IGT 4/13/17: NYM@MIA -- Gsellman Thurgsday

[Edgy MD]

Gsellman attacks Miami. Wei-Yin Chen defends. Only one will stand victorious at the end of the day.

Chen's a lefty. Look for some hot Wilmer action and for Céspedes to go exploring a far deeper ballpark.

[Fman99]

Is it already the 134th day of April? Damn unending springs.

[MFS62]

When I looked at the pitchers announced for Miami last week and saw "Chen (L)" I was amazed that Bruce Chen was still in the majors.
I know lefties seem to stay around forever, but .....

Later

[Edgy MD]

Chen came out of retirement and kicked some ass in the World Baseball Classic this spring.

[Frayed Knot]

For China this time (his parents country) after playing in previous WBCs for his own native Panama.

[Lefty Specialist]

Edgy MD wrote: Gsellman attacks Miami. Wei-Yin Chen defends. Only one will stand victorious at the end of the day.

[Edgy MD]

Racist.

[Lefty Specialist]

Not really. Gsellman is the hairy one, and everyone knows that Wei-Yin Chen has a series of electrified armor plates down his spine.

[Guest d'Kong76]

GORDON 2B
ELLIS C
YELICH CF
STANTON RF
BOUR 1B
OZUNA LF
DIETRICH 3B
ROJAS SS
CHEN P

[G-Fafif]

Laggy's home! Juan activated, Sewald Vegased.

[G-Fafif]

Grandy CF
Cabrera SS
Cespedes LF
Flores 1B
Bruce RF
Walker 2B
T.J. 3B
Td'A C
Gsellman RHP

Reyes seat

[ashie62]

Yeah T.J., no Laggy.

Too many outfielders for now.

Continue the Gswinning streak.

[Guest cooby]

No Reyes tonight.

I see that's been said.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Some early trouble here.

[Chad ochoseis]

Well, that gsucked.

[Benjamin Grimm]

And... Gsellman doesn't get out of it. First inning grand slam. 4-0 Marlins. Maybe I'll just read a book instead.

[Chad ochoseis]

That was great, Brucie. Now let's get some runs back.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm glad I didn't bail!

[Chad ochoseis]

Nicely d'one!

[ashie62]

Can't help but to wonder who our #6 starter is.

[Frayed Knot]

7 runs* (so far) in an inning and a half on essentially one hard-hit ball (Ozuna's obviously).



Scoring that Yelich grounder as a hit -- Awful!! -- makes all the runs against Gsellman earned. Flip the scoring and they all become UN-eraned.



TJ not exactly making the most of his first start. Could have had two errors and then K's with the bases-loaded on 3 pitches.






* oe: 8th run scores while I'm hitting 'Submit'

Edited April 13, 2017 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

Ashie62 wrote: Can't help but to wonder who our #6 starter is.

Well, if you consider that Matz, Gsellman, and Lugo are, in some order, 5, 6, and 7, what you're really looking for is who #8 is.
And your answer is probably Montero

[Edgy MD]

Here's to the Mets bunting against the shift all season long.

[Edgy MD]

A 1-2-3 second. Are we still looking to fire Gsellman?

I'm just happy to know that he swung the bat.

[Chad ochoseis]

Kaboom. Double kaboom.

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Maybe I'll just read a book instead.

Even the Book of Love* isn't as good as that comeback.





* Who wrote that anyway?

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Scoring that Yelich grounder as a hit -- Awful!! -- makes all the runs against Gsellman earned. Flip the scoring and they all become UN-eraned.

Booth getting deeply into this. I think the team should give the O.S. a call and protest.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I need to catch up, it was 4-sniffle last I was tuned in!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Call him Alka-Gselltzer; young Robert's settled himself down in almost-incomparable fashion.

[Frayed Knot]

That stat Gary quoted a few minutes ago, about Wilmer having 13 HRs in his last 110 ABs vs LHPs
So given a hypothetical full season (let's say 550 ABs just to make the math easy) where he faces only LHPs, that's a pace for 65 homers