IGT #43 5/23 who's your Padre?

[Ceetar]

DateTuesday, May 23, 2017
Start Time7:10et (local)
VenueCiti Field
SeriesGame #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp73° (based on last ten years)

[u:38fktddc]San Diego Padres [/u:38fktddc]

Record 15-26
Manager Andy Green
Game # 48
On This Date 19-26
Standing 5th (10.5 GB)

[u:38fktddc]New York Mets[/u:38fktddc]
Record 16-22
Manager Terry Collins
Game # 45
On This Date 20-20
Standing 2nd (9.0 GB)

[u:38fktddc]Season Series[/u:38fktddc]
2017 0-0
2016 NYM over SDP 4-3
2015 SDP over NYM 4-2
All-time SDP leads 241-235


Matt Harvey, RHP vs Jhoulys Chacin, RHP

(Side note: Jhoulys isn't actually his name, a cat walked on the keyboard when they were entering it)

SNY Radio 710 WOR, or 104.3 HD2

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

It's another Tuesday Night Lunchfest, come see us up in the Prom.

[Frayed Knot]

Mini SDP KTE

These guys are a lot like the Angels ... only worse.
16-30 and with an MLB worst run differential (-85) that suggests they shouldn’t even be that good.
Their lineup is kind of like an Angels clone in that there's Wil Myers (OPS 862) plus a bunch of guys named Joe, or in this case, Yangervis. In short, they’ve got a bunch of decent power/low average guys
in a park not built for power and the rest of the lineup is filled with FA waiver wire pickups and even includes three separate Rule 5 guys, two of which are 21 y/o and never played above A-Ball before.
It might be why they’re only a hair ahead of the Giants for lowest RS/G (3.43) But to make up for it they’re also 14th in the league in RA/G (5.28) ahead of only the Mets

C - Austin Hedges .215 BA, 8 HRs
1B - Myers
2B - Yangervis Solarte: .226, 3 HR
SS - Erick Aybar: .211, 4 HR
3B - Ryan Schimpf: .165, 10 HR
RF - Hunter Renfroe: .218, 8 HR
CF - Manuel Margot: .264, 4 HR (although with the glove he’s a human highlight film waiting to happen)
LF - ??? It had been the grounds of Stonybrook’s Travis Jankowski but he’s on the DL so they’re trying to replace his .160 bat with a host of guys unknown past their immediate families whose
names are apparently Blash, Cordoba, Spangenberg, and Szczur, but I think several of those may have been made up by drunk data entry people at BB-Ref.



Tuesday 7:10 — Jhoulys Chacin [10 starts, 3-5, 4.61, 1.25] vs Harvey
You may remember Chacin from such movies as: 'HELP ME I'M ON THE ROCKIES' and 'THIS IS NOW MY FIFTH TEAM IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS'

Wednesday 7:10 — Jarred Cosart [3 starts, 0-1, 2.70, 1.50] vs Gsellman
Cosart was drafted by the Phils but has since taken trips through Houston and Miami before landing in Sandy Eggo in 2016
He's started 6 times against the Mets over the years, including twice in 2016, and has put up decent stats [3.12 ERA, 1.10 WHIP] but never had a decision either way

Thursday 7:10 — TBD vs deGrom
This was to have been Jered Weaver’s turn (note that this team's staff has a Jered and a Jarred) but he’s now DL’d (I think he sprained his Jered - or maybe it was his Jarred)

[Edgy MD]

Jankowski looked like a nice player when we saw him last year. He's done almost nothing since.

[seawolf17]

Edgy MD wrote: Jankowski looked like a nice player when we saw him last year. He's done almost nothing since.

He got off to a rough start this year because he was trying to play through an injury that happened in the first week of the season -- as young guys do who are on the bubble -- but it finally became too much. He'll be back, but for a guy whose game is speed, a foot injury is a big deal. One of our web guys and I had a plan to be there tomorrow night for a "homecoming" story of sorts, catching up with him on the field before the game, but with him hurt, we scrapped it.

It's a tough time for Seawolves baseball right now. With Travis, TK, and Nick Tropeano all on the DL and Joe Nathan pitching like a 42-year-old in AAA, we've got nobody close to the majors. Catcher Pat Cantwell was backing up in AAA, but got traded from Texas to Toronto, demoted to AA, and how HE'S on the DL too. We've got two guys at high-A with Pittsburgh, but even one of them is hurt.

Oy.

[Edgy MD]

You should recruit South Africans.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Good article in the Ringer about the Padres attempts to get good quickly a few years (getting Kemp, Upton, Kimbrel) and then nuking that formula and going full NBA-style tank job and carrying a handful of Rule V turds.

As one would imagine, it’s rare for a player to make his major league debut without having previously played above A-ball or in a high-level international league such as the NPB, the KBO, or Cuba’s Serie Nacional. In the 37 full seasons since 1980, 27 such players have debuted in the majors in April, according to some sifting of Baseball Prospectus data. No other team in that time has had more than one. During the “bonus baby” years of the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s, some teams would carry a couple of players with no minor league track records, but what the Padres are doing may be unprecedented since the dark ages of baseball, before Branch Rickey brought farm teams into vogue.

Looks like their 3 Rule V guys are still hangin around, too.

[MFS62]

As one would imagine, it’s rare for a player to make his major league debut without having previously played above A-ball or in a high-level international league

I had always thought that pitcher Billy McCool had jumped from A ball directly to the Reds in 1961. But I just checked it out. He actually spent a short time with the Reds' AAA affiliate before joining the Reds. It was in San Diego, then a Pacific Coast League city.

Later

[Edgy MD]

[fimg=300:3umisok9]http://www.lobshots.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/padres-vintage-logo.jpg[/fimg:3umisok9]

[*:3umisok9]Manuel Margot, cf[/*:m:3umisok9]
[*:3umisok9]Yangervis Solarte, 2b[/*:m:3umisok9]
[*:3umisok9]Wil Myers, 1b[/*:m:3umisok9]
[*:3umisok9]Ryan Schimpf, 3b 3B[/*:m:3umisok9]
[*:3umisok9]Hunter Renfroe, rf[/*:m:3umisok9]
[*:3umisok9]Cory Spangenberg, lf[/*:m:3umisok9]
[*:3umisok9]Austin Hedges, c[/*:m:3umisok9]
[*:3umisok9]Erick Aybar, ss[/*:m:3umisok9]
[*:3umisok9]Jhoulys Chacin, sp[/*:m:3umisok9][/list:o:3umisok9]

[ashie62]

Their cleanup hitter bats .165 with 10 homers. Arguably better than Granderson I guess.

[Ceetar]

[u:33l2iauu]Mets
[/u:33l2iauu]
Michael Conforto – LF
José Reyes – SS
Jay Bruce – RF
Neil Walker – 2B
Curtis Granderson – CF
Wilmer Flores – 3B
Lucas Duda – 1B
René Rivera – C
Matt Harvey – RHP

[A Boy Named Seo]

Looks like "TBD" for Thursday has been "D'd".

The Pads called up 6-foot, 4-inch, 24-year old Dominican righty Dinelson Lamet. Whether he brings his 11.5 K/9 with him is also TBD.

[Benjamin Grimm]

His name is an anagram for "OLD METS LEAN IN".

I predict a big day for Curtis Granderson!

[seawolf17]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Looks like "TBD" for Thursday has been "D'd". The Pads called up 6-foot, 4-inch, 24-year old Dominican righty Dinelson Lamet. Whether he brings his 11.5 K/9 with him is also TBD.

Guy nobody's ever heard of? At least seven shutout innings on Thursday.

[seawolf17]

Ashie62 wrote: Their cleanup hitter bats .165 with 10 homers. Arguably better than Granderson I guess.

Not saying much.

[Lefty Specialist]

seawolf17 wrote: A Boy Named Seo wrote: Looks like "TBD" for Thursday has been "D'd". The Pads called up 6-foot, 4-inch, 24-year old Dominican righty Dinelson Lamet. Whether he brings his 11.5 K/9 with him is also TBD. Guy nobody's ever heard of? At least seven shutout innings on Thursday.

This. Book it.

[Lefty Specialist]

Hansel follows the bread crumbs to Vegas, as Smoker rejoins the Mets for this evening's tilt.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Hansel follows the bread crumbs to Vegas...

[Lefty Specialist]

And yet, Rafael Montero survives for another day. As they say, Amazin'.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I guess Hansel deserved this but hopefully just as a quick get-your-shit-together spanking.

I have to say if Reed goes down, he's the next guy I'd wanna try as closer so getting him "fixed" more important than blowout man Montero.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I agree. Until his recent awfulness, I had Hansel as next-in-line after Reed as closer.

[Edgy MD]

Hansel's got the funny name and the goofy haircut. I guess he's got my vote.

Forgotten man who's only just starting to find himself again down in AAA is Erik Goeddel.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Can they put a fake mustache on Jenrry Mejia and pass him off as Jenrry's twin, Kenny Mejia?

[Frayed Knot]

I agree that Hansel shouldn't be thrown to the bottom of some well and forgotten about, but they had to do something because allowing him near the big boy mound just isn't an option at the moment.
12 ER allowed (plus 4 more inherited) on 10 hits including 4 HRs and 4 walks in his last 3 outings/2.2 innings* is just so stunningly bad that it can't be ignored.
This from a guy who had allowed just 3 runs over previous 18 outings/19 innings - although he wasn't exactly stingy with the inherited runners then either even if that can often be chalked up to bad
luck and/or SSS





* Broken down, he faced 20 batters in those 3 outings, retiring just six (3 Ks, 1 GO, 1 PO, 1 FO). He got the other two outs for the 2.2 IP via caught stealings - both had to be challenged and reversed
to get the call, one ended an inning or who knows where it could have ended. The other 14 hitters racked up 2 singles, 4 doubles, 4 HRs, plus 3 BBs and an IW.
More extra base hits than outs = Not Good

[Edgy MD]

Any idea what kind of reception Harvey is getting?

[Edgy MD]

Great to see Harvey ditch the blue top and chrome insignia.

[Edgy MD]

Starts off with a K. But Strike Two looked like Ball Four from my seat.

[Edgy MD]

We need to talk about finding another leadoff hitter. I'd like Conforto leadoff better if we had better options in the middle of the lineup.

But thank you for the Kaboomowitz, Michael.

[Edgy MD]

Sheesh guys, you're missing a helluva start.

Not sure Reyes touched home plate.

[Edgy MD]

Wilmer inside outs the softest RBI single ever.