IGT 4/25/21 Mets v Nats: Catch The Damn Ball!

[bmfc1]

It's Sunday afternoon and the rubber game of the 3-game series for the Mets against the scummiest pieces of scum in the National League, the Marjorie Taylor Greene's of baseball, the Washington Nationals. Taijuan Walker will try to be as good in the middle innings as he is in the early innings while the Mets hope that Patrick Corbin is as bad today as he was in his first two starts and not as good as he was in his 3d start.



Details on batter v. pitcher are at the link. Conforto and Davis are likely salivating at the thought of facing Corbin. Maybe Villar will get the start at 2B to give McNeil a day to play golf, I mean rest. (Update: true!) Pete moves up, Lindor moves down, Villar starts at 2B and it's an AA meeting in CF.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/nationals-vs-mets/2021/04/25/634344#game_state=preview,lock_state=preview,game_tab=,game=634344https://www.mlb.com/gameday/nationals-vs-mets/2021/04/25/634344#game_state=preview,lock_state=preview,game_tab=,game=634344



It will be raining in the 11368 in the morning but this says that it will be clearing around game time:

https://weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/l/11368:4:UShttps://weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/l/11368:4:US



Here are the game odds: Nationals +140, Mets -155



HOME:

1. Brandon Nimmo (L) LF

2. Pete Alonso ® 1B

3. Francisco Lindor (S) SS

4. J.D. Davis ® 3B

5. Michael Conforto (L) RF

6. James McCann ® C

7. Jonathan Villar (S) 2B

8. Albert Almora Jr. ® CF

9. Taijuan Walker ® P



VISITOR:

1. Josh Harrison ® 2B

2. Yadiel Hernandez (L) RF

3. Trea Turner ® SS

4. Josh Bell (S) 1B

5. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF

6. Starlin Castro ® 3B

7. Yan Gomes ® C

8. Victor Robles ® CF

9. Patrick Corbin (L) P

Edited April 24, 2021 by Guest

[G-Fafif]

Nimmo LF

Alonso 1B

Lindor SS

J.D. Davis 3B

Conforto RF

McCann C

Villar 2B

Almora CF

Walker RHP

[G-Fafif]

Josh Harrison 2B

Yadiel Hernandez RF

Trea Turner SS

Josh Bell 1B

Kyle Schwarber LF

Starlin Castro 3B

Yan Gomes C

Victor Robles CF

Patrick Corbin P

[G-Fafif]

About 4% chance of rain at 1:10 first pitch — bet that they play!

[kcmets]

What's FanDuel pay on 4% chance, hopefully Gary Apple will break that down for us.

[Edgy MD]

Well, that was a laborious first inning.

[Edgy MD]

KA-BOOM!



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[Edgy MD]

Are the Mets ... sharp on defense ... today?

[bmfc1]

Edgy MD wrote: Are the Mets ... sharp on defense ... today?

YES!

[bmfc1]

https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/1386386428892954626/photo/1https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/1386386428892954626/photo/1

Ball 4. It should be 4-0 with Pete up and the bases loaded but Eddings is another horrible umpire.

[Edgy MD]

Keith would call that too close to take. I'm not sure I'd agree.



I do think, in a world of robo-umps, Brandon would reach at about a .600 rate.

[Frayed Knot]

Would have been nice to see that following a Brandon Nimmo walk.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, Lindy ...

[nymr83]

Booo! replay sucks!

[bmfc1]

I was happy to hear that Schwarber was going to be the regular LF for the WSHs, remembering his falling down in the NLCS. Sadly, it looks like he's improved a lot in the last 5 years.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Friggin Lindor is killing us

[Frayed Knot]

He's also played a few very tentatively out there that a better LF maybe catches.



Anyway, it looks like today is 'Make Outs on the Bases' day.

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: Are the Mets ... sharp on defense ... today? YES!

Albert Almora, Jr., abides!

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Almora caught the damn ball

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: Anyway, it looks like today is 'Make Outs on the Bases' day.

Between Harrison being picked off, Villar's CS at 2nd, Robles out at 3rd trying to stretch, and Lindor getting gunned at home while tagging, we've had runners thrown out for the cycle in this game.

[Frayed Knot]

And how many times do you see it, the guy who makes a great play to end the inning bats second in the bottom half?

[Edgy MD]

Somehow looking for more from Walker.

[Frayed Knot]

JDD doing that multiple shuffle-step thing again ... although his throws have been good.





btw, Almora's glove gives me a hankering for some key lime pie

[Edgy MD]

Sliding practice, guys. Just go back to basics.

[Lefty Specialist]

Can Lindor be sent to the alternate site for a week or two?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Way to win the series, Mets

[bmfc1]

1) The Mets win

2) Against WSH

3) Only 2:42

4) They played well!



The Mets clearly read the thread title and said, "you got it, bmfc1!"



This would have been a bad loss, to lose a series while playing them w/o Soto and not facing Scherzer (while they had to see deGrom) and Strasburg. But it wasn't, it was a good win!



Post-Game Notes: https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/mlb/b7lj9xlkj6jc14apauna.pdfhttps://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/mlb/b7lj9xlkj6jc14apauna.pdf

Edited April 25, 2021 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

Mets win with Smitty being sitty.

[Frayed Knot]

And a sub-3:00 game certainly didn't seem to be in the offing after that 1st inning.

[G-Fafif]

Almora caught the damn ball.