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

who u gonna trade for a hitter?

harvey
degrom
syndergaard
matz
(wheeler)

Bartolo

oh, Nieuwenhuis is back w/ the big club and just doubled -- doubled! -- in the 9th

J.D. (PA)
Keith, Conforto continues to hit AA pitching. I'm actually in favor of getting him some ABs while Cuddyer rests up, but at the very least he should be in AAA, right? I've never understood the Mets handling of him.

Klaw (1:11 PM)
I don't understand the Mets' handling of their prospects overall. It seems like they're horribly slow to promote hitters - Dom Smith should probably be in AA, Conforto should have started in AA and be in AAA or the majors by now.

dom smith didn't start hitting at all until june and still has only two homers (as a first baseman) in 70 games. and he just turned 20 last month.

conforto should have started full-season ball last summer rather than going to brooklyn, but at least they did jump him to high-a this spring. considering their struggles offensively, and cuddyer's injury, and conforto's performance in double-a, it does seem like they should be giving him a gallo-like shot. (i'm not sure that playing triple-a in a place like vegas would prepare him much for the majors)

@Mike_Vorkunov
It's a weird world when a minor league affiliate can question its major league's team lineup via interwebs

Las Vegas 51s @LasVegas51s
@Mets where's Nieuwenhuis in the lineup today? 51s lit up Peavey in LV last week. Capt Kirk hit two HRs off Jake in his last rehab start.

I'm going Saturday, hope to sell my Lagares bobblehead afterward for a cool C-note.

0-0 in the 5th, you mean again, wau how unlikely

4 of the Mets' 8 "hitters" have sub-.290 OBPs.

murphy's laziness cost them a second run

Murphy is a loser

raw numbers

Seaver's rookie year: 251 IP, 78 BB, 170 K, 19 HR

deGrom's career to date: 254 IP, 64 BB, 256 K, 15 HR

(obv there are differences; Seaver was 22)

nyt colon article - http://nyti.ms/1fqUUsY

Bartolo Colon attributes his skills to throwing rocks at coconuts and his work ethic to his pet donkey, Pancho.

more like steven latz amirite

jesus god

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/7/9/8925463/mets-steven-matz-injury-lat-tear-new-york

sometimes mook we don't know what the news is

NOAH

harvey hr

couldn't believe that one from Sec 520

my Lagares bobblehead is available for $60

Nieuwenhuis is the tenth Met ever to hit 3 HR in a game :o

first at home

that...is not a thing i expected to read in the mets thread

but hey! maybe he's figuring his shit out finally!

K. Nieuwenhuis LF 3 3 3 4 0 0 .149

lol

kirk whiffs going for 4

@Dbacks
Confirmed: Kirk Nieuwenhuis is human after all.

entering the game, he'd been 4-for-44 this year with the Mets (3-for-22 with the Angels)

Mets' next 16 games are 6 vs Wash, 4 Dodgers, 3 Cards, 3 Padres. Given the generally nonexistent offense, I expect maybe 6-10, but am willing to be surprised.

also

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/7/16/8984769/mets-pitchers-way-better-atlanta-braves-fab-five-john-smoltz

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKH1cvpUAAEbQ6W.png

Mets' next 16 games are 6 vs Wash, 4 Dodgers, 3 Cards, 3 Padres. Given the generally nonexistent offense, I expect maybe 6-10, but am willing to be surprised.

also

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/7/16/8984769/mets-pitchers-way-better-atlanta-braves-fab-five-john-smoltz

― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, July 17, 2015 10:08 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

afterwards the schedule becomes really easy that being said, i expect a strong finish from the mets

keith is getting rightly exasperated w this shit

wong'd

keith has audibly groaned at least a dozen times

suicide squeeze!@

haha first thing i thought of when i saw this was 'o shit is keith there'

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

25 LOB ties franchise record (i'd guess they didnt win the other time)

top 5 Keith freakouts

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2015/07/best_keith_hernandez_freak-out_moments_during_mets.html

@katiebakes
"I don't know how you compare the Mets to William Wallace. William Wallace had a lot of wins, let's be honest." -Mike Francesa to a caller

bartolo colon is outhitting his catcher

and he isn't that far behind his #4 and #5 hitters

cuddyer dl, conforto up

in the lineup tonight? please?

i will be dere, hoping for at least 3 runs in the absence of Greinke.

M.C. is the 1000th Met.

Niese also scratched bcz of childbirth!

Conforto in LF, bats 7th

mets get an injection of PVL - kelly johnson and juan uribe in a forbidden intra division trade

mrs niese shdve started pushing

she had the baby during the game! bastard should never have pitched

btw the lede in that trade story shd be MAYBERRY DFA'D

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/13314467/new-york-mets-trade-acquire-juan-uribe-kelly-johnson-atlanta-braves

lol 'kelly johnson hasn't hit .275 since 2010, but could now be the mets' best hitter'

i've never even heard of ian thomas!