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Hey Adrien! said:
Yankees/Mets trade relievers.

What’s the scoop on Miguel Castro?
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He's got a very good slider; when he can throw it for strikes he's usually good. When he can't and has to rely on his fastball he usually gets hit hard.
 
Well that was a nice start. It was funny watching Scherzer as they introduced all his former teammates. I'm glad they got that out of the way and that he is pitching tonight. Could not have asked more of Megill last night; and good to see Diaz get a drama-free save.
 
8893 said:
Well that was a nice start. It was funny watching Scherzer as they introduced all his former teammates. I'm glad they got that out of the way and that he is pitching tonight. Could not have asked more of Megill last night; and good to see Diaz get a drama-free save.
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Agree, agree, agree, agree, agree. :)
 
8893 said:
Well that was a nice start. It was funny watching Scherzer as they introduced all his former teammates. I'm glad they got that out of the way and that he is pitching tonight. Could not have asked more of Megill last night; and good to see Diaz get a drama-free save.
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JavaMan said:
Agree, agree, agree, agree, agree. :)
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Actually, I’m not sure that qualified as a save. Can’t remember the rule but I think it probably didn’t.
 
8893 said:
Actually, I’m not sure that qualified as a save. Can’t remember the rule but I think it probably didn’t.
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Yea, I think it's less than four or four or less, but who knows, they do change the rules occasionally. :rolleyes:

Your statement's inference still stands as far as I'm concerned. I do get nervous when it's a 1 or 2 run game on the line and he gets the call. To me he has 2 games, his A game and his Z game. As Forrest likes to say, "You never know what you're gonna get."
 
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8893 said:
Well that was a nice start. It was funny watching Scherzer as they introduced all his former teammates. I'm glad they got that out of the way and that he is pitching tonight. Could not have asked more of Megill last night; and good to see Diaz get a drama-free save.
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And Ottavino and Lugo as well.

Heard a comment yesterday that 2021 deGrom and 2-5 plus the pen is not as good as 2022 Scherzer and 2-5 plus the pen. I guess numbers could prove that to an extent, but it's an interesting thought.
 
So far can’t complain too much about anything other than the DeGrom issue. Being hit 4 times in 2 days is awful, but I really don’t think it’s intentional - but Soto needs to be brushed back at least at some point, so was a little disappointed he wasn’t last night. McNeil looks great so far, as does Marte. I think they truly have something with Megill also. Take all 4, or at least 3, and take 2/3 from Philly and start the home stand no worse than 5-2. It’s doable.

On a side note, thank god for the Audacy app and it syncing up almost perfectly last night as that Apple TV broadcast made me want to jump off my roof.
 
UConnMike04 said:
So far can’t complain too much about anything other than the DeGrom issue. Being hit 4 times in 2 days is awful, but I really don’t think it’s intentional - but Soto needs to be brushed back at least at some point, so was a little disappointed he wasn’t last night. McNeil looks great so far, as does Marte. I think they truly have something with Megill also. Take all 4, or at least 3, and take 2/3 from Philly and start the home stand no worse than 5-2. It’s doable.

On a side note, thank god for the Audacy app and it syncing up almost perfectly last night as that Apple TV broadcast made me want to jump off my roof.
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I like to think I’m pretty tolerant of broadcasters. That said, that Apple team last night was really, really bad.
 
Deepster said:
I like to think I’m pretty tolerant of broadcasters. That said, that Apple team last night was really, really bad.
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Same here. We are blessed with GKR, so I have a lot of leeway listening to others but that was unbearably bad. I actually felt bad for Young bc I truly felt he was trying to explain baseball strategy but kept getting interrupted and lead off course. After the 3rd I turned to Howie Rose as I said, thankfully.
 
UConnMike04 said:
So far can’t complain too much about anything other than the DeGrom issue. Being hit 4 times in 2 days is awful, but I really don’t think it’s intentional - but Soto needs to be brushed back at least at some point, so was a little disappointed he wasn’t last night. McNeil looks great so far, as does Marte. I think they truly have something with Megill also. Take all 4, or at least 3, and take 2/3 from Philly and start the home stand no worse than 5-2. It’s doable.

On a side note, thank god for the Audacy app and it syncing up almost perfectly last night as that Apple TV broadcast made me want to jump off my roof.
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Deepster said:
I like to think I’m pretty tolerant of broadcasters. That said, that Apple team last night was really, really bad.
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UConnMike04 said:
Same here. We are blessed with GKR, so I have a lot of leeway listening to others but that was unbearably bad. I actually felt bad for Young bc I truly felt he was trying to explain baseball strategy but kept getting interrupted and lead off course. After the 3rd I turned to Howie Rose as I said, thankfully.
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They literally sounded like a high school broadcasting class.
 
I have to say I totally forgot about Bassitt. Huge.
 
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3-0. Good pitching performances by every starter so far and our all star Walker from last year hasn’t even pitched yet.
 
An "L" instead of a "W" today. Can't complain too much, were still on pace to win 120 for the year. :D
 
Some pretty poor bullpen performance the last 2 days. And terrible usage by Buck
 
navery12 said:
Some pretty poor bullpen performance the last 2 days. And terrible usage by Buck
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Especially after such strong starting performances. Hate to waste those. Looks like our middle relief needs some bolstering. Lugo inherited a pretty crappy situation last night though. I still believe in him.
 
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8893 said:
Especially after such strong starting performances. Hate to waste those. Looks like our middle relief needs some bolstering. Lugo inherited a pretty crappy situation last night though. I still believe in him.
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Yeah not worried about the back half of the bullpen, Diaz/Lugo/Ottavino/May (depending on his MRI results) are all good. Just can't force Shreve/Williams into a 1 run game and to pitch multiple innings, and can't have Joely Rodriguez facing JT Realmuto when righties hit .400 off him
 
A beautiful stroke by Nimmo and it turned out to be a beautiful GW run. :)
 
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I don't expect anyone to really care but I would like to announce that I am not hating on the Mets any more. A few reasons, fwiw. To start, 1986 is a lifetime ago. What I am hating on are teams in every sport that cash the checks but don't pay the players. The Mets pay their players. I can't hate that, I want to encourage that. I'm not sure I can turn into a fan but I will jump on the bandwagon if they are contending and my team is out of it. Besides, the Mets are the only local team I can get on TV these days and Max Scherzer is pitching tonight. It's fun to watch him when he's dealing. Like when Pedro and Maddox were on.
 
Waquoit said:
I don't expect anyone to really care but I would like to announce that I am not hating on the Mets any more. A few reasons, fwiw. To start, 1986 is a lifetime ago. What I am hating on are teams in every sport that cash the checks but don't pay the players. The Mets pay their players. I can't hate that, I want to encourage that. I'm not sure I can turn into a fan but I will jump on the bandwagon if they are contending and my team is out of it. Besides, the Mets are the only local team I can get on TV these days and Max Scherzer is pitching tonight. It's fun to watch him when he's dealing. Like when Pedro and Maddox were on.
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GIF by New York Mets
 
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Man this is a fun team to watch right now! I forgot that we always have a pretty friendly Mets thread here each season.. I'm back in!

Thoughts so far:

Love Lindor bouncing back, I think that Marte inadvertently has taken a lot of stress off of him
Marte is MY GUY! The bomb he hit on Saturday, even in a losing effort was impressive
Bullpen has been........... good enough
Need Canha back ASAP, he's a Steady Eddy, love him
Love the Escobar signing, he's a grinder!
Pete has become the leader

Very happy so far... However we know how this goes...
 
Why hasn’t Michael Conforto been signed yet? Is there no interest at all? Are his demands too high and he just won’t budge? I think the Mets were right letting him go and better with the new ads in his place but I’m surprised he’s still unsigned.
 
Conforto banged up his shoulder this winter, so I believe that Boras held off on the bidding process until he was 100%

That being said, I am quite surprised that someone has bit yet - he had a very strong stretch for us! I think his time ran its course here, but he could be a heck of a player somewhere else.
 
Deepster said:
Why hasn’t Michael Conforto been signed yet? Is there no interest at all? Are his demands too high and he just won’t budge? I think the Mets were right letting him go and better with the new ads in his place but I’m surprised he’s still unsigned.
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Nobody wants to give up the draft picks it'll take to sign him and give him the money he wants. At this point he may not sign until after the draft in July
 
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