The Offseason Thread

[Nasty_Magician]

A very smart move, Yo.

Cespedes takes up yoga to improve flexibility

No more lifting trucks or whatever he was doing last year.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Metsies win their grapefruit league opener.


Braves vs. Mets | 02/23/18


LGM!!!

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Mets get ST off to a nice start by finishing the weekend at 2-1.

Cardinals vs. Mets | 02/24/18

Marlins vs. Mets | 02/25/18


Video highlights:
Marlins vs. Mets | 02/25/18

 

[omarsrevenge]

https://nypost.com/2018/02/26/syndergaards-nasty-debut-could-scare-mets-but-should-scare-mlb/

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Metsies haven't won a grapefuit league game in nearly 2 weeks...not that it matters much but it's still not a good look with the season opener right around the corner.

Yes they lost again today in a SS game to Houston.....they play the Nats tonight in the other game.

DeGrom sharp in spring training debut

Mets' Wright out 2 months; Cespedes also hurt

Mets reassign scuffling Tebow to minors camp

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

New York Mets left-hander Jason Vargas has a broken bone in his non-pitching hand and will visit a specialist later Sunday, the team announced.

Vargas suffered a non-displaced fracture of the hamate bone in his right hand Saturday when he attempted to catch a line drive in a minor league game.

Initial X-rays showed no broken bones, but a CT scan performed later Saturday revealed the fracture.

The Mets did not announce a timeline Sunday for how long Vargas would be sidelined. Mets manager Mickey Callaway indicated Saturday, however, that the team did not think Vargas would miss the start of the regular season, even if he doesn't pitch again this spring.

Vargas, 35, signed a two-year, $16 million deal with the Mets last month after going 18-11 for the Kansas City Royals last season.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Vargas to have surgery on non-pitching hand


Mets left-hander Jason Vargas will have surgery on his non-pitching hand and is unsure whether he will return to New York's starting rotation for the beginning of the regular season.

Vargas, who has been diagnosed with a non-displaced fracture of the hamate bone in his right hand, will undergo the operation Tuesday.

The Mets announced Monday that Vargas would return to his throwing program approximately five days after the surgery, which would give him just over a week to be ready for his scheduled turn in New York's regular-season starting rotation.

But after throwing a modified bullpen session Monday, Vargas acknowledged that he could potentially miss a start or two in April, saying his right hand needs to heal to the point where he can catch the ball and grip a bat.

"It's all going to depend on how things go post-op," Vargas told reporters, according to the New York Daily News. "But the word is that I should be able to get back to throwing in about five days after surgery -- that's definitely a positive that I won't have to be shut down and rebuild the throwing program."

Vargas suffered the injury Saturday when he attempted to catch a line drive in a minor league game.

The Mets open the regular season on March 29 at home against the Cardinals. Noah Syndergaard is slated to start the opener, and Jacob deGrom is scheduled to start the Mets' second game on March 31. Mets manager Mickey Callaway has not named a rotation beyond those first two starts.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Conforto....

Mets' Conforto to start on DL after surgery

Conforto goes 1-for-4 in 1st game after surgery

Wheeler....

Mets send struggling pitcher Wheeler to minors

Montero....

Mets RHP Montero tears UCL; year likely over

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Thor....

• Noah Syndergaard's velocity tops MLB starters


Noah Syndergaard has had an impressive spring. He hit 101 mph in his debut against the Astros. He struck out seven consecutive Nationals a few outings later. He was named the Mets' Opening Day starter.

But that's just Spring Training. Come the regular season, baseball fans might be watching Syndergaard do unprecedented things for a starting pitcher.

Syndergaard stands alone among starters in terms of sheer velocity. The headline-grabbers are his monster fastballs, a four-seamer and sinker, but his power stuff extends across his arsenal, to his changeup and slider, too. Syndergaard enters 2018 with the hardest velocity among MLB starting pitchers in all four of those pitch types.

He's a freak, and he can make even the best hitters in the world can look overmatched. Take his showdown with reigning American League Most Valuable Player Award winner Jose Altuve in his first Spring Training start. After pumping in multiple 100-plus-mph fastballs, Syndergaard struck out Altuve on a 92-mph changeup. After the game, Altuve could only say, "If he throws that changeup to me 100 times, he's going to strike me out 100 times."

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Opening day begins on a somber note....

R.I.P. Rusty Staub


Rusty Staub dies at 73


Mets' Staub, known for his philanthropy, dies

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Bump.

I have a bit more faith in the youth moving forward. Nimmo and Confoto finished really strong, Rosario started rough but seemed to progress. McNeil I liked a lot.

The pitching is there, just need to stay healthy.

We need a catcher. If he can't hit at least get someone that can match this pitching staff.

Center field needs to be addressed, can't have a pitching based team and no centerfielder.

The bullpen obviously is still a problem,needs a complete overhaul.

 

[tabascojet]

Bump.

I have a bit more faith in the youth moving forward. Nimmo and Confoto finished really strong, Rosario started rough but seemed to progress. McNeil I liked a lot.

The pitching is there, just need to stay healthy.

We need a catcher. If he can't hit at least get someone that can match this pitching staff.

Center field needs to be addressed, can't have a pitching based team and no centerfielder.

The bullpen obviously is still a problem,needs a complete overhaul.

do you go to any red bulls games?

 

[Nasty_Magician]

do you go to any red bulls games?

Funny enough I went to one yesterday but I'm by no means a regular. Once or twice a year.

 

[tabascojet]

Funny enough I went to one yesterday but I'm by no means a regular. Once or twice a year.

i keep meaning to check one out. lots of development happening in harrison from my train view as i commute on by. went to saints/giants yesterday myself.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

i keep meaning to check one out. lots of development happening in harrison from my train view as i commute on by. went to saints/giants yesterday myself.

Yep, Harrison and Newark (around Penn station at least) are being revamped. All those abandoned warehouses/factories are being leveled and turned into condos. Happened in Hoboken 25 years ago, Jersey City 10 years ago and now Harrison/Newark.

 

[tabascojet]

Yep, Harrison and Newark (around Penn station at least) are being revamped. All those abandoned warehouses/factories are being leveled and turned into condos. Happened in Hoboken 25 years ago, Jersey City 10 years ago and now Harrison/Newark.

just dont walk too far west of the rock....

 

[omarsrevenge]

MLB players vote alleged domestic abuser Jose Reyes as Mets' top pick for Man of the Year award

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Mets GM search apparently narrowed down to 3....


•Mets' GM finalists include agent Van Wagenen

•Doug Melvin appears to be the ideal GM candidate to bridge the old-school vs. new-school divide within the Mets - NY Daily News

•Mets narrow general manager search to three candidates

•Mets GM rumors: Jacob deGrom's agent is among the reported three finalists


*I'm leaning towards either Melvin or Van Wagenen.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Some other stuff....

The Cuse....
Mets, Triple-A Syracuse reach long-term deal

Alonso....
Peter Alonso Mets Arizona Fall League overview


Nice one....
Patrick Mahomes II sported his dad's Mets jersey

 

[Nasty_Magician]

My preference would be Melvin.