IGT Sun. June 12 NYM @ LAA: Tony's and Taijuan

[bmfc1]

It's Tony Night! And it's Taijuan night as he faces Patrick Sandoval on ESPN SNB.

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Trout has 3 career HR's off Walker but he likely has that many off most pitchers.

[Frayed Knot]

A 5-5 west coast swing will sit much better in the gut than a 4-6 one, especially as the rest of the NL East seems determined to go undefeated during the month of June.

[Lefty Specialist]

Starting to werry a bit. Was kind of hoping they could stitch things together until at least Scherzer got back. But Bassitt, Carrasco and Walker are not exactly meeting the moment.

[Fman99]

Ugh, the ESPN broadcast team

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Starting to werry a bit. Was kind of hoping they could stitch things together until at least Scherzer got back. But Bassitt, Carrasco and Walker are not exactly meeting the moment.

Billy shoulda made that Luis Castillo Trade. Cough

[kcmets]

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NIMMO CF

MARTE RF

LINODR SS

ALONSO 1B

CANHA LF

ESCOBAR 3B

DAVIS DH

McNEIL 2B

NIDO C

[Edgy MD]

Mets running into a lot of lefties on this West Coast swing. It's good to have Alonso and Marte back to help face them, but I don't really think of them as back back quite yet.



I haven't personally felt Marte's quad, but I would've expected him to come back in the DH slot, initially.



Also notable — playing with a DH allows a team to continue to stack up pitchers. That makes games longer and everything, but it also leads to more hitters playing every day, and that's pretty hard considering the Mets are banged up at several slots.



I guess these are werries. Anyhow, I'm calling for a long Nido homer today.

[bmfc1]

No Ohtani in the LAA lineup. ESPN must be going nuts.

[ashie62]

No land of the Rising Sun dude.



Anyone with a warm fuzzy feeling for Tijuan?

[G-Fafif]

Edgy MD wrote: Mets running into a lot of lefties on this West Coast swing. It's good to have Alonso and Marte back to help face them, but I don't really think of them as back back quite yet. I haven't personally felt Marte's quad, but I would've expected him to come back in the DH slot, initially.

Wayne relayed Buck's thinking last night that Marte is better off staying loose in the outfield than potentially going cold between DH ABs. “Also,” I added in my head, “the DH is a candy-ass position.”

[TransMonk]

I hat ESPN.

[Fman99]

Edgy MD wrote: Mets running into a lot of lefties on this West Coast swing. It's good to have Alonso and Marte back to help face them, but I don't really think of them as back back quite yet. I haven't personally felt Marte's quad, but I would've expected him to come back in the DH slot, initially. Wayne relayed Buck's thinking last night that Marte is better off staying loose in the outfield than potentially going cold between DH ABs. “Also,” I added in my head, “the DH is a candy-ass position.”

Seriously. I just mentally punched David Ortiz in the side of the head when I read this (then I mentally ran all the way down the block).

[Fman99]

Less than ideal beginning for Tai here

[kcmets]

I'm watching on ESPN Deportes. Better knowing half what they're saying than

a hundred-percent not caring what they're saying on the mother station.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Big DP there

[Frayed Knot]

Fortunate to get out of that with only one allowed.

[Willets Point]

This is the first game I've been able to tune into this weekend and I was surprised to learn that the Angels have a Sasquatch batting leadoff.

[Edgy MD]

Welcome back, Marte.

[Willets Point]

Take that Squatch!

[Edgy MD]

Down goes the wookie.

[Edgy MD]

Just as Juan Lagares was (and maybe still is) a guy whose infield skills made him a better outfielder, McNeil is a guy whose outfield skills have made him a better infielder.

[Edgy MD]

Davis' homerun bat is a real useful tool to come up with.

[Edgy MD]

McNeil hitting against lefties is also a nice thing to find in the back of the closet.

[DocTee]

Boy, Mike Trout is um, kinda insipid.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Edgy MD wrote: Davis' homerun bat is a real useful tool to come up with.

I like his bat, and very nice to see a bounce back from him

[Willets Point]

I went to a Mike Trout interview and a baseball game broke out.

[Edgy MD]

Hey, Kurt Suzuki is still in the league!

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

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Boy, Mike Trout is um, kinda insipid.

[Edgy MD]

CBS radio booth: "It's totally not what he's about, but having him wired for sound is what's good for baseball."

[Willets Point]

The upside is that the more Mike Trout talks, the less we hear from ESPN announcers.