IGT 4/15 Mets v Indians Colon v Anderson

[ashie62]

The Anderson dude had a good season in 2015 and clocks in at 240 lbs.

But he has not run into the Colon.

[Edgy MD]

I've decided Bartolo, in looks and temperament, is sort of Chico Marx, inflated and reincarnated.

Bartolo Colon, CMIR.

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Cleveland
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, April 15, 2016
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
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Bartolo Colon takes the mound in the place he started his major league career in 1997 when his struggling New York Mets visit the Cleveland Indians on Friday to start a three-game interleague series. The 42-year-old Colon has accumulated 218 victories, including 75 with the Indians from 1997-2002, and hopes to help the Mets snap out of an early funk.

New York�s pitching staff has kept the team in games during a 3-5 start, but the Mets are batting .194 and averaging 2.5 runs per game after ending a four-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over Miami on Wednesday. �We�ve gotten off to a slow start,� New York manager Terry Collins told reporters. �It happens. � There�s a lot of teams that get off to great starts and falter.� The Indians have yet to lose a series and won their first by outscoring the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in two straight victories the past two days. Cody Anderson opposes Colon after veteran Marlon Byrd belted his first homer for the team in a 6-0 triumph on Thursday afternoon as Cleveland improved to 4-3.

TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), SportsTime Ohio (Cleveland)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Uncle Bartolo (0-1, 1.23 ERA) vs. Indians RH Cody Anderson (0-0, 3.00)

Colon pitched six solid innings in his first start of the season last Saturday in a loss to Philadelphia, permitting one run on five hits with seven strikeouts. The 42-year-old from the Dominican Republic has not walked anyone in 7 1/3 innings this season, including a brief relief stint, and issued just 24 bases on balls in 194 2/3 frames in 2015. Byrd is 6-for-14 with two homers versus Colon, who is 6-4 against his former club.

Anderson allowed two runs on six hits in six innings last Saturday without factoring in the decision as the Indians lost at the Chicago White Sox 7-3 to begin his second major league campaign. The 25-year-old Californian went 7-3 (4-1 at home) with a 3.05 ERA in 15 starts last season � none of them against the Mets. Anderson, who was a 14th round pick by Cleveland in 2011, has just 46 strikeouts in his first 16 major league games.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Cleveland OF-INF Jose Ramirez has produced multiple hits in three of the five games he has played in this season.
2. New York OF Curtis Granderson is off to the worst start among the team�s regulars, going 3-for-31.
3. The teams met for a three-game interleague series in 2013 with the Indians taking two of three at home.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Granderson RF
Wright 3B
Conforto LF
Cespedes DH
Duda 1B
Walker 2B
Cabrera SS
d�Arnaud C
De Aza CF

I gotta say, I like this lineup!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Davis LF
Kipnis 2B
Lindor SS
Napoli 1B
Santana DH
Gomes C
Byrd RF
Uribe 3B
Naquin CF

[Edgy MD]

That lineup is uncontainable. It's also FUNcontainable!

Now move yourself up, d'Arnaud.

[ashie62]

Kate says LETS GO METS!

[Chad ochoseis]

Very Metly crowd here tonight.

Guy in front of me just booed Colon. Really. In general, though, he got a nice hand .

[Chad ochoseis]

CONFORBOOM!

[Edgy MD]

Kipnis surprised me by not challenging De Aza's arm.

[Chad ochoseis]

Damn right it was foul. Even the Indians fans on the first base line agree.

[Edgy MD]

Boo.

Anyhow, shouldn't that error be on the cutoff man?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

they're whaling on the whale tonight.

[Edgy MD]

We hit the ball hard all inning and come up with a goosegg.

I suppose that's only fair, considering.

[Frayed Knot]

- I was rooting for Walker to be held at 3rd during his entire dash around the bases. With no outs that was a bad send IMO
- just another example of the promise that replay would be used only to overturn blatantly wrong calls is an unworkable ideal
- gotta speed those replays up no matter what the call (that you can legislate a time limit with them is another false promise). Umps were 2:34 on headphones plus maybe 45 seconds leading up to it, and if you need that long then don't overturn.
- not often you see 3 runs taken off the board in just the first 1-1/2 innings.

[ashie62]

I would sit Grandy for a couple of days and bring Lagares out of the witness protection program.

[Guest cooby classic]

Ashie62 wrote: Kate says LETS GO METS!

Whoever the hell this is says Earthquake in Japan!

[Lefty Specialist]

Bartoli's not the only one with ample curves.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

how about that DE aza kid

[Chad ochoseis]

Cespedes!

[Lefty Specialist]

What are these 'home runs' of which they speak?

[Lefty Specialist]

Ohhhhhhhh, David. Please throw overhand.

[Edgy MD]

Uribe and Byrdie � chunky guys who can still get around the ball.

Probably what you want against Col�n.

[Guest d'Kong76]

cooby wrote: Ashie62 wrote: Kate says LETS GO METS! Whoever the hell this is says Earthquake in Japan!

Jupiter just sent an admin PM complaining about gravitational pull.

[Edgy MD]

These guys have their regular numbers on the back of their helmets.

Why do they hate Jackie Robinson?

[Guest d'Kong76]

Bastardo!
Ump!

[Edgy MD]

Framey-framey, d'Arnaud. Very framey.

[Frayed Knot]

Seems like an unnecessary change (Robles for Bastardo) w/2 outs an done on and Bastrardo going well.

[Fman99]

Yeah, I thought that too. He's cruising. It's all Tony LaRussa's fault.

[Edgy MD]

De Aza making a statement that he belongs tonight.

I though the Indians were wearing C's on their hats tonight, but I guess that's the batting helmet.