IGT 8/25/2017: NYM@WSH -- MVM! MVM!

[G-Fafif]

The Most Valuable Met of 2017 starts against A.J. Cole and the first-place...ah, fuck them. LGM!

Nimmo RF
Lagares CF
Cespedes LF
Cabrera 3B
Smith 1B
d'Arnaud C
Rosario SS
Cecchini 2B
deGrom P

[Frayed Knot]

Those guys

Andrew Stevenson - RF Who? -- 25 y/o BL/TL 2nd round draft pick in 2015 out of LSU. 39 ML ABs so far
Adrian Sanchez - 3B Who? -- 27 y/o Venezuelan rookie. 43 ML ABs so far.
Daniel Murphy - 2B -- Him we've met.
Adam Lind - 1B -- Backs up Zimmerman
Wilmer Difo - SS -- Got ML cups-a-coffee in 2015 & '16. Injuries to others have awarded him with some 250 ABs this year.
Michael A. Taylor - CF -- Not sure why he insists that the A. be in there all the time
Alejandro De Aza - LF -- Yeah, that one.
Jose Lobaton - C -- Weiters' backup
AJ Cole - P -- The Nats drafted him (4th round) in 2010, then they traded him away (for Gio Gonzalez) in 2011, then they got him back a year later. This will be his 5th ML start this year.
All those Cole trades involved Oakland of course as those teams are contractually required to make at least three deals per season that tilt in Washington's favor.

Zimmerman, Rendon, & Weiters are not, to my knowledge anyway, injured at this point. Probably just getting a deGrom day off so they can feast on the low hanging fruit during the
remainder of the series.

[MFS62]

Don't let Murphy beat you, Jake.

Later

[ashie62]

How many outfielders do we have?

[seawolf17]

Ashie62 wrote: How many outfielders do we have?

As far as Terry's concerned, 25! Got a glove? GET OUT THERE!

[ashie62]

Wilmer Flores, Matt Reynolds, Jacob deGrom.

[Zvon]

I'm not sure what to make of these uniform jerseys. But for the record, I don't like 'em. Should have kept the sleeves blue IMO.

[Zvon]

So I hear Cespedes limped out of the game. Any details?

[Edgy MD]

Don't know, but Reynolds is leftfielding now.

deGrom leads the bigs in pitcher hits with 14. Jhoulys Chacín has 12.

[Frayed Knot]

Ashie62 wrote: How many outfielders do we have?

Not enough for a quorum.

[Zvon]

Watching on MLBtv. I'm still in the first inning, dArnaud up, bases loaded. So I think I'm a bit behind tonight. I probably should switch to the radio feed.

[Zvon]

I do dig the names on the back of the jerseys. deGrom's says "Jake". Those orange caps tho.....anyone have an extra pair of eclipse glasses?

[Zvon]

Good call at first as deGrom beats out an infield single.

A good call at 1st by an ump!
*grabs chest

[Guest 41Forever]

LOL Nats in those clown suits. Mets are styling, though!

[Edgy MD]

I get the idea that they're all going deer hunting after the game.

Ashie62 wrote: Wilmer Flores, Matt Reynolds, Jacob deGrom.

What is a utility guy, a futility guy, and a capability guy?

[Frayed Knot]

I haven't seen that shoulder patch up close yet, but from a distance it looks like a baseball version of the Evolution Progression - y'know, where the monkey marches towards being a man.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: I get the idea that they're all going deer hunting after the game. Ashie62 wrote: Wilmer Flores, Matt Reynolds, Jacob deGrom. What is a utility guy, a futility guy, and a capability guy?

I know not, most magnificent one!

Edited August 26, 2017 by Guest

[ashie62]

Jacob deGrom is a golden god.

[ashie62]

Now Cespedes is down? Leg issue. Maybe when he stretched the other day and slid to catch a ball in LF.

I have never seen anyhting like this in my entire life.

[Zvon]

Ashie62 wrote: Now Cespedes is down? Leg issue. Maybe when he stretched the other day and slid to catch a ball in LF. I have never seen anything like this in my entire life.

Me neither.

Stanton just hit his 49th. Amazin'.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: I haven't seen that shoulder patch up close yet, but from a distance it looks like a baseball version of the Evolution Progression - y'know, where the monkey marches towards being a man.

I hear ya but actually the shoulder patch is pretty kool in and of itself.
From a child to a man. You were close tho.

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[Edgy MD]

Céspedes has had tight and tender legs pretty much as long as he's been a Met. Blame his bodybuilding or blame the golf or blame the outfield or blame the cruelty of the fates, but it's something we ought to be used to by now. I see him kick it to full speed, I'm more surprised when he doesn't come up hobbled.

[Zvon]

Whoa, I really dig Rosario's blue & orange bat!

[Edgy MD]

deGrom needs runs.

deGrom deserves runs.

[Edgy MD]

Alright, leadoff Lagares double in the eighth. Let's plate that man.

[Edgy MD]

Matt Reynolds, your new cleanup hitter, plates the run!

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Alright, leadoff Lagares double in the eighth. Let's plate that man.

Is it really the 8th inning? Yikes. MLBtv has me in the bottom of the 4th!

[Frayed Knot]

Nice to see the boys who are fighting for jobs coming through.
That was a bit of a gutsy send by Sherlock as Taylor fielded that single very shallow. Plus Juan looked like he expected to be held and had to re-ignite his motors.

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: Is it really the 8th inning? Yikes. MLBtv has me in the bottom of the 4th!

How is that possible?

[Zvon]

I reloaded the page, and yes, I was that far behind. Amazin'