Memories of Jorge Lopez

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Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by Johnny Lunchbucket » Wed May 29, 2024 9:15 pm

DFAed following his on-field meltdown and post-game remarks.
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by Lefty Specialist » Wed May 29, 2024 9:51 pm

They need to DFA about half of this team.
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by Edgy MD » Wed May 29, 2024 10:11 pm

Interesting. Forsaking all protocol and giving him a memorial thread before his actual departure. BOLD!

My key memory, before today anyhow, apart from that terrific bird's nest of a head of hair, was the Julio Teheran Game. The Mets had a nice lead despite, you know, Julio Teheran, but the Braves kept chipping away at the Mets' pen. Lopez was the last guy we had left to throw at them, and the Mets barely held on. It doesn't look that bad in the box score (one run on two hits), but everything was thrown really straight (almost comically so), and hit really hard and really deep, and afterwards, Centerfield opined "Hey. Let's never pitch Lopez again."

Not his worst notion, as it turned out.
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by Edgy MD » Wed May 29, 2024 10:21 pm

The more complete interview is here, after Mendoza's, and he clarifies later that, yeah, he's on the worst team.



Not anymore, it seems.
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by Johnny Lunchbucket » Wed May 29, 2024 10:38 pm

Considering how ill-prepared they are to surrender relievers this whole thing was pretty remarkable.

I was rooting for Lopez to be the bullpen dark horse this year. Now I'm moving onto Dedneil Nunez
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by Edgy MD » Wed May 29, 2024 11:41 pm

I wonder if he might have saved a coach or two. Like they needed sacrificial lamb and just as they were lining someone up, he conveniently offered himself.
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by metirish » Thu May 30, 2024 5:52 am

I guess this might be rock bottom, probably will get worse though
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by Johnny Lunchbucket » Thu May 30, 2024 7:04 am

Edgy MD wrote: Wed May 29, 2024 11:41 pm I wonder if he might have saved a coach or two. Like they needed sacrificial lamb and just as they were lining someone up, he conveniently offered himself.
Heff is getting long in the tooth--pre Cohen even. I think he's still vulnerable

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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by ashie62 » Thu May 30, 2024 7:25 am

Maybe this will spark better efforts from the Mets

Lopez's actions could be those of an unhappy fan

Crazy

Carlos Mendoza, I mean wtf?
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by Fman99 » Thu May 30, 2024 7:58 am

I actually want him to stay now that he's called them out for being terrible. Is that weird?
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by kcmets » Thu May 30, 2024 8:47 am

Watch -- he'll end up a Brave, Phil or Yank -- and flourish.
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by kcmets » Thu May 30, 2024 8:49 am

metirish wrote: Thu May 30, 2024 5:52 am I guess this might be rock bottom, probably will get worse though
There's only so many versions of suck and I think they've
pretty much covered all versions in the month of May?
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by Edgy MD » Thu May 30, 2024 9:06 am

The New York Times has a great lede that really captured my confusion after first listening to the interview.
A debate ensued shortly after the jarring words left Jorge López’s mouth. Did the ​​now-former New York Mets reliever really say he had been playing with “the worst team in the whole f—ing MLB?” Or did he say he was “the worst teammate in the whole f—ing MLB”?
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by ashie62 » Thu May 30, 2024 9:34 am

Possibly both
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Post by Edgy MD » Thu May 30, 2024 9:50 am

That was pretty much how the paragraph concluded, that Lopez so clarified to a "Mets source" (Gelbs) that he meant both. Having watched the interview, it wasn't clear as such to me. Nobody really knows what the hell he meant, 'cept it was bad.

It's weird. Puerto Rican-born Lopez has been in the league a long time, probably had spent a lot of time stateside before that, and his accent isn't very thick at all. He seems comfortable expressing himself in English, but his sentence construction is all over the place and nobody knows quite what he was saying, like he was high the whole time.

It's also kinda funny. His nickname is "El Pichu" which translates more or less to "Cutie." And he is cute, despite his scraggly beard. He has good teeth, a sweet dimply smile, fun hair, engaging eyes, and he as he sits there talking barely-coherent-but-career-burning nonsense, I want to give him a hug. He may just be a journeyman reliever who was never going to be a big piece and who'll be forgotten soon enough, but in the moment, he seemed like the self-destructive hero in a CW young adult drama, whose earnest charm and talent has allowed him to get away with so much along the way that he's become tragically addicted to screwing up.
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by metirish » Thu May 30, 2024 9:59 am

Who is the teammate he is talking about?
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by Benjamin Grimm » Thu May 30, 2024 10:05 am

metirish wrote: Thu May 30, 2024 9:59 am Who is the teammate he is talking about?
Presumably himself.
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Thu May 30, 2024 10:17 am

Lopez wqs an All-Star in 2022.
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by G-Fafif » Thu May 30, 2024 11:37 am

With his hat on, I thought he looked a bit like Rick Aguilera, a bit like Dylan from Modern Family.

Seemed to be the one pitcher who'd be deployed in any relief role, not altogether unsuccessfully.

Has guaranteed mention of his name won't elicit "I don't remember this guy being a Met" comments for at least a couple of years.
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by metirish » Thu May 30, 2024 12:15 pm

So apparently Lopez son is sick and waiting for a intestinal transplant, man had a lot on his mind
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by Edgy MD » Thu May 30, 2024 12:24 pm

That's some very serious shit. How awful.
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by G-Fafif » Thu May 30, 2024 12:30 pm

Hope for the best. Expect the Mets.
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by G-Fafif » Thu May 30, 2024 12:32 pm

NJ.com’s Mets beat guy thread…

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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by Edgy MD » Thu May 30, 2024 12:36 pm

This gets worse.

Hopefully a Spanish-language interview gets some clarification.
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Re: Memories of Jorge Lopez

Post by kcmets » Thu May 30, 2024 1:29 pm

Is there a window of opportunity to un-DFA him? Ya know, like
the ol' 12 hour rule or something?
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