The Mets Police

The great return of Daniel Murphy is getting closer and closer!

Murphy has slashed an impressive .342/.413/.488 with one home run and eight RBIs in 10 games for the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees. (via NY Post)

It’s time to change the karma and get back to the good old days of 2015 when the Mets wouldn’t be 18 games out of 1st place in early July.

Maybe as part of Steve’s makeover, he could trade Pete to Anaheim and get Ohtani back (a trade nd sign obviously, Steve is rich), and ask for Murphy as a throw-in to play 1B this season and next.

Fun Fact: Daniel Murphy has more NL Championships than Pete Alonso.

 

Welcome to the inaugural Pete Alonso Trade Watch Watch.

This works just like a Manager Watch Watch…to catch teh newbies up, a Manager Watch happens when it is obvious a change is coming.  A Watch Watch watches to see what people are writing about the impending Manager Watch.

In this case, a Pete Alonso Trade Watch Watch will keep an eye on….and wait for this folks….what people are writing about, you know, maybe, perhaps, possibly, probably not, but what if…THE METS TRADE PETE ALONSO.

Any watcher of baseball knows that Pete hits homer runs in bunches, but hitting 5 home runs in 6 days every three and a half weeks is not a way to win the pennant.  If you don’t believe me, check the flags at Citi Field.  Even Daniel Murphy has an NL Title.

So, although they reject the idea, it is interesting that the New York Post DID write about trading Pete!!!

For a worthwhile sale, you need to have valuable pieces to sell. And unless the Mets decide to dangle star slugger Pete Alonso (unlikely!), their sale looks less like a Sotheby’s auction and more like one of those mid-1970s Aqueduct flea markets.

Alonso would obviously bring big value as one of baseball’s very best home run hitters, not to mention an impossibly fast recoverer from injury. But as one rival said, “The fans would revolt if they traded Pete (via New York Post)

And there’s the problem.   Steve likes being popular.  So instead of doing the right move, he will do the popular move.  Over and over and over.  And another decade will be wasted.

There surely is a fool GM out there who will watch the Home Run Derby and be like “oooooh Pete Alonso” and give back a nice haul.  Take the haul Steve, before the off-season and Boras/Pete declare that they won’t negotiate in-season….you really run the risk of getting nothing for this guy.

And what might life be without Pete?  Jeez, what’s the worst that happens, you’re 18 games behind the Braves by July 4?  I am confident the Mets can do that without Vulgar Bear.  #LGM

By the way – if you find the idea of trading Pete unthinkable, google “Nomar Garciaparra” and let me know what you find.

Congratulations to Vulgar Pete Alonso who can go curse up a storm in Seattle as the Mets’ lone All Star.   Pete will also get to partake in the Home Run Derby which is the one thing he does well….as hitting softly tossed juiced baseball is very entertaining, but it does not help your team win a World Series.

Not sure what’s going on here.  It’s not the worst thing I’ve ever seen but probably would work better on a woman than a dude.

Hey – don’t worry about this SNY YouTubeTV thing (the channel has been removed) – you won’t even miss it.  Let’s take a look at July.

Today the game is on SNY.  It’s also July 4th weekend.  Let it go.

Tomorrow?  ESPN

Monday there’s no game.

July 4th you have better things to do.

Then they are on the West Coast playing Arizona and the Padres.  Late night games.  No big loss.

Then it’s the All Star Break and July is half over!

The Dodgers are in Queens on the 14th and AppleTV, Fox and then Channel 11  have the games so you’re good all weekend.

July 18th the White Sox are in town and that’s the first time you might care.

The Red Sox come in, and you’ll miss the Friday game, but the other two are Channel 11 and ESPN

Than the Yankees.  Well, YTTV doesn’t have YES either so those two days might annoy you.

And now it’s already July 29th, the Mets are sellers and they are playing the Nationals.  You can check out.  There will be football on your TV in a week.  You’re good to go until Opening Day.

AND, you might just find, you don’t miss it.  I stopped watching and now I don’t even think to put the games on.  Totally broke the habit..  You are FREE.  Enjoy the extra 3 hours a day to do other things.  Trust me, you will be fine.