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No brother, your host John all Right, Hello, fellow met fans,
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back for another edition of From Syracuse to the Show,
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Uh and the Syracuse Matt's around the road this week.
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So I wasn't able to get to any games this week.
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I did go UH last weekend. They were getting beat
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pretty handily. I left in the sixth inning and they
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rallied in one. And this is last week, so I
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guess I'm bad luck. So when I left, they won. Well,
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I don't know if I was better good this week? Oh,
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they played five games. They went two and three. They
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are now eight and nine on the second half season.
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They're forty six and forty six overall for the year.
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Newly signed Christopher Morrell is hitting strong here in Syracuse
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eight games, two home runs, seven ribbys. Jonah Ton continues
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to try to figure it out, but he his ERA
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remains above six. His last outing on Thursday through five innings,
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four earned runs, three walks, but this was promising. He
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did have eight k's. Ryan Clifford starting to get out
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of his slump. He hasn't crossed back over two hundred
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for batting average for a couple home runs this week
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at sixteen on the year and he will be playing
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in the future future games. Ronnie Mauritio sent down, although
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I don't necessarily agree with that. I'd rather have him
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up in New York than Eric Wagerman. Don't get me
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started on Eric Wagerman. But Mauritio's down playing well so far.
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Zach Short back up to the Mets. He struggled here,
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he struggles when he goes up there. I just don't
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know why he's still on the roster. He's taking up
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a spot. MJ. Melendez also recently sent down. Continuing to
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hit here in Syracuse and you know, not at Syracuse,
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but Louis Robert hit a home run for Binghamton. As
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he continues, the reh have to make his way back
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up to the big club. Syracuse and the New York
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Mets have been a continuous back and forth with guys
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getting sent up, you know, brought up, sat back down,
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brought back up. It's hard to keep tracks. So we're
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not even you know, we'll talk about without mentioning every move,
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but we'll mention that they're back right, you know, and
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pitching in New York is at a premium, as you know,
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guys are struggling. Who's the you know, we talk about
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this all the time. Who's the next guy at Syracuse
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that might make an impact it in New York? Right, Well,
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we just saw Zach Dorton pitch a heck of a
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game tonight Sunday, seven innings, two hits, five k's against
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the Red Sox. You shut them out for seven innings
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and Devin Williams blue the save in the one nothing game,
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and so Zach Thornton did not get his first major
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league win. Well, man, what a performance from Zach. Right.
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I don't know if you obviously are not gonna see
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that every time out, but if we can get some
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quality starts, you know, out of Zach Thornton's that's a
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nice that will be a nice thing. I don't know
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if I'm I think it's gonna happen, but we can wish,
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we'll think. Right, So that's kind of the week that
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was here in Syracuse. Let's go to the Big The
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Big Club went three and four this week. They are
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forty and fifty seven on the year, about fifteen games
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behind first place. They are in last place in the
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NL East. I'm gonna have a six and ten record.
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Since Mendoza has been let go so Andy Green. As
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the INTRM has been six and ten, you know, I
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think that's just part for the course. I think they
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got to get, you know, whenever they can get this
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next guy, whoever it is going to be the long
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term or hopefully long term manager, I think maybe we'll
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see some improvement. Clay Holmes and Marcus Simeon are on
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the d out but starting to do baseball activities include
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including Clay Holmes pitching, batting practice to see me in
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seme In. Clay Holmes wants to sign an extension to
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stay here with the big club and the Mets. You know,
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do we sign him? I almost feel like we have
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to write, like just that's where our pitching is, that
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it's that bad that he's sort of become a must
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sign if you will. It's you know, but we saw
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what happened with Peterson, right We signed him to a
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nice deal and he just seemed to forget how to pitch.
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So that's always the risk, you know. Boba Schett also
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on the d L, but before he went out of the
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d L, he was starting to find his stroke, so
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that was good to see. Speaking of DL, Vian Dos
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fractured hand be out six to eight weeks, was not
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playing well. Maybe you know, no one wants to get hurt.
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No one wants to see anyone get hurt. But you know,
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maybe the rest will do him some good. You know
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who's been our best first baseman this year in that
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role You're gonna think I'm crazy. It's been Jared Young
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two forty eight average, six home runs, eighteen ribies. Probably
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the most consistence between him baby and vient Do's. You
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know Jared Young, we saw him here at Syracuse. Not
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a bad little player, can make some plays, can hit
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for some power. So I don't have a problem with
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Jared Young. Let's stop this Eric Wagerman experience. Keep Mauricio up,
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send Wagaman down, or cut him and give him his
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out white release. It's just I don't know what the infatuation.
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I thought it was just Mendoza, but Andy Green is
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infatuated with him too, it seems. You know, Mets announced
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they acquired a picture from the Detroit Tigers. I saw that.
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I'm sure we all were hoping the same thing, right
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that it was a guy named Tarik Scruble. No such luck.
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It was a kid from Long Island named Matt Seelinger.
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Played with the Long Island Ducks, was in the Detroit
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farm system, not with the big club. So what do
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they do? The Mets trade form and they immediately bring
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them up to the big club. He gets shelled and
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absolute embarrassed. Looked like a deer in headlights. I don't
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know what brought the promotion on. He didn't do anything
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in Detroit system. I think it was three and eight
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in the minor leagues, we're just we're throwing, you know.
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It's like Stern's is throwing spaghetti at the wall and
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just seeing what sticks. And that was an embarrassment. He
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really I'm mad and I feel bad for the kid.
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At the same time, he definitely was not ready. That
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was very apparent. He's now here at Syracuse, which is
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where he should have went in the first place. But
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that's how bad our pitching is, folks, that they will
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trade for a three and eight pitcher that's not in
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the big leagues, who's three and eight in the minor leagues.
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Put him on the mound in a Mets uniform and
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watch him get obliterated. That's where we are in our
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pitching staff. That's you know, and I'll say it, we're
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missing Hefner. We're definitely missing Heffner. If you look at
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Atlantis totals on the pitching side, they've improved almost across
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the board in every pitching category. Like to have him back.
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I don't want Mendoza back. Bring halfn Heer back as
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pitching coach. I know it's not gonna happen. I talked
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about Zach Thornton's performance today this afternoon Sunday. That was
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nice to see. It will definitely earn him another start,
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and let's see what he can do. I saw games
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here at Syracuse where he pitched very well, and then
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I saw other games in Syracuse where was not so much.
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So you know, we'll see, but you know, you never
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know what could happen. Right. We've seen pitcher struggle and
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then figure it out. We've seen pictures who were lights out,
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can't figure it out. Couple come to mind, both from Milwaukee, right,
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Tobias Myers. Whether it's here at Syracuse or up at
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the Big Club. He just gets hit and gives up runs.
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That's what he does. We need to trick him that
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he's still in the walk. Just try to convince him
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he's still in Milwaukee, because he knew how to pitch there.
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He came to New York and Syracuse and you forgot
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how to pitch. So don't know what's going on there.
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And Freddie Parolta, you can want two hundred million dollars, please,
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Steve Cohen, do not give as bad as we need pitching.
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Freddie Parolta has been a bust in New York. He's
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you know, I went to the Phillies game in Philadelphia,
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his worst pitching performance of his career. You're welcome for
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me being there. Blame it on me. But even even
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in games since then, he's just five. You know, he's
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getting the nickname five inning Freddy, three four, five runs,
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getting hit. His strikeout rate is down. He's not looking
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like the ace that we saw in Milwaukee. And you know,
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you know, David Stearns is not getting fired. Folks. I'm
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not even gonna entertain that, at least not this year.
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But I will give him one more year. If I'm
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Steve Cohen, you just had the draft, you got an
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off season, you got a trade deadline coming up here,
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and we're gonna talk about that in the second. He's
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got one, he's on the clock. I call him in
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if I'm Steve Cohen, and I say you have to
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the end of twenty twenty seven season and then I'll
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make a decision whether you're staying or you got to
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clean out your office. Doesn't look good, you know. And look,
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look what Milwaukee's doing, even post Sterns. They're leading division,
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They're winning games again. Pat Murphy maybe could have been
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the Mets manager. I would have known what I know now,
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would have loved to have that be the case. He
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might win another Manager of the Year award. And Milwaukee's
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winning without stern So did we give Sterns too much
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credit for the Milwaukee success? I don't know. Some might say, well,
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his understudy learn from Sterns. Well, maybe his understudy can
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teach Sterns a few tricks too, because his tenure in
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New York has been bombastic, if you will, and not
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good with a high payroll. So let's talk about the
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trade deadline, right, maybe the last one or two trade.
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This could be the last trade deadline for Sterns or
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twenty twenty seven. If we have baseball in twenty twenty seven,
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who do you trade? Well, let me let me do.
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What I would say is who is my untouchable So
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if I'm David Sterns, you know, who are you not
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getting from me? Even if you inquire and it's not
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a long list, let's see it goes. I think I
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keep my outfield intact, Soto, Bene and Ewing. Right, I'm
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gonna keep Nolan McLane. I know he's been up and down,
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but he's had more quality starts than non quality starts.
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He probably is the best pitcher we have right now.
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So McLain would be a no trade. I really like
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what Luke Weaver's done. Maybe potentially slides into the closer
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row sometime this year or next year. I like him.
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I like to keep him unless you get an offer
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that bowlsy over. I mean, I guess that's potential the
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way he's played lately, that could that could potentially happen
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for a contender that needs a lights out guy at
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the back end. It's not Devin Williams, so he can
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be traded. As far as I'm concerned, He's a he
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makes you sit on the edge of the seat every
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time he comes in to pitch, So untouchables McLaine, benj
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Ewing and Sodo Lindor. I've had my share of Lindoor
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reports or him and Sodo just can't be on the
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same page. You're not trading Sodo, so get rid of Lindor,
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especially you get a nice package for him. We do
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have some infield down and let's be real, I know
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he's been hurt. Some of those injuries are starting to
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seems like every year now, right, He's missing time, and
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he's not putting up the numbers he once did, and
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even on the defensive side, which he's really known for,
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he's been disappointing on that side as well. So I'm
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I'm I don't hate Lindor, but I don't love him either.
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I think he's a trade piece, especially if he gets
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you a nice package of pitchers or high end prospects
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in return. I think you could get that for him,
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So why not? Why not do it? It's being Mike
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Francesca is reporting that the Mets are actively trying to
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move Lindor, so you know, we'll see you know, anyone else.
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I'm you know, I'm not really Oh, Francisco Alvarez, I
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think you keep him. I don't think he's gonna to
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be like an every year All Star, but he's our
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best catcher. He's young. I think you hold on to him,
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so Alberts McLane to three starting outfielders, and you know,
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unless I'm missing someone, it's unintentional. I'm not really attached
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to anyone else on this ball club. The stats aren't there,
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they're not playing well. Maybe a change of scenery will
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help them and get us players in return that can
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either help us now or eventually. So if I'm David Stearns,
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I'm working the phones. I'm very active. I'm trying to
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rebuild this club, as they like to say, not you know,
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or retool whatever they want to say, but you need
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some new pieces. It's obviously what they have now has
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led to a forty and fifty seven record. I think
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getting the next full time manager in, if they our
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de set, will make a big difference. I think Mendoza
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lost the locker room and it trickled down on the field.
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under his tutelage, we've seen sloppy defensive play, We've sent
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was any accountability in that locker room. So you know,
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there's no one in uh, you know, as far as
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the next full time manager. There's no one on the
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existing staff I would peg to lead this ball club.
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don't even know if there's any of them. I would
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want to even keep, even long term with a new manager.
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guys in. Every once in a while you get some
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holdovers or they let someone stay. Not gonna hurt my
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feelings if the next guy says, everybody clean out your
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stuff and take a bus out of New York City,
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out of Queens. I'm bringing in my own staff. So
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there was some on the old staff that that got
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cleaned out except Mendoza that I would you know, I
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already talked about Jeremy Hefner right, love to have him
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back based on what we're seeing now with our pitching
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staff and Atlanta's pitching staff. So all right, folks, that's
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going to do it. As we head to the All
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before the All Star break, so we'll call this the
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All Star Break episode, if you will, and you know,
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we'll see you know. But I still got to close
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with the same line every time right, let's go mets. Hey, John,
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you want to have a catch
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back for another edition of From Syracuse to the Show,
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Uh and the Syracuse Matt's around the road this week.
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So I wasn't able to get to any games this week.
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I did go UH last weekend. They were getting beat
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pretty handily. I left in the sixth inning and they
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rallied in one. And this is last week, so I
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guess I'm bad luck. So when I left, they won. Well,
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I don't know if I was better good this week? Oh,
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they played five games. They went two and three. They
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are now eight and nine on the second half season.
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They're forty six and forty six overall for the year.
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Newly signed Christopher Morrell is hitting strong here in Syracuse
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eight games, two home runs, seven ribbys. Jonah Ton continues
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to try to figure it out, but he his ERA
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remains above six. His last outing on Thursday through five innings,
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four earned runs, three walks, but this was promising. He
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did have eight k's. Ryan Clifford starting to get out
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of his slump. He hasn't crossed back over two hundred
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for batting average for a couple home runs this week
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at sixteen on the year and he will be playing
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in the future future games. Ronnie Mauritio sent down, although
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I don't necessarily agree with that. I'd rather have him
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up in New York than Eric Wagerman. Don't get me
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started on Eric Wagerman. But Mauritio's down playing well so far.
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Zach Short back up to the Mets. He struggled here,
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he struggles when he goes up there. I just don't
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know why he's still on the roster. He's taking up
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a spot. MJ. Melendez also recently sent down. Continuing to
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hit here in Syracuse and you know, not at Syracuse,
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but Louis Robert hit a home run for Binghamton. As
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he continues, the reh have to make his way back
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up to the big club. Syracuse and the New York
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Mets have been a continuous back and forth with guys
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getting sent up, you know, brought up, sat back down,
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brought back up. It's hard to keep tracks. So we're
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not even you know, we'll talk about without mentioning every move,
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but we'll mention that they're back right, you know, and
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pitching in New York is at a premium, as you know,
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guys are struggling. Who's the you know, we talk about
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this all the time. Who's the next guy at Syracuse
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that might make an impact it in New York? Right, Well,
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we just saw Zach Dorton pitch a heck of a
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game tonight Sunday, seven innings, two hits, five k's against
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the Red Sox. You shut them out for seven innings
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and Devin Williams blue the save in the one nothing game,
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and so Zach Thornton did not get his first major
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league win. Well, man, what a performance from Zach. Right.
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I don't know if you obviously are not gonna see
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that every time out, but if we can get some
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quality starts, you know, out of Zach Thornton's that's a
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nice that will be a nice thing. I don't know
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if I'm I think it's gonna happen, but we can wish,
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we'll think. Right, So that's kind of the week that
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was here in Syracuse. Let's go to the Big The
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Big Club went three and four this week. They are
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forty and fifty seven on the year, about fifteen games
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behind first place. They are in last place in the
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NL East. I'm gonna have a six and ten record.
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Since Mendoza has been let go so Andy Green. As
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the INTRM has been six and ten, you know, I
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think that's just part for the course. I think they
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got to get, you know, whenever they can get this
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next guy, whoever it is going to be the long
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term or hopefully long term manager, I think maybe we'll
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see some improvement. Clay Holmes and Marcus Simeon are on
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the d out but starting to do baseball activities include
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including Clay Holmes pitching, batting practice to see me in
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seme In. Clay Holmes wants to sign an extension to
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stay here with the big club and the Mets. You know,
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do we sign him? I almost feel like we have
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to write, like just that's where our pitching is, that
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it's that bad that he's sort of become a must
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sign if you will. It's you know, but we saw
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what happened with Peterson, right We signed him to a
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nice deal and he just seemed to forget how to pitch.
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So that's always the risk, you know. Boba Schett also
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on the d L, but before he went out of the
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d L, he was starting to find his stroke, so
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that was good to see. Speaking of DL, Vian Dos
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fractured hand be out six to eight weeks, was not
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playing well. Maybe you know, no one wants to get hurt.
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maybe the rest will do him some good. You know
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who's been our best first baseman this year in that
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role You're gonna think I'm crazy. It's been Jared Young
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two forty eight average, six home runs, eighteen ribies. Probably
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the most consistence between him baby and vient Do's. You
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know Jared Young, we saw him here at Syracuse. Not
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a bad little player, can make some plays, can hit
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for some power. So I don't have a problem with
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Jared Young. Let's stop this Eric Wagerman experience. Keep Mauricio up,
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send Wagaman down, or cut him and give him his
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out white release. It's just I don't know what the infatuation.
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I thought it was just Mendoza, but Andy Green is
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infatuated with him too, it seems. You know, Mets announced
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they acquired a picture from the Detroit Tigers. I saw that.
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I'm sure we all were hoping the same thing, right
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that it was a guy named Tarik Scruble. No such luck.
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It was a kid from Long Island named Matt Seelinger.
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Played with the Long Island Ducks, was in the Detroit
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farm system, not with the big club. So what do
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they do? The Mets trade form and they immediately bring
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them up to the big club. He gets shelled and
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absolute embarrassed. Looked like a deer in headlights. I don't
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know what brought the promotion on. He didn't do anything
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in Detroit system. I think it was three and eight
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in the minor leagues, we're just we're throwing, you know.
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It's like Stern's is throwing spaghetti at the wall and
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just seeing what sticks. And that was an embarrassment. He
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really I'm mad and I feel bad for the kid.
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At the same time, he definitely was not ready. That
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was very apparent. He's now here at Syracuse, which is
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where he should have went in the first place. But
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that's how bad our pitching is, folks, that they will
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trade for a three and eight pitcher that's not in
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the big leagues, who's three and eight in the minor leagues.
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Put him on the mound in a Mets uniform and
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watch him get obliterated. That's where we are in our
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pitching staff. That's you know, and I'll say it, we're
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missing Hefner. We're definitely missing Heffner. If you look at
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Atlantis totals on the pitching side, they've improved almost across
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the board in every pitching category. Like to have him back.
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I don't want Mendoza back. Bring halfn Heer back as
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pitching coach. I know it's not gonna happen. I talked
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about Zach Thornton's performance today this afternoon Sunday. That was
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nice to see. It will definitely earn him another start,
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and let's see what he can do. I saw games
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here at Syracuse where he pitched very well, and then
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I saw other games in Syracuse where was not so much.
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So you know, we'll see, but you know, you never
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know what could happen. Right. We've seen pitcher struggle and
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then figure it out. We've seen pictures who were lights out,
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can't figure it out. Couple come to mind, both from Milwaukee, right,
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Tobias Myers. Whether it's here at Syracuse or up at
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the Big Club. He just gets hit and gives up runs.
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That's what he does. We need to trick him that
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he's still in the walk. Just try to convince him
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he's still in Milwaukee, because he knew how to pitch there.
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He came to New York and Syracuse and you forgot
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how to pitch. So don't know what's going on there.
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And Freddie Parolta, you can want two hundred million dollars, please,
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Steve Cohen, do not give as bad as we need pitching.
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Freddie Parolta has been a bust in New York. He's
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you know, I went to the Phillies game in Philadelphia,
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his worst pitching performance of his career. You're welcome for
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me being there. Blame it on me. But even even
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in games since then, he's just five. You know, he's
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getting the nickname five inning Freddy, three four, five runs,
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getting hit. His strikeout rate is down. He's not looking
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like the ace that we saw in Milwaukee. And you know,
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you know, David Stearns is not getting fired. Folks. I'm
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not even gonna entertain that, at least not this year.
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But I will give him one more year. If I'm
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Steve Cohen, you just had the draft, you got an
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off season, you got a trade deadline coming up here,
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and we're gonna talk about that in the second. He's
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got one, he's on the clock. I call him in
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if I'm Steve Cohen, and I say you have to
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the end of twenty twenty seven season and then I'll
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make a decision whether you're staying or you got to
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clean out your office. Doesn't look good, you know. And look,
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look what Milwaukee's doing, even post Sterns. They're leading division,
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They're winning games again. Pat Murphy maybe could have been
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the Mets manager. I would have known what I know now,
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would have loved to have that be the case. He
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might win another Manager of the Year award. And Milwaukee's
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winning without stern So did we give Sterns too much
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credit for the Milwaukee success? I don't know. Some might say, well,
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his understudy learn from Sterns. Well, maybe his understudy can
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teach Sterns a few tricks too, because his tenure in
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New York has been bombastic, if you will, and not
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good with a high payroll. So let's talk about the
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trade deadline, right, maybe the last one or two trade.
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twenty twenty seven. If we have baseball in twenty twenty seven,
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who do you trade? Well, let me let me do.
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What I would say is who is my untouchable So
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if I'm David Sterns, you know, who are you not
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getting from me? Even if you inquire and it's not
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a long list, let's see it goes. I think I
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keep my outfield intact, Soto, Bene and Ewing. Right, I'm
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gonna keep Nolan McLane. I know he's been up and down,
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but he's had more quality starts than non quality starts.
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He probably is the best pitcher we have right now.
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So McLain would be a no trade. I really like
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what Luke Weaver's done. Maybe potentially slides into the closer
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row sometime this year or next year. I like him.
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I like to keep him unless you get an offer
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that bowlsy over. I mean, I guess that's potential the
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way he's played lately, that could that could potentially happen
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for a contender that needs a lights out guy at
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the back end. It's not Devin Williams, so he can
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be traded. As far as I'm concerned, He's a he
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makes you sit on the edge of the seat every
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time he comes in to pitch, So untouchables McLaine, benj
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Ewing and Sodo Lindor. I've had my share of Lindoor
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reports or him and Sodo just can't be on the
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same page. You're not trading Sodo, so get rid of Lindor,
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especially you get a nice package for him. We do
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have some infield down and let's be real, I know
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he's been hurt. Some of those injuries are starting to
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seems like every year now, right, He's missing time, and
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he's not putting up the numbers he once did, and
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even on the defensive side, which he's really known for,
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he's been disappointing on that side as well. So I'm
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I'm I don't hate Lindor, but I don't love him either.
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I think he's a trade piece, especially if he gets
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you a nice package of pitchers or high end prospects
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in return. I think you could get that for him,
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So why not? Why not do it? It's being Mike
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Francesca is reporting that the Mets are actively trying to
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move Lindor, so you know, we'll see you know, anyone else.
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I'm you know, I'm not really Oh, Francisco Alvarez, I
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think you keep him. I don't think he's gonna to
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be like an every year All Star, but he's our
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best catcher. He's young. I think you hold on to him,
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so Alberts McLane to three starting outfielders, and you know,
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unless I'm missing someone, it's unintentional. I'm not really attached
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to anyone else on this ball club. The stats aren't there,
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they're not playing well. Maybe a change of scenery will
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help them and get us players in return that can
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either help us now or eventually. So if I'm David Stearns,
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I'm working the phones. I'm very active. I'm trying to
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rebuild this club, as they like to say, not you know,
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or retool whatever they want to say, but you need
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some new pieces. It's obviously what they have now has
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led to a forty and fifty seven record. I think
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getting the next full time manager in, if they our
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de set, will make a big difference. I think Mendoza
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lost the locker room and it trickled down on the field.
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We've seen, uh you know, I know he's gone, but
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under his tutelage, we've seen sloppy defensive play, We've sent
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we've seen mental mistakes, and I just don't think there
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was any accountability in that locker room. So you know,
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there's no one in uh, you know, as far as
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the next full time manager. There's no one on the
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existing staff I would peg to lead this ball club.
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Quite frankly, I might even go further and say, I
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don't even know if there's any of them. I would
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want to even keep, even long term with a new manager.
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And typically new managers are going to bring their own
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guys in. Every once in a while you get some
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holdovers or they let someone stay. Not gonna hurt my
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feelings if the next guy says, everybody clean out your
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stuff and take a bus out of New York City,
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out of Queens. I'm bringing in my own staff. So
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there was some on the old staff that that got
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cleaned out except Mendoza that I would you know, I
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already talked about Jeremy Hefner right, love to have him
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back based on what we're seeing now with our pitching
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staff and Atlanta's pitching staff. So all right, folks, that's
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going to do it. As we head to the All
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Star break here, we've got a few more games left
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before the All Star break, so we'll call this the
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All Star Break episode, if you will, and you know,
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we'll see you know. But I still got to close
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with the same line every time right, let's go mets. Hey, John,
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you want to have a catch
