OT: MLB Thread 2025
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nyr2k2
Can't Beat Him
- Jul 30, 2005
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It's really bizarre. I've been to probably a dozen minor league parks and to see two actual MLB teams playing in one... it's just weird.
will1066
If you score four, you better f'n win the game
- Oct 12, 2008
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Bob Richards
Mr. Mojo Risin'
nyr2k2
Can't Beat Him
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The last closer they had that I liked was Franco. And that's probably mainly because I'm an Italian-American and I liked that he was, too, and that he was from Brooklyn which is where half of my family is from.
But then you had guys like Wagner, Looper, Familia and K-Rod, and now Diaz. With random guys like Frank Francisco and Bobby Parnell in between. They all had moments where they looked great, but they all sucked.
will1066
If you score four, you better f'n win the game
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What is the matter with Vientos? Meanwhile Alonso is turning back the clock. Bat speed looks insane.
nyr2k2
Can't Beat Him
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My guess is Vientos is feeling the pressure of what he did last season and what he was expected to do this season. They should give him a couple days off where he can just work on the cage. Tell him to come back and be Mark Vientos and don't worry about other expectations.
will1066
If you score four, you better f'n win the game
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Exactly what I am thinking. Just do a soft reset or reboot, forget about these 13 games.
Raspewtin
Stay at home defenseman hater
- May 30, 2013
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Roo Returns
Skjeikspeare No More
More than like a Bonilla, Church, John Thompson, Juan Samuel, etc?
GoAwayPanarin
learn w/ da bern
Bob Richards
Mr. Mojo Risin'
I am a fan from 2007 so many crimes of past Mets are alien to me lmao
nyr2k2
Can't Beat Him
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Alonso is an example of why I'm not so into these theories about the new bats making dramatic differences. I mean maybe hit bat is helping--his batter ball metrics are definitely better--but it's a change in approach that's really during it. His walk rate is several points higher than it's ever been, and his K rate is under 9 when for his career it's over 22. He's swinging at pitches outside the zone 11% less than his career average. He also has a .351 BABIP which indicates he's been lucky (that's 90 points above his career).
So again, the bat may help, but he has changed the way he's approaching ABs. You can definitely tell he's not chasing those breaking pitches outside which absolutely killed him the last couple of seasons. Now he's spitting at them. His performance is unsustainable but I do think if the change in approach holds you can see something closer to what he did a few years ago: .271 with 40 HR and a .141 wRC+ and maybe he's a 4+ WAR player.
will1066
If you score four, you better f'n win the game
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Roo Returns
Skjeikspeare No More
I know Dykstra was misbehaving and not taking care of himself, but the Dykstra and Mitchell trades for the Mets were the generational trauma like the Zubov and Norstrom trades for the Rangers.
