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  1. Frayed Knot
    I see the 'no more than one hits/inning' cap is still in effect (not in effect when Mets are on defense)
  2. Frayed Knot
    Bichette was owed one of those. As .. not good, as he's been, he hasn't had much luck on his side either.
  3. Frayed Knot
    But of those four, only Alvarez had a steady job as the season opened. Baty, on the basis of his good second half last year, was slated as a kind of semi-regular by being an all-around IF/OF/DH floater even as it left him without a set spot to call his own. Vientos was promised nothing beyond being a DH vs LHPs and only started to get more after Soto, Polanco, and Young all went down. Mauricio neither started the year with the big club nor is on it now and was up only briefly in between. So as far as reasons for 'What's wrong with them', a planned over-reliance on this quartet is way down the list of high crimes or misdemeanors.
  4. Frayed Knot
    And neither have the holdovers. Also, oddly, neither have the cast-offs from this winter (except for Nimmo) which raises the question if they'd any better off even if they opted to just keep the band together. JMcN = 92 OPS+ (career = 116 OPS+); Pete = 94 (134); Diaz = 10.50 ERA (2.86); Zimmo = 170 (125)
  5. Frayed Knot
    Well the Rockies figured out how to not only score against the Dodgers (OK, the series was in Denver, but still ...) and even how to win as they took two of three this weekend [1-7, 4-3, 9-6] from the defending champs. Edwin Diaz did his part as he came in for the 8th inning of what was then a one run COL lead but never recorded an out [1B, SB, Bunt 1B, 1B] and wound up being charged by three earned. This now pushes Sugar's season ERA up to 10.50 through 7 games/6 innings.
  6. Frayed Knot
    Runs scored during the streak: 2, 1, 0, 6*, 0, 0, 1, 2, 4, 2, 1 Ain't gonna win shit that way! * the day they gave up 11
  7. Frayed Knot
    And this one goes to Eleven
  8. Frayed Knot
    How can a guy with a name like Caleb Thielbar spend ten seasons in the majors (eight w/MIN and now his 2nd with the Cubs) and I've never heard of him?
  9. Frayed Knot
    We didn't come close to touching this guy yesterday and now have two pop ups to start this one here.
  10. Frayed Knot
    Scott Kingery is still in the league?!?!! And now I find out that Conforto is with the Cubs.
  11. Frayed Knot
    I don't think there's been a single ABS challenge in this game ... yet.
  12. Frayed Knot
    Just have to change one letter.
  13. Frayed Knot
    Don't you go libeling Senger. That's been tried in the past and hasn't gone well.
  14. Frayed Knot
    And a nice four outs woven by Weaver
  15. Frayed Knot
    Well it has to be someone and I think it's his turn.
  16. Frayed Knot
    Luuuuuuuke Weaver / I believe you can get us to the Ni-iiiinth
  17. Frayed Knot
    More to the caught stealing, but it can serve for dual purposes.
  18. Frayed Knot
    Suck on that PCA!!
  19. Frayed Knot
    Not to look a guest homer in the mouth, but that's the Mets 16th HR this year ... 12 have come with bases empty. And, no, it only seems like 3/4 of our plate appearances have come with bases empty. It's actually a mere 56%
  20. Frayed Knot
    Well, it was a 2-1/2 hour delay so you're not going to re-start a pitcher after that much down time and already 64 pitches under his belt for the day, particularly not one as valuable as Skenes. The Pirates eventually lost it in the 13th inning after scoring just two runs over four innings of ghost-runner ball. Their final batter, Joey Bart (who should be playing for San Francisco), K'd with the tying run on 3rd and the winning run on 2nd to end the game. The loss dropped them from tied for 1st all the way down to 4th place just 1/2 game out of last ... but that's what happens when all five NLC teams are separated by just 1-1/2 games in the standings.
  21. Frayed Knot
    The Mets have out-hit the Cubs 21-19 over the first two games of the series while being out-scored 16-4. They're also leading the series in 15-10 in LOB, a figure which doesn't include the seven baserunners they self-erased via 4 GiDP, 2 CS, and once getting caught trying to stretch a single into a double. Just sayin'
  22. Frayed Knot
    Sometimes it's tough to get a good read on a player, even a good and long lasting one, when he spends (virtually) his whole career one league, two divisions, and three time zones away from us National League guys here on the east coast. And, aside from their WS year in 2002, the Angels post-season history during Garret Anderson's time consisted of just five series [2004, 2005, 2007, 2008] in which they lost four and had a combined W/L record of 5-15. So much for national exposure. What I remember most from him was that he hit doubles by the bushel, He led the league twice (49 & 56) while racking up 522 for his career [50th best]. His biggest flaw that he rarely drew walks so his excellent .293 lifetime BA was part of a comparatively paltry .324 OBA due to a walk rate that was less than half that of an average batter. For the California/Los Angeles/Anaheim/Orange County Angels he holds the career franchise mark for Games played, ABs/PAs, Runs Scored, Hits, Total Bases, Doubles, and XBHs, and is 3rd in career BA behind only Vlad Sr. and Rod Carew.
  23. Frayed Knot
    He allowed one run on a Walk - Sac Bunt - IW - bloop infield single - K - F9 in his last outing. It was the only run he had allowed this season. Today was his 2nd run/4th hit over 8 appearances/7.2 innings. He also has a 2.23 ERA/0.9 WHIP in 37 games since his return last season. iow, we have bigger worries than him right now.
  24. Frayed Knot
    Wrong song. 'Waiting for the break of day' is the opening line in the song 25 or 6 to 4 by the band ... wait for it ... CHICAGO! It also alluded to the fact that, following not only three night games but three late ones from the west coast, this series was to consist of three mid-afternoon games. And then it came close to working on a third level as 25 or 6 to 4 looked like a strong possibility for the final score there for a while in Game 1 (the 4 part was correct) until the Cubs stopped trying to tack on more runs out of both boredom and a desire not to miss their dinner reservations.
  25. Frayed Knot
    Take a picture of the current standings cuz, thanks in part to the first two debacles in Wrigley, the entire NL Central is over .500 right now. And if that isn't enough of an oddity, Cincy & Pitt are leading the way. It's all pretty bunched up so things can change quickly but I'm betting that no one was betting on that at any point in the season.
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