IGT 08/26 - PHI at NYM - You Know the Time, You Know the Channel and...

[Gwreck]

22 pitches for Edwin. So, if we don't beat Duran here…Diaz for the tenth?

[Frayed Knot]

Marte, Alonso, and [CROSSOUT]Nimmo[/CROSSOUT] Baty have been sent by their government to pummel Jhoan Duran.

Edited August 26, 2025 by Guest

[The Hot Corner]

That was "great" Diaz.



Let's land a gut punch of our own by walking this one off.

[Edgy MD]

Let's see if we get Bunty Baty.

[Frayed Knot]

I DON'T bunt here.

[Frayed Knot]

NOW I might bunt.

Boy, THAT would be a gutsy call!!

[Edgy MD]

The hard way.

[The Hot Corner]

The Mets just delivered a nut punch to the Phillies.

[Centerfield]

ON MY BEST DAY

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: Marte, Alonso, and [CROSSOUT]Nimmo[/CROSSOUT] Baty have been sent by their government to pummel Jhoan Duran.

BARBARELLA POWER!!!

[Edgy MD]

Running that fast with a barrel of Gatorade is, like, one of the events of the World's Strongest Man competition.

[Edgy MD]

Did it without the homer again.



In fact, they only got one extra-base hit.

[Bob Alpacadaca]

Phew.

[Edgy MD]

Imma guess they activate Megill for tomorrow.

[Edgy MD]

Marsh, by the way, should have [CROSSOUT]dove[/CROSSOUT] [CROSSOUT]dived[/CROSSOUT] diven.

[Gwreck]

Edgy MD wrote: Marsh, by the way, should have [CROSSOUT]dove[/CROSSOUT] [CROSSOUT]dived[/CROSSOUT] diven.

He would have been faster to the ball if he washed and cut his hair (less drag/wind resistance). Oh well

[Edgy MD]

Is he playing hurt?



They don't seem to want to use him at center, and he really isn't showing his characteristic abandon over there in left.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Marsh, by the way, should have [CROSSOUT]dove[/CROSSOUT] [CROSSOUT]dived[/CROSSOUT] diven.

On Baty's hit or Nimmo's?

Can't do it on Baty's cuz it's the game if he misses it. And I don't think he was anywhere near close enough to Nimmo's.



Marsh always seemed like an odd duck to me ... and not just for his Duck Dynasty haircut. (does he walk around with wet hair at home too?)

He was a good-field/low-hit guy in Anaheim. The Phils got him and he stabilized CF for them while, simultaneously, becoming a much better hitter.

But not only has his offense slipped in each of the last two seasons (his best year was '23) so has his 'D' according to everything I've heard; it's

why they went out and got Bader. Now he's a much better than average in LF but his [97 OPS+] bat works even less over there than in CF.

And while it seems like he's a guy currently in the midst of a late career decline, he's still just 27 y/o!!

It's like he's gone from the career ascension phase to the declining one in under five years.

[Edgy MD]

I don't think it's the game if he comes up short on Baty's parachute thingy. Certainly not necessarily. Marte has to hold at half-way to stay safe, and the ball shouldn't get too far away at all dropping in as softly as it did.

[Fman99]

What a great ending. I can't recall ever seeing a team win a game by hitting four straight singles to plate one run in the bottom of the 9th.

[metirish]

I just watched the Phillies TV crew call that ending mentioned above, it was great

[Edgy MD]

Here's wishing for a Tuesday Night Mets Club report.

[MFS62]

Maybe next time they should rethink welcoming Harrison Bader back the way Ryan Helsley did.



Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

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[Centerfield]

Mendy postgame comments suggest Helsley is still tipping pitches.



Maybe. But also, you have to throw the slider for a strike, and you have to locate that fastball better.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Was Helsley this bad during his last few weeks with St. Louis? Or did he suddenly fall apart after joining the Mets?

[Edgy MD]

Helsley had https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=helslry01&t=p&year=2025given up but one run in his previous 11 appearances (each one inning) as a Cardinal.



But before that, he had a strange run where he gave up exactly one run in four straight games.

[ashie62]

Possibly tipping pitches would explain much of it. I believe he is having trouble "making pitches" He can be used in low leverage spots for the time being as the bullpen is flush

[MFS62]

He's going to have to move Stanek out of that lowest leverage appearance spot in the bullpen.



Later

[Gwreck]

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He's going to have to move Stanek out of that lowest leverage appearance spot in the bullpen.