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Post by HMARK Center on May 3, 2015 15:00:01 GMT -5
Things are looking really, really bad for the Mets. 11 game win streak was great, but they're about to go 3-7 in their last ten while the Marlins and Nats have come alive. They desperately need Wright and d'Arnaud back, because the lineup, which survived the first week without its two best hitters pretty well, has officially entered a coma. Jacob deGrom has had a couple of rough starts recently, and the offense is doing absolutely nothing to pick him up...hell, they had their 4 and 5 pitchers going the past two days, but they're going to lose both games 1-0. You can't lose a game when your 4-5 starters do that kind of job (bullpen, too, which has looked great the last few games). Really doesn't bode well, going forward.
Really not feeling the team anymore, to be honest. Unless they almost totally transform when Wright and d'Arnaud are back, this whole "way in 1st place" thing is going to be a pretty quickly passing fad. I'm psyched for Syndergaard and Matz to come up (Thor has started his AAA season with two complete game shutouts), but they can't do anything if the lineup sucks this badly.
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Post by RKTaker on May 3, 2015 15:04:14 GMT -5
Things are looking really, really bad for the Mets. 11 game win streak was great, but they're about to go 3-7 in their last ten while the Marlins and Nats have come alive. They desperately need Wright and d'Arnaud back, because the lineup, which survived the first week without its two best hitters pretty well, has officially entered a coma. Jacob deGrom has had a couple of rough starts recently, and the offense is doing absolutely nothing to pick him up...hell, they had their 4 and 5 pitchers going the past two days, but they're going to lose both games 1-0. You can't lose a game when your 4-5 starters do that kind of job (bullpen, too, which has looked great the last few games). Really doesn't bode well, going forward. Really not feeling the team anymore, to be honest. Unless they almost totally transform when Wright and d'Arnaud are back, this whole "way in 1st place" thing is going to be a pretty quickly passing fad. I'm psyched for Syndergaard and Matz to come up (Thor has started his AAA season with two complete game shutouts), but they can't do anything if the lineup sucks this badly. not surprised i'm just surprised it took this long for them to fall apart they are not a good team and they're proving it |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on May 3, 2015 15:06:18 GMT -5
... WTF Mets
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Post by The Captain on May 3, 2015 15:20:41 GMT -5
Obviously good regional news for the league, but they've got to start figuring out how to translate that into national ratings. Polls show that +70% of NFL fans will watch games featuring teams other than their favorite...and many of them in fact will ignore their favorite team if a better matchup is on at the same time. Meanwhile, MLB fans? 50% say they won't watch at all if their favorite team isn't on. Not good for MLB's long term health and viability on the national stage. Baseball is a really boring game unless you have a rooting interest. I don't know how to turn that around to national numbers. Hockey is constant excitement from the first second of the first period to the last second of the third period/OT, only getting dull when you get into the shootout. Sure it's low scoring, but everyone's in constant motion, there's only one time out for each team, and lots of physical contact. Basketball is exciting and fast paced unless it's a close game in the last minutes of the fourth period. Then we get into hack-a-Shaq and time out city. Football is lots of hard hitting and spectacular plays with all the drama, strategy and tension surrounding it. Baseball is slow-paced, often low-scoring, and lacks any sort of drama or tension unless you're invested in the teams playing. And even then, it can drag. Extra innings games can easily become tedious if they go on for too long, when you're waiting for the game to end instead of sitting on the edge of your seat wanting for one team to bust out the winning hit (or a pitcher/fielding screwup). I think that's a big part of why as a national sport, baseball falls flat. Because a lot of America just doesn't think baseball between two neutral teams is interesting. Only way to turn that around is to fundamentally change the sport. |
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Post by HMARK Center on May 3, 2015 16:42:49 GMT -5
Things are looking really, really bad for the Mets. 11 game win streak was great, but they're about to go 3-7 in their last ten while the Marlins and Nats have come alive. They desperately need Wright and d'Arnaud back, because the lineup, which survived the first week without its two best hitters pretty well, has officially entered a coma. Jacob deGrom has had a couple of rough starts recently, and the offense is doing absolutely nothing to pick him up...hell, they had their 4 and 5 pitchers going the past two days, but they're going to lose both games 1-0. You can't lose a game when your 4-5 starters do that kind of job (bullpen, too, which has looked great the last few games). Really doesn't bode well, going forward. Really not feeling the team anymore, to be honest. Unless they almost totally transform when Wright and d'Arnaud are back, this whole "way in 1st place" thing is going to be a pretty quickly passing fad. I'm psyched for Syndergaard and Matz to come up (Thor has started his AAA season with two complete game shutouts), but they can't do anything if the lineup sucks this badly. not surprised i'm just surprised it took this long for them to fall apart they are not a good team and they're proving it Well, I'd say that's blatantly untrue; they certainly have played like shit the last ten games, but they're not a bad team, either. Marathon, not a sprint. |
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Post by andrew8798 on May 3, 2015 17:08:57 GMT -5
10 in a row for Houston
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Post by Biggtone23 on May 3, 2015 21:26:18 GMT -5
Brewers fire Ron Roenicke
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2015 21:29:28 GMT -5
How soon till Houston remembers they're the Astros and start to suck again?
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Post by The Captain on May 3, 2015 21:30:00 GMT -5
Brewers fire Ron Roenicke That was quick. Man, ESPN broadcasts for Yankees/Red Sox games are unbearable. You'd probably get less biased commentary from NESN. |
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Post by andrew8798 on May 3, 2015 22:35:52 GMT -5
Dodgers acquired 1B Andy Wilkins from the Blue Jays for cash considerations.
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Post by fw91 on May 3, 2015 22:53:39 GMT -5
not surprised i'm just surprised it took this long for them to fall apart they are not a good team and they're proving it Well, I'd say that's blatantly untrue; they certainly have played like shit the last ten games, but they're not a bad team, either. Marathon, not a sprint. that's the thing though. The streak raised expectations to an unfair and unrealistic pedestal. We're not a playoff or bust team. Don't be fooled. A 84 win season by the Metsies is still very much a successful season |
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Post by The Captain on May 4, 2015 0:01:28 GMT -5
I think an over .500 record and threatening for a playoff spot could be considered a successful season for the Mets, especially given how bad they've been the last few years. Anything else is just icing on the cake.
The pitching is there, at the very least. Harvey is easily the best Mets starter since Doc Gooden. And everyone else is doing a good enough job to at least keep the Mets in the games, and that's even without Wheeler and a seriously depleted bullpen. Unfortunately, losing Wright and d'Arnaud has hurt them and while the "next man up" mentality works in the short term, it's hard to keep up the momentum.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on May 4, 2015 11:53:26 GMT -5
Craig Counsell new Brewers mgr
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Post by andrew8798 on May 4, 2015 15:48:48 GMT -5
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Post by bluemeii on May 4, 2015 16:13:14 GMT -5
Meh, if the contract says pay him then pay him. Not condoning steroid use as I think it's a pile of crap but the teams are just as guilty as the players in letting it run rampant. They knew what they were getting when they signed him, now pay the man.
Hell that's the game plan now. Roid up, get the big numbers, take your suspension then sign that FA deal for big bucks. Teams don't care, they'll pay you.
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Post by andrew8798 on May 4, 2015 21:54:19 GMT -5
Anthony Rendon (knee) will be shut down indefinitely after being diagnosed with a left oblique strain.
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Post by andrew8798 on May 5, 2015 16:01:39 GMT -5
Jays hitting coach Brook Jacoby suspended 14 games for "conduct toward umpiring crew"
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Post by andrew8798 on May 5, 2015 17:52:53 GMT -5
Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times confirms that Alex Cobb has a partial ligament tear in his right elbow.
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Post by andrew8798 on May 5, 2015 18:47:35 GMT -5
Jarrod Saltalamacchia's disappointing two-year tenure with the Miami Marlins has come to an end.
The Marlins designated the 30-year-old for assignment April 27 but were unable to work out a trade with another team, resulting in his release Tuesday.
Fresh off a World Series win as a member of the Boston Red Sox in 2013, Saltalamacchia agreed to a three-year, $21-million deal with the Marlins.
Saltalamacchia was an extreme disappointment in his first season in Miami, hitting .220/.320/.362 with 11 home runs and a career-high 143 strikeouts. Those struggles carried into the 2015 season, as the nine-year veteran was 2-for-29 with 12 strikeouts prior to his release.
With roughly $15 million remaining on his contract, Saltalamacchia was unlikely to be claimed on waivers. Now that he's been released, he's free to sign with any team, while the Marlins are forced to pay out the rest of his contract.
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Post by HMARK Center on May 5, 2015 20:11:58 GMT -5
I think an over .500 record and threatening for a playoff spot could be considered a successful season for the Mets, especially given how bad they've been the last few years. Anything else is just icing on the cake. The pitching is there, at the very least. Harvey is easily the best Mets starter since Doc Gooden. And everyone else is doing a good enough job to at least keep the Mets in the games, and that's even without Wheeler and a seriously depleted bullpen. Unfortunately, losing Wright and d'Arnaud has hurt them and while the "next man up" mentality works in the short term, it's hard to keep up the momentum. The decent thing is that they do have a bit of a "next man up" thing going in a few positions: Kevin Plawecki and Dilson Herrera are both VERY good prospects, and are currently filling in for TDA and Wright, respectively (even though Herrera is playing 2nd, not 3rd; they're just shifting Murphy there for now). Problem is, expecting those guys to step up immediately is very unrealistic. I believe both of them are future full-time big leaguers, and each has some really nice upside, but it's a bit much to expect them to come up and reproduce what Wright and d'Arnaud were doing with no hesitation. Still, I think the minor league depth the Mets have this year will be what keeps them in the thick of things in the dog days; right now, none of the other NL East teams match them on that front, so they'll hopefully get to use it to their full advantage. Don't get me wrong, by the by, I agree that an 85 win season would be pretty successful for the Mets this year, at least as a statement concerning 2016 and beyond. That said, once you're in the 84-86 range, it doesn't take a lot to go right to get into the 88-90 range, and thus right into the playoff picture. No reason for them not to go for it, short of trading their best prospects (no way in hell are Syndergaard or Matz, for example, going anywhere). |
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