JEOPARDY? BEING OFF BALANCE ON A DOWNWARD-TILTING SEE-SAW
Jeopardy - that great TV game show.
Jeopardy exists in baseball, too.
Mark Vientos, the first 12 days of June had a slash line of .000/.000./000.
“This is jeopardy.”
Double Jeopardy? He was up just 12 times, fanning in half of them.
After ending May on a 6 for 36 skid, with no walks.
Add the two together, and he is 6 for 48, with no walks. Egads!
Imagine what the Mets’ record might be right now if he was on base 10 more times in those last 48 PAs?
Answer: BETTER.
Career Vientos WAR, excluding his 2024 solid season?
A negative 2.4.
Jarred “the Terrible” Kelenic’s career WAR? A measly -0.1.
So, the two are essentially equally terrible. They have the measly measles.
Kelenic is again back down in AAA, trying to salvage his career.
That being said:
Why would someone trade for Vientos?
They sure wouldn’t give much for him.
His Mets tenure is tenuous. Why?
Lindor will be back probably in 11-14 days, I am guessing, based on Stearn’s latest assessment.
Francisco will need, and of course will get, an immediate roster spot.
Mauricio, Roberts, and Polanco will be back soon, too, perhaps.
Mark faces Quadruple Jeopardy, if you ask me.
Alex Trebek: “Sir…It’s your turn to select.”
Contestant: “I will take FAILURES for $400, Alex”.
PLUS/MINUS BLUES
Through Friday:
The Phillies had scored 20 fewer runs than their pitchers had allowed.
The Mets had scored 16 fewer runs than their pitchers had allowed.
Pretty even.
SO…WHY WERE THE METS TRAILING PHILLY BY 4.5 GAMES??
Maybe in part because:
Mark Vientos’ 2026 slugging % in two key and somewhat overlapping categories (a. 2 outs with RISP; b. Late and Close) is a putrid .220.
“Mark Vientos, your free trial period is nearly over.”
THE METS WILL NOT WIN IF…
…they do not score a lot more.
They remain a miserable 27th in scoring, very close to being dead last.
The Mets are 9th overall in ERA, and 5th in pen ERA.
Bill Clinton agrees with me, “It’s the HITTING, stupid.”
If the Mets were 10th in runs scored, they’d have scored 50 more runs.
And instead of being 31-39, they’d be???
Probably 39-31.
Then, I’d actually watch meaningful games. Instead of tuning out.
11 comments:
The Knicks are, what the Mets are not.
Part of it is “the park”.
The Mets have hindering Stingy Field.
The Knicks have explosive Madison Square Garden,
Steve, the Mets need their equivalent of explosive Madison Square Garden.
And let the fans trashed the city last night and even shot someone on 42nd and Broadway
We just can't have nice things
We live in an increasingly depraved society. Imagine an NBA Knicks similarly thrilling championship in 1959. No damage, no shootings, no arrests.
And no fun. Boring!
Very true. Back at the time right after the Mets moved the outfield fences in for the first time, I wrote an article to Sandy Alderson‘s attention, noting that if a team wins 73 games and hit 200 homers, or win 73 games and hits just 100 homers, which of those teams will draw more fans? Obviously the less boring team that hits 200 home runs. You can’t starve fans of scoring and expect them to be excited, unless somehow you were wanting 60% of your games. Unexcited fans and quasi-fans find other things to do.
Vientos should be released -— for everyone’s sake. Watching him wither on the vine is brutal.
Baty is hitting close to vientos (.184/.216/.204) over last 25 games, send him back to AAA & burn the final option.
Taylor has similar stats, release him too once he is off IL (I’d rather see Pache if we need someone else)
Give Mauricio his final shot when he is healthy - platoon with Semien & UTL IF.
Time to shite or get off the pot.
RVH,
Cleveland, third base, and Kansas City, first base, just put two starters on IL. Call both teams and offer to send Mark Vientos to them. Take a long term, but potentially good, rookie prospect back. The Mets win and the trading team wins. Releasing Vientos for no compensation would be a poor move on the Mets part.
Baty, Vientos, and Taylor are frankly a pathetic trio. Brujan can go, too. The Mets should have signed Luis Guillorme instead and put him on GLP-1.
Gavin Cecchini could have helped. He’s only 32. Low wear and tear. Small problem is he stopped playing anywhere after 2021.
I seriously would have called up Wyatt Young instead of BREW-HON.
LA Acuna is hitting .200, but I bet the Mets wish they kept Acuna and not traded for Laid Up Robert.
It is pretty clear to everyone that Mark Vientos has worn out his opportunity in New York. I agree that he will not make it to the deadline this year wearing orange and blue. Maybe he will do OK with a fresh start, maybe not. He has to develop the skill to see pitches if he wants to hit consistently.
Watching Vientos yesterday he looks lost. His body language & facial expressions. The kid just needs to get away at this point & try to start over.
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