Tin Soldiers and Christian Coming - Mets at CLE - IGT 8/5/26

[Frayed Knot]

Christian Scott faces Tanner Bibee (Pronounced BUY-bee, btw, so as to not be confused with Jim Bibby, Shane Bieber, Tanner Roark, or Chuck Tanner). Mr Bibee (R/R) is toting around a 4 - 11 record despite a solidly respectable 3.81 ERA and 1.15 WHIP

Again a 6:40 first pitch and, as always, those who are late do not get fruit cup.

[metirish]

Props for the title 

[Edgy MD]

Tanner Boyle, of course, could not be mistaken for anybody.

[ashie62]

I don't get the Tanner references but let's put the Guardians into the mistake by the lake

[Edgy MD]

Brett Baty back in the lineup and Marcus Semien bounced down to the nine-hole.

Throwing Guy

Christian Scott (RHP): 3-3, 2.99 ERA, 85 SO

Lineup

1. A.J. Ewing (L) CF
2. Francisco Lindor (S) SS
3. Bo Bichette (R) 3B
4. Carson Benge (L) RF
5. Jared Young (L) 1B
6. Francisco Alvarez (R) C
7. Brett Baty (L) LF
8. Jorge Polanco (S) DH
9. Marcus Semien (R) 2B

Mound-Occupying Dude

Tanner Bibee (RHP): 4-11, 3.81 ERA, 100 SO

Lineup

1. Steven Kwan (L) LF
2. Chase DeLauter (L) DH
3. Jo Adell (R) RF
4. Nathaniel Lowe (L) 1B
5. Travis Bazzana (L) 2B
6. Brayan Rocchio (S) SS
7. Petey Halpin (L) CF
8. Patrick Bailey (S) C
9. Angel Genao (S) 3B

[MFS62]

I know a Pat Bailey, but I doubt she's the one catching for Cleveland tonight.

Later

[Edgy MD]

POLANCO is a DUDE!!!

[Cowtipper]

Hope we see Jefry Yan today. 

[Edgy MD]

Ewing is gonna have to do something on offense to make up for that play.

[Edgy MD]

Terrific sackup by Scott in the fourth.

[Edgy MD]

Big trouble in the fifth, and there may not be as much left in the tanque to escape from this.

[Cowtipper]

Yan is up in the bullpen! 

Also Duarte is up. That guy's been so impressive so far. 

[Edgy MD]

Gosh, he gets one.

[The Hot Corner]

Ewing has grest speed, but he still seems to be learning to read balls off the bat.  He takes a few too many bad first steps or indirect routes on fly balls.  He will get it with experience.  The Mets just need to give Ewing as many reps as possible, because he (not Robert Jr) is the Mets CF of the future.

[Cowtipper]

My emotions are now Lowe.

[Edgy MD]

But he hung one Lowe.

[The Hot Corner]

Scott victim of the Mets lack of defensive execution.

[Frayed Knot]

Scott getting dinked to death here in the 5th and can't dance between the raindrops this time.

[Edgy MD]

It's getting embarrassing when Keith responds to Gary by repeating what Gary said, as if he caught the subject, but wasn't paying attention enough to pick up the full thought.

GARY: "As it happens, Ohtani and Crow-Armstrong are the leading candidates for the MVP."

KEITH: "Well, Pete Crow-Armstrong is really putting himself in MVP consideration."

He got saved that time by Benge hitting a homer.

[Edgy MD]

Yan gets an even tighter spot to debut in than Lavender.

[Edgy MD]

He has lost Yan strikezone.

[Edgy MD]

He made a meal of it, but got there in the end.

[Cowtipper]

I thought he was gonna blow it. Then they'd force him to stay out there so he could take Yan for the team. But he pulled it out. 

[Frayed Knot]

Just by chance, I heard Warren Zevon's 'Excitable Boy' on the car radio today (first time in a LONG time) ... and now I know why. It was to introduce me to Jefry Yan.

[The Hot Corner]

Yan has a good arm.  He needs to concentrate on completing his pitches rather than worrying about his strike out celebration.  At least twice in that inning he leaped in the air anticipating the K on a 2 strike pitch.  One of them was hit on the ground and he was in no position to field or cover first base had he needed to.  I can see that costing him in the future.

[Edgy MD]

Still kind of early, but they probably ought to get Baty out of left after that trip to the plate.

[Frayed Knot]

This Craig Yoho guy needs to be on a team with Mike Laga and John Jaha. And then maybe they can have Lady Gaga sing the national anthem.

[Frayed Knot]

And if Yoho retires the side 1-2-3 does he then go grab a bottle of rum on his way to the shower?

[Edgy MD]

10 minutes ago, Edgy MD said:

Still kind of early, but they probably ought to get Baty out of left after that trip to the plate.

They pulled him, but instead of sending in Robert, they went for Christian Pache.

Mets debuts are breaking out all over!

[Edgy MD]

Ge-nao! Ge-nao-na-nao!
Sing this corrosion to me!