IGT - 4/20/18 - Mets @ Braves

[Frayed Knot]

I think my lifetime IGT winning pct. is just a shade higher than Reyes's current batting average and my lengthiest winning streak ever peaked at around one, but nobody else has started one so here goes
starting with the NYM lineup vs the 2nd year lefty Sean Newcomb


Mets:
CONFORTO - CF
CESPEDES - LF
CABRERA - 2B
FRAZIER - 3B
FLORES - 1B
BRUCE - RF
NIDO - C
SYNDERGAARD - P
ROSARIO - SS


INCIARTE - CF
ALBIES - 2B
FREEMAN - 1B
MARKAKIS - RF
SUZUKI - C
TUCKER - LF
SWANSON - SS
FLAHERTY - 3B
NEWCOMB - P



Newcomb was a former 1st round draft pick (15th overall) by Anaheim back in 2014 out of the University of ESPN (aka: U of Hartford). He was dealt to Atlanta in the Andreton Simmons deal.
Simmons, btw, has been upping his hitting since heading west and now possesses an above stick to go along with his platinum glove collection.

Overall Newcomb is 5-10 to date in his short career (1-1 this season) with a 4.22 ERA in 22 starts since making his ML debut with the Braves last June in a game vs the Mets.
The Mets won that one then wound up splitting the games in his other two starts later in 2017.

Edited April 20, 2018 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

I like how the names gradually shrink in length as the lineup progresses. Replace Syndergaard with, say, Jeff Tam, and Rosario with Chin-lung Hu, and we could have a vanishing point.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

LGM YGB ETC BBB YYY

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: I like how the names gradually shrink in length as the lineup progresses. Replace Syndergaard with, say, Jeff Tam, and Rosario with Chin-lung Hu, and we could have a vanishing point.

That sounds like something Tim Kurkjian would notice ... and then go research to see if it ever actually happened and if so how often and when was the most recent time.

And speaking of lineup patterns, to the best of my knowledge no one has yet tried to hang the moniker 'The Killer Cees' on the top of ours ... something for which I am quite grateful.

[Chad ochoseis]

Edgy MD wrote: I like how the names gradually shrink in length as the lineup progresses. Replace Syndergaard with, say, Jeff Tam, and Rosario with Chin-lung Hu, and we could have a vanishing point.

Or it could be a sign that Rosario is ready to move up in the order.

[Centerfield]

No Lagares against the lefty?

I'd sit Bruce.

[Centerfield]

Also, annoyed that I have to wait a half hour longer for first pitch.

Atlanta sucks.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

The bottom of the order comes through for the gets the Mets. Nido singles, then scores when Rosario doubles. Sac fry from Conforto puts the Mets up 2-1 going to the bottom of the third.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Frazier walks, then steals second. Wilmer hits a rocket down the right filed line to drive in Frazier, but Markakis guns Wilmer down trying to get a double.

3-1 good guys going to the bottom of the 4th.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

It seems that virtually the entire Atlanta line up is hitting .300 or better for the season.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Bruce misjudges a line drive which sails over his head for a double, costing the Mets a run.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Mets 3 =#BF0000]Braves 2 after 4

[Centerfield]

Should have started Lagares.

[Frayed Knot]

Rockin' Doc wrote: The bottom of the order comes through for the gets the Mets. Nido singles, then scores when Rosario doubles.

Nido had to wait to see if that ball cleared the OF before taking off -- you could see via one angle that Rosario was around 1st before Nido even reached 2nd -- but that didn't stop 3B coach Glenn Sherlock
from waving Nido in anyway. As it turned out, the relay got away which both allowed him to score w/o a throw and for Rosario to reach 3rd ... which was a good thing because Nido would have been cooked otherwise.
I consider that send a mistake on Sherlock's part even though it all worked out in the end.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Yeah, I was surprised that they sent Nido since he had to make sure the Inciarte was going to catch the ball. I decent throw and Nido would have been dead.

As I'm typing this, Flores gets gunned down at the plate on an overly aggressive send by Sherlock. You have to know your runners. Nido and Flores are pretty slow.
Nimmo or Rosario you could possibly send there, but not Flores.

[Frayed Knot]

This send (of Flores) by Sherlock wasn't as bad given the situation [2 outs, lower part of the lineup coming up] but was another where even a halfway decent throw gets him.
This throw wasn't even mediocre but got him anyway (albeit by an eyelash).

It's tough to count on poor throws all the time.
And isn't this the second time this week that Wilmer has been thrown out at the plate?

[Frayed Knot]

Rockin' Doc wrote: It seems that virtually the entire Atlanta line up is hitting .300 or better for the season.

And a couple of them are over .500 when hitting w/RiSP!!
That certainly won't last, and neither will at least some of these .300+ BAs -- I mean, Ryan Flaherty is a .222 career hitter for crissakes (more than 1,100 ABs) yet is currently leading the league in hitting.

[Edgy MD]

Does Nimmo run after the catcher takes a pitch off his shoulder?

[Edgy MD]

Growf.

[Centerfield]

He should have tried. Worst case Conforto leads off.

[Centerfield]

Lugo walks the first batter every time. Fucking concentrate.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Frayed Knot wrote: Rockin' Doc wrote: It seems that virtually the entire Atlanta line up is hitting .300 or better for the season. And a couple of them are over .500 when hitting w/RiSP!! That certainly won't last, and neither will at least some of these .300+ BAs -- I mean, Ryan Flaherty is a .222 career hitter for crissakes (more than 1,100 ABs) yet is currently leading the league in hitting.

I know it's a small sample size and early in the season, but it is an amazing contrast when compared to the Mets line up which has Cabrera (and Nimmo off the bench) hitting .300 or better. The Mets have several hitters hovering around the .200 mark.

[Fman99]

Cabrera missing the tag on the Cespedes throw hurt. That's the difference right now. Otherwise it's still 3-2.

[Fman99]

BOO YA! Nice gun there by Nido.

[Frayed Knot]

Now THAT was a throw!
Haven't seen that from behind the NYM plate in a long while.

[Edgy MD]

That play where the catcher threw the ball to second, and the fielder tags the runner ... what's that play called?

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Finally, a Mets catcher throws out a base stealer. Luckily, Flaherty is pretty slow and probably never should have been going there.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Edgy MD wrote: That play where the catcher threw the ball to second, and the fielder tags the runner ... what's that play called?

A miracle.

[Centerfield]

Even that throw was bounced.

[Centerfield]

Such a frustrating game. So annoying.