IGT 8/13

[nymr83]

wow we dont have one yet?

homers for Castro and Williams in part-time duty.

2-0 mets.

reyes just stole 2nd off phillips with a so-so throw.

[Frayed Knot]

Seo's doing some tap-dancing in the minefield but is getting away with it so far.

2-0 end of 3

[Guest Edgy DC]

Cooby: Sometimes, for a day or so, these ragtag outfields perform like heros.

Gerald Williams: Excuse me, but KABOOM!

I'll say this for Williams --- he's in the shape of someone ten years younger. It would be more comforting if he was better when he was ten years younger, but props to him.

[Frayed Knot]

Castro's feeling frisky today because he knows he can out-run the opposing catcher, something he can only claim while playing in the LA area - and even then it depends on which catcher they're using: Phillips, plus Bengie (but not Jose) Molina.

[Theoldmole]

How many shutouts will Seo have to throw in order to win a spot in the rotation?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Who is down?

[Guest martin]

willie seems to be really vague about what happens with seo and trax. i dunno what i would do if i were him either. possibly the 6 man rotation that always gives pedro extra time.

seo is shutting teams down left and right, he cant be stopped.

[Theoldmole]

I don't suppose either Seo or Trachs could do the Smotlz/Righetti thang.

[Theoldmole]

Seo still shutting them down, going to the 7th inning stretch.

[Theoldmole]

Big K for Seo - out number one.

[Theoldmole]

Double for Saenz, and the scoreless inning streak ends.

[Theoldmole]

And he holds it together, and gets out of the inning with minimal damage.

[Theoldmole]

Cliffie just slides in under the tag for a leadoff double. Killer throw by Repko.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Small ball makes it 4-1 Mets.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Diaz plates him with a sacrifice fly.

Dodger management reviewing the paperwork from the Burnitz deal, wondering what the organization was thinking.

[Theoldmole]

And they get the run back. Victor Diaz does the job with a SF.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Anybody up in the pen for the eighth?

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

No, but the Mets are pinch hitting for Seo in the 9th. I suspect Looper will come in to try for the save.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Seo's line: 8 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO, 0 HR.

Excellent.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Gerald Williams is doing his Jackie Robinson imitation today, isn't he?

[metirish]

Gerald freaking Williams steals third, Phillips threw the ball into left field and Willams strolls home to make it 5 - 1..WOW

[Guest Edgy DC]

That's my Looper.

Met victory.

[Theoldmole]

Way to geo Seo!

[Guest Rotblatt]

It would be a travesty to do anything BUT start Seo for the rest of the season. Seo's line this year in the bigs:

1.35 ERA, 0.72 WHIP, 6.48 K/9, 1.35 BB/9, 4.8 K/BB, 0.81 HR/9

Solid everything, all across the board. The K rate isn't great but it's better than average and given how good his command has been, it doesn't matter quite as much.

That K rate, by the way, is STILL better than every other starter on the Mets not named Pedro, basically making Seo our second-most dominant starter.

Now, he's clearly not going to stay this dominant, but looking at his minor league stats (minus the 13-run "my wife's having a baby!" start), he certainly looks like as good a bet as Zambrano, Glavine or Trachsel. Maybe Benson too, since Seo's got a better K rate.

117 IP, 3.46 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 0.77 HR/9, 8.31 K/9, 2.31 BB/9, 3.6 K/BB

Oh, and if Seo had managed to put up his 135 total K's in the bigs, he'd be in 10th place in the NL right now--sandwiched between Smoltz & Zambrano.

Seriously, guys, if it had been a Petit or Kazmir putting these numbers up in AAA, then bettering them over 5 big league starts, we'd have been through the roof about him, but since it's "only" Seo, we've been turning something of a blind eye. Hell, if it had been Zambrano, who's two years older than Seo, giving us 5 starts like this, we'd have been wetting ourselves and calling Peterson a genius.

Start him, and figure out just what we have on our hands for 2006.

[Elster88]

="Edgy DC"]Cooby: Sometimes, for a day or so, these ragtag outfields perform like heros. Gerald Williams: Excuse me, but KABOOM! I'll say this for Williams --- he's in the shape of someone ten years younger. It would be more comforting if he was better when he was ten years younger, but props to him.

I had forgotten that she posted that. Good call, Cooby!

[Guest martin]

those legs on gerald williams sure look wonderful in those curiously tight pants he wears.

[nymr83]

i have ALWAYS been on the Jae Seo bandwagon. hell, i'm the wagon driver. keep him in the rotation, i've been saying it for 2+ years.

[Guest cooby]

="Elster88"] ="Edgy DC"]Cooby: Sometimes, for a day or so, these ragtag outfields perform like heros. Gerald Williams: Excuse me, but KABOOM! I'll say this for Williams --- he's in the shape of someone ten years younger. It would be more comforting if he was better when he was ten years younger, but props to him. I had forgotten that she posted that. Good call, Cooby!

Wow, I am pleased you read it in the first place!

[seawolf17]

Cooby is a bit of a psychic, methinks. She always seems to know too much.

[Guest cooby]

Good heavens no. I'm so non-psychic that I usually don't even know what happened AFTER it happened.


I've just seen this kinda thing happen before :)