IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

[Fman99]

One game at a time, kids.

Another 7:35 start, Hatt Marvey vs. R.A. Dickey.

[Edgy MD]

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[*:1l190eyt]Michael Conforto, lf[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Asdrubal Cabrera, ss[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Jay Bruce, rf[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Neil Walker, 2b[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Travis d'Arnaud, c[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Jose Reyes, 3b[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]T.J. Rivera, 1b[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Juan Lagares, cv[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Matt Harvey, sp[/*:m:1l190eyt][/list:o:1l190eyt][/td:1l190eyt][td:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Ender Inciarte, cf[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Brandon Phillips, 2b[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Freddie Freeman, 1b[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Matt Kemp, lf[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Nick Markakis, rf[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Adonis Garcia, 3b[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Kurt Suzuki, c[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]Dansby Swanson, ss[/*:m:1l190eyt]
[*:1l190eyt]R.A. Dickey, sp[/*:m:1l190eyt][/list:o:1l190eyt][/td:1l190eyt][/tr:1l190eyt][/table:1l190eyt]

[G-Fafif]

Juan Lagares is so good he can cover most of the alphabet, from f to v.

[seawolf17]

G-Fafif wrote: Juan Lagares is so good he can cover most of the alphabet, from f to v.

No, he's sharing his c.v. tonight, which includes three peer-reviewed papers published in Centerfielders Quarterly.

[G-Fafif]

seawolf17 wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Juan Lagares is so good he can cover most of the alphabet, from f to v. No, he's sharing his c.v. tonight, which includes three peer-reviewed papers published in Centerfielders Quarterly.

It is vitae we win tonight.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Walker has to have the lowest slugging percentage of any cleanup hitter in the history of baseball

I do like seeing d'Arnaud creep ahead. I don't think hitting him 8th is good for him in particular

[Benjamin Grimm]

Somewhat surprisingly, given how awful he was until just recently, Jose Reyes is the only remaining player to have appeared in every game this season.

I'm starting to think that his deathwatch has shifted to Curtis Granderson.

[seawolf17]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Somewhat surprisingly, given how awful he was until just recently, Jose Reyes is the only remaining player to have appeared in every game this season. I'm starting to think that his deathwatch has shifted to Curtis Granderson.

Reyes is riding a 7-game hitting streak, at least. Granderson's OPS+ is 4. FOUR.

FOUR.[/bigpurple]

Among all 185 MLBers with enough qualifying ABs, he's the worst. By a lot. His .124 BA and .177 OBP are both the worst, and it's only his triple and home run that keeps his .213 SLG ahead of Byron Buxton of the Twins.

[Frayed Knot]

There's been no 'Granderson Suxx' thread this year. How can we possibly expect him to improve?

[TransMonk]

Frayed Knot wrote: There's been no 'Granderson Suxx' thread this year. How can we possibly expect him to improve?

I was thinking of this last night, too.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think Curtis' playing time has to diminish. (Unless Conforto goes into another post-April tailspin!) Against lefties I'd go with an outfield of Bruce, Conforto, and Lagares. And against righties, maybe Nimmo gets some of Granderson's starts once he gets back. And hopefully Cespedes is back soon (who knows?) and that would create even more pressure to have Curtis sit.

[Edgy MD]

There's also Flores returning, and hopefully Duda isn't too far out. Two more infielders keeps Jay Bruce in the outfield. All this pressure is pointing at Curtis Granderson.

I think he'd probably be a perfectly fine pinch-hitter. It'd make it take that much longer to dig out of is hole, though, so he's going to have to look up at the scoreboard and see some wretched numbers no matter how decent he is doing going forward.

When he got signed for four years, I thought he'd be shifted to part time/reserve status in year three, so I already feel like anything we get from him his a bonus. I'd hate to waste too many PA going forward and not getting anything from him, however.

Or maybe he goes in trade for a relatively expensive, historically decent-to-good starting pitcher who has gotten off to an horrendous start. Bronson Arroyo or somebody. Heck, maybe Bartolo.

[Edgy MD]

Dickems not getting the low strike.

[Edgy MD]

Larry Vanover with the de rigueur terrible call at first.

[Lefty Specialist]

Harvester just not looking right.

[ashie62]

[bigpurple:3mlmkugf]CABOOM[/bigpurple:3mlmkugf]

[ashie62]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Harvester just not looking right.

My thought also.

[Edgy MD]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Harvester just not looking right.

Looks detached in a weird way.

[Edgy MD]

Could Harvey have been a bigger cock here?

[Edgy MD]

[Edgy MD]

Man, not only is Harvey no match for an old, rusty, and gimpy knuckleguy, but the Braves have brought their glovies.

[Frayed Knot]

We've been getting "Out-D'd" this whole series.
Most recent series too.

[Guest Herb Gardner]

Edgy MD wrote: Could Harvey have been a bigger cock here?

This is a metirish type of comment

Excellent!

[Guest Herb Gardner]

Btw cooby is locked out

[MFS62]

Freddie f'n Freeman.
I hat that guy.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Herb Gardner wrote: Btw cooby is locked out

Please check your mail for cooby's new password.

[Chad ochoseis]

Fortunately, Lagares brought his arm.

I wasn't watching for an inning or two. Why is Plawecki catching now?

[Guest d'Kong76]

Herb Gardner wrote: Btw cooby is locked out

That happened to me over the weekend. Kept getting a you've tried to
sign on too many times and had to do a captcha thing or whatever it's
called which didn't work.

[Edgy MD]

The Curtis Granderson-as-pinchie experiment gets off to an ignoble start.

[Chad ochoseis]

It's May now, Curtis. You can start hitting anytime you'd like.