It may be that Stearns hesitated to fire Mendoza because he was his hand-picked guy and doing so would be an admission he made a mistake. I hope Cohen doesn't fall into the same trap. Uncle Steve, you've spent a boatload of money and you've gotten very little for it. Turning the page, the discussions of sell offs that I've read don't suggest how we're going to replace the innings supplied by Holmes, Peralta, Minter, etc. One issue is that it doesn't make sense to go into rebuild mode for a couple of years what with Lindor not getting younger and Soto in his prime. The other is that there's not a lot of talent out there in free agency beyond Skubal.
I’d go get Cora. I do not care about the sign stealing at all. This team needs a proven winner who at least knows what they’re doing. That being said I’m not sure what anyone could have done with this roster/pitching staff
I argued that if they wanted changes, go big. They let go various veterans, though it was not completely their choice in each case, and coaches. (I'm told one key coach also wasn't really their fault. I don't know. I haven't kept that close track as some of the details).
They retained two key pieces -- Mendoza and Stearns. Today's discussion pointed out how much of a mishmash this team is. Perhaps we should toss in the manager.
Anyway, I thought if they were going to do so many changes, why not the manager, too? The alternative, burdened by injuries, added to the whole mishmash and short-term patch-up job.
Peralta is about a six inning pitcher. He starts to falter around then. Injuries (I meant errors, but maybe that's right) extended the inning. Meanwhile, other than two bench players (the bench also helped to lose the game), where was the offense?
It may be that Stearns hesitated to fire Mendoza because he was his hand-picked guy and doing so would be an admission he made a mistake. I hope Cohen doesn't fall into the same trap. Uncle Steve, you've spent a boatload of money and you've gotten very little for it. Turning the page, the discussions of sell offs that I've read don't suggest how we're going to replace the innings supplied by Holmes, Peralta, Minter, etc. One issue is that it doesn't make sense to go into rebuild mode for a couple of years what with Lindor not getting younger and Soto in his prime. The other is that there's not a lot of talent out there in free agency beyond Skubal.
Well, we won't know "what-if", but we have gotten to "what-now", as Mendoza is gone and Andy Green is handed the reins to the Mess, uh, Mets.
You mean the Stem. Mets spelled backwards.
I’d go get Cora. I do not care about the sign stealing at all. This team needs a proven winner who at least knows what they’re doing. That being said I’m not sure what anyone could have done with this roster/pitching staff
I don't know if anything would have mattered. The poor construction of the club, and player failings too much to overcome.
I argued that if they wanted changes, go big. They let go various veterans, though it was not completely their choice in each case, and coaches. (I'm told one key coach also wasn't really their fault. I don't know. I haven't kept that close track as some of the details).
They retained two key pieces -- Mendoza and Stearns. Today's discussion pointed out how much of a mishmash this team is. Perhaps we should toss in the manager.
Anyway, I thought if they were going to do so many changes, why not the manager, too? The alternative, burdened by injuries, added to the whole mishmash and short-term patch-up job.
Peralta is about a six inning pitcher. He starts to falter around then. Injuries (I meant errors, but maybe that's right) extended the inning. Meanwhile, other than two bench players (the bench also helped to lose the game), where was the offense?
Mendoza has just been fired.