Edgy MD

As the trade deadline approaches, only three American League teams (Sacramento, Chicago, and Baltimore, to a lesser extent) can be reasonably described as "out of the playoff picture. Into town come fringe contender Anaheim, and they have been given a challenge by their star player Mike Trout to muscle up at the deadline, rather than trade off parts. The Mets are in a position to give Mike Trout a wakeup call. LA lefty Ty Anderson (one of those parts likely to hit the market if The Angels do not show some spark over the next week or so) matches up against Kodai Senga. [FIMG=328]https://985thesportshub.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/88/2024/07/Tyler-Anderson-Angels_1721336399_.jpg?resize=1024,774[/FIMG][FIMG=372]https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/Zl7SzQS3r4zbrt5jM2bIMg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/ap.org/862a7dc045264b83f8078ccba87147b7[/FIMG]

Is that jumbotron hanging over the middle a permanent fixture? They probably have to build scaffold towers of 30 stories or more to suspend it.

You missed a good game while you were acting ridiculous. Why do folks troll? It's like there's nothing else going on here. How fun can it really be trolling for trolls?

Somewhere, Fran Healy was yelling CAN OF CORN!

Turns out that Soto was the baserunner we needed.

Torrens is who I want up here.

We have our regular pinch-runner, Acoonie, in the lineup. I'm not particular confident that Mauricio (the alternative) would have scored on that double. But I really wanted to imagine a scenario where we scored on that double.

He does not seem like he knows what he wants to do right now.

Well, that is getting the quote wrong. The Mets stolen base differential continues to expand in the right direction.

Well, I was exaggerating about 10 minutes ago, but advocating for somebody to play every day doesn't work too well if you change your mind the next day.

You wrote the same thing about Vientos like a 10 minutes ago, did you not? Alonso takes the field and his streak goes on.

Soto has been pissed. Pissed at the umps, pissed at the pitchers, pissed at himself.

Peterson in command through six innings and 93 pitches. Will he see the seventh?

And he steals and comes around to score on a double. It is Baty Ttimes coming upon us.

Newly engaged Baty continues to bring it on offense and defense. OPS now a defensible .717.

Things moving along rapidly.

Mets tie it up! McLain should have tried to knock it down.

Crap throw by Acoonie on the first play, but that error should have been on Vientos — which would have given him a .000 fielding percentage, but a smoove double-play gets them both some degree of redemption.

Cal Ripken breathes a little easier as Carlos Mendoza places Pete Alonso's consecutive games streak in jeopardy! Luis Torrens, on the other hand, is being ridden like a hoss. [TABLE][TR][TH][/TH][TH][FIMG=130]https://metsinpeace.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/14.png[/FIMG] [FIMG=250]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/cincinnati-reds-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG] [/TH][TH][/TH][TH][/TH][TH] [FIMG=100]https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ed-Kranepool-Patch.png?resize=50[/FIMG] [FIMG=250]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/new-york-mets-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH][TH][/TH][/TR] [TR][TH]#[/TH][TH]Player [/TH][TH]Pos.[/TH][TH]#[/TH][TH]Player [/TH][TH]Pos.[/TH][/TR] [TR][TH]1[/TH][TD]=#C6011F]TJ Friedl =#000000] (L)[/TD][TD][fimg=25]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cf-sil.png[/fimg] =#C6011F]cf[/TD][TH]1[/TH][TD]=#002D72]Brandon Nimmo =#FF5910] (L)[/TD][TD][fimg=18]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/lf-sil.png[/fimg] =#002D72]lf[/TD][/TR] [TR][TH]2[/TH][TD]=#C6011F]Matt McLain =#000000] (R)[/TD][TD][fimg=25]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2b-sil.png[/fimg] =#C6011F]2b[/TD][TH]2[/TH][TD]=#002D72]Francisco Lindor =#FF5910] (S)[/TD][TD][fimg=25]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ss-sil.png[/fimg] =#002D72]ss[/TD][/TR] [TR][TH]3[/TH][TD]=#C6011F]Elly De La Cruz =#000000] (S)[/TD][TD][fimg=25]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ss-sil.png[/fimg] =#C6011F]ss[/TD][TH]3[/TH][TD]=#002D72]Juan Soto =#FF5910] (L)[/TD][TD][fimg=13]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/rf-sil.png[/fimg] =#002D72]rf[/TD][/TR] [TR][TH]4[/TH][TD]=#C6011F]Austin Hays =#000000] (R)[/TD][TD][fimg=20]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/dh-sil.png[/fimg] =#C6011F]dh[/TD][TH]4[/TH][TD]=#002D72]Mark Vientos =#FF5910] (R)[/TD][TD][fimg=25]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1b-sil.png[/fimg] =#002D72]1b[/TD][/TR] [TR][TH]5[/TH][TD]=#C6011F]Spencer Steer =#000000] (R)[/TD][TD][fimg=25]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1b-sil.png[/fimg] =#C6011F]1b[/TD][TH]5[/TH][TD]=#002D72]Jeff McNeil =#FF5910] (L)[/TD][TD][fimg=20]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/dh-sil.png[/fimg] =#002D72]dh[/TD][/TR] [TR][TH]6[/TH][TD]=#C6011F]Tyler Stephenson =#000000] (R)[/TD][TD][fimg=25]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c-sil.png[/fimg] =#C6011F]c[/TD][TH]6[/TH][TD]=#002D72]Luis Torrens =#FF5910] (R)[/TD][TD][fimg=25]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/c-sil.png[/fimg] =#002D72]c[/TD][/TR] [TR][TH]7[/TH][TD]=#C6011F]Noelvi Marte =#000000] (R)[/TD][TD][fimg=13]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/rf-sil.png[/fimg] =#C6011F]rf[/TD][TH]7[/TH][TD]=#002D72]Brett Baty =#FF5910] (L)[/TD][TD][fimg=25]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/3b-sil.png[/fimg] =#002D72]3b[/TD][/TR] [TR][TH]8[/TH][TD]=#C6011F]Santiago Espinal =#000000] (R)[/TD][TD][fimg=25]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/3b-sil.png[/fimg] =#C6011F]3b[/TD][TH]8[/TH][TD]=#002D72]Tyrone Taylor =#FF5910] (R)[/TD][TD][fimg=25]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cf-sil.png[/fimg] =#002D72]cf[/TD][/TR] [TR][TH]9[/TH][TD]=#C6011F]Connor Joe =#000000] (R)[/TD][TD][fimg=18]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/lf-sil.png[/fimg] =#C6011F]lf[/TD][TH]9[/TH][TD]=#002D72]Luisangel Acuña =#FF5910] (R)[/TD][TD][fimg=25]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2b-sil.png[/fimg] =#002D72]2b[/TD][/TR] [TR][TH][/TH][TH]Pitcher[/TH][TH][/TH][TH][/TH][TH]Pitcher[/TH][TH][/TH][/TR] [TR][TH][/TH][TD]=#C6011F]Andrew Abbott =#000000] (L)[/TD][TD][fimg=25]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/sp-sil.png[/fimg] =#C6011F]sp[/TD][TH][/TH][TD]=#002D72]David Peterson =#FF5910] (L)[/TD][TD][fimg=25]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/sp-sil.png[/fimg] =#002D72]sp[/TD][/TR][/TABLE]

Frayed Knot wrote: That's two REALLY BAD strike three calls on Soto. His first AB and now this one. Home plate umpie had a pretty terrible game. It's like the third-base guy was all, "Let me get in on that shit!"

Come on, Soty.

Come on, Lindy.

Lindor is slumping into the shadows, he is hitless today with three strikeouts, and just left the bases loaded, and nobody had a bigger smile for Raley.

What a trip to the plate by Torrens.

Mauricio hearing the boos.