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After last night’s win against the Nationals, Willie Randolph had this to say about their recent performance…
“We’re continuing an ugly trend this year, with leaving guys on base. You know, I mean, we’re getting a lot of opportunities and when you get all those hits and you look at the scoreboard and you don’t have as many runs as you should have.
“But, we still have to do a better job of picking up those early runs…We have to do a better of job of getting guys in scoring position and just managing yourself in that situation where you do something where you scratch a couple of runs. Now, we have a situation where we have bases loaded and only got one run. I thought we had them on the ropes there.”
“I’m just trying to get my guys to understand that we need to make these guys work even harder when we have them on the ropes. We let too many pitchers off the hook when we have them in a real tough spot. For him to get out of that with only one run, that’s a total victory for him, but he walked like two or three guys in the inning and you can’t let him get away with that.”
The Mets left nine men on base last night.
…i’m glad that despite the win, willie still sees how ineffective the team has been with men on…
…for the most part, Jose Reyes looked lost at the plate last night, and certainly did his part to contribute to this problem…if it hasn’t already, it will surely come back to haunt them…
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Don’t forget, Jose did knock in a big insurance run late in the game. Possibly a good sign.
You tell em Willie. Just further proving all Willie haters wrong in their critique.
None of us know what happens in the locker room. Yet people yell and scream at Willie because certain players are not delivering.
When Casanova got designated, Burkhardt asked him what he will miss and he stated something along the lines of, “I’m gonna miss the guys, great group of guys, Willie’s been great.”
This coming from a catcher who’s job security is hanging on a string.
Speaking of which I’m glad we still have in our system.
Just because his players like him doesn’t mean he is a good manager. My favorite teacher in high school was a guy who let us watch movies and goof off all the time. We called him by his first name. Great guy. Not a great teacher.
Most people yell and scream because of the general attitude that has encompassed this team for the last year or so. And that is “One loss is not a big deal, it’s a sprint, not a marathon, etc.” And that attitude comes from their manager.
The Mets have gotten blown out by 5 or more runs this year something like six times already. They get down by a few runs, then they look disinterested the rest of the game.
But it’s only six games. It’s a sprint, not a marathon….
Okay….
Oops…I meant, “It’s a marathon, not a sprint…” on both counts…
To be precise, they have lost 8 games by 5 or more runs. They’ve also won 9 games by 5 or more runs. WTF “attitude” are you talking about? You mean “professionalism”? You mean “not panicking”? These are good things. Hysteria doesn’t help in baseball.
C’mon. I assume you’ve watched them over the past year or so. Do you see a team that plays with any sense of urgency or determination in any consistent way? And, by the way, how did their “professionalism” and “not panicking” work out for them last year?
And whats the league average of teams coming back from a 5 or more run deficit? How many times does a team come back from such deficits? You guys act like its an easy thing to do.
True, but when they had the bases loaded and Lannan was struggling he swings at the first pitch and grounds out. He can be very frustrating to watch.
That type of thing wouldn’t happen if Willie would overturn a buffet table in the clubhouse every once in a while. :)
Reyes had one of the biggest hits of the game. He killed us early, but kept his head in the game and delivered later. He gets credit from me for that.
How Acta could let Reyes turn around and bat lefthanded after the swings he took in his previous three ABs is a complete mystery.
Its good that willie acknowledges this after a win like today. There have been alot of games that we could have won Decisively but have not gotten the big hit or swining on the first pitch for an ez out to end a rally. I dont know where this team would be w/o church…seriously. Its warming up so i hope that will start to get some guys going and we can start to dominate. With alou back this lineup seems alot deeper..i guess because this guy has come back and not missed a beat(except on defense). Im sure our avg with RISP will get better as the season roles along and this is why we need to practice that on teams like this.
Just to put some context to this “missed opportunities” discussion.
The Mets team batting average this season is .259. Anyone care to guess what their batting average is with runners in scoring position?
.259
So, in situations where the pressure is on the pitcher and he’s forced to throw strikes, the Mets are essentially what we’ve been seeing all year: mediocre.
They had 13 hits but were 0-for-9 with RISP until Kearns misplayed Church’s liner. I think that’s what WR was talking about.