Mets

[BBGiovanni]

Originally Posted by Westheim

Who got hit by grapeshot this time? I am too afraid to look...

Nobody died! Your Syracuse Mets are 2-0 in the big leagues!

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by BBGiovanni

Nobody died! Your Syracuse Mets are 2-0 in the big leagues!

Good! I hope they keep somehow clambering over the Gwinnett Barves.

[Westheim]

Pete to DL. Wrist, paw, whatever. It's not funny anymore.

Mets are not answering the Raccoons' call. We offer Art Goetz, Steve Nickas, and Van Anderson for a baseball signed by Jake.

(Those are all AAA duds, but it's not like the Mets have anything else left...)

[Westheim]

Tomas Nido is my favorite hero that nobody has ever heard of!

[Westheim]

Peraza out with "right shin contusion". Yeah, they're gonna saw that hoof off, too...

Wilfredo Tovar playing for the Mets again after getting 18 at-bats in 2013-14 as a wildly underdone 21-year-old.

Edit: he can't believe it all, either.

[BBGiovanni]

And the Syracuse Mets split squad wins again!

[Westheim]

I prefer the "New York Johneshwys"

But can we please stop getting thrown out at home plate? That includes rookies with impossible names that bid for inside-the-parkers just as much as for the big lumbering beasts like Dom and Nido.

[Westheim]

Yamamoto, as designated turd of the day, pitches like a turd. It's the second inning and the game is already lost.

Until at least a handful of regulars returns from the DL, this team is ******* hopeless.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by rudel.dietrich

Reading this thread, you would never realize the Mets are in first place ��

This is still true. (Although the NL East is nothing to be proud about right now.)

[Westheim]

That'll sort itself out by Tuesday or so......

[Déjà Bru]

And the New York Mets shall be relegated to the International League to join their Syracuse affiliate in shame and humiliation forever and ever! The End.

[Westheim]

*Now* we're talking!

[BBGiovanni]

Originally Posted by Westheim

*Now* we're talking!

The broadcasts were at the level of play, I understand the irony of Keith being in Florida but not on the broadcast while Ron is back in NY doing the game. But I didn't like whoever worked the radio with Howie and although I like Randazzo this kind of poopgame could really have used Gary's sarcasm and Keith's sighs.

[Westheim]

From what I heard, at least one of the games had this guy making his debut; Anthony Recker, a.k.a. Best Bum on Team:

[BBGiovanni]

Congrats to Johneshwy Fargas on his wrecked shoulder, you're a real Met now kid!

I still want to know why the fences are made out of reinforced concrete wrapped in tissue paper.

[BMW]

Mets Manager Luis Rojas filling out the lineup card:

"Okay, are you hitting above .000?"

"No."

"Have you had a hit in the major leagues before?"

"Uh, yeah."

"You're batting third."

Originally Posted by BBGiovanni

Congrats to Johneshwy Fargas on his wrecked shoulder, you're a real Met now kid!

I still want to know why the fences are made out of reinforced concrete wrapped in tissue paper.

Could anyone but the Mets make their fans say, "Noo! Not Joneshwy Fargas!"

[Westheim]

Noo!! Not Johneshwy Fargas!!

(reaches skywards with both paws to make a plea to the baseball gods) Noo!! We can't do it without Johneshwy Fargas!!

Originally Posted by BMW

Could anyone but the Mets make their fans say, "Noo! Not Joneshwy Fargas!"

...!! (windmills with both arms in an display of utter helplessness)

Originally Posted by BBGiovanni

I still want to know why the fences are made out of reinforced concrete wrapped in tissue paper.

The Wilpons had that thing made so that the completely inept medical staff would have an easier time spotting injuries needing perhaps attention.

God, what was the name of the guy around 2015 that always had the concerned look and the white towel in his hand, and couldn't have saved a six-year-old with a bloody knee?

I have forgotten his name... The mere mention of his name made Mets fans shiver.

Originally Posted by BMW

Mets Manager Luis Rojas filling out the lineup card:

"Okay, are you hitting above .000?"

"No."

"Have you had a hit in the major leagues before?"

"Uh, yeah."

"You're batting third."

Hey guys, good news! The Mets called and I'm gonna make my debut tonight! I'll play third base. I've never played third base in my life. I will bat fifth in the lineup!

I also have general Pablo Sandoval shape and I throw like a girl and I'll **** my pants the first time a 96mph fastball will come at me and scream and run away, but I was assured that it will all be fine by a guy with a concerned look and a white towel in his hand on the Zoom call.

It was reasonable to wonder, following the Mets’ 3-2 loss to the Rockies on Monday, if Tim Tebow might have cracked the Majors by now had he not retired from baseball to play tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Mets have entered such dire straits that as they began a seven-game homestand at Citi Field, they asked catcher James McCann to man first base for the first time in his career. Later, following yet another injury, the Mets moved onto their fifth-string center fielder.

“Anybody want to suit up?” owner Steve Cohen mused on Twitter during the later innings of the Mets’ seventh loss in 10 games.

https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/mets-l...another-injury

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(walks out of room with a complete crazed look and laughter)

[dsvitak]

Originally Posted by BBGiovanni

Also, it's a miracle Pillar isn't dead. I hate to suggest them trying to trade for someone, but with him obviously out for the year they'll need someone. I'd be inclined to find an older LF to rotate with Dom if not put him back on the bench/rotating with Pete. Then whichever isn't playing would give them a decent PH option.

You can replace Pillar with any decent triple A player. Hell.. any decent DOUBLE A player.

I just checked his numbers..lifetime OBP of .298. For an outfielder.

Over his nine years in MLB, he's averaged 9 bombs and ... wait for it ... 39 RBI.

His "best" year, in 2019, he had 645 plate appearances, and ... also wait for it ... 18 walks.

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by dsvitak

You can replace Pillar with any decent triple A player. Hell.. any decent DOUBLE A player.

I just checked his numbers..lifetime OBP of .298. For an outfielder.

Over his nine years in MLB, he's averaged 9 bombs and ... wait for it ... 39 RBI.

His "best" year, in 2019, he had 645 plate appearances, and ... also wait for it ... 18 walks.

For these Mets, that level of production is irreplacable.

[BMW]

Originally Posted by Westheim

For these Mets, that level of production is irreplacable.

Indeed, I'm just happy to have anyone who's played a full season in the field at this point.

I mean Almora and Maybin have a combined .025 average this year. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a average that low (granted it's two players combined). 1-40!

Bartolo Colon batted .083 as a Met.

This is not the first time in the last decade where I've looked at the Mets lineup and just wished for more than 1-2 slots in the lineup where we had minimal competence.