IGT 09/09 - BAL at NYM - Jump Up, Jump Back

[kcmets]

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[kcmets]

López 1-0, 5.59 vs Porcello 1-4, 5.54

[Benjamin Grimm]

Nice to see Porcello's ERA under 6.00. It's the envy of Steven Matz.

[MFS62]

I like the Kylie Minogue version better.

Hope I like Porcello better than Lopez.

Later

[batmagadanleadoff]

Michael Cuddyer will pitch for the Mets for the second night in a row.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Are there any other unsigned crappy pitchers out there that were pretty good seven years ago that the Mets could sign for real cheap? The crappier, the better, because the crappier, the cheaper.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Porcello and Wacha make about $13M combined this year (before pandemic adjustments). Wheeler - about $20M. That's all you need to know and all that matters if you know who owns the Mets.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Instead of having one excellent pitcher, we could have two crappy pitchers. What a great idea! Because two is more than one.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Is David Ortiz available?

[Benjamin Grimm]

With luck, this will be the last month the Mets play as a Wilpon team. (Actually, with a lot more luck, OCTOBER will be the last month that the Mets play as a Wilpon team.)

[kcmets]

[ashie62]

The Mets will be looking to break out of their own grand funk.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

quality line

[MFS62]

That didn't take long, Down 0-2.

If they're going to be playing the Orioles a lot, they'd better start figuring out how to pitch to that Mountcastle guy.

Later

[ashie62]

What is being lost is the terrific year Conforto is having.

[Frayed Knot]

Cisco took a bad Chance there.

[Frayed Knot]

Six hits by the first ten Oriole batters.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Porcello is a disgrace

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: Six hits by the first ten Oriole batters.

And now it's ten hits from the first [CROSSOUT]16[/CROSSOUT] 17 hitters.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Michael Cuddyer is on pace to give up 45 hits. Go for it.

[Frayed Knot]

Even though there's no game tomorrow, are we still going to be down by three runs in the 1st anyway?

[Frayed Knot]

Consecutive two out hits for two runs ... are we allowed to do that?

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Even though there's no game tomorrow, are we still going to be down by three runs in the 1st anyway?

Only if we can hear the tree fall.

Later

[ashie62]

This is beyond brutal. What happens in front of the cardboard cut outs stays in front of the cutouts.

[Frayed Knot]

If your last name is Fry, do you really think it's a good idea to give hyour kid a name that rhymes with 'Small Fry'?



(incoming O's reliever Paul Fry)

[kcmets]

How many times this year has Alonso left 2 men on to end an inning?

[Edgy MD]

More than one, certainly.



But it's early. I mean, it's late in the evening, but earlyish in the game.

[Frayed Knot]

How many times this year has Alonso left 2 men on to end an inning?

All of them

[Frayed Knot]

Top of the 6th ... well over two hours.

[Edgy MD]

Unfortunately, it's just as early and just as late for the Orioles, and they're still winning.