Board 8 > MLB and Baseball Topic #2: Jeff Wilpon is an Embarrass-met

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From what I understand there are actually a lot of Mets fans in the UK for whatever reason! (relatively obv)

Mets fans get overexcited when these good streaks happen, gotta enjoy it while it lasts
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WiggumFan267 posted...

From what I understand there are actually a lot of Mets fans in the UK for whatever reason! (relatively obv)

Mets fans get overexcited when these good streaks happen, gotta enjoy it while it lasts

Yeah I was thinking earlier I feel tepid about this still. This streak has been against trash of the league, and their last series against a real team they blew 3-1 to the Giants, who are about to get swept at home by the Nats wire to wire in all 3 games.

Gotta take at least 2 off the Nats for this momentum to really get anywhere imo.

(Meanwhile the Cardinals recent schedule, which has been awful for them lately, is about to get a lot softer with the Pirates and Reds.)
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Reds aren't a bad team. All the NL teams are competitive-ish at a minimum except for the Marlins and the Pirates.
This is the real test here (and Imo the Giants aren't that good either- they still have a negative Run Diff, and while they took 3/4 from the Mets , neither team looked good in that series), but regardless of that you gotta enjoy it while you can, just for what it is. Like every Mets April when they start out well.

also i love getting my heart broken I guess, I just can't help it man, I like to feel something
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Orioles allowed at least 5 HRs in each game against the Yankees this series and have now gone 0-10 against them at Camden Yards on the year

Chris Davis went after Brandon Hyde and had to be held back

The next two series are against the Astros and then the Yankees again

But hey, going .500 in July was fun!
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0.5
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The announcers were talking about the Mets and how much of a hot streak they're on during the Brewers/Pirates game last night.

Pretty sure Keston Hiura is going to be the real deal. Too bad Yelich is probably gone as soon as his contract is up, to one of the really rich teams.
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extend him now then. when's he a FA?
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Go at least 2-1 against Washington and don't get swept by Atlanta is the baseline imo.
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WiggumFan267 posted...

extend him now then. when's he a FA?

He's a free agent in 2023, but has a 2022 buyout. I don't think they have the money to extend him now, or they probably would have.

They're just shy of 128 million this year, and that's the highest they've ever had. The Cubs have almost 90 million more than they do on payroll. The only hope is that he seems to love Milwaukee and the culture they have, since they're not going to be able to pay him what some of the really big spenders would.
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By the way Wigs I might be getting tickets from someone for the 11th so I apologize in advance for the loss if that happens
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I'm sorry Wigs but it's been confirmed that the Mets will lose on Sunday
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im actually going Friday and Saturday. I'm 3-4 at games this year so we'll see how I do
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Brad Brach and Joe Panik

now both mets. high reward low risk pickups. both having terrible years but with good reps. That's the new August for you.

sure why not

DFAing Hechevarria for Panik though is a terrible greed-incentivized move. If he were on the roster 1 more day, he'd hit a $1M bonus. That is clearly the reason why and is a pattern in the Wilpons treating fringe players like shit. There were plenty more fitting/worse guys to DFA like Altherr or Lagares. but only Adeiny would give the wilpons an extra $1M to go to the Wilpon Winter Vacation fund.
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Wilpons owners of the year candidates
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The Long Island Ducks are 1-0 in games I've attended. Every other team on the planet is 0-a billion
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You picked one hell of a game to go to tonight, Wigs. I was listening to the end of it on my way home from work. As soon as Davis hit that double it felt like the Mets were going to win. Conforto won the game literally right as I pulled into my driveway. It made for a great ride home for sure.
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oh my god that was the most incredible game I've been to in years

conforto getting his jersey ripped off by alonso is my new energy (and phone lock screen)
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Hey Wigs, which will cause you a greater meltdown? Mets missing the playoffs entirely, or just barely getting in and getting destroyed in the first wildcard game?

Gotta know what teams to root for in the NL wild card chase going forward...
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check out the new Mets over here

5:40 PM 8/8 - Phillies reinstate Jay Bruce from IL, option Adam Haseley to AAA.
7:25 PM 8/9 - Phillies place Jay Bruce on IL, recall Adam Haseley from AAA.
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Ok now channel the power of the Long Island Ducks tomorrow guys

It's usually like 8-0 after two innings but DeGrom won't do that right

Also lolBraves
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For a moment there I thought 30-3 was going to be threatened tonight
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yet another late come from behind win for the metropolitans!! Luis Guillorme with the pinch hit game tying homer (his first MLB!) and JD Davis with the go ahead sac fly the saviors tonight! 14 of 15!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Esuriat posted...

For a moment there I thought 30-3 was going to be threatened tonight

The Orioles are bad

Also I think as maligned as they've been, the Marlins are going to pass the Pirates.
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Meow1000 posted...

The Orioles are bad

They were getting kind of fun to watch there for a while but the Yankees series crushed that pretty hard.

Speaking of that, the Yankees have already broken the record for home runs against a single opponent for a season with (IIRC) 52, and there are still 4 games in New York still to play. I have little doubt they'll pass 60.
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Good to see the brewers finally stringing together some consecutive wins.
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3 runs on a first inning error sounds about right
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degrom 2 out bunt hint single to fuel a rally. that is the kind of thing that gets lost that is really driving this team, as Gary Cohen said

The mets know they don't score runs in this series unless the nats get out to a 2 or 3 run lead first. it's only happened 4 times in 2 days now!
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WiggumFan267 posted...

degrom 2 out bunt hint single to fuel a rally. that is the kind of thing that gets lost that is really driving this team, as Gary Cohen said

The mets know they don't score runs in this series unless the nats get out to a 2 or 3 run lead first. it's only happened 4 times in 2 days now!

That was as perfect as a surprise bunt gets and was the lynchpin of two more runs

The stadium really got a jolt out of it too
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Every Mets pitcher has pitched like garbage today

Not that most of the Nats pitchers have done great either
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Edwin Diaz is going to go down as one of the worst trades in Mets history
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"one of" because I mean like, Seaver.... Ryan.... etc.

But I mean, geez. Utter garbage. Mets were tryign to take that 1 run deficit to the 9th and then... 3 run.

Please be typical doolittle vs Mets
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WiggumFan267 posted...

Edwin Diaz is going to go down as one of the worst trades in Mets history

Yes, yes he is. He has no business being in the majors.

Well they usually lose 10-0 when I'm at the game so it's been an improvement!
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But yeah we lost 20% of the people in the ballpark on that home run
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WiggumFan267 posted...

"one of" because I mean like, Seaver.... Ryan.... etc.

But I mean, geez. Utter garbage. Mets were tryign to take that 1 run deficit to the 9th and then... 3 run.

Please be typical doolittle vs Mets

The Mets have yet to hold a lead at any point in the game in any game I have attended since the John Franco blown save/loss when I was 7 attending my first game.

I'm 33 now.
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clearly you need to stop going and I need to go more (After the last 2 days I'm just 5-4 this year though)
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Can Edwin Diaz stop going to Mets games
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guffguy89 posted...

Good to see the brewers finally stringing together some consecutive wins.

It certainly was! And then Minor pitches a gem after Lyles gave up 1 run over 7 innings. They have such a hard time with their starters, and when they get a game like the the other guy on the mound is even better.
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Man, the Mets probably have 4 guys who will get MVP votes this year (Alonso/McNeil/deGrom/Conforto) and they probably won't make the playoffs. That's pretty depressing. I mean yeah they're playing well now, but those 4 guys have been playing fantastic all year (or almost all year). And yet they're only a couple over .500 in mid-August. This team really should be much better, they just weren't given the supporting cast and depth to do so.

Their window to win is probably 2021.

-After 2019, just Wheeler comes off the books of important players. No real $ comes off. But as I've talked about before here, the payroll goes way up in 2020, so competing then will be hard w/o opening the checkbook (lol Wilpons). deGrom's payroll goes up from 9M this year to 25M next year, for one among others.

-After 2020, just Stroman (and Cespedes/Lowrie, and Wright's final payment which are good things to get rid of those big contracts). So there should be a lot of room to add for 2021.

-After 2021, Syndergaard, Matz, and Conforto all are FAs. So that is why they really need to act fast and now to win before 2021 ends. That is the end of all the Mets pitching, except deGrom.

So like, please do things. They were supposed to add properly in this offseason, and instead the moves they made in the 2019 offseason only made it harder for them to compete the next 2 years.The same team will mostly be here next year. Improve it where it's weak and there is a top 3 team, the same thing that should've been done this past offseason, they can still do it, but it will just now result in a higher payroll (again, lol wilpons)
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I think you mean the window closes by 2021
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annnnnd McNeil came up lame on his hamstring running out hard to 1st/

Getting an MRI tomorrow, and if it's just a cramp we'd know by now.

At best, it's probably a strain, which would be like 4-6 weeks. At worst it's a tear, season ender. Either way would be a deathblow to the Mets season.

At least we got 2 weeks of fun out of this season?
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Giants back to .500 after a good outing from Bumgarner
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Josh Hader gives up another game losing longball, continuing to prove that the all fastballs, all the time approach is stupid.
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"Mild strain" for mcneil "expected to miss the minimum"

Yeah that means they'll call him back in 10 days before he's fully healed and then he'll fully tear it and miss all of 2020, I know what that means.
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https://www.actionnetwork.com/mlb/mets-world-series-odds-2019-win-streak-betting-nl-wild-card

finally a mets fan who is gonna be even more pissed off than wigs
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Forceful_Dragon posted...

Giants back to .500 after a good outing from Bumgarner

Rangers back to .500 (after managing to slip below it with another nasty 1-6 slide) too thanks to a great day from Elvis

And we have climbed back to...11 games under .500!
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this hurts to watch man

mets just finally broke through and got on the board and took the lead (2-1)

then callaway pulls matz for no reason at 79 pitchers, cruising, in the 7th. Lugo gives up a walk , and 6 straight singles, including one that was called a hit but really was a complete defensive meltdown where no one did where they were supposed to, and now another hit and its 5-2 and counting, god this team fucking kills me and makes me so sad
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Wigs I should have burned the ticket when he offered me it I'm sorry
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WiggumFan267 posted...

this hurts to watch man

mets just finally broke through and got on the board and took the lead (2-1)

then callaway pulls matz for no reason at 79 pitchers, cruising, in the 7th. Lugo gives up a walk , and 6 straight singles, including one that was called a hit but really was a complete defensive meltdown where no one did where they were supposed to, and now another hit and its 5-2 and counting, god this team fucking kills me and makes me so sad

And the announcers were loving the early move to the Mets' bullpen.

Why would you ever love that move this season how do they not learn
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9th inning rally falls short. absolutely crushing.

blade, what are you doing listening to gary apple, he's not gary cohen
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