NY Mets --- July 2023

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Mets Saturday Lineup vs Washington

 

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[armadillooutlaw]

If Texas gives you guys any of their top 6-7 prospects for a 39 year old Scherzer I'd say they got fleeced by NY.

 

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Well at least Max isn't going to the Braves, Marlins, Phillies, Giants, Padres, Astros, Rays, or Yankees.

 

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Mets Trade Max Scherzer To Rangers For Luisangel Acuña - Metsmerized Online

The New York Mets have traded Max Scherzer to the Texas Rangers for Luisangel Acuña, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Scherzer immediately improves the Rangers rotation, which lost Jacob deGrom earlier in the season and has struggled after Nathan Eovaldi and Jon Gray. While Scherzer...

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Getting to know Luisangel Acuña

A top-50 prospect joins the Mets’ system in the Max Scherzer deal.

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Mets lose 11-6 after the Max trade....
Cookie was awful.

Carrasco Implodes Again, Mets Lose 11-6 - Metsmerized Online

The Mets looked to take the series against the Nationals on Saturday. Carlos Carrasco (3-4, 5.82 ERA) took the mound for the Mets, looking to bounce back after he struggled in his last start against the White Sox. Patrick Corbin (6-11, 4.99 ERA) took the mound for the Nationals, who has...

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Mets fall apart against Nationals as they enter sell mode

It was an embarrassment on the field but the action was away from it.

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MLB Gameday: Nationals 11, Mets 6 Final Score (07/29/2023)

Follow MLB results with FREE box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for Nationals vs. Mets at Citi Field

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Nationals 11-6 Mets (Jul 29, 2023) Game Recap - ESPN

Expert recap and game analysis of the Washington Nationals vs. New York Mets MLB game from July 29, 2023 on ESPN.

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The Mets and Nationals close out their series on Sunday at 1:30 PM. In potentially his last start as a Met, Justin Verlander will be on the mound for the Mets (5-5, 3.23 ERA) against former Met Trevor Williams (5-5, 4.48 ERA) for the Nationals.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Honestly the Mets gm should get fired after this season.

All his moves preseason turned rotten

And then they trade their closer too early, and don’t receive good return for him

And now they trade scherzer only to get an overhyped prospect that is only hyped that way because he is Ronald Acuna’s brother. Unless they got more than that which I have yet to read about.

But what an epic failure of trades.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Honestly the Mets gm should get fired after this season.

All his moves preseason turned rotten

And then they trade their closer too early, and don’t receive good return for him

And now they trade scherzer only to get an overhyped prospect that is only hyped that way because he is Ronald Acuna’s brother. Unless they got more than that which I have yet to read about.

But what an epic failure of trades.

Yeah Eppler has been hit or miss on some of his deals....mostly miss.
Not sure what the team owner will do during the offseason, but he's pretty much been a hands off low key kind of guy during the season.

As far as Scherzer goes, I wasn't too upset about him leaving. I'm hearing lots of Rangers fans aren't real high on the trade...and they wanted to keep Acuña. All I can say is I hope he works out for the Mets next season. I think he's got star potential.

I was actually more disappointed to lose Robertson to Miami for what we got back in return....but it is what it is.
This entire season has been one big clusterfuck after another. Mets have to do some soul searching and rebuild their Bullpen and add a few other pieces in the offseason...and I also expect some changes to the FO and the coaching staff as well.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

If Eppler can't land Ohtani then I don't see a reason to keep him around. The crazy money he threw around has been underwhelming and his subsequent bargain bin pickups are all performing to their mediocre/bad career averages. Darin Ruf, Vogelbach, Canha, Escobar, Pham etc are not everyday MLB players and we played them like they are and it killed us.

We never got the major league bat to backup Alonso.

We never revamped our bullpen which was our biggest weakness last season.

We banked on aging starting pitching to be our foundation for the year. None of this made any sense. All our bright spots are pre Eppler guys.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Yeah Eppler has been hit or miss on some of his deals....mostly miss.

Not sure what the team owner will do during the offseason, but he's pretty much been a hands off low key kind of guy during the season.

As far as Scherzer goes, I wasn't too upset about him leaving. I'm hearing lots of Rangers fans aren't real high on the trade...and they wanted to keep Acuña. All I can say is I hope he works out for the Mets next season. I think he's got star potential.

I was actually more disappointed to lose Robertson to Miami for what we got back in return....but it is what it is.
This entire season has been one big clusterfuck after another. Mets have to do some soul searching and rebuild their Bullpen and add a few other pieces in the offseason...and I also expect some changes to the FO and the coaching staff as well.

Nah. It is good that the Mets are trading those pieces. Just think both they really got less than they should. The only thing that makes sense to me is that they were afraid of the padres. If the Padres lose one or 2 more games they are selling a potential CY young and the best reliever in the game today!!

So they thought to trade earlier than the padres may have to.

But I really think Acuña gets hyped up because of his brother. I mean it should. But the Mets fell for it and sold someone worth much more.

 

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Mets Sunday Lineup vs Nationals

 

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Eppler: It's Not A Rebuild, It's Not A Fire Sale - Metsmerized Online

The New York Mets made the team’s trade of veteran Max Scherzer to the Texas Rangers, along with cash, in exchange for top-50 prospect Luisangel Acuña official Sunday afternoon. As is customary, once a large move as such is made, the team’s general manager or president often speaks. This was the...

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[Nasty_Magician]

So I guess the pros of these trades are we're filling in the gaps in our farm system. We were super top heavy and then a huge drop off so improving our 8-15 prospects is important for making trades down the line. We can always outbid people for free agents, we have our main core guys in place, this will help with depth and our ability to make meaningful trades.

Example, someone like Mauricio becomes expendable in a trade.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

So I guess the pros of these trades are we're filling in the gaps in our farm system. We were super top heavy and then a huge drop off so improving our 8-15 prospects is important for making trades down the line. We can always outbid people for free agents, we have our main core guys in place, this will help with depth and our ability to make meaningful trades.

Example, someone like Mauricio becomes expendable in a trade.

Sure...but Mauricio should've already been on the big club. But this FO (past & present) is known for being a joke.
Would really hate to lose him and then watch as he excels with another team, or even worse, a division rival.
He's definitely better than more than a few players on the current roster.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Sure...but Mauricio should've already been on the big club. But this FO (past & present) is known for being a joke.
Would really hate to lose him and then watch as he excels with another team, or even worse, a division rival.
He's definitely better than more than a few players on the current roster.

Part of the problem is we have Lindor, Baty, Vientos, Mauricio and McNeill basically all cannibalizing each other. Add Acuna to that mix now too. Why we don't utilize the DH with these guys who knows but it's tough fitting everyone in without sacrificing defense in the outfield when we throw them out there.