Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 9 Posted July 9 Winners of four of their last five (that's an .800 winning percentage! do the math yourself!) the Mets get the evening off at home before hosting the red-hot Red Sox in a rematch of a championship series that took place four calendar decades before, assuming you use a calendar that marks decades. Sonny-Came-Home Gray goes for the Sox, and at 10-1 with a 2.61 ERA, he has been exactly as good as a guy can be without making the All-Star Team. The Sox are in fourth place, but the world being as the world is, their 5-1 July has moved them within three games of the last Wild Card slot. Despite their redness and hotness, the Mets may have caught a break. Wilson Contreras, who has been about 45% of the team's offense this season, appears to have suffered an injury after fouling a ball off of his foot against the other Sox. One does not wish for that to be a serious matter, but it may not matter from the Mets' point of view, as it looks like Wilson will have to begin serving the suspension he incurred following the events recounted in the Cavalli v. Contreras thread. Depending on his x-ray outcome, the Sox themselves might have caught a minor break, as Contreras injury and suspension might turn into concurrent outages. The Sox have had low offense and a high injury count most of this year. Their top four middle infielders are all on the injured list, but the top two haven't hit anyway. With Contreras sidelined, outfielders Ceddanne Rafaela (righty bat) and Wilyer Abreu (lefty bat) are their two remaining threats. But, as those 10 Gray wins can attest, they can still outpitch a team. Nolan McLean steps up for the Mets to try to make sure that doesn't happen.
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 9 Author Posted July 9 1 minute ago, Frayed Knot said: You may want re-think your subject heading. Curse that Autofill feature!
seawolf17 Old-Timey Member Posted July 9 Posted July 9 Won four of their last five, and scored 12 runs in the fifth one? Let's do that the entire rest of the season. I'm good with that.
seawolf17 Old-Timey Member Posted July 10 Posted July 10 Red Sox team plane still stuck in Chicago, says SNY. Interesting.
metirish Old-Timey Member Posted July 10 Posted July 10 Latest update is for the Sox to land at LGA a little after 4pm
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 10 Author Posted July 10 Four o'clock is when you should be well into your warmups and posting a lineup for a night game. The Mets, meanwhile, are attempting to achieve their first game all season without the deployment of Bo Bichette. BOSTON Sharting Pitcher Sonny Sat Down in the Kitchen Gray RHP 10-1, 2.61 ERA, 82 SO Lineup Anthony Seigler (S) 2B (.283 / .377 / .433 // .810 in 70 PA) Ceddanne Rafaela (R) CF (.283 / .330 / .438 // .767 in 353 PA) Wilyer Abreu (L) RF (.260 / .330 / .421 // .751 in 387 PA) Romy Gonzalez (R) 1B (.310 / .375 / .517 // .892 in 32 PA) Masataka Yoshida (L) DH (.259 / .335 / .353 // .688 in 191 PA) Caleb Durbin (R) 3B (.225 / .288 / .396 // .684 in 304 PA) Jarren Duran (L) LF (.198 / .262 / .360 // .622 in 363 PA) Connor Wong (R) C (.295 / .385 / .400 // .785 in 125 PA) Tsung-Che Cheng (L) SS (.273 / .320 / .318 // .638 in 25 PA) METS Sharting Pitcher Nolan McLean RHP 6-5, 3.73 ERA, 118 SO Lineup A.J. Ewing (L) CF Juan Soto (L) LF Francisco Lindor (S) SS Carson Benge (L) RF Jorge Polanco (S) DH Jared Young (L) 1B Francisco Alvarez (R) C Brett Baty (L) 3B Zack Short (R) 2B Zack Short?!?!
Gwreck Old-Timey Member Posted July 10 Posted July 10 First pitch delayed to 7:50 PM because of the Red Sox’ travel woes.
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 10 Author Posted July 10 Like the old days at Shea with 8:00 PM starts on Friday nights.
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 10 Author Posted July 10 The late-reported Sox lineup is posted above. They sure seem to have a handful of obscure guys performing above their weight grade in a small sample size. That middle of the lineup — spots five through seven — looks like the guys you want to be facing in a tough spot.
Frayed Knot Old-Timey Member Posted July 10 Posted July 10 43 minutes ago, Gwreck said: First pitch delayed to 7:50 PM because of the Red Sox’ travel woes. Hey, that's their problem. I think the Mets should get to pitch against crash-test dummies dressed up in Sawx togs for the top of the 1st if the real guys aren't ready yet. I bet our pitcher/defense can hold them to one run in the opening frame, two tops.
Frayed Knot Old-Timey Member Posted July 10 Posted July 10 Despite a season with a lot of one-step-forward/two-steps back for the Sox, they have won their last five straight even without Willson Contreras who is their only real hitting threat. But even that's only gotten them to a 43 - 48 record and, once you get past Contreras's 163 OPS+, CF Cedanne Rafaela (117) and RF Wilyer Aybar (113) are the only regulars in triple digits. Doesn't help them that neither Trevor Story or last year's rookie sensation Anthony Roman have seen the field since May.
Frayed Knot Old-Timey Member Posted July 10 Posted July 10 I just found out this was an APPLE+ game too. Well that suxxxxxx!!
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 11 Author Posted July 11 Unearned runs to open the game. Also goofy caroms involved.
Cowtipper Old-Timey Member Posted July 11 Posted July 11 It's gotten to the point if the Mets can rebound and even be a .500 team this year, I'll be satisfied. That was my marker for 2024 and I'm getting to that point in 2026.
Cowtipper Old-Timey Member Posted July 11 Posted July 11 Every time I think Young is starting to slip, he does something impressive.
Cowtipper Old-Timey Member Posted July 11 Posted July 11 The team is showing marked improvement offensively. In July, they're hitting .283/.359/.473. Since June 1, they're hitting .245/.318/.424. That doesn't sound like much, but through the end of May, they were hitting .229/.295/.359. I'm cautiously bullish on this team right now.
Cowtipper Old-Timey Member Posted July 11 Posted July 11 Sonny Gray got ripped off not being named to the All-Star team.
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 11 Author Posted July 11 One run back counts. And, amazingly, a rally that Zach Short had a part of. Now lock it down.
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 11 Author Posted July 11 A guy gets called out at second, it's overturned, and he's ultimately safe. He then is called safe at home on the subsequent hit, it's overturned, and he's ultimately out. That's probably not the first dueling overturns, but it's sure weird.
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 11 Author Posted July 11 Mets returning to their strandy ways on offense.
Cowtipper Old-Timey Member Posted July 11 Posted July 11 With all these games only available on radio lately, I'm starting to like listening to the radio guys more than Gary, Keith and Ron. It's mostly Gary I'm not a huge fan of.
The Hot Corner Old-Timey Member Posted July 11 Posted July 11 3 hours ago, Edgy MD said: That middle of the lineup — spots five through seven — looks like the guys you want to be facing in a tough spot. So they are an awful like most of the Mets line up.
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 11 Author Posted July 11 Tough night for Soto to leave his bat back on the bus.
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 11 Author Posted July 11 9 minutes ago, The Hot Corner said: So they are an awful like most of the Mets line up. Nah, the Mets lineup is beautiful. Though I'm currently entertaining the notion that Bo Bichette is out of the lineup because the Mets are working a deal for him.
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