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This Week in Mets Quotes: Soto on importance of returning this season, McLean on his sweeper
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Your 2026 New York Mets: I plan to keep going until my worst year is over.
"It was the first time that I was struggling like that, but I never give up. I was always trying to find a way to feel better, to pitch better. I knew what I could do, and I was feeling good physically too and healthy, but I couldn't make an adjustment. The good thing is that now I'm different, I feel different and I plan to keep going until my worst year is over." -Freddy Peralta [ New York Daily News ]
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Your 2026 New York Mets: Not all positive.
"What do I think about my season? I think it's been up and down. I've struggled to find real consistency, I would say. Which, I don't know, that's just part of what comes with the job. It's hard for me to find consistency. I'll pitch and then fall out of rhythm, [have a] bad outing, get back into my rhythm. It's just kind of been all over the place. I've had really good streaks. I've had, I'm not going to say really bad streaks, but I've had bad games — like three or four [fucking] terrible games. But yeah, I'd say mostly it's positive. Not all positive."" -Devin Williams [ MLB ]
Your 2026 New York Mets: Not going to get too hung up thinking that I'm the world's worst pitcher.
"I'm not going to get too hung up thinking that I'm the world's worst pitcher last week and the world's best one this week. It's what I need to do to continue to be good." -Robert Stock [ New York Post ]
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Your 2026 New York Mets: Probably got too much plate.
"[Pintaro] probably got too much of the plate." -Andy Green [ MLB ]
With the above out of the way, we've still got one more month of Mets baseball; so let's enjoy some happier storylines you might've missed while understandably watching the US Open and getting ready for the upcoming football/ Knicks season.
Journeymen/Rookies get to live their dream of playing in the big leagues:
Congratulations to Nick Morabito on collecting his first (and second) career hit. I remember being at a 2024 Brooklyn Cyclones game and [arrogantly] saying to my wife his ceiling is probably 'a cup of coffee' in the majors, and I'm happy to root for him to try to surpass that.
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"It's really cool. I'm glad that I was able to do all that today, and it was fun. It was a lot of fun." -Nick Morabito [ MLB ]
Nolan McLean starts continue to be must-watch games:
Also, any quotes/articles with McLean are must read as McLean gives great insight into how certain modern starters think and use information about their craft. [It was tempting to put in every quote from Jared Greenspan's article, so do yourself a favor and give it a read.]
"It's a little tricky whenever your pitch doesn't move like you're used to. That's the part I've struggled most with this year: the sweeper shape." -Nolan McLean [ Mets ]
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"I'm not getting the shape that I wanted this year. Even with the same type of metrics, I'm just not able to produce the same shape. There's been times where I've shown it, but I haven't been able to clip that pitch quite as much. It's the constant evolution of, 'I don't want to dig myself in a hole and keep throwing it when I don't really feel like I have it.'" -Nolan McLean [ Mets ]
"It's kind of something I'm known for, but it's also been the pitch I've given up the most damage on as well, which makes it a risk-reward thing." -Nolan McLean [ Mets ]
"Everything's screaming that it should be the same pitches. I'm just not getting the same shape." -Nolan McLean [ Mets ]
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"I think that's the importance of trying to constantly develop your arsenal. If you don't have a sweeper one game, you might have to rely heavily on a curveball or a changeup. And if I'm not working on those in the offseason, how am I supposed to have confidence in them?" -Nolan McLean [ Mets ]
"Ideally, you want all six pitches and to go out there and dominate, but you never really have that. A lot of times, you're working with three pitches, and you have to go out there and figure out what those are pretty early and ride them until you can." -Nolan McLean [ Mets ]
We get to continue our Weekly Bo Bichette Update:
This week with some veteran-level quotes from rookies in support of Bo.
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"I think just one day I kind of let it all go and started playing better. I don't necessarily think I found me for a long time after that. But I was still able to come here and compete and put up numbers, which I was not able to do at the beginning." -Bo Bichette [ SNY ]
"You spend a good part of the season wondering why we're not playing as well, wondering why I'm not playing as well, having a lot of different things in your head. On top of that, you're feeling you want to show your new teammates how good you are and live up to the contract and all that. In the simplest way I can put it, I think in a lot of ways I just kind of let go." -Bo Bichette [ SNY ]
"Bo is one of the guys who took me under his wing a little bit and made me feel unbelievably comfortable. He's been a great resource for me, even now [as he is slumping]; he's been helping me, talking me through things, trying to keep my head on straight." -AJ Ewing [ SNY ]
"Obviously, we all want him to stay. At the end of the day, it's his choice, his career. Whatever he chooses, I'll wish him the best. But we obviously want him to stay." -Carson Benge [ SNY ]
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We get insight into how much Juan Soto loves baseball and his teammates…
"It's really frustrating to be down and not being able to help your team … to not perform out there, have fun with the boys. That keeps me motivated to be out there again." -Juan Soto [ The Athletic ]
"That's not overstating it at all. It's sick. It's like a warrior mentality. A lot of guys have that. It's basically [Juan Soto] saying, 'I want to be great.' I've seen him do his rehab every day. If he is feeling good and wants to come back, that's sick. Everyone here definitely appreciates the work he puts in and him wanting to come back this year." -Sean Manaea [ The Athletic ]
"It's really frustrating at the time [taking the ball off his shin] — everything went through my mind. Definitely, I tried to stay positive, think the best way possible to get out of it. Little by little, I was getting better. I just said, fuck it, I am going to try to push through it, not take too long. I gotta be out there." -Juan Soto [ The Athletic ]
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"Loves the game," was how Green described Soto. "Enjoys his teammates. Wants to be a part of winning baseball for the rest of the year." -Andy Green [ The Athletic ]
…and insight that there are still more important things in life than baseball.
I think Andy Green is a good guy who cares about his family.
"[When considering if he'd rather continue as manager or go back to the front office] The family consideration is real. We're all trying to do the best we can balancing career and family. My twins have one year left in high school. I want to be present as much as possible like any dad would." -Andy Green [ The Athletic ]
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/OpenAI prompt/ Make the statement "I think Andy Green is a good guy who cares about his family" more professional and appropriate for C-Suite presentation.
"I think it's laudable and consistent with who [Andy Green has] been during his time here. He's genuine and real about what fulfillment means for him." -David Stearns [ The Athletic ]
