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sounds about right
if castillo can run well, he’ll be fine
Much as the bullpen terrifies me, forcing Castillo and Church and so on back into the mix is potentially even scarier.
The guys on the team in the last month or so were the guys who got this team into first place DESPITE this bullpen collapsing.
Castillo is complacency setting back into the clubhouse and Church is a drama of having to handle him like he’s made of spun sugar.
What the Mets have had positionally has been working most of the time. Why mess with it?
Castillo was on pace for 100 runs. That’s all that really matters from him, in my book. He wasn’t hitting, but he was walking like mad.
I think we will soon see if this is true.
what a load of $hit
castillo is better than a. reyes
church is better than murphy, tatis, and evans
It’s funny because Omar says that about Castillo but says nothing when Jerry states that Church will be coming off the bench.
He wasn’t asked about Church.
And if you look at the numbers that Tatis and A Reyes/Easley have put up in August…. the numbers aren’t every good.
Castillo and Church are a good bet to be improvements over that production.
Rubin:
I think Murphy/Evans should continue to platoon in left even after Church comes back.
OO-RAH to post 11!!!!
yea, tatis can spell church in right
I’m not a castillo fan so I will refrain from comment. I do think Reyes has better range defensively.
church is better than murphy, tatis, and evans IF he returns to pre concussion form. We’ll see. He would obviously be my first choice but we have no way of knowing what we’re getting at this point.
Oh boy. Assuming that Church is coming back with the production he showed earlier this year.. oh man, that is a gigantic ridiculously large assumption.
And if you’re one of those people who believes in team chemistry, what could be worse than a guy being handed a position back after long injury for the sole reason that he’s being paid too much to be benched?
Let alone a guy whose two additions to the team seem to be grounding into double plays and walking so that he can limp into second as the lead out in a double play.
A DL stint ain’t getting Castillo his legs back if an entire off-season didn’t.
That is a huge mess of assumptions, Zod.
I wouldn’t even mind a Church/Tatis platoon in RF. That works for me, too.
Church would replace Tatis, who has slumped a bit. This is a potential platoon of sorts. (Send Smith down or DL Sanchez)
Murphy and Evans stay in left.
Easley’s bat is suited for the bench, so move him there and let Castillo play with A Reyes (send Cancel down)
a must-read from our boy Howie Megdal
Castillo shouldn’t play more than 4 times a week. We should get A Reyes in there a few times a week (especially whenever Pelfrey pitches)
so you’ll ignore castillo’s OBP and the fact that he was on pace to score over 100 runs, littefalls?
i’m not advocating “handing” them anything and neither is jerry.
LOL
so you want to stick with tatis for the rest of the season because you think he’ll keep raking (he hasn’t been good in august)? that’s not a big assumption.
right, no one is saying that church and castillo should play every day. assuming they play well, they should play slightly more than tatis and a. reyes, respectively.
more rest could only help if in fact he came back from knee surgery too soon.
chemistry is overrated. Chemistry exists if a team is winning, no matter if true or not. the 86 team had guys who hated each other, yet there was alleged good chemistry. On the flip side, a bunch of guys could love each other and still suck.
Easley knew when he signed he was going to be a backup.
A Reyes should be thrilled to have even gotten a chance in MLB.
I doubt the other guys will give a rats ass. If Castillo gets on base, they will be happy.
So, they should not play him since there is no guarantee?
Meanwhile, Tatis has been pretty bad of late.
The last time Church came back, still addled by the way, he raked. So, I tend to think that he should hit OK now that he is better than then (if not yet 100%, which we do not know either way).
If you drop Cancel for Church, use him off the bench and slowly work him back onto the team… maybe into a platoon with Tatis if he’s looking really healthy… that’s one thing.
If you do that without demoting Evans or Murphy and just experiment with it so that when the headaches come back you can default without a beat, that’s not so much the problem.
But Castillo. Dude’s defense and speed were most of his game and… I see no evidence that a few weeks of DL magically heals blown-out knees.
You only get 25 men on the roster for another ten days. We can’t get a waiver for a 30 man roster on the grounds that Castillo got a groin-grabbingly ridiculous contract.
yawn
I’ve been screaming to get tatis rest for a while now. I surely have no problem with Church returning. As a matter of fact, I’m ecstatic. I’m just hope he returns to form. Time will tell. I’m less ecstatic about castillo. Bunting with Jose on 1st in the 1st inning has always driven me crazy and will continue to drive me crazy. Swing the damn bat!
**hands LFM a pack of condoms**
A Reyes does that all the time, too. I despise that play.
He needs to bat 8th, there’s no doubt about.
if he bats 2nd, then its on jerry and that will suck a bit
Jerry is crazy pig-headed on lineup construction.
Jerry will bat Castle second. Let’s start preparing ourselves for this reality.
Lfm - Jerry said Evans and Murphy are his lf platoon.
So Church splits time with Tatis, until one of them grabs the job.
Its been more than a few weeks for Castillo. The extra rest can only help his knees.
A Reyes’ bat leaves a lot to be desired. Castillo at least draws walks. And if DW is hitting, the dp’s are gone. Assuming castillo is hitting 2nd. If he’s lower, and can run, he can steal or avoid DP’s.
Jerry will bat Castle second. Let’s start preparing ourselves for this reality.
That’s definitely part of my reticence in seeing him return. No doubt about it.
Castillo: 294 PAs; 7.2 VORP
Easley: 293 PAs; -.3 VORP
Argenis 92 PAs; -.8 VORP
yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn
I look forward to how these are out-of-context numbers and when you look at his knees, his D, his small penis, blah blah, its not worth that much
keep dreaming.
NO.
I’m writing jerry an email.
he’s so perfect for the 8. i will NOT accept this. NEVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
I have it on good (second-hand I STRESS second-hand) account that Castillo is packing HEAT fwiw
you cant even say how much better by a multiple he is BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEGATIVE VORPs.
A scrub is worth more.
dep, you’re wasting your time. When Castillo plays, he bats 2nd. bet the ranch.
lol
way more than a month. maybe 2 months?
VORP doesn’t measure how much complacency you bring to the clubhouse
amazing how with his game gone and blown out knees he was still wayyy more valuable then the other 2 dudes.
AMAZING.
DAMN THOSE LYING STATS.
we won lots of games with these other guys. IT MUST BE BECAUSE OF THEM. that’s just plain logic! T-T-TOTALLY
yawn.
LOL Danny
What Dep didn’t mention:
Castillo: 294 PAs; -7.2 GRIT
Easley: 293 PAs; 87.3 GRIT
Argenis 92 PAs; 99.8 GRIT
dep’s getting testy….lol!
bwahahahahahahahahahaha
This still makes me laugh erry time. I miss #44 sometimes.
yes i am.
I just got a ton of work dumped on me, and i dont have a lot of patience for ppl that completely ignore how ineffective easley and argenis are because their names arent luis castillo
its biased bullshit and based on nothing except prejudice
LOL.
imagine if 44 started off in NY like he did this year with DC??? oy vey, nightmare situation that would’ve been
We’ll all just let this play out. Seems we have no other choice! May the best VORP win ….lol!
Castillo essentially getting blamed for this team’s poor start is not much unlike Reyes taking the ball for The Collpase™ last year. People pick an easy scapegoat and ignore every other factor that contributed to the TEAM struggling.
Still here, Zod? Kate love her too. We were all really impressed. She’s very poised.
And absurdly good at beer pong.
guyz, our eyes have been lying to us when we see A Reyes and Easley striking out.
don’t you see that?
It has nothing to do with stats Danny…and everything to do with age. We all know that. Let’s move on ;-)
You’re giving Easley too much credit, Ed. He typically makes 2 outs per at-bat.
(I still love you Hitman)
wait, they can be gritty?
none of them are white!!!!!
lol, hitman cant bat with less than 2 outs anymore
Darling opened the door yesterday. You didn’t hear?
If 1-OBP = % of times you make an out….Hitman should get ding’d every time for a DP.
he makes even more outs!
Off to the airport to pick up my sister. Why the heck does she have to come in at rush hour…..sheeeeesh!
Go Mets!
Go Pedro!
Go Bullpen! (if necessary)
Go Nats!
Easley LEADS the team in Double Plays with 13. haha
13 in 293 PAs is barf-worthy
but hey, his name ain’t luis castillo. fuck it, let him play!
It’s not easy to do, Dep. And Easley actually moves relatively well. Imagine if he ran like Delgado.
we should still kill castillo in the offseason and sign O-Dog
but we’ll worry about that later
hahahaha, so true. dude just hits hard ground balls or something!
he almost hit into another last nite!
haha! Makes sense to me, Dep!
At the game the other night we were talking about that. One of the guys said it represents like 17% of all his AB’s, but I’m not positive if that’s right. I know the 13 DPs is though.
LOL. I know you’re kidding, but some others may not be! yikes!
Easley has 112 ABs with “runners on”
so 10% of the time he bats with ppl on base, 6-4-3 time!
but I like his name!
Louie Castle sounds like a fat dude who eat his boogers.
13/267 = 5% of his ABs total.
yay!
LOL
Alright Geeks, time to drive home, grab a workout and then hopefully catch up with yallz at some point during the game.
LGM
Dep…..I noticed that after you dropped the VORP hammer, lfm’s arguments ceased.
The only reason Church shouldn’t be starting in RF everyday is because of his health.
Forget his bat, his defense is light years better than anyone not named Endy…….
I guess you could do with Linear Algebra No? Been a long time.
I’m fine with Castillo as long he doesn’t bat 2. That I will complain about. Bat him down in the order.
nope, i was in-flight, suffering not knowing what was happening.
I am going against the grain and not complain about Castillo hitting second (although I would rather have Church there).
Castillo gets on base nearly 37% of the time.
DW needs someone to drive in.
Although, if everyone is playing and healthy, I would have to believe Jerry has Beltran in the 2 spot, Church in the 5 spot and Castillo hitting 8.
The issue with Castillo batting 2 is that it reduces the incentive to pitch to Reyes in late game RBI spots, plus Castillo can’t drive a run home from first with an extra base hit. The two position in modern baseball is basically a power position IMO and you need some pop there, something Castillo can’t provide.
Fair enough Doc.
I prefer Church in the #2 spot, but will live with Castillo; who, while not a power guy, gets on base enough that he can help bring DW up in key spots late in games with runners on base…….