OH ME, OH MY, WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
Pitchers are ahead of hitters.
Interesting that through 9 spring games, the Mets are 7th in ERA, at 3.23.
This team is gonna pitch in 2020, baby.
But Arizona? 7.95 ERA.
OUCH.
My favorite launch pad team, Baltimore?
Right on track at 5.97.
Hitting?
Mets are at .220, 80 points behind the rival Phillies.
Even worse, just 22 runs so far for the Metsies.
Baltimore checks in with 64 runs in 9 games.
If your pitchers suck, ya gotta slug.
Of course, now that it is March 1, the stats will start to be a little more meaningful as the guys with no chance of making the Mets' 26 man roster on Opening Day get fewer and fewer ABs relative to the regulars.
So far, BTW, Cody Thomas of the LA Dodgers is wearing # 95, and has 4 spring hits - all of them HRs.
Sometimes, there is nothing like consistency.
I hear a trade of Cody for 1-for-15 Pete Alonso is in the works.
Lastly, I hear that plans to sell Corona beer at Mets games have been scuttled, and the Mets will be relating from Corona, Queens, to help limit the spread of the virus.
I gotcha - April Fools.
Happy March, everyone.
You think Pete's awful ST #s don't prove that he's useless, and he must make way for a Smith/JDD platoon?
ReplyDeleteBAH! HUMBUG! 🤬
Bill, so far, Pete is no Tebow (of course, as I write this, maybe he has already hit a grand slam today)
ReplyDeleteAm the only one who thinks the pitchers look way ahead of the pitchers?
ReplyDeleteThe pitchers AREN'T ahead of the pitchers. They're even. 😉
DeleteActually, Pete is a bit full of himself (which is fine if you're producing).
ReplyDelete26 runs scored in 11 games. We need Cespedes.
ReplyDeleteAside from pitchers usually being ahead of hitters early on, have you looked at our lineups so far? Especially in Split-Squad games, but even in others, at least 2/3 of our ABs have been by players with virtually zero chance of appearing in Queens this season.
ReplyDeleteWait until at least mid-March before even thinking of "meaningful" #s.