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The ol' 3-4-1. Gotta like that. Thank you, god of catcherspeed.

Ceetar wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: "Very good glove" might be overstating it a bit on Young Mr. Young. "Athletic, and great at catching balls on the run; struggles with virtually every other aspect of outfield defense" might be a little more on-point. Also, for a guy who has VERY little power compared to his peers, he walks at a below-average career rate (8.7% career). Also also, he's a well-below-average major-league hitter for said career.i.e. he's fast. Athletic speaks to more than speed. Plus, he's been giving a superlative effort, his flailing at the sinker just now notwithstanding.

Young looks like he's never seen a sinker before.

Definitely calling the low strike tonight.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: That play gave me the impression that Mets defenders think everybody's a lot taller than they actually are. I thought they were mistaking the backup guys for the defenders covering the bases.

Well, Rice coming in two batters too late here. It seemed clear all night that Wheeler doesn't have an answer for Heyward.

That's-a too bad.

Fubble.

Very nervous seeing him still out there for Heyward.

You don't see too many you know are gone off the bat at Citi, but KABOOOM! You know?

What an ugly puss on McCann after that throw.

Mets are buntastic this evening.

I don't care. Young may lack experience and polish out there, but I'll take his effort and athleticism every time.

Thought that was a crap call, but super slo-mo vindicates the ump.

Don't know where to pitch Heyward. He's too far off the plate to jam, but has good extension to cover away. If you don't have a curve that he'll chase away, it's hard to sneak anything by him.

More outfielding from the kid.

Yeah, Keith having real woody trouble, comparing him to Nolan Ryan in the first. d'Arnaud looking like a good outfielder there.

Keith credits it park-based disengagement. I'm thinking there's other things in play there. Team-based disengagement, entitlement, breath-holding, and the familiarity born of seeing him on TV through several gaes on the road, making folks largely unawared of the d'Istinction of the that being his d'Ebut at-bat.

Gary noting that there was no reaction whatsoever for d'Arnaud's introduction.

That Heyward is some player.

All the more reason to throw some cold water on the whole shut-down-Strassberg-to-save-him-for-the-long-haul plan. You may never be in that position again.

And if a .584 OPS along with a .013 isolated OBP is what's qualifying as OK, you ain't getting much.

Kinda looks like Carlos Beltran's little brother.

The Cubs have traded David DeJesus to the Nats. Traded him, for an unknown person for an unknown pupose. The deal is officially for a player to be named later. And while DeJesus is probably an improvement on Steve Lombardozzi and probably Scott Hairston as a utility outfielder, the Nats have turned around and put him on waivers. What appears to be going on is the Nats making a waiver claim to block him from going to a better team, and the Cubs withdrawing the player and then trading him to the claiming team, to get at least some modest compensation. The Nats, less than fully invested in their claimee, are willing to re-deal the guy, as long as it keeps him off a team in front of them. But if anybody else behind the Nats wanted him, well, they'd have put in a claim of their own and dealt with the Cubs directly, right? Anyhow, possibly worth the attention of the Mets, who originally drafted (but did not sign) him, as he gets on base generally better than Eric Young, but, you know, he's much older. Semi-interestingly, all players with exception of DeJesus mentioned in this thread are MLB legacies, and DeJesus kinda sounds like he should be.

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