World Series or Bust! with the Coke Party Patrol: 2016 New York Mets

Mets' cola sponsor has moved from Pepsi to Coke, but the t-shirt-cannon pepsters have not slotted it into their name, which would've been perfect in a year honoring the '86 champs.

But there are openings internships!

http://baseballjobs.teamworkonline.com/teamwork/r.cfm?i=92641

acknowledging de Aza's post-Cespedes Miracle place on the depth chart:

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2016/2/3/10910642/mets-trade-rumors-alejandro-de-aza

Roger Bernadina!

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2016/2/8/10942844/mets-roger-bernadina-sign-minor-league

my man!

@AdamRubinESPN
Chipper Jones on SiriusXM picks the #Mets to win the World Series in 2016.

what is Larry batting these days anyways? i feel like his picks usually tank.

the postseason is an unpredictable crapshoot, as i think you would know from fresh experience.

i say this because he picked the jays last year at some point.

April 30 is Syndergaarden-gnome day.

too cold

April 30 is Syndergaarden-gnome day.

i'm in

The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced today that New York Mets right-handed pitcher Jenrry Mejia has received a permanent suspension from Major League and Minor League Baseball after testing positive for Boldenone, his third performance-enhancing substance violation under Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

welp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4gQ6xwISRs

joins pete rose as the only living player banned from the game

what a fucking moron

one would think

@AnthonyDiComo
NY Post reports the #Mets will host a "Pride Night" this season, becoming the first NY major sports team to do so for the LGBT community.

Familia co-producing his new walk-in music

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2016/2/17/11032716/jeurys-familia-entrance-music-song

bullpen candidates include former first-round pick Josh Smoker

http://nypost.com/2016/02/21/fireballing-wild-card-flattered-mets-giving-him-a-relief-shot/

KLaw generally high on the state of the Mets, befuddled by Asdrubal:

He CANNOT play shortstop, and he hasn’t been able to play shortstop for several years now. So I don’t understand— I mean yes, this is the front office that decided Wilmer Flores could play shortstop, he really couldn’t play shortstop either— but then to go from Flores to Cabrera— is Cabrera really better than Flores, at anything? I mean Flores, I know the production wasn’t great, but the swing’s good, he puts the ball in play a lot, and I still think he’s going to come into some power, whereas Cabrera, outside of that one crazy first half power-wise he had with Cleveland a couple years ago, you kind of never got it. So I don’t understand— do they think they’re getting a better defensive shortstop than they really are? Do they think he’s going to turn into a 20 homer guy? Because I don’t believe that that’s the case.

I didn’t understand that signing at all. It’s part of why— somebody asked me about the Mets offseason— it’s great that they did spend some money, but what if they had taken the money they gave to Cespedes, and Cabrera, and Alejandro De Aza, and thrown it at one of the more premium free agents on the market. They could have done something better. Cabrera over Flores, I don’t even know if that’s an upgrade, and if it is, it’s a fairly small one.

http://metsmerizedonline.com/2016/02/mmo-exclusive-talking-mets-with-espns-keith-law.html/

http://mlb.mlb.com/assets/images/4/5/2/165209452/cuts/yoeniscar1_yan67pcs_mmgxlotx.jpg

http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2016/02/23/165208280/yoenis-cespedes-drives-three-wheeled-motorcycle-to-mets-spring-training

truly a superhero

Pride night in August vs SD (maybe they'll bring some sailors)

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/114622/mets-schedule-pride-night-for-aug-13-vs-the-padres

Cespedes' wheels are the page one story in the Post.

Harper Lee, Mets fan:

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2016/2/22/11095104/mets-harper-lee-fan-new-york

feel cespedes' . . . vehicle . . . is a response to alfredo simon's chromemobile from last spring. god only knows what 2017 holds

lamborghini today

after the Pride game, Styx will play! truly idgi

Addison Reed declared setup man for Familia

@AnthonyDiComo
In the least surprising news ever, Cespedes' car guy, Alex Vega, has customized 32 vehicles for Juan Uribe. He's Vega's biggest client.

horseback

https://twitter.com/Mets/status/704676259494645760

newly ex-Mets picture gallery

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2016/3/4/11157270/new-york-mets-photos-2016-spring-training-jerseys-daniel-murphy-jon-niese-parnell

http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-MY430_201603_G_20160307132505.jpg

Meet the Met Who Puts His Pants on Two Legs at a Time (and Inside Out)

Asdrubal Cabrera has a strained patella tendon in his left knee. He will be inactive for at least two weeks. (ie Tejada figures to be on roster to start the season)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jQljiE3Z7v0k7j7C1nEmfeU09iqfqj1n8l12OhDskCsOcQwMKcpJP4FO9AAar47B0SWvwLhIsNHUzN3fTE-UX9NBZoE=s500

@MarcCarig
Bartolo Colon just took out a tree branch with a batting practice... home run.

deGrom start today postponed; stiff back believed due to a soft mattress.

Mets want Plawecki in AAA, so shopping for a backup catcher.

Tejada waived

guess opening day SS is Bud Harrelson

there's a chance you might see tejada on the cardinals infield

uh oh

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2016/3/22/11285960/mets-sports-illustrated-cover

RIP mets

https://twitter.com/Mets/status/712636390446465030

harvey getting smoked today; 85 pitches through three innings

also lol cespedes

http://m.mlb.com/video/v562513083/hounym-reed-hits-an-insidetheparker-on-miscue/?c_id=mlb

hahahaha

who is the ump? that's my new favorite ump

baseball is hard

cb bucknor ftw (for once)

Keith: "Whaddya thinkin', Lincoln?"

https://twitter.com/jon_bois/status/713076858733137920

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CelQAmnWwAUbaMz.jpg

Kranepool and Shamsky, as you all know

harvey scratched tomorrow, opening day availability in question, mets won't say why except that 'his arm is fine'

@MarcCarig
Harvey says he had a bladder infection that prompted clots. Got tested, cleared for light activities. OK for Opening Day.

@NYPost_Mets
Harvey says he holds his urine in too long. Has to learn to pee more often.

@keithlaw
My daughter used to be like this. Then she turned five.

https://twitter.com/based_ball/status/714840102749343745

hahaha nice

post had so many headlines it couldn't pick just one

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeynPXVWAAAyffL.jpg

wow, even the opening and closing paragraphs are joeks. gotta hand it to the post

can't be that hard for Matt to find supermodels who will encourage him to go more often

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cez--nyXEAUX3wG.jpg

coca-cola cornhole

wtf

apparently i'm going a week from Sunday

EC: What do Nats have to do to overtake Mets? Is it as easy as bringing up Giolito and Turner and letting them play?

Klaw: Fire their manager?

Keith was going Full Dinosaur on the glories of Dusty during yesterday's game

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ce51pBtWEAAqD_j.jpg

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/01/sports/baseball/ny-mets-kansas-city-royals-opener.html?

perhaps you should head back to your cave until the Bombers make it to the Division Series again?

how inconsiderate of me, you likely used your 10 free articles for the month already. here it is without a paywall:

http://i.imgur.com/O2oaBsY.jpg

http://cdn.newsday.com/polopoly_fs/1.10926966.1444093840!/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/display_600/image.JPG

good start

i'm panicking! only ~1457 innings to go

glad to hear a woman in the booth, don't know when the last time i heard that

^^^ agree with this

she's a regular since midsummer, no? seeing complaints on FB that espn team is making it sound like KCR is the only team that scouts, and similar witless stuff.

Mets radio good 'nuff for me.

She (Jessica Mendoza) did three games last year, but she's a regular starting this year though.

mendoza is good

mets outfield is not good

bartolo time is good

good takes there by Cespedes.

now that's more like it

as a society, what should we do about Marlins Man?

it's so crazy to me how a professional baseball player could drop a ball like that

yeah well try it

@AdamRubinESPN
Rusty Staub, John Franco and Edgardo Alfonzo will help raise the NL championship banner before the #Mets' home opener.

Thor yields leadoff triple to Escobar, Ks next 3

choke on yr smallball, champs

NEIL WALKER

DANIEL WHO?

so syndergaard throws 95 mph sliders now

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/noah-syndergaard-is-aroldis-chapman-now/

Eric: Keith, have you ever seen a 95mph slider before? Thor looks even better than advertised in your opinion who is the first pitcher the Mets lock up long term or do you think they will wait until they’re all eligible for free agency.

Klaw: No and I’m guessing that was a cutter (or a bad gun reading). Thor is the one guy of their aces I’d most want to lock up – I think he offers the best potential for durability. [Post-chat edit: sounds like pitch f/x had that velocity and Syndergaard called it a slider. I think it would be the hardest slider in MLB history.]

there's a GIF of it in that fangraphs article. i'm not fantastic at pitch recognition but it looks like a slider to me. insane

pretty sure bartolo got the biggest cheer during opening day intros

@AdamRubinESPN
I think Mets fans really want to boo the Phillies, but have no idea who these people are.

lol nice

Duuuuuuuuuuuuu-da

Con-FORRRRRRRRR-to

wallllker

it doesnt work as well with d'arnaud does it

Jim Henderson has 2 holds, and i don't think i knew he was on the team.

Logan Verrett starts Wednesday for deGrom (lat tightness)

yo

granderson + d'arnaud: 2-for-39

they both got a hit last night if that makes the loss more digestible

Wilmer Flores makes mlb 1B debut

@AdamRubinESPN
Terry Collins said Jacob deGrom will rejoin the Mets in Cleveland for the weekend series. If the lat issue persists and he is unable to throw a bullpen session, then expect a disabled-list stint.

@AnthonyDiComo
Um. The #Mets have removed Logan Verrett after six shutout innings and 85 pitches. In comes Jim Henderson, who threw 34 pitches last night.

Terry in postseason 'pen management mode

and JH immed loads the bases...

and God bless the Marlins, strand em all.

starting to remind me of this NYM-MIA game i attended

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN201306080.shtml

(j0rdan narrowly escaped joining me)

https://twitter.com/based_ball/status/720335632313163777

> Jeter faceplant

also asking familia for a five-out save after having pitched the last two nights

damn u De Aza

More

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf8rqGLUIAAHEmM.jpg

nice gif in here

http://www.sbnation.com/2016/4/13/11424584/yoenis-cespedes-stands-aieeee

‏@AdamRubinESPN
Via @ESPNStatsInfo: The #Mets have scored 20 runs -- their fewest thru 8 games since scoring 19 in 1973 (when they won the NL pennant).

Conforto batting 3rd tonight!

results

the Mets are really sockin' the ball

(3 hr in an inning)

degrom on emergency leave due to trouble w/ his newborn child - wish him/family/the kid all the best

baby is doing better

ike davis made his big league debut six years ago today : /

@AdamRubinESPN
Elias: Mets' 19 homers is the most in franchise history in a six-game span.

goddammit, gotta have that game

crutis

The Mets have 23 homers in their last eight games.

depending on today's whiffs, looks like about 60% off some tix for the homestand beginning tomw night

http://mlb.mlb.com/nym/ticketing/group_offers.jsp?group=performance_offer

Nice pitching matchup tonight with Thor vs. Iglesias. Iglesias reminds me of El Duque with his pitching motion.

walkers april 2016 = murphys oct 2015 p much huh

Murphy's currently leading the league in batting average, so seems like a win-win for both clubs so far.

I'd figure with his glove and contract, Walker is a better deal.

also i bet neil walker isn't a terrible asshole

Adam Rubin:

Catcher Travis d'Arnaud departed Monday's game with shoulder soreness, and the Mets already are making contingency plans for a potential disabled list stint.

Major league veteran Rene Rivera was pulled after one at-bat from Triple-A Las Vegas' game against Albuquerque on Monday night, signaling he is in line to be flown to New York.

The Mets are calling Travis d'Arnaud's injury a right rotator cuff strain. He has been placed on the disabled list. Rene Rivera has been promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cg_6ERZW0AAGEcR.jpg

aw <3

Cespedes off the bench like magic (or Willis Reed)

I wish Flores hadn't messed up this throw ... I think Colon might have beat him

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=15412713

Neil Walker joined Dave Kingman (1976), Carlos Delgado (2006) and John Buck (2013) as the only Mets ever to hit nine homers in April.

lol forgot abt john buck, the legend

it was arguably one of the greatest months of his career

mate looks a little like rory mcilroy

uh wow

3rd Conforto doubled to center, Granderson scored, Wright to third. 0 1
3rd Céspedes singled to center, Wright and Conforto scored. 0 3
3rd Walker doubled to deep right, Céspedes scored, Duda to third. 0 4
3rd Cabrera doubled to deep left center, Duda and Walker scored. 0 6
3rd Granderson singled to deep right, Cabrera scored, Plawecki to second. 0 7
3rd Conforto singled to right, Plawecki scored, Granderson to third, Wright to second. 0 8
3rd Céspedes homered to left, Granderson, Wright and Conforto scored. 0 12

http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Jake+Peavy+San+Francisco+Giants+v+Arizona+GpuIb0KOGQxl.jpg

12 run inning! Are the Giants really this bad?

The Giants broadcasters are not amused at all.

tuned in, tuned out.

@BNightengale
It is the most runs the #Mets have scored in a single inning in franchise history.

amazin'

mike conforto looks legit

he is on fire

8 str8

Conforto tied Joe Christopher's team mark from 1964 with doubles in six straight games. Conforto has reached safely in 17 straight.

Jeff Francoeur
Year Age Tm G PA R H 2B HR RBI OPS OPS+ Awards
2005 21 ATL 70 274 41 77 20 14 45 0.884 126 RoY-3

I arrived at the saturday game at 2, which was not early enough to get a gnome.
The lines were crazy. The game was fun though.

let's gnome mets

KM and i will be seeing Bartlo attempt again to pass Pedro in career wins (most for a Dominican)

vs Foltynewewitczty

Bartolo is the best!

Brignac took a hard shot to his foltynewiczky (morbs' joke, not mine, but it made me laugh)

i was misinformed; Juan Marichal is still #1 Dominican winner

Keith Hernandez was peeved last year about the Mets' "pitch-taking approach" last year, I haven't heard him enough this season to know if he's still on it.

(The) Mets lead the league in fewest swings at the first pitch during at-bats in all of baseball, at 22.1 percent, and see the fourth-most pitches per plate appearance (3.98) in the National League.

As evidenced by the big run-scoring, their patience appears to be paying off.

"Obviously, if you were seeing two pitches per at-bat and hitting every other one of them over the fence, I'll take it, but that's not reality," Mets manager Terry Collins said Monday. "Reality is: you have to make the pitcher work to where he's gotta come to you."

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2016/05/mets_methodical_pitch-taking_patience_paying_off.html

Jaffe on the Cult of Bartolo:

Colon's pitches are sometimes described as "bowling balls" for the way that they sink and the difficulty that batters have elevating them, though to be fair, his groundball and home run rates are nothing special (40.7% and 1.0 per nine since joining the Mets before the 2014 season). What is special is his walk rate; he led the NL last year with just 1.1 passes per nine and has been below 1.5 per nine in each of the last four seasons. His 1.27 per nine since the start of 2012 is 0.01 behind Cliff Lee for the lead among all pitchers with at least 300 innings, while his 4.8 strikeout-to-walk ratio in that span is seventh.

http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/05/03/bartolo-colon-mets-wins-pedro-martinez

Rene Rivera!

ducas luda

Bartolo with a HOME RUN. What.

omg bart

he drilled that

grebt booth reaction
https://streamable.com/txu0

@AdamRubinESPN
Via @EliasSports: Bartolo Colon is oldest player ever to hit first career HR (42, 349 days) years. Unseats Randy Johnson.

That clip cuts off with commentary saying "this is one of the great moments in the history ..." -- it's fitting to end the clip at that moment, because you can complete the sentence any way you want and it would be correct.

Big Sexy goes yard. This is up there with the flip play.

http://cdn.barstoolsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/02/3353d5a74b6ce021-822x512.png?b2c70f

Colon is the coolest old geezer player since Julio Franco.

He is outslugging his catcher Plawecki.

I'm waiting for some serious speculation that he's returned to PEDs.

It should be pointed out that he homered in just his 247th lifetime plate appearance. In his AL seasons his PAs were in single digits.

btw the finish of Gary Cohen's call was "of baseball."

We also wd've accepted "San Diego" or "the Milky Way."

Bastardo saves the day!

Overlooked in yesterday's history was that Cespedes hit his homer sorta one-handed. Another today, i think he has 28 in 83 games as a Met.

first place btw

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/70533/bartolo-colon-and-the-10-unlikeliest-home-runs-ever-hit

Colon's home run trot took two seconds longer than Kirk Gibson's!

more than the needed versions of "Meet the Mets"

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2016/5/9/11553868/meet-the-mets-versions-variations-tribute

Never heard the 1970s version. You might be able to sneak the instrumental version onto one of those library music compilations.

I like the '80s version, but I am more familiar with the version that has this rising synthesizer line in the background that really made the song for me.

forever love that 'shaving commercial' brass in the original

not to mention "the butcher and the baker and the people in the street"

THOR has yielded two gopherballs and smashed two tonight

Flores to DL (hammy)

Matz will miss next start w/ "elbow soreness" :p

pen lefty Sean Gilmartin up, likely temporarily

http://dailystache.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Bobby-Vs-disguise.jpg

happy 66th, bobby v!

these umpires have it in for the mets for the last two days

how'd they fuck em today?

2nd base ump said Lagares ran out of the baseline when avoiding the shortstop on his way to third. Shortstop wasn't even attempting a tag, Would have been 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs, instead was a double play.

so it was different umps on sat and sun, but the sat ump (3b carlos torrws) was overruled on sun (2b rob drake), perhaps for perceived overcompensation if not as a handoff

Rubin:

New York Mets third baseman David Wright was scratched from Tuesday's showdown against the Washington Nationals because his balky back acted up before the game. Manager Terry Collins already had decided to have first baseman Lucas Duda sit with back woes that developed during the weekend in Colorado, so the Mets are down two regular infielders for the series opener against the Nats.

(also Thor bats 8th)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CiskXowWYAILoqG.jpg

if i weren't so lazy i'd look up the last time bartolo walked five guys

(okay three were to harper, but still)

and he hit one

he also has two families a la Orson Welles

http://deadspin.com/bartolo-colons-child-support-case-came-out-because-he-w-1777350230

@darrenrovell
Bartolo Colon has filed for the trademark to "BIG SEXY," with intent to use it on shirts, pants & hats.

@AnthonyDiComo
Per Elias: Cespedes hit his 30th HR in his 92nd game as a Met yesterday, passing Dave Kingman (111 games) for fastest to 30 in Mets history.

glad i didnt go tonight

RIP Harvey

Adam Rubin
ESPN Staff Writer

Terry Collins said the Mets will look at not pitching Matt Harvey his next turn. Undetermined.

who is the mets' ace

syndergaard!

last calendar year by fWAR

deGrom 5.4
Thor 4.9
Harvey 3.6
Colon 2.5
Matz 1.5

prob Syndergaard this season, no?

@AnthonyDiComo
#Mets are actually considering starting Harvey on Monday, not Tuesday, using him on short rest since he threw so few pitches last nignt.

@darrenrovell
Bartolo Colon has filed for the trademark to "BIG SEXY," with intent to use it on shirts, pants & hats.
--we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius)

amazing

Ruben Tejada pitched an inning for the cardinals last night

in a 9 inning game that the cardinals only lost by 4 runs (true, they scored 5 runs in the 9th to make it relatively close, but still, #mathenaging)

Syndergaard joined Nolan Ryan, Jose Fernandez and Clayton Kershaw (three in a row) as the only pitchers since 1913 to have consecutive double-digit strikeout games without allowing a walk or an earned run. Dwight Gooden (September 1984) is the only other Mets pitcher to reach double digits in strikeouts with no walks in back-to-back games.

pretty crazy, to me, that that feat is as rare as it is. like no one in the 60s did that?

http://i68.tinypic.com/15phetc.png

:o

@AdamRubinESPN 2h2 hours ago
Lucas Duda has been placed on the DL and Ty Kelly has been added from Triple-A Las Vegas

Thor = NL Player of the Week

saw someone suggest trading for scott van slyke and putting him at first; the dodgers do have a great many outfielders

teein' off on Gio

happy bday bart

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CjP5GquUUAAP053.jpg

i think his chances of getting biopic treatment are accelerating

would see (@ matinee price)

Luis Guzman too old (nearly 60)

i guess maybe Scott Boras had a point last fall, sorta?

20/20 hindsight but damn they shoulda dealt Harvey over the winter

he's making his next start

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15721476

rumors of pursuing James Loney. Not sure he's an improvement over Campbell at this point.

Take Matt Adams! We'll take Conforto if that's ok

haha

Wright goes deep again in 1st, damn

i believe ike davis is available

don't expect a second run, Matz.

murph provides

should auction off one of his iron gloves on Pride Night

Familia tried the ol' Franco/Benitez trick of coming in for the save and putting the tying runs on immediately! Very familiaR, Jeurys!

Yoenis Cespedes has become one of the most feared hitters in the major leagues thanks to a revamped approach. This includes shrinking his strike zone from the "Cuban zone," which has led to fewer swings at balls out of the zone.

http://m.mets.mlb.com/news/article/180343682/ability-to-adjust-helps-yoenis-cespedes-thrive

obv utley lmao

crutis!!

Bailed out!

good job guys

nice win for Familia (19th-century accounting)

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/119262/lenny-dykstra-gagged-during-86-weekend

i will be @ tonights game, ill be the one booing chase utley

With Fox having television rights for the 7:15 p.m. ET game, the Mets will exclusively stream the pregame ceremony on the team’s web site.

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/119331/morning-briefing-mets-set-for-86-salute

i'll be there too crunch

cool! i think my seats are in sect 117. i am the 1%, somehow

I was at yesterday's game. I'd never seen the lines so long (beyond the subway entrance) to get in. And this was 1 and a half before first pitch.

I'm no Mets fan, but that was some bullshit, ump.

Ban umpires

Oof

ban utley

If Thor would have hit him, I could see maybe throwing him out, but he missed him behind by 3 feet. You give a warning and let the game go on.

The pool reporter was told by Tom Hallion after the game that there was no warning given before the series, so MOTHERFUCKING BULLSHIT.

Funniest atrocious '80s music cue of the night was "(Don't You) Forget About Me" for the Lagares HR.

I liked the way the '86 intros were structured chronologically acc to the narrative of the season, eg Jesse Orosco last. I was more touched than i expected to be by Strawberry, Gooden, and Carter's son and widow.

crunch, you elitist, i was in 508.

ICYMI:

http://m.mets.mlb.com/nym/video/topic/8879230/v748874683/ladnym-86-mets-team-honored-before-the-game

james loney!

curtisssss

kershaw is not happy

DL looks likely for Wright

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/david-wright-herniated-disk-neck-dl-decision-looms-article-1.2654939

Campbell demoted as Loney is activated

Shot for DW, no DL

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15858853/new-york-mets-3b-david-wright-gets-injection-neck-stay-disabled-list-now

Robles was just served Saladino

(i am trying to be John Sterling Lite so mookieproof will have beerz with me)

battle of the pens into extras

bring in Thor again i say

Mets have drawn 11 walks in 11 innings, scored once

@AdamRubinESPN
Hansel Robles leaving with an apparent injury. He bent over behind the mound following his last pitch.

disgusting loss

one is reminded Mets have only played postseason in consecutive years once, '99-00

matz is NL rookie of the month!

Wright to DL after all :(

Tejada may return?

6-8 weeks of no baseball activity for Wright

MATT REYNOLDS

sadly no pinch hit grand slam for degrom

Rubin: "Juan Lagares has been diagnosed with a partially torn ligament in his left thumb. He will rejoin the team and not be placed on the disabled list."

injuries are starting to remind me of the '72 Mets, who were playing .700 ball in early June and then nearly all the nonpitchers hit the DL.

kelly johnson just going back and forth between the braves and mets until the end of time

i wasn't sure why the mets didn't just keep him in the first place after the initial trade - not like a deal for him was cutting into the necessary salary space for anyone else

character actor ty kelly

man, it feels like they really need this one

Neil Walkin' the Plank defensively

That rinky dinky harpsichord at pnc park was killing me the whole series

that's an organ, son -- sorry you didn't get to hear enough billy joel

liked what ron, gary and co did with the kiner flashbacks, etc. they are so much better than the pirates announcers

Was it an organ? It sounded so chipper and thin. The park is gorgeous otherwise.

The Pirates commercial for Atari that was shown was really funny.

familia was on his full benitez in the 9th, I was watching thru my fingers

Terry Collins floated the idea of shifting Neil Walker to third base and calling up Dilson Herrera to man second. Walker appeared at third for the Pirates in 2009 and 2010.

maybe should have floated that idea before trading a semi-useful prospect for kelly johnson

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/bartolo-colon-made-history-last-night/

260 career PAs, zero walks, 7 3-ball counts

that's incredible

broke the record of Roger Maris victim and '63-64 Met pitcher Tracy Stallard

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stalltr01.shtml

wb kelly johnson

damn jeffress curve is nasty

lol that play

Umpire's safe call was probably confusing in the moment, and then Johnson acting like he wasn't out was pretty funny. Lot of weird baserunning in this game.

Conforto staying up mostly cuz the whole lineup sux

Conforto had a .591 OPS in May and watched that number shrink to .372 in June with an 0-for-10 series in Milwaukee last weekend....

“He looks like he’s been trying to pull everything,” said a talent evaluator who has watched Conforto recently. “That’s not him.”

Conforto has dealt with “tenderness” in his left wrist in recent days and was expected to be examined Monday, but the Mets had no update on his condition.

http://nypost.com/2016/06/13/mets-ineptitude-may-be-only-thing-keeping-conforto-in-majors/

@AdamRubinESPN
Beyoncé chewed up the Citi Field outfield while the Mets were on the road....

thx, now the Mets are going to hafta make lemonade, i guess

Syndergaard became the sixth pitcher in Mets history to have multiple games with at least 11 strikeouts and no walks in the same season.

Noah Syndergaard 2016
Matt Harvey 2013
R.A. Dickey 2012
Sid Fernandez 1989
Dwight Gooden 1984
Jerry Koosman 1976

surgery for wright

minimum three-month recovery

back to being a gloomy franchise

finally hitting sum

was there tonight; bullpen went Half Benitez

2nd Colon double i've seen in the flesh

ignominy achieved

Wheeler rehab inning cancelled due to "elbow discomfort," will be examined in NY tomorrow. I don't have a great feeling about the arc of this season.

But...

@AdamRubinESPN
Sandy Alderson says the Mets will hold a private workout for Cuban defector Yulieski Gourriel.

Mets TV booth were asking if the Mets should pick up Jose Reyes after he clears waivers. Everyone agreed that he would be....inexpensive.

as yall likely know, Plawecki demoted, Jim Henderson to DL, Sean Gilmartin recalled.

Cameron sez GET DANNY VALENCIA:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/danny-valencia-future-met/

if only Collins' bullpen management had been like this in the World Series

@AnthonyDiComo
Uh oh. Noah Syndergaard's elbow flared up during the game. He's seeing a doctor now. That's why he left the game after six. #Mets

no serious damage apparently

The MRI on Syndergaard’s elbow showed no structural damage, and he received anti-inflammatory medication. Cespedes is day-to-day with a mild wrist strain.

Zack Wheeler also received positive news on the injury front. After experiencing a setback in his recovery, tests for structural damage to his elbow came back negative. However, he is experiencing sensory nerve irritation.

Cespedes wrist: day to day

After Horwitz prodded him, Collins added: "Oh, Jesus. The puppy dog wants you guys to know that Noah Syndergaard is seeing the doctor. His elbow flared up on him. That's why I took him out of the game."

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/16457845/terry-collins-new-york-mets-puppy-dog-remark-jay-horwitz-was-line

pierzynski now 8-for-12 against harvey

Marc Carig of Newsday reports that, while the Mets have not yet made a final decision, “all signs are pointing toward a reunion” between the club and their former shortstop, Jose Reyes.

Matz meltdown :/

keith says 'hmm' and 'mmm' a lot, particularly if ron isn't there

it's not like i don't know what he means, tho -- it's generally someone making a disgrace of the game amirite

lol double play

LONEY

^.305/.367/.463 as a Met

wb jose

Some great defense too. Liking Loney a lot lately.

Xp

conforto to vegas & nimmo up !

still a bit surprising despite rumblings to that effect the last week, but MC's numbers have been p brutal.

deGrom doesn't look like a Royal Giant in those blue throwback PJs so much as Royal Ichabod Crane.

clutch catch by the GRANDYMAN

nimmo has no power to speak of (yet, anyway), but he's a good on-base guy and almost certainly a better fielder than conforto

and though it seems like he's been around forever, he's three weeks younger

Alderson in Coney today to watch Reyes play

I bleeve next Sat night's matchup will be Thor-Arrieta

Reyes is playing 3b, as you might have figured

nud borris

looks to be an interesting 2 wks

3 @ wsh
4 vs chc
3 vs mia
4 vs wsh

@AdamRubinESPN
Steven Matz has a bone spur in the pitching elbow. He can pitch through is health-wise, but the question is can he pitch effectively.

revolting

surely he must have @ sum pt but i do not have specific recollection of darnaud ever throwing a runner out

Some great defense too. Liking Loney a lot lately.

i haven't seen a ton of games since he arrived, but would you care to rethink this?

.301/.356/.452 is pretty decent, plus there's the intangible of not being a domestic abuser

i meant just the defense, he had a bizarre game tonight

“Davey liked his vodka, but he was never hung over or drunk on the bench, so I don’t know what Lenny is thinking,” Hernandez said.

“Lenny and Davey didn’t get along, because Lenny was also bitching about his playing time because of Mookie [Wilson]. Mookie handled it like a pro and Lenny was always giving Davey [complaints]. He was grousing all the time.”

http://nypost.com/2016/06/27/ron-darling-keith-hernandez-on-gossiping-dykstra-hes-full-of-it/

Verrett being given another spot start on Wednesday to push Matz back, so there goes Thor vs Arrieta :p

damnit

Matz has a bone spur as well, Alderson sez Mets have "absolute assurance" from team doctors that Matz cannot damage his elbow by continuing to pitch.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/16593005/new-york-mets-pitchers-noah-syndergaard-steven-matz-bone-spurs-gm-says

wait Matz was diagnosed FIRST, right?

Mets staff health is like a Miike film before the bloodletting starts

fuckin murph

Adam Rubin:

Right-hander Seth Lugo, who can serve in a starting or relief capacity, is being promoted to the New York Mets.

Lugo is 3-4 with a 6.55 ERA in 19 appearances (13 starts) this season with Triple-A Las Vegas.

The Mets obviously need coverage in case Steven Matz has an elbow issue and needs to depart. Logan Verrett threw 92 pitches Wednesday in Washington and would be unavailable for that role.

Left-hander Sean Gilmartin reportedly will be demoted to Las Vegas.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/mets-hitters-couldnt-be-less-clutch

i like nimmos huge yokel smile

wow that yoenis homer

of course zobrist

caught the last 2 outs on the earbud radio! if Familia blew it i could've thrown myself into the traffic.

That was a fun game!

@ByJamesWagner
Because of the three-man bench, Collins said he told Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom to keep their cleats on during the game.

@joe_sheehan
Good, because it's not like those are some of the most valuable individual assets in baseball.

Happy Bobby-Bo day METS fans!

@AdamRubinESPN 2m2 minutes ago
Already a 40-minute rain delay and still pouring. Looking for Mets will have to go to the bullpen if this game resumes tonight.

NIMMO

<3 playing the cubes

moreso than Barves

hr derby tbrr

hire (1) one hypnotist so mets think they are playing the cubes every game

nxt sat is plaid fedora giveaway fyi

.781 OPS is about the best you can expect from a .233 BA like Grandy's

xp to myself http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/images/promotions/y2016/fedora.jpg

6-for-6 for Flores

@AdamRubinESPN
Second five-homer game of the series for the Mets.

yoenis

Impressive 6 run comeback!

Reyes leading off at 3b, Flores to bench

This doesnt make a ton of sense to me; nostalgia at best

Flores is playing 2B tonight actually. I'm more surprised they brought Reyes up so quickly.

Rubin:

Asdrubal Cabrera has been scratched. Jose Reyes moves to shortstop and Wilmer Flores to third base. James Loney enters at first base. Cabrera has been dealing with a knee issue.

so all you guys are cool with them bringing reyes back huh

i'm not, for baseball and other reasons

maybe look 3 posts above

that phrasing makes it sound like it's primarily about baseball issues to you.

well i don't expect unflinching morality from the Mets, given the Wilpons and the nightly whoring for the US military.

I had thought they optioned de aza but I guess it was Reynolds

if Cabrera is out for any amt of time reyes p much has to play

sports are biznesses idk I don't have a prob w it

all the teams and their owners are entrenched in the general crimes of capitalism but only a couple hire known domestic abusers. the rockies are a business and they managed to "do the right thing" by dropping him (albeit likely for business reasons too). i don't know, i just thought it was weird no one here was talking about it.

xp considering the next series vs wsh, he could easily be like 3-fer-25 hitting the AS break & get relegated to more bench/utility/pinch run duties imo

the Yankees have Aroldis Chapman, and his abuse case is hardly ever mentioned now, so 'liberal' NYNY

now Mets radio said Cabrera was "up all night with a sick family member"

I mean there is a mlb domestic violence policy and he served the suspension that they set down after investigation and he was convicted of no crime and has no state charges pending against him

im just saying there is a "process" and its not that he is banned for life or something; right, if a team doesn't want to employ him then its their prerogative

two-HR Flores!

i seem to remember reading a story where reyes said he was going to make himself open to younger players in the clubhouse on the subject of his grave errors in judgment. if that is true, then at least some good can come from a horrific situation. major sports are not exactly places where men have been historically encouraged to deal with anger—or any emotions—in productive ways.

also, not for nothing, but can we also talk about how jeffrey fucking loria and his abject awfulness probably helped set all this in motion?
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/reyes-loria-told-me-to-buy-a-house-two-days-before-trade/

i'm not trying to make excuses. this whole situation is painted in shades of grey and i think exploring them is more productive in the long term.

Reyes said p much the right things when he was questioned on this last night. The words sounded parroted from a counseling session, but that's what people before microphones tend to do. I do think "I made a mistake" sounds too much like, i dunno, Michael Phelps after the bong photo.

it's a catch-22 in a way - there are only so many words you can say in a soundbite context. but yeah, i get that

nice win today and glad familia broke stanton's home run streak

i think it would bother me more if it were some random team (usually the rays) that picked him up. if he's going to get another chance, it seems reasonable that it would be with a team he has history with

Harvey to DL (sigh)

Rubin:

It definitely sounds like Matt Harvey's issue may be at least somewhat similar to Dillon Gee's -- although we'll learn the severity after Thursday's exam. Dr. Robert Thompson specializes in thoracic outlet syndrome and vascular issues (related to blood flow). His Washington University bio lists his areas of clinical interest as: "Thoracic outlet syndrome, TOS, minimally invasive surgical techniques and other treatment to patients with vascular disease including abdominal aortic aneurysms, thoracic aneurysms, renal aneurysms, carotid artery disease, arterial occlusive disease, brachiocephalic and upper extremity occlusive disease, aortoiliac and lower extremity occlusive arterial disease, and venous and lymphatic disease, axillary subclavian vein thrombosis."

Rubin:

Matt Harvey has been presented two options -- surgery or a nerve-block injection -- for thoracic outlet syndrome. He is weighing his options. Surgery would require four months. A block would just be a temporary fix.

Sandy Alderson said he is unsure how long Matt Harvey has been pitching with the issue. The GM said surgery is inevitable in all likelihood. The team only became aware of Harvey's shoulder discomfort after his last start.

hurry up, Wheeler

I dont think this is a death sentence.. beckett had the surgery and came back and threw a no hitter.

;)

wilmer!

FLORES strikes again

He's certainly making it difficult for Terry to keep him on the bench.

8 HR in the game was a Citi record

the air in NY tonight was torpid

The Mets aren't ready to provide a return date for Zack Wheeler, but GM Sandy Alderson said it's "unlikely" he'll debut in the next 30 days.

(writing him off for the season)

Both Syndergaard and Cespedes leave the game with injuries. These resulting emotions sure are familiar feelings for Mets fans (see also the Panic City Mets podcast).

lmbo murphy

fuckin' guy

only the good die young

unbelievable

http://nypost.com/2016/07/10/is-daniel-murphy-a-cyborg-built-to-destroy-the-mets/

they needed to drill him once this weekend #OldSchool

ok, TC

Mets and All-Star game manager Terry Collins offered a spot in the Midsummer Classic to deGrom, who turned it down saying, "I'm beat," the NY Post reports.

vogan lerrett

deGrom with first career CG, 1-hitter, game score of 91 to match previous best, now third in NL ERA (2.38) and 1.92 over last 9 starts.

only needed 105 pitches!

Conforto, who hit .344 in Vegas, back up; Nimmo sent down

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/17095622/mets-recall-michael-conforto-demote-rookie-brandon-nimmo

Collins said that Conforto may see action in center field, a position he hasn’t played since college, after Cespedes was shifted to left field to reduce the stress on his legs.

http://nypost.com/2016/07/19/it-sounds-like-collins-is-serious-with-this-cf-conforto-idea/

but Granderson in CF tonight.

vintage Reyes triple

RENE RIVERA

OF COURSE, LEADOFF WALK

goddamn Benitez/Franco shit

lol @ 9 straight balls cmon fam

yea baby

!!!!

MOTHERFUCK YEAH GO TO HELL

That was a pretty exhilarating 9th inning

well

MOTHERFUCK YEAH GO TO HELL

― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, July 19, 2016 9:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

considering reposting that on this thread every time the mets lose

weren't you a White Sox fan? frontrunner?

matt harvey is reading the second elena ferrante book

lol @ reyes w 3 steals, is currently tied for the team lead

Loney crushing it.

love loney

sposed to attend game for friend's bday party tnite, may be thunderstormed out

i hv no luck with Thor

alderson sez a lucroy deal is DOA

haven't called tonight, apocalyptic t-storms til 9 or 10. fuckin' greedheads.

@AnthonyDiComo
Tonight's game has been postponed, the #Mets say. A old-fashioned straight doubleheader tomorrow starting at 4:10 p.m. ET.

what the hell Gyorko, Thor

well, that's a fitting way to end yr save streak, Jeurys

fuck lucroy; they've got rene rivera

jesus this offense

jeurys still out

tbf he wasn't supposed to be available today

did matz pinch run in this game or is espn's box score messed up?

cespedes pinch hit and walked, and matz ran for him

does he do that a lot? i thought it was degrom who was the converted SS

probably would have been degrom, but that's who cespedes was hitting for

tuned the radio out just before the 8th and checking the result, i aughed real hard.

laughed*.

kids these days.

thumb surgery for Lagares (6 weeks)

not the first time they've gone into the dumper when i left town

it's okay; terry would advise you to have fun

Reynolds!

season tipping twd doom

good thing they made those trades!

Cespedes to DL

Duda shut down

"So in addition to making a panicky trade that will leave them calling audibles for 2017, the Mets have now turned a two- or three-week absence for their only real hitter into a six or seven-week absence, one that will almost certainly doom their season. Fine work all around, gentlemen."

http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2016/08/03/oh-good-grief/

A. Rubin:

"Duda had a flare-up of discomfort in his lower back and has been advised by Los Angeles-based specialist Robert Watkins to remain idle for 30 days. Duda originally landed on the DL on May 23 with a stress fracture. Because Duda is making $6.725 million this season and is eligible for arbitration a final time this winter, he is a non-tender candidate. James Loney has proven a capable alternative to Duda. Sandy Alderson mentioned the possibility of asking an outfielder to prepare during the offseason to play first base in 2017. Michael Conforto and Jay Bruce would be the logical candidates."

Jay Bruce has played first a couple times when Votto was hurt and some in spring training.

still doesn't have the power numbers one might want, but 1B dominic smith is a possibility at some point next season

Bartolo Colon was surprised A-Rod (.442 with 8 homers against him) was not in the lineup Thursday. "I always say that's my dad," Colon said through an interpreter,

No Gary Cohen in the booth this weekend--this is perhaps more jarring than any 2016 player injury so far.

bruce needs to work on his sliding

last consecutive wins: July 6-7

goddamn Robles

i don't care that he got a seeing-eye hit, you WALK THE FUCKING SUPERSTAR THERE, TERRY, YOU IDIOT

Nimmo back to Vegas

this lineup is close to last July's Mayberry-Campbell nadir

KELLY J

Man, that was a fat pitch

this is a weird one to feel like a pivotal game

WALK FUCKING GOLDSCMIDT

season over imho

slightly better lineup for matinee

De Aza, CF
Walker, 2B
Bruce, RF
Loney, 1B
Johnson, 3B
Conforto, LF
R. Rivera, C
Reynolds, SS
Syndergaard, RHP

tuffy gosewich's first career triple

salt in the wound

record for stolen bases allowed by the mets in a three-game series is 14; d-backs now have 13 through 2.5

including the pitcher stealing second without a throw today, and the 1B stealing second and third

goldy's a great baserunner for a 1B but yeah...

thor's kinda sucked lately huh

at least arizona probably won't break that stolen-base record now

@AdamRubinESPN
Terry Collins: "I know one thing: There's got to be a passion to play."

Watched a chunk of yesterday's game and I don't think I'd ever heard a more miserable booth pair than whoever that was -- Cohen and Darling? It was almost "well I'll commit suicide if you will" "I'll totally commit suicide if you will, but it has to be at the same time."

cohen and hernandez

https://twitter.com/TheRealYLT/status/763784571095752706

I would have bet $20 of my own money and $100 of yours that that was Darling's voice yesterday. Oh well.

conforto optioned

wheeler to visit dr. andrews re: elbow discomfort

lmao grand slam schimpf

schimpf again on first pitch

'quad-a utility guy has game of life'

@MarcCarig
Tonight’s Citi Field Kiss Cam featured several same sex couples. They got cheered. That’s cool.

I'm so bummed out, I missed the kiss cam.

nothing's coming easy these days

only two games behind the yankees!

one behind the lowly Pirates

sad zing

In nine no-decisions this season, deGrom has a 1.92 ERA. Six times he has allowed no more than one run and failed to get a win. Familia has squandered three ninth-inning leads for deGrom, who has held the opposition to one run or fewer in each of his past four starts (0.65 ERA) and owns a 1.56 ERA since the All-Star break.

Matz no-hitter through 7 so far

consecutive wins!

as u know mook, desperate times call for desperate zings

It would be a good time for the Mets to get on a roll. One good week and they would be back in the wild card mix.

Someone has to take out the Cardinals, those clowns neeed out of the playoffs.

Don't think Pittsburgh has the pitching depth and losing Stanton has got to hobble the Marlins.

ROOOZHEEEEAHHHHHNOOOO

Matz being skipped tonight w/ 'shoulder discomfort' :/

lmao keith is bitching abt the amt of social security he will be getting

too much?

lol nope

matz dl'd, retroactive to 8/15

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqklIdOWAAENl_1.jpg:small

tough break for gsellman

nice easy way to break in a rookie

gsellman, wasn't that Olivier's name in Marathon Man?

these aren't the Mets

this is not jaime garcia

btw re reacquiring Niese, i think Alderson's undisclosed type of cancer is BRAIN

(i have cancer, i can make jokes like that)

very sorry to hear that Morbius, hope everything works out for you and yours...

who the fuck is giselle man

gazelle, man

Wilmer and de Aza comin' thru

cautiously optimistic

goofy third base tags

de aza!!

typically they may end up taking the 2 games with the 'bad' matchups

wilmer!!

Colon with 2 hits, 2 away from the cycle

i feel like the true colon cycle (ew sorry) has to include a walk instead of a HR

walk, hit by pitch, single, reached on error

catcher's interference

Struck out, but reached on the wild pitch

pitch-clock failure (wait for it)

ok guys save some for tomorrow

of course after i bought tix for tonight's scheduled Jose-deGrom matchup, the Mets decided to skip Jake to cure his recent suckiness

Cespedes, Cabrera, Walker all doubtful for lineup

so it shd be a good night for j0rdan

Ichiro batting 6th tho

TJ Rivera sent down, probly for a few days

Cespedes and Reyes doing it all

that was El Talento's 43rd Met HR in his 159th game for them

Matz stays on the DL :/

Rubin:

Terry Collins says the reports are there is no real structural damage with Steven Matz. The concern is about stiffness/tightness in Matz's shoulder, which returned during one toss whole throwing on flat ground Monday. Matz immediately was shut down.... Jacob deGrom moves up a day.

Collins confirms Michael Conforto will join the team when the roster expands Thursday. Conforto will be "in the mix" for playing time, although Collins could not define what that means.

ReplaceMets had to win 3 of 4 in this series to renew my faith, so not lookin bad

Won 8 out of the last 10

Granderson had a terrible May and an even worse August, but has been around his career numbers the other 3 months. Here's hoping for September, or just a good-spots role in the 5-man outfield.

Rubin:

"Neil Walker has a herniated disk that is causing limited weakness in a foot -- similar to in 2012 with the Pirates. The initial medical opinion suggested he can play through the issue, but a second opinion is being sought to ease Walker's mind. Sandy Alderson said any report of Walker's issue being career-threatening would be inaccurate, and the Mets believe he could be back in the lineup shortly."

NEW YORK -- Will a little extra rest solve Jacob deGrom's recent struggles?

“We’ll find out,” New York Mets manager Terry Collins said. “I don’t have an answer for that. If I did, I’d leave this job and go be somewhere else.”

DeGrom, who was skipped Monday because Mets officials suspected he was suffering from arm fatigue, opposes Miami Marlins right-hander Jose Urena in Thursday’s 7:10 p.m. ET series finale at Citi Field as the Mets aim for a four-game sweep. DeGrom has allowed 13 runs and 25 hits in 9 2/3 innings over his past two starts.

Rich MacLeod (@richmacleod)
8 mins ago - View on Twitter
SNY just showed Jacob deGrom calling trainer Ray Ramirez to follow him into the clubhouse. The 2016 #Mets are a horror show.

deGrom "fine," get off the ledge (for now)

i feel confident that curtis has a room the size of my apartment full of vinyl

Mets Show Some Range With Music Playlists That Mix and Match

also lol yoenis

Conforto catch off Murphy gave me a HAHT ATTACK

a game behind the Mathenaged!

Gavin Cecchini on the way

1.5 behind the GIANTS

pirates and marlins are really fading too