Bo Bichette

And that's why I think Alejandro Kirk doesn't get enough, as much love as he probably should is because he is very good in those big situations, middle of a ball game where he pops into runs.

And, you know, with a single just up the middle or something like that, right? Bo Bichette was phenomenal at that, right? He would be the guy you'd want at the plate in 2025 because he had the ability to knock in runners.

If Bo Bichette came up, you're like, well, he's probably not going to knock those two in.

So it's those little things to me, Carter.

It doesn't necessarily need to be fully on the statistics and whatever.

The fans were still into it.

I even talked about this the afternoon that Bo Bichette hit that big home run late, how the fans got into it.

You know, there was a lot of things to take away positive about the Mets and their relationship with the fans, which really was wiped away with the Alonzo three-gamer.

And I will tell you, I feared, and I said it, I think I even mentioned it on the air, the rest of the league is looking at this.

he wasn't as good like and the good plays from him dropped too he made some he certainly made some very good plays uh but his range really evaporated i don't know if it's a health thing or an age thing or what but it was rough

using the eye test bo bichette seemed to be a competent if not a decent third baseman it was his first year at the position i thought he did fine now fangraphs had him with a positive defensive war number but the defensive run saved at Big Sports Info Solutions was very negative.

Not just negative, it was very negative.

What happened there?

Why would it seem to bother him now? And also, he was good enough to get, like, signed for a lot.

He was really good before he even met Bo Bichette.

Yeah.

He was good in, like, the Dominican before he met Bo Bichette.

So, no, I do not think it's because of Bo Bichette.

Yeah.

If he turns around next year and Bo doesn't re-sign with the Jays somehow, then hey, I'm right.

And it opens up so many interesting dynamics when it comes to fans and... how to fan and people telling people how to fan, which was very much a thing during the Peterpalooza at Citi Field, P. Alonzo's return to Citi Field.

It was very much a thing, the first series of the season for the Mets against the Pirates when fans booed Bo Bichette.

I think back to Giancarlo Stanton getting booed on opening day, and it opens up the...

When is it okay to boo and when is it not okay to boo? All right, so this is a team that won a championship a couple years ago.

Or even Addison Barger with the Grand Slam.

Or Bo Bichette with his three-run home run off of Shohei Otani.

We nearly got to be a part of this 93 run and got to put the the Joe Carter lore on the back burner a little bit, almost Ernie Clement for a second there too.

We're talking like an eighth of an inch closer to the barrel of the bat.

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I think there was a, I can't remember, I think Bo Bichette hit a home run, I think, or Vladdy in the seventh inning.

She was just there dancing at like half twelve.

And I'm just laying on the sofa going, ah, you've got this much energy.