IGT 5/21/2017: ANA@NYM—Paris Trout

[Edgy MD]

A 9-2 loss in the walks column. That's where we're getting kilt on both sides of the ball.

I got to dig another garden bed. I sang "Secret Garden" as I dug.

[ashie62]

Mayday Milone got paid in the ballpark of $20,000 for his efforts today. Wow.

[bmfc1]

Edgy MD wrote: I got to dig another garden bed. I sang "Secret Garden" as I dug.

I did the same thing (not the singing, the planting). At 7-0, the Mets loss became Home Depot's gain.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Time to dump the fish angle as this game stank worse than an overheated can of Surströmming.

[Edgy MD]

It's like the Mets forced Noah Syndergaard to get an MRI, and the MRI revealed he was Tommy Milone.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Is this the end of Mayday Milone? I think we've seen enough of him, but I'm not sure what the alternative is. Someone from Vegas? Another shot for Montero?

[Fman99]

I watched 0% of this game. Seems to have been a good life choice for me.

[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Is this the end of Mayday Milone? I think we've seen enough of him, but I'm not sure what the alternative is. Someone from Vegas? Another shot for Montero?

One day at a time right now, I think. Pill pitched today. He doesn't strike folks out, but he keeps the ball in the park, with only two homers in 56 1/3 innings. At 4-1 with 1.60 ERA, I would think he's got to be a candidate.

[Edgy MD]

OE -- Don't forget that -- assuming that talent evaluation is more or less accurate and efficient, when MLB expands, it adds players that otherwise would still be in the minor leagues. Two new teams means you'd have 50 new major leaguers, most of them worse than Adam Wilk and Rafael Montero. How is that not watering down the league?

Because they add a team, on average once every 8.36 years. So yeah, if you measure it from the very minute before two teams were added to the very minute after, talent has been watered down. If you measure it over time, no it hasn't.

Keith was speaking from his "day"—the midpoint of his career (the mexridian) being 1982—to now. Four teams have been added in 35 years since then. A 15.3% increase. The earth's population has increased by 63% in that time.

[Edgy MD]

Teddyway, we got a scoreless inning from Neil Ramirez. So he gets off his shneid. But I think anybody who goes to bed with an infinite ERA even for one night, and has to enter his next appearance with "ERA: INF" on the scoreboard, gets to go home with a Lino Urndaneta Award.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Guest d'Kong76]

There she is, our hearts aflutter!

[Guest themetfairy]

BG - I intended to give Jay Bruce 2.5 points for this game, but somehow it didn't show up. May I ask you to add that please?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Done!

[Guest themetfairy]

Thanks!

[Benjamin Grimm]