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KTE: National Displeasure I

G-Fafif May 17 2016 07:24 PM

"What's next?" President Josiah Bartlet was heard to ask in idealized Washington, D.C., as he presided in The West Wing from 1999 to 2006. Well, Washington is next for the Mets these next three days. Tonight it's 20-K sensation Max Scherzer versus 2-HR slugger Noah Syndergaard, except Syndergaard can pitch and Scherzer once suggested the DH is awesome. Gotta like Thor here. Tomorrow it's Gio Gonzalez, who has a low ERA and was very good in 2012 versus probably Bartolo Colon, pending decisions on Steven Matz. Bartolo Colon is due to be awesome again. Thursday, Stephen Strasburg, who just got paid, versus probably Matt Harvey, who would like to. See the money, Matt. Sounds like a sweep in the making, huh? In an idealized world like the Bartlet White House, it definitely would be. Will it be in reality? That is why they play the games. Your former Mets of note on the Nats are Matt den Dekker and...can't remember if there's anybody else. Oh right, Daniel Murphy, currently challenging Ted Williams in the immortality stakes. Gonna go with Teddy Ballgame, but thank you for your service, Murph. Do we have any former Nats? If we do, we'll forgive them. Jonathan Papelbon is still a National. Fuck him, of course. Other old faces, include young Bryce Harper and former Phillie (thus, fuck him, too) Jayson Werth. Ryan Zimmerman continues his career as well. Wilson Ramos is hitting as well against everybody (.350) as he usually does the Mets (.982). Dusty Baker is doing a better job than Matt Williams did, as would be the late wrestler Dusty Rhodes and former Secretary of State James Baker. Adam Rubin writes great series previews, including this one. Laura Albanese does a deep Nats dive in Newsday here. No doubt she will need a shower. Well, I've vamped as long as I can. Let's Go Mets!

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 17 2016 07:32 PM Re: KTE: National Displeasure I

Fuck these guys. I'm all fired up now.

Benjamin Grimm May 17 2016 08:11 PM Re: KTE: National Displeasure I

G-Fafif wrote: Do we have any former Nats? If we do, we'll forgive them. Jerry Blevins.

G-Fafif May 17 2016 08:12 PM Re: KTE: National Displeasure I

Benjamin Grimm wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Do we have any former Nats? If we do, we'll forgive them. Jerry Blevins. Forgiven.

Benjamin Grimm May 17 2016 08:19 PM Re: KTE: National Displeasure I

That's good. If you didn't forgive him he'd probably jump off a curb or something.

G-Fafif May 17 2016 08:21 PM Re: KTE: National Displeasure I

Benjamin Grimm wrote: That's good. If you didn't forgive him he'd probably jump off a curb or something. Even if I'd scanned the roster for ex-Nats (which would have been nice), I'd have probably skipped over Blevins. Every year there's one reliever I never remember is on the team. This year it's most of them, but particularly Blevins.

Edgy MD May 17 2016 08:24 PM Re: KTE: National Displeasure I

Former Nats on the Mets include: left-handed specialist Jerry Blevins and shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, who came mid-season 2014 and gave them as little as they deserved. Former Expos include Bartolo Colón, the last active Montreal Major League ballplayer. Beyond the roster, pitching coach Dan Warthen Expo'd back from 1975 to 1977. Bullpen coach Ricky Bones coached for the organization back when they were transitioning from Expodom to Nattitude. Bullpen catcher Eric Langill was originally drafted by the Expos and played in their system. Then-catcher Jeff Wilpon was taken in the fourth round of the 1983 January draft by the Expos, but never played for them.

Frayed Knot May 17 2016 08:35 PM Re: KTE: National Displeasure I

Basically these gNats are doing things the same way we are, combining good pitching (3rd best in NL, NYM = 2nd best) with below average run scoring (9th in RS, Mets = 12th) More than anything with the bats, they're getting most of it from three players: Murphy, Harper, and the catcher Ramos, while the remainder of the starting eight are hitting at or near .200 The .400-hitting Daniel Murphy has recently been moved to cleanup in the lineup following the Cubs giving Harper the walk-a-thon treatment last week (13 walks, 4 intentional, plus a HBP in 4 games) and never paying for it as Ryan Zimmerman left the population Maryland & Virginia on base following all the free passes. The downside to this for Dusty is it provides the perfect Blevins spot late in the game followed by Zimmerman - Werth - Ramos all lined up for a righty. Ben Revere is 4-fer-43 since returning from the DL following his opening day injury. And because Dusty believes in the replacement batters automatically taking the lineup spot of their guy, Michael Taylor and/or Matt den Dekker were leading off in Revere's absence. The result of all that is the Nats this season have gotten a whopping .171/.219/.282 production out of the leadoff slot. MdD was demoted to make room for Revere. The career .263 hitting Ramos is suddenly banging .350 What's up wit' dat? All purpose IF backup Stephen Drew is just as bad as he was on the Yanx: 6 for 41 Anthony Rendon [.227 w/2 HRs] hasn't looked like the top-5 MVP player he was in 2014 since 2014, and, unlike last season, this year he doesn't have an injury excuse.

G-Fafif May 17 2016 08:42 PM Re: KTE: National Displeasure I

Former Nats on the Mets include: left-handed specialist Jerry Blevins and shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, who came mid-season 2014 and gave them as little as they deserved. Former Expos include Bartolo Colón, the last active Montreal Major League ballplayer. Beyond the roster, pitching coach Dan Warthen Expo'd back from 1975 to 1977. Bullpen coach Ricky Bones coached for the organization back when they were transitioning from Expodom to Nattitude. Bullpen catcher Eric Langill was originally drafted by the Expos and played in their system. Then-catcher Jeff Wilpon was taken in the fourth round of the 1983 January draft by the Expos, but never played for them. Most are forgiven.

G-Fafif May 18 2016 01:18 AM Re: KTE: National Displeasure I

Oh yeah, Ollie's an ex-Met.