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

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

who is the dumbass Fox analyst?

oh Christ

that was a fat pitch

>>i really want Loney outta this damn lineup

lol

Love Loney! Another fun bat flip as well.

maybe i should rip Familia now to ensure the save

@AdamRubinESPN 26m

All-time homers vs. #Mets:
Willie Stargell 60
Chipper Jones 49
Mike Schmidt 49
Willie McCovey 48
RYAN HOWARD 48
Hank Aaron 45
Pat Burrell 42

stargell otm

yikes Yo, my shoetops

i saw the Pirates a lot at Shea in the '70s, it was not pleasant.

right off the fists by Drub!

had it all the wayyyyy

nice

alright alright

Congratz Metz

Final #Mets bWAR leaders:

1. Syndergaard, 5.3
2. deGrom, 3.7
3. Colon, 3.4
4t. Cespedes, 2.9
4t. Reed, 2.9
6t. Cabrera, 2.7
6t. Matz, 2.7

tebow headed to the arizona fall league!

Rubin:

Steven Matz had what was described as a "massive" bone spur removed from his pitching elbow on Tuesday. Team doctor David Altchek performed the procedure at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. Matz also had a platelet-rich-plasma injection in his left shoulder. He had been dealing with an impingement. Matz is expected to be fully recovered for spring training.

hard not to see the team largely the same nxt yr & bruce still here, $13M option

i think YC is opting out

to wit:

http://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/124595/opt-outta-here-mets-brace-for-yoenis-cespedes-expected-free-agency

Tebow administering last rites

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cuhd8mHUkAI3uhH?format=jpg&name=large

https://twitter.com/KevinCanWaitCBS/status/792074790936858624

the worst thing about mets fandom

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/11/01/jeurys-familia-arrested-for-domestic-violence

final arizona fall league line for tim tebow: .194/.296/.242 in 19 games

@DCameronFG
Dumping Bruce is the easy part. But the team should probably start shopping Michael Conforto too.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/lets-fix-the-mets-outfield

I'd think Houston or Texas might be interested in Bruce as both clubs seem to always look to get Texans playing on their teams.

I could perhaps see the Reds trading Hamilton as they got 3 other CF players on the 40 man roster. Hamilton would definitely be handy in the Mets new stadium since it is pretty big as he can cover a ton of ground.

Going to try to attend #1 again this year.

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/mets-top-10-wins-of-2016-1-september-22-against-phillies-123116?cmpid=feed:-sports-CQ-RSS-Feed

new brooklyn cyclones manager:

http://ultimatemets.com/cards/EdgardoAlfonzo1972.jpg

it was his brother a few years ago?

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2017/1/25/14383774/conforto-mets-playing-time-jay-bruce-malpractice

spoke w someone @ a retirement party yesterday who has been a lifelong mets fan, 1st game he attended was in '63 @ the polo grounds, was @ game 5 of the 69 world series -- he said the wilpons, fred specifically, are really terrible ppl (w ancedotal confirmation i won't go into), & his fandom m/l ended in 2015 it sounded like

i want anecdotes

i think we all made that assumption safely

lets's kill last year's team threads, shall we?