more bullpenners also pls y not

Bruce talks gone cold appareently

‏@JonHeymanCBS
mets are making a push for yoenis cespedes. would be big move.

hmmmm no shit

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2918711/cespedesflip.gif

Most XBH by OF'ers this season: Harper (54), Trout (51), Céspedes (48)

Mets OF ranks 27th in XBH

assuming he's not getting to Queens tnite, Karl Malone and i will see the debut tomw

MLB leader in LF assists, too.

Keith really loves Daniel Murphy, i have no fucking idea why

typical 1-0 Mets laugher

wtf are those assholes in the Park Ave war room drinking?

this werth ab is insane

haha fuck you Werthless

man, this game is agony

thx meals

fp'd u

WILMER

<3

not *that* bad a throw to the plate by granderson from shallow cf nice

ok, duda ~~~~

Williams' decision to walk Cespedes there :o

Conforto back to AAA

Wright to start rehab assignment

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/8/1/9084909/mets-david-wright-injury-back-spinal-stenosis

grandy/danny

4 batters, y.c. the only one not to clout!

Granderson is having a fairly decent season.

He and Duda are pretty much it among the regulars, at least with d'Arnaud out all that time.

ok Conforto is back, someone tell me what happened

i think prob nieuwenhuis being dl'd

ok i can turn this off now, v glad Yoenis didnt hurt himself scoring the tenth run

@RealCJ10
One team I would not wanna play the rest of the season.......the New York Mets!! They got some fellas that can flat out....BRING IT!!!

The Mets’ opponents through the end of the season entered Monday with a combined winning percentage of .455, giving the Mets the weakest strength of schedule in the major leagues from here on out. The Nationals have the second-weakest at .470. The Cubs and Giants, whom the Mets are chasing in the NL wild-card race, both have remaining schedules above .500.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/first-place-mets-have-baseballs-easiest-schedule-from-here-out-1438634418?mod=rss_newyork_sports

welcome lefty relief specialist Eric O'Flaherty (and his 5.91 ERA) from the A's; Alex Torres DFA'd.

@AnthonyDiComo
Juan Uribe just stole David Wright's shirt out of his locker as Wright packed for St. Lucie. "No, no, you don't go nowhere!"

glad i went to the Dither/Matmos show, cuz i mighta had a coronary in that 9th.

2-game lead.

Seven Days in Flushing: Reliving One of the Craziest Weeks in New York Mets History

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/mlb-new-york-mets-sandy-alderson-wilmer-flores-yoenis-cespedes-noah-syndergaard-nl-east/

happy 24th to queens folk hero wilmer flores

not taking chances, gonna buy at least one game of season-ending Mets-Nats series

hope they bring in hall-of-famer tom glavine to throw the first pitch

TOO SOON

any Mets-Bucs action for you next week?

that is a good question

sure as hell not signing up for harvey vs. j.a. happ tho

well no, that's Sunday and we are going to Cyclones at 5

(Sat night has a Ne-Yo show after)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nSPnseTEL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

how did i go months without knowing this existed

published 6 months early

MURPH

wiiilmer

wtf is going on

crazy game

this is gettin like April all over again

2 innings, 2 hrs for curtis

he's actually having a pretty good season!

"It’s funny, baseball people always ask me who I hate more – the Phillies or the Yankees. ‘No, no, no’, I always say. ’I’m a Mets fan. I hate the METS more.’"

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/8/7/9119875/my-jon-stewart-stories

Another fun win.

Plawecki sent down to Vegas for playing time, the hitless beauty that is Recker recalled.

from Amazin' Avenue:

Lucas Duda was scratched from last night's lineup with a sore back. Terry Collins doesn't think it's a concern, so we'll just patiently wait for the surgery announcement.

also, measuring the all-time quality of deGrom, Harvey, Syndergaard:

Before Syndergaard's most recent start on Saturday night, when he gave up five earned runs in four innings against the Rays, all three of the starters' ERA+ were 135 or higher. To put that in perspective, only two other teams in Major League history have had three starters in their first three Major League seasons put up those numbers: The 1914 Red Sox with Rube Foster, Dutch Leonard and Erie Shore; and the 1906 NL champion Cubs, who were led by Orval Overall, Jack Pfeister and Ed Reulbach.

Change the number to a minimum ERA+ of 120 following Syndergaard's last start, and it's still a rare occurrence. The last team with three starters to post an ERA+ of 120 with three or fewer years of experience was the 2010 Athletics, which featured Brett Anderson, Trevor Cahill and Gio Gonzalez.

This Mets triumvirate of cost-controlled hurlers is also one of only four clubs to have three pitchers in their first four seasons post a walks-per-nine ratio under 2.0 -- the 1901 Pirates, '04 White Sox and '07 Senators being the others.

http://m.mets.mlb.com/news/article/142443142/historic-season-for-harvey-degrom-syndergaard

cuddyer tearing up the basepaths last night

i didnt see the game -- how?

going tonight

m/l "easily" scored from 2nd on a single in the 6th

stole 2nd in the 8th & advanced to 3rd on when the throw went into OF

DEGROM, YOENIS BARBECUE ROX

Hadn't heard non-prompted Let's Go Mets chants in years.

Duda out 3rd day in a row w/ back stiffness for the noon matinee

they import Coors air for this one?

looks like Kelly Johnson Day

since Padre Rain Tragedy, Mets are 11-2 and have outscored the opp 69-30.

Neyer does quick math on Harvey's innings

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/new-york-mets-young-pitchers-innings-limits-matt-harvey-jacob-degrom-noah-syndergaard-081315

SportsCenter ‏@SportsCenter 1h1 hour ago
Matt Harvey, how has the Mets rotation's success benefited you this year?
"I think it starts with keeping our hair looking great."

crazy throw by cespedes to take away a triple

fuck joe blanton

keith on murph's ill-advised throw: 'you gotta have talent to make that play'

now the only team in the NL East over .500. Got that 1973 feeling.

hi-light of the wkend was sny showing a fan on Friday w/ a LED display that read "KANG" and keith saying "that's not how you spell it" w/ gary v quickly covering for him

Mets' only remaining opponents w/ winning records are NYY & BAL (5 games total)

wow

we'll see if Nats stay below, tho

‏@AdamRubinESPN
Curtis Granderson's seventh leadoff homer of season. Breaks tie with Jose Reyes (2006) for single-season franchise record. #mets

well done by conforto but idk sending jj hardy whos just rounding 3rd when any left fielder already has the ball seems not too smart

jeurys get ur fuckin shit togther bro

HAD IT ALL THE WAY

::exhales::

I really had to force myself to watch after the second walk.

Bobby Parnell (NYM): Parnell has been placed on the 15-day disabled list due to right shoulder tendinitis. (Shoulder)

^one of those bullshit DL moves, if you read the NYT description today

Verrett up

http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/wfan-pranked-joe-benigno-hilarious-prank-sabermetrics.html

good execution, easy target

MLB Home Run ‏@MLBHR 2m2 minutes ago
Yoenis Cespedes - New York Mets (21) Grand Slam

i have not listened to wfan since the Mets were dumped

and only games for 10 years before that

keith just said what we were all thinking "if cespedes hits a 3-run home run he hits a cycle of home runs"

Josh Lewin on Mets radio just warned the audience that there's special smoke wafting thru the Denver pressbox.

"That's not cinnamon buns. I went to college."

Lucas Duda left the game with back stiffness. The first baseman may be DL bound today and either he or Michael Conforto will be replaced by lefty Dario Alvarez.

duda confirmed to dl

never heard of dario alvarez

doubles

Rox musta got this guy from slo-pitch

keith thinks the first collective soul album is their best

drudge siren dot gif

lol this game

games at Coors are hard to watch

Keith also thinks the Rockies hafta do something about this park, like no one thought of that since '93

rusin is the very best pitcher imo

this is kind of sad

rusin's era went from 3.99 to 4.97

if Niese throws a SHUTDOWN INNING I'm calling it a win so i can watch some real baseball

The Mets acquired Eric Young Jr. from the Atlanta Braves for cash considerations. Young stole 46 bases for the Mets in 2013, and has managed a .317 wOBA this season in Triple-A Gwinnett. Look for his contract to be purchased once rosters expand in September.

only saw Logan Verrett's postgame interview, and damn he is handsome

can't believe they are always on the verge of sending Conforto down, when Cuddyer should be the outfielder of last resort.

LV staying

The presence of Verrett on the roster gives the Mets an option to skip a start for one of their young pitchers, just as they did with Matt Harvey on Sunday. According to Terry Collins, Verrett will be a key piece to the back end of the Mets' bullpen. The right-hander also adds value by offering the ability to step in for as many starts as needed if a Mets pitcher were to sustain an injury.

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/8/23/9194991/new-york-mets-logan-verrett-demote-dario-alvarez-david-wright

Wright tonight! So of course Duda is disabled. Maybe they'll get their optimum lineup by mid-Sept, but i wdn't bet on it.

Granderson's slash stats right now, .257/.348/.459, are pretty much in line with his career.

strictly a launching pad

rockies east

wilmer!

lol everyone is swinging from their fuckin heels

new team hr/game record

HR: W Flores 2 (14, Top 4 off A Morgan, 3-1, 0 Out, 1 on; Top 5 off H Neris, 1-0, 1 Out, 2 on); M Cuddyer (9, Top 5 off H Neris, 0-0, 2 Outs, None on); D Murphy (10, Top 6 off J De Fratus, 1-0, 1 Out, 1 on); T d'Arnaud (8, Top 4 off A Morgan, 0-1, 0 Out, None on); D Wright (2, Top 2 off A Morgan, 1-1, 0 Out, None on); J Lagares (5, Top 3 off A Morgan, 0-2, 1 Out, None on); Y Cespedes (6, Top 9 off A Loewen, 0-2, 1 Out, 1 on)

44 runs in three games?

well, you're leaving out yesterday's pitiful 5-run performance.

oops, sorry metsies

@AdamRubinESPN
Last NL team with 8 HR in a nine-inning game: Dodgers on May 23, 2002 at Milwaukee

@AdamRubinESPN: David Wright on emotions: "I almost pulled a Wilmer Flores."

Most R/G in the NL over the past month!

passed Cubs for 5th best run differential in the league

bullying the patsies pays off

Ira on the worst Mets ad jingle

http://www.avclub.com/article/ira-kaplan-why-he-hates-worlds-most-annoying-jingl-223869

liked the Mets fan behind home in Philly last night wearing a chartreuse Cespedes arm brace.

you may have already listened to it morbs but the effectively wild pod about degrom was really interesting. didn't know his velocity was going up with age, on both fastballs and offspeed pitches

yep, heard it

I had no clue de Grom was murdering the league until this week

damn bart nearly had a double down the line w the bases loaded

dont need to be greedy though, phils/rox staff are making any lineup they throw out there look like murderers row

it will never not be hilarious if ron is correct that recker is colons personal catcher

colon/recker battery

the Two Ages of Man

Colon is currently batting .130, Recker .132

Drop Dead Gorgeous and Drops Dead If He Runs the Bases

CUDDYER ON FYRE

Matz threw 6 scoreless for Binghamton, should return next week.

Does Colon look like a postseason bullpen pitcher?

set to break team record for HR in a month

http://m.mets.mlb.com/news/article/145638962/mets-hit-40th-home-run-of-month-tie-club-mark

that torres-murphy-torres play o_O

Mets are 22-1 vs the NL's three cellar-dwelling teams.

Matz gets one more rehab start.

who wants to theoretically meet me in DC on Labor Day for Mets-Nats? (just gauging interest)

hansel robles: not mookieproofed

callups: Plawecki, Campbell, Eric Young Jr. and Nieuwenhuis

Duda's return delayed, surprise

@msimonespn 1h1 hour ago

Mets went 20-8 in August

1st 20-win month for Mets since August 2000

Last month w/ 20 wins, better win pct:
June 1990 21-7 (.750)

pretty ruf

a September that will be agonizing, to some degree as yet undetermined

imagine niese's next start goes to matz

@AdamRubinESPN
Source confirms Steven Matz will sub for Noah Syndergaard in Miami, then Mets go to 6-man next turn.

here ya go

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/ticketing/postseason.jsp

Conforto .311/.396/.567 in his 90 AB, only 6 AB vs lefties. Yet Collins will continue to platoon him, he sez. Madness.

his splits were actually better against lefties in double-a, albeit sss

havent been watching too much, but this appears to be the prototypical mets/marlins game

@AnthonyDiComo
Matt Harvey tells reporters that he's always considered 180 IP a limit, and won't answer questions about the playoffs. Can't believe this.

On top of that, Harvey — pitching on six days’ rest — later made it clear he is no fan of the Mets’ new six-man rotation.

“With that much time off in-between starts, throwing once a week, I found a rhythm in the bullpen and then once I got a hitter in there and got the adrenaline going a little bit, things kind of got out of whack,” Harvey said following the Mets’ 4-3 loss to the Dodgers.

“With the six-man and the day off, it’s tough. We’re all having to deal with it. It’s not an excuse why things didn’t go well today, but I just have to do a better job of finding a way to find a rhythm through a period of extended rest like that.”

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/COK0hH2WwAA_yde.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/thQpD7h.png

yikes

@jazayerli
In @Ken_Rosenthal's recent update, Boras brought up 4 names: Marcum, Johnson, Parker, and Medlen. Well, it's time to bring the hammer down.

@jazayerli
J Johnson, 2009: 15.71 Pitches/inning
J Parker, 2012: 15.62
S Marcum, 2010: 15.58
K Medlen, 2013: 15.48
*M Harvey, 2015: 14.78*

@jazayerli
Or put it another way:

Johnson: 3284 pitches
Parker: 3155 pitches
Medlen: 3049 pitches
Marcum: 3043 pitches
Harvey: 2459 pitches

@jazayerli
If the Mets were to limit Harvey to 3000 pitches, at his current pace of pitches per inning, Harvey could throw *203* innings, not 180.

@jazayerli
I've been writing for at least 17 years now: it's not the innings, it's the pitches. Why the hell are we still talking about innings?

@jazayerli
Without even getting into the wisdom of basing decisions on a sample size of 4 pitchers, USING BORAS' OWN CRITERIA, Harvey can go 203 IP.

gree hee hee

bartolo dot gif

don't quite get the controversy. if the Mets tell him to pitch, he's gonna fucking pitch.

it does sound like the prick will be an Ideal Yankee in a few years tho, at which point i will pray for his arm and dick to fall off.

"Pfft...180 innings"

http://s.hswstatic.com/gif/tom-seaver-1.jpg

Colon's flip behind the back was cool. His late career has been a lot of fun.

need that clip

btw Alderson says he will speak "personally" to Harvey in DC on Monday, and i would love to be a fly on the wall.

Neyer is right that Boras's job does not entail giving a damn about the Mets.

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/baseball-joe/blog/boras-vs-alderson-all-about-competing-interests-090515

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2350357!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_235_300/image.jpg http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2350356!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_235_300/image.jpg

that is true about boras -- and i trust neither him nor the mets -- but he failed by waiting this long to publicly complain. harvey's been acting all season like he wants to pitch *more*, and while boras may have now convinced him that a great deal of money is on the line, acting earlier might have helped avoid the quitter label he's courting. and to what end? if the mets tell him to pitch, is he going to refuse?

and yeah, what jazayerli said about pitches vs. innings

Harvey's remarks are a muddle, if you watch the video. He says "I'll always play" at one point.

Brain surgery for ex-Tiger mistress!

Manufactured "crisis" over. And in a few days, we can ask "What playoffs?"

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/9/6/9270405/matt-harvey-mets-innings-limit-playoffs-pitch

BIGGEST SHUTDOWN INNING OF JON NIESE'S CAREER according to Ron Darling, here in the second inning.

lol/otm

Darling is nearing hyper-excitable postseason form.

ramos is @ like chipper level vs the mets p much

@jonahkeri
Jon Niese last 4 starts: 19.2 IP, 30 H, 23 ER, 12 BB, 11 K, 10.53 ERA

my friend dario imo

YOENIS

@AnthonyDiComo
As David Wright conducts a postgame interview, Juan Uribe is screaming the lyrics to Michael Jackson's "Beat It" from across the clubhouse.

@MarcCarig
Juan Uribe in towel singing Beat It. No musical accompanyment required.

all the mets fans in my office are basically shouting 'fuck matt harvey' at each other

if Mets go 14-11 rest of the way (90 wins), Nats must go 19-6 to tie.

the Captain spent a lotta time talking to the Dark Might on the bench yesterday.

@AdamRubinESPN
David Wright on Tuesday: "We’ve got a pretty good shot to win this one with an angry Matt Harvey on the hill.”

Mets open in KC next season (WS rematch?).

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/110388/mets-release-2016-schedule

sounds like harvey is lucky that this start is in DC and not back home...

Duda expected back tonight

bartolo : is yr NL player of the week

adding another bullpen righty

http://m.mlb.com/player/431162/tim-stauffer

Ron Darling yesterday on callups: "September baseball -- a joke."

dodgers and angels combined to use 16 pitchers last night

at the very least you should only be able to dress 25 per game

BP sees no warning signs from Harvey's pitching

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=27410

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale
Goal now is to keep #Mets Harvey under 200 IP, including postseason, which could put him on pitch count in playoffs.

robneyer ‏@robneyer
Now I'm starting to sorta hope Mets lose because Harvey's held to 199 innings. Just because 200 is so, so dumb.

tonight's lineup... as good as it gets?

Granderson RF
Cespedes CF
Murphy 2B
Wright 3B
Duda 1B
d'Arnaud C
Conforto LF
Flores SS
Harvey RHP

id prefer to drop Murphy to at least 6th and bat Conforto and d'Arnaud higher

Mets can re-sign Cespedes this winter

http://espn.go.com/newyork/mlb/story/_/id/13610677/new-york-mets-get-waiver-offseason-yoenis-cespedes-bidding

dear god yoenis

that was a charming inning

turned it off to watch the Beatles' Help!, draw your own connection.

you may want to go back man

i'm back

they are gonna kill me, or turn me into Bee OK.

take two Duda, goddammit

lol

let's see when Papelbon comes in tonight

I think your boys broke drew storen, like, holy shit

oh man of all freakin people to clean papelbon's clock

well this one makes me ALMOST CONFIDENT

whoa, whoa, whoa, let's not go crazy here

just build him a statue

storen just put one under cespedes' chin and cespedes put the next pitch in the left field bullpen. damn.

lol xp

man alive, these Metsies

can't wait til they knock the Stankees out of contention in ten days

if the blue birds keep rolling the mets could very well be the precise nail in the pinstripes' coffin which would indeed be beautiful

@Mets
“He’s so cool.” – Kelly Johnson on @ynscspds. #Mets

otm

i had the espn feed on, and they were tubthumping for YC as NL MVP

which is p absurd but wd be a major troll of Harper

Harvey will start twice more in the regular season, once against the Yankees, and once against the Nationals at the end of the season. However, this plan is subject to change. Logan Verrett will make a spot start on Monday.

http://m.mets.mlb.com/news/article/148331864/mets-plan-two-more-starts-for-matt-harvey

Harvey has thrown the ninth-fewest pitches of any pitcher with at least 26 starts.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/harveys-innings-limit-may-not-be-the-issue-after-all-1441823584

‏@ESPNStatsInfo

13+ K in loss to Mets:

Stephen Strasburg 2015
John Smoltz 2005
Hideo Nomo 1995
Carlton 1969, 1981
Juan Marichal 1969
Jim Maloney 1965

Is it because Cespedes didn't go through the amateur draft that he is a free agent after four seasons? He basically was signed as a free agent out of Cuba, correct?

well, after escaping to the isthmus.

Bartolo w/ a scoreless first, streak at 26.

Chip Caray just called Colon "buxom."

ended w/ 31 scoreless, 3rd longest streak in club history.

1.5 GB Dodgers, they only need a tie for LDS homefield (won season series 4-3).

@OGTedBerg
Bartolo Colon is also the only MLB player ever to record a hit while over 40 and listed at more than 250 pounds.

Can he even make the postseason roster though?

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/martino-colon-shut-mets-playoff-rotation-article-1.2356469

given that they'd (presumably) want to take some stress off the three power arms, why would they do that? especially if they were to get past the NLDS and need to potentially go 7 games. is niese that much of a better bet for your vet-of-the-staff role in the 'offs given recent stats?

but if the studs are healthy, Colon's not gonna start. Who do you ditch from the bullpen to accommodate a guy who hasn't relieved all year?

based on a quick glance at the pen's depth chart i'd say o'flaherty, stauffer or parnell could get left out, but who knows

Colon is 13-1 against the NL East this season. 1-10 vs. rest of baseball.

sorry to use W-L, I'm busy

yet another plan, via espn:

In order to keep (Harvey) sharp for the postseason, the plan now is to give him regular starts down the stretch. The starts will be half-outings, with another pitcher being used after Harvey for multiple innings. The plan is likely to begin next Sunday against the Yankees, when Harvey is tentatively scheduled to pitch after an 11-day layoff.

@EliasSports
The #Mets are only the 3rd team in the expansion era to score 3+ runs from the 7th through 9th inning in 7 consecutive games.

there was an internal split on acquiring Cespedes. also, $120-130 m for his future is dicey.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/sports/baseball/as-time-ticked-down-mets-thought-hard-before-acquiring-yoenis-cespedes.html

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPIAzbvWoAAnKfv.jpg:large

I'm glad someone complained... Apparently many teams have done that btw. I saw it at an Angels game in the last few years but, hey, Orange County.

@AmazinAvenue
Cespedes says he wants a six-year deal this winter

win now

if Duda is back in the groove, this lineup is p damn good.

The Mets' booth Grumpy Ex-Jocks are getting downright hilarious whenever the pitch limits / career-high IPs come up.

Hernandez: "It is what it is. I abstain."

Darling: "There were hormones in the milk when I was a kid."

‏@AdamRubinESPN
Terry Collins says Matt Harvey may go fewer than 5 innings in his next two starts.

10 of remaining 13 games against the Braves, Reds and Phillies

trying santeria too

http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/matts-case

WRIGHT

first opp-field HR since 2013

harvey brought out to start the 7th with a 5 run lead

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

3 outs

@Reds
Ninth inning time. Reds trail 7-2.
How ya doing, Mets fans?? 14m

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBjPm_C-53E

cespedes celebration dance dot gif

Uribe may miss the postseasom

Niese, Colon out of bullpen?

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/9/26/9401763/new-york-mets-jon-niese-bartolo-colon-bullpen-clinch-playoffs

deGrom needs 3 K for 200

Dave Cameron finds the Mets formidable

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-mets-are-a-scary-playoff-team/

Matz w/ a stiff back from sleeping on couch, reportedly

Harvey plan: to start once in NLDS

Driving to Work With Keith Hernandez, the Real Mr. Met

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/fashion/mens-style/mets-keith-hernandez.html

They talked once in the general manager’s office. Mr. Alderson laid out spread sheets of Mr. Hernandez’s at-bats on his desk.

“He says, ‘Keith, we’re just looking for hitters like you,’ ” Mr. Hernandez says. “I told him: ‘Sandy, I had a good eye but I didn’t go up there looking to walk. I swung the bat.’ ”

is deGrom really not starting vs WAS? Twelve days off seems awfully dicey for the Division Series start.

@kirkmin
According to two sources, NESN is interested in Ron Darling as Dave O'Brien's partner for Sox telecast next year.

Collins began to question the prudence of placing Steven Matz in the Division Series rotation, especially if the southpaw does not pitch this weekend. Matz is dealing with upper-back stiffness on his right side. Collins noted that if Matz is included in the opening-round roster and then is unable to pitch and is replaced, rules stipulate that he would be ineligible for the NLCS as well.

With those insights from Collins in mind, let's now project Bartolo Colon in the NLDS rotation instead of Matz, which opens a bullpen spot for Sean Gilmartin.

http://espn.go.com/blog/newyork/mets/post/_/id/111388/mets-nlds-roster-projection-2-0

Cespedes leaves game after HBP on hand, hold yr breath

no break, contusions to two fingers

@AdamRubinESPN
Juan Uribe has shown "very little" improvement and is seeing a doctor today. Doesn't sound promising for NLDS availability.

apparently the ron darling to NESN thing ain't happening, which i am tooooootally fine with