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Of Whom Do You Worry?

The Braves, you jackass! They are the defending world champion!!!

13 votes

The Marlins, you halfwit! They're young, and we're old! We haven't even seen them yet! They've got the book on us and we're just trusting advance scouts to throw one together?!!! Who the hell is Bryan de la Cruz anyhow?!!! What is a 'Cody Poteet'???!!!!

2 votes

The Nationals, you ignorant clump of dirt! They have the best player in the division!! He's only 23 and he never gets hurt!!! He reached base over 300 times last season!! He slugged .695 the year before!! All who look upon him shall perish!!!!

0 votes

The Phillies, you mindless bootscraping! They stole a seven-game lead from us with 17 to go back in 2007, and you can never trust them in your rearview mirror!!! NEVER!!!

1 votes

Edgy MD May 19 2022 05:06 PM

The Mets have meaningful, if not commanding, lead on the division. They've played a lot of intradivisional games (but curiously, none against Miami, who they won't see until June 17). But pitchers are hurt, and fates frequently turn. Which means that even your joy is likely tempered by a little worry — or, perhaps, more than a little. So when dark thoughts come, between the laying down of your head and the blessed kiss of sleep, which division opponent is it that haunts you? https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/private/t_16x9/t_w1024/mlb/yf2jkoijzqdcdxy3kyl2>

kcmets May 19 2022 05:27 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

Not haunted nor worried at the present time.

MFS62 May 19 2022 05:54 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

I'm scared of the Braves. They are consistently good, and they make good midseason moves to right the boat when they have to. But I intensely dislike losing to the others because the Mets are better than they are. Later

smg58 May 19 2022 06:19 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

They really haven't played well yet, but the Braves have the hardware and still look to be the most talented division rival on paper.

roger_that May 19 2022 06:55 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

I worry about the Mets. They have a troubling tendency to collapse with almost no advance notice.

Frayed Knot May 19 2022 07:10 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

In order of most likely to challenge for the top of the division 1 -- Braves 2 -- Marlins 3 -- Phillies 4 -- Nationals

nymr83 May 19 2022 07:31 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

Only the Braves concern me.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 20 2022 05:31 AM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

I WERRY most about the Mets but picked the Marlins-they strike me as dangerous with a few good young pitchers and hitters we don't know well enough yet--they're a mystery still and seem to delight in playing us. I feel like even if the production is a wash, the Braves will pay a karmic price for letting Freeman go. Plus every little thing broke right for them last year and a repeat seems unlikely I respect the Phillies offense, and I envy that they have Zack "We don't think he's worth the money" Wheeler, but think they probably cut too many corners defensively to win longterm. Nationals LOL

Edgy MD May 20 2022 05:53 AM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

Wheelie might end up being one of the Mets' deadline trade targets.

Fman99 May 20 2022 06:00 AM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

I don't worry. These other teams all suck ass.

Lefty Specialist May 20 2022 06:13 AM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

First, the Marlins. They can pitch well, can hit a little and the Mets still have 19 games to play against them. Second, the Braves will do what it takes at the trading deadline. Remember there are 3 wild cards this year. Philly and the Nats I don't worry about. The concern is that the Mets will play down to their level. Missing your two best pitchers puts an enormous burden on the other three. They have to be almost perfect every time out. They're also injury risks.

seawolf17 May 20 2022 06:14 AM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

I mean, yeah, this: =roger_that post_id=92897 time=1653008159 user_id=128] I worry about the Mets. They have a troubling tendency to collapse with almost no advance notice.

But also very much this:
=Fman99 post_id=92921 time=1653048016 user_id=86]
I don't worry. These other teams all suck ass.


But I voted Braves because I've been burned too many times.

metsmarathon May 20 2022 07:09 AM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

i'm worried about the braves because they'll be the most likely team to catch us. but it will be the marlins that do it to us. it's always the fucking marlins.

nymr83 May 20 2022 07:59 AM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

=metsmarathon post_id=92928 time=1653052167 user_id=83] i'm worried about the braves because they'll be the most likely team to catch us. but it will be the marlins that do it to us. it's always the fucking marlins.

I think this is a good take. The Marlins are NOT winning the NL East. They aren't good enough. But they aren't a joke anymore either and I could certainly see them going 11-8 against us while going 6-13 against Atlanta or something and making the difference that way.

Frayed Knot May 20 2022 06:49 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

As if on cue, the Braves are in Miami this weekend and are currently up 5-1 midway thru the 6th. Charlie Morton vs Trevor Rogers. HRs from Ozuna & d'Arnaud. Second meeting of the teams this year w/the Marlins taking 2 of 3 right about a month ago. Miami sits 1/2 game ahead of Atlanta coming into the night. Marlins are a shade ahead of the Mets for 2nd place in NL team ERA (LAD = 1st) with the main difference being that all their starters are between 24 & 27 y/o. oe: and now it's 5-3 as Jorge Soler goes yard w/a man on.

ashie62 May 21 2022 10:14 AM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

I am watching all of them with our pitchers out or until Eppler pries Frankie Months from the A:s.

Edgy MD May 30 2022 08:13 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

Phillies lost. Marlins lost. Atlanta down 6-2 to Arizona. I probably don't need to tell you how the Nats are doing.

Gwreck May 30 2022 08:17 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

Too early to discuss that Mets need to have a better record than either Milwaukee or Los Angeles in order to get a first-round bye in the playoffs?

Frayed Knot May 30 2022 08:36 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

WAY too early!

seawolf17 May 31 2022 06:29 AM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

Our league this is year is so weirdly unbalanced. If it was mathematically possible, you could have five teams lose 100 games (Cubs, Reds, Pirates, Nats, Marlins), and about as many win 100 (Mets, Brewers, Dodgers, Padres, maybe the Cardinals or Giants?) - I know it'll never happen quite like that, but it means some good teams are going to get stuck with play-in games.

Gwreck May 31 2022 01:01 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

If you're only the 5th or 6th-best team in the league, are you really that good?

nymr83 May 31 2022 02:34 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

A lot of hate for the Marlins who have hit a rough stretch lately but seem to have found a bunch of youmg guys who can pitch. I don't think they are a 100 loss team. With the Nationals and Phillies in their division they may even end up under 90 losses

Johnny Lunchbucket May 31 2022 04:47 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

We've seen the Giants and they don't look like a 100-win team to me

batmagadanleadoff May 31 2022 05:04 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

=Gwreck post_id=94179 time=1654023664 user_id=56] If you're only the 5th or 6th-best team in the league, are you really that good?

Why not? If you had a magic time machine to transport the '27 Yankees, the '55 Dodgers, the '86 Mets and a dozen or so more of the best ever teams into one big league to play against each other, one of those teams is gonna finish 5th or 6th. And one of those teams is gonna finish under .500 and with the league's worst record.

Edgy MD Jun 13 2022 05:05 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

Looks like the room has been validated with their Brave selection. [list] [*]Acuna is back. [*]They've won 11 in a row. [*]They did it while most were happy-ish to see the Mets tread water on the West Coast. [*]They fell behind in the first third of the season last year, before tearing ass after that. [*]They are now 5.5 games back. [/list] Phils have gone 9-1 at the same time, but the Mets have played most of their season series with them already.

Fman99 Jun 13 2022 07:12 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

They're due for a course correction, though, while the Mets have now gotten their last swing out west out of the way with 100 games to go. So, you know, the Braves can eat a bag of hot wet shit.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 13 2022 07:42 PM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

That doesn't sound very appealing.

duan Jun 14 2022 02:27 AM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

The thing that's of most comfort though is that even though the Braves have won 12 straight they're still 5 games back - any other division if a team had one 12 straight they'd be in the lead or within a game or two (AL East excepted). Fangraphs still has playoff's appearance @ 90% - but our league winning has shrunk considerably.

Gwreck Jun 14 2022 04:25 AM Re: Of Whom Do You Worry?

Atlanta's winning streak is unpleasant but they also have not played a lot of good teams. These wins are coming against the likes of Colorado, Oakland, Pittsburgh, and Washington. Atlanta still has lots of tough opponents to come: 7 games each with St Louis and San Francisco, 3 with the Dodgers, 3 with Houston, 3 with the Angels, and 15 (!) with the Mets. And injuries will affect them too. Ozzie Albies has a broken foot.