IGT Tue. June 14 MIL @ NYM: Hey, it's good to be back home again

[Edgy MD]

Bassitt only faced two over the minimum.

[Edgy MD]

2:39.

[Edgy MD]

Atlanta beating up on the Nats, 9-4 in the eighth.



Phils and Marlins slugging it out, 8-8 in the seventh.

[TransMonk]

Love it. I like this team.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: 2:39.

1982: 'Why so long?'

2022: Wow, that's like 45 minutes quicker than normal!

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

This is the best Mets season since 86

[TransMonk]

They remind me a little of 2006. That team had a similar first half where they avoided losing streaks and everyone took turns being the hero.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Thatt season was fragile tho. Sanchez got hurt and the whole thing collapsed. This team has thrived in worse injury conditions

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, this team has lost $60 million worth of pitching at the top of the rotation and the train has kept rolling.



I feel like they still have weapons they have yet to deploy.

[Gwreck]

Lindor, Guillorme, Escobar (and Marte) have a thing when returning to the dugout where they continue flipping the ball between them as they run off the field. Not sure the TV cameras would show it. Lots of fun.

[Fman99]

Good stuff yesterday.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

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Lindor, Guillorme, Escobar (and Marte) have a thing when returning to the dugout where they continue flipping the ball between them as they run off the field. Not sure the TV cameras would show it. Lots of fun.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Nice accountability from Bassitt. Classy.



https://www.sny.tv/articles/mets-chris-bassitt-tomas-nido-same-pagehttps://www.sny.tv/articles/mets-chris-bassitt-tomas-nido-same-page

“[i feel] relieved more than anything. I just think the extra time we had, I was able to completely break down what was going on,” Bassitt said after the game. “When it came to pitching itself I didn't make many adjustments there wasn't much, it's 100 percent all on me. “Me and [Tomas] Nido were not on the same page at all. The more and more I fought, the worse and worse I did. We spent the last week getting to know each other and bettering the game.” The relationship and trust between a pitcher and catcher is very important, and Bassitt had that rapport with James McCann since they worked with each other during spring training. But with McCann down with an injury, Bassitt had to work with both Nido and Patrick Mazeika more. The veteran believed they would build that relationship and figure it out during games, but it didn't happen and he couldn't see that it would take some self-reflection to get there. ... Tuesday night was a product of that. Bassitt was using his fastball to get ahead in counts and then used his slider and curveball to put away hitters. It was the formula that made Bassitt an All-Star last season with Oakland and it was what made him successful earlier this season, but the last few games it was in reverse and the veteran, admittedly, couldn't see it. “[Nido] had an unbelievable game. It's easier when he knows what I like to do on every count. I really regret not doing it a couple weeks ago, but I just didn't know. I never really dealt with this kind of thing. I made a key judgment error that lasted a few weeks,” Bassitt said. “Early in the count we were on the same page, late in the count we were on the same page. It was freeing." He added, “I just thought the last couple of games we would get on the same page and it just didn't happen. And I blame myself. And I apologized to Nido and Mazeika. It was such an obvious thing to do and I just didn't do it.”

[roger_that]

I appreciate the "accountability" but it's gotta be more complex than that. I mean, "I was successful throwing fastballs early and breaking stuff late, but I never brought that pattern up with my catchers, who kept calling for the opposite, and I kept throwing what they calling for weeks, so I was getting clobbered start after start until I realized OMIGOSH I should tell them the pattern that works for me. What a poopyhead I am!!" doesn't quite add up.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I appreciate the "accountability" but it's gotta be more complex than that. I mean, "I was successful throwing fastballs early and breaking stuff late, but I never brought that pattern up with my catchers, who kept calling for the opposite, and I kept throwing what they calling for weeks, so I was getting clobbered start after start until I realized OMIGOSH I should tell them the pattern that works for me. What a poopyhead I am!!" doesn't quite add up.

Yeah, I read that article at least three times and it made little sense to me. Were the catchers calling Bassitt 's pattern in reverse? If so, why? Or did Bassitt wanna pitch those two losses in reverse pattern?

And if the catchers were off, isnt Bassitt supposed to shake them off? It's so confusing.



And if the catchers were right all along, why does Bassitt explain that those two losses were in reverse pattern and he got back to his pattern last night?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I think what's obvious is that body language alone showed Bassitt and Mazeika weren't connecting in at least 1 game I recall. And if you belive the persona they're trying to create for Bassitt in those SNY promos, it's possible he might be the more ornery one in the relationship. Also, I didn;t read the article. What does Hefner say?

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Hefner wasn't quoted.



I wasn't being snarky. I was impressed that he stood there, accepted blame and said he'd do better.