Frayed Knot

Definitely. Now can we get him to do it again tomorrow in Philly?

To the tune of a .290 lifetime batting average (.294 prior to this season). btw, he's now 15 for his last 30 over a seven game span with a .210 BA on 5/17 turning into a .254 BA on 6/17

We have a lead!!! Quick, call time out!

Four of the first eight batters reach base and yet none have managed to reach 2nd yet. These kind of oddities are tough to do and yet we manage to do them on a nearly daily basis. oe: and now a Sac Bunt by the 9th hitter of the game moves a runner to 2nd

So we've already have two GiDPs plus an ABS challenge that was both wrong and in a wrong situation to use it (bases empty, scoreless game, 2nd inning, 2-1 count) and it only took five batters into the game. to achieve all that.

And in what might be the most 2026 NYM stat ever, behind Bo's hot (half) month of June has been a more than decent month by Soto [.297/.367/.400] hitting right behind Bichette. But if it seems to you that they rarely have synched-up together then you're not wrong. Not once in 14 June games has Soto driven in Bichette.

A SCORELESS 1st!! A SCORELESS 1st!!! No walks, no hits, and no HRs with multiple Red dudes on base!!

Mostly good news on recent Bo, June stats: .362/.361/.638 // 999 That's zero walks for the month but two Sac Flies. His 'walk rate' (OBA - BA) for both this season as a whole [.045] is right about in line with his career norm [.043]. That's low, around 60-some pct of league average, but not putrid, so I think we can write off the zero June walks as more a product of a small sample size.

Three ninth inning ABs have produced contact totaling about 40 ft

Mets skillfully avoid the GiDP trap. Two on, no outs, and nothing leaves the infield.

Reds setting the Mets up for a GiDP ... or maybe a GiTP!!

Hey Mendy, if you're unhappy with the B/S calls you're yelling at the wrong guy. Turn to the guys on your roster.

The White Sox run through the gauntlet continues as they follow their series vs Braves and the Dodgers with one with the Yanx. But after going 4-1 vs ATL & LAD (+ one rainout) they're in the process of getting smushed 11-1 to the Yanx after four innings in the opening game in the Bronx.

Pitches: Senga = 68 thru 3 innings, or 22.67 per inning Singer: 82 thru 4, a robust 20.5/per

Actually, it was oh-for-seven. Now it's eight. At least this one was the first time getting it out of the infield but it comes with two outs so it wasn't helpful. Imagine how poorly we'd fare if they were doing stuff like this against Good pitchers?

Oh good, another bases-loaded AB. What are we, oh for the last six or something in these situations?

Is there a rule that Braves hitters coming off the IL are required to hit a HR in their first AB back? Remember that Ronald Acuna did that last year on the very first pitch he saw after a lengthy absence. Well today Drake Baldwin not only homered in his first AS off the IL but hit what is reported to be the longest HR in baseball this year, some 470+ feet off the batter's eye in Atlanta. Braves are down 2-1 to the Giants in the 2nd (must have been a rain delay) anyway, but I'm sure that will be rectified.

Reds thru one inning: 4 runs, 2 HRs Mets thru two innings: still seeking their first ball out of the infield And, were being very, VERY stupid with ABS challenges, not just tonight but for maybe the last month or more.

So not even including tonight's ongoing 1st inning disaster: since the June 12th game last season (iow: almost exactly one year) when Senga took that awkward flip from Alonso and had to leave mid-game, he's made: --- 14 starts. threw 59.67 Innings, allowed 69 hits [10.4 H/9], 56 ER [8.45 ERA], issued 37 walks [5.58 BB/9], and K'd 62 [9.35 K/9]. The K rate is the only stat there that one wouldn't describe as terrible. And guess what, it's getting worse by the minute.

Best WiB Notes thread ever!!!

That remains to be seen.

So if you're going to get steamrolled 12-0 with 10 of those coming with two outs while the offense leaves 12 on base courtesy of going 1/12 w/RiSP (and even that one hit doesn't produce a run), you might as well choose to do all that on a day where other side is throwing their best starter and we're in the midst of (yet another) bullpen game. Turn the page. Tonight's 7:10 start features another in a series of 'returns' for Kodai Senga who was slated to throw one more minor league game until circumstances dictated otherwise, Now I don't want to say that Kodai has been erratically available or anything but under the list of 'Last Seven Starts' in his BB-Ref page you notice that the first two of those seven are from last year and the most recent from April. Take a step outside, does it feel like April to you? ... didn't think so! So who knows what to expect, maybe "Pain" as in the words of Clubber Lang. From the other side's dugout, the 6' 5" righty Brady Singer has been pitching regularly this year (as he has each season since his 2020 debut) just not particularly well as his 5.61 ERA, 1.64 WHIP, and 4-2/3 IP/S average will attest. Lineups and, who knows, maybe five or six new roster moves, to follow.

Reds had a real good March/April [20 - 11] but then started crashing as soon on the calendar went to May. They're 13 - 26 since and only the June portion can be blamed on not having Elly de la Cruz in the lineup. He's on the IL and hasn't played since April 30. Also Ke'Bryan Hayes and TJ Fried but neither of them was hitting like EdlC. On the pitching side Hunter Greene hasn't pitched all season. After some growing pains in his first two seasons Greene pitched well in both 2024 & '25 but never quite gets a full season. Since making his ML debut in April of '22 the #2 overall draft pick in 2017 has made 91 starts [24 + 22 + 26 + 19 + 0] for a total of just under 500 IP.

That's all right, so are we.

The 1st place White Sox [38 - 32] finished off a week where they took five-of-six from the NL's two top teams -- 2-0 vs ATL (plus one rain out) and 2-1 vs LAD -- losing only the Saturday game where they nearly got perfect-gamed by Yamamoto [an error by Mookie w/2 outs in the 8th and then a 1B + HR leading off the 9th]. The Rockies hung 23 on the Athletics today. And, no, the was Not at Coors although it was at the minor league field in Las Vegas which has already produced some large numbers in its brief trial run. And today they beat Skenes. 10 - 2 in June.