This Means War! Giant IGT 6/4/19

[kcmets]

Holy crap, what the fuck happened??

[Edgy MD]

The key to getting more out of your bullpen: Stop asking for so much out of your bullpen.



Rinse. Repeat.

[Frayed Knot]

But as Ralph used to point out when Sammy Sosa broke one of his HRs/month records*: 'Yeah but he did it with a 162-game schedule'.







* As per Gary talking about Josh Bell breaking Ralph's Pitt record for TBs in a month

[batmagadanleadoff]

=kcmets post_id=12036 time=1559701880 user_id=53]
Holy crap, what the fuck happened??

[Edgy MD]

Ramos, don't go chasing with two out in the tenth down by six.



Where do they get this shit?

[kcmets]

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=12042 time=1559702668 user_id=68]What were your expecting when JD Davis is your fucking clean up hitter and there are at least two guys in the lineup who are even worse hitters than Amed Rosario? This is about as good as it was gonna get: A Met loss but an Alonso homer.

[batmagadanleadoff]

=kcmets post_id=12045 time=1559703198 user_id=53]
=batmagadanleadoff post_id=12042 time=1559702668 user_id=68]What were your expecting when JD Davis is your fucking clean up hitter and there are at least two guys in the lineup who are even worse hitters than Amed Rosario? This is about as good as it was gonna get: A Met loss but an Alonso homer.

[kcmets]

Here's an SNY post-game blurb:



METS BULLPEN

LAST 8 GAMES:

0-4, 12.39 ERA

IN 20.1 IP

[Fman99]

I went to bed at the end of the 9th. I'm that smart.

[Lefty Specialist]

I turned it off when Mickey came out and Syndergaard said, "Are you fucking kidding me?" Because there's nothing smarter than giving this bullpen EXTRA outs to get.



Mickey's got to go. I don't care if he's replaced by Riggleman or Dusty Baker or the ghost of Salty Parker or a toaster. He's gotta go. I imagine Noah would like to pull his scraggly beard out hair by hair right about now.

[smg58]

You just knew that was going to blow up in Callaway's face. It's not that Lugo is theoretically a worse bet to get the third out, or that his failure to do so isn't mostly on him. But the bullpen is performing at a level where you don't bring them in when you don't need to, and there was clearly no need.



Gsellman's performance was, unfortunately, predictable. We know from last year that he should be fine if you put him on a 70-inning pace but will cave in if you put him on a 100-inning pace. And he has 35 innings under his belt the first week of June. Mickey needed to learn from last year, but didn't.

[Edgy MD]

There's a finite number of players on the roster. When you place such a high value on limiting your use of top pitchers, you end up over-using second tier pitchers. It's a recipe for self-sabotage.

[MFS62]

=smg58 post_id=12055 time=1559738160 user_id=62]
Mickey needed to learn from last year, but didn't.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

The Syndergaard change made no sense to us sitting in the stands either, didn't realize there was a controversy about it but if there is he's gotta go. This is twice in a week he's screwed over starters against their wishes while doing something strategically unsound.



Beyond that the team just doesn't look good. Defensively weak, very poor execution (2 on non out in the first and second innings and zip). Tightness up the wazoo, probably because there's a palpable sense that the end of Callaway and the Mets season, is near.



Jay Bruce btw had like 16 RBIs last night for the Phils

[ashie62]

Syndergaard was defending Mickey a short time ago.



Hoping Noah get to meet a new Mets manager soon

[Benjamin Grimm]

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[Edgy MD]

Keef and Gary in the booth talking about Callaway apologizing for his hook.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

He shan't recover