IGT 7/3/2018: NYM@TOR -- It's A Beauty Way To Go

[Centerfield]

Speaking of beauty. Um. Justine Ward.

[Edgy MD]

Jays out-pitchering the Mets, six pitchers to one.

[Lefty Specialist]

Swarzak simply not impressing.

[MFS62]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Swarzak simply not impressing.

Mickey Calloway likes to use Swarzak.
That says as much about Calloway's judgement as it does about Swarzak's pitching.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

It's as if every player on the roster and every aspect of the game conspires to fuck up NYM leads in the late innings.

In this case it was a leadoff hit, an error, walking the #9 hitter, and two bad relief appearances back to back - all in the same inning.

[Edgy MD]

That homer was like a Granderson special. A butt-flying golf shot of a pitch at the shins.

[Zvon]

smh. Unbelievable.

[Frayed Knot]

But at least we answer back with a 3-pitch K ... and then follow it up with a 5-pitch K ... and then follow that up with a weak grounder

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[Guest 41Forever]

Sickening.

Gsellman must be fried form overuse.

[smg58]

How does the Green Day song go again? Wake me up when September ends?

[Guest 41Forever]

Rats.

We have no bullpen.

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[MFS62]

A few newspaper and WEB reports recently have backed off on the DeGrom trade WATPs and said maybe the Mets could get some decent players in return for Wheeler. When told about it, he said he likes New York and wouldn't want to be traded.
I wonder if games like this would change his mind.

OE: Here's a link:

https://nypost.com/2018/07/02/mets-are-listening-to-trades-for-zack-wheeler-who-is-resistant/?src=rss

Later

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[smg58]

And another two-out bomb buries us.

[Guest 41Forever]

MFS62 wrote: A few newspaper and WEB reports recently have backed off on the DeGrom trade WATPs and said maybe the Mets could get some decent players in return for Wheeler. When told about it, he said he likes New York and wouldn't want to be traded. I wonder if games like this would change his mind. Later

Didn't they do this to him last time, too?

[Centerfield]

Justine Ward. Still cute.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, bunt anyway, Nimms.

Two strikes or whatever. That shift stinks.

But called strike three.

[Zvon]

I really thought we had a handle on this one. Maaaaaan!

[Edgy MD]

2015 Met Tyler Clippard looking to finish this.

Conforto, find your heart here.

Mickey, replace Asdrubal with somebody faster.

[Edgy MD]

Into the shift to end it.

Five LOBs for Conforto.

[Centerfield]

Unbelievable. I don’t even know what to say.

[Centerfield]

Remember when we thought Swarzak was hurting us by being on the DL.

Turns out April was his best month.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Well, one thing we could say, is start hitting (bunting) against the
shift. I don't mean in this instance, but it's like there's collusion against
fighting back against it since everyone is using it.

[smg58]

Yet another guy who was not ready to help us when he came off the DL.

[smg58]

Centerfield wrote: Remember when we thought Swarzak was hurting us by being on the DL. Turns out April was his best month.

Yet another guy who was not ready to help us when he came off the DL.

[bmfc1]

Frayed Knot wrote: In this case it was a leadoff hit, an error, walking the #9 hitter, and two bad relief appearances back to back - all in the same inning.

Randazzo and Josh went off twice about that walk. A sinker, not a fastball, against a .220. Helluva signing, Sandy. Maybe Swarzak could use some time in AAA.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Lord, I am so glad I didn't stay home to watch this fiasco.

[MFS62]

bmfc1 wrote: Maybe Swarzak could use some time in AAA.

He's going to make some Mets fans leave AA.

Later

[Lefty Specialist]

I told myself I wasn't going to watch. But flipping around the channels I saw they had a 5-0 lead. So I watched. Big mistake.

I've never seen so many gigantic bullpen collapses by one team in a season.

[smg58]

bmfc1 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: In this case it was a leadoff hit, an error, walking the #9 hitter, and two bad relief appearances back to back - all in the same inning. Randazzo and Josh went off twice about that walk. A sinker, not a fastball, against a .220. Helluva signing, Sandy. Maybe Swarzak could use some time in AAA.

Swarzak (and then Gsellman on the home run) kept getting ahead of guys and then not finishing the job. The more frustrating at bat for me was the walk to Hernandez. Swarzak couldn't keep him from fouling off pitch after pitch after getting ahead one and two. Ten-pitch walks are brutal.

Regarding the signing -- Swarzak had a 2.33 ERA in 77 innings of work last year (with 91 strikeouts). I'd have signed up for that in a heartbeat. It's entirely Alderson's fault that the back of the pen has been occupied by a rotating cast of minor leaguers, but it's not his fault that Swarzak got hurt. It might be somebody's fault that he was activated when he still isn't right, but that's been a recurring theme here. (We should keep that in mind while waiting for Thor and Cespedes.)

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[Frayed Knot]

But as Ronnie said last night, being 'rushed' back is not an excuse - plus we have no idea if that evens applies to Swarzak anyway or if we're merely retro-fitting a reason to explain away bad pitching.
Relievers are notoriously tough to predict and Gsellman's best month was April too and he suddenly can't get anyone out without a DL stint in between.

But it's usually best to follow the old expression for sports in general: if you're injured you're not playing, and if you're playing you're not injured