Quirks of 2019

[G-Fafif]

The Mets' 8-4 victory today, September 4, 2019, is the first for the Mets by that score since they beat Texas on July 6, 2014. Very rare that a relatively non-exotic score of that nature would need to wait five years to repeat.

[G-Fafif]

Sam Haggerty joins a select circle of players who scored a run as a Met before batting as a Met. His predecessors include Steve Henderson, Lou Thornton, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Luis Guillorme and Jack Reinheimer.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Pete Alonso is now the first Met ever to join the 47-1 club! (47 or more home runs and 1 or more stolen bases.)

[Edgy MD]

I think yesterday was the first time I saw a defensive alignment where theyinfielders were aligned in more-or-less their standard zones, but the secondbaseman and shortstop just switched places in order to get the rangier guy on the right side of the infield. That was a compelling strategy.



Didn't work, however. #RedHotRamos

[G-Fafif]

Saturday night's game was the first Mets win ever to encompass (on the offensive side) EXACTLY three hits and two HBPs.

[MFS62]

Michael Lorenzen started in center field for the Reds against the Diamondbacks on Saturday.

The Reds are giving Lorenzen a real chance to prove his mettle as a two-way player. He pitched two innings of relief Friday night and was unavailable as a pitcher on Saturday, so they took the opportunity to get his bat and his glove in the lineup. He went 0-3.



Lorenzen is their best defensive outfielder with the possible exception of Nick Senzel, who is out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury. As a pitcher Lorenzen has a 3.12 ERA with six saves and 79 strikeouts in 78 innings. He can reach 100 miles per hour with his fastball. As a batter he is slashing .259/.333/.444 in 30 plate appearances.

Later

[G-Fafif]

Amed Rosario's grand slam last night was the 17th to occur in a Mets loss. Conversely, the Mets have won 22 games in which one of their pitchers has surrendered a grand slam.

[G-Fafif]

With the Mets winning their 82nd game, Zack Wheeler leaves the list of Mets pitchers with most starts never pitching for a winning Mets team. Zack was eight starts behind Jack Fisher when Amed Rosario crossed home plate.



I imagine Jay Horwitz arranged something special to mark the occasion.



http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2019/09/25/heres-to-the-winners-who-wait/http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2019/09/25/heres-to-the-winners-who-wait/

[Edgy MD]

Twins catcher Jason Castro is from Castro Valley High School in Castro Valley, California.