Frayed Knot

Lou Casey in the midst of his one bad inning which he has seemingly every game out. And the Mets staff having their usual inning where we don't even make the opposition earn their way on. And, of course, the offense has two runs despite 4 hits, 2 walks and two Philly errors. Why? 1/6 w/RiSP of course.

Frayed Knot wrote: =kcmets post_id=155445 time=1715809625 user_id=53] It would be kinda fun to light Ranger up with like 8 runs in 3 2/3's. Well, we're 12.5% of the way there in 27.3% of the innings. So you're saying there's a chance

So he looks like Fakemuto?

I didn't see if Pete changed his shirt after his first base dive on defense last inning. Cuz if he did change he's going to have to do so again after this half.

Thought Pete's ball was going to go ... then I thought he get a single and be out at 2nd ... turned out he wound up on 3rd.

=kcmets post_id=155445 time=1715809625 user_id=53] It would be kinda fun to light Ranger up with like 8 runs in 3 2/3's.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: =batmagadanleadoff post_id=143486 time=1703268509 user_id=68] TOURNAMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nascar announced an in-season tournament this week. MLS and WSL have one, NBA already got a global sponsor for theirs.

OK, I'm going to weigh in on this topic having read the early posts about whether or not Diaz was a much better Mariner than Met and if he is or is not trending downward. Once the thread turned into having arguments about the arguments my hair started to hurt and I tuned out. OK, so there is an outlier season for Diaz but it was more 2019, his first in Queens, than it was 2022. This certainly isn't news to anyone here, we all saw it and it was bad (made worse by the fact that Familia was at least as bad). So while I'm not trying to deny it happened, I am going to toss it aside for now and see how the comparisons look without it. So the chart below shows Diaz for his 3 seasons as a Mariner; line 2 is Diaz as a Met minus that 2019 season and the 5.59 ERA; then Edwin's entire NYM career (3 full seasons plus 2 partial ones) on line three. GIPERAWHIPERA+H/9BB/9K/9HR/9 SEA1881912.641.021566.13.014.20.9 NYM - 20191661672.370.991695.73.315.20.6 All NYM2322253.201.091266.53.315.20.9 What is clear from the above is that, aside from that one season, his NYM numbers are as good or better than his SEA numbers across the board. And even with 2019 included, having the worst season in what was essentially the mid-point season of a career doesn't make anything a trend in either direction. Also, hitting your nadir at age 25 and then bouncing back doesn't indicate anything resembling age related decline. Now, is he a reduced pitcher on account of the year-long injury? Is the pitcher he's been so far in 2024 the one he's locked into going forward? While both are possibilities, it's FAR too early to know that and I certainly wouldn't base an answer on the 16 innings he's pitched this year. The disturbing part so far, which I mentioned during Monday's IGT, is the HRs. But, again, let's wait and see. 4 HRs in 16 innings is close to the same pace as his 2019 15 in 58 but to call them the same now is to somehow know that this is a trend locked in place and life and sports don't work that way.

NYM pitchers: 8 walks plus a HBP (w/bags loaded natch) Nola: three times went to a three-ball count Nuff said

=kcmets post_id=155271 time=1715696616 user_id=53] I think the 'two and two' has something to do with the 'one and one' coming up in England... but it's still kinda dumb regardless.

One can understand the 'get-away' game daytime start. But when both teams are traveling the same distance at the same time between the closest two ML cities in the country it certainly isn't necessary to create a day game following a night game simply for travel purposes. Shit, if I were one of the Phillies I'd rent a car, park it at Citified, jump into it in full uniform right after the last out, and be in my own shower at home by around 6PM (or midnight depending on traffic) with the rare free night at home in front of me. But somebody thought this was a good idea so here we are: Nola vs Butto, 1:10 first pitch Mets are now 9 full games behind the Phils.

3/16 wRiSP, 11 LOB iow, a day ending in Y

Frayed Knot wrote: Doesn't matter who runs when the team hasn't gotten the ball out of the infield in about three innings. And when McNeal hasn't gotten one out in about a month.

Doesn't matter who runs when the team hasn't gotten the ball out of the infield in about three innings.

I still have to be reminded that we're playing with the fuckin' clown car rules.

Good thing our 3-fer-13 w/RiSP hasn't come back to bite us.

Are you kidding me with that non swing?!?

Shades of first year NYM Edwin where seemingly every bad pitch he made got hit out of the park. oe: 2019, 254 batters faced, 58 hits, 15 HRs

Yes (3 errors IIRC). His reaction to the booing led to his "I hate it here" comment which got picked up by a field mic.

Their backup catcher steals bases better than our speedy CF'er

NYM: 45 plate appearances with bases loaded this season. 5 bases loaded hits; four bases loaded walks

And the bases loaded walk remains out best, and often only, run-scoring weapon in that situation.

Philly sports ML's second best run scoring avg at 5.2 R/G, just a hair behind the Dodgers 5.24, and are 6th best at preventing runs 3.68/G

So 3-3 vs the Braves this year to date. And 2-1 vs the Dodgers. Not bad, but some better records against lesser opponents would help.

Best win of the year? Yeah, I think so. Maybe tied with the Vientos game.