Altchek's Office Alumni: 2017 New York Mets

conforto oppo off a lefty!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsusQ3fWgAAK9f3.jpg

that cartoon is a shallow imitation of this image i made last year

go ck the standings so you know who to root for

morbs you really have to have more of a sense of humor about mets ribbing bro

grim baserunning by reyes

Travis d’Arnaud, Steven Matz, and Seth Lugo all played for St. Lucie last night. Matz started the game and pitched three innings, striking out three batters and allowing one run. Lugo entered in relief of Matz, and went two and two thirds innings while only yielding one hit. d’Arnaud caught seven innings and went 2-for-4 at the plate.

wonderfully bizarre old Voice piece I think about much too often: "Favorite Dinosaurs of the Mets" pic.twitter.com/x1rZlAon4T

— Alan Scherstuhl (@studiesincrap) May 23, 2017

weird!

Robles optioned, Smoker up

going to tonight's game; leaving bag at work to brave security

kill Harvey, fcuk deGrom, marry Conforto

it's hard to envision Harvey going more than 5 innings in future starts

Jay Bruce left Tuesday’s game with back tightness.

never gonna sit Grandy

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/868678323173543936/YnSuakpN?format=jpg&name=600x314

yes i

Starting pitching has actually improved the last 5 starts, finally.

i think they'll stay in WC contention as long as they keep winning series vs shitty teams.

offense has looked a lot better also, and cespedes poss back soon

mr met, true new yorker

what'd he do?

How can Mr. Met get in trouble for giving someone the middle finger IF HE DOESN'T HAVE ONE 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/0QZd2GxQyz

— Hector Diaz (@iamHectorDiaz) June 1, 2017

back to the field: ROSARIO

http://nypost.com/2017/05/31/note-to-mets-end-cabrera-misery-and-call-up-amed-rosario/

and just watch, Collins will sit "tiring" Conforto twice a week once Yo comes back

http://nypost.com/2017/06/01/curtis-granderson-making-case-to-stay-in-mets-of-rotation/

http://i.imgur.com/SWYjKnU.jpg

things keep getting weirder

Moltar:
In your Insider piece today you talk about how Harvey still has the stuff to be successful, but no longer generates swings and misses. Is it reasonable to think that Harvey is still less than %100? If the Mets’ injury prevention program wasn’t a dumpster fire, would he have been better served starting the year on the DL and pitching a full compliment of rehab starts?

Jeff Sullivan:
Well, that’s impossible for us to know and be any kind of certain. My hunch is that Harvey had his delivery kind of screwed up when he made that emergency start against Atlanta, but that’s just uninformed speculation.

I have yet to do a real Harvey deep dive. But it’s instantly clear that his O-Swing even from last year has dropped 10 percentage points. That’s a problem with his secondary stuff, and not his fastball.
…which then becomes a problem for his fastball, since hitters can look for it.

texas appears to be starting dillon gee tmorrow

our only hope

Braves intentionally walk Conforto to load the bases for Cespedes, who promptly hits a grand slam. Welcome back!

Flores is 39 for his last 100. I've done the math. That equals .390. Since the start of May. Decent.

— Steve Gelbs (@SteveGelbs) June 11, 2017

Starting pitching as advertised v Braves (assuming 5 scoreless innings is the max Harvey can give henceforth).

Series vs Cubs and Nats, need to go 4-3 at least.

@MarcCarig
Michael Conforto has back stiffness and was a scratch, per multiple reports from the ballpark. Flores is getting a day off.

@AlbaneseLaura
TC says Flores needed a day and today was ideal because he's struggled against Lackey and they've got a bunch of lefties coming up.

that's the deGrom i know and love

game only took 2 hours and 23 minutes too

Cespedes left game w/ sore heel :/

Cabrera DL'd (thumb); Conforto out of lineup (back discomforto)

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2017/6/13/15794890/mets-asdrubal-cabrera-tj-rivera-disabled-list-thumb-injury-new-york

Even though Cespedes was removed due to the score, TC brought up tendinitis for him, which isn’t great. Manageable, but not perfect.

— David Lennon (@DPLennon) June 14, 2017

The Mets drafted Edgardo Alfonzo's son, Daniel, in the 38th round of this year's Draft. He played at Bayside High School in Queens.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) June 14, 2017

did they just have walker sac bunt with 1 out down 2-1 in the third inning???

with harvey and montgomery on the mound, you know runs will be hard to come by

starting to think Mets are at least better than the Cubs

http://nypost.com/2017/06/15/behind-the-scenes-of-the-darkest-day-in-mets-history

worse than the Nixon pardon

apparently sandy has not seen reyes or cabrera or rivera play this year

Sandy's comments when asked about Amed Rosario pic.twitter.com/jCvmANJYnk

— SportsNet New York (@SNYtv) June 15, 2017

also harvey and walker to DL, syndergaard still four weeks from throwing

starting to think the cubs' medical and conditioning staff are at least better than the mets' medical and conditioning staff

oh c'mon, you don't expect to offend a Mets fan with that concept?

I don't know if Alderson is taking questions at his SABR appearance... I'm trying to formulate 'polite' inquiries about Rosario/injuries.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/06/juan-lagares-diagnosed-with-fractured-thumb.html

I just read the article about the Seaver trade in the Post ... if this happened today, would people see it differently? These days, if a team knows it can't contend this year or the next, they almost have to trade a star who's signed to a team friendly contract.

So I guess it's really about how Mets management treated their biggest ever star like shit, rather than the trade itself?

He was The Franchise. It would be like the O's trading Cal Jr in his prime during a down season.

He was in the last year of his contract, right?

only 6 home games left in the first half, that's daunting

Nimmo and Reynolds are the moves.

— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) June 16, 2017

Seaver signed a two year extension with a hometown discount instead of testing free agency. I guess you could point fingers at both sides there (Seaver for being naive, Mets management for taking advantage of him) but baseball fans as a whole were on the owners' side of the free agency issue, so Seaver was in a bad place, PR-wise, when his demands for a raise became public.

In the past decade, Johan Santana and Roy Halladay were franchise pitchers who were traded in their prime for players who never panned out. Of course they weren't inner circle HOF'ers like Seaver. But comparing these kinds of things across eras is (probably) pointless anyway -- every era needs to be considered within the context of its time.