Taylor not being sent is aggravating. I know you can justify it especially with Alonso coming to the plate. "You have one job ..."
They found a way to lose. Gary noted that Mendoza said he would have switch how he used his "closers" after Diaz gave up a run. Diaz is better coming in with the bases empty. He does his job. And, then the other closer gives up TWO runs. The second run was the winning run. Yes, both unearned, but that second run was not good.
Very annoying game. Shows they need another starter -- can't go more than five. And, even the LAST out was a hard-hit ball deep into the OF. Can imagine another game where that was off the wall, and the Mets tied up the game.
Only 49 games left before baseball hibernation and that's excluding the playoffs, which I fear would be a particularly excruciating exercise at this rate. Truth be told, I didn't expect a 90 win team when ST broke - I had them at 85-88 wins; but they got out of gate well and hope springs eternal in Metsville. Starters went down, the over-used bullpen ran out of gas, and the offense - and team - just never gelled. Such is life in Metsville. At one point it looked like '86; at another it looked like '92. Now it looks like '07 or '08 - a day late and a run short.
Hard to see a team without any discernable identity pull it together for the stretch run, but in Metsville all things - from miracle finishes to total collapses - remain possible.
Vientos is worse, as is Mauricio when going back that far
you and the rest of the screamers want Baty sent down, but MV cannot catch a pop-up, and Mauricio cost us a game with a much worse throw - but you have decided Baty is the one who has to go. He is the most advanced of all three in terms of baseball IQ, and it is not close.
Last year, we started out horribly, turned it around and played inspired baseball the rest of the way. This year, we started out hot, turned upside down, and now we're playing uninspired baseball.
Whether it stays that way through these last 49 games and (hopefully) into the postseason remains to be seen. But there's no doubt there's something missing in our approach to the game. Are we too analytical, too data-driven, too focused on metrics? Is it a case of paralysis by analysis?
And I say that as someone who loves data, metrics and analytics. But out there on the diamond, you don't have time to think. You need to just play ball. Maybe the thing to do is put away the iPads in the dugout and get everyone up on the top step watching the game and leave all the breakdowns for the meetings.
We could use a little more derring-do, too. The book said to hold Taylor at third because the ball had been fielded and sent back in accurately before he reached the base. But I would have loved to see Sarbaugh just keep wheeling his arm yelling "GO GO GO" and take a shot.
I pretty much gave up at 5-0 and went outside for my mental health.
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"Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes straight to the bone."
Same old song, lack of situational hitting, lack of speed (no way Acuna would not score in the 8th, and starting pitching that does not hold up.
Very difficult to swallow. Manea, you're right, was absolutely cruising.
Taylor not being sent is aggravating. I know you can justify it especially with Alonso coming to the plate. "You have one job ..."
They found a way to lose. Gary noted that Mendoza said he would have switch how he used his "closers" after Diaz gave up a run. Diaz is better coming in with the bases empty. He does his job. And, then the other closer gives up TWO runs. The second run was the winning run. Yes, both unearned, but that second run was not good.
Very annoying game. Shows they need another starter -- can't go more than five. And, even the LAST out was a hard-hit ball deep into the OF. Can imagine another game where that was off the wall, and the Mets tied up the game.
Hard to blame Helsley for that considering the inning started with a ghost runner, an intentional walk, and a throwing error on a bunt.
Yeah. Fair. Diaz got out of a situation with a man on third. But that was a mess not of Helsey's making.
Only 49 games left before baseball hibernation and that's excluding the playoffs, which I fear would be a particularly excruciating exercise at this rate. Truth be told, I didn't expect a 90 win team when ST broke - I had them at 85-88 wins; but they got out of gate well and hope springs eternal in Metsville. Starters went down, the over-used bullpen ran out of gas, and the offense - and team - just never gelled. Such is life in Metsville. At one point it looked like '86; at another it looked like '92. Now it looks like '07 or '08 - a day late and a run short.
Hard to see a team without any discernable identity pull it together for the stretch run, but in Metsville all things - from miracle finishes to total collapses - remain possible.
your 50-game Baty thing is absurd
Vientos is worse, as is Mauricio when going back that far
you and the rest of the screamers want Baty sent down, but MV cannot catch a pop-up, and Mauricio cost us a game with a much worse throw - but you have decided Baty is the one who has to go. He is the most advanced of all three in terms of baseball IQ, and it is not close.
They should send Baty down. Not because of the error but because of his .214 average since the break.
Absolutely agree that there’s something intangible about this team that makes them one of the most frustrating Mets teams I can remember.
Is there a pool for how many innings Clay Holmes pitches tonight?
Last year, we started out horribly, turned it around and played inspired baseball the rest of the way. This year, we started out hot, turned upside down, and now we're playing uninspired baseball.
Whether it stays that way through these last 49 games and (hopefully) into the postseason remains to be seen. But there's no doubt there's something missing in our approach to the game. Are we too analytical, too data-driven, too focused on metrics? Is it a case of paralysis by analysis?
And I say that as someone who loves data, metrics and analytics. But out there on the diamond, you don't have time to think. You need to just play ball. Maybe the thing to do is put away the iPads in the dugout and get everyone up on the top step watching the game and leave all the breakdowns for the meetings.
We could use a little more derring-do, too. The book said to hold Taylor at third because the ball had been fielded and sent back in accurately before he reached the base. But I would have loved to see Sarbaugh just keep wheeling his arm yelling "GO GO GO" and take a shot.
I’m done. 23 days until College Football starts.
You’ll be back. We’re all in too deep.
Ha ha ha. Sure.