IGT - 09/18 - Mets at Fish - Golly Gee, Going for Three

[Guest Admin]

Mets RH Matt Harvey (5-5, 6.14 ERA)
Marlins RH Dan Straily (9-9, 4.24)

[ashie62]

Watch the Admin get the longest IGT win streak of the season.

LGM!

[Frayed Knot]

That wouldn't take much.


One good thing is that the Mets almost certainly beat Miami to Miami last night as the Marlins got a later start and had a longer flight in returning home from their home series in Milwaukee.

[Guest d'Kong76]

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[Guest d'Kong76]

Rosario scratched with stomach ailment...
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[Benjamin Grimm]

Did Gavin Cecchini serve Rosario his lunch today?

[Frayed Knot]

I heard that Rosario ate a bad meal late last night at the Spanish food joint that Duaner Sanchez never reached due to his cab wreck -- so at least it's just a bad stomach and not a busted up shoulder.

[Edgy MD]

Nimmo must bat first. Any other thought is unbearable.

[Edgy MD]

Gosh did Reyes show his age on that infield hit by Ozuna.

[Edgy MD]

Add Harvey to the list of Mets disinterested in holding runners on.

[Edgy MD]

Harvey's sliders aren't moving. Stanton's hits are.

[Guest d'Kong76]

He slammed the snot out of that pitch.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, Gordon, go for the plate for goodness' sake.

[DocTee]

I recall not that many years ago a WATP thread where most(?) of us balked at a Harvey for Stanton swap

Shows what we know

[Edgy MD]

Bringing in Robles with runners on base is cruel at this point.

[Frayed Knot]

The Marlins BABiP tonight is just shy of .600 (16 for 27)
I mean they're smacking the shit out of the ball now, but these "real" hits are just on top of all the bleeders and seeing eye hits that they were piling up earlier.

[Guest 41Forever]

Robles has absolutely lost it.

[MFS62]

Fuck Ichiro.
Later

[Edgy MD]

Ugly Mets.

Ugly stadium.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We'd do better with Adam Wilk out there.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

DocTee wrote: I recall not that many years ago a WATP thread where most(?) of us balked at a Harvey for Stanton swap Shows what we know

They didn;t ask my opinion!

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, show me the thread as we work on this all-swinging-bunt 11-run rally.

[Edgy MD]

Or a game-ending double-play, giving Vance Worley the save in a 12-run game.

[Lefty Specialist]

Seems these days the Mets play two kinds of games:

1) They score a couple of runs early, there's a decent enough starting performance and the bullpen either makes it close late or blows it.

2) They don't score early and they gradually fall further and further behind as the game progresses.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[ashie62]

Do the Mets offer Harvey arbitration?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I was thinking I'd non-tender him, but John Harper pointed out the other day that the Mets can give Harvey a contract (through arbitration or otherwise) and then get out of it (mostly) by releasing him, if necessary, at the end of spring training.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I remember we once had a discussion here, probably in 2015 -- because it was after Harvey came back from TJ surgery, he was pitching well, and it was before his second serious (thoracic) setback. We were discussing whether Harvey should sign a long term contract or wait for his inevitable big free agent payday. I suggested that given Harvey's medical history, it wouldn't be a bad idea for him to sign a contract in 2015. That contract wouldn't have been as lucrative as his FA contract, had he continued to enjoy relatively good health going forward, but it would have eliminated a lot of health risk going forward, especially given Harvey's TJ history.

[G-Fafif]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I remember we once had a discussion here, probably in 2015 -- because it was after Harvey came back from TJ surgery, he was pitching well, and it was before his second serious (thoracic) setback. We were discussing whether Harvey should sign a long term contract or wait for his inevitable big free agent payday. I suggested that given Harvey's medical history, it wouldn't be a bad idea for him to sign a contract in 2015. That contract wouldn't have been as lucrative as his FA contract, had he continued to enjoy relatively good health going forward, but it would have eliminated a lot of health risk going forward, especially given Harvey's TJ history.

The Mets locked up Lagares, and Lagares has been a disappointment (and injured often). The Mets locked up Wright, and Wright hasn't been able to perform. The Mets reportedly talked to Duda about a long-term deal after he came off his best year and Duda apparently demurred.

It doesn't seem these things ever quite work out for team and player simultaneously. That's not necessarily a trend or pattern, just makes one realize how iffy picking what's behind the curtain as opposed to what's inside the box can be.