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Swept the Nats! Now comes the brutal schedule to end the season, but we are tied with the Diamondbacks and 2 games ahead of the Braves!
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- Thread starter BrockLobster
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This was truly an awful year for the Brooklyn Cyclones (especially after Sproat's & McLean's promotions), but I think they'll be much more interesting on the position player side next adding Baro, Hernandez, Baez, and Benge. Hopefully more players on base, fewer 1-2-3 innings. Pitching won't be a strength. Morabito gets promoted, probably. Speaking of him, he probably doesn't have a ton of upside, but next year will tell whether he's going to be a long term utility player. He is extremely fast, and he gets on base consistently at lower levels. The question is whether he can do that against better pitching.
This power from Acuna is kind of unexpected. But you can see that he swings hard & hits the ball hard. But every little bit that he does puts even pressure on Alonso. Mauricio's has been the forgotten player because of his injury. Mauricio is easily twice the fielder Vientos is at 3B, and he's a switch hitter. The Mets are definitely better defensively with Mauricio at 3rd, either McNeil or Acuna at 2nd, and Vientos at 1st. That infield seems a much better bang for the buck compared to paying Alonso as a position player as opposed to at DH, which is where he's got to be.
Alvarez has finally rounded into form. He's been fighting so many injuries this year, which makes one wonder whether he should be at DH more, but you can also tell that he needs to be a catcher. I still love his game.
This power from Acuna is kind of unexpected. But you can see that he swings hard & hits the ball hard. But every little bit that he does puts even pressure on Alonso. Mauricio's has been the forgotten player because of his injury. Mauricio is easily twice the fielder Vientos is at 3B, and he's a switch hitter. The Mets are definitely better defensively with Mauricio at 3rd, either McNeil or Acuna at 2nd, and Vientos at 1st. That infield seems a much better bang for the buck compared to paying Alonso as a position player as opposed to at DH, which is where he's got to be.
Alvarez has finally rounded into form. He's been fighting so many injuries this year, which makes one wonder whether he should be at DH more, but you can also tell that he needs to be a catcher. I still love his game.
This whole thing will be alot easier in 6-8 years when MLB expands and we go to 8 playoff teams and no bye. The bye is detrimental anyhow which might spell good news for the Mets if they haven’t already clinched come the final series because suspect even if Milwaukee is in reach of the bye they’ll play that series as if they can give two craps what happens. Philly likely will also clinch this weekend, if they do it tonight tomorrow or Saturday it’s likely a free W for the Mets the next day as they’ll be beyond plastered and nobody of meaning will start. They honestly might only need to go 3-4 in these 7 games and they will probably get in barring being swept by the Brewers
There is no doubt if the Mets win a World Series or come close in 2025 or 2026 its going to likely be via the 02 Angels route probably. The SP market just won't be there as anyone who might look open is gonna get signed probably. They have to sign Manea and Severino and hope somehow that one of Sproat/Butto/ others can fill in those 3-5 spots but they're going to be largely an offensive team for the next 2-3 years if you believe Mauricio/Alvarez/Gilbert/Vientos are gonna be for real that lineup is stupidly good. I think Acuna might just be in the honeymoon phase now ala Shane Spencer/Mike Jacobs, I don't see him as a big bat long term. Alonso you'd assume is gone and if somehow this team does the unexpected and wins a WS probably all of him/Manea/Sevy are going to walk and take the money but thats a good problem to have
Acuna isn't a flash in the pan either. He's a ++ athlete. He will be a MLB starter at SS or 2b somewhere. Can't say that about those other guys.
