IGT 8/15 Shellac Strider Whiplash Mets v Braves

[ashie62]

Braves just suck

[G-Fafif]

Nido on COVID IL, Guillorme on regular IL. Their spots are taken by C Michael Perez and INF Deven Marrero (righty batter and thrower).

[ashie62]

Tough matchup for sure



We shall overcome

[Edgy MD]

No Mets pitcher has exceeded 13 wins since Jacob deGrom won 15 in 2017.

[nymr83]

Wins as an individual statistic suck. only counting METS WINS!

[Fman99]

Dumb challenge by ATL. I love that the Mets almost never make those.

[Frayed Knot]

Even with the Mets doing little offensively thru those first two innings, it still took Strider right about three innings worth of pitches to get there.

[Lefty Specialist]

Carrasco getting shelled here.

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Even with the Mets doing little offensively thru those first two innings, it still took Strider right about three innings worth of pitches to get there.

Yeah, but he'd stay in there for 25 innings, just to back up the snide comments (about the Mets were lucky and getting all the calls)he made after the last series and the stuff he took for saying them.

Later

[ashie62]

Gary and Keith spending too much time singing Mets praises

[ashie62]

Rainout!

[Lefty Specialist]

Coulod be worse. Could be raining.

[Fman99]

I think maybe I'm rooting for a rainout now

[ashie62]

Carrasco and Strider should be done. That might help

[Fman99]

Williams went 2 yesterday so likely Medina will be the long guy, should things resume

[Frayed Knot]

This night isn't ending anytime soon.

[kcmets]

Anyone hear a possible time to resume play? There really

wasn't a big rain event scheduled for this evening.

[Fman99]

They were about to show a resume time on the crawl but cut to commercial. I think they're about to tell us, on the next break.

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: No Mets pitcher has exceeded 13 wins since Jacob deGrom won 15 in 2017.

I totally cursed this mofo.

[Fman99]

Ugh. Why would they trot Cookie out there after an hour's rain delay? He went into the tunnel grasping his side. CMON BUCK

[Lefty Specialist]

Questionable to send him back out there, but here we are.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Any idea when Tylor is coming back?

[Edgy MD]

They have glowing tomahawks now?

[Edgy MD]

That was a weird play on Grissom at third. I figure it's the shortstop or pitcher I'd want covering there over the catcher. I assume the shortstop was mostly out of range due to the shift and was probably moving to cover second.

[Edgy MD]

And the non-out sets up the next run.

[Edgy MD]

As Run #5 scores, Keith declares "The Purloined Letter" to be one of his favorite short stories.

[ashie62]

Bedtime

[kcmets]

McNutty wheels out a triple and then scores.



Chip away. Or something.

[Frayed Knot]

The catcher covering 3rd on that play is common. It was on a similar play a bunch of years ago on Opening Day when a head first sliding Jeter had his shoulder meet a catcher shin guard which earned him the Opening month of the season off.



Lindor was headed towards 2nd though he probably shouldn't have been.

Actually wasn't a real smart play with two outs and he's scoring from 2nd or 3rd on the subsequent hit so it didn't really matter.

[Edgy MD]

Escobar is getting beaucoup chances at third. It tend to watch him play like he's on borrowed time and each play looks like the one that might break him.



Keith seems to agree.