IGT 8/30 White City Matchup Mets vs White Sox 8:10 Megill

[Edgy MD]

Diaz, indeed.



Ballgame.



Great job by the pen.

[The Hot Corner]

Glad it worked out for Diaz and the Mets.



In other games of importanc to the Mets, the Braves and Padres each won today. Diamondbacks trail the Dodgers 5-3 going to the bottom of the the 3rd inning.

[Edgy MD]

They also gained on the Phils.

The Hot Corner wrote: Why Diaz now. This is his fourth straight game over a 5 days span. If Stanek or Young can't be trusted to get 3 outs against the worst hitting team in MLB, then when can they be used? Are they hoping that Diaz will work through his problems and gain confidence? I don't quite get it.

I think it's the latter-day warmup rule managers frequently adhere to. If you get a guy warmed up, you need to consider him "used," and so once Diaz had warmed up, he was effective burned and therefore presumably unavailable tomorrow, so you might as well use him.



Getting him a low-leverage chance to build on a good outing the day before may be something of a benefit, but I think it was about using him because he had warmed up.

[The Hot Corner]

IThat makes sense. I couldn't watch the game so I can't see who is/was warming up. Still, a little surprised they had him pitching for the 4th straight game.

[kcmets]

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[Edgy MD]

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[ashie62]

TYLORD

[Fman99]

The Hot Corner wrote: Why Diaz now. This is his fourth straight game over a 5 days span. If Stanek or Young can't be trusted to get 3 outs against the worst hitting team in MLB, then when can they be used? Are they hoping that Diaz will work through his problems and gain confidence? I don't quite get it.

Had this thought too. Doesn't speak much towards trusting anyone else in that pen, a four run lead against this team and a chance to give Diaz a breather.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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[Cowtipper]

Just watched this one. A good game. Megill actually kind of impressed, but was still very Megill-ish and he would have been trounced against a good team. Cool play by Tyrone Taylor. Maton has impressed me, too—he has a 1.86 ERA in 21 games since joining the club.