IGT 8/25 Giants @ Mets Walk this Way

[ashie62]

Taijuan Walker will be walking to the mound tonight.



Johnny Cueto comes off the IL for SF



Brandon Crawford was pulled yesterday with back tightness and is iffy.



Buster Posey likely out also.



Mets get another dose of Alonso Baez & Lindor hitting together in the lineup.



Should be much octane on most nights.



LGM

[Frayed Knot]

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Mets get another dose of Alonso Baez & Lindor not hitting together in the lineup.

[bmfc1]

Lindor not playing today makes me feel as if the sense of urgency isn't there. Perhaps he could have come out of yesterday's game early given that it was over early.

[kcmets]

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Nimmo CF

Alonso 1B

McNeil 2B

Conforto RF

Baez SS

Smith LF

Villar 3B

Mazeika C

Walker P (7-8, 3.86)

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

uh, they forgot to put Lindor in the lineup

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

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Lindor not playing today makes me feel as if the sense of urgency isn't there. Perhaps he could have come out of yesterday's game early given that it was over early.

[kcmets]

Married to this guy for another nine years and a month.

[Frayed Knot]

So far:

A) were not losing by multiple runs

we have almost as many hits as last night

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: So far: A) were not losing by multiple runs we have almost as many hits as last night

Nevermind.

Things were looking up for a brief second ... but then the Mets took over.

[MFS62]

IIRC, Johnny Cueto had some well pitched starts against the Mets back when he was with the Reds.

I'm not optimistic about seeing an offensive explosion against him.



Later

[kcmets]

If signing Baez is inevitable, at least he's driving his price down.

[Frayed Knot]

OTOH, Taijuan is flawless thru three and on just 28 pitches

[bmfc1]

Gary: Tijuan is working quickly.

Ron: Tijuan has it going.

Next pitch....

[Frayed Knot]

Pop Quiz

Which team scores first in a game where

One team that gets four hits the first time through the lineup while the other has the first eleven retired?



Hint: this is a Mets game

[bmfc1]

Is there a worse running team in baseball... history?

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Pop Quiz Which team scores first in a game where One team that gets four hits the first time through the lineup while the other has the first eleven retired? Hint: this is a Mets game

I was hoping that would be a trick question.

It wasn't.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Whoever turned Tiajuan Walker around to bat lefty, make that person manager.

[Frayed Knot]

Nimmo may or may not knock in a run here ... but at least he won't hit into a DP

[Edgy MD]

Bags juiced for Alonso.



Cueto staying in.

[Edgy MD]

Thank you, Bryant.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Alonso swings at Ball 6 but we get lucky on a bad error

[Edgy MD]

And no thank you, Mac, popping up and stranding three on ball one.

[bmfc1]

It's... something when your announcers know that your big star is going to swing at a bad ball.



Meanwhile, maybe the new reliever has nothing so let him throw a strike but not if you're Jeff McNeil. Should have pinch-hit with Sisco. I'm only half-kidding.

[Frayed Knot]

8 baserunners, 5 innings, 1 run scored ... and that was a gift

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

We were talking about this last night but what do you think-- do the Mets hit too many foul balls?



I know fouls are sort of looked at as benign at worst but you got to wonder. It seems like while this team is busy not getting hits they seem to foul off at least 1 hittable pitch in every turn-- often, the best one they will see.



So. Do the Mets out-foul the opposition? I have no idea but would not be surprised.



Are foul balls good bad or indifferent, overall? They advance the count against them and only in rare cases they drive in runs; on the other hand the alternative is often a taken strike which also ain't good for all those reasons and more.



But I dunno. Do any geeks study this?



Is there a way for a club to "reduce" their fouls?



Would the Mets benefit from fouling less and hitting the ball fair more?



Do the Mets foul more than the other guys?



How does fouling index with runs scored?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Please turn in you homework 🍎

[Frayed Knot]

I'm pretty sure that the NYM hitting is foul ... but that's all I got.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Good fair ball by Dom there

[Frayed Knot]

An RBI Hit!!!!



I have vague memories of what those look like.

[Frayed Knot]

Don't GiDP Mazzy, our best hitter is on deck