IGT 8/6/21: NYM @ PHA — It's Gonna Be Alright

[bmfc1]

It's fine. The players like each other, they have the horse in the dugout and all those cute hand signals. That's what counts.

[Edgy MD]

NOT. Alright.



I'm sorry. I seem to have lied.

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: =bmfc1 post_id=73720 time=1628302316 user_id=73] Yet another 8th inning where the heralded Mets BP, the one that they didn't upgrade, turns a one-run deficit into a bigger deficit. It could be worse, we could have traded for Ian Kennedy.

That would have required some initiative, some creative thinking, and not just asking Lindor who to get.

[bmfc1]

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: It could be worse, we could have traded for Ian Kennedy. That would have required some initiative, some creative thinking, and not just asking Lindor who to get. The point being that Kennedy has already allowed more HRs in his short time as a Philly than Diaz has all year. iow: bullpens are fickle beasts

Valid but at least they made an effort. Scott (soon to be unemployed) and Sandy (soon to retire) made one move. Maybe they knew that the season was going down the tubes.

[The Hot Corner]

Lefty Specialist wrote: They got by on smoke & mirrors (and deGrom) for 3 months. The smoke has cleared, the mirror is cracked and deGrom has vanished.

Yup. Stroman et al are seeing how tough it is to pitch when you know that if you give up 2 runs , you almost assuredly get a loss. The Mets noffense lives.

[kcmets]

=bmfc1 post_id=73740 time=1628303349 user_id=73]Maybe they knew that the season was going down the tubes.

[bmfc1]

=kcmets post_id=73742 time=1628303707 user_id=53]
=bmfc1 post_id=73740 time=1628303349 user_id=73]Maybe they knew that the season was going down the tubes.

[kcmets]

Ahhh... didn't mean anything, just posting.

[Centerfield]

Let's make sure we have the same approach at the plate tomorrow. I'm sure eventually it will start working.

[bmfc1]

Did Luis think that Stroman would hit into a DP and that was Nimmo's job? If he swung and hit into a DP, unless it went to the 3B or P, it would have meant a run.

[kcmets]

=Centerfield post_id=73748 time=1628304811 user_id=65]
Let's make sure we have the same approach at the plate tomorrow. I'm sure eventually it will start working.

[Lefty Specialist]

Why was Diaz pitching the 8th in a non-save situation? That baffled, then angered us.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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[Lefty Specialist]

A thoroughly demoralizing experience. Not sure what it's going to take for them to get their shit together. With 13 games coming up against the Dodgers and Giants and no sign of deGrom or Lindor, this is going to go south very quickly.



There needs to be some real soul-searching this winter about how this team is constructed. They have good pieces but nothing meshes.

[bmfc1]

[Frayed Knot]

West was consistent, I'll give him that. Six inches off the plate was a strike for everyone.

I guess that's why his consistency numbers are better than his accuracy score.

[The Hot Corner]

West had a very wide strike zone, but he was pretty consistent with it throughout the game. The Mets did not lose due to West's ball and strike calls.