IGT 04/26 - Fishsticks at Metropolitans

[Guest d'Kong76]

Kevin Slowey, RHP
0-0, 4.15 ERA
Slowey makes his second start in place of the injured Jacob Turner. Slowey pitched
seven scoreless innings in relief and earned the victory in the Marlins' 2-1 win against
the Mets in 19 innings on June 8, 2013.

Jenrry Mejia, RHP
3-0, 1.99 ERA
In his last outing against the Cards, Mejia extended his career-long scoreless-innings
streak to 13 2/3. Much of that run has come despite a blister on Mejia's right middle
finger, which forced him to exit a start in Arizona earlier this month.

(mets.com)

[MFS62]

Let's hope Mejia can show his middle finger to the Marlins all game long.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Slowey pitched seven scoreless innings in relief and earned the victory in the Marlins' 2-1 win against the Mets in 19 innings on June 8, 2013.

Ahhh, yes. That was this game (20 innings actually) - aka: the game with four "quality starts":
* Jose Fernandez (starter) - 6 innings, 1 Run on 3 hits
* Matt Harvey (starter) - 7 innings, 1 Run on 6 Hits
* Kevin Slowey - 7 innings (13th thru 19th), 0 Runs on 8 Hits (Win)
* Shawn Marcum - 8 inning (13th thru 20th) 1 Run on 5 Hits (Loss)

Mets = 0-fer-19 with RiSP and 22 LOB. The Marlins left a mere 10 stranded and had just 4 ABs w/RiSP (2-4)
Mets had 13 hits and drew Nine walks, yet scored just the one run.
Without a doubt the most frustrating game of 2013

[Benjamin Grimm]

And easily Shawn Marcum's best game as a Met.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Just the fact that we didn't go into the season with a Shawn Marcum in the starting ro' this year indicates how much better we are as a team.

Muffy (1-9) thrown out at home in the 12th.

[TransMonk]

Per Rubin: The Mets will aim to move four games over .500 on Saturday night for the first time since July 14, 2012.

That's not nothin'.

[ashie62]

Winning these games in April will a long ways to help us in September and hopefully beyond...

[Frayed Knot]

Eric Young Jr., lf
Granderson, CF
David Wright, 3b
Daniel Murphy, 2b
Bobby Abreu, rf
Lucas Duda, 1b
Travis d'Arnaud, c
Omar Quintanilla, ss
Jenrry Mejia, rhp


Chris Young apparently be illin'




And 'The Visitors'

Christian Yelich, lf
Marcell Ozuna, cf
Giancarlo Stanton, rf
Casey McGehee, 3b
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, c
Garrett Jones, 1b
Derek Dietrich, 2b
Adeiny Hechavarria, ss
Kevin Slowey, rhp

[Edgy MD]

The problem with designated-old-guy-pinch-hitters is that in this day of five-man benches, they're going to have to pack a glove. I wasn't hoping to see Abreu in the outfield twice in his first week.

You can only wonder what Sandy is thinking when he spent the offseason enjoying the notion of a Chris Young/Juan Lagares/Curtis Granderson, perhaps with den Dekker available as a defensive sub for Grandy. Instead, they've got EY/Grandy/Abreu right to left.

Not how it was drawn up, certainly.

[Centerfield]

At CitiField. Last minute free tix. Free WiFi!

Caesar's Club is nice. My first time here.

[Guest d'Kong76]

It is nice, especially this time of year. Enjoy!!

[Guest d'Kong76]

AbreuBOOM!

[metirish]

d'Kong76 wrote: AbreuBOOM!

sweet swing

[Frayed Knot]

The old baseball axiom: If you can hit, you can hit.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Plus or minus a few stone, he's looking pretty Ibanez-y, eh?

[Edgy MD]

I prefer "Rustic" as his analogical descriptive.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

So, does that leave d'Arnaud-on-the-basepaths-- tagging to third on the fly to left field-- more Mookish or Nailsy?

[MFS62]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: So, does that leave d'Arnaud-on-the-basepaths-- tagging to third on the fly to left field-- more Mookish or Nailsy?

Kanehl-ish? (I don't know if Rod ever tried it, but it was something you could convince someone who remembers him that he did).

Later

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

when I say DOO you say DOO
DOO!
DOO!
DOO!
DOO!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I've never seen Doo Radley looking more relaxed. And I don't just mean at the plate-- he's completely lost the thousand-yard-stare he'd get while leaving the bases after the third out of an inning, or jogging in after the Mets retire the other guys, or accidentally murdering a kindly neighbor girl.

[ashie62]

It is nice to turn on a game and see the Mets winning...

[Edgy MD]

MFS62 wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: So, does that leave d'Arnaud-on-the-basepaths-- tagging to third on the fly to left field-- more Mookish or Nailsy? Kanehl-ish? (I don't know if Rod ever tried it, but it was something you could convince someone who remembers him that he did). Later

Dudian.

[ashie62]

Willie Montanez

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Like, "Dude"-ian?

Unrelated: is it weird that I feel so much more comfortable with Big Bank Jank on the mound than I do with Wheeler? YMMV, obviously, but I never quite feel like Wheelz is cruising, even when he is. Mejia, on the other hand, seems more in command of everything, even when he's not getting strikes or missing his spots.

[ashie62]

Mejia throws more strikes? Wheeler 110-63

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

That's almost certainly it. Even when he's missing, he's usually not all over the place.

And speaking of all over the place... man, does Omar make a great backup-quarterback-to-the-terrible-starter, doesn't he? Great during the occasional start/relief work... right up until you hand-- or are compelled by circumstance to hand-- him the job.

Edited April 26, 2014 by Guest

[dinosaur jesus]

The infield defense has been insanely good this year, or at least lately. I love the shot last inning of Mejia laughing at the play Quintanilla just made.

[Edgy MD]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Like, "Dude"-ian? Unrelated: is it weird that I feel so much more comfortable with Big Bank Jank on the mound than I do with Wheeler? YMMV, obviously, but I never quite feel like Wheelz is cruising, even when he is. Mejia, on the other hand, seems more in command of everything, even when he's not getting strikes or missing his spots.

Nah, that's cool.

Problem is, while I trust Jenrry's control more, I trust Wheeler's elbow not to blow up more.

Anyhow, how about the Mets infielders with the 360 move? I associate that move with Hubie Brooks.

[Frayed Knot]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: And speaking of all over the place... man, does Omar make a great backup-quarterback-to-the-terrible-starter, doesn't he? Great during the occasional start/relief work... right up until you hand-- or are compelled by circumstance to hand-- him the job.

There's an energy to Omar's play that's absent at times with Tejada.
Not that that's always fair to the Tejada-type of seemless-efficiency player, but it's usually more fun to watch and you tend to be more forgiving when they fail.

[Edgy MD]

So, Duda vs. a career catcher in a dead sprint, pick the catcher every time.