Thomas is an interesting thought. It's Sherman so I won't put too much thought into how real that "plan" was but looks like Thomas struggled with MLB, though still a good center fielder. I could see how you could think he would regain some of the BB% he had in the minors, and be a pretty u...

I think the article claims no homies in the regular starting rotation, not in the emergency starter role. What’s the likelihood Peterson finishes in the top 5 of games started for the Mets in 2023? (He was #5 in 2022). 50%? 60%? as it stands right now? One of Peterson or Megill probably is in top 5...

yeah. the secondary load is tedious. It's 2022. I don't need a full editor to post "WTF was that weird racist ad on the braodcast?" in a game thread. Also many images you can't just share via url like that, particularly ones from Google Photos. (You know, like my own photos) and the attach...

the break even point will change because MLB will fuck with the baseball again. The bigger bases and the inane pick-off rule will have some effect, but it's hard to tell what exactly yet. It might be that the huge lead you'd be able to get if you can draw 2 throws cuts into a lot of the value of a S...

Well, Uncle Steve's spending binge is allowing the Mets to hang on to their prospects rather than trade them. The farm was a little threadbare and it'll take a few years to recover. That's where the ability to buy what you need comes in handy. I agree it's not sustainable indefinitely but it doesn'...

I would disagree with that. So someone who steals at a 75% rate, 30/40, is breaking even with 30 attempts (where he steals 20 bases) and netting you 10 bases on his other 10 attempts. How many runs is 10 bases? You know it's not 10 runs, not even close to that. Is it 5 runs? Doubt that very much. 3...

I don't know what's to agree with or disagree about. It's not the relative values of say second and no outs versus bases empty and 1 out are a secret. If the value added by stealing X amount of times is outweighed by being caught Y amount of times, you're not adding value to your team. You can quibb...

Twitter, for better or for worse, is still where the most people come together that will randomly talk about breaking news and such. I'm in a few discord groups, which are good for more focused discussions, but don't really allow for many concurrent discussions. For that you're still best off on Fac...

he saw the exact same percentage (61.9) of first pitch strikes at 2021. He swung at 1.4% more (30.9) first pitches than 2021, and 1.3% more overall, so pretty much didn't change his first pitch approach at all. It's like maybe a pitch more a month.

nobody gets "Screwed" by the shift. hit the ball hard and it doesn't matter. There are only 8 guys out there. As i said, Nimmo used the whole field more last year than ever, and as a result they didn't shift on him as much. his wOBA was .357 unshifted, .321 shifted. (103 shifts) The differ...

Nimmo didn't particularly square up any more balls last year than previously. His power numbers, his barrel numbers, his "good contact" stuff, were all pretty on-par. He sacrificed a few walks and a few strikeouts for a few more ground ball outs and singles. His weak contact was up. His GD...

If anyone has an intelligent answer to my question, I'd be interested in hearing it. scroll up? I talked about it in my post. tl:dr Maybe it's an Eric Chavez philosophy thing. He's swinging at more pitches outside the zone and it's bad for his personal numbers. He should absolutely stop it. It's a ...

not gonna fret too much over like 2029. Nimmo's a good player and happy to have him around for a while. I'd like him to get his game more in-line with his pre-2022 metrics, feel like he adjusted a little too much last year and took fewer walks. He swung A LOT more, particularly out of the zone, whic...

not those guys maybe. Those are solid pickups. trade a prospect for them. They're both likely better than Quintana and much younger. but hey, it's not clear the Mets prioritize finishing first anyway, given the last two years. Quintana is fine to coast to a wild card spot.

right, but Quintana himself is on the older side. I'd like to be shuffling those mediocre league average-ish innings bet to someone younger. As much as we can predict anything about player injuries, age has got to be one of the leading factors. I'm thinking like "Mike Pelfrey type". Quinta...

He might be replacement level working at Boston Market, but anything above that is a stretch.

free agent at 30 DH? I don't think you worry too hard about keeping Alonso. He was 8th in isolated slugging last year, it's elite power, but that's one tool. by fWAR he was 40th. by wRC+ (so ignoring defense) he was 12th. Another wrinkle is that there's some concern Álvarez won't be able to be a maj...

I don't know, I've never read it. It's just this weird legacy thing we talk about for a day or so every year. It's weird. But beyond morals, seems bad to purposely put evil people on the cover in what's basically treated as an award.

he's fine I think? We can hope for average, last year was mostly a mirage I think, pitch changes and stuff. 4 starters at 34+ is ..a choice. You've got Megill and Peterson as depth I guess, but there seems to be some overall roster constructions issues to address here, particularly, some more good p...

all the other finalists were outright evil right? Not that that stops 'em, whatever gets attention/sales.

might be a good deal, might be a bad one. depends on how much more MLB cheats for him.

yeah, unless you drown the strip, false positives aren't a big problem. feel better. Reminds me I really need to get the kids boosters scheduled.

When have republicans ever let the constitution stand in their way of gaining power? These fascists, ALL OF THEM, simply will say whatever it takes to gain power, and think the ends justify the means. and they've got the system so rigged that no one even punishes them for it. TFG's "shoot someo...