Waiting for the break of day - Mets @ Cubs IGT - 4/17/26

[Frayed Knot]

Maybe what they need after a few Hollywood Nights is some sunshine in Chi Town and a Saturday in the Park.

The last place (NLE) 7-12 Mets take on the last place (NLC) 9-9 Cubs on Friday - Saturday - Sunday with all three games at 2:20 EDT

Friday sees Kodai Senga vs Edward Cabrera [3 starts, 16.2 IP, 3 R, 10 H] who had spent his whole career (2021-25)  with Miami until an off-season trade back in January. The 28 y/o Righty has good numbers this year although his history isn't as kind. In ten GS vs the Mets over his career Cabrera pitched to a 5.09 ERA w/lots of baserunners, thanks mainly to 33 walks (plus 4 HBP) in just 40.2 innings. Of course that was prior to the Mets adopting their current strategy of going to the plate with a rolled-up and damp copy of Good Housekeeping in their hands in place of traditional wood bats so current mileage may vary.

[Edgy MD]

45 minutes ago, Frayed Knot said:

Of course that was prior to the Mets adopting their current strategy of going to the plate with a rolled-up and damp copy of Good Housekeeping in their hands in place of traditional wood bats so current mileage may vary.

I dunno.  Last time, you said they were using old issues of Rolling Stone.  Good Housekeeping strikes me as a sturdier makeshift bat.

This, of course, depends on how tightly you wrap your periodicals, and how damp they are.  RS probably gives you more coverage on the outside corner, though.

[Centerfield]

The Cubs pitchers for this series aren't all that scary.  A good team should be able to score enough runs to win.  Hopefully the Mets will start acting like a good team and turn it around.  Sweep the Cubs here and it's a successful road trip.  Take 2 of 3 and it's at least not a disaster.  

[metirish]

Apparently the Mets haven't lost 9 games in a row since 2004

 

 

 Curious , has any Mets team made the playoffs with this many losses in a row ?  ( If it reaches 9)