Soothsaying for Sixteen: Antonio Bastardo

[Edgy MD]

A lefty with a villain's name
"Spanish curse! He's in the game!"
If someone shouts with venom, he
Thinks I'm still the enemy



A different hat upon my bean
What's the forecast for sixteen?

[MFS62]

66 games, 63 IP, 37 holds, 12 saves, 1.18 WHIP.

Later

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

66 G/55 IP, 20 ER, 44 H, 21 BB, 58 K, 4 HR, 3.27 ERA, 1.18 WHIP

[Edgy MD]

Speak some sooth for Antonio Bastardo!

[Lefty Specialist]

There once was a man named Bastardo
Had more fun in New York than Don Pardo
"The 8th's mine!" he decreed,
"not yours, Addison Reed!"
"40 holds while I'm pitching to d'Arnaud!"

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: Speak some sooth for Antonio Bastardo!

I already sayeth my sooth.
But I can't say that quickly three times.

Later

Edited February 24, 2016 by Guest

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Lefty Specialist wrote: There once was a man named Bastardo Had more fun in New York than Don Pardo "The 8th's mine!" he decreed, "not yours, Addison Reed!" "40 holds while I'm pitching to d'Arnaud!"

He lied to us in song!

Actually a good enough guess. I worry that all relief pitchers have a good chance to be terrible and at the same time tend not to worry about the bullpen in general.

I got the Bastardo at 4-4, 3.47, 74 whiffs, 23 bbs. In 66 ip

[Guest d'Kong76]

Was going to make up a rhyme
But found I don't have the time
Just give him the ball
For an eighth inning wall
And watch the stat totals climb

[Edgy MD]

Only a handful of soothsayers, but none correctly predicted the bomb crater of a season that Antonio Bastardo had. Someday, you may forget he was ever a Met.

In another possibly deft piece of chip cashing, the deal allowed the Mets to escape at least some of the 2017 obligation to Bastardo. That's something.

[smg58]

I just realized that I need to be more active when it's time to discuss soothsaying for seventeen.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I think we need to call in a team of highly paid consultants to craft a better "branding" campaign for '17. "Soothsaying" didn't test well with Millennials, Gen X or Boomers.