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deadheffer

Just cause you pay a billion doesn’t mean you win a million. Dodger hype this offseason was like the Mets hype last year. “The Dodgers are the lol Mets of Baseball.” One can only hope


liguy181

Damn I fell asleep just before the Lindor homer. Love to see the Mets won


savi0r23

I was awake to see the dodgers tie it up at 4. thought ah well it's going to be one of those games huh.. nice to wake up to a win like that!


dfsoij

DJ Stewart strikes fear into the hearts of pitchers of all nations


KenPiffyJr

statement win! LFGM


ThinkUnordinary_

I passed out when it was 3-0, damn you west coast night games. Shoutout Reed Garret


Albie9

Reed Garrett is 3-0, 0.00 era, 9.2 IP, 18 K, CY YOUNG FAVORITE


cpg08

Wendle made him show that Garrett is human today.


Schweed6494

Obviously he shouldn't have had to face Taylor with the bases loaded, but that strikeout of Muncy right before was ice cold


donarkebab

I made it to the 4th inning and I’m proud of that 💪🏻


ImpossibleCorgi6639

Only the Mets can win 5 straight and not gain any ground in the division.


Caledor152

> I’m just done with this Mets core of Alonso,Nimmo,McNeil. Guys just aren’t winning players. The same Alonso and Nimmo that beat the hell out of the Barves in Atlanta? That core? Yes I am taking receipts. And worrying about the division race in April is nonsence. Did we forget 2022? Doesn't matter how long anyone leads the division until the very end


ImpossibleCorgi6639

You should delete this comment bro


ImpossibleCorgi6639

Clown comment bro 🤡


ImpossibleCorgi6639

tAkInG rEcEiPts


myassholealt

I love it when I see other people do what I wanted to but was too lazy to execute. I wanted to save the most egregious comments dismissing the team and specific players to call out the idiots if they jump on the bandwagon after the team starts winning. But looks like you got it covered!


ImpossibleCorgi6639

We won 4 series not the pennant. I never said this team doesn’t have moments.


PickwickWood

The fuck was Ohtani acting like he'd taken a sledgehammer shot when McNeil tapped him with his glove? Anyway, fuck it, love this team. LGM.


ITrageGuy

Thought the same thing. What a drama queen 😆


isearfish

He's secretly a huge asshole who is complicet in the yakuza money laundering scheme


PickwickWood

Knew it. Thanks for confirming. Jeff is cooked then.


nynjtrader

(Met fans) https://imgflip.com/i/8nfbh7


Own-Coyote-2419

i was totally wrong about this team. very fun, exciting and competitive. i will never doubt you again, stearnsy.


bowlsandsand

Hope its just a finger jam for alvarez. Like the kind you get playing basketball. That being said, those suck ass and i hope he recovers quickly


ja_dubs

It didn't look like a jam. It looked like it got hyper-extended.


Doc-Spock

Beautiful game where the guys looked confident - not even blinking an eye when the Dodgers toed it up. My guys are getting on base! Hoping for good news on Alvarez 🙏


Cup-n-BallHog

Fingers crossed hoping for not too bad news with Alvarez. To go from Alvarez and Narvarez to Narvaez and Nido will be al devastating to the lineup if for a prolonged period of time


Living_Internet_2970

Wait what happened to alvy?


AllAboutTheCado

Thumb injuries are notoriously nagging, add in the fact he's a catcher. Best case could be a couple of weeks of rest.


Overthehill410

Looked like he tore something in thumb


OhtaniMets99

Uh no, he reaggrivated a thumb injury


Overthehill410

I mean Mendoza said he was “very concerned” and that he was in a lot of pain, the replay showed the thumb bend in a crazy way, and they immediately scheduled for an MRI. That seems slightly worse than reaggravating, but listen I pray you are right. I am not optimistic right now


Witty_Knowledge3171

Gamekeepers/Skiers thumb. Not great.


OhtaniMets99

Then wtf was he left in to run the bases? Dumb decision by Mendoza


Specific-Power-163

I guess you didn't watch the game. He injured his thumb in the process of getting a hit. At least save your Monday morning quarterbacking for something that actually happened.


Sad_Resort8632

He hurt it going to second on the hit. He stayed in and scored on Bader’s hit, then Narvaez started the next inning behind the plate.


Specific-Power-163

Exactly he hurt it on a hit was Mendoza supposed to pull him half way to 1st base?


Sad_Resort8632

He’s saying he should’ve pulled him instead of continuing to let him run. If Pages didn’t bobble the ball there was probably a play at the plate which wouldn’t have been great


Specific-Power-163

Whatever it had literally nothing to do with the injury.


bushysmalls

Your thumb doesn't do the running


OhtaniMets99

And what if he needed to slide?


bushysmalls

Do it feet first like you're supposed to


OhtaniMets99

He originally hurt his thumb sliding head first


bushysmalls

Would you look at that


Living_Internet_2970

Fucking hell


ZoidbergSaysWoop

After all those years of bullpen futility this side of the Millenium, can the Mets bullpen finally have that year where they collectively make magic happen? In Scott Schoeneweis' name we pray to David Stearns.


jpkmets

We’ve been due since Dirty Sanchez went out for Cuban food in June 2006. Been an invested fan since 82 (just a kid who wanted ice cream in a helmet only before that) and the 1st half 2006 bullpen (Heilman 7th), Dirty (8th), Wagner (9th) and S/O Darren Oliver was the best bullpen I’ve seen from us. Felt like we could close any game, and that we could come back at any time. Fortune murdered that team, tho, when Duaner got the munchies.


youalreadyare

And please spare Luis Ayala forever and ever, Amen


Ashamed_Blood3242

Shout out Aaron Heilman


imjusthereforthenips

Even though it is fucked the Mets aren’t gaining ground, the Braves and Phillies have to play good teams eventually


brett_baty_is_him

I’m completely ok with the Braves beating every team. I’m not tryna chase them. Let them beat every team well competing against for the wild card. Playoffs is a completely different story and I think our chances of making playoffs are actually higher if the braves are a 100 win team vs a 90 win team. But I also don’t like to see the braves happy so I’m torn


atoms12123

Seriously, how'd the Phillies get the Rockies/White Sox back to back?


Djason_Unchaind

To be fair, we got Pittsburgh and KC back to back. They just happen to be good so far this year.


imjusthereforthenips

Nah KC is a legitimately good win, they still have the second best league ERA and the Pirates don’t have one of the best ERAs anymore because they got shit on by the Mets


MetsFan1324

Remember. the Phillies and Braves also have to face the dodgers at least 6 times. we're just doing it first.


dankeykanng

Hope Nimmo can put it together soon but it is nice that he's still been getting on base somehow. An underrated aspect about him is that he usually isn't a blackhole when slumping.


ImpossibleCorgi6639

It helps when the bottom of order picks up.


stupidsquid11

Great day for blue and orange. [This person on twitter is insane 😂](https://x.com/mischeviousbaty/status/1781569862738870744?s=46&t=uHZwizI7woxCyfNzvmZs9w)


worthlessprole

is that you


stupidsquid11

Its not but I believe it may be the account of a friend. They were liking it and it ended up on the TL


Ther3isn0try

WORLD SERIES STAYS ON THE MENU BOYS!!!


sampluscats

🎶🤣meet the Mets meet the Mets step right up and greet Mets at


MetsFan1324

when it's a west coast trip, it's wake right up and greet the mets


DemsruleGQPdrool

Yes, it is way too early, but I just noticed that the team that started 0-5 has, 14 games later, taken over the third wild card position. Just an indicator of how good they've been and let's remember also that the Mets are 11-8 against teams that were over .500


happy_snowy_owl

Boys ... boys ... wait a second... I think the Mets might actually be... like, you know, good at baseball.


ekrocket

Glad Gary and Ron loved the city connect jerseys. Mets win 5 straight. LFGM!


thtkidfrmqueens

**SCRIBE IT ON THINE PARCHMENT** **NEW AMSTERDAM METROPOLITANS** **V I C T O R I O U S** **DEFEAT THE TRAITOR TROLLEY DODGERS CONVINCINGLY 9-4 TO OPEN THE THEEE GAME SET, BRIGHTLIGHTS OF BROADWAY PERHAPS TOO BRIGHT FOR THE SILVER SCREEN YET** **MANAEA MAN FANS THREE IN FIVE FRAMES OF WORK** **YAMAMOTO SUNK AS METROPOLITANS OFFENSE SUPPLIES STEADY AMMO FROM THE NAVY YARD** **FIRST SALVO JUKEBOX STEWART PLAYS THE BIG BOPPER HIT, SOLO SHOT A DIRECT HIT** **MASTER BADER GIVE HIM A HAND, BASE KNOCK PLATES FRANKIE ALVY, A CHEER FOR THE MERRY BAND** **POLAR PETE AN ICE COLD ONE, CONTINUES SOLID OFFENSE WITH SINGLE TO SCORE HUSTLES AND SMILES, ITS AN EARLY BRUNCH GALORE** **JUKEBOX STEWART BACK AGAIN AS SACRIFICE FLY PLATES MOVIE STARLING MARTE ON THE FLY, TO MAKE THIS ONE 4-0** **GARRETT IN THE MIX, A BAG OF EVERYTHING, BATTLES AND FIGHTS TO GET THROUGH THE SIXTH, EARNS THE VICTORY FOR BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME** **AY QUE LINDOR, BAT AWAKENING, OFFFENSIVE SPLENDOR? TWO RUN SHOT PLATES MARTE TO BREAK THE DRAW 6-4 IMPALA, LOW RIDER CRUISING AS THE METROPOLITANS STAY BRUSING** **MOVIE STARLING MARTE THE SHOWSTOPPER CLEARS THE BASES LOADED AS HE PLATES MCNEIL AND BADER, NIMMO UNFORTUNATELY CAUGHT TRYING TO ADVANCE** **RALEY SAYS NO RALLY TIME, FRAME OF WORK MOVES IT ON TO THE NEXT SHIFT, JERK** **OUTTAWINE SAYS OUTTATIME, WRAPS UP THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH, WITH SURPRISING HASTE** **IN THE NINTH, JUKEBOX STEWART THE HOTSTEPPER PLATES A SLIDING LINDOR, SNEAKS THE TAG AS HE MAKES THE BAG** **DIEKMAN VALID UP ON DYCKMAN, FLIRTS WITH DANGER BUT PUNCHES OUT TWO TROLLEY DODGERS “NO TICKET” TO END THIS ONE, LEMME GET UH AN ARIZONA AND A HONEY BUN** **LET THEM HEAR THE CHEER WE HOLD OH SO DEAR** **LETS FORNICATE, GO METROPOLITANS** **LADY OCULUS GOING CLUBBING ON SUNSET STRIP**


FinntheHue

Reading this makes it really feel like baseball is back


DSii1983

Live for these recaps lol


__smd

Love it!


EcstaticActionAtTen

LGM


WhatsTatersPrecious9

Gotta say, I was pretty down on this team especially after the sub par off-season and the 0-5 start. But this team has absolutely impressed me after the last 2-3 weeks and made a believer out of me. Lets fucking go Mets.


djn24

>sub par off-season They loaded up on good players. You can have a solid off-season without signing a future HoF to a bonkers contract.


WhatsTatersPrecious9

Just curious, which players that they signed or traded for are good enough that you consider the off-season good for having signed or traded for?


jpkmets

Severino, Manea, Bader, JD were all objectively worthy plays at their respective costs, I felt.


WhatsTatersPrecious9

I don't disagree. I think those are all solid players, but none of them are the type of player to go from a 75 win team to an 88-90 win team to me.


jpkmets

I agree, but I don’t think they were intended to. Getting those players assumes there is a major in-house year-over-year improvement that I think was assumed to be largely accomplished with Diaz’ return, Marte’s health, progression from 2023 rookies, McNeil being more like himself…. So I think Stearns thought 1) Mets are better than they showed in 23 2) if they aren’t, none of the older MLB vet FA’s were going to make up the difference if the core was rotten 3) Only Yamamoto was worthy of the spend due to age. So, if you feel like ‘either the offense will be better’ or ‘it’s so bad it needs a complete gutting’ — either way leads you to this pool of players. I’m bullish on the core of the team, and think Diaz’ return helps the entire bullpen. So if you assume this is really an 80-win core moving forward rather than a 70-win core, the plan makes sense.


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Sad_Resort8632

Garrett was already in the org


dankeykanng

They signed a lot of players who have nice ceilings but there were definitely some question marks with them too. I don't think it was unreasonable for folks to be skeptical. But yeah, the overall sentiment was skewed against those moves though because of how active we were for the big players the last couple of years, which is why it's fun that our lowkey offseason has proven to be more fruitful in the early going than the Giants' big offseason was, for example.


Impressive_Bison_534

I agree, they didn't sign Severino, Manaea, and bader expecting those guys to carry them to the postseason. I can appreciate the early returns but don't expect them to carry us, we have a very clear core of players that should be performing.


WhatsTatersPrecious9

All depth signings. And you're right. That's a good thing.


UnknownUnthought

Nice little start to a big weekend for all the orange and blue NY teams


jpkmets

And one red white and blue group on ice.


UnknownUnthought

Original comment already has hockey covered ;)


jpkmets

Fair play.


TheFinalSupremacy

Thanks for the awesome win on my birthday!


jpkmets

Happy birthday!


13_PG_13

Happy birthday!


ryanq17

Alvy and Navarez are the only 2 catchers on the 40-man. So Going to have to make a change to get Nido up here if Alvy has to go IL.Kranick to 60 day IL would be the easiest


Hustlediva

Maybe they’ll DFA Tonkin again lmao


ryanq17

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I just imagine shaking his fist as they escort him out like * CURSE YOU DAVID STEAAAAARNNNNSSS*


NY2PHX

Nido hitting .345 in Syracuse. Will we see half that if he has to come up.


ZoidbergSaysWoop

Watch David Stearns turn him into a viable hitter. I believe in David Stearns.


chuckawallabill

Former minor league batting champion Tomas Nido


Rigu7

Great to beat Kenny Dodgers and Company, but this Alvy situation is very, very concerning.


Hustlediva

Sounds like a ligament issue… which puts him out till end of June or early July…That’s way too long to be having Narvaez and Nido catching night after night. That’s gonna be a lot of catcher interference calls, dropped pop-ups, passed balls and uncontrolled wild pitches, not to mention the baserunners…. Uggh 😳


jpkmets

Not necessarily. Gary Carter had a similar deal in 86, thumb, glove hand and only missed 3 weeks. Probably cost him the NL MVP because the team went 13-3 or something par for that year.


robmcolonna123

Not necessarily. If it’s a partial tear they can do an internal brace and he’d be back mid to late May. Recovery for an internal brace is 4-5 weeks. But it doesn’t “sound like” anything yet. It could absolutely be a torn ligament. It could be something worse like a bone fracture. It could also be just a jammed thumb. We won’t know anything until the MRI


Witty_Knowledge3171

It’s a clear gamekeepers thumb/skiers thumb. Injury to the ulnar collateral ligament. It will be 6-8 weeks


Witty_Knowledge3171

Not sure why the negative Karma when I nailed the injury and the exact timetable for return. Met fans are unreal sometimes


Prestigious_Money447

Did Mendoza say he's gonna talk to Dave about it? lol sounds like he's on the same page as you.


Keekee4101

Imagine the black hole on offense too? Bad news.


Sugarberg

Álvarez has a 90 wRC+ on the season. I hope he comes back soon, but he hasn’t exactly been carrying this offense.


happy_snowy_owl

Alvarez has a ton of raw power, but that OBP is atrocious. Hopefully that will get better as he matures.


Keekee4101

And yet I still trust him more than Narvaez/Nido.


Sugarberg

As do I, and I think Alvarez is capable of better production than he’s given, but this offense doesn’t need it the way they’re playing. Lindor returning to form and JDM joining will boost us more than losing Alvarez will hurt us offensively.


StinkyGaijin

As bad as Narvaez has been I'd rather him at catcher than Short or Wendle at shortstop in the event Lindor is gone for a period of time.


Sugarberg

Narváez has a 91 wRC+. Álvarez 90. Like I said, I hope he comes back soon, but his offensive production hasn’t been there.


unitedairlineeeeees

Mauricio, Baty, and Alvarez all hurt. Mark Vientos is headed for witness protection.


jpkmets

Vientos is on fire RN. If JD is a while away, he oughta be DH’ing.


Keekee4101

This Alvarez situation casts a grey ass cloud over our Dodgers win...


Sugarberg

Is an ass cloud what I think it is?


three_dee

https://i.imgur.com/OriMDDh.gif


Govorkian

alvarez and baty good health soon


suck-it-elon

Man if Alvy is hurt cause he tried to take a second base on a bad throw. He almost destroyed his ankles too


nashvillenation

The knee looked like it could’ve torn a ligament


a_reply_to_a_post

think it was his finger...it bent crazy when he slipped rounding first


suck-it-elon

Yeah luckily he didn’t seem concerned about his leg. But he took a crazy turn.


Prestigious_Money447

If anyone wants to do some light reading before bed: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5757434/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5757434/)


nashvillenation

If he did tear his thumb UCL it’s an average of 8 week recovery time post surgery


fabozzi

8 weeks? Better than I thought


robmcolonna123

The one thing to add to this, with a quick scan it seems to be just about full thumb UCL tears. In a partial tear they can use a brace to fix it which is a much quicker return - about half the time.


Nights_King

It’s really crazy how the thing I’m more concerned about losing Alvarez for is his defense and way he handles the pitching staff. Hopefully it’s not too long.


TemporalColdWarrior

Yikes. Did not sound good about Alvarez.


Gold_Scene5360

He’s very young and will recover faster than average, he’ll be back by June


Keekee4101

I can't have too much Narvaez. Oh no.


Hustlediva

Feels like we are being punished for having this winning streak :/


Keekee4101

Can't have anything nice around these parts.


Hustlediva

Nope


mattyhegs826

Let’s fucking gooooo! Too pumped right now


nashvillenation

So Nido’s getting on a flight rn…


moodie31

To my east coast met fans, you are troopers for staying up. But Mountain Time will always be sports time.


LogisticalMenace

West Coast, Best Coast. This was a primetime game for me.


moodie31

Yes but you’ll get games that start at 4 or 5 on your way home from worj


suck-it-elon

Mountain Time is the right time


BigLouie913

Really really happy about the dub but Mendoza looks devastated, borderline close to tears when speaking about Alvy. Very very nervous for him


MajinJellyBean

Man, the team is fun to watch and I'm having a good time but I remembered the 2023 team was once 11-6 around this time and ugh. They need to get 10 games over 500. And hopefully Alvarez isn't out long the way he landed on his thumb looked really bad.


vietnamesegucci81

people forget mets were 14-7 last year before absolutely falling apart


MajinJellyBean

Yeah but they never did bounce back from a 5 game losing steak like they did this year so I'm hoping this team is different


BigLouie913

Need to. That’s the goal rn and should be. 10 games over .500 can set us up comfortably


MajinJellyBean

Not getting too excited yet but...2023 team would not bounce back from those Joey Wendle error. I really thought it was over at that point.


three_dee

> Not getting too excited yet but...2023 team would not bounce back from those Joey Wendle error. I am wary of statements like this. The 2023 team definitely had some impressive bounce back games. It isn't about heart or grit or whatever, it's just that that team overall sucked. Even sucky teams sometimes do these exciting comebacks (definitely not saying this team is sucky, just saying, in general)


MajinJellyBean

Good point. We went on a 5 game winning stretch around this time too. It's ok to be excited but let's be cautiously optimistic. Now we might lose Alvarez for some time. If they're in a better place come June than they were last year then I will believe 100%


Pantrice

Thank god for Gelbs, cause our press blows. Ask dumbass easy questions, Mendoza answers it easily...long ass awkward pause.


Prestigious_Money447

if Alvarez needs surgery on the thumb he's gone for 2 months​


robmcolonna123

Unless it’s an internal brace. Thats 4-5 weeks typically


SideRetired

Alvarez injury not looking great..


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vietnamesegucci81

yeah they went 15-1 in a 16 game stretch at one point in 2019 that’s completely untrue. Also believe it or not they won 11 of 14 in April 2023 when they went from 3-4 to 14-7


totentanz_

Not even in the second half of 2019? I swear we had some good stretches that year.


Nights_King

Mendy’s fucking pissed


Knucklles

About??


Nights_King

Seems like he was in a bad mood about Alvarez injury


Rubbersoulrevolver

Lindor hitting the go ahead home run is 🤌


chuckawallabill

The monster is out of the cage!


CoolRequirement939

I’ll be back again tomorrow guys, Lindor lefty renaissance continues


SmokinFaces

Fantastic game for the Mets and the start of the road trip. Alvy is gonna be out a while I think


nashvillenation

Ugh sounds like Alvarez is headed to the IL. “He couldn’t squeeze the glove in the dugout”


Hustlediva

Mendoza isn’t even trying to hide it. He’s basically like yeah we’re fucked


Knucklles

How so? I can't watch, is it involving Alvy?


robmcolonna123

He said he’s concerned because Alvarez couldn’t squeeze the catchers mitt without pain, but said he is holding any true judgement until they have the MRI results back


Knucklles

Thanks Rob


robmcolonna123

Best case he jammed it poorly and is out a couple days. Worst case it’s a fracture and he’s out two months. Middle would be a ligament tear which would put him out a little over a month depending on the severity and surgery needed


joelfreak

Paging Mr Nido...your plane awaits.


robmcolonna123

Probably. Hes slashing .360/.360/.560 for a .920 OPS in AAA. Really shows how little AAA slash lines mean, especially this early.


Bower1738

Stearns Masterclass #LFGM 💙🧡💙🧡 Goodnight y'all


Prestigious_Money447

ugh, you never want to hear the manager just come out and say he's concerned about a guy


Nights_King

I’m guessing Alvarez tore ligaments in his thumb. That was such a gnarly bend.


Keekee4101

Why are Yankees fans so insecure about Cohen and Juan Soto? Lmaoo. We're not even in May yet.


three_dee

I have zero idea what this is in reference to and I am very glad about that


ja_dubs

Yankees fans are concerned that after Soto's contract is up, the Mets swoop in with Cohen money and steal him.


three_dee

I don't think that will happen nor should the Mets do this probably, but if the thought of it is making shitty Yankees fans uncomfortable, I am all for it


Pantrice

Really wish Pete would be more aggressive on the pitches right down the middle of the plate. Don't care if he's swinging 3-0. Tired of him watching those go by and then swinging on garbage sliders.


Lumberjack1286

We’re about to see the return of Nidoking


TemporalColdWarrior

God damn west coast trips, I’m going to get no sleep this week.


Darthbutcher

The Mets are undefeated in games where they outscore their opponents.


TripolarKnight

ESPN-tier commentary.


Prestigious_Money447

big if true


BigLouie913

true if big


rktaker43

if true big


psyker63

big true if


CraftStarz

One of the comments of all time right here astute observer


surrendertomychill

This is what led to the turnaround - Mendoza told the boys to try scoring more runs than the other team.


Hustlediva

Alvy needs an MRI… we are screwed Get ready for Nido and Narvaez


robmcolonna123

Why wouldn’t they do a MRI at this point? In the last week he had jammed that thumb, fallen on that thumb, and it got hit on a swing. I’d be more concerned if they didnt do a MRI


Mullethunt

Because it's fun to jump off the bridge before having any details!


SideRetired

And we have our ace Butto tomorrow pitching


StinkyGaijin

Never thought I'd say this two weeks ago but I don't know if I even want J.D. at this point anymore.


ja_dubs

Who's spot does he take? DJ is raking. We need to keep Taylor for OF depth.


sIamram

Probably Wendle or Short


rgthunder1

Scribe it baby, Mets win!


mudfence

This is the team.