By metstradamus | September 24, 2020 1:11 am
Just when you thought there wouldn’t be a division championship celebrated at Citi Field, here comes the Tampa Bay Rays to make our dreams come true.
Their 8-5 victory gave them the A.L. East division title, and put the Mets’ playoff hopes officially on life support. That’s what I get for putting out all the scenarios yesterday. (I hope you didn’t bet that parlay.) I thought that if the Mets had lost today, it would have been because either Michael Wacha got Glavine’d, or Todd Frazier was going to do something stupid. When Wacha struck out the side in the first inning, it wasn’t going to be a Glavine.
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What is TB's total salary.
Like 60mil, right.
Hire their guy not Sandy.
Didn't he interview for the job that Brodie got?
Losing teams lose for a variety of reasons.
Thoughts to Share to Mack
With any new owner and a new president coming onboard, my one key wish with this team is that instead of putting your own new branding label on this franchise with other team's star players (maybe too old and on the turning point facing their downslide) realize instead everything good here that is already in-place, and then go from that point into the correct tweaking process. In other words, don't try to do what most new owners and presidents almost always do out of ego mostly...too much. Realize that too much is not needed here now for this team's success to become golden.
Senor Sandy Alderson was responsible for much of this good here now. He understands well the importance of scouting and player development. And he is so right on with that.
The game has changed considerably over the past twenty years, scouting and player development is "the key way to go now." It eliminates all the signings of downslide veterans asking for way too much money, and playing on past accolades no longer attainable.
This team's star players are here now. If they add in a starter more and organize their bullpen to roles more, I see very good results happening for this team.
Good Luck to both Mr. Alderson and Mr. Cohen. Bring this train home in 2021.
In Example
MIAMI
The Miami Marlins versus the NY Yankees last night. Miami clinches our playoff spot. I really didn't see this coming. I thought Jeter would turn into Jordan actually. Evidently, I was wrong.
Miami has a pretty solid offensive balance. New names who combine together for a very favorable melding of youngish veteran capability and leadership, plus good kid players making new names for themselves as well. This is not their problem.
From the pitching side, Miami has three really good (and young) starters at the top of their rotation. Pitchers who look like they will be around for a long time. The only recommended fix I see for them this off season, looks like the strengthening of their four and five starter slots.
Sidebar: It's funny to me, but going way back (maybe 20-30 years or so) the four and five starter selections were often overlooked a bit. By this I mean that most MLB franchises were so intent on having the very best 1-3 starters they could get, that the four and five slots were sort of put off until the last second. It was, "Okay, who do we have from within that we could fill these four and five slots with?" This was common thinking back then.
Usually their choices of the four and five starters were based upon "pitcher potential" more than any reality available. Pretty much every MLB franchise did it that way too. It was universal. But those two starts (with the four and five guys going) count in the standings just as much as the first three starts do. Right? Whereas today all MLB franchises tend to think more about their four and five starters, earlier on in the process.
YANKEES
The NY Yankees (as I mentioned here yesterday) are a solid offensive team, even with a couple of their best hitters from the past sort of misfiring some right now. But their offense is still potent enough to make some noise and go deep into the playoffs.
But not unlike their crosstown rival, their pitching staff has some holes. Their 2-5 starters are even in wins and losses and not dominating games. And some of the pitchers that they could always count on in seasons past, haven't been nearly the same this shortened season. To me, it's not so much of an age thing, but rather a performance one.
Their is however a remedy to this starter pitching issue that I can clearly see after having studied it some more. But I am a NY Mets fan. So sorry buddy. No buffet for you!
Win Two Today NY Mets because you guys can!
I'd start Lugo first game, and deGrom the second. But only if Jake says that he is totally up to it. Otherwise no. Not worth the risk with this Hall of Fame starter.
Otherwise, I would go with Corey Oswalt in the second game.
Not Matz. Not Porcello. Not Wacha.
Thinking Ahead
Next ST, I would bring into camp early: Matt Allan, Thomas Szapucki, JT Ginn (the best gin), and Josh Wolf (Wolfen) and have the veterans shave their heads and make them get up and sing the NY Mets theme song with Mr. Met on the piano, if he can.
This may be "the next wave."
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