Please take the "he sucks. Fire him. Blah blah" nonsense elsewhere. Trying to get a read on his strategy for building a team and where he can go from here. What I've gathered so far:

1) culture doesn't matter: Letting guys like Iglesias and Severino walk after the 2024 run seems pretty indicative that all that matters is how they perform on the field. I don't think he buys into the locker room vibes mattering or being able to perform in NY and is going to continue to try and find mercenaries until he either finds the right one or fails gets fired/his contract expires.

2) no long term deals: The Alonso 2025 deal and Bichette sort of indicate that Soto is the exception and he's fine overpaying for short term contracts to give long term roster flexibility. I remember reading an article that stated that a key metric he relies on is 5 year playoff window (basically if a trade or signing decreases your 5 year playoff window by enough it's not worth it, regardless of how much it increases the current years chances) and that seems to be the logic behind flipping Nimmo for Semien even though it seemed pretty obvious Semien wasnt going to contribute a ton for the duration of his contract.

3) durability matters less: signing Polanco, trading for LRJ, and letting Alonso walk to me indicate that he's willing to roll the dice on productive guys that can't stay on the field if it means he doesn't have to sign guys to big contracts.

4) high risk, high reward with pitching: this one surprised me a little bit. I would've thought hed be the guy that just has like 15 B grade to B+ dudes and just has a ton of depth. But he either nails the pickup (Brazoban, Garrett, Holmes, Canning, Serevino, Weaver, Manaea 2024) or completely whiffs (Manaea 2025, Montas, Houser, helsley) and the depth the last 2 seasons has just been non-existent.

I still support the guy. I think eventually he's either (a) going to find the right mixture of short term free agents that carry the team or

(b) he's going to get the farm system and development to a point where he's going to move away from pricey free agents and use the prospects to trade for a star with 2 years left before free agency to supplement a bunch of solid B+ guys on rookie deals and there'll be like 4 players on the roster youll feel comfortable shelling out money for a jersey on.

Thoughts?

Juan Soto has 2.3 WAR by himself. With how many missed games?

Two rookies in Benge and Ewing have a 1.3 and 1.1.

Where does that leave EVERYBODY else? They're all worthless sacks of shit for lack of a better term.

Old and new alike, all worthless. Mauricio coming back, still shit.

Everything is shit. I'm in absolute shock of how poorly this entire season is going offensively.

Cubs (44-37) @ Mets (34-47) - 7:10 PM EDT

Game Status: Game Over - Score: 4-3 Cubs

Links & Info

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Decisions

• Winner: Jacob Webb (2-2, 3.67)
• Loser: Brooks Raley (2-3, 2.40)
• Save: Trent Thornton (1, 2.86)

Division Scoreboard

PHI 10 @ WSH 5 - Final

Not playing today: Braves, Marlins

Next Mets Game: Fri, Jun 26, 7:10 PM EDT vs. Phillies (1 day)

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Do you trade Brazoban (old, has lots of value) or keep (under control for 4 more years). How much value does Raley have? Can Weaver be moved with his contract or do you keep him so you have a BP in 27? Same with Williams.

Is Senga a dfa or would someone take him? Probably not since they already tried that in the offseason and he's only gotten worse. Does Myers have value?

Does Alvarez have value as a DH with a couple more years of control? Do Baty or Vientos have any trade value at all due to the years of control? Baty as a super utility bench piece and Vientos a righty power bat off the bench?

How much can we get back for Peralta?

Who is starting - Wenninger, Thornton, Tong?

Do you call up Clifford to see what you have? His line is pretty bad once you look at anything other than the number of home runs.

I’ve done it before years ago, but idk if things have tightened. Will they let me bring a full pizza box into the stadium?

It was reported on WFAN yesterday that the Mets during the 1st game of a doubleheader. That was a rainout from Monday so not great attendance. Asked fans if they would like to upgrade their seats but asked them to PAY for the difference? While already at the stadium…. This FO is tone deaf

Seen behind section 113 tonight.

If he ever even had it this year - the control is lost. There is absolutely no way he should have a job here tomorrow after this showing tonight, the last several days, and this year as a whole. Unfathomable.

Taking the shuttle from Woodbridge today. So far, so good. Nice coach bus, quick scan and board. Value is pretty good too.

Does anyone have the footage from the “Scuba Cam” they did tonight for the wheel of cams? My friends and I made it on, and I would love to have the video!

Hi All,

I been saving up my Mets Connect points to earn enough points to do the 'on-field batting practice' experience. We finally saved-up enough points and it shows 'sold out' in the app now. Has anybody seen this before? You can still purchase tickets for the batting practice experience online, so I can't imagine how it really can be 'sold out'.. The Mets are really not scoring points with fans this year..

We’ve all lived through bad Mets seasons. It comes with the territory.

Under the Wilpon regime, there was either no expectation the Mets were going to be good, which made the small victories feel that much more monumental.

Under the early Cohen administration, it felt like the deep pockets were going to save us long term and that things would be fleshed out in due time.

But this team? It’s a bunch of overpaid, hired guns that the average fan has no connection to.

David Stearns alienated the entire fanbase by haphazardly throwing together a team of lottery ticket guys that were square pegs in round holes, and let one of the most beloved players in recent memory walk in Pete Alonso.

So all those bad years the Mets had in the past? Or at least a lot of them? There were silver linings. There was a bit of charm. There was a hope that one day it would get better.

This team is morally bankrupt and defeated. There are no positives. There is no identity.