Frayed Knot

I was OK with letting Gsellman hit there - mostly because of the state and recent history of the bullpen. Having them need to cover two in a lot less than three (50% less in fact). Now if Terry was doing so because he wasn't ready for the situation after the inning started 2-outs/none-on, then that's bad on him, but I wouldn't have pulled him anyway because of above.

Edgy MD wrote: I got Robin Yount as one half of the trivia question. Is Rollie Fingers the other half? Pete Vukovich

Edgy MD wrote: ... Matz and Lugo will join the rotation when they have completed their rehab. Gsellman to the Gsellpen. That Lugo is being handed a starting slot while Gsellman moves to the pen -- as opposed to either doing it the other way around or merely deciding to cross that bridge when they come to it -- is a bit surprising to me.

Nice win, some timely hitting, good defense all weekend really plus marked improvement by Harvey. Let's hope that's the start of something. Shame about Saturday's very winnable game cuz this would have been a real nice sweep otherwise. But that's the difference between being a good team and a struggling one; a good one would have taken 2 of 3 from SDP and swept three here. But instead of a possible 5-1 overall they went 3-3.

Don't be shy about tacking a few more on boys.

Let's just say that I'd consider a combo involving Jim Beam and Mila Kunis to be the makings of a good night.

Oh wow, ESPN neglected to give us lineup/defensive changes* because they're too busy talking about other things and they figure we don't care anyway. How unusual. * Cabrera out, Sewald hitting in his slot, Reynolds to 3rd batting 9th, Reyes slides over to SS

With other injuries getting most of the pub this season, the loss of Duda was under-rated, just as it was last year.

Seth Lugo, a Rumble Pony du jour, allowed 3 runs on 8 hits + 2 BBs + 8 Ks over 6 innings to various (Hartford) Yard Goats Bingo went down 3-2

Fman99 wrote: How big a lead do they need before you feel safe handing it to the shit show in the pen? I'd say it's more than 6-1. Three dozen?

Harvey solidifies his reputation as the planet's worst bunter. But it's better than GiDP'ing so I'll live with it for now.

Man, that's three 'Just-missed-'em' HRs tonight! Grandy, Cabrera, and d'Arnaud

Depends on how quickly the g-kids are likely to break it. What a True collector would do is to keep them in the package and wait for Seaver to die and then put them on eBay.

Nymr83 wrote: 41Forever wrote: Conforto rides the pine tonight? really Mets, if this was just a day off why not yesterday? Night game before a day game.

And if you can strike-out a whole ton of Chihuahuas your stuff will work against anyone. Gotta also like seeing Nimmo with a 4-for-5 day including 3 doubles.

Much to the surprise and disappointment of ESPN who, after not getting the two contenders they were hoping for back when they first put this match-up on the schedule, have spent the entire week advertising this game as a Conforto coming-out party. No other player on either team has even been mentioned in their promos as far as I've heard.

Edgy MD wrote: So KEEP CALM AND REHABILITATE YOUR PITCHERS is the order of the day. Well, more or less, yeah. Because if the pitching -- which most assumed would be the league's best or, at worst, top three -- continues to suck at near record pace, then you can sit all the veterans, bring up youngsters and dump salaries to your heart's content, but it ain't gonna make a bit of difference.

Catfish crashed pretty early, going 23-24 after hitting age 31 with an ERA north of 4.5 (86 ERA+) and being done entirely by age 33 Had a helluva prime but a much shorter one than the other above mentioned kings of the late '60s & '70s Of course Koufax, Drysdale and Marichal (165 wins, 209, 243) were also all either gone or were a shell of their former selves at a similar age* and they're all HoF'ers. Tough to make anyone a comparison to Koufax and his freakish prime but I think the other two comp more closely to Hunter than do the Seaver, Carlton, Palmer trio. * which should make one take all that 'When REAL men finished games' stuff with a grain of salt

For all the chattering about the offense and who should be replaced, the team is sitting 2nd in the NL in RS/G And, while it's an offense that's still somewhat HR-dependent, they're actually just 5th in the league there and only a shade below average in OBP [.318 vs NL/Avg of .321] And that's with just over a combined 200 ABs for the supposed starting catcher, LF and 1B - less than half of the 550 or so you'd expect from full timers. It's pretty clear that Cespedes (starting next week?, next month?) is going to take most of Granderson's ABs so that's going to be some kind of upgrade, while d'Arnaud & Duda look to reclaim at least some of the temporary gains we got out of dos Riveras It is of course the pitching which is in a position I like to call DFL: DFL in RA, in ERA, and baserunners (WHIP). Also 4th most HRs allowed, 3rd most walks allowed, highest BA-against and OBP-against And it's here where they'll need some combo of Reed, Robles, Harvey, Matz, Gsellman and maybe Smoker to step up their games because Syndergaard and Familia aren't walking through the clubhouse door anytime soon.

And so it goes.

I feel like Terry is a contestant on Hollywood Squares saying: 'I'll take Josh Edgin for the block'

Sewald, Edgin, and Pill left in the pen, and Pill is already penciled in for the start on Tuesday.

Well this was fun while it lasted.

Well, double switching Lagares into the game was soitenly the right move.

Need a run or four here. Reed hasn't exactly been Mr. Lockdown lately.