IGT 9/15/2019: LAD @ NYM — See You Next Month

[Guest 41Forever]

I was scared watching that come off the bat.

[Fman99]

That could have been worse.



Let's go get that run back, fellers.

[Frayed Knot]

In addition to the bullpen problems, if McNeil & Alonso aren't going to hit we're going to be in trouble on that front as well.

[Guest 41Forever]

It was asking a lot of Lugo.

[Frayed Knot]

The Mets have had just four run-scoring hits in this entire series

Game 1: JDD's 2nd inning solo HR off Kershaw ... then nothing else until a Rosario single plates a run but only after they were down by 8

Game 2: Rajai's bases-clearing 3-ribby double

Game 3: Nimmo 2-run triple

[nymr83]

Cano giving us life!



Punch runner please?

[Edgy MD]

Shouldn't the runner be Haggerty and not Davis?

[Gwreck]

Panik instead of Frazier??

[Gwreck]

Haggerty was already used to run after the Davis HBP.

[Edgy MD]

Ay.



That pitch one called strike is looking like boochit on GameDay.

[Edgy MD]

Blub.

[nymr83]

Damn.



Strike one looked outside live too, but not egregiously so

[G-Fafif]

I've come to the conclusion there are two stages of Mets grief:



1) Acceptance

2) Ah, fuck

[Lefty Specialist]

They have no bullpen. I would have at least let Wheeler sniff the 8th there. He was at 96 pitches and finished the 7th strong. First sign of trouble you pull him.



Oh well, meaningful games in September at least.

[Edgy MD]

Lefty Specialist wrote: They have no bullpen. I would have at least let Wheeler sniff the 8th there. He was at 96 pitches and finished the 7th strong. First sign of trouble you pull him.

Seems obvious to me. Even stealing one more out from his arm would have mattered. I'm not sure why any manager would lift him there.

[Centerfield]

Edgy MD wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: They have no bullpen. I would have at least let Wheeler sniff the 8th there. He was at 96 pitches and finished the 7th strong. First sign of trouble you pull him. Seems obvious to me. Even stealing one more out from his arm would have mattered. I'm not sure why any manager would lift him there.

Because he's a fucking idiot.

[Gwreck]

Without a playoff appearance, there's no way Callaway returns, right? Right?

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: They have no bullpen. I would have at least let Wheeler sniff the 8th there. He was at 96 pitches and finished the 7th strong. First sign of trouble you pull him. Seems obvious to me. Even stealing one more out from his arm would have mattered. I'm not sure why any manager would lift him there. Because he's a fucking idiot.

Maybe. But to me, the greater problem is that he's part of a culture of idiocy. I have no idea who is willing to zag when the whole world is zigging.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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[nymr83]

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Without a playoff appearance, there's no way Callaway returns, right? Right?

[Centerfield]

And with the soft schedule you'd have to think the September record improves. I think they have one more run in them, which I hope will be fun. But ultimately they'll fall short by a few games. And instead of seeing the energy this fan base had for a few weeks and doing the right thing, the Wilpons and Brodie will use this second half push as justification for not doing much this offseason.

[Edgy MD]

I just thought that, for much of the year, this was as good an offense as the Mets had ever put together, with not a single guy you didn't mind seeing starting on any given night. But they sure didn't squeeze league-leading numbers out of them in the end — which is a pity.



I don't want a team that puts more time in the batting cage than anybody else, although that's admirable. I want a team that takes the edges they're given and exploits them for 1,000 runs per year. I continue to think their shortcoming isn't personnel, but philosophy.



Did you know that if Brandon Nimmo had enough plate appearances to qualify, he'd be fifth among active players in OBP? That's with his big problems early this year and everything factored in. Everybody ahead of him pretty much already have their Cooperstown tickets punched. And he still ha room to get better. Why in the world would anybody bat that guy seventh?

[Edgy MD]

And tonight I get my wish!



Guys, you should try this agenda-advancement thing. Set a reasonable goal, but be persistent.

[duan]

I really think you have to look at Calloway in this game. Lifting Wheeler is one thing, but to my mind the bigger sin was Panik. I can not for the life of me think that he was the best option. After the sweep I thought we'd still need to go 12-4 to get to the playoffs. since then we've gone 1-3 - so if we go 11-1 we'll still get there .... and they *can* but they won't.