seawolf17

Fuck this shit. Turn the season off and on again and let's hope we haven't saved the game yet.

themetfairy wrote: I'm just numb. DAMMIT now we have to push your start back too.

People who've studied this kinda thing have concluded "anything can happen in 75 PA" and after that, things start to look like what they'll what they'll look like. Against urges to think otherwise, I'd agree and try to tell myself it's only fair to give them another 75 and then see. The following Mets have reached the 75 threshhold: Cabrera 84 PA: 2-10 256/310/359//688 Barely acceptable. On notice. Bruce 83 PA: 6-14 292/386/569//955 Unfortunately, anything can happen in 75 PA Walker 82 PA: 2-9/197/280/324//604 That's not good enough to play 2B every day. On notice. Reyes 78 PA: 0-0 114/205/143//348 (!!) It only stands to reason he hasn't even driven in a run yet but that still surprises me and would suggest he's killing us anywhere we put him. Duh, on notice. Granderson 77 PA: 1-6 141/195/239//434 (!!!?) Maybe centerfield doesn't sit well with him. Maybe he's 36. Maybe he needs to transition into the lefthanded pinch hitter we need once the Dude comes back. Very much IMO on notice. * Cespedes 73 PA 6-10 262/370/607//976 Will check back if and when these guys reach 150. What a fucking disaster. Cut Walker/Reyes/Granderson and let the fuckin' kids play. metirish wrote: Can't we just look at baseball cards and forget this stuff I do that regularly. Hasn't helped.

Whatever they're paying Ray Ramirez, TRIPLE IT. The guy's a fuckin' wizard.

bmfc1 wrote: From the baseball side, Dallas Braden, Doug Glanville and Raul Ibanez, too. Braden was prominently featured on a recent Sunday night game but now they can live without him. Read that as "Dallas Green" at first and thought, "well, that's nice, considering he's already dead."

Frayed Knot wrote: A couple of Cubs pitchers apparently had some stuff to say which, unless you've got something to back it up, is probably better left unsaid. I liked Thames's reaction to those comments and to being tested twice already this season with the prospect of more to come; "I've got plenty of urine and blood" Hey, that's all you can do. "Test me. Go ahead."

Also, yes, the movie happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Arm

Frayed Knot wrote: Weren't they the ones who also went after those Indian cricket players a few years back? Yep. Neither one quite panned out: http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=singh-001rin http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=patel-001din

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Stark was and is great. I used to read him in the Sunday Philly Inquirer when I lived there, a million years ago. His "Rumblings & Grumblings" where he ran down the goofy stats (last guy to get a hit, etc), was a big influence on the uni-number project I did. I joke, but I enjoyed those columns too. I love little statistical tidbits like that.

You'd have to go back not one, not five, but SEVENTEEN years to find an article by him that wasn't exactly the same as the last one.

Major bloodletting at ESPN today: http://deadspin.com/a-running-list-of-espn-layoffs-1794664091 [tweet:3swdj463] [/tweet:3swdj463]

TK starting in San Diego this afternoon, but Travis isn't in the lineup. Missed opportunity, Padres. Majors: Koehler (Miami): Has been pretty awful in the early going. 1-1, 5.14 in four starts. Jankowski (San Diego): Has been pretty awful in the early going. 8-50 with 21 strikeouts. DL: Tropeano (Angels): Will miss 2017 with TJS: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/scioscia-728549-right-angels.html Minors: Nathan (AAA Washington): Cut at the end of ST, but working his way back. 3-3 in save opportunities in Syracuse. Cantwell (AAA Texas): 3-21 as a backup catcher in AAA. Krause (A+ Pittsburgh): .314/.385/.771 in 35 AB, with three home runs. Zamora (A+ Pittsburgh): 2-2 in save opportunities; no runs in 6 1/3 innings. MacEachern (A Miami): 5 innings, one run out of the bullpen. Honahan (R MFYs): Season hasn't started yet.

Just two minor details, Edge - it's not "YOUR PROJECTED" roster any more, and Mejia's still on the 40?!

metirish wrote: What is this the booth mentioning several times about an MLB wide trend to hit the ball in the air now? Saw it in an article yesterday about Bryce Harper's hot start; apparently, that's what Daniel Murphy did last season that caused his stock to skyrocket.

Centerfield wrote: They don't run at all. Only 2 steals so far, which is good for last (tied with Toronto). Interestingly, BOTH on Opening Day. I thought we were supposed to believe in OBP, no? Get on it, Sandy.

Friday night is Reyes Shirt Night. They'll wait until next week some time.

Johnson was a productive MLBer last season, and he's "only" 35. I guess you don't really know because you're not in his situation, but you'd think he'd be playing SOMEWHERE, even if it meant just getting some ABs with an independent team somewhere.

When Duda got on as the winning run in bottom 9 last night w/one out there was essentially no one to PR for him -- Lagares & Granderson had already been used, leaving just Wilmer and R. Rivera. That's an example of a by-product of a shorter bench. Modern rosters rarely have room for a speed guy. Duda's not _that_ slow either, but you could always use deGrom. I don't think I'd try to steal with just 1 out, but sure, it's another small tick in favor of 5 men on the bench. A very small tick though, because you've just removed probably your second best hitter in favor of a Quad-A type guy if they _don't_ score there. I get your point, but when deGrom pulls a hammy sliding into second, Terry Collins gets run out of town on a rail. To FK's point, it definitely feels like there's pressure there to carry extra bullpen specialists, when the way the game is played - I think - should dictate a slightly different balance. Not that you're going to put Thor in to strike out a guy in a key spot on his throw day, but I suppose technically, you could. There have been managers who have tried to buck the trend. Grady Little and the Red Sox tried it in 2003: http://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?id=1489225 They had ten different pitchers earn a save that season, lead by Byung-Hyun Kim, who they acquired two months into the season and he saved 16 games. They also won 95 games that year, but a lot of that was their offense, which was incredible.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I recall "We want a pitcher, not a belly-itcher." Ah, the good old days, when we had both.

seawolf17 wrote: I've never liked Yelich. Stanton either.

I've never liked Yelich.

Trying to get through it so they can catch the Doctor Who premiere.

You know, I love Wilmer as much as the next guy, but maybe Duda should be playing, considering he crushed the ball off Conley despite him pitching with the same left arm last week. edit: Welp.

I believe he was a teammate of Tony Micelli.

Edgy MD wrote: Eight of the first 10 being active is sort of impressive. Considering that the fences were so far away that the Mets didn't homer at all at Citi in its first four seasons, it's not entirely surprising.