IGT 6/11/17: NYM@ATL -- Seth, What Can He Do?

[Edgy MD]

Curious if we can get a Céspedes pinch-hit experience this inning.

[Edgy MD]

Gary uses "I can't imagine" a lot.

[Edgy MD]

I'd use Duda against the fastballer, but Grandy is hot and Dudie not.

[Guest 41Forever]

Don't think Curtis planned it that way, but I'll take it!

[Edgy MD]

Holy smokes! Céspedes for Conforto!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Don't like batting for Conforto here, not one bit...

[nymr83]

d'Kong76 wrote: Don't like batting for Conforto here, not one bit...

i hate it.

i know Cespedes is our "best hitter" but Conforto is #2 and isn't coming off a recent long-term DL trip.

if Cespedes is available to hit this inning, he should have hit for Rivera with 1st and 2nd nobody out.

[Frayed Knot]

Wouldn't have done it either.
Yeah you increase your chances of a GS, but that's not what you need there.

[Lefty Specialist]

Yeah , I hope pinch hitting for Conforto doesn't come back to bite them.

[Edgy MD]

I don't know man. It was the last call of the game. And the gap between #1 and #2 widens when the Braves were deploying a pitcher created in a secret government lab for the express purpose of retiring Conforto.

And the Mets already put Grandy in the game, so there's no problem replacing Conforto. A justifiable move.

[Edgy MD]

I mean, who do you think Krol wanted to face?

[Frayed Knot]

As long as the tying run doesn't score on account of Grandy's (lack of) arm.

[Frayed Knot]

Or we can just have Addison take care of it on [crossout:hc1ep3yb]10[/crossout:hc1ep3yb] [crossout:hc1ep3yb]11[/crossout:hc1ep3yb] [crossout:hc1ep3yb]12[/crossout:hc1ep3yb] 13 pitches and go home.

[Guest themetfairy]

[Edgy MD]

Brilliant, gentlemen. THAT'S pitching.

[MFS62]

They are a whole better team to face when Freddy F'n Freeman isn't in their lineup.
And I don't miss him a bit!

Later

[Lefty Specialist]

Yeah, it's kind of important to remember that this isn't exactly an offensive juggernaut out there, especially without FFF.

Let's see if this continues against the Cubs and Nats.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Didn't matter in the end, but the pinch hitting sends the wrong
message in my mind. Hopefully Conforto doesn't think like me.

[nymr83]

d'Kong76 wrote: Didn't matter in the end, but the pinch hitting sends the wrong message in my mind. Hopefully Conforto doesn't think like me.

the wrong message to Conforto ("we think you still can't hit lefties even though you have a .378 OBP against them this year") is its own separate issue. my issue is that there were far inferior hitters that you cold have pinch hit for earlier in the inning.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Our burgeoning all-star stud shouldn't be pulled for anyone is my issue.
I have far fewer managing issues with Collins as many but I think it was
a bad message. We'll see. I'd like to think Michael shouldn't be looking
over his shoulder to see if Skip is gonna pass on him at this point.

[Lefty Specialist]

In the moment I thought it was a bad move, but I think it'll be rarely repeated. Cespedes will be playing more and there won't be many PH appearances. And Conforto will be playing every day. More likely will be Conforto moving to left late in the game and Lagares coming in for defense in CF.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ces for Conforto was weird, all the more so because a gimpy Ces or Grandy or pretty much anyone the Met bench has to offer at that point represents a pretty significant defensive downgrade in left, in what could still be a one-run game. Gave them-- arguably-- a better shot to put it away, but gave them significantly less cover if the gamble worked out suboptimally (which, given the odds of, y'know, baseball, was the way it was always more likely to turn out). Ended up okay, but, yeah, while it's not the most indefensible late-inning thing Terry has okayed in the last month, it probably wasn't advisable.

[Fman99]

We were listening on XM while driving home, but, I mean, he went super yard on a ball the day before with the bases loaded in the 9th. I didn't have a problem with him coming in against a lefty to try the same thing a second day in a row.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Edgy MD]

Considering this came followed an encouraging doubleheader sweep and fell on a Sunday, this victory may be one of the topsiest of the year. It's certainly rare to see the 2017 Mets come out of a weekend on anything like an upswing.

[Centerfield]

Edgy MD wrote: Considering this came followed an encouraging doubleheader sweep and fell on a Sunday, this victory may be one of the topsiest of the year. It's certainly rare to see the 2017 Mets come out of a weekend on anything like an upswing.

Right? Sundays are usually reserved for losing by 2 touchdowns and suffering a demoralizing injury.

[Benjamin Grimm]