IGT 6/5/2022: NYM@LAD — Confuse Dave Roberts Further

[Chad ochoseis]

Mets win series 2-2!

[TransMonk]

Funky and cold.

[Gwreck]

Books

[Lefty Specialist]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Not a lot of confidence in Medina here.

Well, what the hell do I know.



Yes, a split here is a win in my book.

[roger_that]

Dudes got a lot of fight in them.

[bmfc1]

Amazin' job by Medina, especially with the delay.

[bmfc1]

Remember, JD Davis says to stay on your backside more and not on your toes.

[Lefty Specialist]

Boy, those last few innings were playoff-intensity baseball.

[Frayed Knot]

Chad ochoseis wrote: Mets win series 2-2!

I thought of this same headline (while admitting it's a total steal from the Harvard Crimson)

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: Not a lot of confidence in Medina here. Well, what the hell do I know. Yes, a split here is a win in my book.

Gigantic, audacious win. Fuck it, this was the biggest regular season series in years and years for this team, and they were embarrassed twice, screwed up a few things, and still took 2 on the enemies turf. And boy did Buck pants Robert's in this series.



This is the most interesting Mets team since 86

[smg58]

No doubt.



But Diaz is going to need to pitch two innings at least once against the Dodgers in October.

[Frayed Knot]

Sure, but Edwin was a bit erratic himself in the 8th and, while I don't think bringing him back for the 9th would have been the Wrong move, had he blown up in the 9th Buck would have been subject to at least as much scrutiny as he was/is for not doing so.



I liked the strategy as a whole and it was unfortunate that Lugo faltered but I don't think the wrong choice.

[Fman99]

What a game, holy moly !



I caught most of the last two innings on the radio call as I was mowing my lawn. No Howie, today, which was a shame. Having said that,



1) I loved that Buck used Diaz in the 8th against the top of the lineup. Totally 100% the smart play

2) I don't like Lugo on back to back days and he clearly was off his best. I don't know that I'd have pulled him, though, against a .190 hitter with two outs

3) Medina showed some big stones in the 10th

4) I don't challenge the CI call in the bottom of that inning if I'm Dave Roberts. Taking the bat out of the hands of an All Star player? Dumb. Let him hit, he's got a better chance than any of the subsequent guys to plate the tying run

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[Ceetar]

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4) I don't challenge the CI call in the bottom of that inning if I'm Dave Roberts. Taking the bat out of the hands of an All Star player? Dumb. Let him hit, he's got a better chance than any of the subsequent guys to plate the tying run

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

[CROSSOUT]I believe the CI was a "crew chief challenge" whatever that is. [/CROSSOUT]CB Bucknor doesn't strike me as a great crew chief after this series. Edit-- no that was the foul HR. Nevermind

[Edgy MD]

It also felt like the Dodgers deployed everything, while the Mets still had something in reserve.



Medina is a pitcher — and not the team's only one — with a chance to grow in profile as the season progresses.



Also, lest it go unsaid, the automatic runner rule is still bad for baseball. Winning or losing don't change that.

[Frayed Knot]

Speaking of a confused Dave Roberts, unless there was no one on his bench -- and I mean No One including a recently retired coach maybe who could somehow be insta-activated -- I was stunned

that he let Eddy Alvarez hit in that spot [2-out, 9th inning, down one, following the Taylor double]. I mean, it worked [first pitch game-tying single] but Alvarez is 32 y/o with just over 100 ML PAs

under his belt, a .198/.292/.292 career slash line, has been a Dodger for like an hour and a half, and at this point is better known for the novelty that he's a baseball player considering his Miami-

born/ice skating background, then he is for anything he's actually done As a baseball player.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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http://potg.leaptoad.com/mets/index.phpCast your vote!

[Edgy MD]

Vote in this one! Support my advocacy for Adonis Medina! Sent in to pitch with the tying run on second and Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Trea Turner due to bat, he ended up having to get something like four outs after catcher's interference undid his efforts against Turner, and he still ended the game without that runner scoring!



Ended the game by striking out The Fresh Prince with the tying run on third and the winning (losing) run on second!

[kcmets]

[CROSSOUT]

Edgy MD wrote: Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Trea Turner due to bat, he ended up having to get something like four outs after catcher's interference undid his efforts against Turner, and he still ended the game without that runner scoring!

Aren't they like, ya know, Dodgers?[/CROSSOUT]



Retracted hahaha...

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[Edgy MD]

Yeah, I advocated in the wrong-assed thread. Please allow me to move.