Tom Brennan - A PAINFUL COMPARISON
As the Mets get their butts whipped in the head-to-head competition with the Yanks here is NYC, do we get solace or even greater pain when we look to how each respective organization's minor league teams' relative performance.
Here is the answer, courtesy of Mr T.:
PAIN, PAIN, PAIN
Maybe you feel I am overreacting (nah, I'm NOT).
But you draw your own conclusions (standings thru 8/16/17):
AAA
Yanks' team: 77-45 Mets' team 48-76.
Yanks are 29 games ahead of the Mets.
AA
Yanks' team: 79-42 Mets' team 71-49.
Yanks are 7.5 games ahead of the Mets.
HIGH A
Yanks' team: 75-46 Mets' team 55-66.
Yanks are 20 games ahead of the Mets.
FULL A
Yanks' team: 67-54 Mets' team 61-58.
Yanks are JUST 5 games ahead of the Mets.
But in the 2nd half, Yanks are 33-18, Columbia is just 21-30.
NY PENN
Yanks' team: 35-19 Mets' team 15-38.
Yanks are 18 games ahead of the Mets.
APPALACHIAN LEAGUE
Yanks' team: 35-16 Mets' team 23-28.
Yanks are 12 games ahead of the Mets.
GULF COAST LEAGUE
Yanks' team: 23-20 Mets' team 14-28.
Yanks are 8.5 games ahead of the Mets.
The Yanks' GCL record is an average of its two teams; the Mets have just one (lousy) team.
Add 'em right up and you'll see that for the 7 leagues above, the Mets are ONE HUNDRED GAMES BEHIND the Yanks.
100!!!!!
Which leads one to ask...
WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THE METS???!!!
And last night, THE 4 GAME SMACKDOWN left new, fresh sand in our faces from the Yankee bullies.
We wouldn't trade Jay Bruce or Neil Walker to them, but gave them a real playoff-hopes shot in the arm anyway.
ANOTHER MAJOR MATZ MELTDOWN. What to do?
Boy, did he look good about 6 weeks ago - 7 shutout innings on June 28, 7 shutout innings on July 3. KERSHAW stuff!
Then the next 8 outings came along: 33 innings, 57 hits, 10 walks, and 37 earned runs!! 10.09 ERA!! Egads!!
Again, what to do?
I have an idea. Shut Meltdown Matz down for the rest of 2017 and call up...Luis Mateo. Yes, you heard me right. Mateo, the former fast riser until a bad Tommy John surgery experience put him on a multi-season struggle.
Mateo has relieved all season, pitching much better of late.
Pressed into a start last night against the PCL's most potent offensive team, he excelled. He threw 3 scoreless innings and fanned 5 at the front end of a Vegas shutout.
Works for me...call Mr. Mateo up. Now! DO IT, SANDY! This is a season to be creative. THIS would be creative.
I'm with you on the shutdown of Matz for both physical and mental reasons, but it's Corey Oswalt I want to see taking his place.
ReplyDeleteA perfect example of the terrible job the Mets organization are doing. The Yankees have done much better while usually picking after the Mets in the draft.
ReplyDeleteIf the Mets had owners who cared, they would fire the GM and manager at the very least. Its time to bring in a young bright GM and lose the Money Ball mentality that no longer plays in the way teams are put together these days.
But these Mets owner are perfectly comfortable always being the Yankees little brothers. The Mets have that mental deficiency where they are a willing participant in being the second MLB team in NY.
After this year where everything has gone wrong, including the resident "Genius" trades, there is now talk about lowering the payroll. This is what the Mets are. Not a team that says, "sorry for this year" but we will do everything we can to put out a better team next year. No, they are already seeding the possibility that next year, it may be the same or worse.
Being a Mets fan is like being in love with Cinderella and waking up every morning next to the wicked witch.
Viper, excellent Cinderella-witch analogy.
ReplyDeleteThe ONLY Mets minors slugger I see that could counter the Yankee penchant for drafting sluggers like Judge and Sanchez is Alonzo, and as of right now, I think he and Dom Smith are only first base-capable, so something will have to give there.
Reese, I agree on recalling Oswalt over Mateo as of right now. he can give you 7 innings, Mateo cannot. On Sept 1, I bring up Mateo if he keeps pitching well, though. Juggle the 40 man as necessary.
I also differ from Mack on drafting emphasis on pitchers - I'd draft more sluggers (most - think Conforto - don't get hurt in career-altering ways) and don't over-draft pitchers, many of whom do get hurt in career-altering ways (Matz, Wheeler, Harvey, etc).
Trade and spend for the pitching you need to complement your cheaply-home-grown sluggers.
Well, when you put the numbers down "on paper" like that, it is pretty startling, isn't it? One place where we may be ahead would be combining the two DSL squads and comparing records (OK, so I am really reaching here).
ReplyDeleteI think Bill Parcells once said "you are who your record says you are" and that about sums things up, doesn't it?
Ever the optimist, I choose to look forward after a evaluating where I am. In that vein, where do we go from here?
I start by cleaning house in October and letting both Sandy and Terry depart. We also need to be realistic about some folks who simply do not perform (whether it be injury or lack of execution) and MOVE ON. That list would start with buying out David Wright, IMO.
Mike
Mike, absolutely.
ReplyDeleteWe need to change management...and ownership. Look how that power switch has worked for the Dodgers.
I left out the fine DSL team performances because to me, the DSL is sub-minor league and too far from predicting any real major league impact. Of course, I acknowledge some fine players come thru the DSL, like Rosario, Flores, any Giminez.
Thomas, it could be worse. You could be waking up next to Fred or Jeff lol.
ReplyDeleteI also view the draft differently than Mack where if your turn comes up and you can pick a pitcher with the ceiling or a #4 or #5, I would much rather pick a possible stud position player. Good players will be valuable regardless.
Just think about what teams would be willing to pay Aaron Judge if he was a free agent right now. What Stanton got, what Harper and Machado will get? I think the picking of only pitchers the first 3 rounds is overplayed in my view.
Hey, we could have Peterson playing CF for us but he is doing it for the Dodgers. Forgot who we picked instead.
Viper, we are very much in agreement there.
ReplyDeleteLook at how much money the Mets have spent on imported hitters, because the hitters they drafted were not good enough. We draft pitching, and they all line up at the Tommy John Clinic.