Frayed Knot

* Has a four-homer game ever occurred twice in one season before? I doubt it, but it has now as Arizona's JC Martinez joined Cincy's Scooter Gennett's feat from earlier in the year. The odd thing about Martinez's night last night was that he had just a K and a HR in 2 ABs as the game entered the the 7th inning. He then HR'd in the 7th and the 8th and was scheduled to be the 5th batter in the 9th but his mates got a few hits ahead of him to get him up with just one out in the 9th where he put up the final two runs in the 13-0 whupping the Snakes put on the Dodgers * Speaking of the Dodgers and D'Backs, I don't want to say that the ridiculous lead LA had in the NL West is in trouble but it has shrunk from 21.0 games down to 12.5 just in the last 10 days. 25 games remaining for the Dodgers although Tuesday & Wednesday are the final two head-to-heads vs Arizona * The 11 game win streak the D'Backs are on isn't even the longest in MLB right now as Cleveland romped to their 12th straight yesterday. The 4.5 game lead they had in the AL Central less than two weeks ago is now up to 10.

Edgy MD wrote: There's not a bad seat in the house in this ballpark. Yeah there are. There are some oddly angled seats in various spots (LF corner as I recall and other spots as well) where the action is mostly taking place at a 45 degree angle from the way you're facing. It's mostly good, but as the first of the 'retro' parks there are some spots where it seems like architecture decisions won out over baseball conditions.

"And they win the damn thing ..." OK, it never got quite that bad.

Not just 12 different cleanup hitters this year (as was being discussed by Gary & Ron) but they've had one (or more) from each of the positions (including DH) except for SS & P

Tough play for Aoki, being from the other side of the world he's used to seeing the sun from a completely different angle.

Nuthin' like taking a dose of Phillies for what ails ya' Of course I was thinking the same thing about the Reds last week.

33 combined HRs this season for that starting lineup, from a team that STILL leads the NL in HRs* and could have easily had four guys in their everyday lineup with 30+ each * are actually one behind the Cubs now

It hadn't occurred to me that Aoki will still be short of FA status this winter (by only a few weeks of service time) so the Mets could control him at an arb-determined price if they choose to do so.

Edgy MD wrote: Shoulda squeezed, Cabrera. Except that his previous attempt at bunting didn't go well despite the open left side.

I don't know, although it is a day ending in a Y and it has been nearly 24 hours since the last injury so, yeah, the odds are pretty good.

Got those outs in the wrong order. With only one out, TdA's fly ball might have brought home two!

Papa Hernandez

There's the Clippard we all know: HBP, bases-loaded walk

Lagares ... now if only he could hit and run the bases.

Oh good Correa is back, I was beginning to think that this series was tilting too far in our favor. Mets starting the game with Dominican Republic, followed by Japan, Venezuela, then U. S.

Terry on why he gave Dom Smith the hit sign on 3-0 against a LHP (1st & 3rd / 1 out) while Gary & Keith were sure he was taking: “Why the hell not?” The result was an RBI double

Rey's situation was a bit like Lagares's a couple years back: a superior defensive player at a premium position seemingly on the rise. In 1999, Ordonez was (thought to be) 24 y/o was coming off his 4th Gold Glove and, while still at the low end of the offensive scale, did manage to raise his OPS by 59 points over the previous season which was itself of 67 point jump over the one before and he was rewarded with a four year contract buying out his arbitration years. I think there was also a subtle signal by GM Phillips in that deal and a similar one given to Armando around the same time towards the just traded for/FA-to-be Mike Hampton: we're making this a good place for you to stick around by taking care of both the defense and the back end of the games behind you. Problem was that two months into the deal Ordonez had aged two years (when his real DOB was revealed), was backsliding with the bat, had mysteriously lost his defensive magic, was lost for the season with a broken arm. He'd never recover even the hint of what he once (briefly) was. Lagares got his Gold Glove in 2014 at age 25 the same year he upped his rookie year OPS by 70 points and got a five year (plus option) deal out of it. Juan hasn't lost much if anything defensively but, like Ordonez, his hitting hasn't progressed the way they hoped and now he's in a situation where his contract calls for him to be the full-time player that he's yet to prove he can be.

Broken - which should come as a surprise to no one. Won't know the full extent or time missed until he sees a nose guy in NY after they get back (unless someone here knows of anyone who's ever broken their nose). Wilmer's talent for getting hurt just as full-time jobs open up for him continues to amaze. This also now means the top Six HR hitters on the club are either gone or sidelined, leaving Asdrubal Cabrera and his 11 as the active club leader just ahead of d'Arnaud (10) and Reyes (9) The funny part is that Rosario & Smith are now tied for fourth place with four each. On the other hand, the fact that the whole roster -- not the starting lineup on a given day but the entire active roster -- has a total of just 46 (six fewer than G. Stanton alone) makes that not so funny. After Rosario/Smith, Lagares and his grand total of two is the only other one with multiple HRs. Nimmo, Plawecki, Cecchini, Reynolds, deGrom & Lugo have tallied one each.

d'Kong76 wrote: Why did they pick up this 35-year-old Aoki anyway? Because you need three outfielders, most teams have a minimum of four and usually five, yet we had two (2-1/2 at best) and none if you count full-timers and only one if you count only those who have at least 150 career ML ABs. IOW, i'tweren't a good situation.

41Forever wrote: Reynolds is awful. For not throwing that ball home? He had a 50/50 shot at best. Meanwhile, Aoki essentially has hit four come-backers in this game.

Do these guys ever hit it AT someone? Astros have no XBHs in this game and I can't remember any liners either, so each of the seven hits has been a grounder that found a hole and Lugo has recorded only 2 GOs

#52 I assume Weisman was in attendance.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Basing one person's surgery on another person's surgery is a really bad idea. Especially when one guy has to hit 95MPH fast balls for a living and the other guy has a desk job. I've been unable to hit 95 mph fastballs ever since my shoulder surgery a bunch of years ago.

If we were to get good news coming out of our clubhouse following an injury, would we even recognize it?

[u:18fl2y33]The Jets: One Team, One Goal[/u:18fl2y33] Yes, unfortunately for their fans that goal is 2-14 or worse.