McRanger92
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Mets may as well just bring back Pete, Winker and Iglesias now that Manaea is back in the fold. Best team in baseball after May + Soto & Senga. Why not?
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Machinehead
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If you had a team with the Yankees pitching staff and the Mets lineup, I'm still not convinced that team beats the Dodgers.
Raspewtin
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you'd get 47.69 WAR projected between the two which would be lower than LA's 49.77, so probably not.
bleedblue94
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If the Mets don't bring back Pete then the off-season does not look as great. Who's protecting Soto in the lineup? We can bs ourselves, but Pete brings the thunder and the threat to that lineup. Soto will be great regardless, but Soto with Pete behind him changes things.
noncents
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If Vientos can build on last season, he could be a force. That being said, it was one year.
Lindor, Vientos, Soto, Nimmo...Not necessarily in that order but I can see why Pete makes this look better. Hopefully Nimmo can up his game a bit.
bleedblue94
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Respectfully if you spent 700m on Soto you should not be going into the season hoping vientos can replace your loudest hitter and fill that thunder spot on the lineup. You'd want him available to lengthen the lineup.
Raspewtin
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the 11 starts were in the COVID shortened season
noncents
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pete was exceptionally weak in big spots last year up until one very memorable and important 9th inning AB against the new star Yankees closer. not to mention he has the yips throwing to pitchers covering 1st. not something Gerritt Cole has to worry about...
Morning Briefing: Mets Players React to Manaea Re-Signing - Metsmerized Online
Good morning, Mets fans! Mets players, like Mark Vientos and David Peterson, reacted with joy to Sean Manaea’s re-signing. He seems like a great clubhouse dude, and the 2024 remainders in the clubhouse are happy he’s back. In the early morning hours of Monday, the Mets agreed to re-sign Manaea...
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Someone probably already posted that, but I like the signing. He had 3.47 ERA and 184 strikeouts over 32 starts and 181 2/3 innings.
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Mr Mxmzptlk
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Amazing what that man could do with two pitches. Koosman always reminded me of him.
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I did not watch baseball back then but I think I remember my dad speaking about Jerry Kooseman's curveball
Mr Mxmzptlk
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While not as good as Koufax, the one thing they had in common was pinpoint control. I used to watch Koosman and wonder how he managed to get by with just two pitches.....I didn't know the "art of pitching" at that time, but I could pretty much predict where Kooz was going to throw the ball and which pitch and they still couldn't hit him. And Koufax was even better at it. It was similar to facing Bob Gibson -- you KNEW that fastball was coming and you knew it would be inside and no matter how prepared you were, you couldn't touch it. I'd swear those guys back then were mutants.I did not watch baseball back then but I think I remember my dad speaking about Jerry Kooseman's curveball
NickyFotiu
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My dad loved Kofax and the Brooklyn Dodgers. I was just reading his wiki page. He was a Brooklyn and Long Island kid. Was a great basketball player as well. I wish I could have seen him play.
Mr Mxmzptlk
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Kouf was smooth. and seemed to throw with very little effort. He wasn't a power pitcher like Drysdale, but he certainly wasn't "weak". Those wiry types never are. Unfortunately, though, he did tend to be fragile -- maybe brittle is a better word.
