Frayed Knot

Lots of day games going on today either just prior to, or in some cases possibly straddling, the trade deadline. Could be more than a few 'pulled during game' situations across the league ... and not just those involving hamstrings. Braves @ Nats at noon (Soroka vs A. Sanchez) Nats treading water at 5.5 behind after splitting the first two games of this series. Braves' need for a reliever (or two) was emphasized by holding on for a 11-8 win Tuesday night after leading 11-1 in the 6th. (gave up 1 in the 6th, 1 in the 7th, 3 in the 8th, 3 in the 9th) Fortunately for the Braves they got Erick Fedde (9 ER in 3.2) as the opposition starter in place of the recently re-IL'd Scherzer so had a big enough cushion. Pirates/Reds rematch also at noon (Tyson vs Buster Douglas) Not sure who's ahead on the refs' cards right now. Yanx/DBacks at 1PM (Greinke v Tanaka) which is especially interesting considering there have been rumors of deals between those teams (Robbie Ray mostly). Snakes won the first of a two-game set last night despite a good start by Yanx' JA Happ (3 run/6 IP). At this point the Yanx consider it worthy of celebration if the starter manages to hold the opposition to single-digit runs Dodgers/Rox @ 3 in Denver (Ryu vs G. Marquez) LA has been quieter than expected so far.

=Gwreck post_id=17147 time=1564577203 user_id=56] Pittsburgh dugout was yelling at him. Immediately before Garrett ran towards the Pittsburgh dugout, someone from the Pirates bench had been ejected (possibly Francisco Cervelli).

[bLOCKQUOTE]There are industry rumblings that club officials view Syndergaard's makeup as an issue [/bLOCKQUOTE] Over uses mascara? Long hair is too high maintenance?

Syndergaard said after the game that he 'has been in touch' with the front office during this process and that he expects to still be a Met after today.

Two outs, two strikes, none on, three run lead ... we got at least a 60% chance of pulling this one out.

I napped in the 1st inning. Got my second wind now.

I guess the brawl was prior to the trade announcement ... although who knows w/Puig (still in his uni). Amir Garrett, the Cincy reliever who once played hoops at St Johns, was being pulled by his manager and the second he was signaled out of the game he took off at a sprint towards the Pitt dugout and connected with a wild left at someone. Got pretty nasty including managers being held apart. What preceded it all was a ground out so it's not obvious what set him off.

Only the 5th blown save for Diaz?!? Seems more like 17 to me.

Colome in for top 10 If the game goes to the 11th the Sox will choose someone from Column B

Geez! Walk - K - WP - HBP - WP - Sac Fly - IW - K At least make them hit the damn ball!! Not sure Diaz got a swing and miss on a strike that whole inning. Got four or five on some of those up-and-ins

You gotta get Diaz outta there. That's like seven up-and-in pitches nowhere near the strike zone. Only happy bats turned three or four of them strikes.

Gift strikeout for out #1

Frayed Knot wrote: Would be really nice to see a clean inning here. Nope!

Would be really nice to see a clean inning here.

You go Lu Go !!

Yeah, you'd hate to think that that was his NYM swan song.

Braves acquire RH reliever Chris Martin from Texas. No word on whether Gwyneth Paltrow is the player going the other way.

"The Sox prove they can strand [CROSSOUT]guys[/CROSSOUT] A guy in scoring position as well." We do it in bunches.

Noah is firing but the Mets are LOBbing.

Unless we get some amazing players in return -- better than what we got in the last firesale -- I don't see the advantage in dealing Diaz. He's given us heartburn to be sure, but there has to be a way to get his back on track. Also, I think he -- not Cano -- was the centerpiece of that deal last year. Deal the centerpiece of that trade, and it's like saying "Yeah, we totally screwed up that one. Oops." I still feel mroe confident with him than Familia at this point. Absolutely. Diaz isn't going anywhere. Don't be so sure. The reason Diaz is being dangled isn't because the Mets have soured on him and are admitting a mistake. It's because ALL the contenders -- even the Yanx who signed like 78 relievers prior to the season -- are looking for relief help and if Diaz will start a bidding war then you have to listen. My concern, as it is for most of these situations, is that team mgmt often, in effect, 'pre-decides' that they're going to trade someone (or trade FOR someone) and then they stop at nothing in order to achieve that goal. iow, once they make the decision they then never consider NOT doing a deal. See the Kazmir, Scott fiasco. But you HAVE TO be able to walk away if you don't get your price but that's one of the places I think the corporate mentality of this club gets in its own way.

He made such a bad first impression that it was always going to be near impossible for him to overcome it. 2018 could essentially be divided into thirds. 1st third: terrible. 2nd third: unavailable. Final third: pretty darn good but by then it was TLTL 2019 didn't start off a whole lot better, but he righted the ship earlier and has been quite good recently. He claimed there were things 'not being reported' which contributed to his words with the writer. That may be and we'll likely never know the full story. But it's tough conjure up anything that could justify his 'knock you out' response.

For anyone who doesnt have the twitter... [TWEET]https://twitter.com/MStrooo6/status/1155630008221798400https://twitter.com/MStrooo6/status/1155630008221798400 [/TWEET] Yeah, he was apparently https://nypost.com/2019/07/29/marcus-stromans-yankees-desire-confirmed-after-ugly-clubhouse-scene/not so enthusiastic a short time earlier.

It's fine with me if they deal Frazier, but it's not like he's an 'addition by subtraction' kind of guy. Among position players, only Alonso, McNeil, and Conforto are out-WAR-ing him this season. If they can get something for him then go for it. But if he stays he stays ... and then is gone two months from now.

Willets Point wrote: Bo Bichette could debut as a Blue Jay this season too. Toronto seems to be having a 90's revival with Guerrero, Biggio, and Bichette. Not yet confirmed by the club, but multiple reports say (SS) Bo Bichette is being called up by Blue Jays

In the NL East: Nats avoid the three-game sweep by beating the Dodgers behind Strasburg on Sunday Phils also win to avoid being on the business end of the broom from Atlanta Braves travel to Washington starting Monday for three games in what should be the most meaningful NL East series of the year to date. Braves currently up by 6.5 games 650th HR today for Prince Albert of Pujolsia (6th ever to reach that mark)