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OT: MLB Thread XXIX: Marcus Stroman is a.....Met???

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Urshela having an 872 ops and Tauchman having an 866 ops.

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The injuries the Yankees have had this year are like Superman continually throwing entire planets to try and stop Goku.
 
The Yankees have to be getting close to some sort of man games lost to injury.

Yankees could almost field another all star team currently with the players they have out.

C: Sanchez
1B: Voit
3B: Andujar
DH: Encarnacion
OF: Stanton
OF: Hicks
OF: Ellsbury
SP: Severino
RP: Betances
Bench: Bird


Do players on the injured list count towards the luxury cap number?
 
One Winged Angel said:
I don’t care what you or what anyone believes, to be honest. What’s being reported is being reported by people who have more insight than us and there’s been no report refuting it.

The Mets front office is well known for their stupidity. If this is some how “unbelievable” to you, I have some oceanfront property in Nebraska I’d like to sell you.
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No thanks, already have my near oceanfront property here is so. Fla. Thanks, but no thanks. Hehe.
 
One Winged Angel said:
Just as you know you the Mets suck, we know that Cashman hasn’t pulled the trigger on deals. However, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t something else going on behind the scenes.

About the hostility, I don’t know what to tell you, dude. There wasn’t any toxicity until Mets fans came along and started calling Yankees fans entitled and throwing personal attacks at them.

All I’m doing is firing back at people firing at me. If they don’t like it, then maybe they should have thought twice about taking personal shots at people? That’s a nice thought, right? I also somehow can’t see people throwing personal attacks at people over sports in person. Life is a lot different behind a keyboard or a smartphone.
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I am guilty of the "bold" statement. But, will not apologize about how I feel about the Yankees.......but in no how and no way am I guilty of "firing any personal thoughts" at Yankee fans. Not yet anyway. Lol. C'mon, this rivalry (if you wanna call it that) has been going on ever since the Mets became any kind of relevant (approx. 1969)
 
Crease said:
I had just attributed Familia's issues this year to being mentally checked out in the 8th inning slot. We see that over and over with former closers.

Diaz, I have no idea what his issue has been. Maybe there's a Chipper Jones jersey buried under Citi.
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Simply put, yet another thing that is wrong for baseball. Relievers with specific "inning roles, 7th, 8th and closing for example)
Relievers that can "only pitch" 1 inning. Or, have to "begin an inning". And, if they pitch 2 innings they "need" to be off the next 2 or 3 days! Ridiculous, I say.

These are professional athletes and all these restrictions?
Managers are forced into managing a game MUCH differently than yesteryear. Tug McGraw and Danny Frisella used to relieve 3 innings sometimes and still would be available the next game. Same for Eckersley and others.

The intestinal fortitude that players used to have......is rarely seen. Not having your best stuff and still gutting it out because you "know how to pitch".

Something needs to be said about players "knowing" they will pitch a specific inning. Is that really an advantage? Shouldn't they ALWAYS be prepared to come into "any situation" and "at any time"?
 
Bob Richards said:
I have hope for Edwin Diaz.

Familia though is just abominable at this point.
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Me too Bob. Crazy thought. With Diaz going badly right now, is it even possible they took a chance on letting Familia close and see if that is what he needs (the 9th) could be a mental thing like someone said, and believe that as well, even though I cang stand those specific innings assignments.

Familia is wild and I really cant stand his face (regardless) I just think that it is worth a shot. Familia basically keeps the ball in the park and gets double plays when he often walks people. Diaz has been giving up homers like crazy.
Thank God we had 3 and 4 run cushions before his entering.
I guess on the bright side, its keeping our offense on its toes.
If they wanna win, they had better score as much as possible. Lol.
 
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At least Mickey seems open to the idea of Lugo closing over Diaz now.

I've got faith in Lugo, Wilson, Avilan (despite last night as he's been pitching well), and to a lesser extent Gsellman as he's seemed to bounce back compared to May and June.

Rhame and Mazza are in all likelihood just mop up guys, guys that pitch when the bullpen thins, or guys that have to come in early in instances like last night. Rhame did a good job last night though.

So they've got 3, maybe 4, relievers they can fully trust. Wilson and Lugo have really held the fort down big time and I don't think it's a coincidence that things started to turn around when Wilson came back to settle the bullpen down. Now they can use him over Gsellman/Familia in the 7th and 8th where those guys were constantly blowing games in May and June. They really need one of Diaz or Familia to get it together.
 
I don’t watch the AL so I had no idea what we were getting with Diaz. I had no idea he was this bad. He’s been awful but you can clearly see he’s got a cannon of an arm and talent galore. At least Cano is warming up.
Stroman wasn’t impressive. Again I don’t watch the AL so I don’t know much about him other than what I read.

Mets making a push BUT since the SF series we’ve had easy games.

I still have faith in MC and BVW. 50 years since the 69’ miracle Mets... just throwing that out....
;-)
 
UAGoalieGuy said:
The Yankees have to be getting close to some sort of man games lost to injury.

Yankees could almost field another all star team currently with the players they have out.

C: Sanchez
1B: Voit
3B: Andujar
DH: Encarnacion
OF: Stanton
OF: Hicks
OF: Ellsbury
SP: Severino
RP: Betances
Bench: Bird


Do players on the injured list count towards the luxury cap number?
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our IL could contend for the wildcard.
 
Cano going down as he was hitting again sucks, but I'm all here for trying to scoop Asdrubal Cabrera like they keep bringing up on both the radio and tv broadcasts.

Switch hitter and can play 2nd and 3rd. Cano didn't have range so Cabrera at 2nd won't kill them. Switch hitter is nice too, and he played admirably for the Mets in the past.
 
In not as bad IL news. Aaron Hicks has a flexor strain rather than a torn ligament. No word on grade but grade one would be 2 to 3 weeks. Grade two would be 4 to 6 weeks.
 
Elliman said:
I don’t watch the AL so I had no idea what we were getting with Diaz. I had no idea he was this bad. He’s been awful but you can clearly see he’s got a cannon of an arm and talent galore. At least Cano is warming up.
Stroman wasn’t impressive. Again I don’t watch the AL so I don’t know much about him other than what I read.

Mets making a push BUT since the SF series we’ve had easy games.

I still have faith in MC and BVW. 50 years since the 69’ miracle Mets... just throwing that out....
;-)
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33 years since '86 is more accurate....just sayin'
 
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