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And Trump may only be president for four of them, but that ain't much consolation.

=Marshmallowmilkshake post_id=191547 time=1746283800 user_id=119] I like these On Track posts. They're fun. Nice work.

Even with 2 RBI last night, Pete has diminished his pace to under 150 for the year (147.27, to be precise.) His HR rate now stands at 39 (again, 39.27). Over 162 games, not an improbable figure for him to play in, those are beginning to approach likely 2025 figures, i.e., not absurd short sample projections. Nimmo, on the other hand, is putting up some highly improbable power numbers for the year, given his past records: lifetime highs in both HR, 34 (34.36), and RBI, 108. Despite dipping under .300, Lindor is still on pace for over 180 hits on the season (181.6). Pete is too, but that is less likely to hold up. The Mets, winners of 22 out of 33 games so far, are currently on pace, of course, to win two-thirds of their games, which comes to 108, tying a franchise record. Numerically on pace for a third of the games are Alonso's doubles (11, which comes to 54 doubles on the year), and on pace for two-thirds are Acuna in hits (now 22, or 108 on the year), Lindor in runs, and Alonso in Ks. I'd project that both Acuna will end up with more than 108 in each category, Acuna because of increased playing time, and Pete because, well, Pete.

Awful lot of fouls for Winn here.

Are they saying anything different about the nature of his injury now, and his expected return date?

Didn't like this one at all.

This massive shuttling between NYC and Syracuse is what I was advocating to reduce the size of the pitching staff. Keep sending relievers back and forth with instructions not to use them too freely when they're in Syracuse.

Damn. He looked like the best pitching Waddell since Rube.

Frayed Knot wrote: Whether that ball hit Winker's foot or not (probably did, but hardly definitive) a review wasn't going to change the call. You know this how? Looked pretty definitive to me, as did Winker's instantaneous reaction. As with all hypotheticals, giving Winker an extended at-bat rather than calling him out means that any number of outcomes (other than the ones in which he makes an out) are good ones for the Mets. But we'll never know what might have happened, and I'd prefer the umps (or Chelsea) decided to let him continue batting in that situation.

Edgy MD wrote: Or Dave Kingman. Or Carl Paranski. Correct, Edgy. I wasn't trying to justify omitting it as an innovation, merely to illustrate why I didn't think it was terribly significant in the game on a practical level. Positioning Lindor as far to his left as is permissible under the current rules is pretty much where he would be playing against any lefthanded batter I can think of if we didn't have the rule on positioning infielders.

You're right. I was thinking of the practice they were designed to prevent. Essentially this is a rule to codify the positioning that was informally practiced for generations. Not much of an innovation in my book.

Unless we reacquire Iglesias which seems a smart move, especially if he's lingering unused on someone's bench or minor league system. Where is he, anyhow?

I tried to avoid those innovations that are no longer in use, such as that one and the 7-inning games of doubleheaders, etc. Did I include any of those by mistake?

Well, in retrospect, sure, but it wasn't a save situation and I can't blame Mendoza much for giving Devensky an extra inning and keeping Diaz on the bench if the Mets managed to tie it up first. The umps killed us again. Ruling Winker's foul ball as a fair groundout ("Who, me? I didn't see nuthin', bosss, no, sir, not me") cost us big time as it turned out. This game makes me even more adamant than I had been about the wisdom of giving managers a limited number of non-reviewable plays that they can ask to be reviewed.

Yesterday, I was thinking "These guys are playing like they're PISSED!!" Today, too. Maybe this is the upside of blowing two straight to the Nats?

There's Bob, and then there's Bob.

Yesterday morning, Brandon Nimmo was on track (despite his suckitude) to drive in 81 runs on the year, having 14 in 28 games to date, but yesterday evening, he was on track to drive in 117. A fine day's work. He's also now on track to hit 33 (and a half: .51) home runs, same as Pete. Not too shabby for someone who sucks eggs.

Worst loss of the season. So far.

7-3. Gotta nip this one in the Butto

Who the hell is hurt now?

I'd double steal here. Lindor with an 0-2 count and fast men on the bases.

4-0. i'm starting to think this is a good team here.

Lindor starts it off (again) with a single, and Soto walks. This could be a very juicy inning ETA: Alonso walks. Bases loaded, no outs for Vientos. Vientos, Nimmo sacrifice flies. 2-0

And if you care about this sort of thing at all, 27 games is exactly one-sixth of the season, so you can easily compute anyone's numbers at this point by multiplying them by 6. This relates, of course, to counting numbers, hits or wins or errors, and not to percentages and rate-stats, such as batting averages or ERAs, and such. I realize this is an obvious point, and most of us here are too intelligent to require such a reminder. A few dunderheads and trolls, but what are you going to do with them? (As little as humanly possible, I'd propose.)

The Mets have climbed back over the .700 mark (.704) and their pace is now at precisely 114 wins for the season. In going RBI-less for the second straight game, Alonso has dipped below the 162 mark is in danger of dropping below the 150 mark any time now. I didn't post in this thread yesterday (too bummed out by the brief losing streak) but it would have been a good time to do so, since all five starters had exactly 5 starts as of yesterday. All five had between 24.1 IP (Megill) and 28.2 (Senga) before today, putting them all on pace to finish with over 140 IP on the year, Kodai Senga to top them with over 170 IP.