Matt & Jacob & Wheeler & Pray for Noah: The 2015 "Sustainable Model" New York Mets

reckin and plaweckin time

3 weeks+ for d'Arnaud

Mets' other 10-3 starts were 1986 and 2006.

Cameron on FG: The Mets haven’t played well enough that we should dramatically alter our expectations of what they’re going to do going forward, but now, .500 ball for 24 weeks gets you an 85 win finish. And while 85 wins probably doesn’t get you the Wild Card, that’s the mean forecast out of a range of expected outcomes, and it doesn’t take very many things going New York’s way before that 85 turns into 88 or 89.

yes

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/so-the-mets-might-be-contenders/

This Braves-Mets series could conceivably be some good baseball.

bobby parnell blew a save for class a st. lucie today; hope someone throws his dinner in the garbage

Dillon Gee has made 48 straight starts of at least five innings dating to May 2013, the longest active streak in the majors. The team record is 50 by Dwight Gooden.

the positive tone crossed w/ a cautiousness bordering on a wait for the other shoe to drop is a clear tend in mets pieces of late
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/mlb-new-york-mets-bartolo-colon-matt-harvey-jacob-degrom/

shoes (ie players) are dropping, still winning so far

true, plus most of those injuries don't seem catastrophic

plz don't... classic Mets injury goes from 'day-to-day' in April to the entire year

JM Jr batting first tnite, weather permitting

@AdamRubinESPN
Terry Collins explains leadoff role for John Mayberry Jr. in part by citing 5-for-11, 3 doubles, 1 HR in career vs. Eric Stults.

Fun fact of the day: This year, the Mets will pay Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom a combined $1,171,000. This year, the Mets will pay Bobby Bonilla $1,193,248.

Ha!

That never stops being hilarious.

not to youse jerkz

10

that catch by Lagares!!

attempt the undefeated 10-game homestand today for the first time in their history.

Harvey has an ankle sprain, will not miss his next start. :/

Murphy is just headless in the field some days

11

I know this is all statistical noise so far, but....

Nah this is exciting.

Which is the most hated franchise by Mets fans? Braves, Phillies or Yankees?

not as much reason to hate Atl w/ their autumn chokes and absence of Larry.

So the Phillies then?

we don't hate them now so much as delight in their misery

have the mets and phillies ever been good at the same time?

between th 80s and '06 maybe throw the cardinals in there too

oh yeah major Cards hate '85-89

Mets and Phils weren't good at the same time until the last years of Shea (thx for reminding me)

BACK to the present... did you see Bartolo's 1U pickoff today?

Cubs and Mets used to not like each other at times when they were both in the east. I know they had a couple brawls back in the day. I remember Jody Davis hitting 2 HRs against Doc Gooden in Chicago and then I don't think Doc ever lost to them again.

i love hearing from the Mets booth during interleague, not that I have much of a choice. wonder what the max number of 1986 references they have made in one evening.

prob about as many as john sterling has made to jeter or TEH RINGZ

try sometime when they don't have an 11-gamr streak, skrit u chump

they just segued from Wally Backman to a HoJo rememberance. big anniversary year coming up.

nostalgia's a hell of a drug

'85 was an awesome year even tho they finished 2nd: arrival of Carter, Gooden became king of the world, etc.

Current BP playoff odds:

Div title: 46.8%
Wild card: 16.1%
Playoffs: 62.9%
Playoffs (Adj, ie making it to Div Series): 54.7%
WS title: 4.5%

(eat it, sanskrit)

btw select tickets for games April 30-May 6 are $13 off. Best values appear to be in Promenade for the Oriole games next week.

Wright may be back by Saturday

mook ck your email

Montero optioned after spot start, LH reliever Jack Leathersich up

well, Montero was DL'd instead.

Strasburg has been dealing tonight since Flores' glove opened the floodgates.

Dilson Herrera up to play 2nd, Murphy shifts to third til DW returns.

jerry blevins recommended listening to the serial podcast fyi

great game

Honey, are we going to the game today? …They’ve got that [deGrom] gnome tonight. Pack up the kids.

The last time the Mets had lost 1-0 on consecutive days was Sept. 4-5, 1990, at St. Louis and Pittsburgh, STATS said. The previous team to defeat New York 1-0 on back-to-back days was the Chicago Cubs in April 1973 at Shea Stadium. Ferguson Jenkins beat Tom Seaver in the opener in a matchup of future Hall of Famers.

Nats/Expos had never won consecutive 1-0 games before.

C Johnny Monell of da Bronx called up. The end of Recker?

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/5/4/8547971/mets-johnny-monell-las-vegas-catcher

can't stop talking about recker's end, huh

if he had a wider skill set...

I have an extra ticket for tnite ($8), but almost all the NYers have been ruled out already. Jimmy the Mod?

sorry would love to do a day game @ some pt tho :\

ok... there is a matinee vs Cards in a couple Thursdays i am taking off for

Bartolo is just a head-shaking spectacle of ease and mastery. Though Familia yielding a leadoff HR to Machado in the 9th gave me Armando Benitez flashbacks...

In the Mets program I learned that the 3 all-timers Kirk Nieuwenhuis would invite to dinner are CS Lewis, Churchill, and George W Bush.

via espn.com:

Colon became the first pitcher in at least 100 years to defeat the same opponent with seven different teams...

Colon has defeated the O's while pitching for Cleveland, the White Sox, the Angels, Boston, the Yankees, Oakland and the Mets.

STATS said its research dating to 1914 shows no other pitcher who has topped the same opponent with seven different clubs. Dan Haren, David Wells and Hall of Fame spitballer Burleigh Grimes were among the seven to beat a team six ways.