Forbes & Shea
@forbesandshea.bsky.social
Former Pirates fan but still STH who can't invest in that team when the owner won't so I landed at the home for abandoned baseball fans, the New York Mets. Expected Stats are Witchcraft. https://forbesandshea.substack.com/
Well Pete was -9 OAA and Contreras was a +6 in 2025. Its for sure a decent defensive upgrade. They are both equally poor base runners. -18 HR, -0.9bWAR and a significant loss in overall hits. OPS+ is still above average for Contreras but yeah, its a step back on top of losing Nimmo.
December 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Well Pete was -9 OAA and Contreras was a +6 in 2025. Its for sure a decent defensive upgrade. They are both equally poor base runners. -18 HR, -0.9bWAR and a significant loss in overall hits. OPS+ is still above average for Contreras but yeah, its a step back on top of losing Nimmo.
So this makes 3 Skenes bobbleheads now. None of them have been "normal". One is the RotY "card". One is the DC "Superman" tie in last year and now this one going only to Season Ticket Holders. Can they just make one of the guy in his uniform normally?
December 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
So this makes 3 Skenes bobbleheads now. None of them have been "normal". One is the RotY "card". One is the DC "Superman" tie in last year and now this one going only to Season Ticket Holders. Can they just make one of the guy in his uniform normally?
The President of Operations on a team with one of the deepest pockets in baseball should not be getting beaten out on critical players this easily. These guys want nothing to do with the Mets for some reason and "3 years" David Stearns is a part of the problem. #Mets #LGM #LFGM #MetsSky
December 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Sure but lets not chalk it up to good decision making by Vladdy. He laid off a pitch which could have, should have been the end of his at bat. Not disputing that bad calls don't happen. 2 of Gausman's Ks in the 3rd were on balls.
November 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Sure but lets not chalk it up to good decision making by Vladdy. He laid off a pitch which could have, should have been the end of his at bat. Not disputing that bad calls don't happen. 2 of Gausman's Ks in the 3rd were on balls.
My cage bat has a new grip on it tonight.
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
My cage bat has a new grip on it tonight.
John Smoltz would like you to know that this is a bad idea. I asked as it happened last night why you would not just IBB a guy in the 7th with one down and no one on who already got 8 bags off you in 3 PAs
October 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
John Smoltz would like you to know that this is a bad idea. I asked as it happened last night why you would not just IBB a guy in the 7th with one down and no one on who already got 8 bags off you in 3 PAs
Thanks for looking. That was considerate. I am so old school minded I have a bedside radio for listening to games. It's how I got through 18 last night. Off season, I just read books. Baseball is my combat PTSD therapy place.
October 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Thanks for looking. That was considerate. I am so old school minded I have a bedside radio for listening to games. It's how I got through 18 last night. Off season, I just read books. Baseball is my combat PTSD therapy place.
I don't even own a TV. It's MLB.TV for free as a season ticket holder and YT TV for one month a year. Literally a tablet in a bracket mount. I like things simple.
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I don't even own a TV. It's MLB.TV for free as a season ticket holder and YT TV for one month a year. Literally a tablet in a bracket mount. I like things simple.
Just walk him. You did it tne next five ABs knowing it was the right move. Because this is not pitching around him.
October 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Just walk him. You did it tne next five ABs knowing it was the right move. Because this is not pitching around him.
So please, for the love of god John Smoltz, channel the best color man in the league.
October 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
So please, for the love of god John Smoltz, channel the best color man in the league.
I really struggled to care about that series. After the Dodgers went up 2-0 I for sure tuned it out as inevitable. Mariners I am a little more invested.
October 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I really struggled to care about that series. After the Dodgers went up 2-0 I for sure tuned it out as inevitable. Mariners I am a little more invested.
October 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Our Discord chat which is 3 Mariners fans and one Jays fan who lives in Winnipeg right now.
October 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Our Discord chat which is 3 Mariners fans and one Jays fan who lives in Winnipeg right now.
If Gausman is going to get splitter at the ankles called a strike he's going to have a good night.
October 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If Gausman is going to get splitter at the ankles called a strike he's going to have a good night.
Well, that was a gift walk to Lukes on a 12 pitch AB
October 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Well, that was a gift walk to Lukes on a 12 pitch AB
October 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
How is Emmet Sheehan's glove legal? I've seen pitchers be told to switch gloves due to similarity to the ball when it was not as close as that.
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
How is Emmet Sheehan's glove legal? I've seen pitchers be told to switch gloves due to similarity to the ball when it was not as close as that.
So this is what I want to see happen.
October 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
So this is what I want to see happen.
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