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The Next 20 Games

Centerfield Aug 11 2022 09:55 AM

Are against the Braves, Phillies, Yankees and Dodgers, with one series against the Rockies. This is really the last tough stretch of games for 2022. After that, September looks as soft as a baby's bottom. Atlanta seems to do fine anytime they're not playing the Mets, so you figure we have to do our damage in the head-to-head games. How many will the Mets win?

kcmets Aug 11 2022 10:09 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

14!! Phillies 7 - (5-2) Skanks 2 - (1-1) Rockies 4 - (3-1) Dodgers 3 - (2-1) Braves 4 - (3-1)

roger_that Aug 11 2022 10:21 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

If they can win 10 of 20, I'll take it. Even splitting with the Braves will be a victory of sorts.

Centerfield Aug 11 2022 10:27 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

I think I'd be fine with this: Phillies 7 - (4-3) Skanks 2 - (1-1) Rockies 4 - (3-1) Dodgers 3 - (2-1) Braves 4 - (2-2) 12-8.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 11 2022 10:28 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

I'd even be fine with an 11-9, with a 1-2 against the Dodgers. Everything else as Centerfield put it.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 11 2022 10:42 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

=Centerfield post_id=103403 time=1660233350 user_id=65] After that, September looks as soft as a baby's bottom.

After that stretch against top teams, the Mets have the easiest remaining schedule in all of baseball.

Gwreck Aug 11 2022 11:20 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

17: 3-0 Phillies 3-1 Braves 3-1 Phillies 2-0 Yankees 4-0 Rockies 2-1 Dodgers

kcmets Aug 11 2022 11:45 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

17 would be so much fun! We're gonna need plastic surgery to remove our goddamn smiles! We'll be whistling 'Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah' out of our assholes!

Frayed Knot Aug 11 2022 01:03 PM Re: The Next 20 Games

Got some pretty optimistic peeps here. 13/20 is the rate that would most accurately approximate our season's pace to date. One could argue that the deGrom factor should ramp that up a notch or three but the counter would be that the level of competition should knock it back a few pegs.

roger_that Aug 11 2022 01:32 PM Re: The Next 20 Games

=roger_that post_id=103406 time=1660234919 user_id=128] If they can win 10 of 20, I'll take it. Even splitting with the Braves will be a victory of sorts.

Although handing Strider's ass to him will be de rigueur. If they go 3-1 against Atlanta but Strider's game is the one loss, I'll be a little disappointed.

MFS62 Aug 11 2022 04:37 PM Re: The Next 20 Games

=kcmets post_id=103419 time=1660239903 user_id=53] 17 would be so much fun! We're gonna need plastic surgery to remove our goddamn smiles! We'll be whistling 'Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah' out of our assholes!

I usually don't predict these things, but that makes me want to root for 17 wins.

Later

Lefty Specialist Aug 11 2022 05:23 PM Re: The Next 20 Games

11-9: 2-1 Phillies 2-2 Braves 2-2 Phillies 1-1 Yankees 3-1 Rockies 1-2 Dodgers

roger_that Aug 12 2022 04:02 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

Lefty Specialist wrote: 11-9 I remember well the pride I took when, once upon a time, a Mets' pitcher was able, for the first time in recorded history, to post a record of 11-9. In 1966, Dennis Ribant finished up the year with an 11-9 record, the first time ever that a Met had won in double figures but lost only in single figures. I remember being so impressed with Ribant's magnificent skill levels, and then being so depressed when the team promptly swapped him out to Pittsburgh.

Bob Alpacadaca Aug 12 2022 05:44 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

Something about the Phillies is a little scary, though the post-game interviews are interesting. Phillies 7 - (4-3) Yankees- 2 - (1-1) Rockies 4 - (4-0) Dodgers 3 - (2-1) Braves 4 - (3-1)

Fman99 Aug 12 2022 05:46 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

The rotation has been soooooooo good of late. I expect them to go 13-7 in this stretch even against tough opponents.

seawolf17 Aug 12 2022 06:02 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

20-0. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE.

Edgy MD Aug 12 2022 07:28 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

It's all about going 1-0 over the next one with me.

metsmarathon Aug 12 2022 08:59 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

12-8 sounds fine. i get anxious about trying to predict out too small a sample, and worry muchly about angering the gods when i do so.

roger_that Aug 12 2022 11:44 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

the thing about any number of losses, no matter how many or few they turn out to be, is that there's always gonna be one or two that were SO winnable....but that one where a crucial error, or wild pitch, or ball hit to the warning cost you a victory just eats you up.

Frayed Knot Aug 12 2022 08:08 PM Re: The Next 20 Games

Well, I guess 20-0 is out of the question.

roger_that Aug 13 2022 07:14 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

And last night's was that one winnable loss.

ashie62 Aug 13 2022 08:49 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

=kcmets post_id=103419 time=1660239903 user_id=53] 17 would be so much fun! We're gonna need plastic surgery to remove our goddamn smiles! We'll be whistling 'Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah' out of our assholes!

Is the Dodgers series at Wallyworld?

ashie62 Aug 14 2022 07:09 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

Mets at 1-1 here

ashie62 Aug 18 2022 06:38 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

,,3-3

whippoorwill Aug 18 2022 06:56 AM Re: The Next 20 Games

=MFS62 post_id=103467 time=1660257478 user_id=60] =kcmets post_id=103419 time=1660239903 user_id=53] 17 would be so much fun! We're gonna need plastic surgery to remove our goddamn smiles! We'll be whistling 'Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah' out of our assholes!

I usually don't predict these things, but that makes me want to root for 17 wins.

Later


Me too because I totally missed that comment on the 11th