IGT 5/16/2019: NYM @ WSH -- Sunny Afternoon

[bmfc1]

1:05 start and I think that this is a big game... but I think that every game against these SOBs is a big game. The Mets win and they have two series wins in a row. They lose and they lose another series that isn't against MIA. WSH wins and "maybe they're turning this thing around". WSH loses and the panic exacerbates.



The Mets bring a major league pitcher to the mound today, Zack Wheeler, so that's nice but he's been lit up by WSH twice this season:

http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/gamelog/_/id/31267/zack-wheelerhttp://www.espn.com/mlb/player/gamelog/_/id/31267/zack-wheeler

Much of the damage has been by players on the DL:

http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/31267/zack-wheelerhttp://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/31267/zack-wheeler

Rendon and Eaton have good numbers against him.



It's Anibal Sanchez for WSH (RHP, 0-6, 5.27, 1.68).

http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/gamelog/_/id/6472http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/gamelog/_/id/6472

This is his first start for WSH against the Mets. We know him from ATL.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/6472/anibal-sanchezhttp://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/6472/anibal-sanchez

Ramos has a good average against him but Ramos won't start (maybe Ramos should have sat last night since they weren't going to win that game).



I'll be in Section 103 to the left of the Mets bullpen.



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[Edgy MD]

Going back to the Kinkwell is a bold move, but one I support.

[bmfc1]

Edgy MD wrote: Going back to the Kinkwell is a bold move, but one I support.

I wasn't sure about the protocol but the song works.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I like it. Looking forward to album cuts, solo projects... there's a Kink for every oKassion

[bmfc1]

METS:

1. Jeff McNeil (L) LF

2. Dominic Smith (L) 1B

3. Robinson Cano (L) 2B

4. Michael Conforto (L) RF

5. J.D. Davis ® 3B

6. Brandon Nimmo (L) CF

7. Amed Rosario ® SS

8. Tomas Nido ® C

9. Zack Wheeler (L) P



WSH:

1. Adam Eaton (L) RF

2. Victor Robles ® CF

3. Anthony Rendon ® 3B

4. Juan Soto (L) LF

5. Howie Kendrick ® 2B

6. Gerardo Parra (L) 1B

7. Kurt Suzuki ® C

8. Wilmer Difo (S) SS

9. Anibal Sanchez ® P

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: Going back to the Kinkwell is a bold move, but one I support. I wasn't sure about the protocol but the song works.

Any protocol we have is based on tradition more than legal codes or natural law. And there comes a time to throw tradition into the wind.



If you crossed this line out of ignorance, there might have been flags. But no, you looked into the void and courageously said that THIS was that hour that transcends any tradition, and you stepped over that line for all to see. I can only salute and applaud.

[bmfc1]

Thank you Edgy.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Today I'm reminded that we just passed the first anniversary of the Mickey bats us out of order game. That also was an afternoon game in May on a day like today. I also happen to be in the same place I was last year when I listened to that game on the radio in the 911 memorial Park. #NeverForget

[Edgy MD]

Right now it looks like it's going to take a geological or epidemiological event for Keon Broxton to crack a lineup.



Nice to see Smitty out there, and hopefully a good performance by him gets him a look in left field.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Alonso needs 2 weeks off to recover from his swing and a miss vs. Doolittle last night

[Centerfield]

Um. Zack?

[Centerfield]

We can't beat anyone but the Marlins.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Sanchez coming out. Bonus: 8 innings vs the bullpen

[Chad ochoseis]

Sux to see anyone get injured, but the Mets catch a break here with the Nats bullpen now needing to somehow get 23 outs.

[Fman99]

Yah into the shit ass bullpen! (Theirs, I should clarify)

[Chad ochoseis]

Ours hasn't been looking bad lately.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

KaSmash

[Fman99]

Yah, brand new game! Love the Nats pen.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

McNeil swapped out due to "abdominal tightness."



If he like, constipated?

[ashie62]

Taco Bell

[Fman99]

That'd cause looseness, not tightness.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

[Chad ochoseis]

Edgy MD wrote: Right now it looks like it's going to take a geological or epidemiological event for Keon Broxton to crack a lineup.

One geological event, one epidemiological event coming right up!

[Lefty Specialist]

Ohhhh fucccccccccckkkkk. Conforto injured.

[kcmets]

Cano not only sucking but now he's running out into the outfield and

taking out a key player with an illegal shoulder check to Conforto's head.

[Lefty Specialist]

Really, that was Conforto's ball and he was calling for it. Getting more and more annoyed with Cano.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I only read about it but sounded like Cano's fault. He can stop fucking this team up any time

[Edgy MD]

Canó was part of a conspiracy to get Broxton into a game.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Big AB for for Broxy here

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Pops out to cf. Waiver this guy