Thoughts and Emotions of a Mets fan from every month in 2018
January
- Did you see Mickey Callaway’s appeared on ‘Orange and Blue Thing?' This guy is legit!- Now that Jay Bruce signed, what are the Mets going do with this logjam in the outfield?!? I guess depth is a good problem.
- Resigning Reyes? - It can't hurt to have Reyes on the roster to mentor Rosario
- I can’t wait to finally see Harvey, deGrom, Syndergaard, Wheeler and Matz in the same rotation
- It’s going to be a two-team race with the Nationals this season
- This is the year for the Mets
February
- I’m fine with signing Frazier as long as he’s fine with moving to first base when Wright returns- Does Callaway go with a six-man rotation now that we’ve signed Jason Vargas?
- Maybe Wheeler should convert into a reliever
- Callaway and Eiland say this the best collection of arms they’ve ever seen and now I’m ready to start planning the ticker tape parade
- Harvey's velocity is back! Maybe we should offer him an extension before his price skyrockets in free agency.
- With T.J. Rivera going down, I guess that means Reyes will start once a week. That's a good role for him.
March
- Ramos, Blevins, Swarzak and Familia have us LOADED in the pen this year- I’m not sold on Brandon Nimmo
- Maybe I should buy season tickets to make sure I get locked in for the postseason
- Wheeler looks like the odd man out of the rotation
- Maybe Wright is better off returning at first base to keep Frazier at third
- The Callaway culture change is REAL
- Opening Day, put it in the books!
- Cespedes drives in 3 in Game 1, he’s going to be an MVP candidate
- Swarzak is down but it doesn't sound like he'll miss much time
April
- Solid first start for Harvey. He’ll build off that!- 9 wins in a row?!?
- We'll be doing this "salt and pepper" celebration through October!
- Maybe ‘The Dark Knight’ isn’t back after all…
- We might clinch the division by the All-Star break
- OK, Harvey will find himself in the bullpen after a few good appearances
- There’s no one I’d rather see up at the plate than Asdrubal Cabrera
- The bullpen looks phenomenal…with the exception of Harvey.
- This team has World Series potential
- I think I’m #done with Matt Harvey
- Jason Vargas sucks
- Jacob deGrom is everything I thought Harvey would become
Matt Harvey is so bad that he lost his spot in the rotation to Jason Vargas
— #HookClem🤘🏻 @KDTrey5 (@TheClemReport) May 3, 2018
May
- Are Lugo and Gsellman going to appear in every game this season?- Reyes is playing A LOT more than I expected
- Nimmo is the happiest man in baseball
- Is Swarzak still alive?
- It’s time to move on from Harvey
- Nimmo is my new favorite player
- Down goes Yo…fuck
- Send Harvey ANYWHERE but the Yankees
- Nimmo is a core piece of this team for years to come
- Maybe this isn't the best bullpen in baseball...
- Did…did the Mets just bat out of order?!?
- Why are Joey Bats and Adrian Gonzalez on this team?!
- UPDATE: Vargas still sucks
- This could be deGrom's Cy Young season
- Thank god we got off to such a strong start
June
- SCORE SOME DAMN RUNS FOR DEGROM- Is Yo ever coming back?
- Dom Smith must be a bust if he can't beat out Adrian Gonzalez
- The only person smiling in Citi Field is Nimmo
- At least the Nats are off to a so-so start too. The Phillies and Braves will fall back
- I wonder what it feels like to root for a team that isn’t cursed…
- This might be the worst team in baseball
- Send the Beer Guy and don’t ever let him leave my side
- The only thing worse than the Mets is this ‘Prospects’ dating show
- UPDATE: Vargas does indeed still suck
- This Peter Alonso kid sounds promising
- 5 wins in the whole month?????
- STOP STARTING REYES!
This summarizes the Mets offense during every deGrom start this season. pic.twitter.com/eMU7Nk5Ekm
— Tim Reilly (@LifeOfTimReilly) September 30, 2018
July
- Yo is back!- Don’t you dare trade deGrom
- Down goes Yo…again
- Remember those first 2 weeks of the season?
- At least we won’t be seeing the Nationals in the playoffs either
- Did we really bring Yo back KNOWING he likely needed surgery?!?
- deGrom now has me realizing how pointless a win-loss record is
- I’m going to miss The Assman
- Austin Jackson? So much for that outfield depth...
- See ya in 2020, maybe, Yo
- I can't believe I ever suggested Wheeler go to the pen
- I got an idea, let’s call up Alonso
- UPDATE: Vargas managed to suck in his lone start this month
- While at an Italian restaurant: "GET YOUR PEPPER GRINDER OUT OF HERE"
- *Googles Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease*
Syndergaard on the DL with "hand, foot and mouth disease." Contracted it the Mets believe working a youth camp.
— Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) July 22, 2018
August
- I wish I was as good as deGrom is at throwing a baseball at anything in life
- I’d rather live through the dog days of summer without AC than watch Jose Reyes
- The season is over, let’s see what Alonso’s got
- I’m starting to see some potential in Rosario…
- Why are they slow-playing Wright's rehab process in a lost season???
- Where has this version of Wheeler been my whole life?
- I can’t believe the NL East is coming down to the Braves and Phillies
- Remind me why we didn’t call-up McNeil sooner???
- UPDATE: Vargas should’ve put “sucks” on his jersey as his nickname for Players’ Weekend
- Remember when Yankee fans said Severino was better than deGrom? LOL
- I don’t think I could get through these seasons without Gary, Keith and Ron
September
- A Wright comeback might actually be real…- I can’t believe Alonso didn’t get a September call-up
- Why are they slow-playing Wright's rehab process???
- I can't believe the Wright-Reyes era teams from the late '00 teams didn't win a championship
- If only we could get a re-do on June
- Wright says he wants to play, let the man play!
- deGrom is the best pitcher on the planet
- Thinking about getting a McNeil jersey for next season
- Oh my god, I did NOT think this was going to be a retirement press conference…
- The dream of 5 aces is dead, but I’ll settle for 3 aces and Matz
- Ya know, this team has really turned the corner for Callaway down the stretch...
- UPDATE: I do NOT want to see Vargas next season
- Michael Conforto has the potential to fill Wright’s shoes
- I can’t believe it’s really over for the Captain
- What a way for deGrom to put a bow on this season!
- So long to you too, Jose.
- If deGrom doesn’t win the Cy Young, we riot
- Thank you, David!
Our Captain wanted us to relay this message to @The7LineArmy. #ThankYouDavid #Mets pic.twitter.com/2p869EZ0AC
— The 7 Line (@The7Line) September 30, 2018
October
- I like the Mets chances next season- Damn, the HR Apple Beanies sold out again..
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