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Trading for Queen would be a drag...

@Gugny Scherzer is now the 'proud' owner of a 5.56 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP. WTF...I thought David Peterson had been demoted to Syracuse but, apparently, he's alive and well and has taken over Max's body. Detroit was hitting nobody coming into this series...and I mean NOBODY...but leave it to the underachieving Mets and their decrepit 'ace' to right the listing Tigers' ship and turn them into the 1927 'Murderers Row' Yankees. Would anyone really be surprised at this point if Verlander's season debut ended in a Motor City Kitty sweep? I wouldn't. 'The Mess' have now lost 8 of their last 10 games with 6 of those 8 losses coming to the Giants, Natalies, & Tigers. Those are the games you're supposed to be taking advantage of to climb the standings. This sh*t show of a staff has allowed more HRs than any other team in the National League. Should be fun when Carrasco and Quintana come riding in on their white horses to help throw gasoline on the tire fire. This team was supposed to be built on its pitching. Helluva build there, Eppler. Another not so fun fact that Gary laid on the viewers during the nightcap was...get this...this year's Mets pitching staff is the WORST at this point in a season since the inaugural season of the franchise in 1962...a team that still holds the MLB record for futility with 120 losses. Good times...

He looked like complete sh*t. Gave up 5 earned runs on 75 pitches and was yanked after 3 1/3 innings and two men on base with the Mets trailing 5-1. He's looked cooked this year other than his first start against the Padres when he went 5 innings and gave up nothing. Another "who the hell is he?!" pitcher came in to relieve Scherzer (Zach Muckenhirn) and promptly surrendered an RBI single before getting out of the inning on a double play ball. 6-1 Detroit going to the bottom of the 4th with all 6 earned runs charged to Scherzer who already had a less than stellar 3.72 ERA coming into the game. And the bats are impotent once again. Small payroll or record-breaking payroll, they always become the same old frustrating f'ing Mets.

So it's either ending tonight or extending to 26 straight as they just choked away Game 1 of the doubleheader to a Tigers team that was 10-17 coming into the day. The Mets had a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the 8th and Ottavino gave up a two run, two out single and they lost, 6-5. Again, this team just gives away far too many games against inferior opponents. They have now lost 7 of their last 9 and Nimmo, who struck out on a check swing with the tying run at first to end the game, is in the middle of a 2-21 slump. He needs to turn it around, ASAP. Scherzer goes in the nightcap and Verlander makes his Met debut tomorrow afternoon. They need to take these next two, no excuses.

Glad they got the split. I watched all of the first game and then decided to save myself any more torture and skipped the second game. The first time I checked my phone they were up 2-0, the second time I checked they were down 3-2, and the third time I checked they were up 4-3 on Alvarez two-bagger and then I saw it was 5-3. A sweep would have been nice (they blew a golden opportunity) but a split is certainly better than nothing. Was that stat actually that it was the 25th straight time that they've at least split a doubleheader? Because I know they've swept some in the last few years.

Escobar hit a two out solo shot in the 9th and they ended up losing, 9-8. Eight men LOB and they chased all game after getting into a 6-1 hole. Just like I said, a 'woulda, coulda, shoulda' game. It was there for the taking and they pissed it away. Here's a not so fun fact which sums up the day...prior to Escobar's HR, Gary said that the Mets were 42-0 in the last forty-two games where they scored 7 runs. Until today against Atlanta, of course. I fully expect a 5-0 or 6-0 type of loss in the nightcap. Sack up and prove me wrong, Mets.

Bases loaded & no outs in the bottom of the 7th and they managed to plate two runs but they had first & second with one out after scoring and stranded both runners again. Down 9-7 after seven.

Baty hit a solo shot to RF in the bottom of the 6th to pull the Mets within one run at 6-5. Pham followed with a PH walk and they stranded him at 3rd base. They have had multiple opportunities to tie or take the lead and keep crapping the bed. And then Sean Murphy hit his second 3-run HR of the game in the top of the 7th to make it 9-5. It's death by a thousand paper cuts with this fugging team.

So this is shaping up to be one of those frustrating, 'woulda, coulda, shoulda' games. Alonso got them back in it with a 3-run HR in the bottom of the 3rd with no outs and they got the next two runners on for 1st & 3rd and nobody out and then Baty (pop-up), Guillorme (K), & Nido (groundout) left them both stranded on the bases. smh

@SinceThe70s So this is exactly why this team is so hard to watch and trust. They are now down, 6-1, heading to the bottom of the 2nd but in the bottom of the 1st...Nimmo led off with a triple and Marte followed with a walk...1st & 3rd no outs. Then Lindor singled home Nimmo to make it 3-1 with runners on 1st & 2nd, no outs. Great! Alonso struck out flailing at a pitch a foot off the plate. Lindor then stole 2nd so they had 2nd & 3rd with one out. Still okay. McNeil then popped out for out number two and Vogelbach worked out a walk. Bases loaded and two outs and Baty promptly struck out to leave them loaded. They don't capitalize on their opportunities. They should have at least scored two runs and maybe tied it at 3-3 heading to the second inning. That lone run was the first they've scored in the 1st inning since April 8th. That is absolutely pathetic. So after Reyes gave up a 3-run bomb in the 1st, he proceeded to give up a 2-run HR to start the 2nd and got yanked for John Curtiss after a mere one inning and two batters in the 2nd...and then Curtiss gave up a solo shot to the first batter he faced to make it 6-1. Game fugging over. Oh...and Atlanta has now hit 17 HRs off of Met pitching over the last 9 games. Good times. Sometimes I really hate this over-payed team.

I expect it more than not. They are already down 3-0 in the 1st inning with Denyi Reyes on the mound. They will be lucky to get 3 or 4 innings out of him on a day when you need to save the bullpen unless Buck just plans to leave him in and concede Game 1. This game is already over unless the limp-dicked bats decide to suddenly wake up. I don't see that happening against Spencer Strider.

@SinceThe70s @Another Fan "I still think Canha is a stud.": I like him...and I find myself wanting to like him more than I do...but he's not a stud, IMO. He's very good and very up and down. He's the solid, non-superstar 'glue and grit' guy every winning team needs. "I love that Alvarez and Baty are both up in April, too. The Mets learned their lesson, it seems, after last year. Let them grow in the show.": I agree on Alvarez and Baty. Love them. That said, Alvarez is completely over-matched at the plate right now and probably would have benefited from more time and seasoning in AAA. I know they need him because the catching position is an absolute mess but he's not much better than Nido right now which pains me to say. He needs to figure things out by the All-Star break or that position will be a black hole all year long. Narvaez can be serviceable at best, Nido is just another in an endless line of scrap heap Met's backstops. Also, it's maddening to me that Alvarez is not catching almost every day. If he's up, he needs to play. And on the days that Nido plays, Alvarez needs to be DHing for the ABs. He's not playing nearly enough. He would be at Syracuse. Random thought: It would have been so Metsy to have dealt Baty for a frigging rental last year. I'm still fuming over the Jarred Kelenic trade. They took on cheater Cano's bloated salary in the Diaz trade. Adding Kelenic was a complete overpay. "We still have Verlander coming back to look forward to.": Fingers crossed that he stays healthy and pitches somewhere near last year's Cy Young level. He and Scherzer have to stay healthy and give them at least 6 innings per outing. The bullpen is teetering thanks to this "we can only give you 5 innings, Skip" ragtag patchwork of 'also ran' and 'never was' starters. These scubs will be the inevitable downfall of this team, especially if Verlander & Scherzer don't start doing what they're paid to do. They are supposed to be the centerpieces of this squad. So far, not so much. Senga has been pretty good considering he's still learning MLB hitters and will be solid by year's end, IMO. One guy you didn't mention who I'm also looking forward to seeing and hoping can give something is Quintana. "Right now, then Mets go as Alonso goes. Thank God he’s got a pretty hot bat.": Agree 💯. I said it before and I'll say it again. They should have already extended and locked up Alonso. It's going to cost them a lot more now than it would have had they been proactive. Go have Uncle Steve stroke a big, fat check Eppler. And to be clear...use it for Pete, not for adding another of your ineffective and hurt pitching acquisitions. "At this point, I am not concerned. Keep the distance to 5 games or fewer and wait for things to come together … they will.": I have no concerns whatsoever about Buck losing the clubhouse. They love him and he's a vet manager who knows what he's doing. He's the least of their worries and can keep them together. We'll see if they can get healthy and 'come together'. If so, they are definitely a Wild Card team. I am still not convinced that they can overtake Atlanta, even when healthy. Atlanta is to the Mets what the Brady-led Pats* were to the Bills. I respect them but hate them with every fiber of my being. They need to at least split this doubleheader with Atlanta today. Getting both would be sweet but I'm not expecting it by any means. LFGM!!!

Speed guy. Ran a 4.49 40. Louis Riddick loved the pick.

Just taken by the Rams with Pick 89.

And they met with him at the combine, had a pre-draft visit with him, and had an official 30 visit with him. If he doesn't work out, so be it. It happens. But they more than did their due diligence on him and were comfortable with the fit.

He was already short on draft capital due to the trade up for Kincaid. A trade up in the 2nd was not likely, IMO. Torrence is a big body inside which they were lacking.

They weren't options. Both had already been drafted.

Perv...

❤️ 💯 ❤️ Trenches!

Welcome to Buffalo, Dalton. Good luck and make it impossible for them to take you off the field.

Is Josh going to start throwing to someone other than his WRs? If not, this is not a good use of resources. I hope to God they incorporate him into the offense as more than a decoy.

Gave Knox a bag and then traded up for TE Dalton Kincaid. Brilliant. Ugh.

PFF, 3 Rounds only (need subscription to go beyond 3 Rounds). No way Tyree Wilson falls this far but whatever. Decided to take Cody Mauch in the 2nd over Trenton Simpson Campbell & Sanders were gone:

Going to dinner with a couple of buddies from around 6-8. Will listen to the start of the draft on the ride home and then park my arse on the couch until the Bills either pick or trade out of #27.