Frayed Knot
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Hey, that's their problem. I think the Mets should get to pitch against crash-test dummies dressed up in Sawx togs for the top of the 1st if the real guys aren't ready yet. I bet our pitcher/defense can hold them to one run in the opening frame, two tops.
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Shohei will miss his start tonight (although will still DH) and will not travel to Philly for the ASG because of "left knee Irritation". It was the same knee that had inflammation causeing him to sit out briefly a few weeks back. Maybe it's nothing but due to the magnitude of Shohei, this bears watching. Out-of-Town weekend series to follow starting tonight: Phils @ Tigers; Yanx @ Nats; Braves @ StL; and the hottest team on the planet, the Marlins, [26 - 8 since June 1st - a streak that started right after they got swept by the Mets] host Cleveland.
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I bet somebody knows.
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You have to let go of that one, it was a long time ago ... oh wait, it was Tuesday!
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As reported by MetIrish in the IGT thread, Vientos sustained a "hand fracture" as a result of an HBP today. The specific fracture is not known (or just not public) at this time but this will almost surely be a significant spell on the IL. Six to eight weeks puts him at early/mid September at best. So he goes from a breakout season in 2024 [134 OPS+ w/27 HRs in just over 2/3 of a season] to a significant step back in 2025 [96 OPS+ w/17 HRs in almost exactly the same # of ABs] to what can only be described as a totally lost season here in '26. His BA has dropped 55 points and his OBA 69 from '24 to '26 and, while the power still exists, it also is less frequent [IsoP = 250 in '24 vs 177 in '26] Don't know quite where the Mets/he goes from here. He'll turn 27 this off-season and be arb-eligible for the first time. That certainly shouldn't make him too expensive to keep but that depends on what kind of role he might play in '27.
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It's not the only factor (Manaea allowing 17 runs in 25 innings during that stretch played a big part as well) but it's certainly A factor. Like I said, pitch well and efficiently and you'll find yourself being asked to stick around longer in games longer. Manaea has mostly been neither.
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Yanx finally broke out the bats today for a 12-4 drubbing of the Rays to salvage a split of the four game series. This puts the teams back where they were when the series started with the Rays holding a 4.0 game edge. Prior to today, the Yanx had gone 20 games without scoring more than five in a game. They totaled just 56 runs during that time (2.8 RS/G) vs 111 allowed!
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42 runs scored in the last five games [8.4/G]. That's a nice little run but it's also why I'm only updating this twice per month so as to not get carried away by signs of "progress" in small sample sizes. Still nice to see, though.
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Sure. But as much as we like to criticize the manager (or the pre-game plan) for pulling the pitchers, too often it's the pitchers causing themselves to be pulled. In Manaea's last four games prior to today he's been at: 95 pitches thru 5-1/3 -- 80 would be a decent number here, and the bullpen gave up 1 hit + 1 walk over 3-2/3 86 thru 3.0 !! -- 'nuff said 90 thru 5-2/3 -- A slightly high but reasonable number, then walked his last batter w/two outs and was pulled with two on in a two run game and one hundred and freakin' eight thru 5 -- that's an OK total for SEVEN innings. Plus he left down 6-Zip. You wanna stay in the game longer? Then pitch better AND more efficiently. Today Sean did both so Green's different decision was made more out of different circumstances than it was some kind of mindset re-set.
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You may want re-think your subject heading.
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The Mets winned the game!!
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And, with the exception of Caglianone, all fast.
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Tyrone Taylor
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Maximizing their run potential in this inning. Nice to see for a change.
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Royals (Lugo) vs Mets (TBD): 7/7/26, 7:10pm
Frayed Knot replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Archived Game Threads
No, this was the 'Every pitcher we put out there sucked tonight' game' Actually just came here to do a final autopsy on this disaster before this thread disappears to archive land. Met pitchers faced 56 batters in this game and put 31 of them on base [19 hits plus 11 walks and a HBP]. That means, yes, they only retired 25 of them (44%) because two of the outs came via a pickoff and a caught stealing, both of which were only called following successful replay challenges. And one of the other 25 outs was on a bunt so that one barely counts (so NYM hurlers retired just 43% of those batters not trying to make outs. KC was 9/23 w/RiSP (.391) and had TEN of their 19 hits go for XBs (7 doubles, 3 HRs). Mets had 13 hits w/only four for XB (2 dubbles, two HRs) and 5 walks but had the fortune of the Triple-error L. L. HR -
Ewing is, like, good! And at the risk of being grossly premature based on recent results only (really the only results we have), he might be special good.
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This whole inning starts with two outs and no one on. That's the kind of thing that happens TO us this year, not by us.
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A bases-loaded HBP ... our favorite scoring play!!!!
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OK, bottom 8 so we've got two remaining ABs to their one. Gotta take advantage of the HF advantage.
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Blame that Ewing K on Polanco's early (and ill-advised) challenge.
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Are we really going to score 12 on the day we give up 16 only to turn around and score one (by the very first batter) in the game we hold them to two? I dunno ... but this game is starting to smell that way.
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Mike Francesa, via whatever tin-can-and-string operation he broadcasts (narrowcasts?) on these days, claims that the Mets aren't just listening to offers for Lindor but are 'actively looking to deal him'. “I don’t think they [Soto and Lindor] get along at all,” said Francesa despite Steve Cohen's recent claim that things are much better between them this year, “Everything I’ve heard all along is that they don’t like each other. So they can say what they want. I don't think there's any question that the Mets are going to try very, very hard to trade Lindor" MLB reporter Ken Rosenthal shoots all that down saying it's not anything he's heard nor is any beat reporter saying it. "I don't see it", said Rosenthal, "The only person reporting this is Mike Francesa and he's not a beat reporter" Me: This wouldn't be the first time Mikey had cited dubious (and un-named) sources as a basis for his claim of being the guy who knows all.
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Bichette has an opportunity to ge the lead runner on that nice play/throw he made for the second out. Had he done so it would have prevented the run.
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Met bats are getting Dobnak'd since the Ewing HR
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Rays lead 3-0 thru 7 as the Yanx offense continues to sputter w/o Judge. But at least they can brag about only having 6 strikeouts so far considering that the Bombers K'd 17 times in each of the first two games of this series. They won the first game anyway backed by a Schlittler(8)/Bednar(1) 4-hitter.
