Frayed Knot

That zone got more than a bit wide on about 5 different pitches in the 9th there, but it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

So in the 9th inning we'll have: Recker - who has 7 hits this season a PH off our .180-hitting bench, probably Mayberry who has all of 11 hits this year and Granderson who I don't think has made contact yet tonight.

This game could go 14 and we wouldn't get a knock.

Yeah, the 'EVERY BODY CLAP YO HANDS' chant was well timed. Genius marketing I tells ya, Genius!.

Good thing we miss Bumgarner is this series, eh?

We're in deep shit now folks. There's been nothing off NYM bats that's remotely resembled a hit.

So if Heston winds up with the no-hitter will that make him 'The Omega Man'?

Kind of sad when your only official AB of the game w/runners on results in a GiDP.

3 run deficit, I think that pretty much falls under the definition of 'insurmountable'. Particularly so when you're getting no-hit.

So apparently the strategy of this game is: 1) to put on as many Giant leadoff batters as possible 2) to strike out on 3 pitches as often as possible It's nice that they have a plan, but I'm not sure is a winning one.

btw, the DOB on Desmond Lindsay -- 1/15/[u:1wzwcl1n]97[/u:1wzwcl1n] Shit, the forerunner of this board isn't much younger than that.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Round 5: Thomas Szapucky, LHP from a Florida high school Hopefully Szapucky will pitch to Plawecki at some point - just for the SCRABBLE points alone it would be worth it, or to hear Keith stumble over the pronunciations.

Edgy MD wrote: I think Mariano, Jr. is listed as a fourth-round talent, tops, so if they go for him at #54, they must have seen somebody other folks haven't. 4th round it is at #134 to ... the Nationals. Was selected by the Yanx in the 29th round last year.

So the Giants tonight are like a poor Englishman in days of yore: Pence-less

Are we sure it's not Taylor Corey?

A Boy Named Seo wrote: So Giants = pretty damn good. All true. LGM Yeah, although unlike previous SFG teams, they're not as pitching dominant as we've come to expect. Cain is out, Peavy is out, Hudson as mentioned is nearly 40, Ryan Freakin' Vogelsong is somehow 37 (I would have missed that guess by a half-decade or more) and very average-ish at best, and while Lincecum is better than in recent years, he'll almost certainly never be what he was when he first came up. And even Maddy Bummy has been merely good so far this season. All of which is good for us because, as we showed in Arizona, we have enough trouble hitting mediocre pitching while in hitting friendly stadiums.

Edgy MD wrote: There are supplemental picks after round three now? WTFMLB? Compensation for unsigned players from last year's draft most likely. I think 3rd round is as high as it goes for those.

Edgy MD wrote: Jacob Nix, taken #86 by the Padres. Turns out that the Astros discovered an abnormality in the UCL, and because of stupid slot rules, reaching a compromise on the offer was impossible, but like Tom Seaver, he found he's suddenly couldn't take his talent to college either. Actually it wasn't Nix's UCL that had the problem, it was 2014 #1 overall Brady Aiken that had the UCL problem. Prior to that turning up in the physical, Aiken was set to sign with Houston for 'below slot' money. That, in turn, would give the 'Stros leftover money to sign others above slot. Nix was one of those someones, but when Aiken didn't sign they didn't have the leftover money (if you don't sign a player at all you lose that allowance) so Nix's offer got pulled on account of Aiken's elbow and both wound up getting tossed back into this year's draft pool. Aiken, who was picked 17th overall by Cleveland yesterday, started off his off year pitching for the IMG Academy but almost immediately tore the UCL and had TJ surgery.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: It does look violent. He pitches like he's pissed at his own elbow. Has a bit of an Alex Wood (Braves) thing going on there. I like that his full name is actually Maximilian

Quickie KTE: The good news is that we'll miss Bumgarner, getting Chris Heston today ('Get your hands off our bats you damn dirty ape'), the soon-to-be 40 y/o Tim Hudson [3-5, 4.29] tomorrow, and the somewhat rejuvenated [6-3, 3.29] Tim Lincecum on Thursday Lineup: Posey catching is really damn good. 1B - Brandon Belt has been slow to match his promise in recent years in large part because of injuries, but he's healthy now and he's pretty damn good. 2B - Last season's out of nowhere rookie Joe Panik (at the disco) is pretty damn good again this year. SS - Brandon Crawford doesn't seem to get the attention of other top SSs but he's pretty damn good anyway. 3B - This has been their one sore spot since Panda left and Casey McGehee flopping. Matt Duffy getting most of the playing time now. CF - Angel Pagan's power is down this year but he's still OK RF - Hunter Pence is really damn good but, after missing the first month-plus, he's now sat out the last few games with 'wrist tendinitis' and is questionable for tonight at least. LF - A combo of Nori Aoki (who's been pretty damn good) and Justin Maxwell who filled in on the other side when Pence was out. This lineup can catch the ball too. Boy that would be nice to see on our side once in a while. Closer Santiago Casilla has a bunch of saves and decent ERA although a higher WHiP than you'd like to see with a closer (1.40), mainly he's been walking a lot (4+ per/9)

Drafting with the compensation pick won from the Mets, the Roxx take Mike Nikorak of Stroudsburg HS in Pennsylvania. So maybe that pick comes back to haunt us, six years and Tommy John surgery down the road. The more accurate follow is probably the guy the Braves drafted at the slot where the Mets would have been as opposed the the guy the Rox chose 13 picks later: 14) Atlanta Braves: Kolby Allard, LHP, San Clemente HS, California: UCLA commit, candidate to go in top five until a stress reaction injury in his back sidelined him. When healthy, delivers easy 90+ heat with impressive curveball and low-effort delivery. Potentially a huge steal here for the Braves, could be top of rotation guy if it all comes together. Of course if the Mets had that pick they might have drafted somebody totally different so who knows. I remember someone back at the MoFo complaining about how the Mets could have had Jordan Zimmermann had they not given up their draft pick to sign Moises Alou. Problem was Zimmermann wasn't drafted until like 60 slots later so all the guy was doing was bitching about things a half-decade or more after the fact. It's amazing sometimes how much folks "know" (and claim to have known at the time) years after a draft is over. I recently saw a piece 're-drafting' the 2010 draft. Unlike most drafts looked at with five years worth of hindsight, the #1 overall then (Bryce Harper) would still be the #1 overall. But now in the Top-10 were (in some order, I forget exactly) Matt Harvey (originally #7 overall), Jacob deGrom (9th round - 272nd overall), Noah Syndergaard (38th overall). Great now for us, not so good if you were the teams drafting the likes of James Taillon (2nd), Barret Loux (6th overall), Karsten Whitson (9th), Deck McGuire (11th) or any one of the more than half of that first round (16 of 30) who have yet to play a day in the majors.

Was Brandon Nimmo a guy off the radar to that extent? No. The questions about Nimmo back when he was drafted were the lower competition level he was playing with and against (Wyoming) and the reduced time he spent playing (no HS, summer league only) as compared to the 12 month/year guys. But while picking him where they did wasn't without risk, I don't remember his draft level being considered a 'reach' at the time. This guy sounds like he's on the complete opposite end of the risk/reward scale: super high ceiling if things all work out (Lorenzo Cain?) vs lots of athleticism but too few baseball skills (Jeff Franceour-ish?) if it doesn't. I'm just glad they didn't go for a guy from the Indoor Academy. We'd probably be stuck with someone totally out of shape if they did that.

Leathersich - 0.4 Goeddel - 0.2 Gilmartin - 0.5 Tejada - 1.5 Recker - 0.7 Plawecki - 0.7 Ceciliani - 0.5 Flores - 0.25 Granderson - 0.25

Cuddyer - 1.5 Tejada - 1.0 Robles - 0.25 CTorres - 0.25

MFS62 wrote: If I want to see a novelty act, I'll (to paraphrase Ernie Kovacs in his novel "Zoomar") watch old tapes of the Ed Sullivan Show to see a dog fart the Star Spangled Banner. When the novelty has worn off, it will all boil down to how well he pitches. Nothing about this guy's history suggests that he's a novelty act.