On Wed, 31 May 2017 16:09:42 -0700, Beach Runner wrote:
>> He is still not walking any and this dampers his effectiveness. He
>> just needs to walk more.
>
> They are still in 2nd place.
That is meaningless.
>
> The surprising thing, he's still on track to score over 90 runs if they
> keep playing him.
I don't believe that and I don't care even enough to look it up. He is
the single worst Major League Regular PERIOD
> He still turns a walk, or an error into a run.
>
No he can't. But he is making them lose baseball games.
> At this point Flores though should be playing each day. He earned it
> and let him play himself off. I don't care if they move him around.
>
At this point they can pull up the 3rd baseman in Brooklyn and he would
play better than Reyes.
> Mets pitchers are returning. Wheeler, Gselman, was surprisingly
> effective. That's huge.
>
And then Degrom blows up tonight ...
> Cespadas will be back, this time they are letting him heal. Please,
> please, please warm up slowly and stretch.....
>
nothing short of a 1973 style collapse of the entire NL can allow them to
get back into the playoffs, or even above 500. They are going to lose 90
games.
> I was surprised that Matz was so effective, that and Gsellman pitching
> well make a huge contribution. I think messing with Lugo and a
> partially torn ACL is playing with fire. I'm no surgeon but it seems
> surgery on a partially torn ligament would be much safer than one
> completely torn and heal faster and more reliably. Add stem cells and
> eyes of newt.
>
Collins needs to be fired for playing Reyes and not allowing pitchers to
extend themselves.
> As I said, the Mets could never have enough starting pitching.
Like I SAID, they should have traded Harvey when he had value.
You can have too much pitching, and you don't win if your 3rd baseman is
hitting below 200