Mets (McLean) vs Dodgers (Yamamoto): 4/14/26, 10:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

A lot of good teams upside down to start this season: the Brewers, Blue Jays, Red Sox, etc. The Mets are just one of a group, and it's unlikely to stay that way.

	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TOT
Tobias Myers	0	36	0	0	0	36
Sean Manaea	0	0	0	41	0	41
Richard Lovelady	18	5	0	0	0	23
Luke Weaver	16	0	27	0	0	43
Luis García	21	0	18	0	0	39
Joey Gerber	0	0	0	0	47	47
Huascar Brazobán	0	0	38	0	0	38
Craig Kimbrel	0	0	10	0	13	23
Brooks Raley	0	0	13	0	0	13

[whippoorwill]

Who’s staying up? 😉

[Gwreck]

Devin Williams has fallen off the chart because he hasn’t pitched since last Tuesday against Arizona.

[Centerfield]

The Mets have been dominated by mediocre pitching. 
 

Maybe they’ll dominate good pitching. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 hour ago, Gwreck said:

Devin Williams has fallen off the chart because he hasn’t pitched since last Tuesday against Arizona.

The chart is still buggy. I'm working out how exactly to identify which pitchers should remain on the list, and which should be automatically removed. There are more qualifiers than just scanning the 26-man roster. Teams using openers really throws a wrench into the gears. I'm still sorting out fringe cases like that.

[Edgy MD]

2 hours ago, whippoorwill said:

Who’s staying up? 😉

This guy right here.

Only way to catch the magic.

[seawolf17]

The Metiest thing of all would be to absolutely light up Yamamoto and Ohtani these next two nights.

[ashie62]

42 minutes ago, Edward O’N. Hoyt said:

This guy right here.

Only way to catch the magic.

Me!

[ashie62]

In the office season there was a lot of talk about Francisco Alvarez breaking out

I think he broke out the year he hit 25 homers. He has not approached anything like that since

I'd like to move him up to third in the order and make him consistently responsible for the ducks on the pond

The used Vientos in the three hole last night. Alvarez might be an improvement from that

LGM!

[seawolf17]

I agree, but weirdly, ninth is where he's most productive, and by a LOT. I don't know how much of that is someone like Lindor hitting behind him.

 

I	Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+
	Batting 1st	1	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	3.000	4.000	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	909
	Batting 2nd	16	16	73	65	13	13	2	0	5	11	0	0	8	16	.200	.288	.462	.749	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	.182	99
	Batting 3rd	5	4	16	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.188	.188	.188	.375	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	4
	Batting 4th	5	5	22	20	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.250	.318	.350	.668	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.294	83
	Batting 5th	25	21	96	84	10	18	6	0	2	10	0	0	11	33	.214	.302	.357	.659	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	.320	79
	Batting 6th	41	34	137	121	16	26	7	0	4	17	2	0	14	36	.215	.307	.372	.678	45	4	2	0	0	0	1	.272	84
	Batting 7th	73	65	260	234	27	49	8	2	13	33	0	0	23	74	.209	.285	.427	.712	100	8	2	0	1	0	1	.243	90
	Batting 8th	74	67	262	242	33	60	4	1	14	45	0	0	15	63	.248	.299	.446	.745	108	5	3	0	1	0	3	.277	99
	Batting 9th	79	59	239	207	30	55	10	0	13	28	1	1	25	49	.266	.361	.502	.864	104	6	6	0	0	0	3	.290	131

Notable, though, that he doesn't have any RBIs from the 9 spot, because our 6-8 spots are usually ass.

[Centerfield]

29 minutes ago, seawolf17 said:

I agree, but weirdly, ninth is where he's most productive, and by a LOT. I don't know how much of that is someone like Lindor hitting behind him.

 

I	Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+
	Batting 1st	1	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	3.000	4.000	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	909
	Batting 2nd	16	16	73	65	13	13	2	0	5	11	0	0	8	16	.200	.288	.462	.749	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	.182	99
	Batting 3rd	5	4	16	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.188	.188	.188	.375	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	4
	Batting 4th	5	5	22	20	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.250	.318	.350	.668	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.294	83
	Batting 5th	25	21	96	84	10	18	6	0	2	10	0	0	11	33	.214	.302	.357	.659	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	.320	79
	Batting 6th	41	34	137	121	16	26	7	0	4	17	2	0	14	36	.215	.307	.372	.678	45	4	2	0	0	0	1	.272	84
	Batting 7th	73	65	260	234	27	49	8	2	13	33	0	0	23	74	.209	.285	.427	.712	100	8	2	0	1	0	1	.243	90
	Batting 8th	74	67	262	242	33	60	4	1	14	45	0	0	15	63	.248	.299	.446	.745	108	5	3	0	1	0	3	.277	99
	Batting 9th	79	59	239	207	30	55	10	0	13	28	1	1	25	49	.266	.361	.502	.864	104	6	6	0	0	0	3	.290	131

Notable, though, that he doesn't have any RBIs from the 9 spot, because our 6-8 spots are usually ass.

I don’t know about your reading comprehension friend. My take away is we have the wrong Francisco at leadoff. 

[Edgy MD]

Well, he's not batting leadoff, but he sure is sneaking up the lineup.

Or maybe that's just an illusion matter of perspective, and in actuality, several others are falling back while he stands still

# NEW YORK POS. # LOS ANGELES POS. 1 Francisco Lindor (S) ss 1 Shohei Ohtani (L) dh 2 Luis Robert, Jr. (R) cf 2 Kyle Tucker (L) rf 3 Jorge Polanco (S) dh 3 Will Smith (R) c 4 Bo Bichette (R) 3b 4 Freddie Freeman (L) 1b 5 Francisco Alvarez (R) c 5 Teoscar Hernandez (R) lf 6 Brett Baty (L) rf 6 Max Muncy (L) 3b 7 Mark Vientos (R) 1b 7 Andy Pages (R) cf 8 Marcus Semien (R) 2b 8 Hyeseong Kim (L) ss 9 Carson Benge  (L) rf 9 Alex Freeland (S) 2b       The Only Nolan (R) sp   Yoshinobu Yamamoto (R) sp

[Frayed Knot]

I was hoping they'd bat McLean cleanup.

[The Hot Corner]

Edgy, not to be too picky, but the lineup shows Baty in RF batting 6th and again in RF batting 9th.  I am assuming that the 9th slot is either Taylor or Pham playing in LF.

[The Hot Corner]

I intend to watch tonight as long as we are competitive. 

Should be a wonderful pitchers duel between McLean and Yamamoto.

[Edgy MD]

15 minutes ago, The Hot Corner said:

Edgy, not to be too picky, but the lineup shows Baty in RF batting 6th and again in RF batting 9th.  I am assuming that the 9th slot is either Taylor or Pham playing in LF.

Benge.  The #9 guy is Benge.

Some shit just went down in my house as I was posting.  My apologies.  I get distracted.

 

[Edgy MD]

57 minutes ago, Frayed Knot said:

I was hoping they'd bat McLean cleanup.

Brain thinking, right there.

[Centerfield]

I wonder what type of loss we’ll have today. Will it be 1-0?  With the Dodgers scoring on a defensive miscue?

 

maybe we’ll take a small early lead and the pen will cough it up.

More likely McLean will give us a good start. Maybe 3 runs, 6IP. And we lose 3-0. 
 

I’m at the point where a Mets win would be the flukiest of flukes. 

[Ceetar]

1 hour ago, Centerfield said:

I wonder what type of loss we’ll have today.

We're due for one of those games where we're up like 8-0 after three and then just don't get another hit while the other team chips away little by little until suddenly it's 8-9 and then they keep going and we lose 8-15.

 

But actually they're going to win 4-1 tonight, Bichette homers. 

[ashie62]

Is this the night Lindor gets an RBI

Maybe not but I believe Alvarez and Bichette will

[Edgy MD]

"Nolan McLean has been as special as any young pitcher the Mets have ever had."  — Gary Cohen

"Eh, let's just put that cheese back in the fridge." — Edgy MD

[ashie62]

He's no Craig Swan

Game Time 

[Centerfield]

Let’s score 8 in the first. 

[Edgy MD]

Welcome to 2026, Francisco LIndor,

[ashie62]

Now that's an RBI

[Centerfield]

Lindor was high fiving and chest bumping through the dugout. He bumped Pham and noticeably bounced back. 

[Centerfield]

Throw strikes Nolan. 

[Edgy MD]

Will Smith took his foot off the base while doing his dance.

Stay with the tag, Mets.

[Centerfield]

One day McLean will learn to stop nibbling and attack the zone. 

[Edgy MD]

I don't like how McLean swings his leg to put body English on his breaking pitches.   It could turn into a tip, it could lead to over-throwing, and it doesn't leave him in position to field.