tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post8317978767802448858..comments2024-03-28T17:57:21.603-04:00Comments on Mack's Mets: Peter Hyatt - The Excitement of Youth Tempered By Terry Collins Mack Adehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-55818491307521038542017-08-06T00:56:56.879-04:002017-08-06T00:56:56.879-04:00Hitler had a strong personality. Donald Trump has...Hitler had a strong personality. Donald Trump has a strong personality. While I'm not equating Alderson with either of them, merely having a strong personality isn't necessarily a good thing.Reese Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993445356545875409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-737638217105230162017-08-05T15:22:02.245-04:002017-08-05T15:22:02.245-04:00Greg,
I did not confuse Collins with Alderson re...Greg, <br /><br />I did not confuse Collins with Alderson regarding the promotion of Rosario. This was Alderson's call. <br /><br />As to Collins playing vets over youth and making all sorts of dopey excuses, listen to what he says. Believe his words and don't interpret them. <br /><br />Then, ask yourself, "why?"<br /><br />Why does he need to say this now?<br />Why here?<br />Why these words?<br /><br />Then, take a look at line ups. <br /><br />Consider why Nimmo road the pine when his entire family came out to see him in a rare opportunity. <br /><br />Did we really need 36 year old Grandy out there?<br /><br />Then, begin to consider both Alderson's and Collins' age and the future and what would be most important to them;<br /><br />the here and now, or<br /><br />tomorrow. <br /><br /><br /><br />What I do not know is how much of a line up is Collins and how much is Alderson. <br /><br />Alderson has a very strong personality. <br />Statement Analysis Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13607372649929274491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-30184023148746936182017-08-05T12:02:51.029-04:002017-08-05T12:02:51.029-04:00BENCH...THE...VETS...BENCH...THE...VETSBENCH...THE...VETS...BENCH...THE...VETSTom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-87554653586054474402017-08-05T11:54:46.223-04:002017-08-05T11:54:46.223-04:00I agree with you about Smith.
I think you're ...I agree with you about Smith.<br /><br />I think you're completely off-base re: Collins and parsing what his comments meant regarding Rosario not playing every game. Rosario is at 98 games thus far and has never played more than 120. With 50 games left to go it's a good shot that hes' going to get gassed if he plays every day. And there are veterans who can spell him.<br /><br />You also seem to conflate Collins with Alderson. The button to be pushed regarding Rosario's promotion was Sandy's, not Terry's. Given what was reported to be some tension in the Met locker room, he attempted to see if he could offload Cabrera first and ease the logjam. It did not happen (though the timing of Rivera's injury helped).<br /><br />As to the assertion that "Twitter" (Who is "Twitter" anyway?) pressured Collins into putting Conforto into the lineup, I'm sorry...but that's just silly. Collins (who is not on Twitter) is not letting fans dictate playing time. If he was, he would never have lasted a season as a manager.<br /><br />It's baseball. Not America's Got Talent.greggofbokennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-14182048119288400792017-08-05T11:49:07.367-04:002017-08-05T11:49:07.367-04:00Going forward the Mets should be playing:
1B Smith...Going forward the Mets should be playing:<br />1B Smith<br />2B Cecchini (since TJ is hurt)<br />SS Rosario<br />3B Flores<br />CF Lagares/Nimmo whichever one is healthy or platoon.<br /><br />But we still need to trade players that should have been traded already if not for the resident Genius who either asked for too much or wasn't willing to pick up any of the money owed.<br /><br />Collins is not going to sit Cabrera or Granderson if they are still on the team. The only one who should be playing if he is still on the Mets is Bruce. But Collins has to play his veterans.Viperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02527334953909658283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-47793329360152898832017-08-05T11:07:37.268-04:002017-08-05T11:07:37.268-04:00As I said earlier, the promotion of Rosario was a ...As I said earlier, the promotion of Rosario was a smokescreen to shelter Alderson from his failures at the trade deadline. How is it that they didn't want him to be poisoned by the bad mindset of Asdrubal Cabrera and now he plays alongside him as if none of the previous BS ever was said? <br /><br />Don't get me started on Terry Collins who might want to consider that older players need more rest than do younger ones, particularly younger ones with a chip on their shoulder and an adrenaline rush from their first taste of the majors. <br /><br />I also agree that the world knows what Asdrubal Cabrera and Curtis Granderson can do. If they wanted them, then they would have traded for them. Bench them and create room for the future -- Smith at 1B and Flores at 3B every single day. The only variation of this plan would be if you wanted to showcase Walker at 3B and let the defensively challenged Flores play 2B. There's no need to play Reyes or Cabrera or Granderson anymore. <br /><br />While we're at it, let's see Drew Smith.Reese Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993445356545875409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-36595237350991657032017-08-05T10:22:09.033-04:002017-08-05T10:22:09.033-04:00Nice article Peter. Couldn't agree more.Nice article Peter. Couldn't agree more.Viperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02527334953909658283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-75385712085000828012017-08-05T10:22:05.280-04:002017-08-05T10:22:05.280-04:00If Rosario did not get tired playing daily in Vega...If Rosario did not get tired playing daily in Vegas heat, he'll be fine here playing every day. We need him playing every day. Maybe Terry would prefer Reyes because penciling in Rosario is a few more letters, and old guys get tired, so he'd prefer to not exert himself.<br /><br />Dom Smith needs to be here too. Now. Nimmo deserves to play and show what he can do. Lagares will be back any day now.<br /><br />Whichever veterans have to sit or go bye bye to make room for the young dudes - well, that is what has to happen ASAP.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.com