IGT 6/1: Brewers at Mets-- Wheels Keep On Turning

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Winning streaks end. Aces have off days. We move on.

Let's take aim at Chase Anderson, and make this an unpleasant getaway day for these brat-and-curd-farting Walker-electors.

[Frayed Knot]

I didn't even realize, until Gary mentioned it during the game last night, that this is a 1:10 first pitch today.

Chase Anderson is one of those pitchers whose complete average-ness makes him virtually anonymous.
a 29 y/o Texas RH'er drafted in the 9th round and now in his 4th ML season (first two for ARZ, last year and now this one in MILW), he seems to make every start and fall right in the meaty part of
the statistical curve to the point where I suspect he might have been created in MLB Labs out of spare parts from a previous generation of average pitchers: 25-27; 4.19 ERA; 1.35 WHIP; 7.4 K/9 / 2.9 BB/9

Zack Wheeler opposes

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Chase Anderson is one of those pitchers whose complete average-ness makes him virtually anonymous.

If he wanted to be totally anonymous, he could move to Rock Ridge and change his name to Johnson.

Later

[Guest d'Kong76]

Sogard SS
Thames 1B
Perez CF
Shaw 3B
Santana RF
Bandy C
Villar 2B
Franklin LF
Anderson P

Conforto LF
Reyes SS
Bruce RF
Walker 2B
Duda 1B
Granderson CF
Flores 3B
d’Arnaud C
Wheeler P

[Edgy MD]

Reyes is the one playing for his MetLife, not Cabrera.

[ashie62]

0-0 in the second.

[Edgy MD]

So, this is our seventh game against the Brewers. Eric Thames: the real deal or a flash in the pan?

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: So, this is our seventh game against the Brewers. Eric Thames: the real deal or a flash in the pan?

I don't know, but Eric Sogard sure is an All-Star

[Frayed Knot]

I have a good idea, let's have all our starters put the leadoff guy on each and every inning and see how that works out over the course of the series.

[Frayed Knot]

The Brewers just hit two consecutive infield pop-ups -- one with two on and one with the bases loaded -- and the Mets somehow turned them into zero outs.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Unintentional ball field personnel interference on one of those. Terry run for
arguing and questioning the homeplate umps farm-animal heritage.

[Frayed Knot]

And we currently have managed just three rather tepid singles thru 5 innings off of Chase Average here.
Plus his pitch count is so low I think he could go 17 innings if needed.

[Edgy MD]

Man, I could go for a plate of Cecchini and a chilled glass of Nimmo about now.

[ashie62]

Chase Anderson throwing a gem. Wheeler was good enough.

Two hits for Duda,

[Frayed Knot]

Wheeler allowed 5 leadoff runners in 7 innings (and now Blevins makes it 6 innings out of 8) but was saved by three GiDPs

[MFS62]

Mr. Met's three other fingers represent the number of hits the Mets have so far.

Later

[Edgy MD]

That was a labored way to strike out the side.

[Edgy MD]

We are on the board with a Kaboomatron by Flores.

[Edgy MD]

Get Dick Scott a win!

[Guest cooby]

Score? I assume late innings by now?

[Edgy MD]

Mets down 2-1. Two out, bottom of the ninth, Walker on first, Duda at the plate.

[Edgy MD]

And he pops out to right.

Mets 0-2 in the Vulgar Mister Met Era.

[Frayed Knot]

Well that was thoroughly disappointing.
Seemingly on a roll and then two runs in 18 innings.

[Centerfield]

With what is basically our A lineup minus Cespedes.

Obviously missing Ces is a big piece, but we are getting to the point where we can't say we are decimated by injuries anymore, at least to the lineup.

6 of the 8 position players out there were projected starters on Opening Day. One sub (Flores) is outperforming the regular (Cabrera) and the other sub is the best player on the team.

[ashie62]

I am at about the point "we're f--ked.

Lets play Wilmer and Nimmo and find out about them at least.

I admit I was one of the biggest supporters of the Cespedes signing. We got robbed.

[Edgy MD]

I think they'll definitely be working through their AAA options as the season goes forward. The question at hand is who primarily loses playing time. I think Reyes is certainly presenting himself as candidate A, but considering the number of guys whose contracts expire at the end of the season, they don't owe most anybody any playing time that they didn't earn the day before.

[Frayed Knot]

Ashie62 wrote: I admit I was one of the biggest supporters of the Cespedes signing. We got robbed.

That's absurd.
He's played over 200 games as a Met in less than 2 seasons, producing 54 HRs and over 100 XBHs while the team has twice made the playoffs including going from 3.0 games out to winning the division
by 7 in the first two months after he was acquired.
He's injured now, it happens. So is Trout, and Freeman, and Donaldson and Tulowitski. Also Zach Britton, Dustin Pedroia, Adrien Beltre, Madison Bumgarner, Felix Hernandez, and those are just the ones
off the top of my head. Prior to this, Cespedes was on the DL once last year and it was for the minimum 15 days. There are 110 games left this year -- more than 2/3 of the season -- and I suspect he
might impact a few of them. After that he's signed through 2020

Yeah, rob me like that again.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Don't be shy! Cast your vote!

[Benjamin Grimm]