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Willets Point Aug 04 2022 12:33 PM

21 of the next 28 games for the Mets are against contending teams including the Yankees, Dodgers, and a metric shitton of games against our main division rivals, the Braves. After September 1st, the Mets schedule gets much softer with most games against bottom feeders except for 3 against the Brewers and 3 against the Braves. So these next 28 games are really going to be a time for the Mets to prove their, uh, mettle.

Willets Point Aug 04 2022 08:11 PM Re: The Next 28

Loving the optimism here! Feel free drop the specific number of wins you think the Mets will get in this thread. I'm going with 18.

nymr83 Aug 04 2022 08:19 PM Re: The Next 28

28!

Gwreck Aug 04 2022 11:17 PM Re: The Next 28

21

Fman99 Aug 05 2022 03:57 AM Re: The Next 28

19-9

metsmarathon Aug 05 2022 06:09 AM Re: The Next 28

17 17 out of 28 is a 98-win pace over 162. i'm ok with that.

seawolf17 Aug 05 2022 10:13 AM Re: The Next 28

My heart says 28, but my head says 20.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 05 2022 11:07 AM Re: The Next 28

Put me down for 16. I'd be quite happy with that.

Lefty Specialist Aug 05 2022 01:52 PM Re: The Next 28

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Put me down for 16. I'd be quite happy with that. Same here. 16-12 in that stretch feels okay.

The Hot Corner Aug 06 2022 11:15 AM Re: The Next 28

I went for 17-11.

Willets Point Aug 11 2022 12:03 PM Re: The Next 28

Good thing no one voted for the two bottom choices.

roger_that Aug 11 2022 01:47 PM Re: The Next 28

There's something a bit wild about the low expectations. I mean, overall we've been over .650, we're hot as hell, we're healthy for the first time all year, we've got our two aces back pitching lights out, but we're steeling ourselves against a mild collapse for the most part. I get the reasoning, but it still seems odd to me.

nymr83 Aug 12 2022 03:53 PM Re: The Next 28

=roger_that post_id=103445 time=1660247237 user_id=128] There's something a bit wild about the low expectations. I mean, overall we've been over .650, we're hot as hell, we're healthy for the first time all year, we've got our two aces back pitching lights out, but we're steeling ourselves against a mild collapse for the most part. I get the reasoning, but it still seems odd to me.

A (gambling-oriented) article in the Athletic recently posited that the Mets have had some batted ball luck this year and that the Braves have in fact played better. The writer wasn't advocating a wager however, even at the Braves current +800 odds, because the stats only take into account how a team has played so far - not that Scherzer mixed 6 weeks and deGrom just came back and the Mets could in fact be so much better than any statistics because of that.

Frayed Knot Aug 12 2022 03:56 PM Re: The Next 28

=nymr83 post_id=103554 time=1660341232 user_id=54]A (gambling-oriented) article in the Athletic recently posited that the Mets have had some batted ball luck this year and that the Braves have in fact played better.

Didn't know Spencer Strider was moonlighting as a sports writer ... Hey-Yooooo!

Willets Point Aug 18 2022 09:14 AM Re: The Next 28

At the halfway mark, the Mets are at 10-4, and thus on pace for a 20-8 stretch! The four people who selected 13-16 wins are almost certainly going to be wrong, but I'm sure they'll be okay with that.

Willets Point Aug 21 2022 08:35 PM Re: The Next 28

13-6 as we are around 2/3's of the way through this stretch and heading into the Subway Series. The Yankees have a winning percentage of .607 which is still very good but quite a falling off from the .660 they had when I started this thread.

bmfc1 Aug 22 2022 06:46 AM Re: The Next 28 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 22 2022 07:48 AM

Per Tankathon, the Mets have the easiest schedule in the NL the rest of the way. Yes, you gotta take 'em one at a time. Yes, on any given day. Yes, each game starts 0-0. https://www.tankathon.com/mlb/remaining_schedule_strength

DocTee Aug 22 2022 07:30 AM Re: The Next 28

16 of the last 39 games are against last-place teams. I'll take that.

Frayed Knot Aug 22 2022 09:32 AM Re: The Next 28

And yet, I remember those seasons when it would be tight towards the wire and Met fans would say, 'Eh, don't worry, we've got those two late series against the Marlins'. How'd those work out?

Willets Point Aug 22 2022 06:33 PM Re: The Next 28

Actually, I remember fans saying things like “Oh shit, we're facing the last place Marlins who are starting a 31-year-old rookie. We're doomed!”

Willets Point Aug 29 2022 09:02 AM Re: The Next 28

The Mets head into their final stretch of their toughest month with a 16-9 record. They have a chance to add up to three more wins, but they will be against the best team in baseball. I could say it's good news that Jacob deGrom is starting one of these games, but that may just end up being a night that the offense feels like it doesn't need to hit.

Fman99 Aug 29 2022 10:13 AM Re: The Next 28

I said 19-9 which would require a sweep of the hated Dodgahs which I would be 100% happy with.

Willets Point Aug 29 2022 02:37 PM Re: The Next 28

I'm down with that.

Willets Point Aug 30 2022 09:20 AM Re: The Next 28

By the way, the Mets winning percentage over the last 25 games is .640 which is slightly better than their winning percentage for the season so far of .636.

Willets Point Sep 01 2022 08:52 PM Re: The Next 28

Everyone who picked 17 to 20 wins, ten of us in total, step up and claim your prize. And everyone who posted the correct number of 18 wins, that is me, wear your prognostication prize with pride!