Losing Diaz was a major blow to the whole season. In my opinion if Ronnie is not the starting second sacker from right now so he can prepare for next year, the Mets are missing out.
Agree to disagree. Too many times, Buck made unnecessary pitching changes, often removing starters with less than 100 pitches. The juggling of the bullpen became predictable with pitchers being put into positions who had no business being there.
not solely the manager, but he was a factor and should not be brought back
the bullpen was poorly constructed
as to the speed, Otto is a +9 in Strat-o-matic for a reason; he is tough to rely on in the 8th/9th
Losing Diaz was a major blow to the whole season. In my opinion if Ronnie is not the starting second sacker from right now so he can prepare for next year, the Mets are missing out.
The Mets started the season 14-7
21 games is enough to debunk the they weren’t ready for the new rules theory.
Their manager started losing games with his worrying about 2028 philosophy of bullpen management.
Pitching coach and manager talked about being wild in the strike zone, sending the signal to the staff that led to all those walks.
Defensively poor all year - WBC did not affect that.
Bullpen was well short before we lost Edwin; optionable relievers a miserable strategy
RISP poor all year - lots of gagging due to not handling the high expectations
DP and Tylor have to throw more strikes- the league just waits for them to walk people.
Churned has potential
No to Butto - too many walks, stuff not great
they didn't lose because of the manager. They lost because they couldn't pitch and everyone was out-speeding them.
Agree to disagree. Too many times, Buck made unnecessary pitching changes, often removing starters with less than 100 pitches. The juggling of the bullpen became predictable with pitchers being put into positions who had no business being there.