IGT, 4/3/2017, ATL@NYM

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Frayed Knot]

I was apprehensive in the moment about sending him mainly because Inciarte was so shallow by the time he fielded the hit.
With two outs that's a definite GO, but with one I was at least 60/40 in favor of holding.

My problem with Wilmer's slide that I mentioned earlier was that he started too early. Home is not like the other bases where you have to hold the bag, you can slide by practically landing on the plate
and busting right through it and ha the done that he would have been clearly safe without all the drama. No reason to be slowing down before you even get there.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Tough game to score Schaefer points with but I wanted to influence you to reward the Pabst Blue Ribbon Unsung Heroes of the day:

Hansel Robles who came into a scoreless game following a guy with far superior stuff but held the fort 1-2-3. None of us would have been surprised if that's the point at which it all broke down.
Rene Rivera started the rally with a nice base hit off what looked to be a tough pitch to handle

[Benjamin Grimm]

I usually give one full point to a reliever who pitches a scoreless inning in a tie or a one-run game. (Unless it's a busy game and there are a lot of players for whom I have to squeeze in points). So for yesterday, Robles gets a 1.0 from me, but nothing for Salas and Gsellman, who pitched a scoreless inning in a six-run game.

[G-Fafif]

Wilmer Flores became the eighth DFDH -- de facto designated hitter -- in Mets history by batting for the pitcher twice in the same inning. Previous DFDHs: Jim Fregosi, Dave Marshall, Mike Cubbage, Howard Johnson, Gregg Jefferies, Vance Wilson and Daniel Murphy. Marshall's moment came in the largest of all Met comebacks, from down 8-0 to beat Houston, 11-8, on September 2, 1972.

[Benjamin Grimm]