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IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Fman99 May 02 2017 02:44 AM

One game at a time, kids. Another 7:35 start, Hatt Marvey vs. R.A. Dickey.

Edgy MD May 02 2017 08:09 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

[table:1l190eyt][tr:1l190eyt][td:1l190eyt][fimg=250:1l190eyt]http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images/team_logos/328x328/new_york_mets.png[/fimg:1l190eyt][/td:1l190eyt][td:1l190eyt][fimg=250:1l190eyt]http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images/team_logos/328x328/atlanta_braves.png[/fimg:1l190eyt][/td:1l190eyt][/tr:1l190eyt][tr:1l190eyt][td:1l190eyt][list=1:1l190eyt][*:1l190eyt]Michael Conforto, lf[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]Asdrubal Cabrera, ss[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]Jay Bruce, rf[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]Neil Walker, 2b[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]Travis d'Arnaud, c[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]Jose Reyes, 3b[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]T.J. Rivera, 1b[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]Juan Lagares, cv[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]Matt Harvey, sp[/*:m:1l190eyt][/list:o:1l190eyt][/td:1l190eyt][td:1l190eyt][list=1:1l190eyt][*:1l190eyt]Ender Inciarte, cf[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]Brandon Phillips, 2b[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]Freddie Freeman, 1b[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]Matt Kemp, lf[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]Nick Markakis, rf[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]Adonis Garcia, 3b[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]Kurt Suzuki, c[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]Dansby Swanson, ss[/*:m:1l190eyt] [*:1l190eyt]R.A. Dickey, sp[/*:m:1l190eyt][/list:o:1l190eyt][/td:1l190eyt][/tr:1l190eyt][/table:1l190eyt]

G-Fafif May 02 2017 08:14 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Juan Lagares is so good he can cover most of the alphabet, from f to v.

seawolf17 May 02 2017 08:22 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

G-Fafif wrote: Juan Lagares is so good he can cover most of the alphabet, from f to v. No, he's sharing his c.v. tonight, which includes three peer-reviewed papers published in Centerfielders Quarterly.

G-Fafif May 02 2017 08:23 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

seawolf17 wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Juan Lagares is so good he can cover most of the alphabet, from f to v. No, he's sharing his c.v. tonight, which includes three peer-reviewed papers published in Centerfielders Quarterly. It is vitae we win tonight.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 02 2017 08:30 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Walker has to have the lowest slugging percentage of any cleanup hitter in the history of baseball I do like seeing d'Arnaud creep ahead. I don't think hitting him 8th is good for him in particular

Benjamin Grimm May 02 2017 08:35 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Somewhat surprisingly, given how awful he was until just recently, Jose Reyes is the only remaining player to have appeared in every game this season. I'm starting to think that his deathwatch has shifted to Curtis Granderson.

seawolf17 May 02 2017 08:41 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Somewhat surprisingly, given how awful he was until just recently, Jose Reyes is the only remaining player to have appeared in every game this season. I'm starting to think that his deathwatch has shifted to Curtis Granderson. Reyes is riding a 7-game hitting streak, at least. Granderson's OPS+ is 4. FOUR. FOUR.[/bigpurple] Among all 185 MLBers with enough qualifying ABs, he's the worst. By a lot. His .124 BA and .177 OBP are both the worst, and it's only his triple and home run that keeps his .213 SLG ahead of Byron Buxton of the Twins.

Frayed Knot May 02 2017 08:45 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

There's been no 'Granderson Suxx' thread this year. How can we possibly expect him to improve?

TransMonk May 02 2017 08:58 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Frayed Knot wrote: There's been no 'Granderson Suxx' thread this year. How can we possibly expect him to improve? I was thinking of this last night, too.

Benjamin Grimm May 02 2017 09:04 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

I think Curtis' playing time has to diminish. (Unless Conforto goes into another post-April tailspin!) Against lefties I'd go with an outfield of Bruce, Conforto, and Lagares. And against righties, maybe Nimmo gets some of Granderson's starts once he gets back. And hopefully Cespedes is back soon (who knows?) and that would create even more pressure to have Curtis sit.

Edgy MD May 02 2017 09:36 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

There's also Flores returning, and hopefully Duda isn't too far out. Two more infielders keeps Jay Bruce in the outfield. All this pressure is pointing at Curtis Granderson. I think he'd probably be a perfectly fine pinch-hitter. It'd make it take that much longer to dig out of is hole, though, so he's going to have to look up at the scoreboard and see some wretched numbers no matter how decent he is doing going forward. When he got signed for four years, I thought he'd be shifted to part time/reserve status in year three, so I already feel like anything we get from him his a bonus. I'd hate to waste too many PA going forward and not getting anything from him, however. Or maybe he goes in trade for a relatively expensive, historically decent-to-good starting pitcher who has gotten off to an horrendous start. Bronson Arroyo or somebody. Heck, maybe Bartolo.

Edgy MD May 03 2017 12:05 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Dickems not getting the low strike.

Edgy MD May 03 2017 12:09 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Larry Vanover with the de rigueur terrible call at first.

Lefty Specialist May 03 2017 12:23 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Harvester just not looking right.

Ashie62 May 03 2017 12:29 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

[bigpurple:3mlmkugf]CABOOM[/bigpurple:3mlmkugf]

Ashie62 May 03 2017 12:29 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Lefty Specialist wrote: Harvester just not looking right. My thought also.

Edgy MD May 03 2017 12:40 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Lefty Specialist wrote: Harvester just not looking right. Looks detached in a weird way.

Edgy MD May 03 2017 12:52 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Could Harvey have been a bigger cock here?

Edgy MD May 03 2017 01:01 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Edgy MD May 03 2017 01:13 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Man, not only is Harvey no match for an old, rusty, and gimpy knuckleguy, but the Braves have brought their glovies.

Frayed Knot May 03 2017 01:23 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

We've been getting "Out-D'd" this whole series. Most recent series too.

Herb Gardner May 03 2017 01:23 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Edgy MD wrote: Could Harvey have been a bigger cock here? This is a metirish type of comment Excellent!

Herb Gardner May 03 2017 01:24 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Btw cooby is locked out

MFS62 May 03 2017 01:35 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Freddie f'n Freeman. I hat that guy. Later

Edgy MD May 03 2017 01:37 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Herb Gardner wrote: Btw cooby is locked out Please check your mail for cooby's new password.

Chad Ochoseis May 03 2017 01:39 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Fortunately, Lagares brought his arm. I wasn't watching for an inning or two. Why is Plawecki catching now?

d'Kong76 May 03 2017 01:39 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Herb Gardner wrote: Btw cooby is locked out That happened to me over the weekend. Kept getting a you've tried to sign on too many times and had to do a captcha thing or whatever it's called which didn't work.

Edgy MD May 03 2017 01:42 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

The Curtis Granderson-as-pinchie experiment gets off to an ignoble start.

Chad Ochoseis May 03 2017 01:42 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

It's May now, Curtis. You can start hitting anytime you'd like.

Edgy MD May 03 2017 01:43 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Five-pitch inning. Take a few, guys.

Frayed Knot May 03 2017 01:53 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Not to imply that the Braves haven't been earning their hits ... but do they EVER hit stuff at people? Everything they put their bats on, whether hard hit or not, is between fielders, in front of fielders, just beyond fielders etc.

Edgy MD May 03 2017 02:03 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Maybe we can improve on this four-hit total against Eric O'Flaherty.

Fman99 May 03 2017 02:08 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Edgy MD May 03 2017 02:14 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Four walks, but Dickey was all over the place.

Frayed Knot May 03 2017 02:23 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Edgy MD wrote: Larry Vanover with the de rigueur terrible call at first. x2

Edgy MD May 03 2017 02:24 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Questionable call at first ... AGAIN!

Edgy MD May 03 2017 02:24 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Larry Vanover with the de rigueur terrible call at first. x2 Thanks.

Edgy MD May 03 2017 02:25 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Keep taking that first strike, Mets.

Edgy MD May 03 2017 02:26 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

And Cabrera hacks at pitch one. What in the world?

d'Kong76 May 03 2017 02:28 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

This game has been one tedious suck.

d'Kong76 May 03 2017 02:29 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

And with that, Bruce grand kaboomaslams...

Fman99 May 03 2017 02:29 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Wow, KABOOM AGAIN. If only the bullpen had not shat upon the mound so greatly.

Edgy MD May 03 2017 02:34 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Jay Bruce, rally killer.

Frayed Knot May 03 2017 02:51 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Good thing we didn't spin off Bruce for the proverbial bag of balls during the off-season. We be practically winless without him.

Frayed Knot May 03 2017 02:56 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Nats lose ... so there's that.

Ashie62 May 03 2017 04:19 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Just two thoughts. 1. Was that the real Matt Harvey out there? He had little on his pitches and just looked depressed or something. 2. If we really do suck you may not get more in a trade for Jay Bruce than now. Just sayin if we move to sale time.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 03 2017 10:57 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Felt like this game was worse than Sunday's in some ways. I'm afraid Smokey needs a few weeks in AAA to work out his shit. Didn't stick around to hear what external factor Harvey will blame this one on but this outing was the kind of thing I would have expected if he hadn't fooled me first by starting the season off so acceptably okay. I admit I was watching Saul on DVR when Bruce connected, that's how bad it was from my perspective.

Herb Gardner May 03 2017 11:51 AM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

d'Kong76 wrote: Herb Gardner wrote: Btw cooby is locked out That happened to me over the weekend. Kept getting a you've tried to sign on too many times and had to do a captcha thing or whatever it's called which didn't work. Exactly! And it's still doing it even with Edgy new password.

MFS62 May 03 2017 12:55 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

On the post game show, Nelson Figueroa said Harvey had good velocity and had 4 different pitches working, but didn't have command of them. And he kept saying it over and over, like he is getting paid by the word. But one other thing he said that was interesting was that all of his pitches were on the outside half of the plate, he never went inside and the Braves were looking there every at bat. But he never questioned why the catcher didn't set up differently and kept calling for the outside pitches. Later

Frayed Knot May 03 2017 02:20 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

On the post game show, Nelson Figueroa said Harvey had good velocity and had 4 different pitches working, but didn't have command of them. And he kept saying it over and over, like he is getting paid by the word. But one other thing he said that was interesting was that all of his pitches were on the outside half of the plate, he never went inside and the Braves were looking there every at bat. But he never questioned why the catcher didn't set up differently and kept calling for the outside pitches. All I know is that Freddie was right on every pitch Harvey threw. He fouled some off but even those were liners he was either a bit early or late on and he was spitting on those offerings that were off the plate. That his first AB ended in a long HR was the least surprising outcome of the night.

Edgy MD May 03 2017 02:28 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

His command did not look like him at all. Nor did his motion. Meanwhile, Dickey's command was non-existent. His ball had movement, but he was clearly laboring out there and wasn't close to spotting anything, resorting to throwing first-pitch fastballs to try and get ahead by the third. The Mets should've stood there and forced him to throw strikes and let him sink himself. I realize the book goes out the window with a knuckleballer, but ...

Benjamin Grimm May 03 2017 03:00 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Cast your vote!

cooby May 03 2017 06:58 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Ashie62 wrote: Just two thoughts. 1. Was that the real Matt Harvey out there? He had little on his pitches and just looked depressed or something. 2. If we really do suck you may not get more in a trade for Jay Bruce than now. Just sayin if we move to sale time. You'd think that now that he's head cheese again he'd be happy

d'Kong76 May 03 2017 07:21 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

Well, for me deGrom is now the head cheese but fan mileage may vary.

Benjamin Grimm May 03 2017 07:39 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

I agree. DeGrom is now the ace of the staff.

cooby May 03 2017 07:41 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

That's what I think too but who knows what Harvey thinks

Benjamin Grimm May 03 2017 07:44 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

That's what I think too but who knows what Harvey thinks My guess:

cooby May 03 2017 07:46 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption

lol lol. All the time!

Benjamin Grimm May 28 2017 12:52 PM Re: IGT 5/2/17 Mets @ Braves Redemption