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MLB 2026 Official Thread
HighEyeCue:
--- Quote from: TraceOneInfinite on April 20, 2026, 07:42:15 PM ---Mets are making headlines for their losing streak.
What the hell happened? Was I right that your starting 5 rotation was relying on 2-3 guys that were questionable? Or is it on the hitting side you guys can't hit? (MJ Melendez to the rescue, lol)
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You were right...2 of our starters Peterson and Senga have been bad
but it's not only that the hitting has been atrocious without Soto who has been out a couple of weeks now with a calf injury...thankfully he is coming back soon maybe even tonight
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: HighEyeCue on April 21, 2026, 12:16:28 AM ---You were right...2 of our starters Peterson and Senga have been bad
but it's not only that the hitting has been atrocious without Soto who has been out a couple of weeks now with a calf injury...thankfully he is coming back soon maybe even tonight
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yeah man that's how Spring Training fools people easily. You got two pitchers that were questionable and in the Spring the reports are always how they are healthier than ever and working on new pitches, and fixing up/adjusting from any issues in the off-season. And everybody ends up estimating that things will go well.
But as the great Marty Shottenheimer, Chiefs coach in the 90's used to say... "The other team practices too." So yeah, sure you might have adjusted a couple things in the offseason and feel healthy but over on the other side the hitter is saying the same thing. And both can't be right.
It was the same with the Royals. They automatically thought Cole Ragans is back healthy so put him down as being the same 20 win guy he was a couple years ago. Or that our 5th starter Noah Cameron had a great rookie year last year so automatically pencil him in for another good year. But the league is also adjusting to a young pitcher like Cameron. And just like Ragans got healthy he can also get tweaks again. So optimism always comes in the spring and now reality is hitting for the Mets and Royals.
HighEyeCue:
we finally won :o
just our luck however the day Soto comes back it looks like Lindor suffered the same injury and will be out a few weeks at least
HighEyeCue:
2 game winning streak with Soto back 8)
but Lindor's injury looks to be more serious might be a few months
hey Infinite my guy Seth Lugo is pitching lights out again like he did 2 years ago for you guys
he always wanted to start for the Mets but they never gave him a real opportunity, good to see him bounce back so far this season
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: HighEyeCue on April 24, 2026, 07:29:34 AM ---2 game winning streak with Soto back 8)
but Lindor's injury looks to be more serious might be a few months
hey Infinite my guy Seth Lugo is pitching lights out again like he did 2 years ago for you guys
he always wanted to start for the Mets but they never gave him a real opportunity, good to see him bounce back so far this season
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Mets are still at the bottom of the league right now. You gotta to really be pissed at the moment because the expectation was that they were a playoff team. But it looks like you struck oil with Melendez. Everyone in KC is pissed because they see it as another indication of our inability to develop young hitters, just like Ryan O'Hearn became an All Star after he left us for the Orioles. Same type of deal. Melendez and O'hearn both the power hitting guys the Royals were so desperate to have in the lineup and couldn't develop them.
As for Lugo. Yeah, I know he was your guy there in New York. I can't believe you guys also had Wacha, I never remembered Wacha being there I just remembered Wacha being good with the Cardinals. Wacha is one of the most consistent guys in the league, which is so under-rated and valuable in a starting pitcher. I wasn't worried about him. I was very worried about Lugo because we signed him to a big contract extension so I was afraid of him falling off. Unlike New York and L.A. the Royals can't afford to fail on a big money contract. And now Lugo is playing well and up to his contract.
Royals are clicking now on offense as well. Jenson and Cags the two young guys are both hitting. And our depth guys we picked up like Isaac Collins, Lane Thomas are starting to raise the floor for the offense.
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