2024 New York Mets Thread

[sutomcat]

It is unfortunate the game was rained out yesterday. The Cards had Sonny Gray pitching and he has been great, but they are really struggling right now and the Mets seemed on top of things offensively. It is especially bad for Pete Alonso, who had a double and a homer on Wednesday and looked on the cusp of starting a hot streak.

I don't know what the analytic numbers say but to my eye, Pete is a really streaky player. He tends to get white hot for a month where he hits lots of homers, gets lots of hits and walks and drives in a ton of runs.

Then he goes cold for a few weeks, then gets hot again. He is just not consistent and if anything, it seems like he is less consistent as he ages.

That is a concern for me thinking about locking him up with a long term contract. When you have a guy in the middle of your lineup who goes ice cold for weeks or longer multiple times a year, it makes a big impact on the offense. You want your key hitters to be players you can count on.

Hopefully he figures things out late, the pressure he has to produce on a contract year focuses him and he plays well from this point forward. It would be nice to have a player come up with the Mets, win rookie of the year, then have a distinguished long career with the Mets, retire still on the team and then get elected to the Hall of Fame.

It has never happened and in this day and age, it might never happen (too bad what happened with David Wright). This might be our best shot.

I really hope it works out for Pete and the Mets long term. He seems like a genuine good guy and I love his support for the first responders and his love for the Mets.

 

[Cusefan95]

I really hope it works out for Pete and the Mets long term. He seems like a genuine good guy and I love his support for the first responders and his love for the Mets.

I’d love to see it work out…I just think there’s very little chance it will. With Boras as his agent always pushing for top dollar, it’s doubtful he’d be willing and able to give the Mets the “hometown discount” that is going to be needed to resign him. And as much as Pete is a fan favorite - on any articles like this the comments are trending towards “I love Pete, but if we need to overpay to keep him - let him walk”.

 

[SWC75]

It is unfortunate the game was rained out yesterday. The Cards had Sonny Gray pitching and he has been great, but they are really struggling right now and the Mets seemed on top of things offensively. It is especially bad for Pete Alonso, who had a double and a homer on Wednesday and looked on the cusp of starting a hot streak.

I don't know what the analytic numbers say but to my eye, Pete is a really streaky player. He tends to get white hot for a month where he hits lots of homers, gets lots of hits and walks and drives in a ton of runs.

Then he goes cold for a few weeks, then gets hot again. He is just not consistent and if anything, it seems like he is less consistent as he ages.

That is a concern for me thinking about locking him up with a long term contract. When you have a guy in the middle of your lineup who goes ice cold for weeks or longer multiple times a year, it makes a big impact on the offense. You want your key hitters to be players you can count on.

Hopefully he figures things out late, the pressure he has to produce on a contract year focuses him and he plays well from this point forward. It would be nice to have a player come up with the Mets, win rookie of the year, then have a distinguished long career with the Mets, retire still on the team and then get elected to the Hall of Fame.

It has never happened and in this day and age, it might never happen (too bad what happened with David Wright). This might be our best shot.

I really hope it works out for Pete and the Mets long term. He seems like a genuine good guy and I love his support for the first responders and his love for the Mets.

The Met's career stat records are much lower than they should be in every category because their stars tend to burn out or get traded. We should have had a 500 home runs guy, a 300 game winner, etc. a long time ago.

 

[SWC75]

Mets mailbag, Part 2: Stopping steals and finding fits in the rotation

How will the Mets handle the pitching staff once Kodai Senga and others return? What's next for Mark Vientos? Our insiders have answers.

theathletic.com

 

[SWC75]

Huge HR by Nimmo, who must be healthy. Great games vs. the Braves but we needed to win one.

They said that the Mets lead the NL in walk-off wins and are tied with the Yankees with 11 wins in which the other team scored first.

 

[SWC75]

Brandon Nimmo's walk-off homer against A.J. Minter was years in the making

Nimmo’s success against Minter is the result of a swing change he started working on two years ago.

www.nytimes.com

This Week in Mets: Mets need more star turns like Sunday night

The Mets need a spark and it sure felt like one as Brandon Nimmo rounded the bases: “Just pure elation and excitement."

www.nytimes.com

 

[SWC75]

Darryl Strawberry wanted to quit baseball at 19. These two Mets brought him back

Had it not been for the influence of Gene Dusan and Lloyd McClendon, Strawberry might have quit pro baseball.

www.nytimes.com

 

[SWC75]

Diaz first ten games: ERA 0.93. Last six: 6.43.

Mets lose late lead to Phillies as Edwin Díaz stumbles again in a back-to-back effort

Díaz's second blown save in his last three opportunities occurred after the Mets entered the ninth inning with a two-run lead.

www.nytimes.com

 

[SWC75]

Why the Mets are being flexible with Kodai Senga's return from shoulder injury

Senga wasn't getting his mechanics right facing batters. He wants to perfect his mechanics in bullpens before trying to face batters again.

www.nytimes.com

I hope the shoulder is flexible.

 

[SWC75]

Pete Alonso's hard-hit rate, Starling Marte's bat speed and more: 3 takeaways on Mets' bats

Alonso's batted-ball metrics are confounding, but hitting coach Jeremy Barnes said: "I really like the track he's on right now."

www.nytimes.com

Amid all the metrics:

“I don’t know yet,” hitting coach Jeremy Barnes said over the weekend. “The biggest thing I would say is I think he just went into a funk quick without having a hot streak before that, so it’s just skewing the numbers right now. I think we’ll look at the end of the year and Pete’s going to hit the ball hard. That’s my take. … We’re paying attention to it, but I really like the track he’s on right now.”

 

[OrangeFoo]

Pete Alonso's hard-hit rate, Starling Marte's bat speed and more: 3 takeaways on Mets' bats

Alonso's batted-ball metrics are confounding, but hitting coach Jeremy Barnes said: "I really like the track he's on right now."

www.nytimes.com

Amid all the metrics:

“I don’t know yet,” hitting coach Jeremy Barnes said over the weekend. “The biggest thing I would say is I think he just went into a funk quick without having a hot streak before that, so it’s just skewing the numbers right now. I think we’ll look at the end of the year and Pete’s going to hit the ball hard. That’s my take. … We’re paying attention to it, but I really like the track he’s on right now.”

I wonder how many hard hits he got today when they got shutout.

 

[SWC75]

I wonder how many hard hits he got today when they got shutout.

Look at the batting averages in the Mets' line-up:

Phillies 4-0 Mets (May 14, 2024) Box Score - ESPN

Box score for the Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets MLB game from May 14, 2024 on ESPN. Includes all pitching and batting stats.

www.espn.com

 

[phillydad]

Look at the batting averages in the Mets' line-up:

Phillies 4-0 Mets (May 14, 2024) Box Score - ESPN

Box score for the Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets MLB game from May 14, 2024 on ESPN. Includes all pitching and batting stats.

www.espn.com

Phil's averages were not that much better.

 

[SWC75]

Source: Mets are calling up Mark Vientos. Why now?

The Mets think it's a good time to recall Vientos, a right-handed batter, because they anticipate seeing a batch of left-handers soon.

www.nytimes.com

Mets prospect tiers: How Brandon Sproat, Ryan Clifford and Colin Houck are doing

Sproat could continue to rise quickly as he gets a feel for his arsenal while last year's first-round pick is off to a slow start.

www.nytimes.com

 

[SWC75]

Revisiting Dave Magadan's 'mind-boggling' .525 season at Alabama: 'He was a magician'

Magadan is one of three players in Division I history to hit .500 in a season with at least 200 at-bats.

www.nytimes.com

I remember Dave as the guy who got the game-winning hit when the Mets clinched the division in 1986. He was a great contact hitter with little power who played first base but managed a long career anyway.

Dave Magadan Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Dave Magadan. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

www.baseball-reference.com

 

[SWC75]

When you're not scoring once, a single bad inning can mean defeat. You can't overcome things when you don't score.

 

[GreekFreak]

The lack of offense just seems like a problem the Mets have year after year. I’d hate to be a pitcher on their staff. DeGrom should have had more wins but the lack of run support for him was always an issue.

 

[sutomcat]

Ugh. Where to start?

I think Mendoza leaves his starting pitchers in too long. It is a common problem for rookie managers. I hope he figures it out soon. To be fair, the Mets starting pitchers have been bad at getting deep in games so I think sometimes he is trying to avoid burning up his bullpen by going to it too early.

But with another poor offensive team, you can’t leave pitchers in who are getting bombed.

Very disappointed with Baty. He got off to a good start the past two years and them just went into a long awful stretch. I refuse to believe he is not a good MLB hitter. I hope he isn’t going to be one of those guys who couldn’t get the job done as a Met but becomes a star for someone else.

Also disappointed with McNeil. He has been a mess for for too long. Almost all of 2023 and all of 2024. He is really struggling to hit the ball hard. He is getting fastballs inside and has no answer to this. I would hope he could at least stop swinging at pitches about to hit him. Throw in his below average defense and he is a below average player. The Mets have a bunch of those types.

I want to see what Vientos can do playing every day. Now that the Mets have signed JD, I guess that means to make this happen, he needs to be the regular 3B. Do it. He has been the best hitter on the team all spring and has been good when he has had chances in the regular season. And of course he was excellent down in Syracuse as well.

Very disappointed that Drew Gilbert and Jett Williams are hurt. They are the future and I would like to see what they can do soon. They do need more experience playing in the minors. The injuries are delaying their MLB debuts.