Both moves make sense for different reasons. The Mets had no backup middle infielder for awhile. I was fine with that strategy, but Baty did nothing to show he belonged here at all, do now it is time to give Vientos his shot instead. Scott didn't deserve to go down, but the team needs another reliev...

I'm pretty sure only Hochul could pardon someone of New York State crimes.

She needs to unsuspend her campaign ASAP. I never thought she should have stopped in the first place with the charges looming.

This totally feels like a convenient injury that allows him to work on his stuff in the minors.

Yeah, and I think the ejections speak to that - he is prolific ejector of players not for the things that should be automatic like fighting but for arguing with him. One thing I didn't look at, see FK's last post, is does he screw people in the late innings more than usual (because, as John Franco a...

I don't know that MLB makes their ratings publicly available, they are probably embarrassed to do so. These guys rate the umps and their data is public: https://umpscorecards.com/info/ If you scroll down you'll see how they define a bunch of stats. I'll pick out these two as somewhat meaningful: AAx...

Worst umpire in the game and it's not even close. Happy that he will never ever work another Mets game.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 8:22 pm Unfortunately this change won't give Henry Aaron enough home runs to pass Barry Bonds.

That would have made it all worth it!

Re: Walker, I'm way too lazy to do the work to prove it, but since the advent of the 3 batter minimum I would suspect teams have gone more days without a second lefty in the pen than before.

I'm Batys gayest fan and would recommend a 2-week tour of the international league and longer if he's not killing it. Yeah. I think I read somewhere he has only ~180 ABs at AAA and that was across three separate stints - maybe he legitimately has adjustments he needs to make against AÀA pitching be...

Is it time to send Baty down yet? Might be time to see if Vientos can run with the job here.

Alonso doesn't need a seat, neither should McNeil. It's may be ODD but that doesn't make it worse than the alternative. I would try it until someone gets hurt.

You make a point about how the prior roster construction was hurting the team. The current roster construction probably hurts less. Lindor isn't coming out of games, so a backup SS is really just injury insurance. The roster with Vientos instead of Wendle is better on days where you don't need a bac...

No, not a typo, and not a redlight post! funny article from the Athletic [paywall] https://theathletic.com/5483002/2024/05/10/chadwick-tromp-45-president-uniform-atlanta-braves/ I had just assumed, not following Atlanta sports, that "Chadwick" was the whitest country club kid name ever and...

I'm far from believing the difference between one player with a .324 batting average over his career and another with a batting average 29 points lower is purely luck on balls in play. I'm certainly open to enlightenment, but I didn't embrace the Voros McCracken thesis when it first arrived and lit...

Noted in the TWIB thread, but I think it deserves it's own ride. If you're good and you're a Marlin, you're not going to be a Marlin for long. So learned Christian Yelich, and so learned Miguel Cabrera, and so learned a long litany of terrific players before them, seemingly dating back to the dawn ...

Maybe it would just be a blessing in disguise for the pitcher. I couldn't name every pitcher who has thrown a no-hitter, or even a perfect game, but I remember Armando Galaragga for NOT throwing one. Likewise, I couldn't name every Mets post-season homerun, but I'll always remember Robin Ventura's &...

If you are going to give up ten runs, or not draw single walk, or hit an extra base hit, you might as well do it all on the same day and get it over with!

You can blame Trump for a lot of things, but another man's mental illness or stupidity isn't fairly one of them.

I object to Martino more than I object to this guy.

He is not holding himself out to be a real pimp anymore than the Seinfeld soup shop owner is held out to be a real Nazi.

Get over yourself, Martino

These are pretty bland. I'm so glad (sarcasm) that they managed to surpass the really low bar of "these are not a huge shit show". They are not a shit show, just a waste of time.

That, and why are people so interested to talk about a non-and-never- gonna-be-a-Met-thank-god douchebag for seven pages. Oh, please! Donald Trump's never gonna be a Met either and you yourself are probably personally responsible for dozens of thread pages worth of posts about Trump. great, so lets...

G-Fafif wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:26 pm Kodai Senga transferred to the 60-day IL to accommodate the addition of callup Tyler Jay to the big club (with Dedniel Nuñez optioned to Syracuse). Won’t be eligible for activation until May 27

See you in 2025!

I don't think we need ejections absent intent, but 2nd base for HBO to the head seems fair. Nobody is ever going to let them self get hit in the head for two bases, unlike the folks who don't get out of the way when it hits the arm. It's hard to define, but a ball that grazes the (loosely fitting) u...

Interleague play is the culprit!