Here, here. I agree with your final sentiment. Disgusted is exactly right. Four baserunning mistakes! I agree with your take on Young too. We’ve seen enough. Alvarez is also disappointing. His swing looks worse all the time and he continues to be a defensive liability. He had a passed ball last week that let a run score that, to my way of thinking, was just being lazy or tired. Neither is acceptable. He flipped a backhand glove at a slider in the dirt. He should be throwing himself in front of that with a runner on third. Tonight was the same initial mistake, a lazy backhand, and an even more egregious mental error by throwing behind the lead runner. Torrens should be getting the majority of playing time at this point.
This 10 game stretch is critical and the Mets are back on their heels. Lindor needs to get hot again. Alvarez needs to sit. Baty or Mauricio needs to start hitting even a little. Yeah, I am disgusted too.
I just looked up Mets team ERA by catcher. Torrens has caught 290 innings and the staff ERA is 2.51. Alvarez has caught 270 innings and the staff era is essentially a run worse, at 3.49. Mets staff OPS for Torrens is .635 and for Alvy, .679.
I agree with you. Alvarez back to AAA. Its like he has forgotten how to play. I bet the Mets could have landed Devers. Looks like the Red Sox got robbed. His bat sure would fit nicely in the lineup.
While I share Brian’s annoyance at tonight’s Mets team performance and the game result, a win would have just swept their poor play under the rug. It needed to be brought to light. Alvarez has gotten too many chances for a player that hasn’t done much in a few years. He has a problem focusing for nine innings, obviously. I would make him earn more playing time, but just like Rob Thomson sit Nick Castellanos today to teach him a lesson, Alvarez needs to go back to AAA to get his attention. I don’t know if it’s not getting an extension done because the league suspended his agency and he won’t leave them, but he is in the big leagues.
Secondly, I remember Ozuna’s homeruns on inside fastballs. So, why don’t the Mets remember them?
Lindor had a chance at the tying runner, but he whiffed on the throw home. Eye roll…. What’s the confidence level in Blackburn tomorrow?
Last fall was spectacular and memorable, but it does not erase the house of horrors vibe. Last night only reinforced it. It’s only a loss, one, but that was really really bad. Really bad. An immediate recovery is necessary, certainly for the fan base if not the team. The scenario is now changed from an opportunity to bury the Braves to a necessity to avoid a pre-ASG freefall.
Gut Reaction: the Braves did their job...and the Mets didn’t. 1-6 RISP, base running blunders and a mental mistake on the throw in the 10th sank the Mets. Blackburn has to step up tonight.
Here, here. I agree with your final sentiment. Disgusted is exactly right. Four baserunning mistakes! I agree with your take on Young too. We’ve seen enough. Alvarez is also disappointing. His swing looks worse all the time and he continues to be a defensive liability. He had a passed ball last week that let a run score that, to my way of thinking, was just being lazy or tired. Neither is acceptable. He flipped a backhand glove at a slider in the dirt. He should be throwing himself in front of that with a runner on third. Tonight was the same initial mistake, a lazy backhand, and an even more egregious mental error by throwing behind the lead runner. Torrens should be getting the majority of playing time at this point.
This 10 game stretch is critical and the Mets are back on their heels. Lindor needs to get hot again. Alvarez needs to sit. Baty or Mauricio needs to start hitting even a little. Yeah, I am disgusted too.
I just looked up Mets team ERA by catcher. Torrens has caught 290 innings and the staff ERA is 2.51. Alvarez has caught 270 innings and the staff era is essentially a run worse, at 3.49. Mets staff OPS for Torrens is .635 and for Alvy, .679.
I agree with you. Alvarez back to AAA. Its like he has forgotten how to play. I bet the Mets could have landed Devers. Looks like the Red Sox got robbed. His bat sure would fit nicely in the lineup.
While I share Brian’s annoyance at tonight’s Mets team performance and the game result, a win would have just swept their poor play under the rug. It needed to be brought to light. Alvarez has gotten too many chances for a player that hasn’t done much in a few years. He has a problem focusing for nine innings, obviously. I would make him earn more playing time, but just like Rob Thomson sit Nick Castellanos today to teach him a lesson, Alvarez needs to go back to AAA to get his attention. I don’t know if it’s not getting an extension done because the league suspended his agency and he won’t leave them, but he is in the big leagues.
Secondly, I remember Ozuna’s homeruns on inside fastballs. So, why don’t the Mets remember them?
Lindor had a chance at the tying runner, but he whiffed on the throw home. Eye roll…. What’s the confidence level in Blackburn tomorrow?
Last fall was spectacular and memorable, but it does not erase the house of horrors vibe. Last night only reinforced it. It’s only a loss, one, but that was really really bad. Really bad. An immediate recovery is necessary, certainly for the fan base if not the team. The scenario is now changed from an opportunity to bury the Braves to a necessity to avoid a pre-ASG freefall.
Gut Reaction: the Braves did their job...and the Mets didn’t. 1-6 RISP, base running blunders and a mental mistake on the throw in the 10th sank the Mets. Blackburn has to step up tonight.