Frayed Knot

Since jumping out to the 5-0 lead (top 4) NYM pitchers have allowed the leadoff batter to reach base in the 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th.

Do you suppose Mendoza has yet informed Diaz that he's pitching the 7th, 8th, and 9th today?

And Manaea is out after 4+ / 87 pitches.

Cedric BOOM!!! His 1st as a Met. It also extends the Mets' streak of solo HRs to like 80 or 85 ... I'll have to check further for the exact number.

The only silver lining is that Baty didn't flub the 3rd out bouncer and making the inning even worse. Meanwhile, 84 pitches (5-2/3's worth) for Manaea just to get through 4 innings so it's five innings at best from him and probably not even that.

And the daily melt-down inning is here.

Good running by Mauricio as I thought the Brews had a shot at Pete at the plate, a small one probably but certainly a possibility. But Mauricio trying for 2nd caused the catcher to opt for the sure out even though it tacked on an extra run.

Two runs in one inning ... is that allowed?

cut and pasted from the 8/9 IGT Put it this way, with five full and two partial (this one and the Covid one) seasons under his belt, Pete in the next few weeks will pass Piazza and then Lee Mazzilli and move into 12th place on the all-time NYM games played list. He's already 12th in plate appearances. At the top of the list are two lifelong Mets, one a mediocre player in Ed Kranepool (#1 in G/#2 in PA) and then David Wright (#2/#1) whose career was famously cut short. Nimmo, in 11th place, just a slim 61 Games and 73 PA ahead of Pete, is the only other full time Met ahead of him on either list. Reyes (12 seasons a Met/4 yrs elsewhere) is in 3rd. Buddy Harrelson (13/3) and Jerry Grote (11.5/4.5) (both defense-first players at defensive positions during a pitching friendly era) are 4th & 5th. Then Cleon Jones (12/1), Howard Johnson (9/5), Mookie Wilson (10.5/2.5), Darryl Strawberry (8/9), Edgardo Alfonzo (8/4), and Nimmo round out 6th thru 11th. So the numbers of offensive 'stars' who played even the majority of their career as a Met is fairly limited for going on 6-1/2 decades, which was pretty much Keith's point. Two Mets who were among the best offensive players ever for the team played only about half their careers in blue/orange: Piazza (slightly over 50%) and Keith (a bit under).

Yes, we don't KNOW ... but 'Hey Pete, Scott here. The Mets want to sign you to a contract that will postpone your FA status by three years and give you your first chance at the open market as a 1B/DH at age 33'. Pete: **** yeah, jump on it!!" I'm betting 'No' on that scenario.

It's tough naming a highlight from that movie since essentially all the performances are highlights. There may have been a few lesser gigs that wound up on the cutting room floor but if you want to call any particular number (whether from by The Band or from one of the guests) as the best of the bunch and you won't get an argument from me.

A five year deal signed in the winter of '22-'23 might have been an ideal length of contract for the Mets as it would have paid for Pete's final two arbitration seasons plus the first three years of his FA-gency before ending just as he was turning 33 years y/o. All of which also stand as reasons why Scott Boras would have talked Pete out of signing it even on the off chance that he was inclined to do so in the first place. oe: and now he ties the NYM record as I'm typing.

Are we arguing now that we wanted more Frankie Montas?

Nimmo + Lindor = 6 Ks and an inning-ending GiDP w/2 on

So tonight the Brewers have 2 runs on a two-out bouncing ball to SS (E6), one more on an even slower bouncing ball to SS (6-3 FC), another one on a bouncing ball to 3B (they didn't call it an E5 on the guy brought in for better defense, but I do) then two more on a two-out/two-run HR following an inning-ending play that apparently came a pitch thrown 1/4 second too late So that's six of their seven runs that either shouldn't have or, with even a tiny morsel of luck, wouldn't have scored. But at least we have three solo HRs!

=MFS62 post_id=200828 time=1754788710 user_id=60] They got two new high leverage relievers at the deadline. And we still get Stanek. I think Rob Manfred is running this team. Later

Baltimore Chops and Texas Leaguers ... the Brewers would kick ass in 1950s era minor league games.

Edgy MD wrote: Way to build a stadium, Bud Selig! That place has leaked from the git-go. Remember that they also had a tragic crane accident while building it which killed three and delayed the stadium's finish by a full year.

Brewers had 3 runs on 4 hits yesterday and now 2 runs on 2 hits today, so 5 runs/6 hits over 10 innings total. The Mets have helped out with a combined 7 walks, 3 errors, and now a WP. But at least we have four solo HRs * MLG avg solo HRs = 58%; NYM avg = 64%

What we do with 2-outs/bases loaded and what they do with two outs/bases loaded.

Replacement 1st baseman are easier to find than short-stops. And to take someone who has the range, footwork, throwing arm, hands and instincts to play top-notch SS and move him to a position where most of those skills aren't required in anywhere near the same quantity is, as I said before, a colossally dumb idea.

But who? If Acuna is on the roster would putting him in the PR make a difference? Quite possibly, yes. But I don't know if anyone currently on the bench would have made a difference. I approved of the send but it was just a very good throw.

The Mets are going to challenge the call and they're going to lose.

Nothing out of the infield through one out.

It almost took two pitches to kill any chance of scoring there.