Good Morning. Happy Birthday Ronn Reynolds. Nationals 15 Mets 5 as Mets season ends while the Steve Cohen/Sandy Alderson era gets ready to begin.
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Nationals
15 Mets 5 Seth Lugo (L, 3-4) 1.1 innings, 5 hits, 6 runs, 6 earned
runs, 2 walks, 1 K, 38 pitches – 24 strikes;
Chasen Shreve 2/3 inning, 0 runs, 0 Hits,1 walk; Brad Brach 0 innings, 3 runs, 3 earned runs, 0
Hits, 3 walks;
Steven Matz 3 innings, 3 hits (2 HR), 3 runs, 3
earned runs, 3 walks, 4 Ks; Dellin Betances 1/3 inning, 2 hits, 3 runs, 3
earned runs, 3 walks, 1 K; Jared Hughes, 2/3 inning, 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk,
2 Ks; Jeurys Familia 2 innings, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 walks,
2Ks; Pete Alonso 3 for 5 (2 HRs #15 & #16), 2
runs scored, 3 RBIs; Guillermo Heredia 2 for 4 (HR #2), 1 run scored, 2
RBIs; Luis Guillorme 2 for 3, 1 run scored, 1 walk; Todd Frazier 0 for 5; Robinson Cano 0 for 3; (Box
Score).
SNY.TV:
Mets takeaways from 15-5 loss to Nationals in final game of 2020 season. Seth
Lugo had a rough start at the beginning of the game.
Not the end to the season that Seth Lugo wanted. He slammed his glove down in the dugout in frustration.
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 27, 2020
Lugo's final line: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K.
As a reliever: 2.61 ERA
As a starter: 6.15 ERA
Which role Lugo occupies going forward will be a hot offseason debate.
Brad Brach will finish the season having walked eight of the last nine batters he faced.
— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) September 27, 2020
Pete Alonso - New York Mets (15) 2-run. pic.twitter.com/Qf3R7m3uhj
— MLB HR Tracker (@hr_mlb) September 27, 2020
Guillermo Heredia - New York Mets (2) Solo. pic.twitter.com/OgnTNf3yBV
— MLB HR Tracker (@hr_mlb) September 27, 2020
PETE BLAST x2! pic.twitter.com/UvRjCffzsj
— SNY (@SNYtv) September 27, 2020
Newsday:
Mets end Wilpon era with big loss to Nationals.
Mike
Puma NY Post: Mets finish in NL East basement with Wilpon era likely over.
Deesha
Thosar NY Daily News: “Mediocre starting pitching, lack of momentum,
absences of winning streaks and urgency, and Little League mental and
baserunning mistakes pounded the team to the ground. Despite the Mets being in
unanimous agreement that they had the talent to play in October, they kept
getting in their own way.”
Greg
Prince Faith and Fear in Flushing: The Cookie Crumbles. “There are more for
a majority of major league teams, but not ours. There’s a reason for that. We
weren’t good enough. We weren’t remotely good most of the time. I say “we”
because I’d like to think we win together and we lose together, regardless that
some of our uniforms have yet to be delivered from Stitches of Whitestone. If
this was all second-person accusatory, you’d be on your own and we wouldn’t
care. That’s not the case. We are with you, Dom. We are with you, Pete.”
Pretty incredible that all this stuff actually happened... except the hardest part.
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 27, 2020
The Mets received an improbable amount of help down the stretch. If they had won out, they'd have made the playoffs. https://t.co/VOMC8q3jph
Mets record through 60 games:
— New York Mets Stats (@NYMStats) September 27, 2020
2020: 26-34, 286 runs, 308 runs allowed
2019: 28-32, 273 runs, 300 runs allowed
2018: 27-33, 232 runs, 268 runs allowed
2017: 27-33, 297 runs, 316 runs allowed
2016: 34-26, 222 runs, 196 runs allowed
2015: 31-29, 224 runs, 227 runs allowed
Metstradamus
asks the needed questions if the 2020 Mets season was “because of the
unusual circumstances of the 60 game pandemic truncated season, and what
aspects of 2020 went wrong that were going to go wrong anyway, whether it be by
lack of talent or roster malpractice.”
Mets.com:
Mets face crucial, change-filled offseason. “…even if Cohen does complete
his purchase in the coming weeks, it isn’t clear how he will operate --
specifically, who might stay and who might go. All the Mets understood for sure
on Sunday were their regrets following a challenging, disappointing season that
began with playoff aspirations.”
Phil
Mushnick NY Post: The one Mets dilemma Steve Cohen may not be able to fix. Simply
put, how will Cohen’s ownership provide the stimulus or direction to avoid the
tsunami that has made baseball a strikeout or home run, .200 batting average,
empty-the-bullpens, all-night expensive enterprise?
NY
Times: With Wilpons Set to Cede Control, the Mets End an Era of What-Ifs. After
his entanglement in the Madoff Ponzi scheme, the longtime Mets owner Fred
Wilpon vowed to fight to keep his team. He did, but the scandal altered the
course of his reign.
Rising
Apple: Four reasons why you shouldn’t miss The Wilpons. Poor Finances and
Bernie Madoff lead the list.
Mike’s
Mets has a great piece on Minor League baseball in “Nothing Wrong With Being In
the Bushes.”
Rising
Apple: Three sneaky free agent moves that can improve the Mets in 2021. White
Sox Catcher James McCann,
Twins Starting Pitcher Jake
Odorizzi, and Dodgers Relief Pitcher Pedro Baez.
Rising
Apple: Same song new dance, Brandon Nimmo could be traded this winter.
Matz's 2020 ERA is now 10.36. https://t.co/gnY6CRWLWT
— Deesha (@DeeshaThosar) September 27, 2020
Rising
Apple: Mets are in the same position with Steven Matz as they were with Travis
d’Arnaud.
Jacob deGrom is the first @Mets pitcher to win back-to-back strikeout titles since @dcone36 in 1990 & 91. pic.twitter.com/eJDL6oj41R
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) September 27, 2020
Shot heard round the world pic.twitter.com/t2TaolJXAW
— Ty Kelly (@tykelly11) September 26, 2020
MLB.com: 16-team field set;
postseason opens Tuesday.
AP
News: Pandemic playoffs: Brewers, Astros in despite losing records.
It doesn't get much easier than this 5-4-3 triple play. pic.twitter.com/Qpjon1aAO1
— MLB (@MLB) September 27, 2020
Cardinals 5
Brewers 2 (Box
Score)
JBJ is ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/guGBYJHf1a
— MLB (@MLB) September 27, 2020
Red Sox 9
Braves 1 (Box
Score)
Wilmer Flores - San Francisco Giants (12) Solo. pic.twitter.com/ja6YZhfkx9
— MLB HR Tracker (@hr_mlb) September 28, 2020
Padres 5
Giants 4 (Box
Score)
Here is the full MLB Scoreboard from
yesterday.
.@LLVIII40 and DJ LeMahieu become the first pair of teammates to win the MLB HR title and MLB batting title since the 1959 Milwaukee Braves (Aaron, AVG & Mathews, HR). pic.twitter.com/82NcxUvObO
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) September 27, 2020
Forbes:
Quiet Moves For Luke Voit And DJ LeMahieu Paid Off Significantly For The New
York Yankees.
.@ShaneBieber19 is the first pitcher to complete the triple crown since Johan Santana in 2006. pic.twitter.com/70AGIB97AC
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) September 27, 2020
.@JuanSoto25_ is the youngest NL player to win the batting title. pic.twitter.com/2D7mDtWCDG
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) September 27, 2020
.@BauerOutage is the first @Reds pitcher to win an ERA title since 1944 (Ed Heusser). pic.twitter.com/7QzPEHbq5K
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) September 27, 2020
MLB
Trade Rumors: Angels Fire GM Billy Eppler.
NY
Post: Alex Cora speculation begins after Red Sox fire Ron Roenicke.
Kevin
Kernan ballnine.com looked at how the Rays are able to win: “Rays owners
have discovered what so many other teams can’t figure out. It’s not the
analytics that create success. It’s the scouting and development side of the
organization that breeds continued success. Numbers are merely a tool. If the
system works, they can find people to be in charge of the system. That is what
makes the Rays so successful.”.
Today
in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:
Born on
this date:
- Dick Gernert (1928)
- Ronn Reynolds (1958)
- Mike DeJean (1970)
Died on this date:
- Carlos Diaz (2015)
Centerfield
Maz: Remembering Mets History: (9/27/2000) Mets Clinch Wild Card Berth.
Centerfield
Maz: Luis Guillorme: 2019 Mets Infielder (2018-2020), Born 9/27/94.
Centerfield
Maz: Remembering Mets History:(9/25/2015) Mets Clinch 2015 NL Eastern Title.
|
1962 |
In front of only 595 fans at
Wrigley Field, the Cubs (58-101) beat the Mets (39-118) in the first meeting
in major league history between two 100-loss teams before the series begins.
The New York expansion team will split the remaining two games in Chicago to
finish the season 40-120, establishing the record for the most losses in
baseball's modern-era. |
|
2003 |
At Turner Field in Atlanta, Jose
Reyes becomes the second Mets player to hit a home run from both sides of
the plate in one game. Lee
Mazzilli was the first when he went yard twice against the Dodgers in LA
on September 3, 1978. |
|
2008 |
The Mets play their final game at
Shea Stadium, a 4-2 loss to the Marlins, disappointing a sellout crowd by
failing to qualify for the postseason on the last day of the season for the
second consecutive year. After the contest, former Mets, including Hall of
Famers Willie
Mays, Yogi Berra,
and Tom
Seaver, as well as Darryl
Strawberry, Dwight Gooden
and Mike
Piazza, but not any of the club's current players, take part in a
ceremony to celebrate the history of the 45 year-old ballpark in front of the
subdued spectators gathered to 'Shea Goodbye'. |
|
2010 |
David
Wright sets the all-time Mets record for strikeouts in a season with 157.
The third baseman passes the infamous mark shared by Dave
Kingman (1982) and Tommie
Agee (1970). |
|
2011 |
Jose
Reyes takes himself out of the season finale, after laying down a bunt
single off Edinson Volquez in the first inning of the Mets' 3-0 victory over
Cincinnati at Citi Field. The infield hit, which will be his last for the
Mets until returning to the club in 2016, raises the shortstop's average to a
league-leading .337, nudging Milwaukee's Ryan Braun for the NL batting crown,
the first in franchise history. |
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14 comments:
Matz 14 homers in 30.2 IP? Pete Alonso has the perfect guy for his best Home Run Derby.
Matz 14 homers in 30.2 IP? Pete Alonso has the perfect guy for his best Home Run Derby.
Hope Steven Matz can figure this out. It sure was a tough year for him.
Seth Lugo needs to be reacquainted with the bullpen.
Guys like Matz and Wacha should be house-hunting near Pittsburgh and Seattle.
Guys like Brach and Oswalt should be taking courses in the Korean language.
Open the checkbook, Steve.
P.S. It's bad enough when Ramos allows so many passed balls and wild pitches. I can't stand watching him chase after them like it's a wayward frisbee in the park on a Saturday morning. Get us a real catcher please.
Bob W
We had a real catcher. His name was Tomas Nido. He should have been the regular this year and think he would have been come September if he didn't get COVID. People only complained about his hitting. Did Ramos' bat make up for his defense the last two years?
I like the James McCann idea better than Realmuto. I worry about a long term deal for a guy with a bad hip. Phillies missed the playoffs the last two years even with Realmuto.
Tomas Nido will be back in 2021 and may fall into the starting position. I expect the Mets to say via con dios to Wilson Ramos and they could easily seek a battery partner to play along side Nido. My hopes they go defense first here. Git enough bats. Need mid-field defense.
As for Matz, I can't see any scenario that the Mets bring him back at his whopping ARB projected salary.
I look at JT Realmuto's stats and ask myself only this, "What's the big frickin' deal here?"
The Mets had two great catchers, Carter and Piazza. JT ain't that people.
I get Tomas Nido back 100% healthy. And then go out and get a younger catcher from another organization. Maybe like a guy I keep mentioning here Ryan Jeffers (Minny). Big, young, with promise. Then you have two good younger catchers, in case one goes down for a spell.
John:
To me, it's the Steven Matz illusion.
The record speaks for itself.
And there is not one single Met Free Agent this year, that I would under any circumstance re-sign.
I didn't know Marisnick is a Free Agent. Knowing this now probably not him either. Ideally, LF Nimmo (still developing but good) and RF Conforto. True, need a new CF for 2021.
But really, no re-signs from the Mets FA please.
Priorities
1. A three starter.
2. A good young catcher.
3. One more really good reliever.
4. Maybe one more young AAA starter, like (who knows here) Jay Groome.
Sidebar: See what I mean with the NYG. Don't watch. You'll get nauseated.
Bill Parcells, where are you?
2. Should have read a new CF.
See the Yankees. Maybe Bernie W. can still play.
Poor Yankees. Cashman and Levine. Didn't get'rdone this season. No starting pitching, everyone too old now. If they didn't get Cole last off season, they wouldn't have gotten even this far. Tanaka, Paxton, Britton (I think) are all FA's now. Stay away from.
Old habits die slowly sometime.
1. Getting these old cheap last season players before Sunken Nuts Assisted Living does. Guys who have so little left, that they have a hard time getting out to their positions and then back at inning end.
2. These new gloves with the holes in the web. What is that?
3. Reacting with a back of the dugout forehead pound when the player starting ahead of you does something really, really good.
4. Wondering before the season's halfway point if pitcher Fernando Rodney is still someplace out there and available right before the halfway point in the season.
5. And no "Fortitude" is not a new Energy Drink!
Albany John
You really would take Stroman back?
Here's why, not me.
He isn't a true even three starter. He has a pretty near 500% won/lost, which doesn't excite me. He made $12 million for 1 season (2020) and he's a four starter on a good rotation team, nothing more.
Strikeouts are kind of under 1 per inning, so-so, which is my benchmark.
If me, I would probably go with Lugo in the four and Jay Groome, Seth Lugo, or Thomas Szapucki in the five hole.
Then add in here a non-FA starter (via a trade) for the three until Noah gets back. Once Noah shows sound again, then this: 1. Jake 2. Noah 3. New Guy 4. Peterson 5. Lugo, Szapuxki or Groome (if they can even get him from Boston because Boston has virtually almost no pitching at all right now.)
But having three good possible starters vying for the four spot, means that you have the necessary rotation depth for the whole season (2021).
The next wave of good starting pitchers will happen 2022 or even 2023. So it's a ways away still.
Forget about Rick Porcello too.
Watched him on the Red Sox most of his starts there. Something almost kind of finicky there or something. Hard to label. But true. Saw it, but did not get it.
Look. The Red Sox would have kept Porcello at $10 mill. only, but had to know something. Only other starter good there after 2019 was ERod really. Eovaldi was still a questionmark. But they let Rick Porcello walk.
These are the "strong cues" that the NY Mets sometimes miss altogether. It happens often too, and not just with the pitchers.
Betances and Wacha too. Too much for too big of a risk perhaps.
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