Whoever oversees the Mets minor league player development should be fired like yesterday. Have never seen so many guys below the Mendoza line.
OT: Mets 2026 Season Thread
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Not according to the interim skipper.
“He really, really saved us today,” Green said of Ewing, noting that he doesn’t expect the rookie to play much second base going forward. “We still see A.J. as a center fielder, who was a wonderful safety net for his teammates today.”
Another meh performance from Jonah Tong tonight. 5 innings, 4 runs, 4 hits, 2 HR, 3 BB, 8 K. He now has an ERA of dinnertime, which is not good, even if you are a fan of the early bird specials.
I believe that a major reason why the Mets let Alonso walk, is that they felt Polanco would be an adequate bridge to either Ryan Clifford or Jacob Reimer, perhaps both. None of that appears to be working out at this time.
Being cheap some of the times usually doesn't work out in the long run. When the Mets are usually good, it's pitching that sets the tone for them. Stearns has something against pitching when it comes to the Mets, and we are seeing the results of that decision. Stearns' stubbornness will be his downfall.
You know when there is a problem - and that is when even good knowledgeable fans are trying to reach to find any way possible to find some sunshine in a pile of crap. Not against you Worm, as this is most likely what out little man POBO tells himself before cuddling up to Cohen before bed each night.
Whenever I here someone use something like this and that prospect coming up is not in the top 5 prospects in all of baseball and they are supposed to replace a person who is either a HOF or borderline HOF - I call out stupidity.
If only he could have been a successful closer: Seel-"The Deal"-inger.
Taking the ferry from Highlands to game tonight and sitting with @e5fdny . Anyone else going on ferry from Highlands? Look for me, I will be wearing a Mets shirt. 
I may pitch tonight if the game gets out of hand. I submitted my credentials- pitched an immaculate inning in LL baseball when I was 9 or 10 years old.
I may pitch tonight if the game gets out of hand. I submitted my credentials- pitched an immaculate inning in LL baseball when I was 9 or 10 years old.
On the subject of prospects, I just read an interview with Zack Scott, the man who traded Pete Crow-Armstrong. He admitted that the Cubs had asked for Matt Allan and he turned them down. TBH, Scott was correct in doing so, until he wasn't. Nobody has a crystal ball.
It is so "Met's" that we start to hear a little about how Vientos could have some trade value to be a right hand DH for teams making a push- and then he gets hit in the hand...sometimes- just can't make this stuff up.
Those who were there to witness that inning said you had "filthy" stuff.Taking the ferry from Highlands to game tonight and sitting with @e5fdny . Anyone else going on ferry from Highlands? Look for me, I will be wearing a Mets shirt.
I may pitch tonight if the game gets out of hand. I submitted my credentials- pitched an immaculate inning in LL baseball when I was 9 or 10 years old.
Hammer DFA'd after one game in which he did not appear. I got no explanation for this one.
This franchise is a joke! If you leave out rehab assignments, I would bet that they lead the majors in players who have been in the minors this season.
It's part of the plan to get me on the mound tonight.
The game might be delayed as the Red Sox plane is stuck in Chicago!
Plane landed at LGA at about 4:30. Team arrived at Citi a half hour later. Game will be played, scheduled start time is pushed back to 7:50.
Good that they found a way to get the game in for people who already had plans to go tonight.
Cubs probably will. Every pitcher is hurt. But it will be a last minute thing closer to the deadline to gauge the different levels of desperation across both leagues and arrive at a fair exchange.
Round 3, Pick 92: Aiden Robbins, OF
The Mets snapped up Robbins, who was highly ranked as the No. 29 overall draft prospect by MLB Pipeline, after he slid to the late third round. A highly productive college bat, Robbins mashed 24 home runs with a 1.122 OPS during his junior season at the University of Texas. He is projected as an all-around contributor with balanced, above-average hitting and power tools
The Mets snapped up Robbins, who was highly ranked as the No. 29 overall draft prospect by MLB Pipeline, after he slid to the late third round. A highly productive college bat, Robbins mashed 24 home runs with a 1.122 OPS during his junior season at the University of Texas. He is projected as an all-around contributor with balanced, above-average hitting and power tools
I imagine you guys have been keeping track.
But .253, 21 hr's, 64 RBI's, .826 OPS for Pete this season.
Meanwhile Polanco batting .181 in 18 games played.
Brutal call by Stearns.
Neither Clifford or Reimer even come close to Pete's numbers while he was either in college or the minors. And neither show they will be even close to his next 4-5 years of production at the MLB level, even if Pete drops off in years 4-5. And I am sure that neither are Hernandez or Olerud on defense.
Like I have said way too often- Stearns is Ash 2.0...if you were on the team before he took over, then he will do or say anything possible to get rid of you.
He may have struck gold on Benge and Ewing. I give him props on Benge because he did make that known early. So- even if you want to trade Nimmo to make room, you don't do it for Alomar 2.0 and for more money.
You have an owner with unlimited funs- so justifying paying Alonso $35 for 5 , you figure, save a couple because maybe Polanco can figure out to play a new position, stay healthy and even if he does, maybe give you 70% of Pete. and we get to save even more money after that by having rookie salaries for one of these minor league guys who at best, hit .220 with 25 HR and no better than Pete at 1B...But heck- rookie salary
Lindor is the next out the door and then Stearns may be happy.
Lindor is going nowhere, unless Cohen is willing to eat a ****-ton of salary. Or unless someone is willing to swap bad contracts and hope for the best, like the Nimmo/Semien trade. Unfortunate, since I think Lindor has begun the decline that every player eventually faces.
I am not going to rip Stearns for not giving Alonso five years. Especially since he is staring a possible salary cap in the face. No business likes to make long term commitments under uncertainty.
My problem is him whiffing on Murakami and Okamoto, both of whom were there for the taking.
Let's not forget he could have signed Pete the offseason prior.
The same off season the Mets gave Soto a 15 year deal.
Up to date stats of the cleanup hitter in largest city in the US of A
.182 2 HR with a stout 4 RBI
Bring the kids up at this point. Worked for Ewing and Benge. A traffic cone could hit for a higher BA
