3/31/26 IGT; Game #5 - Mets @ Cards

[Frayed Knot]

Same bat time, same bat channel as the series opener.

Kodai (Chrome) Senga makes his season debut vs Andre Pallante who I thought had played with Zidane on the French National team but apparently he's just a 27 y/o RH going into his 5th season with StL. He even started twice vs the Mets in 2025: 6 innings/4 ER in an eventual 4-1 NYM win; then just a few weeks later he also gave up 4 in 3.1 IP in a game the Cards won 5-4

There will be lineups but my sources aren't coming through with the goods quite yet. Either that or that's just what they want me to think.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TOT
Myers	39	0	0	0	14	53
Garcia, L	20	0	19	0	0	39
Williams	0	0	19	0	12	31
Brazoban	0	0	4	14	0	18
Weaver	0	0	16	22	0	38
Raley, B	0	0	11	0	17	28
Lovelady	0	0	21	26	0	47
Manaea	0	0	0	29	0	29

[Brock Beauchamp]

11 hours ago, Frayed Knot said:

Kodai (Chrome)

[metirish]

Really curious to see Senga 

[The Hot Corner]

Senga returning to 2023 form (or at least being a solid #3) starter will greatly boost the Mets playoff chances.  He has a lot of talent, but has proven to be very fragile.  Hoping this is the start of a good, healthy season for Senga.

[Edgy MD]

Forecast calls for Brazoban.

Mets yet to see a lefty starter in 2026.  Looks like they are getting Matthew Liberatore tomorrow though.

[Frayed Knot]

5 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Bad Puns R Us

[Gwreck]

Lindor SS

Soto LF

Bichette 3B

Robert CF

Young 1B

Vientos DH

Semien 2B

Benge RF

Torrens C 

[Edgy MD]

Always room for Baty.

[Gwreck]

7 minutes ago, Edgy MD said:

Always room for Baty.

I also would’ve started him over Young but Stearns hasn’t returned my calls

[Edgy MD]

I actually meant to congratulate Vientos for cracking the lineup (Baty?).  But the dog was scratching to go out and I got fused.

[metirish]

I'm watching the pre-game on SNY which I rarely do , but it's on the TV app and I don't want to go out and come back into the app, Zeile talks a mile a minute

[metirish]

OMFG ,the game is on and I'm watching the pre-game, this app and SNY integration is awful 

[metirish]

Young up there hacking at air 

[Fman99]

Keith upset at the lack of fundies, pitchers not holding runners 

[Edgy MD]

Whether black jerseys or blue, I do not understand the lettering and numbering on the front and back being the same color, leaving the outline all that articulates the letters and numbers.  It provides no meaningful contrast.

[metirish]

These uniforms are horrendous 

[Fman99]

Yeah, not a fan of the blue road jerseys and the New York in script.  

[Edgy MD]

Senga has 99?  Howaboutthat?!

[Edgy MD]

5 minutes ago, Fman99 said:

Yeah, not a fan of the blue road jerseys and the New York in script.  

I don't even appreciate that it says "New York" and not "Mets," — or is in script and not print — because of the lack of contrast.

[Fman99]

Yeah it's a smeared smurf of a color scheme.

Senga throwing darts 

[Edgy MD]

Pallante is always shaking his glove, flapping it open and closed, that he never really comes to a stop.

[Lefty Specialist]

Just seems like they should be strafing Pallante, but they're not.

[Lefty Specialist]

Robert channelling O'Neil Cruz there.....

[Edgy MD]

What I said about Robert arcing the ball over the cutoff man?

It just became a thingaling.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

This team is dullsville

[Centerfield]

Should be able to hit Cards pitching. Lots of game left. 

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

I like the jerseys, but I think they would look much better with the letters and numbers outlined in white.

 

The team looks really flat tonight.

[Frayed Knot]

The season to date has been the art of never getting more than one hit per inning.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

I'm watching on my iPad with the sounds down low because my wife is watching a movie. Why is Gelbs eating a hot dog?