IGT 6/18 Mets @ Cards Colon v. Lynn Daygame

[ashie62]

Lets get one!!!

[Edgy MD]

Man, Lance Lynn. I just have inexplicable antipathy for so many of these Cardinals.

Meanwhile, God has intervened. And will not let Bartolo Colon bat eighth.

[*:3ggp3gav]E. Young, lf[/*:m:3ggp3gav]
[*:3ggp3gav]Murphy, 2b[/*:m:3ggp3gav]
[*:3ggp3gav]Wright, 3b[/*:m:3ggp3gav]
[*:3ggp3gav]Granderson, rf[/*:m:3ggp3gav]
[*:3ggp3gav]Duda, 1b[/*:m:3ggp3gav]
[*:3ggp3gav]C. Young, cf[/*:m:3ggp3gav]
[*:3ggp3gav]Teagarden, c[/*:m:3ggp3gav]
[*:3ggp3gav]Flores, ss[/*:m:3ggp3gav]
[*:3ggp3gav]Colon, sp[/*:m:3ggp3gav][/list:o:3ggp3gav]

[Edgy MD]

I'm setting the over/under at 15 Mets runs and taking the over.

[Edgy MD]

Matt dD tweets a shot of his hose before the game.



Goodness, we are going to win by a huge margin today.

[Ceetar]

leadoff homerun. poo.

aww well, first inning runs usually means you lose right? that's what I've been trained to expect.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

With those hose of MDD's, you really should expect the best.

[Edgy MD]

A walk for Grandy and a hit for Tea. And that's all the scratch we've got through three.

Matt den Dekker's socks, we call on your powers NOW!!!!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Here's a shocker, Muffy thrown out on the basepaths again.

[Edgy MD]

At least when Wright tries to do too much, he's a zero. When Muffy tries to overdo it, he subtracts.

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: At least when Wright tries to do too much, he's a zero. When Muffy tries to overdo it, he subtracts.

Murphy is third in Fangraphs BsR among ML second baseman. He occasionally gets over-aggressive, but that's like saying a guy occasionally gets thrown out stealing so he should never steal. It's a net-positive.

[Edgy MD]

Yes, well, I wasn't speaking of in the net. I was speaking about specific instances of trying to do too much to rescue a slumping team..

Murphy is certainly an asset and a half, in the net.

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: Yes, well, I wasn't speaking of in the net. I was speaking about specific instances of trying to do too much to rescue a slumping team.. Murphy is certainly an asset and a half, in the net.

I think he's easy to identify specific instances where it seems like that but hard to prove.

Perhaps it's simply the other way. Murphy's playing the same way and the games where the Mets don't win are the ones where he doesn't make it. Where someone misses a sign, where a diving catch doesn't catch the ball. Weaker offenses are going to tend to play closer games where one bad break could be the difference?

[Edgy MD]

Three Cards down
End of four
Chris Young up
Time to score!

[Edgy MD]

Searching for moral victories here.

[Frayed Knot]

Doesn't help that we're about 2-for-8 on hard-hit balls so far today.
Nor does the fact that we've turned two of the four base-runners they have managed to get back into outs.

[Frayed Knot]

Five complete innings in under an hour and a quarter ... is that even allowed these days?

[Edgy MD]

Certainly not the moral victory I'm looking for, but Bartolo is probably your best bet if you want a fast game.

Speeds things up during his at-bats, too.

[Frayed Knot]

Leadoff double for Colon.
Now all we need is three or four more hits this inning to get him in.

[Edgy MD]

AND HOLY SHIT!! Bart doubles and comes around to score!

[Frayed Knot]

Gee & Mejia still hitless among NYM pitchers with at least double digits ABs (14 & 16)

[Edgy MD]

Both of them may be "in the clubhouse" with those numbers, so to speak.

Let's pick this one up.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Here we go again.

[Edgy MD]

OK, Mets in command!

Now what we need is the old four-inning, one-run save.

[Frayed Knot]

Three outs at 2B in half-a-game
It's not helping matters when we only require the opposing staff to only retire 20-something hitters per game instead of the full 27

[Edgy MD]

If Wright doesn't get thrown out, we'd have Lynn chased by now.

Chris Young, talk to me, buddy.

[Edgy MD]

I retroactively want to sent Abreu up there.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

This is the kinda dumb shit that should get Terry fired.

Having less talent than the other team is one thing but no excuse for the mental errors.

[Frayed Knot]

That, btw, was the 2nd run scored by Bartolo in his career, the first since 2002 w/Montreal.

[Edgy MD]

It sure would be nice to know that he's (Terry) coming down on his team over it (the mental errata).

[Frayed Knot]

Don't really think any of today's stuff were mental errors (yesterday was another story).
Murph took a decent chance but got thrown out on a nice play/throw by Jay in CF. Granderson's was just a straight steal attempt (would have helped had CYoung not swung through another pitch) and Wright was safe but then bounced off the base with his slide.