ST IGT HOU @ NYM 2/27

[Edgy MD]

1. Jake Marisnick (R), cf
2. Tony Kemp (L), 2b
3. J.D. Davis (R), 3b
4. Evan Gattis (R), dh
5. Kyle Tucker (L), rf
6. Tyler White (R), 1b
7. Derek Fisher (L), lf
8. Max Stassi (R), c
9. Jack Mayfield (R), ss
   
   Brad Peacock (R)

1. Asdrubal Cabrera (S), 2b
2. Amed Rosario (R), ss
3. Jay Bruce (L), dh
4. Todd Frazier (R), 3b
5. Adrian Gonzalez (L), 1b
6. Travis d'Arnaud (R), c
7. Zach Borenstein (L), rf
8. Kevin Kaczmarski (L), lf
9. Patrick Biondi (L), cf
   
   Steven Matz (L)

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Mets packing a LOT more first-string ammo.

[Benjamin Grimm]

What happened to Myles Straw???

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: What happened to Myles Straw???

broke the camel's back.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Borenstein sure getting his shots early on.

[nymr83]

So you just don't need to even pretend to send major leaguers on ST road trips anymore?

[A Boy Named Seo]

Were there ever rules on that kinda thing? These are exhibition games and I'm sure both teams wanna see what kind of players they've got.

[nymr83]

this is from 2-3 years ago so it may have changed:

"A minimum of four players who were regulars on the previous year’s Major League team or who were platooned on the previous year’s Major League team on a regular basis, or who have a reasonable chance to be regulars on the Major League Club’s squad during the upcoming season should make road trips. Each of those regulars, excluding pitchers, must play a minimum of three complete innings."

[A Boy Named Seo]

Nymr83 wrote: this is from 2-3 years ago so it may have changed: "A minimum of four players who were regulars on the previous year’s Major League team or who were platooned on the previous year’s Major League team on a regular basis, or who have a reasonable chance to be regulars on the Major League Club’s squad during the upcoming season should make road trips. Each of those regulars, excluding pitchers, must play a minimum of three complete innings."

Ah, never knew that. "Reasonable chance to be regulars" could be fudged into being lots of crappier dudes.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, that rule seems to be written to easy to work around. It's more of a guidance, I thinks.

Hey, Borenstein just made a catch!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Matz fails to get through 2 innings (36 pitches)... oy...

[A Boy Named Seo]

Update:

The Mets look like shit.
Swarzak must wear like 46-inch length pajama pants. Longest, sloppiest things I've ever seen. Oh, and it looks like he hurt his left hand and is leaving the game.
Jay Bruce has our only base hit!
6-nil Astros, top of the third.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Patrick Biondi looks like a garden gnome.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Patrick Bionidi Garden Gnome day is just every day he plays.

Hey, hey Mother Nature is sick of looking at the Mets, too, and unleashes a huge rainstorm! Tarp is on the field...

[Edgy MD]

Fun fact: Patrick Biondi is a four-year player from the University of Michigan, where he lit up the Wilpon Baseball and Softball Complex.

The Wilpon family are also big supporters of UM's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, where young Patrick spent his non-baseball time studying English Lit.

[Ceetar]

surprisingly the Mets have only drafted 6 of like 150 players from University of Michigan.

[G-Fafif]

SNY rain delay programming reporting Mookie Wilson looked very good in 1982.

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Edgy MD]

I'm not a big fan of the frame art in the Topps 1982 set, but that's just a terrific shot that encapsulated Mookie's style perfectly.

[G-Fafif]

SNY also reporting Craig Swan's competitive fires still burned in 1982 and DiamondVision was rookie scoreboard of the year.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Game on.

[G-Fafif]

And we're back in the present. Chris Flexen is on...the mound, I mean.

[HahnSolo]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: this is from 2-3 years ago so it may have changed: "A minimum of four players who were regulars on the previous year’s Major League team or who were platooned on the previous year’s Major League team on a regular basis, or who have a reasonable chance to be regulars on the Major League Club’s squad during the upcoming season should make road trips. Each of those regulars, excluding pitchers, must play a minimum of three complete innings." Ah, never knew that. "Reasonable chance to be regulars" could be fudged into being lots of crappier dudes.

Evan Roberts on 'FAN (I know, consider the source) said yesterday that that rule only applied on or after March 1. Because the Mets sent no one the other way yesterday.

[Edgy MD]

Brooklyn firstbaseman Jeremy Vasquez back on the field for the Mets, so you KNOW they're serious.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Lol. It's one of the smartest organisations in baseball against one of the dumbest. Can you guess which is which?

[Edgy MD]

The brilliant Mets get one back on an RBI single by ... Jeremy Vasquez.

[Ceetar]

HahnSolo wrote: this is from 2-3 years ago so it may have changed: "A minimum of four players who were regulars on the previous year’s Major League team or who were platooned on the previous year’s Major League team on a regular basis, or who have a reasonable chance to be regulars on the Major League Club’s squad during the upcoming season should make road trips. Each of those regulars, excluding pitchers, must play a minimum of three complete innings." Ah, never knew that. "Reasonable chance to be regulars" could be fudged into being lots of crappier dudes. Evan Roberts on 'FAN (I know, consider the source) said yesterday that that rule only applied on or after March 1. Because the Mets sent no one the other way yesterday.

Mets send Thor, Robles, Reyes, Flores and Nimmo.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Mets crushed.

Positives:

The garden gnome went 3-3.

Flexen looked good. So, too, did pitchers Molina and Bautista, dudes I don't know off-hand who they really are.

Lets hope no one gets hurt tomorrow!

[MFS62]

Molina is a once top prospect held back by (you guessed it) injuries.

Hey, Hahn, Evan Roberts is the only sports reporter I know of who roots for my Nets. He even has season tickets to their games. I trust him

Later

[Edgy MD]

Those are real pitchers, man. 40-man roster guys. Guys we'll need if Matz continues to perform as he did.

"Working on stuff."

[MFS62]

Biondi is listed at 5' 7" and is a collitch boy - University of Michigan.

Later