MACK - Sunday Morning Observations

 

---- First, a general statement.

I have 183 current or ex-Mets players follow me on either Facebook or the X formerly known as Prince. This tells me that many read this site.

I may be one of the only Mets bloggers that keep in touch with the players that have put their Mets uniforms into a box in the garage or hung one in a frame in their man cave.

I've watched these teenagers blossom into men that have gone on to go back and graduate college, get married, raise a family, and become successful at the job they have chosen.

I don't want to go all James Earl Jones here, but BASEBALL is what created theses success stories.

Not on the field... but in something much more precious...

Life.

The Mets have  announced they are forming a new dance team which they will call:

The Queens Crew

Don't go there...

One of the many things I am foggy about these days is the way Zack Wheeler departed the Mets. Confused whose fault it was.

Doesn't matter. Loved him when he came from the left coast and thrilled he's getting paid at this level by a division rival. Means less money for other Philly players.

Mets released a couple of minor league pitchers.

RHP Brawny Reyes (STL - 9.00- ERA) and RHP Jose Gomez (STL - 13.50-ERA) were both sent packing.

Yes, they weren't that successful as a PRO baseball player, but still hats off to two guys that defied the odds that over a million young men dream of every year... putting on a pro uniform.

Ya know... it's now post Super Tuesday game with the Yanks.

At home. Mostly the projected starting lineup. Collectively four hits from those projected starters.

People keep telling me that it's too early. I have a question to you... teams play each other, one loses and one wins. Is it also too early for the teams that currently have the highest winning percentage?  Should their fans worry about their output too ?

And then there is Tylor Megill.

Tuesday. 3 innings. 6 strikeouts. No hits allowed.

Spring ERA... 1.13

K/9 ...   14.6

We don't need no steeenkin Senga!

I had a conversation with someone about whether or not writers on blogs should be critical of minor leaguers that peak below the level of reaching the majors.

I'm pretty adamant about this.

I go out of my way to... limit what I say to the things they have done to produce positive results... or offer constructive criticism that might help them achieve their future goals.

It's so easy to be negative or cruel, or downright hurtful.  I don't believe that's the way to go.

Example.

I hated when the Mets used their first round pick on someone who didn't play high school baseball and I wrote negatively about it. 

Not the player since I had him projected being picked in the Round One Supplement Round...

No, the fact that a first round pick is too precious to take that much of a chance.

Result?

To this day, Brandon Nimmo will have nothing to do with me.

So, I go out of my way to try to help these guys, especially since they read us so much.

An old Mets manager that used to be a great Mets player on a Mets championship team reminded me once while he charged at me in the clubhouse with something in his hand I wrote negative about one of his players...

"Mack. Never assume what you write doesn't leave an impact. "