Mike had his best start of the year last night, raising his record to 5-6. The numbers: 7.0 IP 4 H 1 R 1 ER 2 BB 8 K His season's ERA is now 5.42. Later
As Branch Rickey said, "Luck is the residue of design." And it seems that Stearns has the plan to get luck on our side. But every good plan has a contingency plan (Project Management 101) and I think he was blind sided by the second Senga injury. Later
Those USA/Gov polls I fill out sometimes ask us how we like certain movies, writers, celebs and sports figures. By some strange coincidence, Max Kepler was on today's poll. I said I like him. Now I wish I had my vote back. Later
A few years ago I had a business trip to Minneapolis in January, checked into my hotel ok. It wasn't until I went to my car the following morning to get to my appointment that I realized the rental car company had not provided an ice scraper. In Minneapolis? In the winter time? I ruined my employee ID badge scraping the ice. Maybe I should have looked for public transportation. Later
Jizz has homered twice tonight (4 RBI) and the talking heads on radio are already calling him "The spark the MFYs needed". I'ma' wanna' barf. Phils losing 5-4. Later
The more relievers the better, because that starting staff is inconsistent. I guess nobody made an offer for Ottavino. I was hoping to see his name in the "Former Mets in Current Situations" thread. Later
Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Tyler Zuber sounds awesome But I think Gervase will turn out to be something special: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gervas000pauhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gervas000pau Later
Holy Steve Dalkowski, Batman! In 32 minor league innings across two seasons, 18 year old Nicolas Carreno has walked 38 and struck out 53. Raw talent. Later
I remember seeing it and enjoying it, but it was long ago. I'll give it a better than average grade for now, but might change it upon re-viewing. Later
Edgy MD wrote: It's missing an Álvarez factor, but that's a good lineup. If Henry Winkler can hold down that Number Five spot, we might have a sturdy cast. I read (SNY?) that Alvarez is nursing a sore shoulder (didn't say which one) and they're going to reduce his workload for a while. Later
Tonight we get former Mets prospect Simeon Woods-Richardson, Former Mets signing Simeon Woods-Richardson takes the Hill for the Twins Who's pitching for Minnesota this evening? I'll take a wild guess and say "Simeon Woods-Richardson" . Later