Steve

NY Mets/NY Rangers/Pittsburgh Steelers/Penn State, Stock Investor

[Steve @TheSliv]

@F_Piombo89 @MetCastPod Very few were unhappy that Manaea re-signed. Most vocally supported it. It just hasn't worked. That doesn't have to be Stearns' fault, beyond his responsibility for the overall roster. There are PLENTY of decisions that are squarely on him. #Mets

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

My Message to Republican Lawmakers

You built this.
Not the voters.
Not the media.
YOU.

You saw the instability. You saw the narcissism. You saw the appetite for chaos. And...instead of containing it, you harnessed it. You fed it. You rode it. You told yourselves you could control it.

You created a political Frankenstein...and...now you’re shocked that the monster doesn’t take orders.

For a decade, you have watched as he scorched institutions...smeared allies...embraced authoritarians... and turned the presidency...into a grievance machine with nuclear codes.

You knew better. Many of you said so privately. Yet publicly? Silence. Applause. Fundraising emails.

You traded constitutional principle for short-term power. You surrendered oversight for party unity. You let fear of primaries outweigh fear for the republic.

And now?

Now you watch death overseas...instability abroad... corrosion at home...and...you still hesitate. You still calculate. You still ask what the base will tolerate.

Leadership...is not about surviving the next news cycle. It is about protecting the system...when it is inconvenient to do so.

You cannot claim surprise. You cannot claim helplessness. You had votes. You had hearings. You had leverage. You had moments...countless moments...to draw a line.

Instead...you normalized what should have disqualified.

History will not remember your press releases. It will remember whether you defended the guardrails or dismantled them.

YOU built this.

The question...now...is whether you finally dare to contain it...or...whether you will stand there again...hands clasped...pretending the fire wasn’t lit by you in the first place.

Clearly, I jest.
You’re all cowards.
You’re all gutless punks.

You are walking, talking examples of a corrupt political system...one that protects itself...and only itself.

[Steve @TheSliv]

@Mets Ya(W)n!

[Steve @TheSliv]

@NYCTheMiC #NYR actually got former 1st round picks that are now 2 years closer to the NHL than someone just drafted for BOTH Panarin and Trocheck.

[Steve @TheSliv]

@PMac511 @Mets I think the #Mets should trade every s/t asset on they can. Unfortunately, guys like Holmes and Weaver (maybe Minter) should bring back the best prospects. A great setup man is a luxury on a team that doesn’t win many games. Next problem is trusting Stearns to make the trades.

[Steve @TheSliv]

@PMac511 @Mets Why not? This season is beyond saving and his value will never be higher!

[Steve @TheSliv]

@Masterflip_ Add to that list Baby #Mets 2.0 busts Kevin Parada (still in AAA), and Luisangel Acuna/Drew Gilbert (traded) and the trend of top prospect failures has been more widespread. Among next-gen prospects, Tong, Clifford, Reimer and Wenninger have all taken steps back this year.

[Steve @TheSliv]

@DanBartels2 Only mistake is not replacing Pete with a legitimate 1B, more than losing Pete himself. Nimmo was a sound move, McNeil is washed and Diaz was hurt when he left. If Stearns would have filled 1B and not gone with Polanco and crap, the Pete narrative would be half what it is still.

[Steve @TheSliv]

@PSLToFlushing @sal_licata As embarrassing and painful as it has been, the worst thing the #Mets could have done is hang around in sight of the last WC spot and foolishly see themselves as buyers. At least now, "sell" mode is clear. Whether Stearns can be trusted to execute on the selloff is another story.

[Steve @TheSliv]

@MetCastPod Congrats, I think? If it was at all worth flexing over?

[Steve @TheSliv]

@NySportsHere1 @johnsaponaro Not the same as Alonso, but sure closer than the current options. Plus both Walker and Contreras are on short term commitments, which is the only saving grace on a Polanco signing that looks more like Jed Lowrie with every passing day.

[Steve @TheSliv]

@johnsaponaro @E_AyalaJr @Mets This is Nimmo’s awards page on Baseball Reference. 0 time All Star, MVP vote. Gold Glove. Just a solid but declining Met with 5 years left on his contract. Semien is washed for sure but that move is not near Stearns’ worst.

[Steve @TheSliv]

@SNY_Mets Please, Ronny! Run with it this time.

[Steve @TheSliv]

@nicksilva1 It’s not about Pete. It’s about how horribly Stearns replaced Pete. If Stearns acquired Christian Walker for pennies on the dollar, it’s a non issue. Pivoting to Polanco and then enduring 2 months of a merry go round of crap is the criminal offense, more than Pete himself.

[Steve @TheSliv]

@NoMoreWilpons Maybe Baltimore will also take Montas and Robert, while they are at it.

[Steve @TheSliv]

@nickythegood Letting Pete walk was NOT the issue. Replacing him with crap was. HOU would have gift wrapped Christian Walker this past off-season. The #Mets could have traded for someone else legit, instead of signing Polanco minutes after preaching run prevention and being left with Vientos.

[Steve @TheSliv]

@WexlerRules The good news is that it's so bad that it's become laughable, rather than devastating. The atrocious SP is not his fault, but it's clear that Mendy and his proclivity to saying the same emotionaless nothing every single night, is not going to coax ANYTHING out of this team. #Mets

[Steve @TheSliv]

@Metsmerized ROTATION spot? Not ROSTER spot? Senga's 1.5 years left (a ~$22M sunk cost) is emblematic (he and Peterson) of the #Mets failures. Losing Clay was brutal, as the one SP who gave them a chance every start. Meanwhile, the Braves lose Schwellenbach/Strider/more and don't skip a beat.

[Steve @TheSliv]

@Metsmerized Can he pitch?