ST IGT 03/06 - HOU @ NYM

[Guest d'Kong76]

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[Edgy MD]

That's something like an A team, minus the shortstop.

This notion of batting Céspedes second is starting to look like a thing.

[seawolf17]

Do we ever play anyone other then Houston? Crikey.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Zeile back in the booth today. Is he a permanent add?

[A Boy Named Seo]

Dang, nice AB by Zimmo to lead off. Down 1-2 and fought back to draw a tough walk. I'm on board with this dude. Ya gotta earn it, Lagares.

Before I hit submit, Adrian smokes a double off the right field wall. Good sign.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Sac fly, Bruce. 1-nil Mets.

Jeez, if Gonzalez is actually healthy?

[Guest d'Kong76]

seawolf17 wrote: Do we ever play anyone other then Houston? Crikey.

Everyone bailed to Arizona (it's a dry heat)...

[Vic Sage]

Lugo in to finish 3rd. Good thing Vargas picked off 2 runners in the 1st, or it would've been worse.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Cespedes kaboomerism retakes the lead for Mets in 3rd.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

and just like that a non-catch by Cespedes and a single tied it back up in the 4th. Seth Lugo in there now

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ty Kelly can be on my team anyday. Flores on 1st after a painful elbow HBP, Ty gets him over by smashing an infield single off the pitcher.

[Edgy MD]

Ty has seemingly hurt his chances in the past by not growing a baseball body.

He's built like a Torre-era Met, kinda like Doug Flynn. He just looks like a guy. Slim and athletic, but nobody's idea of graduate of #BarwisMethods.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I know it's a fake, but not sure I've ever seen three guys picked off in one game.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

2 good plays at ss this inning.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Robles gives up another homer and we're losing.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Nido homers, tied at 4 in the 7th.

[Edgy MD]

d'Kong76 wrote: I know it's a fake, but not sure I've ever seen three guys picked off in one game.

I think Mookie got picked off three times on opening day once.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Edgy MD wrote: I think Mookie got picked off three times on opening day once.

Yikes

[A Boy Named Seo]

an infield single on a hit-and-run by my new adopted kid David Thompson sees Kyle Kazmuh-whatshisname scamper to third. Guillorme follows with an opposite field single and we're tied at 5 in the 8th. Wilmer up, late inning excitement at First Data Filed OMG

edit: double play, Wilmer. :'-(

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We go to 9th tied 5-5

[Vic Sage]

Nido homers and throws out a runner at 2b. Nice game for the kid.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

9th inning single for Andres Giminez. He's a little guy but Biondi, up now, even smaller.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Biondi infield singles, den Dekker walks now Phil Evans with the chance to win OMG

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

WALK OFF GRAND SLAM!!!!

[A Boy Named Seo]

These late-inning Mets look like a bunch of cute lil hobbits.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Holy Moly Pumpkin Pie!

[Vic Sage]

a walkoff grannie... now THAT'S the way to end a game. Way to go, Phil Evans. You'll be living off that moment for a while.

[Edgy MD]

Evans made a memory.

He looks significantly less tubby this spring, and this is the sort of moment that leaves an imprint on a manager's consciousness.

With T.J. recuperating (and Reynolds gone), both he and Cecchini have caught up to him in the organizational rankings. I'm curious with how the Mets rank the three, but I like 'em all and am curious to see who gets the next call when an infielder is needed.

But with his broad outfield experience and switch-hittiness, I guess the next call goes to Ty.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Don't forget Guillorme. No pop to speak of, but a guy who gets on base like Zimmo and catches everything in front of him (including bats!). The Mets could do worse in a short-term pinch than run him out there.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

This is the 3rd year in a row I figured on them going with a young second baseman (fourth if you consider I was a proponent of trading Muffy too early) with a different young guy in mind each time, be it Flores, Hererra, Cecchini and today, Guillorme.

Instead we get guys other teams broke in like Walker, Walker, and Cabrera.

I am hopping aboard Team Guillorme For Second Base in 2018. Evans for all his heroics looks like a good bet to repeat Vegas and win his way back as a reserve, Guillorme almost assuredly also starts in the minors but I'd love to see him get a chance alongside Rosario. I haven't tuned in for a Rosario update but I also would guess Guillorme could get a crack if Rosario needs a scope. I'm not sure if the train already departed the station with Cecchini.