7/1/21

Box Score: Game 2: Clearwater Threshers 4 St. Lucie Mets 2 - 7/1/2021

 




The St. Lucie Mets on the road to play the Clearwater Threshers.  It's the third game of the six game series - game two of today's double header. 

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Box Score: Game 1: Rochester Red Wings 4 Syracuse Mets 1 - 7/1/2021

 



The Syracuse Mets are home to play the Rochester Red Wings.  It's game 1 of today's double header and game 2 of the 6 game series.  

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Box Score: Game 1: Clearwater Threshers 5 St. Lucie Mets 3 - 7/1/2021

 




The St. Lucie Mets on the road to play the Clearwater Threshers.  It's the first game of today's double header - the second game of this six game series. 

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SAVAGE VIEWS – Opportunities Lost

 

July 1, 2021

Before the start of the season, I predicted the Mets staff would have a collective ERA around 3.5 for the season and that their hitters would eclipse 800 runs.  Now as we approach the half way mark the staff ERA hovers slightly above three.  Normally, such excellent pitching would suggest that we are running away with the NL East.  Unfortunately, we are scoring runs at the same pace.   No wonder we find ourselves in a tight race.

As we move forward, it’s unrealistic to expect the pitching staff to perform at the same level, especially with Carrasco and Syndergaard still a while away from being able to contribute.  One of the concerns pre-season was the bull-pen.  Over the first half of the season they generally exceeded expectations.  Going forward their warts may have been exposed.   

Once you get past Diaz, Lugo, and perhaps Loup and Familia, I have little confidence in May, Castro and Smith.  I’m going to stick with my original projection of a 3.5 ERA for the season, but it means we will give up an average of four runs the rest of the way.

On the other hand, the Mets hitters can be expected to be more productive.  It’s hard to believe that not one player has had anything resembling a hot streak thus far.  I have this affliction and can’t seem to get over it.  I tend to love the players on the team and I make excuses when they don’t perform well.  

Now I’m starting to come to the conclusion that perhaps this is not the right group to bring us to the Promised Land.  Maybe a makeover is necessary.  Maybe it’s time to consider offers for our starting eight.  Here’s my list of players to consider moving in order of preference.

JD Davis – while it’s true that he has a productive bat his defense is a liability.  One reason for our early season success is that we have played strong defense.

Dom Smith has regressed.  He is no longer a feared presence in the middle of the line-up.   He is a first baseman at heart playing left-field.  Think it’s time to find him a new home.  I believe his trade value remains high.

James McCann is not an everyday catcher.  At best he should play no more than two out of every days and spelled by Nido.  It will be interesting to see how well he performs once the team is healthy again and he is slotted back into the eight hole.

Pete Alonso continues to be an enigma.   Have we simply over-rated him?  Maybe he’s not as good as we thought.  He would be an attractive commodity on the open market.

Michael Conforto is going to be a free agent.  My recommendation is to sign him.   He is an above average fielder who has been a productive bat in the past.  He would be difficult to replace.  There is no prospect waiting in the wings.  And, I don’t consider Cortes as an adequate replacement.

Jeff McNeil is someone I expected to contend for a batting title.  My projection is that he turns it on in the second half.  He is a top of the order hitter.  Slotting him in the seventh hole would be counter-productive.

Brandon Nimmo has got to stay healthy.  It’s hard to describe the intangibles he brings to the table. Definitely a keeper.

Francisco Lindor – we are stuck with him for the next ten plus years.  Even his defense is not as advertised.

I projected the Mets would win 93 games.  I no longer believe that is attainable.  At this stage the Nats look like the superior team.

Ray

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Tom Brennan - HOME FIELD METS’ BAT DISADVANTAGE


 

FIGURE IT OUT….OR ACCEPT FAILURE!

I just finished writing recently about how disadvantaged Brooklyn Cyclones hitters are when hitting on the home field. 

Brutal contrast between Brooklyn Road Warriors and Home Team Wimpy Wimpy Wimpies.

Mauricio sputters at home, clobbers on the road.  

Luke Ritter?  8 homers, 25 RBIs on the road…sensational.  

At home?  1 HR, 2 RBIs…deflational.

But nearer and dearer to our hearts….those NY Mets?

A not-so-bad 148 runs in 39 road games.

Just 118 runs in 35 home games, though.

Not so good hitting on the road, but awful at home.


Last year?  31 road games, 159 runs. Great.

At home? Just 127 runs in 29 games. Not nearly as good.


I did an article or two over the past few years about the Met’s lack of home field advantage, how over a span of years, they hit worse at home and somehow won as few home games as road games.

That kind of thing is a pennant chase killer.

The Yankees, meanwhile, have a significant home field win advantage over the past several years.

Which enhances pennant chances.

I don’t have answers to that, but Zach Scott needs to find those answers.

Pete Alonso has ONE HR AT HOME ON JUNE 28? Ten on the road???  See Luke Ritter above.

Something is drastically wrong. 

Just 7 Alonso home RBIs?  

Something is WRONG!  VERY, VERY WRONG!

Answers are needed? 

Yes!  Real, actionable answers.

Don’t just tell me that Wuhan bats are more dangerous than a Mets’ home bats.

Failing to fix this is accepting Mets offensive failure.

So…fix it.  Whatever it takes.

The Mets suffer from “Systemic Failure to Hit At Home-ism.”

And it is:

Way past the time to figure out why!


Boy, THAT was a doozy last night. 20-2 drubbing.  Mets fans everywhere no doubt envisioned a 2-0 perfect game at the end of the top of the first.  And they were right. It was a perfect disaster, and perfectly embarrassing.

Somewhere, Nimmo, Cookie, and the IL Legion are rehabbing, while the S.S. Mets has been torpedoed and is taking on water?

Be thankful for Tylor Megill. If he had flopped in his two starts, instead of leading the Mets to 2 wins, this team would be in a free fall that my brother would describe in one word: UGLY. A word which he is already using, but without the CAPS.


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Mets News and Breakfast Links - 7/1/2021

 



Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Michael Wacha and Chris Flexen. Mets lose to Braves 20 - 2, Syracuse gets rained out, Binghamton wins their 4th straight, St. Lucie wins big, Brooklyn splits a double header and the FCL Mets win.    

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Braves 20 Mets 2 (Box Score) Kevin Pillar CF 1 for 3, 1 run scored;  Francisco Lindor SS 0 for 2, 1 K; Pete Alonso 1B 1 for 2, HR, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored; David Peterson (L, 2-6) 3 innings, 6 runs – 5 earned, 8 hits, 1 HR, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Sean Reid-Foley 1.3 inning, 5 runs – 4 earned, 4 hits, 1 walk; Thomas Szapucki 3.2 innings, 6 runs – all earned, 7 hits, 2 HRs, 3 walks, 4 Ks, Albert Almora jr. 1 inning, 3 runs – all earned, 1 hit, 1 HR, 1 walk, 1 HBP;

NY Post: Mets demolished 20-2 by Braves, lose David Peterson to injury. “David Peterson departed the mound with the trainer in the fourth inning, ending a brutal performance. The left-hander exited with right side soreness,.”

Mets.com: “New York jumped out to a two-run lead in the first at Truist Park, but Atlanta fired back early and often to hand the Mets a 20-2 loss. In a disastrous fourth inning, the Mets spent over half an hour in the field as the Braves sent 12 batters to the plate and scored seven of them. Matters hardly improved from there, and the Mets allowed 20-plus runs for just the fourth time in franchise history.”

Brian Joura Mets360: “Either way, the blowout allowed the Mets to use Thomas Szapucki, although having him enter the game with runners on second and third probably isn’t the way the front office drew it up on the blackboard….The rookie was in the unenviable spot of having to take one for the team…” (Subscription required)






SNY.TV: What’s next. The Mets and Braves close out their series on Thursday night at 7:20 p.m. on SNY. Jacob deGrom will toe the rubber against Braves righty Ian Anderson.

NY Post: What Jacob deGrom is doing right now is ‘stupid’: Tom Glavine; “I witnessed [Greg Maddux’s] four-year run in Atlanta when he won four straight Cy Young Awards, and it was very similar to what [deGrom] is doing in the sense that if [Maddux] went out and gave up two runs in a game.

NY Post: What Mets’ new hitting coach wants from struggling lineup.”… hitting coach Hugh Quattlebaum wants his crew to stay patient…“The biggest thing for us is we’re focused on the process. Not just what is going to work in the next 24 minutes, 24 hours, but what gives us the best chance for sustained success through the rest of this year…I am really pleased with the process that is going on behind the scenes”

NY Post: Mets’ Edwin Diaz putting together All-Star résumé.

NY Post: MLB places disgraced ex-Mets GM Jared Porter on ineligible list through 2022.

NY Post: Mets’ Dellin Betances to have season-ending shoulder surgery. 

New York Mets infielders J.D. Davis and Jonathan Villar join Syracuse for rehab assignments at NBT Bank Stadium this week. Davis and Villar join Tomás Nido, Jeurys Familia, Brandon Nimmo, and Dellin Betances who are also rehabbing with Syracuse.





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Syracuse Mets & Red Wings postponed on Wednesday night, doubleheader set for Thursday (7/1/21). The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader with first pitch of game one scheduled for 5:05.

Binghamton Rumble Ponies 6 Richmond Flying Squirrels 2 (Box Score) Jake Mangum CF 1 for 4, double, 1 run scored, 1 walk; Carlos Cortes LF 1 for 5, 3 Ks; Mark Vientos 1B 1 for 4, double, 1 run scored, 1 K; Quinn Brodey LF 2 for 3, triple, 3 runs scored, 1 RBI, 1 walk; Yoel Romero 2B 1 for 4, double, 1 RBI; Adam Oller (W, 2-3) 5 innings,  2 runs – both earned, 6 hits, 1 walk, 8 Ks;


Brooklyn Trolley Blogger: Brooklyn Cyclones Split Twin Bill at Aberdeen

Cyclones Split a Pair in Aberdeen. Game 1: Aberdeen IronBirds 2 Brooklyn Cyclones 1 (Box Score) Ronny Mauricio SS 0 for 3, 1 K; Brett Baty 0 for 3; Francisco Alvarez C 2 for 3; Cody Bohanek LF 1 for 2, HR, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 1 K; Jose Butto (L, 1-4) 6 innings, 2 runs – both earned, 5 hits, 1 walk, 9 Ks; 

Game 2: Brooklyn Cyclones 7 Aberdeen IronBirds 6 (Box Score) Ronny Mauricio DH 1 for 3, HR, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored, 2 Ks; Brett Baty 2 for 3, double, run scored, walk; Luke Ritter 2B 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 run scored; Jaison Vilera (W, 1-5) 5 innings, 3 runs – all earned; 1 walk, 1 k; Mitch Ragan (S,2) 2/3 inning, no runs, 2 hits, 1 K; 




St. Lucie Mets wallop Threshers 13-4 in rain-shorted game. St. Lucie Mets 13 Clearwater Threshers 4 (Box Score) Alex Ramirez CF 2 for 4, 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 2 Ks; Warren Saunders DH 2 for 5, HR, 4 RBIs, 2 runs scored; Matt Dyer 1B 3 for 4, 2 doubles, 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 1 K; Nic Gaddis C 1 for 4, HR, 3 RBIs, 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 1 K; Luis Moreno (W, 2-1) 5.2 innings, 4 runs – all earned, 8 hits, 2 HRs, 5 Ks; Drake Nightengale (S,1) 1.2 innings, no runs, 1 hit, 1 walk; 

FCL Mets 8 FCL Cards 2 (Box Score) Johneshwy Fargas CF 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 2 Ks; Stanley Consuegra 1 for 3, HR, 1 RBI, 2 runs scored, 1 K; William Lugo SS 1 for 4, HR, 1 run scored, 2 RBIs; Omar De Los Santos LF 2 for 4, HR, Triple, 3 RBIs, 1 run scored; Jose Zorrilla 1 inning, no runs, no hits; Saul Gonzalez 6 innings, 2 runs – both earned, 6 hits, 2 walks, 7 Ks; 

MiLB.com: Playoffs return to the Minor Leagues. Postseason best-of-5 series for three levels will start on Sept. 21. 

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New York Mets traded Charlie Neal and Sammy Taylor to the Cincinnati Reds for Jesse Gonder on July 1, 1963.

New York Mets released Al Weis on July 1, 1971.

New York Mets signed free agent Alex Escobar on July 1, 1995.

New York Mets traded Roberto Alomar to the Chicago White Sox for Royce Ring, Edwin Almonte and Andrew Salvo on July 1, 2003.

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1943
Although the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League will not have an official All-Star Game until 1946, two teams, one composed of South Bend Blue Sox and Rockford Peaches players and the other made up of players from the Kenosha Comets and Racine Belles, put on an exhibition game under the lights at Wrigley Field. The AAGPBL contest is the first night game ever played in the historic Chicago ballpark.
1966
Woody Fryman faces the minimum 27 batters in the Pirates' 12-0 rout of the Mets at Shea Stadium. New York leadoff hitter Ron Hunt singles to center to start the bottom of the first, but is tagged out trying to swipe second base.

2013
Before the game at Citi Field, the Mets and Diamondbacks honor the 19 firefighters killed while battling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona with a moment of silence. Additionally, each team hangs a jersey with the word Yarnell stitched on the back above the number 19 in their respective dugouts.


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1973: At Wrigley Field, the Mets edge the Cubs, 6 - 5, in the first game of a doubleheader. Then it is the Cubs' turn, as Randy Hundley bangs a 9th inning 3-run homer to give Chicago the 6 - 5 edge. Ron Santo has seven hits for the afternoon, five in the nitecap.

1998 - Trailing the Mets, 8 - 7, in the bottom of the 8th inning, Toronto comes up with eight runs. New York fights back with two in their half of the 9th, but the Blue Jays hold on for a 15 - 10 triumph.

2009: Is the era of high scoring over ? For the first time since September 1, 1976, three National League games end in 1 - 0 scores on the same day. All of the shutouts are combined efforts: Mike Pelfrey of the Mets beats Milwaukee, Johnny Cueto leads the Reds over Arizona, and the Dodgers defeat Colorado with an 8th-inning run.

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