IGT 04/26 - Mets at Cardinals, Businessperson's Special

[G-Fafif]

Extree Extree!!
--Newsie, early 20th century

[Lefty Specialist]

Ohhhhh myyyyy.

-George Takei

[bmfc1]

"He walked Jose Lobaton with the bases loaded? Get me another Budweiser!"
--Cardinals fans

[Benjamin Grimm]

"A walk is as good as a hit"

-- Jamie Reidy

[Centerfield]

"Big, big save opportunity here."

--Armando Benitez

[Edgy MD]

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
— Thomas Paine

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"No glove, no love."

-- Anonymous sex worker

[Vic Sage]

Centerfield wrote: "Big, big save opportunity here." --Armando Benitez

"Me chupo un pene grande."

--Armando Benitez

[Benjamin Grimm]

"I'm available if you need me to come in for a save in the 19th inning."

-- Mike Pelfrey

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

"Suck my dick'
-- Amelia Erhart

[bmfc1]

Dear Mets:
Fuck you.
2 good starters and they wasted one of them today. The SS can't hit and can barely field, they don't have anyone at 1B, the 3B has an iron glove, they might as well have a screen behind the plate instead of the sacks of shit that are out there.

[Fman99]

Well that sucked ass.

[HahnSolo]

It would be nice to not allow their bottom end of the bullpen to throw three perfect innings in extras.

The tying hit in the 10th. I was driving...should Lagares have caught it? Howie seemed dumbfounded that he didn’t get it.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

It wasn't very Lagares-y. Slow to get back then blindly reached for it

[bmfc1]

Nimmo, Conforto, likely no but Lagares should have caught it. If he's not going to catch that ball then he has no business being on the roster.

[HahnSolo]

That’s kind of what Howie implied.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Guest 41Forever]

HahnSolo wrote: That’s kind of what Howie implied.

Watching the video on the MLB ap, even the Cardinals announcers were implying that. "That's a former Gold Glover out there, and it looks like he had a chance to catch that one."

[A Boy Named Seo]

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Keith said he thought he lost it in the sun, too. It looked like a crappy jump to me, Juan didn't really get too close to it.

[Ceetar]

roughly every fly ball late in that game featured an outfielder getting a bad jump on it.

[Centerfield]

Defense aside, that's 3 blown saves in the last 10 days for Familia. He's blown 3 of his last 5 chances. Every closer goes through a slump, but this isn't going to cut it.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Though well-struck, the ball only had a 17 percent hit probability, per Statcast

This stuff drives me crazy, it was clearly at 19 percent.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Bumping this to the new page.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Cast your vote!

[Ceetar]

d'Kong76 wrote: Though well-struck, the ball only had a 17 percent hit probability, per Statcast This stuff drives me crazy, it was clearly at 19 percent.

weighted value based on the position of the sun?

[Frayed Knot]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Keith said he thought he lost it in the sun, too. It looked like a crappy jump to me, Juan didn't really get too close to it.

Well I think it was a crappy jump because of the sun. He didn't take a great angle to the ball and then wound up jumping both late and ultimately short.
On the other hand, it was also a smoked liner off the wall in dead center. Would have taken a nice play to get it under any circumstances.
But we are talking about Juan here so I'd say he probably gets to a ball like that 7 or 8 times out of 10

[smg58]

Centerfield wrote: Defense aside, that's 3 blown saves in the last 10 days for Familia. He's blown 3 of his last 5 chances. Every closer goes through a slump, but this isn't going to cut it.

The first involved an inherited runner in the eighth inning, and the third involved an infield single and a fly ball that should have been caught. And he has a 1.93 ERA. Familia is near the bottom on the list of worries.

[Vic Sage]

smg58 wrote: Centerfield wrote: Defense aside, that's 3 blown saves in the last 10 days for Familia. He's blown 3 of his last 5 chances. Every closer goes through a slump, but this isn't going to cut it. The first involved an inherited runner in the eighth inning, and the third involved an infield single and a fly ball that should have been caught. And he has a 1.93 ERA. Familia is near the bottom on the list of worries.

bullshit.

Familia sucked last year, and he's blown too many wins so far this year. Hey, Mickey, what happened to accountability? What happened to "closer by committee" and using different guys to close depending on the situation? Isn't that what we heard in ST? You sent Wheeler, to AAA and dropped Harvey out of the rotation, so you know how to do it. Lets see Gsellman get a few chances to close. Use familia to get a K in the 7th once in a while.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Vic Sage wrote: Hey, Mickey, what happened to accountability? What happened to "closer by committee" and using different guys to close depending on the situation? Isn't that what we heard in ST?

I know. Mickey hasn't been nearly as out-of-the-box as he indicated he would be.

[Ceetar]

Vic Sage wrote: bullshit. Familia sucked last year, and he's blown too many wins so far this year. Hey, Mickey, what happened to accountability? What happened to "closer by committee" and using different guys to close depending on the situation? Isn't that what we heard in ST? You sent Wheeler, to AAA and dropped Harvey out of the rotation, so you know how to do it. Lets see Gsellman get a few chances to close. Use familia to get a K in the 7th once in a while.

No. closer by committee was never a thing. It was always Familia with the intention of not ignoring obvious better matchups. Mostly things like letting Blevins get big lefties even in the 9th or bringing Familia in the 8th if that's where the save is happening and replacing him in the 9th if pitch count/matchup warrants.

Gsellman and Familia have near identical numbers right down to blown saves. Gsellman presumably has the arm strength to go a little longer at the moment, so might as well use him in the 6th/7th when maybe you can get the 8th from him too.

Callaway's been pretty good with the bullpen so far, including seemingly less dry humping. His management style feels pretty much like what he said he was going to do.

[Centerfield]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Vic Sage wrote: Hey, Mickey, what happened to accountability? What happened to "closer by committee" and using different guys to close depending on the situation? Isn't that what we heard in ST? I know. Mickey hasn't been nearly as out-of-the-box as he indicated he would be.

Yes. Formulaic and predictable. In that Washington game, Familia needed to come in and put out the fire much earlier in that 8th inning. If he does that, then you coast to the win in the 9th.

That he went to Lugo and Blevins and then Ramos and finally Familia smells an awful lot like a manager reserving their "closer" for the save situation.

And bringing in Blevins to face a guy who murders him because of lefty-lefty. Just idiotic.