Altchek's Office Alumni: 2017 New York Mets

how a hitter like Reyes homers off a pitcher like Scherzer is a mystery of baseball

so after this, they face Strasburg tomorrow and Kershaw Monday. Clearing my throat to declare the season done if they don't split this series.

fuckin' Salas

I was at that dispiriting slog today. Time to cut Reyes and call up Rosario.

"Don't be surprised, be ready," whispers a 40-year-old Amed Rosario, leading the PCL with a .675/.822/1.445 line, to no one in particular.

— Chris (@tpgMets) June 15, 2017

Keith Hernandez last night: “Roark’s been getting his tits lit.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/keith-hernandez-tanner-roark-t-s-lit-article-1.3261370

deGrom named NL Player of the Week btw

funny who turned out to be their best pitcher of the Sandy-Terry era, huh?

Biceps tendinitis for Wheeler. Here are the other moves: pic.twitter.com/Q2bpP10Jkf

— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) June 21, 2017

keith hernandez says his daughters are deadheads. "i like a lot of their stuff. i don't like a lot more of their stuff." prefers zappa.

— jesse jarnow (@bourgwick) June 22, 2017

https://www.fanragsports.com/news/asdrubal-cabrera-demands-trade-mets-game-friday/

smdh

I haven't followed his story but wtf is his deal

iirc bobby bonilla had similar issues with changing positions (all of which he was terrible at)

the mets, of course, are still paying him -- next installment in eight days!

Giant pitching, The San Francisco Treat

Since May 3rd, Curtis Granderson ranks 5th in NL in OBP (.414), 4th in SLG (.611), & 3rd in OPS (1.025) among players with at least 150 PA.

— New York Mets Stats (@NYMStats) June 26, 2017

Ron Darling is upset

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-broadcaster-ron-darling-rips-trainers-latest-injury-article-1.3283039

Granderson really has come back from the dead. Can he play shortstop?

tbh Cabrera at 2b has been ok so far (small sample size though). Can Walker play 3B/SS? His injury is the one that bums me out the most at the moment.

Jose Reyes moved into second on the Mets' all-time hits list last night with 1,420, passing Ed Kranepool. David Wright's record is 1,777.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) June 29, 2017

rip ay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Young_(baseball)

as we said on obit thread, he was a decent pitcher screwed by lousy support.

never thought this roadtrip wd be 5-5

oy, no

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19770608/new-york-mets-consider-re-signing-bartolo-colon

Sandy Alderson on where Matt Harvey is in his recovery: "You mean where he is other than Page 6?"

— Adam Rubin (@AdamRubinMedia) June 30, 2017

sandy!

(a colleague saw harvey in the west village this morning; unsure if it was an early day or late night for him)

feel kinda bad for degrom -- he'll obviously be all right, but he's not even hitting arbitration until his age-30 season

I was at the game tonight, and at the park at 2:30 for the SABR-Mets session.

Sandy on how far away Rosario is: "About 2500 miles."

oh sandy

"...That's about 4-1/2 hours on Delta."

#HappyBobbyBoDay

duda in the apple

asdrubal!

8.5 behind a team managed by Dusty, hmmmmm

CURTIS!

They better win this fucker

Nimmo: “When they said it was a collapsed lung, I was taken aback, too.”

— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) July 8, 2017

Jonathan : I’ve been having an argument with my fellow disgruntled Mets fans. I believe literally anyone other than Conforto should be on the trading block in the right deal (including Thor, assuming market return based on a full recovery). I just don’t think you get another run like 2015 out of team built around young pitching due to injury volatility. What say you?

Dave Cameron: You listen on anyone, but I don’t think tearing it down to the bones is the right call. I’d move the rentals and then take another shot next year.

Yeah, so much of the starting position players will be gone next year that it will feel like a new team already. As long as the pitching bounces back they should be in contention.

this might be a good opportunity to dump terry tho

i expect they'll give him the chance to quit in October

BRUCE to the batter's eye

If they sweep the Rox we are gonna hafta pretend they're back in it.

Lugo with a HR! So much offense so far.

Rockies lookin like the expansion version

oh, Yo

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/yoenis-cespedes-leaves-mets-rockies-game-apparent-leg-injury-article-1.3329597

With his 6th-inning HR, Lucas Duda now has 124 HR, tied with Todd Hundley for 7th in Mets history.

what a moment

such Metscasm from you lately, Bucco

Are you not entertained?! pic.twitter.com/c01TPl0hkB

— Mr. Met (@MrMet) July 19, 2017

duda can pick it

Just barely survived Tommy Pham today.

pair of 2-run HRs for Conforto.

Watch, they'll sweep Oakland this weekend, either ARI or COL will be swept, and they won't sell next week.

i have the same worries about the pirates : /

their front office is pretty fuckin cold-blooded tho, and doesn't have the NYC media to deal with

I'm feeling strangely attached to Bruce & Reed right now. Cabrera, Granderson, and Reyes, less so. Walker is about to come back to make things even more crowded, and there's still the Rosario question for August and September.

oh man, i heard the 4th inning on the radio and wasn't counting on a comeback from 5-0