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IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015, Game #1

Edgy MD
Oct 14 2014 02:17 PM

Mets begin the upending of defending division champion Washington on the road at Nationals Park. The lineups may or may not look something like this.

[fimg=250]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/New_York_Mets.svg/1024px-New_York_Mets.svg.png[/fimg][fimg=250]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/bohob_4_life/WashingtonNationals_PML1_2011-9999.png?t=1290008638[/fimg]
Mets=#FF0000]Nats
[list=1][*]Lagares, cf[/*:m]
[*]Murphy, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Wright, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Duda, 1b[/*:m]
[*]d’Arnaud, c[/*:m]
[*]Granderson, lf[/*:m]
[*]Flores, ss[/*:m]
[*]Nieuwenhuis, rf[/*:m]
[*]Harvey, sp[/*:m][/list:o]
[list=1][*]Span, cf[/*:m]
[*]Rendon, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Werth, rf[/*:m]
[*]Harper, lf[/*:m]
[*]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Desmond, ss[/*:m]
[*]Ramos, c[/*:m]
[*]Cabrera, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Strasburg, sp[/*:m][/list:o]

TransMonk
Oct 14 2014 02:19 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6

6 months away and I already have butterflies.

I'm optimistic about 2015.

batmagadanleadoff
Oct 14 2014 02:40 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Assuming everyone's healthy on Opening Day, I'd bet that Harvey won't get the start. I'd bet on either Niese (seniority) or deGrom (best Mets pitcher, 2014 and possibly, reigning ROY).

Lefty Specialist
Oct 14 2014 02:41 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Nats suck. Getting that in early.

With our luck, it'll rain.

And that lineup tells me that Sandy did nothing over the winter which would be, um, less than optimal.

Edgy MD
Oct 14 2014 02:43 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

batmagadanleadoff wrote:
Assuming everyone's healthy on Opening Day, I'd bet that Harvey won't get the start. I'd bet on either Niese (seniority) or deGrom (best Mets pitcher, 2014 and possibly, reigning ROY).

Certainly may not be Harvey, but seniority doesn't fly very much anymore.

Ceetar
Oct 14 2014 02:52 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Edgy MD wrote:
batmagadanleadoff wrote:
Assuming everyone's healthy on Opening Day, I'd bet that Harvey won't get the start. I'd bet on either Niese (seniority) or deGrom (best Mets pitcher, 2014 and possibly, reigning ROY).

Certainly may not be Harvey, but seniority doesn't fly very much anymore.


It'll be Harvey. I could see a 'hey, let's give the RoY the start!" argument, but it'll be Harvey.

hmm, Harvey-deGrom-Wheeler-Colon-Gee (Niese is traded) with deGrom lined up for the Home Opener.

d'Kong76
Oct 14 2014 04:23 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Harvey doesn't deserve a start, but we have 170+
days to discuss such a harvelous problem.

cooby
Oct 14 2014 06:13 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Harvelous is a good word

themetfairy
Oct 14 2014 06:22 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Opening Day tickets with The 7 Line go on sale Monday at 7 pm.

Ashie62
Oct 14 2014 07:45 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I don't believe Murphy or Nieuwenhuis will be in that lineup.

Centerfield
Oct 14 2014 08:00 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Ashie62 wrote:
I don't believe Murphy or Nieuwenhuis will be in that lineup.


Agreed.

1. Herrera
2. Flores
3. Wright
4. Devastating Cleanup Hitter acquired via trade
5. Duda
6. d'Arnaud
7. Granderson
8. Lagares
9. Harvey

Edgy MD
Oct 29 2014 09:43 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

159 days away.

Frayed Knot
Oct 29 2014 09:46 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

As we now enter ... 'The Void'

Edgy MD
Nov 10 2014 02:17 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Tough break for Nieuwenhuis.

[fimg=250]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/New_York_Mets.svg/1024px-New_York_Mets.svg.png[/fimg][fimg=250]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/bohob_4_life/WashingtonNationals_PML1_2011-9999.png?t=1290008638[/fimg]
Mets=#FF0000]Nats
[list=1][*]Lagares, cf[/*:m]
[*]Murphy, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Wright, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Duda, 1b[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Cuddyer, rf[/*:m]
[*]Granderson, lf[/*:m]
[*]d’Arnaud, c[/*:m]
[*]Flores, ss[/*:m]
[*]Harvey, sp[/*:m][/list:o]
[list=1][*]Span, cf[/*:m]
[*]Rendon, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Werth, rf[/*:m]
[*]Harper, lf[/*:m]
[*]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Desmond, ss[/*:m]
[*]Ramos, c[/*:m]
[*]Cabrera, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Strasburg, sp[/*:m][/list:o]

Edgy MD
Dec 01 2014 02:15 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I guess I had either overlooked or not taken seriously Asdrubal Cabrera's free agency. For now, the Nats' stuck-ness with Danny Esipnosa is somewhat analogous to the Mets and Ruben Tejada. Only, you know, mores.

[fimg=250]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/New_York_Mets.svg/1024px-New_York_Mets.svg.png[/fimg][fimg=250]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/bohob_4_life/WashingtonNationals_PML1_2011-9999.png?t=1290008638[/fimg]
Mets=#FF0000]Nats
[list=1][*]Lagares, cf[/*:m]
[*]Murphy, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Wright, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Duda, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Cuddyer, rf[/*:m]
[*]Granderson, lf[/*:m]
[*]d’Arnaud, c[/*:m]
[*]Flores, ss[/*:m]
[*]Harvey, sp[/*:m][/list:o]
[list=1][*]Span, cf[/*:m]
[*]Rendon, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Werth, rf[/*:m]
[*]Harper, lf[/*:m]
[*]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Desmond, ss[/*:m]
[*]Ramos, c[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Espinosa, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Strasburg, sp[/*:m][/list:o]

Fman99
Dec 01 2014 06:14 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I hate the off season.

Edgy MD
Dec 17 2014 12:34 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Hints of (a) lineup shuffling, and (b) saving Matt Harvey for the home opener coming from Met circles (Terry).

[fimg=250]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/New_York_Mets.svg/1024px-New_York_Mets.svg.png[/fimg][fimg=250]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/bohob_4_life/WashingtonNationals_PML1_2011-9999.png?t=1290008638[/fimg]
Mets=#FF0000]Nats
[list=1][*]Lagares, cf[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Granderson, lf[/*:m]
[*]Wright, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Duda, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Cuddyer, rf[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Murphy, 2b[/*:m]
[*]d’Arnaud, c[/*:m]
[*]Flores, ss[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]deGrom, sp[/*:m][/list:o]
[list=1][*]Span, cf[/*:m]
[*]Rendon, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Werth, rf[/*:m]
[*]Harper, lf[/*:m]
[*]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Desmond, ss[/*:m]
[*]Ramos, c[/*:m]
[*]Espinosa, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Strasburg, sp[/*:m][/list:o]

d'Kong76
Dec 17 2014 02:32 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Edgy MD wrote:
Hints of (a) lineup shuffling, and (b) saving Matt Harvey for the home opener coming from Met circles (Terry).

Guess Terry, like seemingly everyone else, doesn't need to
see Harvey throw a few innings in spring training.

Edgy MD
Dec 23 2014 10:50 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

So, for giggles and shingles, how do you imagine the lineup changes with Tulowitzki?

Tulo to third, Wright to fifth, Cuddyer to seventh and d'Arnaud eighth?

Or do you think Wright instead gets bumped up to second, and Granderson back down?

Grandy leadoff?

Ceetar
Dec 24 2014 07:53 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Edgy MD wrote:
So, for giggles and shingles, how do you imagine the lineup changes with Tulowitzki?

Tulo to third, Wright to fifth, Cuddyer to seventh and d'Arnaud eighth?

Or do you think Wright instead gets bumped up to second, and Granderson back down?

Grandy leadoff?


I don't think Wright gets bumped, though I've been suggesting Wright as leadoff or second for a while.

How about Wright, Granderson, Tulowitzki, Duda, Cuddyer, Murphy, Lagares, d'Arnaud, Pitcher?

hmm..

Honestly I can't arrange those 9 players in a way that doesn't feel like slighting someone.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Dec 24 2014 10:52 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

If your lineup has d'Arnaud or Lagares batting eighth, well, sir... that's a pretty savory lineup.
EVERYDAY
Granderson
Murphy
Wright
Tulowitzki
Duda
Cuddyer
Lagares
d'Arnaud
Pitcher

vs. MOST LEFTIES
Lagares
Murphy
Wright
Tulowitzki
Cuddyer
Mayberry
Granderson/Den Dekker
d'Arnaud
Pitcher

I suspect, though, that Terry would go with something like...

Lagares
Murphy
Wright
Tulowitzki
Duda/Mayberry
Cuddyer
Granderson
d'Arnaud

The increased lefty-rightyness of it probably appeals to him.

Edgy MD
Dec 24 2014 12:56 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Are you really advocating den Dekker playing against lefties? As the roster seems to break, he's not even positioned to make the team right now, let alone get reverse-platoon starts.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Dec 24 2014 10:20 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Edgy MD wrote:
Are you really advocating den Dekker playing against lefties? As the roster seems to break, he's not even positioned to make the team right now, let alone get reverse-platoon starts.


I'd forgotten who our righty fourth OF would be (Campbell?). My thinking was, if we're going to start a guy who can't hit lefties, he might as well be defensively superlative.

Edgy MD
Dec 25 2014 11:29 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I'm working from the assumption that none of our left-handed batters are an automatic sit against lefties, but my guess is when Granderson sits, it'll be in favor of Mayberry in right, and when Duda sits, it'll be in favor of Mayberry in left and Cuddyer at first.

If both Granderson and Duda were to ride pine together, Mayberry would be in right and Campy at first.

Edgy MD
Jan 19 2015 11:01 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Assuming here that Strasburg gets hometown privileges and slots in ahead of Scherzer for the opening day start.

[fimg=250]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/New_York_Mets.svg/1024px-New_York_Mets.svg.png[/fimg][fimg=250]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/bohob_4_life/WashingtonNationals_PML1_2011-9999.png?t=1290008638[/fimg]
Mets=#FF0000]Nats
[list=1][*]Lagares, cf[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Granderson, lf[/*:m]
[*]Wright, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Duda, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Cuddyer, rf[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Murphy, 2b[/*:m]
[*]d’Arnaud, c[/*:m]
[*]Flores, ss[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]deGrom, sp[/*:m][/list:o]
[list=1][*]Span, cf[/*:m]
[*]Rendon, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Werth, rf[/*:m]
[*]Harper, lf[/*:m]
[*]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Desmond, ss[/*:m]
[*]Ramos, c[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Escobar, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Strasburg, sp[/*:m][/list:o]

Edgy MD
Feb 27 2015 09:45 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Hints out there in reports that the Mets are strongly considering Colon for their opening day start, with the report stating that the choice has been narrowed down to him and one other non-specified pitcher. (Marcos Molina!)

In the absence of stronger information, I'm cautiously running with it. Congratulations to our third opening-day starter since the offseason began.

[fimg=250]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/New_York_Mets.svg/1024px-New_York_Mets.svg.png[/fimg][fimg=250]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/bohob_4_life/WashingtonNationals_PML1_2011-9999.png?t=1290008638[/fimg]
Mets=#FF0000]Nats
[list=1][*]Lagares, cf[/*:m]
[*]Granderson, lf[/*:m]
[*]Wright, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Duda, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Cuddyer, rf[/*:m]
[*]Murphy, 2b[/*:m]
[*]d’Arnaud, c[/*:m]
[*]Flores, ss[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Colon, sp[/*:m][/list:o]
[list=1][*]Span, cf[/*:m]
[*]Rendon, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Werth, rf[/*:m]
[*]Harper, lf[/*:m]
[*]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Desmond, ss[/*:m]
[*]Ramos, c[/*:m]
[*]Escobar, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Strasburg, sp[/*:m][/list:o]

Ceetar
Feb 27 2015 10:10 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

In a way I kinda am fine with Colon. means more starts for him which showcases him better, and he's the arm you care about least so cold weather and all that.

Zvon
Feb 27 2015 12:15 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

When does the first spring training game air? I had a dream last night I was watching baseball. I can't wait til April 6th!

Ceetar
Feb 27 2015 12:19 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Zvon wrote:
When does the first spring training game air? I had a dream last night I was watching baseball. I can't wait til April 6th!


march the 6th. radio on the 4th Ibelieve.

Edgy MD
Mar 02 2015 02:09 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

A late (relatively speaking) change. Swapping the left fielder and the right one.

[fimg=250]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/New_York_Mets.svg/1024px-New_York_Mets.svg.png[/fimg][fimg=250]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/bohob_4_life/WashingtonNationals_PML1_2011-9999.png?t=1290008638[/fimg]
Mets=#FF0000]Nats
[list=1][*]Lagares, cf[/*:m]
[*]Granderson, =#FF0000]rf[/*:m]
[*]Wright, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Duda, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Cuddyer, =#FF0000]lf[/*:m]
[*]Murphy, 2b[/*:m]
[*]d’Arnaud, c[/*:m]
[*]Flores, ss[/*:m]
[*]Colon, sp[/*:m][/list:o]
[list=1][*]Span, cf[/*:m]
[*]Rendon, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Werth, rf[/*:m]
[*]Harper, lf[/*:m]
[*]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Desmond, ss[/*:m]
[*]Ramos, c[/*:m]
[*]Escobar, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Strasburg, sp[/*:m][/list:o]

Edgy MD
Mar 09 2015 08:21 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Mets have announced a free opening day watch party at CitiField.

Watch TV. Get drunk. Buy mercy. Freeze your ass off. BASEBALL!

Frayed Knot
Mar 09 2015 10:09 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Denard Span had surgery on "a right core muscle" this past weekend, almost certainly a no-go for OD
My guess is that this means Michael Taylor makes the team (he may have anyway) and that either he or Nate McLoud gets the start in CF.

Edgy MD
Mar 09 2015 10:23 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Thanks for the update. McLouth had a really tough season with Washington last year, but Taylor has never done anything as a big leaguer. Reports have Taylor scheduled to get the bulk of the reps, but I'm going to pencil NMcL in there for now.

[fimg=250]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/New_York_Mets.svg/1024px-New_York_Mets.svg.png[/fimg][fimg=250]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/bohob_4_life/WashingtonNationals_PML1_2011-9999.png?t=1290008638[/fimg]
Mets=#FF0000]Nats
[list=1][*]Lagares, cf[/*:m]
[*]Granderson, rf[/*:m]
[*]Wright, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Duda, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Cuddyer, lf[/*:m]
[*]Murphy, 2b[/*:m]
[*]d’Arnaud, c[/*:m]
[*]Flores, ss[/*:m]
[*]Colon, sp[/*:m][/list:o]
[list=1][*]=#FF0000]Escobar, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Rendon, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Werth, rf[/*:m]
[*]Harper, lf[/*:m]
[*]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Desmond, ss[/*:m]
[*]Ramos, c[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]McLouth, cf[/*:m]
[*]Strasburg, sp[/*:m][/list:o]

Frayed Knot
Mar 25 2015 02:49 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

- Scherzer has been tabbed as the Nats OD starter

- but now lingering knee problems leave Rendon's participation in doubt.

Edgy MD
Mar 25 2015 08:10 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

That's spectacular. I hope Colon takes him down.

Michael Taylor, according to reports, will be the Nats center fielder, with Werth and Harper swapping positions.

[fimg=250]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/New_York_Mets.svg/1024px-New_York_Mets.svg.png[/fimg][fimg=250]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/bohob_4_life/WashingtonNationals_PML1_2011-9999.png?t=1290008638[/fimg]
Mets=#FF0000]Nats
[list=1][*]Lagares, cf[/*:m]
[*]Granderson, rf[/*:m]
[*]Wright, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Duda, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Cuddyer, lf[/*:m]
[*]Murphy, 2b[/*:m]
[*]d’Arnaud, c[/*:m]
[*]Flores, ss[/*:m]
[*]Colon, sp[/*:m][/list:o]
[list=1][*]Escobar, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Rendon, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Werth, =#FF0000]lf[/*:m]
[*]Harper,=#FF0000]rf[/*:m]
[*]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Desmond, ss[/*:m]
[*]Ramos, c[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Taylor, cf[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Scherzer, sp[/*:m][/list:o]

Frayed Knot
Apr 01 2015 10:08 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Now with Rendon a certainty to miss OD and probably the whole series ("he's off to see Dr. James Andrews" are never good things to hear if you're looking toward a quick rebound) the Nats are talking about SS-turned-2B Yunel Escobar shifting to 3rd base with I guess Danny Espinosa manning 2B.
We're not going to see Jayson Werth next week either.

d'Kong76
Apr 03 2015 06:44 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Is it me, or is this going to be the longest weekend ever?

Frayed Knot
Apr 04 2015 06:14 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

d'Kong76 wrote:
Is it me, or is this going to be the longest weekend ever?


Exacerbated by it being a 4:00 start rather than the usual 1:00.

Edgy MD
Apr 04 2015 06:45 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I'm not giving up on Murphy until/unless events of today warrant it, but the nationals seem pretty set to be without Rendon and virtually Werthless.

Flores seems to have jumped d'Arnaud in the batting order. He's earned it, but I get the notion that d'Arnaud is sensitive and carries small lights as a weight..

[fimg=250]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/New_York_Mets.svg/1024px-New_York_Mets.svg.png[/fimg][fimg=250]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/bohob_4_life/WashingtonNationals_PML1_2011-9999.png?t=1290008638[/fimg]
Mets=#FF0000]Nats
[list=1][*]Lagares, cf[/*:m]
[*]Granderson, rf[/*:m]
[*]Wright, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Duda, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Cuddyer, lf[/*:m]
[*]Murphy, 2b[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Flores, ss[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]d’Arnaud, c[/*:m]
[*]Colon, sp[/*:m][/list:o]
[list=1][*]=#FF0000]Taylor, cf[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Escobar, 3b[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Harper, rf[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Ramos, c[/*:m]
[*]Desmond, ss[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Moore, lf[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Espinosa, 2b[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Scherzer, sp[/*:m][/list:o]


That's certainly not the lineup they wanted, but it's a deep and capable one nonetheless. That's three starters sidelined on opening day, plus setup reliever Casey Janssen out with rotator cuff tendinitis.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 04 2015 07:13 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Frayed Knot wrote:
Is it me, or is this going to be the longest weekend ever?


Exacerbated by it being a 4:00 start rather than the usual 1:00.


I'm actually glad for the 4 p.m. start. Means I can listen to the game during my drive home from work.

Frayed Knot
Apr 04 2015 07:36 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Yeah, it's not a bad start time, just makes the wait longer is all.
All teams are starting on Monday (except for Cubs/Cards Sunday night) so no fans have that really awful wait where you start full day or day and a half after everyone else.

Wonder if they ever considered going to an all Sunday start? It would fit perfectly with all day-time starts that you'd want and would put it on a no-school/no-work day. Yeah tomorrow's Easter but it wouldn't be Easter Sunday every year and it's not like they don't play on that day anyway. And, although I wouldn't advocate moving schedules just to go around other sporting events, a Sunday kickoff would make it so OD falls between the semis and finals of the college hoopathon and assures that your 1st full Sunday sked doesn't clash with 'The Masters' like it often does now.

The downside, I guess, is that having OD on a weekday gives each team a (probable) sell-out on a Monday or Tuesday in April, a day where you wouldn't ordinarily get one.
Manfred seems willing to at least consider tinkering with these kinds of traditions if they no longer serve whatever purpose they originally had, maybe the season starting day is one of those things on his to-be-condered list.

Ceetar
Apr 04 2015 07:46 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Benjamin Grimm wrote:
Is it me, or is this going to be the longest weekend ever?


Exacerbated by it being a 4:00 start rather than the usual 1:00.


I'm actually glad for the 4 p.m. start. Means I can listen to the game during my drive home from work.


Likewise, Looking forward to getting a mix of radio and TV on the first game.

It being Easter and 'transfer beer to secondary' weekend should make it go faster. And I have a daughter/doctor thing to deal with on Tuesday to keep me busy through the worst baseball day of the year.

I'm more impatient for the wait until the _next_ Monday, when I get back to Citi for the first time in like 8 months.


Word is Murphy is going to meet the team in Washington. This seems..I dunno. I feel like if they were confident he was ready to go they'd have brought him to Texas and at least gave him DH swings. Maybe he's with the team OD, then goes back to Extended Spring and meets the team in NY.

Frayed Knot
Apr 04 2015 07:49 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

They don't want to play Murphy in Texas because then if they do need to DL him they couldn't back-date it.
As things stand now he's been playing only in minor league (read: non tickets sold) games so the team can essentially custom design the length of his DL stint if they so choose.

Ceetar
Apr 04 2015 07:52 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Frayed Knot wrote:
They don't want to play Murphy in Texas because then if they do need to DL him they couldn't back-date it.
As things stand now he's been playing only in minor league (read: non tickets sold) games so the team can essentially custom design the length of his DL stint if they so choose.



Right right, my point is if he's in Washington with the intent to have him in the OD lineup, it seems silly not to have given him the reps in Texas.

Unless he's there for a gameday decision (which it can't be, since it needs to be finalized today). Or simply to be with the team Opening Day and then go back to extended Spring.

Edgy MD
Apr 04 2015 08:53 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Doesn't seem silly to me. If he can get reps in minor league games without necessarily activating him, but not in major league ones, that's a healthy and strategic way to proceed.

Ashie62
Apr 04 2015 03:59 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I believe I saw that Murphy would bat 5th on opening day.

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 09:54 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Nats' lineup official. Mets still speculative.

[fimg=250]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/New_York_Mets.svg/1024px-New_York_Mets.svg.png[/fimg][fimg=250]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/bohob_4_life/WashingtonNationals_PML1_2011-9999.png?t=1290008638[/fimg]
Mets=#FF0000]Nats
[list=1][*]Lagares, cf[/*:m]
[*]Granderson, rf[/*:m]
[*]Wright, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Duda, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Cuddyer, lf[/*:m]
[*]Murphy, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Flores, ss[/*:m]
[*]d’Arnaud, c[/*:m]
[*]Colon, sp[/*:m][/list:o]
[list=1][*]Taylor, cf[/*:m]
[*]Escobar, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Harper, rf[/*:m]
[*]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Ramos, c[/*:m]
[*]Desmond, ss[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]UGGLA!, 2b[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Moore, lf[/*:m]
[*]Scherzer, sp[/*:m][/list:o]

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 09:58 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I t'ink I have the official Mets lineup. Moving everybody up but not batting the pitcher eighth.

[fimg=250]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/New_York_Mets.svg/1024px-New_York_Mets.svg.png[/fimg][fimg=250]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/bohob_4_life/WashingtonNationals_PML1_2011-9999.png?t=1290008638[/fimg]
Mets=#FF0000]Nats
[list=1][*]=#FF0000]Granderson, rf[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Wright, 3b[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Duda, 1b[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Cuddyer, lf[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Murphy, 2b[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Lagares, cf[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]d’Arnaud, c[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Flores, ss[/*:m]
[*]Colon, sp[/*:m][/list:o]
[list=1][*]Taylor, cf[/*:m]
[*]Escobar, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Harper, rf[/*:m]
[*]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Ramos, c[/*:m]
[*]Desmond, ss[/*:m]
[*]UGGLA!, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Moore, lf[/*:m]
[*]Scherzer, sp[/*:m][/list:o]


Kinda crazy, Terry, but I got your back!

Ceetar
Apr 06 2015 10:01 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

that's the one.

interesting.


also, see? Why not have Murphy DH for reps in Texas?

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 06 2015 10:06 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Who gives a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut where Muffy rehabbed?

Ceetar
Apr 06 2015 10:20 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Who gives a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut where Muffy rehabbed?


anyone who thinks real reps against real pitchers in a real game has tangible benefit towards his contributions today/this week?

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 06 2015 10:31 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Yabbut if it turned out he couldn't answer the bell it would delay his return another few days. And for god sakes, he's Daniel Muffy. He knows what to do with a bat.

Mets Guy in Michigan
Apr 06 2015 10:35 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I t'ink I have the official Mets lineup. Moving everybody up but not batting the pitcher eighth.

[fimg=250]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/New_York_Mets.svg/1024px-New_York_Mets.svg.png[/fimg][fimg=250]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg180/bohob_4_life/WashingtonNationals_PML1_2011-9999.png?t=1290008638[/fimg]
Mets=#FF0000]Nats
[list=1][*]=#FF0000]Granderson, rf[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Wright, 3b[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Duda, 1b[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Cuddyer, lf[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Murphy, 2b[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Lagares, cf[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]d’Arnaud, c[/*:m]
[*]=#FF0000]Flores, ss[/*:m]
[*]Colon, sp[/*:m][/list:o]
[list=1][*]Taylor, cf[/*:m]
[*]Escobar, 3b[/*:m]
[*]Harper, rf[/*:m]
[*]Zimmerman, 1b[/*:m]
[*]Ramos, c[/*:m]
[*]Desmond, ss[/*:m]
[*]UGGLA!, 2b[/*:m]
[*]Moore, lf[/*:m]
[*]Scherzer, sp[/*:m][/list:o]


Kinda crazy, Terry, but I got your back!


Our logo is so much better than the Nats' logo. We should get something for that.

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 10:47 AM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Ceetar wrote:
Why not have Murphy DH for reps in Texas?

The answer now, as it was then, is that, if he wasn't ready, they wanted to be able to backdate his DL assignment.

Ceetar wrote:
John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Who gives a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut where Muffy rehabbed?


anyone who thinks real reps against real pitchers in a real game has tangible benefit towards his contributions today/this week?

I assure you that he faced real pitchers in real games.

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 01:38 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Got hot, sexy pre-game action with Wayne Randazzo. Nobody, apparently, gives you more real estate options than Re-Max.

Ceetar
Apr 06 2015 01:39 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Edgy MD wrote:
Got hot, sexy pre-game action with Wayne Randazzo. Nobody, apparently, gives you more real estate options than Re-Max.


I'm watching SNY, taking advantage of a unforseen sick day.

doing intros. taking forever.

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 01:44 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Check this shit out in the meantime.

Bartolo Colon, Opening Day, and the Truth

... Colon is, from moment to moment, anachronistic, washed-up, and enlightened. Every day he pitches, he gives off the appearance of having overslept and underprepared; it is as if he has shown up to a triathlon in a Hawaiian shirt and Skechers. He seems to get by on pure guile, or on something a little more profound. No longer able to dominate the game as he could on occasion during his younger years, he has decided instead to embody it, in all of its inherent difficulty. If he cannot make it as hard on hitters as he once did, he can at least avoid ever making it easy. ...

HahnSolo
Apr 06 2015 01:45 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Ceetar wrote:
Edgy MD wrote:
Got hot, sexy pre-game action with Wayne Randazzo. Nobody, apparently, gives you more real estate options than Re-Max.


I'm watching SNY, taking advantage of a unforseen sick day.

doing intros. taking forever.


Is that CBS's James Brown doing the introductions?

Ashie62
Apr 06 2015 01:46 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

GAMETIME!

LGM

d'Kong76
Apr 06 2015 01:49 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

WWF has nothing on that ~25 minute rah rah hoopla!

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 02:05 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

The booth talks of Agee on opening day. This is going to be a special season.

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 02:10 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

A slight delay in the games start has already pissed off all of Washington. I like.

Gwreck
Apr 06 2015 02:11 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Scherzer has always had a real problem with keeping his pitch counts in check. Nice start to the season by Curtis.

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 02:11 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

If GameDay is reliably tuned, the called strike one was simply a terrible call.

But HEY! Leadoff walk by Granderson.

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 02:12 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I'm with Darling. I expected Lags to be up top today.

Ashie62
Apr 06 2015 02:13 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Ashie62 wrote:
I believe I saw that Murphy would bat 5th on opening day.


Like I said.

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 02:15 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I think not getting Lucas signed in time was a good thing. Keep him playing hungry for his new contract.

Ashie62
Apr 06 2015 02:17 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Lucas still has a lot to prove. Why rush?

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 02:18 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Scherzer beats Duda with some wicked heat right down the middle.

Cuddy's 1st Mets ab: 5-3.

0-0 Mets

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 02:23 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Muffed.

Mets Guy in Michigan
Apr 06 2015 02:23 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

That's not good. Muffy rusty?

d'Kong76
Apr 06 2015 02:24 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Muffyed

Ashie62
Apr 06 2015 02:32 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

COLON

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Apr 06 2015 02:34 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

"Don't you worry 'bout this shit, hermanos. I got this."

Mets Guy in Michigan
Apr 06 2015 02:34 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Nice!

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 02:35 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Mets Guy in Michigan
Apr 06 2015 02:41 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Wilmer doesn't make it look pretty, but he gets it done.

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 02:47 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Six-pitch inning.

We need to do some scratching, Mets.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Apr 06 2015 02:55 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

So, yeah, Scherzer's pretty half-decent.

Colon's okay, too.

Mets Guy in Michigan
Apr 06 2015 02:57 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Wright gets robbed!

Mets Guy in Michigan
Apr 06 2015 02:58 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

The goofball Marlins have a rain delay with a retractable roof stadium.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Apr 06 2015 03:00 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Bowie-alien-eyes aside, Scherzer's got a pretty old-school, mid-century hurler's mug, doesn't he?

And speaking of mugs, we've got no hits in ours through four. You heard me, we're being no-hit. He's got something of a no-hitter going, is what I'm saying.

Mets Guy in Michigan
Apr 06 2015 03:02 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Stinking Harper.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Apr 06 2015 03:02 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

On the other hand, the other guys aren't.

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 03:06 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

ppffft. Harpy homer. Well, I know we are gonna score one run so as far as I am concerned it's still tied.

d'Kong76
Apr 06 2015 03:14 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Trickster lineup still hit-less through five.

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 03:17 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Shit. I guess we have to get a hit first. Sherzer has not allowed a hit, so far a no hitter. He's got a no-hitter going. No-hitter!No-hitter! Hey, look over here Sherzer: NO-HITTER!

If we get no-hit opening day after that Spring we had...
This will be a hard thing to live down.

Mets – Willets Point
Apr 06 2015 03:17 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

14 straight regular season no-hit innings by Nationals pitchers.

Nymr83
Apr 06 2015 03:20 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

K_K_K... they're wasting a gem from Colon

smg58
Apr 06 2015 03:26 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Now make them pay, Lucas.

smg58
Apr 06 2015 03:27 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

And he does!

themetfairy
Apr 06 2015 03:28 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 06 2015 03:29 PM

Duda Duda!

TheOldMole
Apr 06 2015 03:28 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

A clutch hit!

smg58
Apr 06 2015 03:28 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

(Duda's two-run single was preceded by a bad, bad, defensive play when Desmond called off Uggla on what should have been a routine, inning-ending popup and then dropped the ball.)

Nymr83
Apr 06 2015 03:29 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

DUDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Mets – Willets Point
Apr 06 2015 03:32 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

smg58 wrote:
(Duda's two-run single was preceded by a bad, bad, defensive play when Desmond called off Uggla on what should have been a routine, inning-ending popup and then dropped the ball.)


(we'll take it)

Nymr83
Apr 06 2015 03:42 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

STRIKE THE FUCK OUT AND SIT THE FUCK DOWN!

LETS GO METS!!

d'Kong76
Apr 06 2015 03:44 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Nymr83 wrote:
STRIKE THE FUCK OUT AND SIT THE FUCK DOWN!
LETS GO METS!!

#enthusiasticmetsfan

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 03:46 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

GJ getting out of that mess, Bart. Now go take a shower. I do not wanna go thru that again in the 8th.

Great hitting by The Dude.

Lags: that a hit?

Nymr83
Apr 06 2015 03:48 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

they're calling it a throwing error but we'll take the baserunner and let Lagares' fantasy owners worry about the hit

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 03:49 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Taylor ain't no Lagares. Why? Cuz he sucks.

Nymr83
Apr 06 2015 03:51 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

d'Arnaud!

we'll take it!

sloppy sloppy Nats wont win the predicted 95 games playing defense like this!

Nymr83
Apr 06 2015 04:06 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Duda infield single?? was it a shift?

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 04:07 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Tap down the third-base line. A demonstration of why bunting against the shift is the smart play.

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 04:13 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Edgy MD wrote:
Tap down the third-base line. A demonstration of why bunting against the shift is the smart play.


If that would have been the first hit of the game, that would have been pretty funny.

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 04:14 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

We should bring in Blevins to face den Dekker.

Mets Guy in Michigan
Apr 06 2015 04:17 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Matt goes down with some nasty stuff from Familia!

d'Kong76
Apr 06 2015 04:18 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Familia froze the denDecker

Mets Guy in Michigan
Apr 06 2015 04:20 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

He is FILTHY!

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 04:22 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote:
He is FILTHY!


Really was. It was like watching a guy hurl a whiffle ball in fast motion.

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 04:34 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Good contact, but into the defensive positioning. That's some 2014-era Grandy.

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 04:36 PM
Mejia Split

uh-oh. Mejia hurt?

themetfairy
Apr 06 2015 04:36 PM
Re: Met Count, 2015

Apparently....

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 04:36 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Mets open with Blevins to face Harper.

Speculation that Mejia isn't coming in after him.

Gwreck
Apr 06 2015 04:38 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Howie reporting that Mejia went to the clubhouse with Ray Ramirez.

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 04:39 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

An injured closer: Reason #7 why you don't pull your relievers after one effective inning.

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 04:39 PM
Re: Met Count, 2015

Cripes, he hasn't even pitched yet. What's the word?

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 04:43 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Breaking their closers on Opening Day — it's a Met tradition!

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 04:45 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 04:46 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I don't think we were supposed to win this one and we did. This makes me extra happy.

Gwreck
Apr 06 2015 04:49 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Put it in the books!

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 04:54 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I'm hearing it's Mejia's elbow. Jeeze. I knew they wouldn't consider leaving Familia in for the 9th, and hurt Mejia or not, they should have considered it.

Well, I imagine now Familia gets the ball in the 9th if Mejia goes down. He was so filthy today the ball couldn't find the strike zone. But it didn't matter.

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 05:00 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Anywhich, Terry and the Mets get some degree of vindication for going with Colon.

Zvon
Apr 06 2015 05:06 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I still don't like Lags not leading off. Like I've said before, like Ronnie said today. You don't groom a guy to lead off, have him excel, and then not lead him off. TC will say he's protecting him from...what? The pressure? Bullshit. Every game counts. Time to take off the kid gloves T.C., and if you want Laggy to be the lead off guy, don't fuck with his head. Let him lead off.

apmorris
Apr 06 2015 05:06 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2015 05:18 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Zvon wrote:
I still don't like Lags not leading off. Like I've said before, like Ronnie said today. You don't groom a guy to lead off, have him excel, and then not lead him off. TC will say he's protecting him from...what? The pressure? Bullshit. Every game counts. Time to take off the kid gloves T.C., and if you want Laggy to be the lead off guy, don't fuck with his head. Let him lead off.

Granderson led all of baseball in OBP during Spring Training. That's not nothing.

I'm sure Lagares will get his chances.

themetfairy
Apr 06 2015 05:19 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Ashie62
Apr 06 2015 05:50 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

apmorris wrote:



It's Buddy Carlyle!

themetfairy
Apr 06 2015 06:52 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

The sun setting on our Mets flag after the Opening Day victory!

Ceetar
Apr 06 2015 07:15 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I know I'm being "one of those" parents. but whatever. cutest kid ever:

Nymr83
Apr 06 2015 07:18 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Edgy MD wrote:
An injured closer: Reason #7 why you don't pull your relievers after one effective inning.


The next big "innovators" in baseball are going to be the first team to turn back the clock and realize they should be using their most effective relievers for multiple innings at a time in less total performances. this also saves roster spaces to make better use of platoon-hitters or guys who can hit but cant even fake the field to be pinch-hit only guys

Nymr83
Apr 06 2015 07:22 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Edgy MD wrote:
Zvon wrote:
I still don't like Lags not leading off. Like I've said before, like Ronnie said today. You don't groom a guy to lead off, have him excel, and then not lead him off. TC will say he's protecting him from...what? The pressure? Bullshit. Every game counts. Time to take off the kid gloves T.C., and if you want Laggy to be the lead off guy, don't fuck with his head. Let him lead off.

Granderson led all of baseball in OBP during Spring Training. That's not nothing.

I'm sure Lagares will get his chances.


"have him excel" would be a grossly exagerated version of what Lagares did as a hitter in 2014. His defense makes him a valuable contributor and his bat plays at that position, but a .321 OBP isnt "excelling" at leading off. Granderson wasn't much better, but the near 100 point difference in Granderson's BA & OBP tell me he is more likely to finish with the higher OBP this year as walk-drawing tends to be more consistent than hitting.

Mets Guy in Michigan
Apr 06 2015 07:44 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I know I'm being "one of those" parents. but whatever. cutest kid ever:




I like this kid! I think this should be the new post-game celebration meme!!! And I hope we see him a lot!

themetfairy
Apr 06 2015 07:48 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

I know I'm being "one of those" parents. but whatever. cutest kid ever:



Great job Ceetar - you're bringing her up right :)

d'Kong76
Apr 06 2015 07:50 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

[fimg=250]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QZ8T64sv8qM/VSLojFqx7oI/AAAAAAABWDE/TbGWM75EKKA/w478-h850-no/20150406_160551-ANIMATION.gif[/fimg]
Put in in the books!

MFS62
Apr 06 2015 09:09 PM
Re: IGT: Mets @ Nats, 4/6/2015

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote:


I like this kid! I think this should be the new post-game celebration meme!!! And I hope we see him a lot!

This.

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