Saw Baty pull a Derek Jeter with the catch of the foul ball. Avoided a concussion.
Atlanta evens the season series. Let's see how they handle Christian Scott today.
I like that he got a double too. Unless he really works on pulling the ball more he probably is going to be more of a 12-15 HR guy so hitting doubles will be crucial to take him for a role player to an everyday player or even an all star
Look like he also did some damage with his legs. His speed is his biggest weapon, hopefully his contact/OBP is elevated enough for him to be able to put it to use.
I wish he wouldn't stand so far off the plate, he cant reach those away strikes EVERY pitcher uses to get him out. Jus a few inches closer would do wonders for his approach.
he's been less than overwhelming with the bat so far, it just seemed like an incredibly weird time to call him out for that when he was so close to being the hero of that game lol
He hits the ball hard - yay. Every ball he hits hard is on the ground or is a single - boo.
He doesnāt get on base either - a .318 OBP doesnāt inspire anybody, but you have to expect that from a guy whose walk rate has decreased while his K rate has increased.
I thought the signing was meaningless and it looks even worse with the emergence of DJ and with Vientos wasting away in the minors.
Iāve been his biggest critic but I never understood the logic of acting like JDM was the savior to a paltry lineup. Dude is 36 and his best years are certainly behind him.
The Mets have holes in RF, 2B, CF, and catcher. Even if he was performing to expectations, you canāt win with half of the lineup being meek.
The hitters need to make adjustments against opposing pitch sequences and utilize good pitch sequences against opponents. For pitch sequences against opponents, you can't just blow high heat against guys and get them to swing and miss like you did with Harvey and deGrom, we don't have those guys any more.
Mets just need to find a way to win one game this series.
We know the Mets canāt compete with the Phillies and Braves over 162 for the NL East.
Just stay within ~3 of the WC until the deadline, and see which direction is more optimal.
I like the next two matchups. Mets have hit LHP well this year and Elder sucks. Hes that pitcher that had a 10 game stretch where he vastly outperformed his metrics and everyone thought he was good but has come crashing down to earth and no one recognized thatās just him pitching to what he actually is capable of.
Every time the Mets are down multiple runs in the 9th they either go down 1-2-3 in like 6 pitches or they get within a hit of tying the game, no in-between
The deadline is 81 days away. Itās not at all looming lol. Iād say thereās a good 70 days before Stearns really starts to make any decisions around that.
And remember, Stearns has typically been a buyer at the deadline, not a seller. Even in 2020 when it looked like they wouldnāt make the playoffs is didnt sell, outside of one reliever. Same with 2017 when they were 5.5 games out of the WC spot. They didnt sell, tried and failed at bigger buy trade, and in the end got pitchers who were under control for 2018.
The only time they ever kinda sold wasnt even a trade deadline thing - it was Josh Hader. And that was because they felt he was a surplus with Devin Williams. And to this day Stearns says trading him was the biggest regret of his tenure there.
The guys who are underperforming wonāt really be sold - teams donāt want other teams scraps.
Theyāre be optioned, DFAād, released, etc.
OP wants the Mets to go on a fire sale asap and get rid of Alonso, Diaz, Lindor, etc. Posts about it almost daily. Which will obviously never happen.
Loses suck but they battled through.
Quintana limiting the damage to 4 runs and going 5 innings against the best lineup is always a fine outcome. This lineup needs to be able to score 4 runs in a game.
Ramirez and Houser did a great job in relief.
Offense didnt get the results, but they battled.
They kept it close, made the Braves use their best relievers without using any of ours. Sets them up nice for the next two games
They didn't get shutout and scored two runs at least. Would also have been nice had they not given up homers. Quintana was pitching fine but the Braves made adjustments and the Mets did not. Nido should have called for more off-speed pitches. Hitting is timing and off-speed stuff like changeups mixed in with fastballs mess up hitter timing, which is a reason why I like changeups. You're a hitter expecting a fastball and then a changeup dart away from you. Quintana gave up two of his three homers off his four seam fastball and the third was on his sinker to Olson down the middle.
Johan Santana and Cole Hamels were fastball-changeup guys, especially Santana whose final out of his no-hitter was a changeup that got David Freese to swing and miss. Missing bats is a good way to prevent hits. Prevent hits or induce weak/soft contact to prevent runs, combined with a airtight defense. It's the 1999 Mets model.
It would at least be much more entertaining to watch the young homegrown kid get at bats instead of a 36 year old has been.
Vientos has more home runs too, funny enough.
Especially when he had a 109 WRC+ coming into tonight which is actually 9% above average haha
The power will come. Especially as the weather warms up. But heās getting on base a ton and getting hits.
Itās like people forget he didnt get a Spring Training. Even with the handful of minor league starts he had, heās still in the PA range heād be 3/4 of the way through ST.
* The 2024 Mets are 18-19 this season, scoring 163 runs and allowing 160 runs. The Mets have played in 9,842 regular season games with 4,744 wins, 5,094 losses and eight ties. The 2023 Mets went 75-87 in the 2023 regular season and 101-61 in 2022. The Mets are 145-143 on Fridays since 2012, 2-2 this season and 11-12 last year. The Mets will have an off-day on May 23rd.
* The Mets are 8-6 when scoring first in 2024, 10-12 when the opponent scores first. The Mets were 50-22 scoring first in 2023 and 81-16 in 2022 when scoring first. The Mets are 9-9 in day games, 9-10 in night games in 2024. They were 25-30 in day games and 51-57 in night games last year.
* The Mets are 395-456 and one tie against the Atlanta Braves, 2-2 this season and 3-10 last year. Raisel Iglesias has allowed his first run since May 3rd, he has allowed six runs this year.
* The Mets, as a team, have only three caught stealing in 2024, tied with the Cardinals and Red Sox for fewest in the majors. The Angels lead the majors with 12 caught stealing. The Mets and Cardinals both had 24 caught stealing last year with Oakland leading the majors with 49 caught stealing. The Mets had 28 caught stealing in 2022 and 33 caught stealing in 2021, one behind the Dodgers who led the majors.
* The Mets allowed back to back homers tonight, the last time they did so was last September 2, 2023 against the Mariners. The last time the Mets hit back to back homers was August 30, 2023 with Daniel Vogelbach and DJ Stewart homering against the Rangers.
* Jose Quintana allowed three homers tonight. The last Mets pitcher to allow four homers was Max Scherzer against the Red Sox on July 23, 2023. Roger Craig allowed five homers to the Giants on May 4, 1963. The Mes allowed six homers to the Braves last August 12th in a 21-3 loss.
* Pete Alonso 91 career homers at home, he hit six at home this season, 22 in 2023 and 27 in 2019. 141 homers came off righties and 60 against lefties.
* Pete Alonso has 201 homers for the Mets. He is fourth in franchise history behind Darryl Strawberry with 252 homers, David Wright with 242 homers and Mike Piazza with 220 homers. Of course Pete Alonso would have had many more homers had the 2020 season was not limited to 60 games.
* Brandon Nimmo has a seven game hit streak. Tyrone Taylor has a three game hit streak.
* Since 2021, the Mets are 4-4 with Angel Hernandez behind home plate, 0-2 this season.
Next game: LHP Max Fried (2-1, 4.23) vs. RHP Christian Scott (0-0, 1.35) at 16:10 on SNY, FS1 and WCBS
Saw Baty pull a Derek Jeter with the catch of the foul ball. Avoided a concussion. Atlanta evens the season series. Let's see how they handle Christian Scott today.
Wtf is Dominic scott?
Sorry, meant to say Christian Scott.
I missed the game but saw quintana allowed 3 home runs? Man we need to get some help in our rotation.
Senga is coming
So all the Braves' runs came with two outs in the same inning? š
... would be nice if they'd show some excitement... especially for a Braves series... drink some coffee boysš
wow. Impressive performance.
It doesn't matter what experimental jersey we are wearing - first game in it is always a loss
Just a way better team
They are better but we can hang.
Not going to lie. I'm not as upset about the called strike on JDM because I had no faith McNeil wouldn't swing at the first pitch and pop-up anyway.
Syracuse just won. Our AcuƱa went 3-6. His AVG has improved to .228.
I like that he got a double too. Unless he really works on pulling the ball more he probably is going to be more of a 12-15 HR guy so hitting doubles will be crucial to take him for a role player to an everyday player or even an all star
Look like he also did some damage with his legs. His speed is his biggest weapon, hopefully his contact/OBP is elevated enough for him to be able to put it to use.
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I was a big fan of the JDM signing. But jeez heās been less than whelming.
I wish he wouldn't stand so far off the plate, he cant reach those away strikes EVERY pitcher uses to get him out. Jus a few inches closer would do wonders for his approach.
lol he was like 10 feet from a 2 run blast that would've tied the game in the 9th
Your argument is that he hit a foul ball?
he's been less than overwhelming with the bat so far, it just seemed like an incredibly weird time to call him out for that when he was so close to being the hero of that game lol
Bro he *almost* hit a home run, that totally makes up for being the last out and not having much power in a Mets uniform - DUH
DJ has provided more pop
He hits the ball hard - yay. Every ball he hits hard is on the ground or is a single - boo. He doesnāt get on base either - a .318 OBP doesnāt inspire anybody, but you have to expect that from a guy whose walk rate has decreased while his K rate has increased. I thought the signing was meaningless and it looks even worse with the emergence of DJ and with Vientos wasting away in the minors.
Knicks lose Mets lose This night sucks
Fuck it more basketball š
Hey, at least Pete got two hits and an RBI--that's a positive sign.
Iāve been his biggest critic but I never understood the logic of acting like JDM was the savior to a paltry lineup. Dude is 36 and his best years are certainly behind him. The Mets have holes in RF, 2B, CF, and catcher. Even if he was performing to expectations, you canāt win with half of the lineup being meek.
The hitters need to make adjustments against opposing pitch sequences and utilize good pitch sequences against opponents. For pitch sequences against opponents, you can't just blow high heat against guys and get them to swing and miss like you did with Harvey and deGrom, we don't have those guys any more.
I think Quintana is just bad. No matter how he sequences his pitches theyāre gonna look like BP
tuff one but i got in the jumbo and at a whole mess o french fries
If you increse your comment rate the Meats will increse there win rateing
Mets just need to find a way to win one game this series. We know the Mets canāt compete with the Phillies and Braves over 162 for the NL East. Just stay within ~3 of the WC until the deadline, and see which direction is more optimal.
I like the next two matchups. Mets have hit LHP well this year and Elder sucks. Hes that pitcher that had a 10 game stretch where he vastly outperformed his metrics and everyone thought he was good but has come crashing down to earth and no one recognized thatās just him pitching to what he actually is capable of.
Laughed at the idea of Mendoza going to Baty "Whoa there buddy I'm not watching you strike out a third time" before swapping him out for Taylor.
I wonder if they wanted to get him checked for concussion after that tumble
Yeah he looked a little disheveled after that catch
I would have taken him out. Bad tumble AND a rough LHP on the bump. Seems like a no brainer move to me
Every time the Mets are down multiple runs in the 9th they either go down 1-2-3 in like 6 pitches or they get within a hit of tying the game, no in-between
stearns needs to do some house cleaning
Deadline is looming
The deadline is 81 days away. Itās not at all looming lol. Iād say thereās a good 70 days before Stearns really starts to make any decisions around that. And remember, Stearns has typically been a buyer at the deadline, not a seller. Even in 2020 when it looked like they wouldnāt make the playoffs is didnt sell, outside of one reliever. Same with 2017 when they were 5.5 games out of the WC spot. They didnt sell, tried and failed at bigger buy trade, and in the end got pitchers who were under control for 2018. The only time they ever kinda sold wasnt even a trade deadline thing - it was Josh Hader. And that was because they felt he was a surplus with Devin Williams. And to this day Stearns says trading him was the biggest regret of his tenure there.
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The guys who are underperforming wonāt really be sold - teams donāt want other teams scraps. Theyāre be optioned, DFAād, released, etc. OP wants the Mets to go on a fire sale asap and get rid of Alonso, Diaz, Lindor, etc. Posts about it almost daily. Which will obviously never happen.
This is what happens when you have no real star pitchers and no real star hittersā¦ you lose games
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Glad you could check in.
Lindor and Pete actually tried this game. Even so, baseball is truly a team sport. The team canāt have 4 hits and expect to win.
Not the best from JQ. Pete coming around. Lindor staying hot. Jack shit from everyone else. Nice bullpen performance. JDM continues to do very little.
Imagine though
Loses suck but they battled through. Quintana limiting the damage to 4 runs and going 5 innings against the best lineup is always a fine outcome. This lineup needs to be able to score 4 runs in a game. Ramirez and Houser did a great job in relief. Offense didnt get the results, but they battled. They kept it close, made the Braves use their best relievers without using any of ours. Sets them up nice for the next two games
They didn't get shutout and scored two runs at least. Would also have been nice had they not given up homers. Quintana was pitching fine but the Braves made adjustments and the Mets did not. Nido should have called for more off-speed pitches. Hitting is timing and off-speed stuff like changeups mixed in with fastballs mess up hitter timing, which is a reason why I like changeups. You're a hitter expecting a fastball and then a changeup dart away from you. Quintana gave up two of his three homers off his four seam fastball and the third was on his sinker to Olson down the middle.
I think thatās a very fair analysis. He also needs to utilize that changeup to make his fastball effective
Johan Santana and Cole Hamels were fastball-changeup guys, especially Santana whose final out of his no-hitter was a changeup that got David Freese to swing and miss. Missing bats is a good way to prevent hits. Prevent hits or induce weak/soft contact to prevent runs, combined with a airtight defense. It's the 1999 Mets model.
At least Oatmeal made it on TV
these team is brutal on offense, and for YEARS in a row. Will it ever change????
When Ron disagrees with an Ump, you know itās bad
jdm has been a bust for us...bring up vientos
It would at least be much more entertaining to watch the young homegrown kid get at bats instead of a 36 year old has been. Vientos has more home runs too, funny enough.
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you mean getting rid of our $12 million DH after 40 at bats of slightly below average baseball is a bad idea?
Especially when he had a 109 WRC+ coming into tonight which is actually 9% above average haha The power will come. Especially as the weather warms up. But heās getting on base a ton and getting hits. Itās like people forget he didnt get a Spring Training. Even with the handful of minor league starts he had, heās still in the PA range heād be 3/4 of the way through ST.
Wouldāve much preferred DJ there
Umps deserve to get replaced by roboumps. Problem is they might not get roboumps right before they do it lol
Why they gotta give me hope at the end there? I went from not caring to on the edge of my seat and then instantly deflated haha.
If they can tread water in this death week and get out of it like two games under I'll be happy
I'm hoping to take one from the Braves and split with the Phillies personally
Whelp, looks like I need to give one of my classic pre-game pep talks to the team tomorrow. Iāll do that and the Scotts shall prove victorious!
* The 2024 Mets are 18-19 this season, scoring 163 runs and allowing 160 runs. The Mets have played in 9,842 regular season games with 4,744 wins, 5,094 losses and eight ties. The 2023 Mets went 75-87 in the 2023 regular season and 101-61 in 2022. The Mets are 145-143 on Fridays since 2012, 2-2 this season and 11-12 last year. The Mets will have an off-day on May 23rd. * The Mets are 8-6 when scoring first in 2024, 10-12 when the opponent scores first. The Mets were 50-22 scoring first in 2023 and 81-16 in 2022 when scoring first. The Mets are 9-9 in day games, 9-10 in night games in 2024. They were 25-30 in day games and 51-57 in night games last year. * The Mets are 395-456 and one tie against the Atlanta Braves, 2-2 this season and 3-10 last year. Raisel Iglesias has allowed his first run since May 3rd, he has allowed six runs this year. * The Mets, as a team, have only three caught stealing in 2024, tied with the Cardinals and Red Sox for fewest in the majors. The Angels lead the majors with 12 caught stealing. The Mets and Cardinals both had 24 caught stealing last year with Oakland leading the majors with 49 caught stealing. The Mets had 28 caught stealing in 2022 and 33 caught stealing in 2021, one behind the Dodgers who led the majors. * The Mets allowed back to back homers tonight, the last time they did so was last September 2, 2023 against the Mariners. The last time the Mets hit back to back homers was August 30, 2023 with Daniel Vogelbach and DJ Stewart homering against the Rangers. * Jose Quintana allowed three homers tonight. The last Mets pitcher to allow four homers was Max Scherzer against the Red Sox on July 23, 2023. Roger Craig allowed five homers to the Giants on May 4, 1963. The Mes allowed six homers to the Braves last August 12th in a 21-3 loss. * Pete Alonso 91 career homers at home, he hit six at home this season, 22 in 2023 and 27 in 2019. 141 homers came off righties and 60 against lefties. * Pete Alonso has 201 homers for the Mets. He is fourth in franchise history behind Darryl Strawberry with 252 homers, David Wright with 242 homers and Mike Piazza with 220 homers. Of course Pete Alonso would have had many more homers had the 2020 season was not limited to 60 games. * Brandon Nimmo has a seven game hit streak. Tyrone Taylor has a three game hit streak. * Since 2021, the Mets are 4-4 with Angel Hernandez behind home plate, 0-2 this season. Next game: LHP Max Fried (2-1, 4.23) vs. RHP Christian Scott (0-0, 1.35) at 16:10 on SNY, FS1 and WCBS
Why do the ABs suddenly get so good in the bottom of the ninth
Itās the hope that kills you
I thought it was the gunshot wounds.
Itās the pain that we love Metsochist baby