TOM BRENNAN - MEANINGLESS AUGUST BASEBALL

TOM BRENNAN - MEANINGLESS AUGUST BASEBALL

Sometimes, one seeks meaning in life, and only finds meaningless, such as when following the Mets.

 

The supine Mets are like a wood deck in your back yard that got shellacked once again.  Two coats.  Laid on thick.

 

The Dodgers men manhandled the Mets boys. Took them to the woodshed, to stick with wood analogies.

Home field advantage went to LAD, who must have felt the welcoming Dodger vibe in the ballpark's rotunda. "Here's to you, Mr. Robinson..." I could swear I heard Simon and Garfunkel singing.

The pitchers are on pace to surrender 235 homers, which has to be an all-time team worst.  The ERA is nearly 5.00, very close to a Mets all time worst as well.

Help is on the way?  Nah.  Rob Gsellman got destroyed in his AA rehab outing this weekend, but relax, Mets fans, he got his pitch count up and walked off uninjured, and that is all that matters these days.

Dominic Smith was rested in Vegas on Sunday, when he could have been playing in Queens.  Not here yet because weekday flights are cheaper?

Why does Jose Reyes still play? Because otherwise, the team steals leader in mid August would have 4 SBs.  But Curtis' ratio of 4 out of 6 is a highlight, no doubt.

We acquired lots of relief arms for the minors recently. What good will it do, though, if the starters stay half this crappy is in 2018?  Beats me.

At least Daniel Murphy will be a year older, so he might only hit .320 next year.  I feel relieved, don't you?  Justing Turner, though, will help the Dodgers have a 50 game lead over the Mets this time next year, tho', so don't feel too relieved, OK?

Lucas Duda has been on base 17 times in his first 10 Tampa games, with 3 HRs.  Ask him why, after administering sodium pentathol, and he will probably tell you he is relieved he is gone.  Away from the voodoo vibe in Queens, I guess.

Just when you need a big lefty bat not named Smith, Tim Tebow goes into a slump.  But it is mostly because Tim just played against the Yanks' farm club; for the Mets at any level, playing a Yanks team normally represents an insurmountable task.  The Mets are Avis, the Yankees are Hertz.  One tries harder, the other wins.

Brandon Nimmo walked as a pinch hitter Sunday, doubling the game's offensive output for the Patsies...er...Metsies.  He picked the bench splinters out of his butt while standing at first base.  He wasn't there long enough, as the Mets again went quickly and meekly.  When he gets up again in a week, he can try to remove more splinters.

Yanks fans hope for 60 homer Yanks hitters.  Mets hope their "MVP" Yoenis Cespedes can double his current RBI output and end up with 60...which would work out to $45,000 per RBI this year.  Priceless.

I wonder what the Mets' Mild Card # is, since their Wild Card chances are nil?  They do play mildly, don't you think?  In fact, feel mildly nauseous right now.

TJ Rivera has the same initials as Tommy John.  Are you then surprised what his current injury is?  He is getting his name legally changed to RBI Rivera as we speak.  Maybe that will work.

Anyone want one of our waived veterans cheap? Really... we'll do cheap.  Just take one, like an abandoned puppy from a shelter.  Don't consider the puppy's age or anything else, when they leave the Mets, the tails start wagging happily again and they play much better.  Just ask Lucas D, the shelter's former St Bernard.  Drooling and happy in Florida.

Matt Reynolds is hot in Vegas.  Can he please be called back up so he can get cold again?

It was nice to see Amed Rosario tied for 2nd in team triples after his first 3 games, don't you think?

The Mets would turn to Vegas for more help, but Vegas is oh, about 30 games under .500.  The Vegans hope the Mets will send players down.  Because they need more help than the Mets do.

 

Beat the Mets, beat the Mets, step right up and beat the Mets.  Bring your kiddies, bring your wife, guaranteed you'll watch a team with no life...

I am signing off for today to do something meaningful.  

 

Have a great and meaningful day. 

 

But, before you go, a lighter note: 21 year old switch hitting Kingsport Mets 3rd baseman Rigoberto Terrazas is hitting .377/.428/.547 after 40 games.  How meaningful that is we'll find out in the next few years, but he deserves real credit, since he is doing all that hitting without the benefit of being able to face Kingsport pitchers, who are allowing 5.8 runs per game.

 

 

And Tyler Bashlor, whom no one adds to their top 30 Mets prospects list for some puzzling and baffling reason, has fanned 22 in his last 11 innings over 11 outings, and has thrown 6 scoreless, dominant innings in AA since his promotion, fanning 10.  He's on my Top 20 list, for what it is worth. Maybe I just like the initials TB for some reason....