Tom
Tango - Tangotiger @tangotiger
At pitches
just inside strike zone, pitches are called strike 77% of time
At pitches
just outside strike zone, pitches are called strike 14% of time
There is
an especially noticeable difference when there's 0 or 2 strikes
Will be
interesting to see it in an ABS-Challenge world
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6757524/2025/10/29/mets-fan-survey-results-2025/
Do you agree
with the Mets’ decision to fire much of the coaching staff?
Yes: 53%
Despite
believing the pitching staff and Stearns are more culpable for 2025’s
disappointment, the fan base was largely on board with the changes to the
coaching staff.
Codify @CodifyBaseball
2026 WORLD
CHAMPION ODDS (@fanduel):
340 LAD
700 NYY
1000 PHI
1200 NYM SEA
1400 HOU
1700 BOS
2000 ATL
TOR
2200 MIL
SD
2500 CHC
CLE
2700 DET
3000 BAL
3500 CIN
KC SF
4000 TEX
5500 TB
6500 ARI
8000 ATH
MIN
10000 STL
12500 MIA
25000 LAA
PIT
50000 CWS
COL WSH
Ryan Helsley
While Mets
fans might not like it, there's a world where Helsley is back in Queens next
season. New York Post insider Joel Sherman spoke
to this in an October 29 article, where he seemed to suggest that Helsley is
still a talented reliever who would appear poised for a bounce-back season.
And if
this is the something the Mets also believe, they could get Helsley at a
bargain compared to what he could have cost if he pitched better down the
stretch and hope he reverts to the pitcher he was before coming to New York.
While this
sentiment is logical enough, it seems very unlikely that the Mets' brass would
want anything to do with Helsley at this point. And Helsley probably prefers a
fresh start somewhere else, as well.
So,
although there is a case for the Mets to re-sign Helsley, fans can sleep
soundly at night knowing this case is a long shot, to say the least.
How
can New York rebuild its bullpen?
The
external options
Pick your
go-to reference for “a lot”: Bullpen options are myriad, sundry and manifold.
We ran through several of the closing options when we discussed Díaz last week.
Among non-closers not mentioned there, Phil
Maton, Kyle Finnegan and Scott Barlow had nice years from the right side
while Danny Coulombe, Hoby
Milner and Caleb Ferguson were solid as southpaws. This is an area that Mets
president of baseball operations David
Stearns has routinely
bolstered via the waiver wire and with less heralded pick-ups as well.
3 SP
doors the NY Mets can refuse to knock on due to their scary second half
Sonny Gray
The St.
Louis Cardinals would love to trade Sonny Gray and the backloaded contract he’s
on. Owed $35 million this coming season with a $5 million buyout for 2027, he’s
a bad match for the Mets for several reasons. Just because the Mets spend money
doesn’t mean they want to be abusive about it. Gray had a year that didn’t end
as well as it began. He was 9-3 with a 3.50 ERA in the first half. He ended the
year with a 5-5 record and 5.45 ERA in the second half. He was annihilated with
a 7.81 ERA in July and later a 4.76 ERA in September. August was good but
hardly makes his failures with the New York Yankees forgettable. It doesn't
matter if Gray is giving out full size candy bars; they're probably melted
anyway.
Why Mets might reunite with Max Scherzer in
free agency
The Mets are expected to acquire at least one
quality starting pitcher this offseason. Scherzer will turn 42 next July, and
his 2025 season stats (5.19 regular season ERA in 85 innings pitched) don't
suggest he's the sort of quality arm New York is looking for right now.
Then again, Scherzer has been decent in the
postseason for Toronto, and his postseason pedigree and experience could be
invaluable for a relatively young Mets' pitching staff next season. Not to
mention that Spotrac projects he'll sign a one-year, $10 million deal, which is
certainly affordable for Mets owner Steve Cohen.
Meet the prospects every known Tarik Skubal trade
suitor can't afford to part with
New York Mets: RHP Nolan McLean
Nolan McLean made a strong first impression
on New York Mets fans this season. He earned his call-up in August and put up a
pristine 2.06 ERA across eight starts. He logged 57 K's in 48.0 innings and
finished with a 1.04 WHIP. Had the Mets cracked the postseason, McLean would've
been their featured ace.
It's hard to know exactly what to expect from
McLean long term — eight starts is hardly a meaningful sample, especially when
MLB offenses aren't up to speed on your stuff — but the early returns are
awfully tantalizing. He wields a destructive fastball and pitches with a mean
streak.
The Mets need depth on the mound as much as
anything. Kodai
Senga's health is unreliable and Sean Manaea was a shell of himself
this season. McLean, along with fellow rookies Brandon Sproat and Jonah Tong,
represent significant long-term upside for the Mets. But wiping out all their
depth for Skubal, when he can still pick up and leave come 2027, is a
significant risk. The Mets have to give up something, but the vision should be
Skubal and McLean headlining the rotation for the next decade.
CC on Mets –
According to CC Sabathia, the Mets are closer to
a title than the Yankees. He reasons that they have more to prove, as well as
the talent in the room to accomplish it.
"The Mets are going to be super
motivated next year because they didn't make the playoffs," Sabathia said
on the Boardroom with Rich Kleiman.
"It's going to be tough for the Yankees to get by after what they just
went through and even last year, going to the World Series. The deeper you get
into the playoffs, the harder it is to reset and get ready for the next year.
The Mets still have a lot to prove with a great roster and a lot of
talent."
3
unspecified NY Mets roster additions they’ll definitely make
in November
1)
The Mets will claim a nearly 30-year-old
infielder with minimal MLB experience
We
haven’t seen the last of the Mets claiming Luis De Los Santos, Donovan Walton, or Zack Short.
Those specific players are probably not coming to the Mets. Someone of their
same ilk will undoubtedly get claimed off of waivers.
One
verse of David Stearns’ mantra includes insurance-level players
like this whose sole purpose will be to give the team added defensive depth.
Who will it be this year and will his 2025 batting average make our skin crawl?
Mets fan survey results
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6757524/2025/10/29/mets-fan-survey-results-2025/
How would you grade Juan Soto’s
first season in Queens?
A - 48%
B - 45%
C - 6%
D - 1%
F - 0%
So, the talk radio callers aren’t wholly
representative of the fan base?
7 comments:
would a sonny gray deal make sense if you can flip manea?
or would jeff mcniel for sonny gray straight up be enough?
or dare i say could nimmo be a part of a deal ?
I flipped on the 7th game last night. 8th inning. What a game of twists, surprises and MANY near misses. First of the many was Toronto leading 5-4, man on second, none out, and Gimenez bunts foul and, with Muncy drawn in at 3rd, Gimenez hit a rocket right at him that he somehow barely gloved. That goes through, had it been inches higher, Toronto probably would have iced the game that inning, rather than beinga scoreless inning. Yamamoto wins in multi-inning relief, on NO DAYS’ REST? Incredible game, at least from the 8th on..
So much for they need six days between pitching, huh? Tom, I want to talk about that game. First Giminez’s job was to execute, but he got greedy. The first thing that came to me after Muncy caught the ball was Ty Higgins sliding down at the five yard line and not scoring a touchdown that would allow the other team to get a possession. Giminez wanted more, and I believe that cost them.
Secondly, going back to game 6, when the guy got doubled up, the runner on third was watching the play. His job was to tag up and on the throw to second take off for home. Yeaterday Kiner-Filafa on third with one out, bases loaded. On the ground ball to Rojas, K-F was completely flat footed and it took him about a second and a half to get to full speed. That’s why he was out. Why wasn’t he moving forward with the pitch to be on the “balls of his feet”? Why wasn’t he moving a step towards the plate on each pitch to have momentum? He lost the World Series for his team, and I would never forgive him for that. The Dodgers kept trying to give it away and the Blue Joays kept rejecting their offers.
Your Sonny deal is downright sunny
Gus, I sure wonder why Falefa did not score on that ever-so-close play, and I thought it was a bad start…thanks for confirming that. It only cost them the World Series. I’d fire him. There is no way LuisAngel Acuna would not have scored there.
I also took issue with Falefa going feet first. And not head first. Most times, I hate head first slides at home, due to injury potential. But, in that situation, to not go head first? I’d fire him just for that, too. He as out by 2 inches. It cost them everything.
Wondered, not wonder.
Also, Gimenez not getting the bunt down. In the 1960s and 1970s, they knew how to get a sac bunt down.
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