Hope he’s ready.
Seems like a desperation move but he has to be better than Melendez / Taylor / Ibanez / Slater etc.
Hopefully Clifford soon also gets the call up.
The worst team In baseball needs to be aggressive !
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Seems like a desperation move but he has to be better than Melendez / Taylor / Ibanez / Slater etc.
Hopefully Clifford soon also gets the call up.
The worst team In baseball needs to be aggressive !
Wow. I do not like this move. This is a kid who has less than 60 games experience in AA and AAA combined. A year ago at this time, he had just been promoted to Brooklyn from St Lucie. What's the rush?
That was a rhetorical question. We all know what the rush is. In a word, desperation. If the Mets were 10 over .500 right now instead of 10 under, they would not be making this move.
We know this much. The Mets aren't bringing Ewing up to be a bench upgrade over Ibanez. Ewing will play - a lot. I guess the worst that can happen is that he isn't ready, and we keep losing. Worth taking a shot I guess.
For those unfamiliar, Ewing is a lefty hitter. He is listed as 2B/OF but he's been mostly playing OF, primarily CF.
Here's his scouting report on the 20-80 scale, where 50 is MLB average:
HIT: 55
SPEED: 70
POWER: 40
ARM: 50
FIELD: 60
OVERALL: 55
So... we now have an all lefty hitting outfield of Soto, Ewing, Benge. They should play against all RHP's. Can sit Ewing and/or Benge against lefties.
Here's his scouting report on the 20-80 scale, where 50 is MLB average:
HIT: 55
SPEED: 70
POWER: 40
ARM: 50
FIELD: 60
OVERALL: 55
So... we now have an all lefty hitting outfield of Soto, Ewing, Benge. They should play against all RHP's. Can sit Ewing and/or Benge against lefties.
25 years ago in 2001, the Mets received a compensatory draft pick for losing Mike Hampton in free agency. They drafted a high school kid named David Wright. They brought him up three years later at age 21. He hit the ground running, and the rest is history.
22 years later in 2023, the Mets received a compensatory draft pick for losing Jacob deGrom in free agency. They drafted a high school kid named A.J. Ewing. They brought him up three years later at age 21.
Will history repeat itself?
22 years later in 2023, the Mets received a compensatory draft pick for losing Jacob deGrom in free agency. They drafted a high school kid named A.J. Ewing. They brought him up three years later at age 21.
Will history repeat itself?
Sounds like after Stearns runs the analytics, he will play 1B
Please !!! Please!!! Please!!!
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Mets Expected to Fire Top Exec if Failures Continue
The New York Mets are likely to cut ties with a high-ranking official if a specific goal is not met in 2026.
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Nothingburger article: "According to SNY’s Chelsea Janes, Stearns is likely to be let go if the Mets once again miss the playoffs in 2026."Please !!! Please!!! Please!!!
Mets Expected to Fire Top Exec if Failures Continue
The New York Mets are likely to cut ties with a high-ranking official if a specific goal is not met in 2026.
I didn't read the article. But if there is any reasonable chance that he may be fired at the end of this season if they miss the playoffs, you need to keep him FAR away from the trade deadline. You can't have him sacrificing the future by trading top prospects for hail mary options at the deadline to try and scratch into the playoffs. I'd rather Stearns hand over the keys, lock him in a room with no internet connection, and fire him in October.
Here is the Cohen quote from February which prompted the speculation:
"Table stakes is making the playoffs - you've got to make the playoffs. I missed the playoffs last year. Missing two years in a row, that's not good."
Taking that quote literally, the speculation that Stearns is on the hot seat is not at all far-fetched. I'll need to see it to believe it though.
"Table stakes is making the playoffs - you've got to make the playoffs. I missed the playoffs last year. Missing two years in a row, that's not good."
Taking that quote literally, the speculation that Stearns is on the hot seat is not at all far-fetched. I'll need to see it to believe it though.
An organization with so much money looks like a mid-major pro team with so many young players trying to establish themselves. Sprinkle in a few overpaid vets who are underachieving, and you have the New York Pirates or Kansas City Mets.
AJ Ewing with a great audition. Stuffed the stat sheet. A really fun player.
He reminds me of Pete Crow Armstrong, probably a little less power but hopefully a little better contact. Fun player. Great spark.
He reminds me of Pete Crow Armstrong, probably a little less power but hopefully a little better contact. Fun player. Great spark.
Well that's how you make a debut!! Hopefully the young OFs get the lineup going. Peralta really bounced back after he didn't quite have it early. Glad to see him fight through 6. LGM!!!
Hopefully we didn't lose Alvarez for a long time now.
Hopefully we didn't lose Alvarez for a long time now.
I think that is a fair comparison. Another difference is defensive ability. Ewing is very good, but Crow-Armstrong is on a whole different level.
Ewing, Benge, Soto, Vientos hopefully a healthy Lindor at some point, fingers crossed on Alvarez………something to build on. Clifford maybe later this year. Love McLean and think Scott has potential. Tong figuring things out in AAA. Imagine where we would be without Stearns boneheaded moves this off season.
Alvarez somehow hurt his knee while swinging the bat. MRI today. After it happened, Senger was immediately pulled from the game in Syracuse, which is not a good sign.
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You do understand the Nimmo trade opened up the spot for Benge though?
Nimmo is not going to last the full season nevermind 4 more years on that deal. He's already having on again off again leg issues.
If you want to get on Stearns for Polanco having injuries then have at it but the moves made sense.
As some of you recall, my son and I went down for spring training again this year. One of the players my son was interested in watching this season was AJ Ewing. We saw him for five games. He said, “Dad, this guy is going to be pretty good.”
Let’s hope so.
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I understand more than you think. So many of the players Stearns acquired had a history of being injury prone. How is Robert’s doing? He did not acquire these players to sit on the IL. Am I happy with Benge and Ewing having a chance to play early? Of course but to justify the horrible trades just for that reason makes no sense. Ewing has played one game and Benge is not lighting it up (yet) offensively.
even with Nimmo here- there would have been no reason to get Robert and Benge would still be up. Ewing may have been later this year but Zak trying to defend Stearn on anything he can find now. His major moves- Polanco injured, Robert injured, Semien, sucks Bichette so over paid and has no place in the field.
Hey- what about so many kids he gave away at the trade deadline for a bunch of crap in return.
But, I guess those moves also allowed Benge and Ewing to be playing now...Stearns is just way ahead of his time and brilliant.
BTW- what a great debut for Ewing - this kid just mastered the plate all night. And- he is a kid who can possibly make his walks and singles into doubles. And screw up the pitcher and defenders for whoever is batting behind him.
Up to date- Nimmo has played in 40 of 42 games...McNeil has played in 39 of 41 games and Alonso has played in 43 of 43 games even Acuna has played in 32 of 41 games. Even though Nimmo sprained his ankle - he has been very healthy over the past couple of years
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The Robert Jr. deal was a worthwhile gamble only giving up Acuna who looks like a non major leaguer at this point. We also knew we had Ewing getting close if that didn't work out. I agree he didn't acquire them to sit on the IL and I said if you want to get on Stearns for Polanco being hurt have at it. I'm pretty sick of it also but I'm not sure if anyone can predict achilles bursitis after being healthy all last season. Lindor wrist and calf injury as well and he plays every game every year. Soto calf injury after always being healthy
Benge has been good in May. Not all players hit right away so let's see if he's figured it out and continues to play well. Defensively and base running he's been above average since day 1. Young players have a lot of ups and downs before their established. Ewing has tools like Benge that should help the team even if he struggles to start as well. He looked like he has a great idea at the plate regardless.
The trade of Nimmo , McNeil and non re-signing of Alonso weren't done in a vacuum for only this season. The team should 100% have a better record than it does right now that by all means is obvious and get on Stearns for that if you want. I didn't think the offense would be this bad. No one really did and some of that is mentioned above. As I said the other night as well maybe relying on Vientos Baty and Alvarez to perform consistently was stupid.
The pitching and defense so far has been really good this season and that's with again the vets Senga, Manaea, DP not being great.
There's so much time left I still think they can compete this year but baby steps. The constant whining here and LOLMets from the public in general is so annoying at this point. Not saying those last sentences are you.
Yes and Nimmo has been really good. McNeil average to slightly above. Alonso average to bad. Acuna really bad. Let's see as the year goes on. As I said above these moves weren't all done in a vacuum.
