Edgy MD

GAVIN CECCHINI!! FUCK YOU, FATES!!!

Shnucky to be in a hole, but I'm enjoying the new Montero.

OK, a second homer. Let's get a baserunner or two before that shit and we'll have a story.

Edgy MD wrote: Do the Mets and the Dodgers use the same baseballs? Well, Reyes does, anyhow. Now the only active Met to hit a homer off of Kershaw as a Met.

Do the Mets and the Dodgers use the same baseballs?

"They are taking swings off him like they know what's comin'." — Gary Cohen Maybe they know what's coming. But hey, the breaking ball gets him. Shoulda listened to me.

Well, that should send half of New York to bed.

You get ahead, try a breaking pitch to finish 'em off, there, Zack. I mean, you've got a good one.

Cecchini gets his first start of the year. Duda takes his 2-16 line against Kershaw to the bench, as does Granderson with his modestly effective 5-23. But Céspedes and his 1-16 gets deployed. You won't hear me complain. Mets vs. Kershaw Curtis Granderson: .217 / .280 / .304 // .584 in 25 PA =#FF8000]Jay Bruce: .250 / .286 / .550 // .836 (2 homers!) in 21 PA Lucas Duda: .125 / .222 / .125 // .347 in 18 PA =#FF8000]Jose Reyes: .188 / .235 / .188 // .423 in 17 PA Yoenis Céspedes: .067 / .067 / .067 // .133 in 15 PA =#FF8000]Wilmer Flores: .250 / .250 / .250 // .500 in 12 PA Rene Rivera: .250 / .333 / .250 // .583 in 9 PA =#FF8000]Travis d'Arnaud: .000 / .000 / .000 // .000 in 6 PA Jacob deGrom: .000 / .000 / .000 // .000 in 3 PA =#FF8000]Michael Conforto: .000 / .000 / .000 // .000 in 1 PA Steven Matz: .000 / .000 / .000 // .000 in 1 PA Bruce's 2 homers are the only two homers by any active Mets, and no, neither of them were hit as a Met. Daniel Murphy homered off of him as a Met twice in the playoffs. The now-injured Asdrubal Cabrera homered off of him last year, and way back in his MLB second start ever in 2008, he coughed one up to Luis Castillo, remarkably enough. I don't see Castillo being re-activated in time for tonight's game.

Good news: Not a lot of teams between us and the rabbits. Bad news: Those other teams are right with us, and the rabbits are getting away. Beat the Dodgers. Yeah, even Kershaw. [fimg=850:208fhg6v]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/screen-shot-2017-06-19-at-7-03-03-pm.png[/fimg:208fhg6v] [fimg=720:208fhg6v]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/screen-shot-2017-06-19-at-7-03-29-pm.png[/fimg:208fhg6v]

Weird. I'd hate to think of the riot if Rosario went down like that (knocking formica).

Unacknowledged is Ol' Luke catching Edgardo Alfonzo as the ninth-homeriest guy in Mets history. 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 2) David Wright: 242 3) Mike Piazza: 220 4) Howard Johnson: 192 5) Dave Kingman: 154 6) Carlos Beltran: 149 7) Todd Hundley: 124 8) Kevin McReynolds: 122 T9) Lucas Duda: 120 T9) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 T10) Ed Kranepool: 118 Extra-notable in that all of them have come in the Citi Field Era.

dinosaur jesus wrote: The thing about Duda, though, is that he's chronically underrated--his perceived value is way below his actual value. Which is great when he's on your team, but it means you won't get a good return for him in a trade. It's a bind. A .900 OPS speaks for itself, though, don't it? I mean, this isn't FAN yahoos you need to convince. You just need to convince one MLB GM from a contender that needs a first-sacker (or perhaps a DH). I'm not advocatin', but maybe the Sox want to make an improvement on Hanley Ramirez or whoever is DH-ing for them. I imagine they're capable of accurately evaluating him.

G-Fafif wrote: The Braves? Please forgive me. I typed this just as I was running out to a memorial mass for a colleague. But I've been generally sloppy lately. I also failed to check "L" next to the Nats.

I don't know how much of this is by design, but it's been distinctive of late how much the good teams are playing a different brand of ball from the bad teams. League-wide yesterday, the [crossout]Braves[/crossout] Nats falling to the Mets marked the only game in which a team in the top half of the standings recorded a loss. Colorado W Washington [crossout]W[/crossout] L Milwaukee W Arizona W Los Angeles W Chicago W New York W Atlanta W St. Louis L Pittsburgh L Miami L Cincinnati L San Diego L San Francisco L Philadelphia L The Mets getting buried in the division race is suddenly a face looming less large than them (and the rest of the league) getting buried in the Wild Card race, as the two leaders (Arizona and Los Angeles) have each won nine of ten, without quite managing to catch Colorado, who is streaking along with five wins in a row of their own. The three juggernauts in a single division is bound to slow down when they return to division play, but while San Diego may get modestly stronger as the season progresses, San Francisco looks to be preparing for a veteran sell-off. As much as I'd hate to see the Mets disappear, it'll be that much more disappointing if the whole league appears wrapped up by the fourth of July. These Mets games against the Dodgers may be more critical than the four-game set against Washington. At least we'll see Washington some more.

Nap early! Commit!

Yeah, I want video.

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He's errored this week at three different positions, hasn't he?

Gues' not.

Two-hitter, but Rendon just reached the warning track. Should I be worried?

Hey! Not just a lead, but maybe a little visible sunshine between the Mets' score and that of the Nats. Joshie calling this a "mistake-free game," somehow forgetting that an error opened the door for the only Nats run, and Duda running the bases like a chump.

Our first lead of the series! #HappyFathersDay

If deGrom has to do it by himself, so be it.