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cooby wrote: Vic Sage wrote: He's either throwing it down the middle or walking guys. He's probably bewildered, too. Why I don't they should be skipping him. How's he going to work things out on the bench? yeah, the extra rest and days might actually have messed him up more than anything else, barring an actual pending physical injury. It'd be nice of the defense could occasionally bail him out of course, but at this point a healthy Cabrera's better, but otherwise it's probably a tossup between deGrom and d'Arnaud on who's the best defender ( per his position) on the field.

Anything but a sweep here probably puts the already longshot division out of reach.

Maybe Conforto will finally be good and Bruce will be fixed?

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm over Dilson. I don't think second base will be a problem next year. They have a lot of options. yes, but a 'good' option might be nice.

Lefty Specialist wrote: On the spine? Man, that had to hurt. I told my son to never do anything to yourself that you can't undo. Fifty years from now the kids will be laughing at Grandma's stupidity. "Why didn't you get it on re-programmable nanobots so you could change the text?"

life is a battle wear your scars with pride

running it through a translator I got some errors in either transcription or hell, maybe it's wrong, but got enough to google for "Starve the ego, feed the soul."

bmfc1 wrote: Tonight is the first of 7 straight night games. I don't want to get all Mushnick-y here but I'm surprised that the final game of the Miami series isn't during the day. Saturday should be a day game but the Mets don't schedule Saturday afternoon home games. Sunday is a night game courtesy of ESPN... and then the Mets play on Monday in Cincinnati at 1 PM. Schools have started back up and such, so there's less need for 'camp day' starttimes and fuck the Marlins and any desire they have for a getaway day. (They fly to Cleveland. not a real long trip)

That usually means they're waiting on someone to show up so they can see if they're DLing someone, but that seems pointless given rosters expand in a few days.

doesn't make the game notes The Mets will recall RHP Rafael Montero from Binghamton (AA) of the Eastern League prior to tonight's game... Montero will wear #50 and will start tonight...A corresponding roster move will made...M

Benjamin Grimm wrote: For the month of September, they should be all-hands-on-deck in the bullpen. Add ten or twelve relievers if necessary. It will save on wear-and-tear on the pitchers' arms. The downside, of course, is that it will encourage Terry to make too many foolish pitching changes, but this may be a necessary risk given the current state of the pitching staff. It also means probably too-frequently calling upon the 10th guy in the depth chart.

Cody Ege and a washed up Tim Lincecum. It's good that he's hitting, but let's let him commit some of these good habits, like swinging at bad pitches in good places instead of the opposite, to memory a little more. He'll be here in a week.

Bruce has been garbage and I can't imagine playing hurt is going to help him be better. Plus De Aza's been pretty good after that horrible start. But yeah, no reason d'Arnaud shouldn't be playing today. And Kelly Johnson has been pretty good, he should probably be in there more.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The conventional wisdom was that he wouldn't sign with the Mets. Remember? I'm not surprised that the 'conventional wisdom' failed, as it so often does. Maybe there's some surprise no one else valued him at more than he got, but these guys are content-fillers needing to guess values for free agents and so often get it very wrong. I'd be more surprised if he didn't opt out though, barring further injury or just completely sucking. That's sorta the whole point of adding in an opt-out. I'd argue that if he didn't, the Mets almost have to trade him given the outfield glut and the likely return of much more value than you'd like get keeping him at that 2-year rate.

What did he do last winter that was so surprising?

Centerfield wrote: Hitting .512 over his last 10, with 4 HR's. http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=624424#/career/R/hitting/2016/ALL Call him up. Stick him in CF. Let's go on our run. I mean, he's sucked against lefties in the majors and hasn't even been great against righties in a while, can't really play center well. Granderson and Ruggiano are fine for another week. Let Conforto really refine his swing against this garbage and show up for the Nats in Sept.

Edgy MD wrote: Centerfield wrote: 25-13 seems like a tall order for this team. I think 24-13 is much more within reach. It could hardly have been a better night. Not only did the Mets win and the Cardinals (relatedly) lose, but Nats lost, the Marlins lost, and the Giants lost. The only ones who didn't cooperate were the Bucs, who beat up on the heartless Astros. the Mets have made it tough, but it's worth keeping an eye on those Nats. plenty of baseball left, including 6 head to head. 31 other games in which the Mets need to be 4 games better than them if they sweep them. Can they go say 20-11 while the Nats go 16-15? It's not the most absurd thing. Just keep winning.

my hairs as long as it's ever been right now actually, through laziness mostly, in the sense that I'm actually have to grab some with a fist. But my hair doesn't grow down, it trends towards afro.

Lefty Specialist wrote: You can play with numbers all you want, but realistically they have to sweep the Cards. Just don't see it happening. three game samples are tiny. Crappy teams clobber juggernauts and vice versa, all the time. Mets could sweep the Cards and then get swept by the Phillies while the Cardinals sweep the As and we're right back where we started. Alternative, the Mets could drop 2/3 to the Cards, sweep the Phillies while the Cards get swept and end up better off.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Nooobody expects the Spanish Inquisition (or for Jon Niese to pitch well)!!!!!! he pitched well for the Mets for years, so. i mean..not really that unexpected.

Shame the Mets fell apart, because they either wouldn't have the luxury of DLing him to 'get him right' if the Mets were breathing down their necks, or 3+ starts from a replacement would be worrisome for them.

Centerfield wrote: Pitcher trying to pitch with an injury hurts something else? What a shock. Shut him down. Noah too. Limit deGroms innings. Let's see what the kids can do and start planning for next year. Then you risk hitting a wall in 2017 when they push significantly past what they did this year. It's not time for mailing it in yet, but even if it were I'd want them at least to go to the wire. Pull them earlier or go to a 6 man in September, but let's pitch full seasons here.

Edgy MD wrote: I don't think ownership meddled at all. I'm not sure what folks expected Alderson to do. Herrera hasn't even debuted with the Reds yet. Could promoted Herrera instead of trading for Bruce.

seawolf17 wrote: There's another microbrewery -- something Hill? -- just south of town. Good restaurant attached too. The Holiday Inn Express just south of town is brand new, nice, and reasonably priced. there's a 'Cooperstown brewing company' Google Maps shows a Dobler's Brewery and Tavern that I've never heard of. A Council Rock brewery just north. And Butternuts Beer and Ale is off to the west. Roots Brewing back down by 88.

It's all part of the cat an mouse game really. If you're a good hitter and the pitcher is wild and not 'just missing' you probably _should_ sit on a pitch to drive. Wright did this earlier in the year for his walk-off. It probably makes sense to do it in bunches. (If I had to guess, I think Granderson does this) Never swing so your scouting report lulls the pitcher into an easy strike because they're not worried, and then after you've started swinging more regularly go back to not swinging now that the pitchers are slightly more wary and slightly more likely to walk you. Keith usually says that you get the same pitch on 3-1 that you get on 3-0, so take a free look at it. I suspect this is "I used to play" bullshit though. The leader for 2016 hits ON a 3-0 count is 3 in order of PA: Josh Donaldson, Freddie Freemon, Chris DAvis, Danny Valencia Albert Pujols, with 7AB (of 20 PA) is the most. Presumably that means most outs/hits. Stanton, Werth, Valencia, and Donaldson are second with 5AB of (14,8,10,26) PA. There are 23 3-0 home runs, though no one has 2. Frank Thomas and Greg Vaughn have the single season record of 4 HR on a 3-0 count. Jim Thome's 17 is the career record. Sosa 15 McGriff and Vaughn 13 Delgado 12 Bagwell, Thomas 11 Bonds, Juan Gonzalez 10 BIP on 3-0 leaders 2016 Ortiz 20 Donaldson 17 Jean Segura 16 Altuve 14 Zobrist 13