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

elbow surgery to remove Matz's bone spur

Bruce stirring with another HR tonight...

An usher at Citi told a fan on Sunday "He doesn't want to play here -- no one can be that bad for so long." Which is bullshit obviously; good hitters go into multi-week slumps not infrequently.

bruce is not a good hitter tho

he may not be an upper-tier hitter, but he has been drastically underperforming his established level.

i'd call him a good hitter in 2010-13, at least :/

I am rooting for him, but he hasn't settled in yet.

With Wilmer Flores shut down, I'm guessing Conforto and TJ Rivera will make a potential post-season roster.

for certain

AP:

"If you wake up Sunday morning and say, `OK, we're in', but we don't necessarily have home-field advantage, do we use Syndergaard?" Collins asked. "Or do we say, `He's going to pitch the first playoff game, no matter where it's at?"

If the Mets have clinched home-field advantage, they might start Syndergaard on Sunday and have him throw about 25 pitches to ensure he's sharp for the wild-card playoff game on Wednesday.

"Otherwise he goes eight days without pitching," Collins said.

JR, CT: Hi Keith, would you give the Mets any chance against the Cubs with their rotation in the shape it is now. I imagine best case is the lefty power bats get/stay hot and they can slug their way to some ugly wins?

Klaw: I would never give any team in a playoff series less than 45% odds to win it.

well that's a pretty useless answer

Ha, it's pretty otm though!

NA doesn't understand short serieseses

Asdrubal Cabrera IS Daniel Murphy

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/asdrubal-cabrera-as-daniel-murphy/

I mean he's just saying "sports are unpredictable over the short-term!" which is true but a) doesn't really need to be said at this point b) doesn't really answer the question

i would interpret his answer as 'i give them a 45% chance'

it's not a very meaningful question tho

TJ!

Bruce is heating up at the right time

bruce <3

@msimonespn

I will confess to having just looked up how Jay Bruce fares vs Madison Bumgarner
3-for-23, 6 K

walked Bruce to face TJR :o

and paid for it!

i really want Loney outta this damn lineup

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?