"If only the Mets had a pulse..." should be changed to "If they only had a heart". And for Stearns: "If he only had a brain." Uncle Steve: "If he only had the nerve" to fire Stearns.
Big majority of Stearns' bets have been losers. As a businessman, Cohen has got to feel he's gotten very little for a very large investment of money. He should be feeling burned. Unless there's a dramatic turnaround, how can Stearns NOT be fired?
I keep returning to the hitting coach...no adjustments???? If poor hitting is an organizational problem is it philosophy & who would have the influence to dictate that? What the hay is going on???
The Nats are over .500. I fear when Washington teams do well that it involves selling their soul to the devil (maybe the reference is too old?), but good for them.
"Whenever he does return, Jorge Polanco will reportedly be battling pain for the rest of the season."
Okay. Let him never return. Why do we want that? Let his roster slot go to some kid.
This piece focused on the Mets’ anemic hitting which is a problem. In addition, their starting pitching is uneven at best. At this point, would it hurt to give Manaea a start? He is still stretched out and could probably throw about 80 pitches. Use Peterson in Manaea’s long relief role. What do the Mets have to lose by doing this?
Just read that old friend Jarred Kelenic just got DFAed by the Chisox. If he clears waivers he'll be a FA. He fits the profile - another AAAA player with a Mets pedigree. So we have that to look forward to!!
Really nice piece. It's good to share the anguish with somebody. Polanco/Robert looks like he's going to be an epic flop in history of Mets epic flops. It's not lack of heart or any other psychological buzzwords (chemistry, meshing, all that stuff). They just can't hit. Yet I've seen commenters elsewhere complain that Soto only hits homers when the Mets are getting plastered, as if he controls that.
The Mets need to learn how to manufacture runs.....a single and stolen base, hit behind runner or bunt to advance, sacrifice fly to score....this doldrums should serve as a challenge to explore ways to score. What do the Dodgers and Braves do that different than the Mets offensively? Yeah, great hitters. Young athletic players and I don't know how they do it.
"If only the Mets had a pulse..." should be changed to "If they only had a heart". And for Stearns: "If he only had a brain." Uncle Steve: "If he only had the nerve" to fire Stearns.
Big majority of Stearns' bets have been losers. As a businessman, Cohen has got to feel he's gotten very little for a very large investment of money. He should be feeling burned. Unless there's a dramatic turnaround, how can Stearns NOT be fired?
I keep returning to the hitting coach...no adjustments???? If poor hitting is an organizational problem is it philosophy & who would have the influence to dictate that? What the hay is going on???
Can Uncle Stevie convince J.D. Martinez to be the full-time hitting coach?
Who is JD with now..what org?
The Mets. As a Special Assistant - blah blah blah.
The Nats are over .500. I fear when Washington teams do well that it involves selling their soul to the devil (maybe the reference is too old?), but good for them.
"Whenever he does return, Jorge Polanco will reportedly be battling pain for the rest of the season."
Okay. Let him never return. Why do we want that? Let his roster slot go to some kid.
This piece focused on the Mets’ anemic hitting which is a problem. In addition, their starting pitching is uneven at best. At this point, would it hurt to give Manaea a start? He is still stretched out and could probably throw about 80 pitches. Use Peterson in Manaea’s long relief role. What do the Mets have to lose by doing this?
Just read that old friend Jarred Kelenic just got DFAed by the Chisox. If he clears waivers he'll be a FA. He fits the profile - another AAAA player with a Mets pedigree. So we have that to look forward to!!
Really nice piece. It's good to share the anguish with somebody. Polanco/Robert looks like he's going to be an epic flop in history of Mets epic flops. It's not lack of heart or any other psychological buzzwords (chemistry, meshing, all that stuff). They just can't hit. Yet I've seen commenters elsewhere complain that Soto only hits homers when the Mets are getting plastered, as if he controls that.
The Mets need to learn how to manufacture runs.....a single and stolen base, hit behind runner or bunt to advance, sacrifice fly to score....this doldrums should serve as a challenge to explore ways to score. What do the Dodgers and Braves do that different than the Mets offensively? Yeah, great hitters. Young athletic players and I don't know how they do it.
The other day, the Mets actually had some hits. They got two runs out of them. Not great.
The Rockies, the Giants, and the Mets all lost last night so the race to last place in the NL puts the Mets only 2.5 games away from the Rockies.