The Mets Police – Page 375 – What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.

June 5, 2021

Another stupid 10pm Mets Game notes for June 5

Singles hitter Pete Alonso has hit safely in all four of his starts since returning from the 10-Day IL…Overall, he is batting .333 (6-18) with three runs, a home run, five RBi and a walk in that span…but in for real overall he is hitting .248 with 7 HRs on June 5th. Alonso is batting .270/.357/.460 with four home runs against right-handed pitchers this year…In addition, Alonso is batting .276/.333/.510 with six home runs in 26 games on the road this year…That compares to a .191/.350/.298 mark in 16 games at Citi Field in 2021. But mainly he is batting .248 with 7 HRs on June 5th which is terrible.

CH-CH-CHANGES: Major League Baseball has announced the following scoring change to the game on June 2, 2021 in Arizona…In the top of the ninth leadoff batter Francisco Lindor reached second on what was originally scored a single and then advanced to second on a fielding error by Ketel Marte…That has since been changed to a double.

TRANSACTION: RHP Sam McWilliams was claimed off waivers by the San Diego Padres…He was designated for assignment by the Mets on May 31.

METSELLANEOUS: The Mets fell to the Padres, 2-0, last night…New York has lost two straight…The Mets have been in first place for 32 days, since Saturday May 8…This is the longest streak in first place since the end of the 2015 season…The Mets continue their three-city, nine-game, 10-day road trip (2-3) to Arizona (2-1), San Diego (0-2) and Baltimore (two games).

THE SUMMER OF JAKE: Jacob deGrom has a 0.71 ERA through eight starts…Since the earned run became official in 1913, only seven pitchers have had a better ERA in their first eight starts of a season (min. 40.0 IP)…Zack Greinke was the last with a better mark in his first eight starts (0.60 ERA in his 2009 AL Cy Young campaign)… According to ESPN Stats & Info, deGrom is the first qualified pitcher to carry an ERA that low into June since Chris Short (0.64) in 1964…Since ERA became an official stat in 1913, he’s the only MLB pitcher to have a sub-1.00 ERA and a batting average above .450 over any span of eight starts (min. 10 PA)… Courtesy of Stats, Inc.

PUTTING UP ZEROES: deGrom has allowed one or no earned runs in all eight of his starts this season…He has pitched at least 5.0 innings and allowed no more than five baserunners in all eight of his starts this season…That is the longest such streak in the modern era.

MOVIN’ ON UP: With nine more strikeouts, deGrom will pass Sid Fernandez (1,449) and move into fourth on the all-time Mets strikeout list…He currently ranks tied for eighth in club history with 191 starts (Jon Matlack, 199, is seventh)…He cracked the top-10 in innings pitched by a Met on May 9 and is now ninth on that list…He ranks is tied for ninth with Bobby J. Jones with 74 career wins…His career ERA currently sits at 2.53…That is the best mark in Mets history (min. 1,000.0 innings pitched), passing Tom Seaver (2.57 ERA).

HIT THE ROAD, JAKE: Is 8-0 with a 1.90 ERA (23 earned runs/109.0 innings) over his last 18 road starts…His 18 consecutive road starts without taking a loss are the most in Mets history…Dwight Gooden (15-straight, July 10, 1987-May 21, 1988) and Ron Darling (15, July 7, 1985-May 21-1986) previously held the club mark….Miles Mikolas (19 in a row) was the last pitcher with a longer streak, although his run bookended his three seasons in Japan.

June 5, 2021June 4, 2021

Davey Johnson knows analytics have ruined baseball

Last century, the Mets won the World Series. The second time was in 1986, and the manager was a man named Davey Johnson. Younger fans may be unfamiliar with the 1986 Mets and their manager, but he was really good at managing the Mets. TBWeekly caught up with him…..

“That’s the one thing that bothers me about baseball today. The analytics people are hurting the game, especially the pitchers,” he said. “I’ve been a part of analytics but nothing like this. Analytics can be great but with pitching, managers should know who needs rest, who doesn’t. There are a ton of Tommy John injuries because managers aren’t used to that thinking; you can’t pitch guys every day even if it’s only for an inning. I am so upset with that bull.”

As a player, Johnson was under the guidance of the feisty Baltimore manager Earl Weaver for most of his playing career. He learned a lot from Weaver, including how to use pitchers.

“Weaver was a little weasel,” said Johnson. “But he handled the pitching staff the right way. He knew how to use his relievers. He was a genius that way. I took it in.”

Also why did the advertiser decide to show the Mets losing 4-0?

June 4, 2021

Mets are surveying fans about Saturday game start times

The Mets, who play weekday afternoon games for some reason, are revisiting the idea of playing on Saturday afternoons! In the past, the Mets previous regime had claimed that their research had shown fans prefer Saturday Night games, but Uncle Steve is in charge now and he will do his own research, thank you.

I believe the Mets would have a more favorable fan experience if they played on Saturday Afternoon, at least sometimes, in the summer. Furthermore, I think the Mets should look into Friday afternoon games which are just magical at Wrigley – I’d like to see the Mets try one of those every summer. Just think, you could be at a Mets game RIGHT NOW!

For now, survey says….

@metspolice Mets now doing a real fan survey on Saturday day games. Will the results match the made up fan survey they claimed to conduct a few years back? pic.twitter.com/XSDhivf2OU

— Mike (@montmets) June 4, 2021

Thanks Mike for sending this over!

June 4, 2021

Which Mets are on the 2021 All Star Ballot…and who should make the team

Surely the only Met on the 2021 All Star Team should be Jacob deGrom, but hey we can still look at the ballot anyway.

1B – the Mets have nominated Pete Alonso. That makes sense to me as he leads the team, with 7 home runs on June 4th. That said, he does not deserve to be on this team.

2B – The Mets seem to believe they have a player named Jeff McNeil who plays there. Clearly we cannot put him on the team.

3B – MLB lists third base next, I guess the social media people aren’t familiar with how the infield works. The Mets have nominated J.D. Davis who is batting .390! But he’s hurt too so we are not sending him to Denver.

SS – You guys have booed Lindor so that’s a non-starter.

C – James McCann. He splits time on his own team. Nope. More seriously, I guess you COULD consider him, but take a look at the stats of the more famous Buster Posey and Yaider Molina, or consider we need to bring some Brewers (Omar Navarez .294 and .825 OPS for you millennials) or Diamondbacks (Carson Kelly .922 OPS for you millennials)

OF – The Mets have nominated Conforto (.230 and hurt, nope), Nimmo (.318 but hurt) and Dom Smith who is a first baseman taking one for the team and having a lousy season (nope).

So there ya have it. You guys can stuff ballot boxes and add some Mets, but looks like the only jersey Media Goon will be buying is Jacob deGrom.

(I await all your tweets about which relievers should make it.)

June 3, 2021

Pete Alonso is totally healthy Mets game notes for June 3

Pete Alonso is not in the starting lineup to “rest” his wrist.

Pete Alonso has hit safely in all three games since returning from the 10-Day IL…He is batting .385 (5-13) with three runs, a home run, five RBi and a walk…Alonso is batting .263/.351/.455 with four home runs against right- handed pitchers this year…In addition, Alonso is batting .280/.340/.527 with six home runs in 24 games on the road this year…That compares to a .191/.350/.298 mark in 16 games at Citi Field in 2021. But he’s totally healthy and just not playing.

#20 Pete Alonso | INF | .250, 7 HR, 24 RBI, 0 SB

I like this headline: THE RISE OF TAI WALKER: Since he was traded to the Blue Jays on August 27, 2020, Taijuan Walker has a 1.67 ERA (14 ER/75.1 IP) in 15 starts, which ranks second in the majors among the 77 pitchers who have thrown at least 75.0 innings in that span…He trails only his staffmate Jacob deGrom (1.61 ERA).

Walker has a 1.84 ERA (10 earned runs/49.0 innings) through his first nine starts as a Met…That is the second-lowest ERA in Mets history through nine starts with the team…Only Al Leiter (1.49), had his time with the Mets get off to a better start through nine starts…The lowest ERA through 10 starts with the Mets also belongs to Leiter (1.74)…Walker’s 0.94 WHIP is the second-best through any Mets pitcher’s first nine starts with the club, behind only Pedro Martinez (0.73)… Martinez (.155) is the only pitcher to top Walker’s .163 opposing batting average in his first nine starts with the Mets.

Francisco Lindor is on a five-game hitting streak…He is batting .391 (9-23) in that span with six runs, a double, a triple, a home run and three RBI in that span with a 1.043 OPS…He is batting .264 (14-53) with eight runs, three doubles, a triple, a home run and four RBI over his last 13 games. You guys booed him in April.

TOTAL DOMINATION: Dominic Smith is batting .474 (9-19) with two runs, two doubles, a home run, four RBI, three walks and a 1.279 OPS over his last six games… He is batting .308/.390/.396 with 10 runs, six extra-base hits, 11 RBI, 11 walks and a .786 in 27 games since the start of May…He is batting .316/.365/.421 against left- handed pitchers this year. But one time he overslept so we set his career back several years to teach him a lesson.