Florida Ball, 2/24, HOU @ NYM

[Edgy MD]

deGrom's leaving it over the plate a little, and he's down a run. Cheech is growing his hair out.

[Edgy MD]

Looks like Alonso can get the low pitch.

[Edgy MD]

And T-Bone gets robbed of a two-run double by Myles Straw, who is clearly a lot faster than he looks.

[Edgy MD]

deGrom, in a sideline interview, took the time to thank his teammates for all the support last season.



All the support.

[Edgy MD]

Well, this game has been a shower of shit. Thank you for your participation.

[nymr83]

nice 1-man, 4 post IGT - just like the Mets, we're in mid-season form!

[Fman99]

I'm hoping as I did yesterday to watch some of this on replay. It starts at 8 on SNY. Beats the Oscars, anyway.

[G-Fafif]

DeGrom gives up one first-inning run, Mets hardly score, Jake gets saddled with the loss.



Hmmm...

[kcmets]

The Gelbs interview with Jacob is worth watching on repeat or DVR.

Except for the usual fun in hearing Gary and Keith be Gary and Keith

again the rest of the game kinda blew buffalo biscuits.

[Edgy MD]

That Lou Brock graphic made it's first appearance of 2019.

[smg58]

Watched from the bottom of the first from the bottom of the second. A couple of observations:



1. Tim Peterson REALLY needs another pitch.



2. None of the corner outfielders looked good in the sun, which made Straw's catch that much more impressive.



3. And speaking of Straw: I realize he has no power, but 73 walks and 70 steals in the minors last year, a .414 OBP at AA, and he can cover acres in center. The Mets could use him more than JD Davis.



4. Tebow did not look like he doesn't belong -- at least at the plate.



5. After seeing Hechevarria turn on a fat fastball and hit it about 100 feet tops past the infield, I can see why we got him on a minor league deal.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

who the hell is straw?

[smg58]

The Astros' #15 prospect.

[smg58]

Edgy MD wrote: Looks like Alonso can get the low pitch.

Yes, he went down and got a 3-2 pitch that broke out of the strike zone and hit it to the opposite field for a double (although the right fielder never got a read on the ball, which might have been catchable otherwise).

[vtmet7]

Straw looked pretty good for a guy picked up from a community college baseball team...

[Edgy MD]

The thing is, he doesn't look like he'd be fast at all. He seems to have the frame and body language of Jon Olerud, and then he kicks it into gear and he's burning up real estate like Mookie Wilson.

[Centerfield]

I watched the first few innings.



When Tebow dropped that ball in the first inning I was positive, POSITIVE, that someone here would have posted that the ground can't cause a fumble.



Disappointed guys. Come on. It's February. Get into playing shape.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, I was thinking of the one knee=two feet rule.



In fact, I was thinking that it was possible Tebow lost the ball because he was used to the play being dead and the catch complete as soon as the knee was down.