IGT 7/3 CHC@NYM

[Edgy MD]

If we want a sweep, we've got to go through Jon Lester (9-3, 2.03)

But the Mets counter with some guy named Syndergaard. Hell yeah, we want a sweep.

[Frayed Knot]

Y'know, with Lagares scheduled to play, Zimmo maybe leading off again, possibly Granderson slated to be back, all combined with Lester's odd throwing/holding problems with runners at 1st ... the Mets might even get a chance to run in this game

[ashie62]

I wonder if Grandys job is in jeopardy before the end of the month.

[Lefty Specialist]

Ashie62 wrote: I wonder if Grandys job is in jeopardy before the end of the month.

If it's not, it should be.

[Frayed Knot]

LAGARES - CF
GRANDERSON - RF
CESPEDES - LF
WALKER - 2B
FLORES - 3B
LONEY - 1B
REYNOLDS - SS
RIVERA - C
SYNDERGAARD - P



ZOBRIST - 2B
HEYWARD - CF
BRYANT - [u:1b3ch4cm]RF[/u:1b3ch4cm]
RIZZO - 1B
CONTRERAS - LF
CANDELARIO ?? - 3B
BAEZ -SS
ROSS - C
LESTER - P

[Frayed Knot]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Ashie62 wrote: I wonder if Grandys job is in jeopardy before the end of the month. If it's not, it should be.

If, at some point, Lagares, Conforto, and Nimmo are all up and hitting at the same time then, yeah, you start to figure out how to handle/phase out Granderson.
But they're a ways from that point now.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Loving this so far!

Grandy back and tells you to stop counting him out.

Yo deposits a broken bat base hit to make it 6-1!

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I wouldn't mind the Mets using these uniforms next year as Sunday alts, minus the patch and name plate.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Adios Lester!

But I have to say that a fair number of these hits were of the 100-bouncer, bloop, broken bat variety. Not complaining, mind you.

[bmfc1]

Edgy MD wrote: If we want a sweep, we've got to go through Jon Lester (9-3, 2.03)

Drilled a hole right through him.

[Frayed Knot]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Adios Lester! But I have to say that a fair number of these hits were of the 100-bouncer, bloop, broken bat variety. Not complaining, mind you.

Mets gave Lester his share of Bangs too: 3 HRs, Reynolds 2B, a hard single or two.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Thor doesn't get cheated at the plate. He's hit the ball hard!

Now, with the score being what it is, do you pull him after five or six innings to preserve the elbow?

[Edgy MD]

Six innings at least.

I'm just tuning in. Funny to see the canary-colored compression sleeve on Ren� Rivera

[Edgy MD]

So, maybe we haven't seen all there is to see from Wilmer Flores.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Edgy MD wrote: So, maybe we haven't seen all there is to see from Wilmer Flores.

Not that he's not always trying his best. But I wonder if the idea of Reyes playing third base exclusively and Loney doing pretty well at first has been a factor.

[Edgy MD]

He's certainly had some of his best periods in the past when his job was on the line.

Is Kong at the game today? I think I saw Kongwife on TV

[Edgy MD]

Should Nimmo be called back from first? Didn't he seem like he took that HbP with intent?

[Frayed Knot]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Edgy MD wrote: So, maybe we haven't seen all there is to see from Wilmer Flores. Not that he's not always trying his best. But I wonder if the idea of Reyes playing third base exclusively and Loney doing pretty well at first has been a factor.

Well it wasn't spurring him on to multi-hit games prior to today so the cause-and-effect thing is a tough sell.




Madden seems awfully liberal with his position player changes in this series but just the opposite when it comes to swapping out pitchers.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Should Nimmo be called back from first? Didn't he seem like he took that HbP with intent?

Well, he's back in the dugout now.

[Edgy MD]

That guy who just missed that homer on the Party City Deck (or whatever it is), didn't that look like Kong?

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Wilmer says "Let's see Jose go 5 for 5."

[Edgy MD]

Edgardo Alfonzo is the only Met with six, right?

[Guest themetfairy]

Edgy MD wrote: Edgardo Alfonzo is the only Met with six, right?

Correct

[Frayed Knot]

Speaking of pulling pitchers, Strasberg just yanked after 6-2/3 despite a no-hitter.

[Edgy MD]

Interesting to hear Keith call Steve Bedrosian and Scott Garrelts the hardest throwers he's ever faced. I would have guessed about 100 guys before coming up with Bedrock, and I'd never have thought of Garrelts.

[Edgy MD]

Position player pitcher alert! In the seventh inning!

Guess who rules. The Mets do!

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: Madden seems awfully liberal with his position player changes in this series but just the opposite when it comes to swapping out pitchers.

And his odd usage continues, pulling a pitcher in favor of a position player just after allowing said pitcher to hit the previous half-inning.
Montero is also his 3rd catcher and he's now used all of them in just 7 innings.

[Edgy MD]

Soft stuff, but with a little sink.

[Edgy MD]

Looked like he hit Rivera with a knuckler.

[Edgy MD]

And we get the answer to the burning question: Do you have to be a pitcher to retire De Aza?