Edgy MD

Also, notable was the beanball incident with Edubray Ramos, which led to the weirdest benchclearing in history, as Cabrera, the Mets, seemingly the Phils, and everybody but Ramos had forgotten that he'd been the victim of Cabrera's walkoff in the 9-8 comeback win. Fellow Venezuelan Ramos is on the DL now, and hopefully by the time he comes back, he'll find Cabrera's locker is right next to his, and that the whole team already likes Cabrera more.

He was appealing in that he seemed to take baseball exactly as seriously and exactly as light as was necessary. When he gave an ump shit over a bad call, that ump had it coming and everybody knew it. And he'd do it with a simple curing of his lips in frustration, a slight shake of the head, and maybe a light eyeroll. And that ump was owned without Asdrubal losing his head. He was still in the at-bat, and now he was in the ump's head. His hair highlights were just the right degree of stupid. His uncrowning folks after a homer was just the right degree of fun. His nimble hands and dextrous feet were just the right amount of dependable for an infielder that had been utterly abandoned by his range. His slumps were never so long that you lost faith in him, and he seemed to be in the center of every celebration, while not shrinking from trying to lift his teammates in hard times. That his brief revolt wasn't done in a pitch-perfect manner was jarring, but within the week, he was as steady and dependable and fun as ever and all was forgotten. None of that contract issue really spilled onto the field or even, seemingly, into the dugout. And the Mets did the right thing in picking up his option, and now they have 58 more RBI and (checking) Franklyn Kilomé to show for it. I don't think I've ever see a Met maintain his effectiveness as ... effectively ... while playing hurt. Carter, but he was prone to long slumps. Moisés Alou, maybe, but he was out half the time or more, while Asdrubal answered the bell day after day. He's unofficially been the team's captain for most of his tenure. I think it's great that the Phillies now have Asdrubal Cabrera and Odúbel Herrera in the same lineup. Number 13, to the best of my knowledge, is available. They have a majority Latin American lineup, and not just Caribbeans, but a lineup filled with mainlanders from Venezuela and Columbia, and if and when the Mets get eliminated, I'll be all in on the Phillies.

I was keeping him in based on the fact that he was succeeding and not in particular trouble, and the sooner you go to your bullpen, the more precipitously you are moving toward the point where you are running out of pitching in a tight game. Stretch your starters!

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Mickey the Hook pulls JV after just 13 outs. Vargas was fortunate to have lasted as long as he did. Lucky or not, one out and a runner on first, 84 pitches into your day, hardly seems like the time to cash in your chips.

We got Freesed.

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Ashie62 wrote: Asdrubal played hard and was a pleasure. I will miss him These trades this season are salary dumps, you don't get tbetter prospects unless you foot the bill Kilome reminds me of Oliver Perez in the scouting Maybe, but Kilome is righthanded and Ollie wasn't no 6'6".

Orioles fan tricks Steve Pearce into letting the ball drop. [youtube:2n2ap1k6]JFGiA38_zcI[/youtube:2n2ap1k6]

I'd find that to be a less-than-scientific assessment.

We're lucky Plawecki (a) got plunked by that pitch, and ( didn't get called for not trying to elude it. Sliders are killing him. Like he can't touch them.

These guys are shirsey heroes. [fimg=550:3u24i5w4]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/screen-shot-2018-07-27-at-9-29-10-pm.png[/fimg:3u24i5w4] [fimg=550:3u24i5w4]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/screen-shot-2018-07-27-at-9-30-17-pm.png[/fimg:3u24i5w4]

You think Kent was as unmobile but as passable defensively as Asdrubal? I guess the star of defense-without-footspeed was Rey Ordóñez, but his legs were at least young and healthy, with some spring. Asdrubal had the speed of Rey-O in his thirties with a war wound.

Nice to see the shift giveth back what it tooketh away last inning.

Weird way to tie the game, but good hustle by Conforto. Please tell me Pirates thirdbaseman Colin Moran is related to Lyndon Johnson-era Met Al Moran.

Plawecki would've done well to bunt also.

BUNTING IS FOR SUPERSTARS!

Hard to think of a Mets middle infielder who did as credibly with as little mobility.

Mets got burned by the early hook and got burned by using the shift that inning.

Damn, man.

Mickey the Hook pulls JV after just 13 outs.

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Ranking Jacksonian Mets Al Roy Lee Todd Darrin Darrin was actually bad enough for the 1993 Mets that Austin might outrank him just by being added to the roster, putting on the uniform, and not spilling anything toxic, or maybe spreading any viruses.

And, over the course of one rough game last week, he wasn't catching the ball quite as prolifically as they had perhaps hoped. I'm hesitant to judge what he has left too harshly based on that game. He's a lot stronger going back than Nimmo and Conforto, certainly. This would also get the African American total on the big league roster up to one, which ties a season high.

Possibly. I'm curious if it says anything about when or if to expect Jay Bruce back.

It's too bad that a guy named after two Texas cities couldn't stick with Texas. Maybe Midland Waco or Dallas Sanantonio will have more luck.