Two years back, I posted this picture and wrote:
“Let’s hope we smile at their 2024 success.”
That, like any real success in Metsville, seems perpetually elusive.
Even so far in 2026.
What people prefer may be logical, or it may just be downright illogical.
Take, for instance, the choice of being a Mets fan or being a Yankees fan.
Being a Mets fan certainly does not seem logical, when one could choose being a Yankee fan instead.
After all, the Mets virtually every single year run into absolutely woeful stretches that the team does not seem to be able to extricate itself from.
The Yankees don’t seem to have that problem.
They make the playoffs virtually every single year, whether they make the World Series or not. The cross town Queens team seems to see the playoffs about as often as Haley’s comet flies by.
Simply, consider the two teams’ success or failure at reaching the playoffs over the last 35 years. Yankees? Innumerable. Mets? Infinitesimal.
The Yankees have continually been kicking sand in the Mets’ faces.
Logically, in that regard, I would give the Yankees an A-.
The Mets? D-. I feel generous in doing so.
If you like anemia, and irritable bat syndrome, you choose Mets hitters, who are perpetually aided and abetted in their overall ineptitude by an overly pitcher friendly Park.
You know the one…
The House That the Wilpons Built.
Or you could choose the Yankees, who annually flex their muscles with rip roaring offense. Almost regardless of player moves and injuries.
Remember, the Mets acquired slugging Juan Soto, and the Yankees lost that same slugging Juan Soto, arguably one of the best hitters on the planet. But the Mets overall hit like garbage, with little power, and the Yankees shrug off the loss of the mighty Soto and bang out plenteous quantities of offense and long balls with complete and utter abandon.
Thru Saturday, the Yankees had won 8 straight and had more than double the number of home runs as the Mets did.
On the other hand, when Soto was out with his calf injury, the Mets collapsed and lost a season-crushing 12 straight.
And 15 losses in 17 games??
The ANNUAL COLLAPSE came early this year.
With any logic whatsoever…
We sports consumers would look at this and switch to the Yankees.
No doubt, many thousands in the “metropolitan” area are doing so.
When 1 thinks of the Mets, the word “suffering” comes to mind.
Anguish, too. Toxic? For some, no doubt.
When one thinks of the Yankees, “winning divisions and making the playoffs” comes to mind.
If I had any brains at all, something that at times is far from certain, I think I might have an imminent decision to make.
At least if I can find the time to be logical here, about these Mets.
I enjoy watching Victor Wembanyama Facebook NBA video clips more than watching Mets games - for real. He truly is an Alien and an Extraterrestrial.
The Mets have subterranean creatures compiling subterranean win-loss stats.
The Mets?
Thru Sunday, still days away from the very merry month of May?
* Trail Braves by 10.5 games. (The Mets led them by 0.5 games on April 7!)
* Trail Yankees by 9.0 games
* Are 7.5 games out of the Wild Card!
MEET THE METS, GREET THE METS, STEP RIGHT UP AND BEAT THE METS.
The magic is not back. The jingle is back!
IS ANYONE HOT IN METSVILLE?
We know AJ Ewing is.
(Just, deservedly, promoted to AAA with his .481 OBP).
We know Elian Peña is hot, too.
Is there a third? Yes, there most certainly is. His name?
Randy Guzman, for St Lucie.
He started his Florida season icily…4 for 31.
Since then, the Gooz is a torrid 13 for 38 with 4 doubles and 4 HRs.
That qualifies as HOT!
A NO-NO IN NY LAST NIGHT
Trevor Bauer in his Cincy Days
A 7 inning no hitter with just a single walk was fashioned by Long Island Ducks pitcher TREVOR BAUER.
An 84 pitch gem.
I saw a brief clip of his final pitch, and it was a sizzling fastball.
I have a REAL suggestion:
Bring Bauer to Queens, and let Senga pitch for the Ducks.
12 comments:
Trevor Bauer is a member of The Mighty Ducks.
When Senga pitches, the Mets are Sitting Ducks.
Not only are the Mets unwatchable, they are no longer worth reading about or commenting about. Everything I blasted Stearns for in the off-season, has been realized.
Nickel, this team as constructed had downside risk. After the 7-4 season start, every downside risk has actualized.
Side note on Ewing promotion to AA. Aside from Serrano .259), Binghamton hitters’ batting averages are simply jaw-dropping:
1: Jose Ramos .130
2: Matt Rudick .158
3. Nick Lorusso .159
4. D’Andre Smith: 171
5. Kevin Parada: .173
6: Jacob Reimer: .177
7. JT Schwartz: .182
8. Chris Suero .189
9. Marco Vargas .212
10. Wyatt Young .216.
Are they playing with the lights out?
When things go bad they go really bad. Pitching is nowhere near last year either.
Nickel, you were right.
Our Mets are the masters of self sabotage. When they finally had a team worth watching (2024) which featured speed, defense, hitting and OMG, Stearns channeled his Spock logic and decided that team needed to be broken apart.
From the beginning I have said that this team was worse than the 2025 team which still had leaders like Alonson, McNeil, Nimmo. We now have a non-vocal leader in Lindor and another in Soto. Alonso needed to go but why McNeil and Nimmo?
Stearns brings in Luis Robert Jr. because Jose Siri, Mullins and Tyrone Taylor couldn't hit so why not bring in another stiff?. He then gave us Seamen and Polanco. Then Bichette who seems spooked by just wearing the uniform.
When will the Mets learn by watching what the Braves do time and time again?. The Braves took a couple of years, developed the right prospects, allowed them to play together and learn and now they lead the NL east and will probably do so for years.
The Mets by contrast, trade the wrong players, sign the wrong players and seem unable to do a permanent fix on anything. Not the BP, not the pitching, not the hitting, not the bench, not the manager and not the GM. The Mets trade valuable prospects in order to get expensive, over the hill veterans while the possible future stars sit on the bench for extended periods.
Fans blame Diaz for bolting to the Dodgers but be realistic, if you had a choice of the Mets or the Dodgers where would you sign?.
People my age had three New York teams to root for... the Yanks, the Giants, and my beloved Bums.
Us Dodgers fans from Queens hated the Yankees from birth. So when our team moved west and a new team started in our home borough... well, the rest came natural
I still think Tong and Santucci will catch fire as the calendar flips to May. I just highlighted Binghamton hitting woes. Binghmton every bit as desultory.
Viper, that sums it up quite well.
Mack, it is never too late to change. If the Mets were honest, their big change could be a name change: the New York White Sox. White is taken? How about the New York Pale Beige Sox?
Phillies just fired their manager, Rob Thomson. I guess the Phils want Cora so they are moving with alacrity. Stearns is a Men-Dozer.
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