Win-Game Thread: 6/19/15, NYM@ATL

[Edgy MD]

The Braves are dancing around the fringes of the race, with talk of sneaking in, and I think it's high time they got a taste of a first-place team smacking 'em back down.

First up: The Braves #2-ranked prospect (by somebody, I dunno) and #59 overall (same) Matt Wisler debuts against defending Rookie of the Year and Men's Hair Care Monthly cover boy Jacob deGrom.

deGrom is hotter than whatever right now, and among the teams he's been dominating were these same damn Braves the last week.

The only Met hitter who has faced Wisler is Kevin Plawecki, who went 1-3, so maybe he draws the start tonight instead of the middle game.

Wisler's mother is expected to be in attendance.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Thanky!
NY Mets at Atlanta
When: 7:35 PM ET, Friday, June 19, 2015
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
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Life is good for Jacob deGrom, the New York Mets� right-hander and reigning National League Rookie of the Year who turns 27 on Friday, when he starts the opener of a three-game series at the Atlanta Braves. deGrom has not lost in his past six starts, posting a 1.25 ERA during that span as the Mets have held the lead in the NL East.

In Atlanta, deGrom faces a team which he has dominated in four career starts, going 2-1 with a 1.80 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 25 innings. While deGrom forms a key part of one of the NL�s top pitching rotations, the Braves� starters � other than Shelby Miller � have struggled to match their success of last season. Ace-in-the-making Julio Teheran has regressed in 2015, Alex Wood has battled inconsistency and a plethora of starters have tried to hold the fourth and fifth spots in the rotation. Matt Wisler is expected to make his major-league debut for Atlanta in the series opener, after the Braves optioned Mike Foltynewicz back to Triple-A Gwinnett after he failed to hold an 8-1 lead Sunday in a 10-8 loss to the Mets.

TV: 7:35 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), FSN South (Atlanta)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Jacob deGrom (7-4, 2.33 ERA) vs. Braves RH Matt Wisler (Triple-A: 3-4, 4.29)

deGrom was 3-4 with a 3.46 ERA on May 11, but has dominated in going 4-0 while posting six consecutive quality starts since. He has allowed 24 hits and just one home run in 43 1/3 innings with five walks and 53 strikeouts, fanning nine or more in four of his past five outings. He earned a no-decision Saturday against the Braves, allowing one run on five hits with nine strikeouts in seven frames.

Wisler, acquired in the Craig Kimbrel trade with San Diego on the eve of the season opener, entered the season rated 34th on Baseball America�s prospect list. The 22-year-old was shelled for seven runs on eight hits in 3 2/3 innings in his last outing, after posting a 1.96 ERA in his previous seven starts. Wisler, a seventh-round selection by the Padres in the 2011 draft, has walked 13 while striking out 49 in 65 innings at Gwinnett.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Atlanta 1B Freddie Freeman, whose consecutive games streak of 234 ended Thursday due to a sprained right wrist, is batting .300 with 15 homers, 63 RBIs and a .906 OPS in 81 career games against the Mets.
2. New York CF Juan Lagares has hit safely in his past nine games, and is batting .348 in June after a .211 May.
3. Atlanta RF Nick Markakis set a major-league record by recording his 393rd consecutive game without an error in the outfield Thursday, breaking Darren Lewis' mark set from 1990-94.

[Guest themetfairy]

From Matt Harvey's Facebook fan page -

Wishing my teammate Jacob deGrom a happy birthday. Go get 'em today.

'Nuff said.

[Lefty Specialist]

After the last two games, it'd be nice if somebody paid a price. I nominate the Tomahawk-Choppers.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Atlanta will be Freddy Free tonight, that's a positive.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Peterson, 2B
Maybin, CF
Johnson, 1B
Markakis, RF
Johnson, 3B
Pierzynski, C
Simmons, SS
Perez, LF
Wisler, P

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Grandy
Tejada
Doodoo
Cuddly
Flores
Lagares
Hererra
Plawecki
deGrom

so many RHs in a row I'm sure Terry hated writing that down

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: The only Met hitter who has faced Wisler is Kevin Plawecki, who went 1-3, so maybe he draws the start tonight instead of the middle game.

Bam!

Edgy MD wrote: Wisler's mother is expected to be in attendance.

I think the mic's broken.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Flew over my head, bounced off the wall, and laid on the track.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Someone just needs to photoshop in a TV and a Braves cap:

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Wisler's mother is expected to be in attendance. I think the mic's broken.

Or maybe the joke was already used earlier in the day in the Braves thread.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Wisler's mother is expected to be in attendance. I think the mic's broken. Or maybe the joke was already used earlier in the day in the Braves thread.

Howie made the joke last night in the 9th inning.

[ashie62]

Watch it, it may backfire.

[ashie62]

0-0 6th

Anybody alive?

[Frayed Knot]

deGrom, plus Tejada and Cuddyer (2 hits each) are, but almost no one else.


That's their 2nd run since early on Tuesday.

[Lefty Specialist]

Ashie62 wrote: 0-0 6th Anybody alive?

Cuddyer, apparently.

[Frayed Knot]

Pulling deGrom NOW? Really?


And today's game continues the recent trend: Plays. Not. Made.

[nymr83]

TERRIBLE defense by both Tejada and Flores there. but I would leave deGrom in to try and get the double play here, they haven't hit the ball hard.

[Frayed Knot]

Is there anybody on the entire planet who didn't see that coming?

[HahnSolo]

Yeah I do t get the hook for Jacob there.

[Frayed Knot]

Plays. Not. Made.

[Frayed Knot]

Y'know, most of the time when a closer comes in that team's fans looks at the order and says, "Shit, they've got the 4-5-6 hitters coming up".
But when closers come in against the Mets, it makes no difference.

[Frayed Knot]

Oh good, I was hoping for another lazy-ass fly ball.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Uh... happy birthday, Jacob. I got nothing.

[Frayed Knot]

That's now 9 runs scored in 5 games (only 7 in regulation innings) against an ML debut, a 41 y/o, and a bunch of guys with 5+ ERAs.
The only miracle here is that they weren't 0-5 like they probably deserved.

[Zvon]

Both the plays. not. made. and the removal of deGrom. They'll say that "we gotta pick where we can save him innings" shit but that was not the time to pull him. Maybe I should hold Flores's homers up to how many games we have lost due to his action, inaction, or error. I bet that number is close and that is very, very bad for business.