IGT 4/24/26 -- Rox @ Mets ... Friday Night Lights!!

[Frayed Knot]

Fri (7:10): Michael Lorenzen vs Freddy Peralta

Sat (4:10): Jose Quintana vs Kodai Senga

Sun (1:40): TBD vs Nolan McLean

 

Mets welcome in the not-as-bad-as-they’ve-been-but-still-in last-place Rockies

In 2025 the Rox were second from the bottom in RS/G (yes, playing in THAT stadium) barely ahead of 30th place Pittsburgh while also being DFL in RA/G and by a long shot. Their run scoring is better though still sub-par this year but their run prevention dropped from 6.3 RA/G in ’25 to 4.6, only a shade below league average.

 

Veteran Michael Lorenzen, in his first season w/the Rox, goes in the opener

On the offensive side, every non-pitcher they’ve used (except backup catcher Brett Sullivan) is under 30 and there aren’t too many familiar names:

C - Hunter Goodman

1B - TJ Rumsfield

2B - Eduourd Julien

SS - Ezequiel Tovar (can’t forget THAT name)

3B - Kyle Karros … and, yes, son of Eric

LF - Jordan Buck

CF - Brenton Doyle

RF - Troy Johnston

DH - Tyler Freeman

And the only utility player of note is former 1/1 draft pick (PHI/2016) Mickey Moniak. Now in his third org., he’ll hit for some powah but has trouble keeping his OBA above the .300 level.

[Edgy MD]

IGT and KTE in one post!

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, that wasn't intentional ... it just sort of happened.

[seawolf17]

The complete list of Rockies I Could Have Said "Yes, He's Definitely An MLB Player" to before looking at their active roster:

Willi Castro (he's on my fantasy team)
Ezequiel Tovar
Tomoyuki Sugano
Michael Lorenzen
Jose Quintana
Chase Dollander
Antonio Senzatela

[MFS62]

11 hours ago, Frayed Knot said:

On the offensive side, every non-pitcher they’ve used (except backup catcher Brett Sullivan) is under 30 and there aren’t too many familiar names:

 

I see Binghamton play at Hartford (the Rockies' AA farm team) every year, and I still don't recognize any of those names.

Great IGT/KTE, FK.

Later

[The Hot Corner]

The Mets need to keep the momentum going and at minimum take this series.  Hopefully they can break out the brooms.

They have Peralta and McLean going for 2 games, so if the offense shows up they should have solid chances at victories.  Game 2 starter, Senga is the pitching version of  Jekyll/Hyde,  You can never know whether he will be good Senga or horrible Senga, there seems to be nothing in between those two extremes.