00:00But it's an observation I made about the Mets that is very tough to argue.
00:04I think David Stearns did a terrible job.
00:06We've said it at nauseam now for the last few weeks, blah, blah, blah.
00:10I think if the Mets brought back Pete Alonzo and the Mets brought back Brandon Nimmo
00:16and they basically just redid the core of the roster, I think they'd still suck.
00:22Like, I think the Mets sucked no matter what they did, unless it's something no one can imagine.
00:29Why? What makes you say that?
00:31I'll tell you why. Thank you, Chase.
00:32Because there's so many games that I think, even though Pete's having a tough start in Baltimore to this season,
00:39he helps you win those games because he's at least got three home runs or four home runs at this
00:43point.
00:43And by the way, I would even assume that if Pete came back, he wouldn't be struggling the way he's
00:47been struggling
00:48because I don't think there would be the adjustment that he's dealing with right now in Baltimore.
00:51So I'm even saying that under the assumption Pete's playing well.
00:55And Brandon Nimmo, and you guys obviously got to see him the last few days.
00:58He left with a hamstring injury.
01:00Hopefully it's not too bad.
01:01He's claiming it's not too bad.
01:02We saw him the last few days in the Yankee Rangers series.
01:05Here's why they would have sucked either way.
01:07And maybe this is cathartic for some?
01:10You tell me.
01:11Did you watch David Peterson last night?
01:13I did.
01:13We have for the last four starts.
01:15Okay.
01:15Do you think...
01:16And he's on our fantasy team, Sean.
01:17I think it might be time.
01:18I was going to say not after today.
01:20Do you think Pete Alonzo and Jeff McNeil and Brandon Nimmo and Edwin Diaz
01:24would have made any difference on the fact that David Peterson sucks?
01:27No.
01:28Okay.
01:28Not yesterday.
01:29Okay, cool.
01:29Let's keep going.
01:30Sean Minaya is making $25 million a year and is basically being used as a long man.
01:35He came in yesterday with the bases loaded and two outs, hit a batter, and gave up a grand slam.
01:41Do you think if the Mets ran it back with their core, Sean Minaya would be better than this?
01:47No, he would not.
01:48Okay, let's keep going.
01:49Kodai Senga is now on the injured list with lumbar, lumbar, lumbar stuff.
01:53Lumbar artists.
01:54Yeah.
01:55Do you think that Kodai Senga, who for whatever reason forgot to pitch after the June 13th injury,
01:59June 12th injury, do you think Kodai Senga would be good if all those guys came back?
02:04No.
02:04Okay, let's keep going.
02:05I ain't done yet.
02:06Jeez.
02:06Let's get to these stiffs known as Brett Beatty and Mark Vientos.
02:11And I hate to call them a stiff, but even Ronnie Mauricio, who's been disappointing.
02:15Let's talk about the baby Mets.
02:16How about Francisco Alvarez who hasn't done anything in about three and a half weeks?
02:19Do you think those guys' development would have been that different if Pete and Nemo were starting?
02:25I don't know if they'd be playing as much, right?
02:28Benz would likely not be up here.
02:30Vientos would not be forced to play first base.
02:32So I don't think they'd be playing as much.
02:34Not as much, but they'd be playing.
02:36Beatty's been playing a lot of right field.
02:37Their impact would just be, I don't know, they'd be the margin of what success is.
02:43They wouldn't be counted upon to be contributors like the Mets are counting upon them right now to be contributors.
02:50So I kind of, I'm half buying what you're saying.
02:53Because I don't think they'd be as involved.
02:55Yeah, I think their roles would clearly be different.
02:56You're 100% right about that.
02:58First base would be handled differently.
02:59Brett Beatty booted a ball.
03:01And Pete Alonso's there.
03:02He makes the play.
03:03Blah, blah, blah.
03:04My point to you, though, is the issues with the New York Mets run a lot deeper than the controversial
03:09decisions we hated.
03:11Their development of Mark Vientos, Brett Beatty, and Francisco Alvarez has been putrid.
03:16We just have to, we have to accept that.
03:17And we can blame the players for that.
03:18We can blame the coaching staff for that.
03:20We can blame the front office for that.
03:21Whoever you want to blame, that's fine.
03:23You can pick it.
03:24The development of those players has been horrible.
03:26The two pitchers, really three pitchers, that were supposed to close out the rest of this rotation after Peralta, McClain,
03:32and Holmes, they're unpitchable.
03:34They're not bad.
03:35They're not mediocre.
03:37They're unpitchable.
03:38One guy is in the bullpen.
03:40He's been relegated to be a long man.
03:41The other guy is on the I.L. with lumbar issues.
03:45And David Peterson is like, I don't know what the hell they're going to do with him.
03:48Right.
03:48He might as well be in the bullpen being a long man.
03:50Because that's where he was better, actually.
03:52I don't want anyone to take this as a defensive David Stearns.
03:55He has sucked in the job that he's had of building this roster.
03:58But we need to be honest that the men issues run a lot deeper than Marcus Simeon, Bo Bichette, and
04:05Jorge Polanco.
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