Edgy MD

Let's get him a pad.

Even Herrera is befuddled tonight.

Outfielders losing a ball should count as an error. Every time.

A double call by the ump? How bush league, but he got the call right.

Gosh.

Man, Kelly looked overmatched against deGrom.

The Mets paid Tebow a $100,000 signing bonus when they signed him. I thought it was more like $500,000. Either way, he's kind of getting exploited. I wonder if he'll get the idea that spending half his year or more doing this isn't worth it, when his name brand can bring in far more money elsewhere. I mean, even if he makes it to the bigs, the big money isn't coming until he does six years, and by then he'll be 38 or so, so he's almost guaranteed to never see a big baseball salary. But maybe baseball exposure will lead to increasing $$$ elsewhere.

And Cabrera running like a shlub to first.

Curtis knocking it up the middle consistently. First run in.

Duda back out there, but the lineup is still looking unConfortoble. Welcome back, Ty Kelly! [table:1e3glbgi][tr:1e3glbgi][td:1e3glbgi][fimg=211:1e3glbgi]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d7/e3/32/d7e3324665204bf9d53165f8acc2b2b1.jpg[/fimg:1e3glbgi][/td:1e3glbgi][td:1e3glbgi][fimg=250:1e3glbgi]http://traveljapanblog.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/126_5373-mister-met-fires-t-shirt-out-of-gun.jpg[/fimg:1e3glbgi][/td:1e3glbgi][/tr:1e3glbgi][tr:1e3glbgi][td:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Odubel Herrera, cf[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Freddy Galvis, ss[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Aaron Altherr, rf[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Tommy Joseph, 1b[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Maikel Franco, 3b[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Nick Williams, lf[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Andrew Knapp, c[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Ty Kelly, 2b[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Ben Lively, sp[/*:m:1e3glbgi][/list:o:1e3glbgi][/td:1e3glbgi][td:1e3glbgi][*:1e3glbgi]Curtis Granderson, cf[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Asdrubal Cabrera, 2b[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Yoenis Cespedes, lf[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Jay Bruce, rf[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Lucas Duda, 1b[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Wilmer Flores, 3b[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Jose Reyes, ss[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Travis d'Arnaud, c[/*:m:1e3glbgi] [*:1e3glbgi]Jacob deGrom, sp[/*:m:1e3glbgi][/list:o:1e3glbgi][/td:1e3glbgi][/tr:1e3glbgi][/table:1e3glbgi]

KEON BROXTON! On the pitching side, there have been three immaculate innings in the last eight days.

Shortest homestand ever between two long road trips and an All Star Break. It's, like, three home games in four weeks. Sorry, Matt Harvey, you need to stop partying and report to work for a few days.

Cole Porter was right. In time, the Rockies did crumble, which gives hope to fans of about six teams. But so far, only the Cards and the Mets have responded to a degree. Yay, Mets! Boo, Cards! Just look at those three teams all lined up just begging for the Mets to pass them this weekend.

Remember that every year with the Mets he went through an extended stretch of farce where he absolutely did not look like a big league pitcher. Maybe he's beyond redemption this time, but he's not beyond consideration.

A fifth of a run difference. It's good to have that sort of validation in the data.

It doesn't. Not directly, anyhow. What it does, along with the 2017 version of the ball, is make it harder to keep the ball in the ball in the park, forcing Bartolo Colón, and everybody else, to try to be cuter, and therefore throwing fewer strikes.

Kendrick to the DL means a callup for lefty swinging outfield prospect Nick Williams. Williams joined the Phillie system in 2015 after coming over from Texas in the Cole Hamels deal. He's got a rep as a free swinger/chaser, but he's put up 15 homers this year in second year in the International League, so the time is ripe. Baseball America had him as the #27 prospect going into 2016, and Baseball Prospectus had him at #25 the same year, but his status fell following a lackluster 2016.

Yeah, I'm happy to donate enthusiasm any may lack. The Braves new ballpark and the 2017 baseball are a conspiracy to undermine exactly the sort of starting pitcher Colón is. But stealing back-end innings from Neil Ramirez for something like a major league minimum and a high Bartolo factor? I'm signing up and dotting the i's with balloon-y hearts.

Edgy MD wrote: We'll take the next two. Count on it. BOOM!

Series win, and pass the Marlins in the standings.

Get a new helmet, Bour.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Nice job, Edgo Edgin, play the blues.

Wow. Eats Stanton up.

Opening the inning with Edgy over Blevvy. Big spot for The Edge.

I'll take that ground ball RBI.