IGT 6/30 - Mets at Braves

[Edgy MD]

Is scratching out one-run wins late after getting shut down through the first 2/3 of a game a sustainable model? The Mets aim to explore that question in depth on Wednesday as they enter game two vs. the Braves. You may feel somewhat fried under this blazing June sun, but the guy the Mets are facing is MAX Fried.



Brandon Nimmo played the full game in center as Syracuse beat Rochester tonight, and I'm going to express the sentiment that he displaces Albert Almora before first pitch. Although, that might work out differently if hot-takin' Guy Boucher has his way.


https://twitter.com/GuyBoucherGOAT/status/1410065651461496833

See you at The Launching Pad, Guy!



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[Gwreck]

A win would result in the first >.500 June since 2012.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

geez what a fact

[seawolf17]

I love Nimmo, but I think the Braves should hire this Boucher fella as their general manager STAT.

[G-Fafif]

Mets playing the Braves and MFYs back-to-back as the season's midpoint approaches, sporting a better record than both. Circa 2000 me would have killed for such a scenario.

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: Is scratching out one-run wins late after getting shut down through the first 2/3 of a game a sustainable model?

It may be good for the win-loss record, but this crap is very dangerous to my heart and blood pressure.

I'm a wreck after games.

Hey guys. How about a few blowout wins? I'll thank you.

Later

[kcmets]

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Acuna rf

Freeman 1b

Albies 2b

Riley 3b

Swanson ss

Heredia cf

Almonte lf

Smith c

Fried p (4-4, 4.21)

[Edgy MD]

You wanted a shakeup, and you got it!



Smith and McNoodle ride the pine, but fellow lefties Billy McKinney and Luis Guillorme are deployed in their stead.

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[TD]=#FF5910]2[/TD]	[TD]=#002D72]Francisco Lindor (S)[/TD]	[TD]=#FF5910]ss[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]2[/TD]	[TD]=#CE1141]Freddie Freeman (L)[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]1b[/TD]
[TD]=#FF5910]3[/TD]	[TD]=#002D72]Michael Conforto (L)[/TD]	[TD]=#FF5910]rf[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]3[/TD]	[TD]=#CE1141]Ozzie Albies (S)[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]2b[/TD]
[TD]=#FF5910]4[/TD]	[TD]=#002D72]Pete Alonso (R)[/TD]	[TD]=#FF5910]1b[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]4[/TD]	[TD]=#CE1141]Austin Riley (R)[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]3b[/TD]
[TD]=#FF5910]5[/TD]	[TD]=#002D72]James McCann (R)[/TD]	[TD]=#FF5910]c[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]5[/TD]	[TD]=#CE1141]Dansby Swanson (R)[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]ss[/TD]
[TD]=#FF5910]6[/TD]	[TD]=#002D72]Billy McKinney (L)[/TD]	[TD]=#FF5910]lf[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]6[/TD]	[TD]=#CE1141]Guillermo Heredia (R)[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]cf[/TD]
[TD]=#FF5910]7[/TD]	[TD]=#002D72]José Peraza (R)[/TD]	[TD]=#FF5910]2b[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]7[/TD]	[TD]=#CE1141]Abraham Almonte (S)[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]lf[/TD]
[TD]=#FF5910]8[/TD]	[TD]=#002D72]Luis Guillorme (L)[/TD]	[TD]=#FF5910]3b[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]8[/TD]	[TD]=#CE1141]Kevan Smith (R)[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]cf[/TD]
[TD]=#FF5910]9[/TD]	[TD]=#002D72]David Peterson (L)[/TD]	[TD]=#FF5910]sp[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]9[/TD]	[TD]=#CE1141]Max Fried (L)[/TD]	[TD]=#13274F]sp[/TD]

[Benjamin Grimm]

It looks more like Peraza is the stead guy for McNeil.

[bmfc1]

I understand that an "L" is starting but McKinney and Luis are "L's" and they're in the lineup while fellow "L's" Dom and McNeil are not. I'd rather see McNeil get more ABs than Peraza.

[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: It looks more like Peraza is the stead guy for McNeil.

Well, the notion is that Peraza has effectively been Guillorme's platooney partner, and so should be expected to be in under any circumstances. This would suggest that Guillorme playing against the lefty is at the expense of McNeddy.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I like both Peraza and Guillorme.

[Frayed Knot]

I understand that an "L" is starting but McKinney and Luis are "L's" and they're in the lineup while fellow "L's" Dom and McNeil are not. I'd rather see McNeil get more ABs than Peraza.

Both are better defensive options on the left side of the field (as compared to McNeil & Dom) with the LH Peterson on the hill.

Probably a factor.

[bmfc1]

Perhaps but possibily over-thinking by a manager who over-thinks everything... or a staff that inputs too much data. I hope he (or they) made the right decisions.



Helluva AB by the $300M player.

[Edgy MD]

I'm not sure if it's just because he has a baby face, but Albies always seems to have a red ass.

[Edgy MD]

Hey, I was eating so i couldn't post, but nobody here's has noted four first-inning runz.

[Edgy MD]

Hey, anybody see that catch by Conforto?



Ya see Peterson whiff Acuña the second time around?

[Edgy MD]

Braves are slapping their way through a two out rally here and Peterson's in a 4-2 hole.

[Frayed Knot]

I got a good idea, let's totally embarrass ourselves out there.

[Frayed Knot]

The odds of the Braves ending this inning still only with single-digit runs is shrinking by the minute.

[Lefty Specialist]

Those footsteps you're hearing are the Washington Nationals, who trampled the Rays today.

[Edgy MD]

Brian Schneider stuffs his face with a LOT of chew.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Yuk

[Edgy MD]

Old-timey baseball with the Braves dropping a ton of dinks and doinks in front of the outfielders.

[kcmets]

Not a fan of Alonso laughing and chuckling it up with Freeman down by four.

[Frayed Knot]

I believe NYM pitchers have thrown 105 pitches in the 3rd & 4th innings combined ... and gotten four outs out of it.

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: The odds of the Braves ending this inning [CROSSOUT]still only with single-digit[/CROSSOUT] with fewer than twenty runs is shrinking by the minute.

[bmfc1]

For all those that said, "the Mets are still in first place" it will still be true but only by two games if this game ever ends.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Not a fan of Alonso laughing and chuckling it up with Freeman down by four.

I would. It's freakin' baseball and barring a horrible injury, Alonso's gonna be as "rich as Rockefeller" in a coupl'a years while he's still in his freakin' 20s. Not that Alonso's hurtin' for dough right now.

Edited June 30, 2021 by Guest

[bmfc1]

Send him down. I've never said that after one pitch in the majors but there you go. Another shitty Mets minor leaguer, indistinguishable from other shitty Mets minor leaguers. It will take a few years for the new regime to clean up the mess that Jeffy and BVW created.

Edited June 30, 2021 by Guest