You are correct there, never let that cloud my judgement on him. Which might be because I was 13 when it happened, though I guess that could go either way with holding a grudge. My personal image when I think of Beltran is his catch on the hill in CF against the Astros in the 17 inning game, no idea why but that's the first thing I think of
Same. I was glad when he didn't end up managing the team. Looker.
I always rooted for them to lock up deGrom long term over him for that reason. Seems they got that part right, at least.
So when does Rojas start getting credit? His use of the pen and all these makeshift lineups? We’d surely be blaming him if they were 6 games under .500 even with the injuries.
He probably does deserve some credit, but the day he's fired can't come soon enough for me
Through 4.
If I'm voting? Alonso hands down. Checks all the boxes.
There's been so few that if I were betting I'd say none of them become the captain. Alonso makes sense from the homegrown aspect, think it's clear Lindor is already the leader of the team though
Calling it a 3 year slide is incredibly misleading and clickbait, it's a downtrend but a much smaller sample then that article implies
Yeah I feel asleep in the 4th inning but looked like he was productive in getting them their runs after I stopped watching. This is an interesting read on what's causing his issues, long story short he doesn't do anything particularly well in hitting the ball hard or a lot of line drives/fly balls but is elite at just putting the ball in play and not striking out. So he's prone to extended periods where he looks terrible when balls aren't dropping but over the long term that tends to even out and the numbers should even out
Perhaps it's my bias from being a Mets fan, but I can't remember seeing so little fanfare about such a dominating player. Is it because he is so humble? Is it because he is a Met?
