IGT, KCR@NYM, 2026-07-09

[seawolf17]

I'm just saying.

[Frayed Knot]

Maximizing their run potential in this inning. Nice to see for a change.

[The Hot Corner]

13 minutes ago, seawolf17 said:

Very Metsy for Vientos to get hurt right before the trade deadline, by the way.

Vientos is a low BA & low OBP guy that strikes out far too much.  He doesn't run well and is a defensive liability wherever they try to play him, but he does have power.  Seriously, who would want to trade for Vientos for a stretch run?  If someone actually wanted him, I doubt the Mets could expect much for him.

That said, I hope he wasn't seriously hurt with that HBP on his wrist/hand.

[Edgy MD]

A starting pitcher in the seventh inning.

I have the vapors.

[The Hot Corner]

I didn't think the Mets allowed such a thing.  

Keeping his pitch count down certainly helps.  Currently, at 86 pitches through 6.6 innings.

[The Hot Corner]

Soto with his lazy defense turns a single into 3 bases.

[Edgy MD]

Well, two.

Good time for bullpen action now.

[The Hot Corner]

Soto's gaffe immediately costs the Mets.  May prevent Manea from getting out of the 7th.

[The Hot Corner]

1 minute ago, Edgy MD said:

Well, two.

Good time for bullpen action now.

Bad typing (pecking) skills.

[Edgy MD]

Thanks, Tolbert!

[Edgy MD]

Thanks, Soto!

[The Hot Corner]

Soto attones for his lackadaisical defense with a bomb to RF.

[Edgy MD]

The Nelson story is always welcome, but Joe Pigatano was not Casey's bullpen coach.

On the other hand, he was a 1962 Mets backup catcher, so he may well have been the guy to pick up the phone.

[Edgy MD]

Lindor comes in after all.

[Edgy MD]

Thanks for swinging at ball four, Caglione.

[Edgy MD]

TAKE THAT, 2015 ROYALS!!

[seawolf17]

Eleven and a half out of a wild card spot. Got 'em right where we want 'em.

[Frayed Knot]

The Mets winned the game!!

[ashie62]

I tip my hat to Andy Green for the letting Manaea finish the 7th

[Edgy MD]

It was an interesting spot he was in, with the tying run up and the Royal bench filled with lefties.  He pulls Manaea for a righty and the Royals pinch-hit right away.

He might be criticized for not having A.J. Minter ready as an option at the moment, to stick with the lefty but get a fresher arm.  But maybe Manaea was the best matchup.

[Frayed Knot]

32 minutes ago, ashie62 said:

I tip my hat to Andy Green for the letting Manaea finish the 7th

Sure. But as much as we like to criticize the manager (or the pre-game plan) for pulling the pitchers, too often it's the pitchers causing themselves to be pulled. In Manaea's last four games prior to today he's been at:

95 pitches thru 5-1/3 -- 80 would be a decent number here, and the bullpen gave up 1 hit + 1 walk over 3-2/3

86 thru 3.0 !! -- 'nuff said

90 thru 5-2/3 -- A slightly high but reasonable number, then walked his last batter w/two outs and was pulled with two on in a two run game

 and one hundred and freakin' eight thru 5 -- that's an OK total for SEVEN innings. Plus he left down 6-Zip.

 

You wanna stay in the game longer? Then pitch better AND more efficiently. Today Sean did both so Green's different decision was made more out of different circumstances than it was some kind of mindset re-set.

[Edgy MD]

But pitch counts should inform these decisions, not dictate them.

The science that suggests that a pitcher loses x amount of effectiveness after y pitches, or y innings, or y times through the batting order is all over the place.

[metirish]

4 hours ago, Edgy MD said:

I think Vientos' season just ended.

Hand facture 

[Frayed Knot]

It's not the only factor (Manaea allowing 17 runs in 25 innings during that stretch played a big part as well) but it's certainly A factor. Like I said, pitch well and efficiently and you'll find yourself being asked to stick around longer in games longer. Manaea has mostly been neither.