IGT 9/3: deGrom v. That Ill-Educated Douchebag

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

7:10 p.m.

Hoping to see David Wright continue his road to recovery, deGrom continue his ROY push, Flores and Hererra make their case to be either of next year's second basemen, Duda to continue a push to 30-90, Lagares to allay fears that he just won't hit enough, denDekker to make a case, dArnaud to hit like a real 5th hitter, and Grandy to stop sucking so much. What anb opportunity!

denDekker is the local boy, having grown up in Ft., Lauderdale. deGrom is from a swampy DeLeon Springs up there near Daytona.

[seawolf17]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: 7:10 p.m. Hoping to see David Wright continue his road to recovery, deGrom continue his ROY push, Flores and Hererra make their case to be either of next year's second basemen, Duda to continue a push to 30-90, Lagares to allay fears that he just won't hit enough, denDekker to make a case, dArnaud to hit like a real 5th hitter, and Grandy to stop sucking so much. What anb opportunity! denDekker is the local boy, having grown up in Ft., Lauderdale. deGrom is from a swampy DeLeon Springs up there near Daytona.

Yes! All this!

Against the Marlins' bullpen, after eight shutout innings from TK.

[ashie62]

Well said.
lets Go Mets 2014/15

[G-Fafif]

Juan Lagares � CF
Matt den Dekker � LF
David Wright � 3B
Lucas Duda � 1B
Travis d�Arnaud � C
Kirk Nieuwenhuis � RF
Dilson Herrera � 2B
Ruben Tejada � SS
Jacob deGrom � RHP

Take a seat, Wilmer, who's been hitting -- right next to Curtis, who's been attending.

[G-Fafif]

Less appealing group:

Yelich lf
Solano 2b
Stanton rf
McGehee 3b
Ozuna cf
Jones 1b
Saltalamacchia c
Hechavarria ss
Koehler rhp

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Miami
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Where: Marlins Park, Miami, Florida
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Juan Lagares has been sizzling at the plate since Aug. 22 while David Wright has mauled the Miami Marlins throughout the season. The visiting New York Mets hope both trends continue when they play the rubber match of the three-game series on Wednesday. Lagares recorded a career-high four hits, scored three times, drove in a pair of runs and stole two bases as New York slugged its way to an 8-6 triumph on Tuesday.

While Lagares is batting a blistering .381 with 10 RBIs and nine runs scored over the last 1 1/2 weeks, Wright added three hits on Tuesday to improve to .431 with 16 RBIs in 15 games versus the Marlins this season. Miami does have a red-hot player of its own in Giancarlo Stanton, who has gone deep in both contests of the series. Stanton leads the National League in homers (35), RBIs (101) and slugging percentage (.561) for the Marlins, who reside 5 1/2 games behind Milwaukee in the race for the second wild card.

TV:
7:10 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), FSN Florida (Miami)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Mets RH Jacob deGrom (7-6, 2.94 ERA) vs. Marlins RH Tom Koehler (9-9, 3.79)

DeGrom recorded his sixth win in seven decisions after allowing one run on four hits in seven innings en route to a 4-1 triumph over Philadelphia on Friday. The 26-year-old has defeated Miami twice in as many starts during his rookie season, holding the club to just one run while striking out 15 in 14 frames. DeGrom has permitted just seven homers in 113 1/3 innings this season and could be bolstering his resume for NL Rookie of the Year honors.

Koehler has settled for a pair of no-decisions in his last two trips to the mound despite yielding a total of five runs and 12 hits in 13 innings. The 28-year-old New York native has pitched well against the Mets but owns a 1-3 career mark even though he's limited the club to a .191 batting average. Koehler is 0-2 with a pair of no-decisions in four starts versus New York this season, allowing three runs and two hits in 6 1/3 frames but not factoring in the result in the last meeting on July 12.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Miami LF Christian Yelich collected three hits on Tuesday and is 13-for-37 with seven runs scored in his last nine games.
2. New York LHP Josh Edgin and RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka received cortisone shots on their ailing pitching elbows on Tuesday. Both are in line to return against Cincinnati this weekend.
3. The Marlins elected to keep C J.T. Realmuto with Double-A Jacksonville as the Suns prepare for a postseason run as opposed to call up their seventh-rated prospect to the big-league roster.

[HahnSolo]

That did NOT look like a swing by Duda.

[Zvon]

2nd and 3rd, no outs in the 1st, and the meat goes down on K's. Stranded. Amazin'.

[Ceetar]

gotta hit this scrub.

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: 2nd and 3rd, no outs in the 1st, and the meat goes down on K's. Stranded. Amazin'.

1st & 3rd, one out for the other guys and no runs scored so we're (sort of) even.

[ashie62]

Yelich looks like a future superstar to me.

[Frayed Knot]

3rd start in a row with high pitch-counts early on for NYM pitchers - and this one would be a lot worse if it weren't for very timely GiDPs
And the kicker here is that, even though it's expanded roster time, we actually have a LESS deep pitching staff than we had prior to Sept 1 as the two promotions, Goeddel and that LHP from A-ball essentially, merely replaced the loss of DiceK & Edgin and aren't going to be trusted as much as those two.

[Edgy MD]

Marlins announcer #1: "The Yankees are wearing patches commemorating Derek Jeter on their uniforms and hats the rest of the year. I'm sure they'll be forced to wear Derek Jeter Cologne."

Marlins announcer #2: "All that stuff, I'm sure, is stuff that Derek Jeter doesn't want."

Number two, you're an idiot.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Sucks to you, tough-luck-powered deficit. They'd need a much bigger New House to contain that Kirking fly. Ye Gods.

Edited September 3, 2014 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

Nieuwenhuis > den Dekker.

[Zvon]

KIRKBOOM! ...way outta there.

[Edgy MD]

�Viva Tejada!

There's your education, Tom Koehler!

Having deGrom bunt = waste of a good hitter, and now a waste of a RiSP.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

And speaking of wastes of RiSP... Wright is providing a LOT more renewable energy tonight than he did last night.

[Frayed Knot]

• Marlins announcer #1: "The Yankees are wearing patches commemorating Derek Jeter on their uniforms and hats the rest of the year. I'm sure they'll be forced to wear Derek Jeter Cologne."
  
  Marlins announcer #2: "All that stuff, I'm sure, is stuff that Derek Jeter doesn't want."

Number two, you're an idiot.

One of those (not sure which) is legendary Seaver-killer Tommy Hutton.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Stanton blown away... with a pitch thrown right past him, no less.

It's not just the results deGrom gets that are so likable, are they?

[Edgy MD]

deGrom, to me, seems like Harvey's approach without Harvey's stuff, showing that the approach is workable all on it's own.

[Zvon]

What a nice play....wait a few minutes.....


Wait.




Wait...



what a nice play.

[Edgy MD]

Let deGrom hit!

[Edgy MD]

Nope. It's Satin with the lineout.

[Edgy MD]

I assume Jeurys gets the night off tonight. We get some-Buddy-else instead.

Might see some Dario.

[Edgy MD]

That's the way Murphy stays with the play. Kick it, pick it, and flick it.

[Edgy MD]

deGrumble.

[Edgy MD]

den Dekker > um, Pridie

[ashie62]

THE GOLDEN SOMBRERO Aribe

[Edgy MD]

Wright, man, they let Mike F. Dunn go after you. DUNN!