Frayed Knot

Harvey - 4.0 Francisco - 0.7 Edgin - 0.3 Rauch - 0.2 Carson - 0.3 Duda - 2.3 Davis - 1.2 Hairston - 0.5 Shoppach - 0.5

OK, why?

Shoppach - 2.0 Duda - 0.5 Davis - 1.0 Wright - 1.2 Baxter - 1.3 Tejada - 0.8 Murphy - 0.8 Carson - 0.5 RRamirez - 0.5 Edgin - 0.5 Parnell - 0.9

Ceetar wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Correct, the winner of the WC one-game death-match will face the division winner with the best record regardless of what division each came from -- as opposed to the old system where the sole WC team could not face its division rival in the opening round. and this year only, at HOME if it's the AL. Say what?

Correct, the winner of the WC one-game death-match will face the division winner with the best record regardless of what division each came from -- as opposed to the old system where the sole WC team could not face its division rival in the opening round.

Geez I'd wish he'd leave Rauch in to at least start the 9th inning just one of these times. What did he throw, like 6 pitches*? * upon further review, he threw [u:2rkr8uq6]three[/u:2rkr8uq6] pitches

Swan Swan H wrote: Lucas Duda, base stealer. That has the same ring of logic to it as: Snooki, physics professor

These teams just roll out the LH-relievers against us. But Lucas foils that strategy.

Tyler Cloyd was taken in the same draft --18th round of 2008-- exactly two picks after Collin McHugh Advantage Mets so far.

They're getting some good swings off of Harvey thus far, better than we've seen maybe in all his starts. He's probably lucky to be down by only one at this point.

I've never heard of the guy, but the first thing I thought of upon hearing the name was the over-looked Boyer brother - http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boyercl01.shtml The Cloyd report from John Sickels Cloyd was drafted by the Phillies in the 18th round in 2008, from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He pitched decently in A-ball in 2009 (12-9, 3.54, 116/42 K/BB in 165 innings, 173 hits), but wasn't considered a top prospect. He posted an ugly 5.32 ERA in 69 innings for High-A Clearwater in 2010, but his 67/16 K/BB ratio showed some promise. He was much more effective in 2011, posting a 2.77 ERA with a 138/22 K/BB in 146 innings, 132 hits allowed, combined between Clearwater and Double-A Reading. He returned to Reading to begin 2012 and was excellent in four starts (1.80 ERA, 20/3 K/BB in 25 innings). Promoted to Triple-A Lehigh Valley, he's continued to perform well against International League competition, going 12-1, 2.35 in 22 starts. Overall this year, he is 15-1, 2.26 in 26 starts, with a 113/41 K/BB ratio in 167 innings, allowing only 127 hits. Obviously his numbers are very good, but Cloyd doesn't show up highly on prospect lists. You can guess the reason: he doesn't throw hard. He can top out at 92 on his best days, but usually works in the 86-89 range. Scouts rate his slider and changeup as merely adequate, but the combination of the three pitches has worked well in the minors since he throws strikes and locates his pitches well. If his location is off, he usually misses high, which can result in excessive home runs. Listed at 6-3, 190, Cloyd was born May 16, 1987. At age 25, with this kind of performance record, Cloyd doesn't have a lot left to learn in the minors and deserves a shot against major league hitters. His lack of plus stuff limits his projection, and even scouts who like him see him as just a fifth starter or relief option.

With the way our offense has been going of late, I can't complain about going into Philly and missing Halladay, Lee, AND Hamels (although I suppose it's possible that we'll see Hamels on Thursday instead)

Something else in the new ESPN deal (in effect 2014): the number of times [crossout]a team can[/crossout] the Yankees WILL play on Sunday Night is increased from 5 to 6. Fixed it for you.

I'm assuming that this means the ESPN feed would be available [u:25jzv9ay]in addition to[/u:25jzv9ay] the SNY feed for Met games, not instead of. IOW, their Monday & Wednesday games are NOT going to become like their Sunday game where they DO have the exclusive right to have no local competition.

Yeah, the big thing in that is that they're going to get one of the WC games each year - and I can't tell you how I look forward to seeing one-and-out playoff games with that annoying and constant crawl across the bottom telling me all sorts of important stuff like what Tebow had for lunch that day, whether or not Jerry Jones tweeted anyway recently, or to remind me about the all-important Toledo vs Western Kentucky college game which is now just three days away (on ESPN of course). This is all assuming that the WC game doesn't conflict with the Toledo vs Western Kentucky clash in which case the baseball will be bumped to ESPN-6 Other than that it seems like mostly just an extension to the package they've had all along. They'll also get an additional couple a regular season games, will no longer have to observe black-out rules for their Monday & Wednesday games, and a few other assorted details.

Apparently no concussion for Molina so he's (say it with me folks) day to day. Also injured last night was Matt Kemp who ran full speed into the CF wall in the 1st inning. Stayed in the game actually until he dove for another ball (didn't catch either one) and then called it a night. Also said to be day to day. Dodgers have lost 3 of 4 since 'The Trade' Tuesday was not a good night for aces either: - Verlander: 8 earned on 12 hits over 5.2 IPs vs KC. Tigers remain 2 back of the ChiSox - Strasburg: 7 runs (5 earned) on 9 hits over 5 innings in a 9-0 loss in Miami. That's five straight losses for the Nats in which they've scored a Met-like total of 6 runs. Maybe their offense is coming back to earth after a mid-season jump. - Chris Sale: 4 earned in just 4 innings in what became a 6-0 stomping in Baltimore. The O's are 14 games over .500 (71-57) despite a stunning negative-39 RS/RA differential. Pythag sez they should be 60-68

He's not exactly hitting the cover off the ball lately, but he is managing to maintain a fairly steady 10 day games/hits gap.

Swan Swan H wrote: Down 4-0 after four batters, come back to win by four. Nice. 4 to 1 actually, but the point still holds. Especially considering they haven't scored as many as four runs in over a week.

Gwreck wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Eh, even a four-run lead with only three outs to go, winning is like a 98% probability. Or, with our pen, about 60/40 Leadoff man reaches, I say now 50-50 at best. But now with two gone it's well up over 70%

Eh, even a four-run lead with only three outs to go, winning is like a 98% probability. Or, with our pen, about 60/40

Like I said, it's almost impossible to win these kinds of games on the road.

A bloop and a (partial) blast, just like they draw it up.

Yup, and we got rid of Papelbon in favor of BJ Rosenberg: a 26 y/o rookie with 11 earned runs given up in just 9 ML IPs

Games like this on the road are tough to win with a good pen. Ours has been better lately, but still ...

This game wasn't moving slow enough so they've brought in Papelbon to put the brakes on it just a bit more.