Edgy MD

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I'm sitting on seven points. Looks like a few of us swept the pitching categories by going the Captain Obvious route.

Point of order — Had McNeil struck out after falling to 0-2 on the weird pitch clock violation, would he be the answer on #13, or does it have to be a violation for strike three?

Man, Canha being the first guy hit by a pitch turned out to be exactly the gimme it seemed to be.

Along with Peterson, Tommy and Tomás make their first 2023 starts, as both teams boost the back half of their lineups with the some righthanded help against the southpaws. [TABLE][TR][TH][/TH][TH][FIMG=250]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/new-york-mets-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH][TH][/TH][TH][/TH][TH][FIMG=250]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/miami-marlins-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][TD]=#FF5910]1[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Brandon Nimmo (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]cf[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]1[/TD][TD]=#00A3E0]Luis Arraez (L)[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]2b[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]=#FF5910]2[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Starling Marte (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]rf[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]2[/TD][TD]=#00A3E0]Jean Segura (R)[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]3b[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]=#FF5910]3[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Francisco Lindor (S)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]ss[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]3[/TD][TD]=#00A3E0]Garrett Cooper (R)[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]dh[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]=#FF5910]4[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Pete Alonso (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]1b[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]4[/TD][TD]=#00A3E0]Jazz Chisholm, Jr. (L)[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]cf[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]=#FF5910]5[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Mark Cahna (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]dh[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]5[/TD][TD]=#00A3E0]Jorge Soler (R)[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]rf[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]=#FF5910]6[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Jeff McNiel (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]2b[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]6[/TD][TD]=#00A3E0]Avisail Garcia (R)[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]lf[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]=#FF5910]7[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Eduardo Escobar (S)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]3b[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]7[/TD][TD]=#00A3E0]Yuli Gurriel (R)[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]1b[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]=#FF5910]8[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Tommy Pham (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]lf[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]8[/TD][TD]=#00A3E0]Nick Fortes (R)[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]c[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]=#FF5910]9[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Tomás Nido (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]c[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]9[/TD][TD]=#00A3E0]Jon Berti (R)[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]ss[/TD][/TR][TR][TH][/TH][TH]Pitcher[/TH][TH][/TH][TH][/TH][TH]Pitcher[/TH][TH][/TH][/TR][TR][TD]=#FF5910][/TD][TD]=#002D72]David Peterson (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]sp[/TD][TD]=#EF3340][/TD][TD]=#00A3E0]Jesús Luzardo (L)[/TD][TD]=#EF3340]sp[/TD][/TR][/TABLE]

I'm more concerned that MLB has this wonderful, marketable, global talent, with this uniquely dominant combination of skills, and they've rigged the rules to make it far more unlikely that any such player should ever rise again. That's even pissier, according to my piss-math.

Yeah, the Mets co-PA announcer the last few years is Cosell's grandson — Howard having been the Mets original pre-game host. And now Humble Howard's great-granddaughter joins the show.

Two lefties battle it out as David Peterson goes up against Jesús Luzardo. Fun Fakt #1: The southpaw should probably mean the first start for Tomás Nido, as well as Tommy Pham and/or Tim Locastro. Buck liked to deploy Luis Guillorme against lefties last season despite the same-side-matchup thing, but I don't see him getting the nod. Look for him to come off the bench when the Marlins go to their pen. Fun Fakt #2: The Mets win on Opening Day came without a homerun. Marlins Park is a tough ballpark for power, but I don't think they even made a serious bid. Don't think for a minute that several Mets don't hit the pillow tonight wanting to cross that off tomorrow. Or maybe not. But I can delude myself that sounds cool to pretend I know what they're thinking. I actually think Alonso can get too hungry against lefty starters. Fun Fakt #3: This is an actual fact, and not opinion-laced garbage like the two items I have typed above, but Jesús Luzardo started twice against the Mets last season, going 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA (seven runs in 9 1/3 innings) against them. Fun Fakt #4: Skip Schumaker is the Cardinaliest name of any Cardinal that has ever Cardinaled. I'm willing to hear arguments for Jeff Suppan and Chris Duncan, but in the end, it's Skip Schumaker, and I tend to think of such folks as super-Cardinals, whose powers desert them outside of St. Louis. This also reads like an opinion (and a stupid one, to be sure), but it's a fakt that this is my opinion. Fun Fakt #5: This is Met PA Announcer Colin Cosell celebrating the team's Opening Day win with his infant daughter Eloise, whose sunny young life has yet to be dimmed by a Mets loss. [FIMG=400]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fsgaq5XX0AMi4Kx?format=jpg&name=large[/FIMG]

Place = First.

Wow. Robertson's out pitch is a slider that dives like a splitter.

Stand and cheer for Met #1,188, David Robertson! [FIMG=500]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/t_16x9/t_w1024/mlb/djbqfb5hh5mstybzfdjf[/FIMG]

Will we get Locastro in left for the ninth?

Nice to see so many key Mets in the hit column in game one.

LiveOdds are a foul nuisance.

#1187 Brooks Raley introduces himself with a three-pitch whiff. [FIMG=500]http://t0.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcSpBGwnVQKztHNBWU6Cwh26MzzS2AcAyMyDMaVn739qWo-9NIdGj4PNwCXcShEBQhcmXFiRm4_0xmIkzJc[/FIMG]

Bunting is life.

Smithtown was working with a paintbrush that inning, but found his power in the end.

Drew Smith suddenly looks tiny.

Look at Jazzy Chisholm misplaying a single into a two-run double! Fish out of position!

#1186, Meet Tommy Pham!! [FIMG=500]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FnRIGrfX0BAbvsK?format=jpg&name=900x900[/FIMG]

#1185 = Omar Narvaez! [fimg=500]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FkmcDN2WQBIAMu9?format=jpg&name=4096x4096[/fimg]

Yeah, sorry. It was a prematurely closed table.

Suddenly a tie game as everything Scherzer is throwing this inning has been a-hangin'.

Edgy MD wrote: As Jeff McNeil gets robbed of an RBI double, I just remembered that he's sitting on a 10-game hit streak from the end of last season. And there's #11 with an 0-2 RBI single!

Well, there's a horseshit clock call.