Thomas Healy

What thing? It's an article buddy--will literally take u 5 mins to read it if u even had that time.

https://medium.com/p/750032c1b588 Would ask you to take a minute and read this article I just published. Let me know your thoughts!

Ik people are probably tired of hearing it, but it is still early. The Mets were 20-23 at this mark last year and made it to the NLCS. The one run losses and silly s*** like tonight is beyond frustrating, and we don't look like a playoff team, but we have to be patient. I recommend following ggeiss_mlb on twitter if you haven't already--guy knows ball and is so reassuring. In the words of Big Papi, stay strong!

Anyone else not have faith in Craig, Maybe faith isn't the right word, but there's something off about him. As a former player, I think he should be doing a better job at communication with the players. Obviously the Devers situation(s) is where he has lost some of his reputation. The Netflix doc gave me this contorted view of Bres. I feel like he is too PR trained at times so he comes off as just another front office schmuk. He knows the game well and is a very intelligent guy, but idk something seems off. Anyone have this thought or am I just going crazy?

What do we think Craig is thinking: Move Rafy to 1B and put Yoshida at DH. OR, Move Rafy to 1B and promote one of Anthony/Mayer. If he does the latter, which I think is highly improbable, could that mean someone like Duran would be moved to DH to make room for Anthony in LF? I just don't see how you can fit Anthony in left without trading/changing Duran's position. Can't remember if it was Bres or Cora who said platooning Anthony doesn't make much sense, which it doesn't. I think the team needs to act fast with whatever they do at 1B, because I think it has an effect on Anthony's arrival.

I thought taking out Wilson after 4 pitches was a bit questionable. I don't care about matchups when you can't afford to use up the entire pen with the series finale tomorrow. I know this didn't really factor into the final scoreline, but Cora needs to trust the guy he puts out there for more than 4 pitches and one batter faced. Whit came in and we all know how that went. The July deadline can't come any sooner--which I can't believe I'm already saying in May.

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Finally. Campbell's late swing is so susceptible to what we just saw. Oppo taco baby.

Thanks for the replies and ideas everyone. I am curious as to which metrics/stats sites you guys frequent the most. I think baseball savant is good but it is limited in what it can provide. Is there one all-encompassing site that you always go to or is it more a variety?

A disclaimer before I start, Duran has a history of starting off slow. So, what we're seeing now from him isn't an anomaly by any means. In April and May last season, he slashed 262/324/448/772. These numbers are respectable at best and don't reflect Duran's true offensive value. It wasn't until June last year when Duran started to turn things around offensively, accumulating a 1.064 OPS with 7 HRs. Therefore, it's not a stretch to say Jarren will heat up in the summer months as he typically does. Still, Jarren's numbers are down quite noticeably this season even with the small sample size. Let's break it down: Jarren has struggled mightily vs lefties; He is whiffing 32% of the time while mustering a distasteful .263 OBP against southpaws; he has always struggled against with the lefty/lefty matchup, but for some reason this year he hasn't been picking them up as easy It's not a contact issue, as his Barrel% vs LHP is actually better than it is vs RHP (7.7% vs 5.9%) as well as most other contact/outcome stats Rather, it is a plate discipline issue. Duran is walking only 3.5% vs LHP and 5.2% overall. The league average is 8.8%. Jarren's O-Z contact% vs LHP is 52.3, 16th percentile in the league So, he's driving balls in the zone well against lefties, but for whatever reason he is swinging and missing more than last year on balls. I'm not sure if this is a mechanics issue or a new approach, or maybe he's just not picking up the pitch out of the hand as easy. Duran's struggle on pitches outside of the zone vs LHP mostly comes down to two pitches: inside fastballs and outside sliders. Conversely, against RHP it's the low changeup The fastball/slider combo from LHP completely has Duran out of wack--he's hitting 188/235/313 vs LHP fastballs and owns a 43% K rate vs LHP sliders--not good:( I'd like to see Jarren wait for lefties to come in the zone on him; this might mean taking until the pitcher throws a strike. Correspondingly, waiting for his pitch might translate to more walks=more steals=more runs! Thanks for reading and let's hope Jarren can get the burners going as the season heats up. F*ck 'em!