The Mets are Dead

It pains me to say this, especially this early into the season, but it’s over. RIP to the 2017 New York Mets. After losing their 6th straight last night to the D-Backs and dropping to NINE games out of the division and six games under .500 I’m comfortable enough to say this isn’t our year.

RIP MR. Met, sorry the team killed you

This season has gone wrong in every possible way imaginable, and I really don’t think there’s anyone to blame. For starters, take a look at the list of players below that have been injured so far: Cespedes, Familia, Syndergaard, Lugo, Matz, Cabrera, D’araund, Wright, Duda just returned as well.  Every team deals with injuries, so it’s no excuse. However, it’s basically impossible to overcome extended absences from your best relief pitcher, starting pitcher, and position player.

More so than the injuries, by far the worst thing about this season has been the pitching which has basically single handedly torpedoed their season. As of writing this, their team ERA is dead last in the major leagues at 5.15. It’s been excruciating to watch. Lugo and Matz have apparently just vanished into thin air like the Sudden Departure from the Leftovers, Harvey has been an absolute disaster and will 100 % be traded either at the deadline or this offseason, Gsellman has an era of over 7.00,  and Syndergaard refuses to get MRIS. Need I go on? Oh yea, Terry Collins has totally overworked the bullpen to the point of exhaustion. That’s not all on him since the starters are averaging right around five innings per start but when you go to the same guys 3 days in a row it’s usually not good. Plus he jsut sucks.

With this said, I’m being a realist this year. Their current playoff odds sit at 21% with plenty of season left. Forget about the division, the Nationals are to good and there’s 0 chance we make up 9 games on them the rest of the way. The rest of the NL is pretty weak though so the Wild Card isn’t out of the question totally. Maybe they get healthy. Maybe Lugo and Matz come back by the end of May and the rotation stabilizes. Maybe they call up Ahmed Rosario and he turns out to be every bit as great as it looks like he’s going to be. Maybe Noah comes back in July like Kershaw did last year and picks up where he left off.

Too many maybe, not enough definite. A more realistic scenario right now seems to be continuing this slog of the season and selling off pieces at the trading deadline, which the organization can capitalize on. Walker, Bruce, Duda, Reed, Cabrera are all going to be free agents and each can probably fetch some nice pieces for the future.

Just another year in Mets land.

 

 

 

Upcoming movies you need to get excited about

Summer is fast approaching and with that comes the summer movie season and trailers for upcoming films in the fall season. 2017’s lineup has a little bit of everything, ranging from reboots, superhero films, music biopics, and sequels. I’m going to show some of the films I’m most looking forward to in 2017.

Blade Runner 2049

If you click the link above, you’ll see the official trailer for “Blade Runner 2049”. This is a follow up to the 1982 classic “Blade Runner” which starred Harrison Ford and is considered by some to be the greatest Sci-Fi movie of all time. I’ve been excited for this for a very long time and it should excite you that Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Prisoners, Sicario, Enemy) is directing. If that doesn’t excited you the cast should. Harrison Ford is returning; as well as Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto, Robin Wright, Edward James Olmos, Barkhad Abdi, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista, and Mackenzie Davis. Look for this film in theaters October 6th, 2017.

War for the Planet of the Apes

If you click the link above, you’ll see the trailer for the third installment of the new Planet of the Apes franchise. The first two films, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” were fantastic and this one looks like it’s going to be no different. Andy Serkis is returning as Caesar and playing his rival this time is none other than Woody Harrelson. After all of the build-up from the first 2 movies this one looks like it’s going to be all out war and I can’t wait. Look for this July 14th, 2017.

Baby Driver

I’m very very excited for this. If you click the link above, you’ll see the trailer for the upcoming movie “Baby Driver”. Being a big fan of the movie “Drive” you’ll see a lot of parallels with this film. The great cast doesn’t hurt either, including Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey, and Jon Bernthal. Although it officially comes to theaters, June 28th, 2017, it already debuted at SXSW and had rave reviews. Ansel Elgort has been in some pretty big movies in his career but this one might turn him into a full-fledged star.

Dunkirk

You sold me at Christopher Nolan. You sold me again at Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance. This movie looks unreal and I’ve been excited about this for awhile. The Battle of Dunkirk is one of the most famous battles in all of history and I’m glad it’s finally being recreated and I’m sure it’ll be done right.

The Bad Batch

This one looks really interesting. There’s a real Mad Max vibe to this and the cast is rock solid with Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey, Suki Waterhouse, Diego Luna, and Giovanni Ribisi. This won prizes at many film festivals including the 2016 Venice Film Festival and comes to theaters June 23rd, 2017.

The Dark Tower

I’m excited about this because I’m a big fan of Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba but I can see this film being very good or pretty stale. Based off of a series of Stephen King novels, sometimes his books don’t translate well to the big screen. We’ll find out for sure when it comes to theaters, August 4th, 2017.

All Eyez on Me

Finally they’re making a hollywood movie about Tupac Shakur. After the success of Notorious in 2009, I thought this would be made sooner. I’m very excited about this and it debuts June 16th, 2017. Newcomer Demetrius Shipp Jr. is playing Tupac and joining him are Danai Gurira, Kat Graham, Lauren Cohan, and Jamal Woolard who is reprising his role as Biggie Smalls.

Atomic Blonde

From the creator of “John Wick”, this film looks like it’s going to be insane. Charlize Theron put in months of intense training just to get ready for the role and she looks like she’s going to kick major ass. Joining Theron are James McAvoy, Sofia Boutella, Bill Skarsgard, John Goodman and Toby Jones. Look for this on July 28th, 2017.

 

Other movies I’m interested in are the obvious Spider-Man: Homecoming reboot July 7th, Alien: Covenant May 19th, The Baywatch reboot looks hilarious and comes out May 25th, and you can’t forget about Wonder Woman which debuts June 2nd.

 

If you’re not a movie theater person, make sure to check Netflix for War Machine starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Michael Hall, Emory Cohen, Topher Grace, Will Poulter, Ben Kingsley, Scoot McNairy, Tilda Swinton, Lakeith Stanfield, and RJ Cycler. I’m a big Brad Pitt fan but the rest of the cast is top notch as well. This comes to Netflix on May 26th, 2017.