IGT 07/29 - Padres at Mets - Even it Up!

[Zvon]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: This is a steal, isn't it? Nobody knows what's to happen with an injured guy, and Flores though I think he can be a good hitter isn't getting it done often enough to help the team. Plus this reverses the mistake of the Santana trade.

I like it.

I don't like parting with Wheeler but I'm gonna have to. If he was going to be ready by next spring I think I'd feel differently. But he won't. We need this now. We have a good core arm wise, Fulmer & others behind Wheeler. This is affordable.

[Zvon]

Duda again.

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[Edgy MD]

Gotsa get men on and go deep in the same inning, guys.

[Edgy MD]

Why is there a midget storm trooper behind home plate?

[Frayed Knot]

I'm still liking Conforto's ABs. He's been struck out a couple times tonight and yesterday on bastard pitches (and which may or may not have been strikes) but he's usually looked good in doing so -- and, no, that's not a contradiction in terms.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: I'm still liking Conforto's ABs. He's been struck out a couple times tonight and yesterday on bastard pitches (and which may or may not have been strikes) but he's usually looked good in doing so -- and, no, that's not a contradiction in terms.

They weren't in my opinion. I like how he yelled at the ump while walking away, not turning his head back to him. This kid is a mature intelligent player.

[Zvon]

Floores no longer even tries for the DP since he's not a Met. When he was a Met he'da made that throw to first if someone was there or not.

[Edgy MD]

Our alleged trade chip almost getting slud into there.

[Zvon]

Flores getting injured could only make this more interesting.

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I'm still liking Conforto's ABs. He's been struck out a couple times tonight and yesterday on bastard pitches (and which may or may not have been strikes) but he's usually looked good in doing so -- and, no, that's not a contradiction in terms. They weren't in my opinion. I like how he yelled at the ump while walking away, not turning his head back to him. This kid is a mature intelligent player.

Whether they were strikes or not is pretty much irrelevant (not to the AB but to the larger question). Point is that back-door breaking stuff that nips (or doesn't) the outside corner are virtually impossible to hit so it's not like he's looking overmatched by ML hurlers. An extra inch or two outside and it's Ball 4. An inch or two closer to him and I think he'd be all over it.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I'm still liking Conforto's ABs. He's been struck out a couple times tonight and yesterday on bastard pitches (and which may or may not have been strikes) but he's usually looked good in doing so -- and, no, that's not a contradiction in terms. They weren't in my opinion. I like how he yelled at the ump while walking away, not turning his head back to him. This kid is a mature intelligent player. Whether they were strikes or not is pretty much irrelevant (not to the AB but to the larger question). Point is that back-door breaking stuff that nips (or doesn't) the outside corner are virtually impossible to hit so it's not like he's looking overmatched by ML hurlers. An extra inch or two outside and it's Ball 4. An inch or two closer to him and I think he'd be all over it.

Like Keith said, too close to take. Personally I'm glad the kid don't fish. Those at-bats will balance out.

GELBS ALERT

[Zvon]

Wow, Flores will bat. And hes getting a big hand. Wow.

[Zvon]

If he is aware of whats going on, and I assume he is, I would have thought that would pump him up at the plate. But he looked no different.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, he looked different, all right.

[Frayed Knot]

If this trade is as far along as it seems the fact that he's still in there is weird - even if it's not exactly official yet.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Oh, he looked different, all right.

Maybe preoccupied. But his approach to hitting was the same.

I mean get pumped like players do 1st game with a new team, or aganist their old team...get pumped and plant one. He didn't look like he was interested in doing that.

This is really strange, and now seeing him in tears, kinda sad.

I feel shitty now. Ha.

[Edgy MD]

This is amazing.

I hates the trading game.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: If this trade is as far along as it seems the fact that he's still in there is weird - even if it's not exactly official yet.

Very weird. Like Gary said, social media has changed things that we dont even think about until they happen.

[Fman99]

He's getting a lot of camera time, at least. All puffy eyed.

It's like Fgirl and her little crying friends when they're all over here playing, such girls. I told her, send them all away and have them come back when they are eighteenish.

[Edgy MD]

Zvon wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Oh, he looked different, all right. Maybe preoccupied. But his approach to hitting was the same.

No huh-way. He was taking all the way until he saw a strike. He never goes up there taking. He looked like Bartolo. Barely bothering to put his bat over his shoulder.

[Zvon]

Fman99 wrote: He's getting a lot of camera time, at least. All puffy eyed. It's like Fgirl and her little crying friends when they're all over here playing, such girls. I told her, send them all away and have them come back when they are eighteenish.

lol

[Zvon]

If I was Flores I wouldn't cry. But I'd be doing cartwheels and sliding into bags out there during a pitch.

[Edgy MD]

Terry looks like he's tearing also.

[Centerfield]

Jesus. Pull the poor kid.

How dumb to you have to be to run the Mets.

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: If this trade is as far along as it seems the fact that he's still in there is weird - even if it's not exactly official yet. Very weird. Like Gary said, social media has changed things that we dont even think about until they happen.

But social media doesn't really enter into this as far as I'm concerned.
There's nothing to be gained by Flores staying in the game for another 2-3 innings and there's a whole lot to be lost by a simple pitch getting away from a Padre reliever or a simple turned ankle.
Even if Wilmer and the entire stadium didn't already know it as would have been the case in the pre-wifi days, Sandy certainly knows it and you assume Terry and the coaches too.

[Zvon]

This might be the new norm in such things.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Never been a fan of the new norm since it became new.

[Fman99]

Please, he's not a victim. He's a millionaire who plays baseball for a living. Just stop.

[Guest d'Kong76]

???

[Frayed Knot]

I'm not objecting to him staying in the game because of his emotional state. I'm against it from a logistical standpoint of what it could do to the trade.
Yes, they don't HAVE to take him out until the deal is official, but it's simply smart business to do so. The only role social media plays here is that more people know about it quicker than they would have otherwise.