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IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Fman99 May 15 2017 11:58 AM

Zack Wheeler vs Zack Godfrey, and a 9:40 PM start, which means, you know, get a nap in today. Gonna be a late one.

Frayed Knot May 15 2017 12:17 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

At least it's not like games regularly last 3-1/2 hours or more these days ... oh wait, that's exactly what they do. 7 of the 17 games played yesterday (two DH's) ran north of 3-1/2 including two that were 4-plus (one needed 10 innings). By contrast only 5 of the 17 clocked in at under 3 hours. IOW, we could be in for some late ones over the next two nights.

Ashie62 May 15 2017 12:19 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Double Zacks pitching.

Fman99 May 15 2017 12:27 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

I'll be happy to get to the 4th or 5th inning today. I am working from home so I will at least be getting a 1-2 PM nap in. That'll help a smidge.

Frayed Knot May 15 2017 12:33 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Fman99 wrote: I'll be happy to get to the 4th or 5th inning today. Funny, that's what the Mets' starters usually say

Edgy MD May 15 2017 12:55 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Wheeler has emerged, to me as The Most Important MetTM.

Lefty Specialist May 15 2017 03:13 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Not gonna watch until they win.

Benjamin Grimm May 15 2017 03:14 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

I know what you mean. I'm kinda glad for the late start because it means I'll be less tempted to tune in.

TransMonk May 15 2017 03:20 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Yesterday's game was the first one I've missed this year and it was by choice. I'm tempted to say I am out until they win, too...but the Mets are kind of like a drug for me. Even though I know it could lead to continued disappointment, I imagine that I'll still tune in.

Lefty Specialist May 15 2017 03:25 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Wasn't going to watch yesterday either but after gardening I came in to see them with a 7-1 lead. So I sat down and watched in horror.

d'Kong76 May 15 2017 04:30 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

NY Mets at Arizona When: 9:40 PM ET, Monday, May 15, 2017 Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona By Gracenote The New York Mets hope to put a disastrous weekend behind them when they visit the vastly improved Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday for the opener of their three-game series. The Mets have allowed a total of 35 runs in four straight defeats and were swept of a three-game set at Milwaukee after coughing up a six-run lead over the final four innings on Sunday en route to a demoralizing 11-9 loss. New York has scored 22 runs during its losing streak and Neil Walker is having a strong month of May, going 18-for-50 with six doubles, two homers, 10 runs scored and 12 RBIs in 12 contests. Zack Wheeler will try to stop the bleeding for the Mets when he takes the mound against Zack Godley of Arizona, which took five of six in the season series last year. The Diamondbacks (21-18), who finished with 69 wins last season, have lost two straight after leaving the bases loaded in a 6-4, 10-inning setback against Pittsburgh on Sunday. Paul Goldschmidt has homered three times in his last two contests to continue a 23-game stretch during which he has registered eight blasts and 26 RBIs while batting .366. TV: 9:40 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), FSN Arizona PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Zack Wheeler (2-2, 4.18 ERA) vs. Diamondbacks RH Zack Godley (1-0, 2.25) Wheeler notched his second victory of the season last time out by limiting San Francisco to one run and two hits over six innings, but he walked four batters for the second straight contest to drive up his pitch count. The 26-year-old Georgia native has allowed just one earned run in three of his last four starts and is holding opponents to a .210 batting average overall. Chris Owings is 2-for-6 versus Wheeler, who is 2-1 with a 2.33 ERA in three career turns against the Diamondbacks. Godley has been solid in his two starts this season, including a victory over Detroit on Wednesday in which he permitted just one run on four hits and one walk with six strikeouts over seven innings. The 23-year-old Tennessee product, who went 5-4 with a 6.39 ERA last year, held San Diego to two runs on four hits and three walks over five frames in a no-decision on April 26. T.J. Rivera has recorded a double in three at-bats against Godley, who is 1-0 with a 2.16 ERA in two career appearances (one start) versus the Mets. WALK-OFFS: 1. Arizona C Chris Iannetta was placed on the 7-day concussion disabled list and RHP Silvino Bracho was recalled from Triple-A Reno. 2. New York C Rene Rivera has hit safely in eight straight games, going 14-for-33 with eight RBIs in that span. 3. Diamondbacks CF A.J. Pollock suffered a groin injury in the late stages of Sunday’s game and is day-to-day.

Frayed Knot May 15 2017 10:55 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 16 2017 01:24 AM

LF - CONFORTO 3B - TJ RIVERA RF - BRUCE 2B - WALKER 1B - DUDA SS - REYES CF - GRANDERSON C - R. RIVERA P - WHEELER CF - REYMOND FUENTES (Carlos Beltran's cousin - replacing AJ Pollack as he's been DL'd) RF - CHRIS OWINGS (came up as in infielder) 1B - PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT 3B - JAKE LAMB LF - YASMANY TOMAS 2B - BRANDON DRURY SS - NICK AHMED C - JEFF MATHIS P - ZACK GODLEY

cooby May 16 2017 12:47 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Going to bed soon... First thing I will do in the morning is check this. I hope Mets win and Zvon is back

Edgy MD May 16 2017 01:42 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

So many bad ideas in one uniform here.

Edgy MD May 16 2017 01:44 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Yes, I'd bunt all day long against this alignment.

Edgy MD May 16 2017 01:45 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Clean-shaven Neil Walker.

Edgy MD May 16 2017 01:58 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Man that inside sider against the lefty suddenly doesn't seem so unhittable.

Fman99 May 16 2017 02:09 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

1-0 good guys! Rene keeps hitting and d'Arnaud keeps on not being missed.

Frayed Knot May 16 2017 02:57 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Amazing how Godley is the one who's issued five walks (one of the no-pitch intentional variety) and yet it's Wheeler with the high pitch count despite hurling a shutout so far.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 16 2017 03:15 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Wheelie is our best pitcher this year. Which of us predicted that?

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 16 2017 03:16 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

I should say I admire the way Godley runs to and from the dugout

Frayed Knot May 16 2017 03:22 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

So tonight we're getting good starting pitching for the first time in a while ... but are getting one-hit. And we're going to need the bullpen to cover at least three innings.

Frayed Knot May 16 2017 03:45 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Yup, three full innings needed from the pen, plus they're starting out with a runner on. And that's all if this doesn't go extras.

Frayed Knot May 16 2017 03:54 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

A rare sighting of the Curtis Granderson assist. Big Foot or Jimmy Hoffa may be next. Now we just have to avoid the increasingly less rare sighting, the Hansel Robles first-pitch XBH.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 16 2017 04:12 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Fuuuuck

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 16 2017 04:21 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Maybe time to get Sewald, huh Terry?

Centerfield May 16 2017 04:26 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Robles keeps pointing to the sky on those bombs as if to signal a pop up. I think if he started circling that finger it would be more accurate. I can't remember a tougher stretch as a Mets fan.

Centerfield May 16 2017 04:28 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

I've never seen anything like this.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 16 2017 04:28 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Hmm. 31/2 home runs this inning.

Frayed Knot May 16 2017 04:31 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Anyone else want to come out of the stands maybe to hit a HR? The beer vendor? Ball Boy? Ticket Takers?

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 16 2017 04:53 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Centerfield wrote: I've never seen anything like this. 2008 says hi.

cooby May 16 2017 09:16 AM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

I assume they lost

Ashie62 May 16 2017 12:30 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

I am going to start rooting for individual players to keep it fun. We are done in mid may. Zack Wheeler, you are a golden god.

Benjamin Grimm May 16 2017 12:36 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Centerfield wrote: I've never seen anything like this. 2008 says hi. 2008 was bad. 2007 was worse! The good news, such as it is, is that the Mets have plenty of time to turn this around. It doesn't seem at all likely that they'll do that, but there's that old axiom about how you're never as bad as you look while you're losing. I expect that there are better days ahead this season, but I also doubt that the wins to come will be enough to propel them into the post-season.

Benjamin Grimm May 16 2017 12:57 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Cast your vote! It's a total coincidence that this graphic's turn came up for a game where the Mets lost to the Diamondbacks. Honest!

Centerfield May 16 2017 01:19 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Benjamin Grimm wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Centerfield wrote: I've never seen anything like this. 2008 says hi. 2008 was bad. 2007 was worse! The good news, such as it is, is that the Mets have plenty of time to turn this around. It doesn't seem at all likely that they'll do that, but there's that old axiom about how you're never as bad as you look while you're losing. I expect that there are better days ahead this season, but I also doubt that the wins to come will be enough to propel them into the post-season. Right? I know it's reactionary to write off a team in May, but sheesh. 5 games under, 8 games back. Everyone and their mother injured. How do you come back from this? And the farm system is basically tapped other than Rosario and Smith.

Edgy MD May 16 2017 01:33 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

I'm not sure. Somebody comes of the DL. Somebody gets called up and totally changes the complexion of the lineup. A reliever learns a new pitch, bumps himself up in the rankings and everybody else down a notch. The coaching staff gets shaken up. I don't know that a turnaround is going to happen, or how it'll happen if it does, but they do happen, and I'm sure rooting for one now. I do know that I feel like we can't afford to wait on Granderson.

Fman99 May 16 2017 02:51 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Fire the bullpen. Replace with cyborgs in Mets unis. Glad I went to bed in the 4th.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 16 2017 03:55 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

Optimistic take is that Smokie finds his shit again in Vegas. I think I saw somewhere he was starting there. I used 2008 in the comparison because that was the year where the bullpen really struggled, we were short bodies, and Jerry's use of it seemed to spread a disease of unCAHNfidence. It was the time of Luis Ayala. It was the time of Brandon Knight. Of Toe Knee Arm Ass Junior.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 14 2017 02:00 PM Re: IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts