Why do some criticize?
The complainers (I am one, although I try not to be) are simply tired of:
A Lousy ownership and upper management.
A Lousy job with player drafting (why draft an Aaron Judge when you can draft Dom Smith?).
A Lousy job in international signings.
A Lousy job preparing our few good prospects for the rigors of major league wars.
A Lousy job in free agent signings (Swarzak and Vargas were the latest two gems).
All while the Yankees in the same metropolis run like a finely tuned Maserati.
What do the Yankees do?
Make other teams look LOUSY - including the one across town from them.
Dominic Smith has 2 AAA homers and a .412 slug %, and a guy the Rockies just called up has 14 homers in the same league, and several guys in that league have slugging %'s over .700 - and Smith is our great draft hope?
Heck, Smith plays in the inflated offense western portion of the PCL - former Met Eric Campbell is now in New Orleans, where hitting is not inflated, and is hitting a far better .345 with a .432 on base %.
Gavin Cecchini, another high first rounder, can't make the team other than in September.
Brandon Nimmo is a back up outfielder until proven otherwise, and he is another high first rounder.
They waste a draft pick on LJ Mazzilli in the 4th round, when other teams like the Phillies draft a star like Rhys Hoskins in the 5th round.
They draft a 5'7" shortstop Branden Kaupe in the 4th round and he compiles an amazing 4 doubles in 600 plate appearances before being shown the door.
Again, I am not criticizing these players - they are (or have been) doing their best - I am criticizing the decision makers who would have thought that a Mazzilli or a Kaupe were worth drafting before the 15th round, if at all.
Ownership is LOUSY.
Upper management is LOUSY.
And LOUSY flows downhill.
Let's forget the Yankees for a minute:
The Red Sox get it - once they finally got to be really good, they now do EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER to stay that way. Year after year. They go to war to WIN.
Do the Mets? Simple answer: NO.
Heck, Smith plays in the inflated offense western portion of the PCL - former Met Eric Campbell is now in New Orleans, where hitting is not inflated, and is hitting a far better .345 with a .432 on base %.
Gavin Cecchini, another high first rounder, can't make the team other than in September.
Brandon Nimmo is a back up outfielder until proven otherwise, and he is another high first rounder.
They waste a draft pick on LJ Mazzilli in the 4th round, when other teams like the Phillies draft a star like Rhys Hoskins in the 5th round.
They draft a 5'7" shortstop Branden Kaupe in the 4th round and he compiles an amazing 4 doubles in 600 plate appearances before being shown the door.
Again, I am not criticizing these players - they are (or have been) doing their best - I am criticizing the decision makers who would have thought that a Mazzilli or a Kaupe were worth drafting before the 15th round, if at all.
Ownership is LOUSY.
Upper management is LOUSY.
And LOUSY flows downhill.
Let's forget the Yankees for a minute:
The Red Sox get it - once they finally got to be really good, they now do EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER to stay that way. Year after year. They go to war to WIN.
Do the Mets? Simple answer: NO.
This has not been a well run operation. The Wilpons are in no financial condition to own a major market baseball team. Sandy Alderson is 30 years behind the times and a lousy judge of talent, hasn’t put together a balanced roster since he’s been here, and what money he does spend is too often wasted. The drafting has been mediocre at best. And something seems to be missing in the development of most of the prospects that do make it trough the system. Add to that, the team does a crappy job of communicating with fans, doesn’t understand the value or meaning of the team’s history, and takes its most long suffering and ardent supporters completely for granted.
ReplyDeleteThere, did I miss anything?
Perfect! I’m sure more can be added, but very precise so far.
DeleteAdam, how is communicating that Plawecki would be out 2-3 weeks, knowing that was nuts because how do you catch Noah fireballs 2-3 weeks after a hairline fracture, and here it is 5 weeks later, and I just read that Plawecki feels fine on some swings, some discomfort on others...sounds like another 2-3 weeks, making it 7-8 weeks? Poor communication, that's what. So the fans' screaming for a real replacement catcher at the time would not have gone up 20 more decibels.
ReplyDeleteAs negative as this article was, a case could still be made that they will do OK this season with Jake, Thor, Matz and Zach...and that Zach's last rain outing should be discounted. But it never seems to work out that well, does it?
Realistic fact:
ReplyDeleteA different gm over the past 5 years could have had the Met organization in a much more hopeful position even with the Wilpon budget caps.
This most definitely would have depended upon turning some of the teams fan favorite assets in trades. More of a focus on player development and allocating money (+trade chips) in acquiring young players.
Yes, the Wilpons are not in the top tier of sport team ownerships.
Fact remains though, even with the Wilpons as owners, other gems could have the Mets in a much more hopeful position moving forward.
The stink of something dead funnels through the jungle. Fans, players, agents, other owners all collude unconsciously in the common knowledge that this team is necrotic atop. This makes competing hard.
ReplyDeleteMets Monkey, this is the turd time you've brought that up LOL
ReplyDeleteI reminded someone the other day that the Mets record over the past several years at home is WORSE than on the road. My guess? The fans have been so disappointed so many times that the enthusiam one absorbs as a player from Mets' fans is nothing as supportive as, let's say, the Yankee home fans giving a turbo boost to the Yankee players.
Yankee fans expect things to go right, that they will dominate and decimate teams that have the temerity to enter the House that Ruth Built (even if since rebuilt LOL)
Mets fans expect things will blow up in their faces, and that is absorbed by Mets players.
Me need bobble.
ReplyDeleteHow long are they going to waste a roster spot on Jose Reyes? I mean, at this point I’d rather see Ty Kelly, who at least is a reasonable outfielder as well. And he’s not really anything special, but I have to think he’d at least be an improvement over Reyes, both at bat and in the field.
ReplyDeleteDave, I agree. Hitting .132 with just 1 RBI. Reyes should go. Now. Bring up McNeil.
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