IGT 4/16/2018: WAS@NYM -- Nat Again

[G-Fafif]

The first-place Mets host the fourth-place Nationals, whom the Mets lead by six games (seven in the loss column), Monday night at 7:10 PM. The probable pitchers are Jacob deGrom for the home team and Jeremy Hellickson for the visitors.

[batmagadanleadoff]

The magic number for the Mets to eliminate the Nats from winning the division is 142.

[Centerfield]

Jeremy Hellickson pitched to a 5.77 ERA last year. Gotta get this first game. If the Mets bats stay silent we are in for a long series.

If I'm Mickey, I play Nimmo and give Cespedes the night off.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Has this game been rained out yet? What a shitty godamn day

[Centerfield]

My weather app says the rain will stop by 6 p.m.

GREAT NIGHT FOR BASEBALL.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Fios1 Weatherbro just assured me that both the Mets and Skanks will play
tonight and this current deluge will be over in time.

[MFS62]

I heard the Nats signed long time pain-in-the-Mets-ERA Marc Reynolds.
Is this true, and will he be ready for this series?

Later

Edited April 16, 2018 by Guest

[batmagadanleadoff]

Because the baseball gods are crazy, with the Mets missing both Scherzer and Strasburg this series, the Nats'll probably sweep the Mets.

[Ceetar]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Because the baseball gods are crazy, with the Mets missing both Scherzer and Strasburg this series, the Nats'll probably sweep the Mets.

And they miss Thor, so it's all fair.

[G-Fafif]

Nimmo RF
Cabrera 2B
Conforto LF
Frazier 3B
Gonazlez 1B
Lagares CF
Lobaton C
deGrom P
Rosario SS

Bruce's plantar fasciitis has flared, but is available to PH. Cespedes getting the night off.

[Edgy MD]

Here's to semi-regular flareups of Bruce's brandon nimmitis.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Today's weather forecast for Flushing:

This Afternoon: 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 55. Windy, with a southeast wind around 29 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Tonight: 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Southwest wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

[Ceetar]

If I could afford it and didn't have kids to get back to I'd be all over tonight's game. Probably a prime opportunity to roam around relatively unimpeded.

[Centerfield]

G-Fafif wrote: Nimmo RF Cabrera 2B Conforto LF Frazier 3B Gonazlez 1B Lagares CF Lobaton C deGrom P Rosario SS Bruce's plantar fasciitis has flared, but is available to PH. Cespedes getting the night off.

I wouldn't rest Cespedes on the same night Bruce sits. Notwithstanding what I said before.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Turner ss
Kendrick 2b
Harper rf
Zimmerman 1b
Adams lf
Wieters c
Difo 3b
Hellickson p
Taylor cf

[A Boy Named Seo]

Jesus Christmas, that Bryce Harper homerun. The reaction of Trea Turner was the same as all of us, I bet.

Broken bat bomb aside, Jake looks amazing. LGM.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Nothing abnormal about this at all:

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[Zvon]

I'm still shaking my head.....

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[Frayed Knot]

Im pretty sure I've seen cracked bat HRs, but not one where the lumber was sawed in two.

[Frayed Knot]

Not a bad send by Sherlock.
Would have wanted him held if no outs and definitely sent if two. One out makes it a bit of a gray area but I can't fault him for the out.

[Lefty Specialist]

Took two perfect throws to get him, so I'm okay with the send there.

And with Harper, like they used to say about Sammy Sosa, "Check his arms for cork".

[Edgy MD]

Nine-pitch plate appearance ends in a base hit by Cabrera.

I imagine Hellickson is on something like his last batter.

[nymr83]

would have really liked to SCORE there, but chasing the starter in the 5th inning of game 1 of a 3 games series has merit too.

[Lefty Specialist]

This just in: Jacob deGrom is really good.

[Edgy MD]

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I don't think I realized that Lobatron was a switch hitter but if you're inventing baseball playing robots you may as well make them versatile.

[Guest 41Forever]

Reyes still needs to do some tutoring on baserunning with Rosario.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

If Rosario shaved that awful beard he'd be aerodynamic enough to make that

[Frayed Knot]

Well, the SB we got away with was the Lagares swipe of 3rd. Not only was he out but it was a bad idea to begin with.
But, as tends to happen so far in 2018, it all worked out for us.

[Edgy MD]

Brandon Nimmo is making me forget Anthony Recker.