IGT, 2025-07-28 — They Go To San Diego

[Edgy MD]

We need Bartolo here.

[Gwreck]

Well well

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Told ya

[Edgy MD]

Bartolo Mauricio will serve just fine.

[Gwreck]

Soto for the 9th and…Raley for the 10th? Or Soto for both?

[Edgy MD]

I guess they play it by ear. The 10th is not yet guaranteed.



If it does come to pass, Lindor is our magic runner.

[Gwreck]

Pitcher fielding practice at 11 AM tomorrow. Until we can make these plays correctly.

[Edgy MD]

These Padres actually square when they bunt.



How about Soto blowing the easy play and nailing the hard one?

[Edgy MD]

Good night.

[Gwreck]

This was a bad loss.

[roger_that]

This was a bad loss.

Some positives to take away from this streak snapper:

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1) we didn't burn Diaz

2) big confidence builder for Mauricio

3) and Vientos

4) hard to win when you're getting jobbed by umps. They owe Soto big time now.

5) Pads got lucky, foul pole Homer, miracle catches by Tatis, can't do much with that shit

6) Baty coulda, shoulda caught that "double," and it's a different ball game

7) Rico Garcia (who?) looked impressive

8) I'm out of desperation takeaways

[Bob Alpacadaca]

Welcome back, Roger! You were missed.

[Centerfield]

The Padres played great defense. The Mets gave away runs.



Tatis saved at least two runs with his catches. The Mets gave away the first run when Lindor missed the throw from Alvarez. They gave away 3 more on the Brazoban play. Another run in the 9th. That's a 7 run swing.



And this is before the shitty umpiring.

[MFS62]

I wonder if he'll bench Vientos or Mauricio in the next game.

Or both.



Later

[Gwreck]

=MFS62 post_id=199540 time=1753791583 user_id=60]
I wonder if he'll bench Vientos or Mauricio in the next game.

Or both.

[Edgy MD]

Of course.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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[Edgy MD]

All losses stink, and losses after midnight take a lot out of you, and walkoff losses are a kick to the gut, but I got to start threads for seven straight wins, mostly on the road. The Pads are a good team, and the ump took Soto out of the game. I think they can turn the page.

[Benjamin Grimm]

If the Mets lose once every eight games the rest of the way they'll be in pretty good shape.

[Edgy MD]

Also, Todd Zeile had as engaging an evening behind the mic as any I can recall. He shifted nicely between prepared narratives and emerging ones, and offered perspectives that referenced "back when I played" accounts mixed in with "what I have observed since then."



I was trying to recall why Zeile was referred to as "Z(ei)le" back on the MOFo, but then realized I don't know now and didn't know then.

[whippoorwill]

This was a bad loss. Some positives to take away from this streak snapper: . 1) we didn't burn Diaz 2) big confidence builder for Mauricio 3) and Vientos 4) hard to win when you're getting jobbed by umps. They owe Soto big time now. 5) Pads got lucky, foul pole Homer, miracle catches by Tatis, can't do much with that shit 6) Baty coulda, shoulda caught that "double," and it's a different ball game 7) Rico Garcia (who?) looked impressive 8) I'm out of desperation takeaways

Good to see you!

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I think Zeile's pretty good even when he has to do dorky tricks on a stupid studio show with Gary Apple.



I think his brand with the Mets might not ever catch up

[MFS62]

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I wonder if he'll bench Vientos or Mauricio in the next game.

Or both.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Also, Todd Zeile had as engaging an evening behind the mic as any I can recall. He shifted nicely between prepared narratives and emerging ones, and offered perspectives that referenced "back when I played" accounts mixed in with "what I have observed since then." I was trying to recall why Zeile was referred to as "Z(ei)le" back on the MOFo, but then realized I don't know now and didn't know then.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Where's the evidence of that pattern



Where's the evidence that players are somehow likely to perform better in consecutive games

[Edgy MD]

I do not understand the continued griping (during a winning streak) about the players who sit, while never mentioning which player they should be replacing.



The team has to fit Acuña, Baty, Marte, Mauricio, McNeil, Taylor, and Vientos into four positions.



Seven into four means three have to sit.

• All except Taylor and Acoonie are hitting, And Acuña hasn't exactly been a stiff.


• Taylor and Acuña still provide important defensive value.


• Taylor and Acuña nonetheless rightly play less than all the others.


• The lefties in this group are doing better, in general, against lefthanded pitchers than the righties.


• This group, by and large, has been outhitting the everyday players at the top of the lineup through a lot of this road trip.

So who sits? Who, who, who? Because unless we want to start benching Alonso and Lindor, Nimmo and Soto, the answer is three of those seven guys.

[roger_that]

Edgy MD wrote: So who sits? Who, who, who?

At first, I was bitching (to myself, not here) about Mendoza's seemingly haphazard jumbling-up of batting orders and defensive positionings, reasoning that it would tend to create uncertainty among his players, never knowing where they would play each day, where they would bat, or even if they would play or sit on the bench each day.



It reminded me of Casey Stengel's frenetic lineup cards, more so with the 1950s Yanks than the 1960s Mets, but with both teams he deliberately seemed to encourage uncertainty, and he viewed a certain amount of playerly anxiety as a virtue (with exceptions like Mantle or Berra, both of whom still moved up or down in the lineup more than other managers would have moved them). I thought it a somewhat sadistic tendency, and a counter-productive one.



But I've changed my mind.



Now I think it's Mendy's way of communicating this thought to his team: "Everybody plays. Everyone (wth obvious exceptions) starts now and then, everyone gets rested occasionally, and no matter where you find yourself penciled in, I want you to feel comfortable. If I lead Nimmo off, that's because I think he's a great OBP guy, and if I bat him sixth, that's because I have a lot of respect for his ability to drive in runs. Don't worry about your playing time--I'll find some for you, and if you suddenly get thrust into an unfamiliar role by injuries or circumstances, I want you to tell yourself 'I've played this position before, I've batted in this slot before, I've done this job before.'"

[Frayed Knot]

Were there to be a lefty on the mound for SD tonight (there's not) I would have no problem sitting Mauricio.

[MFS62]

Roger, you changed my mind, too.

Thanks

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: I was trying to recall why Zeile was referred to as "Z(ei)le" back on the MOFo, but then realized I don't know now and didn't know then.

I think that was connected to when METSC dubbed him 'Un' because he thought Zeile played with a lack of zeal (y'know, that 'Old, slow and white' label that got thrown around often in those days*) so Zeile really represented a player with un-Ze(i)al ... or something along those lines.







* at least until the hiring of GM Omar Minaya where he pronounced at his intro press conference that he wanted the team to get "more athletic". Well that statement quickly got slammed by the 'old/slow/white crowd as code for anti-white racism and when that was 'confirmed' by the subsequent signings of Delgado, Beltran, etc. I guess it meant they suddenly thought the team wasn't old, slow, or white enough).