NL East (2018)

[HalfSmokes]

Shawn Hill?  How many people in this org were around and had any real power when Shawn Hill was returning from one of his thousands of injuries?

You might as well say the Redskins are good at drafting because of some picks Beathard made in the 80s.

Kelly recent enough? Or grace? Purke? Every organization has successes and failures, the Mets are particularly brutal on their injured starters, but most teams seem to be about the same now

[rileyn]

11 of 15 teams in the NL have winning records. 

[Ray D]

We were preparing for a fire sale a couple weeks  ago, having conceded the division to the Mets.  Now we're a half game behind them.

[NatsAllThe Way]

Boras says Harvey sees himself as a SP. Not worth dealing with his ego to maybe fix him in a new organization.

Maybe in a beer league.

[NatsAllThe Way]

We were preparing for a fire sale a couple weeks  ago, having conceded the division to the Mets.  Now we're a half game behind them.

It's still early.

[Smithian]

We were preparing for a fire sale a couple weeks  ago, having conceded the division to the Mets.  Now we're a half game behind them.

The Nats had a good week same time they had a bad one. Still two games back.

Need to put a good month together.

[Slateman]

The Nats had a good week same time they had a bad one. Still two games back.

Need to put a good month together.

Only a matter of time. Braves aren't going to stay good. Lots of young players who will be prone to slumps. Their starters have some talent, but ultimately are going to struggle going down the stretch.

Nats are only getting healthier

[NJ Ave]

Only a matter of time. Braves aren't going to stay good. Lots of young players who will be prone to slumps. Their starters have some talent, but ultimately are going to struggle going down the stretch.

Wait, you don't think Nick Markakis will continue to OPS in the high 900s while their 5'9" second baseman is one of the biggest sluggers in baseball?

[welch]

DeGrom and Cespedes on the DL. Cespedes with sore leg. DeGrom is "precautionary".

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/sports/yoenis-cespedes-mets-rockies.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fsports&action=click&contentCollection=sports&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=sectionfront

[Slateman]

Wait, you don't think Nick Markakis will continue to OPS in the high 900s while their 5'9" second baseman is one of the biggest sluggers in baseball?

You're right. We'll never catch the Barves.

[dcpatti]

DeGrom and Cespedes on the DL. Cespedes with sore leg. DeGrom is "precautionary".

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/sports/yoenis-cespedes-mets-rockies.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fsports&action=click&contentCollection=sports&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=sectionfront

Did they actually put Cespedes on the DL yet though?  That would be very un-metlike of them, to DL him so quickly.  Although this NY Post article makes it sound like they're one step away from humane euthanasia on him.  https://nypost.com/2018/05/06/yoenis-cespedes-sounds-mets-alarms-with-hip-issue/

[Senatorswin]

I went on a mets message board a couple of days ago. It's called mets refugees. There is no filter. People get called all kinds of dirty names. Anything goes.

[bluestreak]

I went on a mets message board a couple of days ago. It's called mets refugees. There is no filter. People get called all kinds of dirty names. Anything goes.

Link?

[GburgNatsFan]

Link?

Don't go until you are in a place where there's bleach, a scrub brush, and a decontamination shower.

[Senatorswin]

Mets refugees:

http://www.metsrefugees.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=2

[welch]

Did they actually put Cespedes on the DL yet though?  That would be very un-metlike of them, to DL him so quickly.  Although this NY Post article makes it sound like they're one step away from humane euthanasia on him.  https://nypost.com/2018/05/06/yoenis-cespedes-sounds-mets-alarms-with-hip-issue/

Cespedes not on the DL, but he left after one inning with "red flag" pain in leg. I'm just assuming what comes next...

Big talk about being careful, now.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/sports/yoenis-cespedes-mets-rockies.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fsports&action=click&contentCollection=sports&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=7&pgtype=sectionfront

Callaway had more than hitting to think about on Sunday. A day after clearing deGrom, who sustained a hyperextended elbow on Wednesday, to make his next start on Monday, the Mets placed him on the 10-day disabled list. Nothing had changed with deGrom’s health, the team assured, but the Mets are taking the better-safe-than-sorry route, so his next start was pushed to next Sunday.

A few hours after explaining that decision, the Mets watched Cespedes leave Sunday’s game after just one inning. Cespedes said after the game that he had discomfort in his quadriceps, a red flag given his injury history.

“This wasn’t like past seasons,” said Cespedes, who landed on the disabled list in 2016 with a right quadriceps strain and had some minor soreness there last season. “I took a little more precaution and I came out before it got worse.”

Cespedes, a left fielder, avoided missing time while dealing with a sore left hand earlier in the week, but on Saturday he felt something in his leg. He was not concerned about it before Sunday’s game, but then the discomfort returned after he had chased down a fly ball in foul territory in the top half of the first inning and singling and coming around to score on a sacrifice fly by Todd Frazier in the bottom half.

After the game, Cespedes said he was unsure if he could play on Monday in Cincinnati, a game in which deGrom was originally slated to start.

[nfotiu]

Cespedes not on the DL, but he left after one inning with "red flag" pain in leg. I'm just assuming what comes next...

Big talk about being careful, now.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/sports/yoenis-cespedes-mets-rockies.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fsports&action=click&contentCollection=sports&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=7&pgtype=sectionfront

So much for being careful
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23434819/yoenis-cespedes-new-york-mets-lineup-cincinnati-reds-monday

[catocony]

Mets fans are imbeciles.  New Yorkers have two teams to choose from.  The Yankees, with 27 World Series rings and are perpetually in the playoffs.  Or the Mets, who every five years or so are decent but otherwise stink. 

They choose the Mets.

I do not support self-loathing behavior.

[Truconfidence]

Wow the Mets are falling apart to injury, no one could see that coming.

[Mattionals]

11 of 15 teams in the NL have winning records.

AL Central has only the Indians AT 500. 8 out of 15 teams in the AL have winning records. Basically the 3 NL teams are complete trash (Marlins, Padres, Reds) with a huge underperformer in the Dodgers. In the AL, it's the same story for the Borioles, Rangers, White Sox, and Royals. Tampa and Detroit are likely playing about up to their ability and Minnesota is probably underperforming.

Sometimes baseball is weird.

[DPMOmaha]

It's early.

[phil219]

I went on a mets message board a couple of days ago. It's called mets refugees. There is no filter. People get called all kinds of dirty names. Anything goes.

My favorite recent post on Mets Refugees includes this awesome insight:

"When we slump the Nats win every day."

[rbw5t]

My favorite recent post on Mets Refugees includes this awesome insight:

"When we slump the Nats win every day."

Yeah, but when we slump, they win everyday.  That's just how it goes -- when things are going right, they're going right, and when they're going wrong, they're going wrong.  When we were struggling, they were winning everyday.  I'm leery of diving into Mets injury schadenfreude, lest we bring more injuries upon ourselves.  I'm happy to avoid gloating, say "poor Mets, such bad luck" and just keeping humming along in the right direction.

[hotshot]

This board is relatively tame. As is the discussion in local newspapers, and on sports radio and TV shows (such as they are). Reason for that?

DC area folks don't like "red meat" of more than ruffling a few feathers from time to time? Area needs a good tabloid, some opinionated media hosts, etc.

[Senatorswin]

I had to laugh when the yankee fans were booing Stanton so bad by the second week of the season when he hit two home runs on opening day. It's very rare for a Nat to get booed at Nats park. I like that. Maybe some free agent players to be should think about that before they jump.