Anthony81266

Research Scientist in Organic/Analytical Chemistry and a 20+ year woodworker hobbyist. Instructor in Mass Spectrometry and a die hard Rangers and Mets fan.

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@InMetsWeTrust Probably…I’d say most of the league has him figured out by now. Lay off the “ghost pitch” and make him throw it over the plate and tee off on him.

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@metsbatflip1 A real baseball guy needs to be hired as GM. A proactive manager then needs to be hired to bring accountability back to the dugout. If Stearns isn’t fired then he can be the team’s President of the Rotisserie Baseball Division.

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@shea_station I wonder what Vientos’ excuse will be for missing that one…

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@NYNJHarper Mendoza could get away with this IF: 1) The team was winning and 2) You had a strong player voice in the clubhouse who would hold players accountable on a peer level and be the “bad cop” for the manager. This team has no one and a manager who is unreactive.

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@metsbatflip1 Notice the pattern? Peterson, Manaea, Senga, Semien, Robert, Polanco, Vientos, Kimbrel..all of them Stearns hoped would recapture the magic of their best season. All of them flopped. He thought Bichette could move to a new position seamlessly. Nope..you reap what you sow.

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@metsbatflip1 Darling opened the door with his criticism of Mendoza. Cohen is walking through it now. Darling was the first in the booth to openly call out Mendoza’s strategies and game management.

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@MarkCHealey 95% of the fanbase knew the Polanco deal was absurd. The “run prevention” excuse was a ruse to get rid of Alonso and Nimmo. Christian Walker was available but Stearns wouldn’t do it. You can’t run an MLB team like it’s rotisserie baseball. They need a baseball guy running things.

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@BaldPanarin If they’re smart, they will engage multiple teams bidding against each other to drive the price up. If Larkin goes to VGK or Fla then the Wild will be hot for him again and given their early exit this season, they might up their return compared to their offer at the deadline.

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@SleeperMets @nypostsports Kay knows what he’s doing with this sort of thing. This is 100% to stir up the fanbase so he stays relevant in the media. He goes after the Mets the most since they share NY with the Yankees and that’s where his exposure is.

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@TheMetsX Jorge Polanco has entered the chat.

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@OleTimeHardball I always thought the decline of ESPN from serious reporting and solid TV broadcast events began with Jim Rome’s show.

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@BaldPanarin Stay at 5. NYR have no valuable assets in the system and can’t afford to deal youth for someone unproven (see Kakko, Andersson, Kravtsov, Brendl). This team needs to keep their picks and what young talent they have and develop through the draft the next 2-3 years.

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@domclxmps @metsbatflip1 Vientos is too streaky. He’s not as good as he is now but not as horrendous as he was earlier. He’s not a cornerstone piece so he should be traded when his value is on the upswing. Trade for Christian Walker to play first and then to mentor Clifford when he comes up.

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@oldhockeycards Had his 15 minutes of fame against the Canadiens.

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@MollieeWalkerr @kuklaskorner @vzmercogliano Always the possibility that he knew before the season ended that he wouldn’t be retained after the season and began to look elsewhere for employment soon after.

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@SNY_Mets He obviously cares and it’s unfortunate that this will be his only season here. No way he wants to stay in a situation where he is playing out of position, goes through an adjustment period and gets booed for it and is with a team that is on pace for a 90 loss season. Sad to see.

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@MetsAvenue The majority of managers get fired due to the team’s performance and it usually isn’t their fault. It’s the nature of the sport. That being said, Stearns is the one who should be held accountable although Mendoza has made more than a couple curious moves the last 2 years.

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@SleeperMets I’m guessing Cohen will give the job to Beltran. The only caveat would be if he insists on Beltran to be Cora’s bench coach…but I don’t think Beltran gets passed over.

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@DasItMayneXX @BBGreatMoments The foot came off the bag during the celebration and he was tagged out.

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@NYNJHarper …and this is why Mendoza should share some of the blame with this season (and last). The fault for the players acquired this off season is on Stearns but if Mendoza can’t maintain professionalism in the clubhouse then the players will be running the show.