The Official 2025 New York Mets thread

[ShakyTheMohel]

Interesting article from The Athletic on the collapse. Sounds like it was a lot of things.

How the Mets lost their groove: Inside baseball’s biggest collapse

Talented, yes, but this year's Mets lacked sizzle. They were MLB's only team never to mount a ninth-inning comeback.

www.nytimes.com

 

[navery12]

Of Baty, Vientos, Mauricio, Acuna, I can't believe I'm saying this but I think Baty is the only guy I care about coming back.

I'd include Vientos with Baty too. Baty has to be the 3B which I never thought I'd say, but Vientos should be the Dan Hurley or at least in the conversation. I think it would be an overreaction to a semi-expected sophomore slump to sell low on him

 

[DoctorWho85]

I'd include Vientos with Baty too. Baty has to be the 3B which I never thought I'd say, but Vientos should be the Dan Hurley or at least in the conversation. I think it would be an overreaction to a semi-expected sophomore slump to sell low on him

I really thought Mauricio would be at least a Dan Hurley for us. He was crushing before he got injured in the offseason. Acuna is either going to be his brother or he's going to be a complete bust. I really don't see him being anything in between. I was the most down on Baty since last year and he's the only one out of the four that improved and been consistently MLB level production.

 

[Deepster]

The thing with Vientos is he's a below average fielder, doesn't really have a spot there and he's wicked slow.

Hard to see Acuna becoming anything close to his brother. He had 7 doubles, 0 triples and 0 HRs this year. I have no problem with him doing what he did this year off the bench or spot starting, but he's far away from a starter IMO.

 

[navery12]

David Stearns talked today, nothing Earth shattering but a few things that stood out:

• Carlos Mendoza is back, other coaching changes are coming
• Admitted he needs to be more aggressive and proactive with his moves
• Open minded on the position player group to improve run prevention, AKA going to move bats to get better pitching
• McLean, Sproat, Tong should all have a role at the major league level at some point next year
• Senga needs to improve, relying on him for 30 starts would be foolish

 

[FanInNC]

Acuna is a solid late inning defensive upgrade on the infield and a fantastic option as a pinch runner in tight games. That’s about it. He has not shown power at the plate and isn’t a plus contact guy either. Strikes out a lot and doesn’t have a great eye.

It’s hard to see much more than that based on seeing him at the big league level.

Mauricio maybe has the highest upside of those 4 young guys but he seems like the lowest floor too. Terrible plate discipline, swings at non competitive pitches - but when he connects he has tremendous power and is an above average runner.

Vientos obviously has shown he can hit, but when he’s not hitting he is pretty useless. Can’t run. Can’t play the field.

Baty is the most consistent, overall player of them all. Not sure how high his ceiling is though. But his glove is actually pretty good and he has adequate power and seems to have a better command of the strike zone at the plate.

 

[navery12]

Acuna is a solid late inning defensive upgrade on the infield and a fantastic option as a pinch runner in tight games. That’s about it. He has not shown power at the plate and isn’t a plus contact guy either. Strikes out a lot and doesn’t have a great eye.

It’s hard to see much more than that based on seeing him at the big league level.

Mauricio maybe has the highest upside of those 4 young guys but he seems like the lowest floor too. Terrible plate discipline, swings at non competitive pitches - but when he connects he has tremendous power and is an above average runner.

Vientos obviously has shown he can hit, but when he’s not hitting he is pretty useless. Can’t run. Can’t play the field.

Baty is the most consistent, overall player of them all. Not sure how high his ceiling is though. But his glove is actually pretty good and he has adequate power and seems to have a better command of the strike zone at the plate.

The interesting thing for Mauricio is he was 14th percentile in sprint speed this year (for reference Vientos was 19th percentile). Not really sure what happened to him, maybe it was just a fluke coming off the injury, but he was very slow

 

[FanInNC]

Geez. Did not realize that!

 

[DoctorWho85]

I really thought Mauricio would be at least a Dan Hurley for us. He was crushing before he got injured in the offseason. Acuna is either going to be his brother or he's going to be a complete bust. I really don't see him being anything in between. I was the most down on Baty since last year and he's the only one out of the four that improved and been consistently MLB level production.

This was supposted to say D H not dan hurley lmao

 

[navery12]

Kind of surprised Hefner is gone, but the pitching was bad enough that something had to happen