Edgy MD

Fwee stranded.

But poppies up. McNubbles with two out and bags juiced.

Canha with an atonement opportunity here. Exact spot as yesterday.

And before anybody logs in, the Mets are in a hole on a two-run Juan Soto homer. I think one of our Supreme Court justices is named Sotohomer.

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I worry about oddly colored skin tabs. And monkey uprisings. I don't worry that the Mets have the personnel to play as well as anybody. Whether they'll execute wisely or effectively is what remains to be seen. But that's always.

There's plenty of opportunity to break in young talent and compete at the same time. It's totally been done. It just didn't pay off last night. And if the alternative at catcher was Michael Perez, there's not a whole lot of reason to think that would have paid off higher. If the Mets fail this season, it likely won't be because Francisco Álvarez batted ninth on April 11.

All caught up.

I'm not getting a 1987 vibe. For one, Max Scherzer didn't get fail a cocaine test during spring training. While I certainly don't agree that Nido is light years ahead of Álvarez (or anybody), I'm not sure why that would be an argument for them splitting time. Álvarez doesn't look over-matched to me, just over-anxious. What do you think about pinch-hitting Nido there? I'm not sure I make that choice. You gain the righty-on-lefty advantage there, but you're giving up a lot also. Guillorme can try the bunt again if they play him back. If they play the corners up, that's a small advantage there. He also has the better eye against a pitcher who'd been leaving the ball up, he has the better capacity to work deep into the count against a pitcher who was already over-extended, and he gives you that sweet same-side platoon advantage of being more likely to get hit. Probably harder to double up, batting from the left, also.

Álvarez spent most of the day chasing the slider away and spent that trip chasing the heater upstairs. He's got to calm down and make a pitcher come after him.

I'm Pheeling more Phammy. This makes the Bogaerts homer the difference. Too bad Nido is our only available alternative hitter, but a double-steal attempt keeps the Mets alive.

Kicker successfully iced.

This review may be Buck trying to ice the kicker.

Here's to a nice, dragged-out pre-2023-vintage ninth inning.

Takin' pitches leads to riches.

That felt like a 450-foot popup.

Nein. It's Alonso, Canha, and McNubble vs. Hatemonger in the ninth.

I like them burning the Locastro card here.

Well, let's hope Eighth-Inning Álvarez can step up.

Lunchie, you and irish need to add your woidle scores for today. I'm not really pheeling Pham so phar.

Reyes looks like he can throw. It's a little too obvious a reference to choose, but he kind of reminds me of David Weathers, stuffwise.

I'm a fan of letting prospects, no matter how vaunted, hit their way up from the bottom of the lineup.

I'm covered through 4/5. If you can hold off on tabulating, I'll get the remaining games tomorrow morning.

Terrific pen game after some early control shakiness the Pads couldn't capitalize on.

I'm not sure any runner has ever been as thoroughly ignored as much as Otto has ignored Bogaerts this inning.