A Quick Look At Our MAVERICK Offense

2010 was Minaya’s last season. Let’s see how the “maverick” Sandy Alderson has fixed our inept offense. No further commentary is necessary.

Mets MLB Ranks:

2010: Runs Scored 24th
2015: Runs Scored 27th

2010: Batting Average 22nd
2015: Batting Average 29th

2010: On-Base Plus Slugging 25th
2015: On-Base Plus Slugging 28th

Series Preblow: Reds, Matz, 6-Man, Dogshit

Matz.
Matz.

This weekend, the Mets will host the Reds. Back home. HOORAY!

The big news, of course, is that the Mets have promoted Steven Matz to The Show. Jon Niese said that he’s starting on Sunday. Sources say Matz will start. It’s already a clusterfuck! Remember when the Mets said they were going with a 6-man rotation? Then abandoned it? Now it’s back? Are monkeys running this thing? I think they’re spinning a roulette wheel or rolling dice (AAA team in Vegas, after all) and whatever number gets landed on is the number of pitchers they’ll use.

The whole move is absurdly transparent. Kowtowing and desperately trying to appease the fan base, the Wilpons are trying this move. We’re not dumb. We’re all saying the same thing: “Oh boy, another stud pitcher to lose games 1-0.”

So here we are, back at home, and playing a team under .500 (though they did just beat the Pirates’ Cole, who likely starts the all-star game this year), with a staff of aces and an elite closer. And yet…we will be out of contention soon. Fire everyone.

Postblow: Mets Completely Right The Ship; All IS WELL

all is well

Mets 2, Brewers 0

WOW! We did it! We’re back at .500! We took 1 out of 8 on the road! All is well! All is well!

Some random notes:

~Tejada striking out with the bases loaded and 1 out was the lock of the century.

~I fucking hate that deGrom (at 100 pitches) got subbed out for Mayberry in the top of the 9th. I understand that Familia needs some work. God knows there hasn’t been a save opportunity on the road in about a fucking month, but 1) LET HIM FINISH!! LET HIM FINISH!! Give him 15 fucking pitches! Do you not remember what happened last time?!? Let him go for the fucking shut piece. Ronnie was pissed, and I’m with him. 2) He’s a better hitter than Mayberry, anyway.

~While on the subject of deGrom, he should be playing SS on non-pitching days.

~We’re 26-11 at home, and 11-26 on the road. 37-37, now 74 games deep. What a dogshit organization. The Wilpons have hamstrung Sandy (see Jose Reyes), and it’s all one big joke.

~Did y’all see the baserunning mental error that cost us a run in the 2nd? It’s a travesty. The Brewers are a baaaad team. All you have to do is play baseball! We can’t play baseball. It’s amazing. We actually don’t know how to play.

Postblow: Mets Are Now Below .500 (And Bonus Preblow)

The wheels have fallen off.
The wheels have fallen off.

Brewers 4, Mets 1

The Mets have lost 7 in a row. They have scored 9 runs during that span. Yes, you read that right.

And we knew it was going to happen, too. The second we peeped the lineup, we knew it was over. Tejada, Money Monell, Soup…just absolutely no way we were doing jack shit. Worst lineup in franchise history. Binghamton has a better lineup. So do the 51s.

Our lineup did this last night: 3 hits, 1 walk, 1 double play. 30 batters in total. Team BA of .100 niiiiiiice.

It was officially over in the bottom of the 1st inning, when Colon let up two runs. The game started at 8:10 and ended at 8:22.

Lucas Duda made mental error # 1 billion on the season. Claim your prize, Lucas! It was followed by what was scored a hit in the playbook, but only because Flores is a Mighty Oak at SS. Then, a run scored, making for immediate capitalization on our mental error and shitty defense.

Preblow: deGrom goes tonight. YOU KNOW THE DEAL!! CGSO OR BUST!! Nothing else can be said about the preblow. That’s it. CGSO or bust. That’s actually IT. There’s nothing else to report. Sandy Alderson is a Mighty Oak at GM, so nothing will move, and this shit will stay exactly the same, and it will be dogshit.

Postblow/Preblow: Mets Are Down to .500

Brewers 3, Mets 2

6 losses in a row.

8 dogshit seasons in a row.

9 rookies on the team.

1 little baby bitch owner.

We made an error, an unearned run came in, and THAT’S THE GAME. Did the Mets have a hit after the 4th inning?

The Mets are at .500 again. They score less runs than the Phillies. I think we will finish above them in the standings, but don’t be surprised if the Mets finish in 4th.

Preblow: Tolo goes tonight. Whatever. Who cares? The Mets are 3-17 in their last 20 road games.

This is the worst season I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen a team do less with more. I’ve never seen a starting rotation this good, and that’s what makes it all the worse.

Duhhh d’Arnaud to DL! Duhhh Mets lied! Duhhhh!

Mr. Glass
Mr. Glass

WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU EXPECT?!

The Mets said d’Arnaud was perfectly fine. They said he’d be back today. DUHHHHH HE’S DEAD!!!

If you expected the Mets front office to tell the truth; if you expected d’Arnaud to be fine; if you expected d’Arnaud to be in tonight’s lineup, then you have no brain. Or you’re just new to the fanbase. Get a taste. This is what it’s like.

Today in Metsblow Nation: Another Typical 24 Hours for the Mets

Ain't nothin but a Gee thang, baby.
Ain’t nothin but a Gee thang, baby.

Here’s what has happened in the last 24 hours. None of this is exaggerated or spun or given the usual Metsblow zing. This is just the hard poop.

~Opening Day 2014 starter Dillon Gee went unclaimed and got bounced to Vegas. He is, in the eyes of Major League Baseball, officially worthless.

~The Cubs tried to trade with us and we passed. We passed on Baez, an objectively better SS than anyone we have.

~Mets postseason odds, according to the all-knowing computer on mlb.com, hit a season low at 28%.

~With Conforto raking in the minors, Sandy announced that he had no intention of bringing him up.

~The Athletics openly stated they are willing to deal Zobrist, a stud that plays multiple infield positions that we desperately need. We made a hard pass.

~Daniel Murphy suffered a setback. This is the 2nd time in a week that the Mets have lied about his return date.

~Travis d’Arnaud, expected back in the lineup today, is still hyperextended. He’s probably dead. HYPER MODE activated *cue music from Marvel v. Capcom.*

~The normally sycophantic Mets media is pushing for Flores to be moved off SS. The normally sycophantic Mets media, for the first time I’ve ever seen, is fed up. Usually they call for the manager’s head (they’re doing that, too) as a way to alleviate blame from the front office. Today, they are vocally distraught over the polarization of our pitching and the rest of our play. They are deeming Sandy a “procrastinator,” and saying that a move must be made now. Because the future is now. They’re actually quoting Metsblow. It’s a sight to behold. The Mets front office can’t even keep the guys they pay to write nice things in check.

~Former Met Darryl Hamilton was tragically shot and killed in a murder-suicide.

There you have it. Today in Metsblow nation.

Preblow: Mets @ Brewers; Is This When The Wheels Fall Off?

The Face of Brew Crew Nation.
The Face of Brew Crew Nation.

The Brewers are technically the 2nd worst team in the league. They are 1/2 game in front of the Phillies for that honor.

So here’s what I think happens: I think the Mets take 2 out of 3. Niese, Colon, and deGrom against trash pitching. Much like we showed against the Blue Jays, we can QUIET DOWN any bats. And against dogshit pitching like the Phillies/Brewers, we can score 1 (maybe even 2!) runs.

Here’s what will happen next: Sandy will go, “Seeee! Seeee! We’re fiiiine. It was just the curse of Turner Field.” We have a knack for putting masking tape on hemorrhagic wounds.

Have we run out of masking tape? Not with our pitching. It’s possible we lose 1-0 for the rest of the season. It really is. I don’t deny that possibility. But the Mets have shown that they’re a not-completely-dogshit team because of their 10/10 pitching and 0/10 hitting and fielding. That’s better than teams like the Phillies and the Brewers.