Got six big games coming up against an MLB-best Phillies squad, followed by a pair against the Marlins, currently with the worst record.

His voice sounds like he's been screaming all night.

If this game breaks the other way, Mendoza would have some answering to do for burning the bench and having an injured Nimmo up with the game on the line.

But how about that?

But don't sacrifice with the corners closing. Hit it down their throats.

Bunt singles are the answer.

Frayed Knot wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 9:39 pm Riley leaves the game early so we use that break to award his replacement 1st base twice.

His .063-hitting replacement.

There's nothing quite like a guy getting picked off and pointing to the dugout calling on his manager to challenge on his behalf, and his manager is all, "No, youse out."

Give 'em hell, Brett.

Hey, we have Short on third.

A while back I posed a question as to which Marlin OF cast-off would turn out to have the better rest of his career, Yelich or Giancarlo Stanton The answer is now becoming clear, it's Marcel Ozuna. OK that's the short term answer right now but it is becoming a three man race particularly as the oth...

DJ's the man we love the most.

Could have used one or two yesterday.

Leadoff singles in each of the first two innings, but so far unable to advance either.

When there are two outs and the bases loaded in the first, I don't think I need a constant update in the guy's pitch count. If he's up to 40 after a batter reaches base, sure, spring it on me while we wait for the next guy to come up, but pitch counts have become so ubiquitous that the automatic sto...

The sore ribcage benches Nimmo and DJ Stewart is your new leadoff hitter. https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/atlanta-braves-logo-transparent.png https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/new-york-mets-logo-transparent.png # Player Pos. # [/size] Player Pos. 1 Ronald Acuña, Jr. (R) rf ...

As you wish.

I don't think so, other than more fresh arms are available. Yeah, there's more guys throwing 98 MPH, but I think the 12th guy on the staff is also pitching more key innings for every team. Certainly, position players pitching has reached enough of a crescendo that the league has had to put in rules ...

Nothing beats Mother's Day at the ballpark! I mean, probably not, but ... I don't really know, not being a mother and all. Maybe mothers hate coming out to the ballpark after church and brunch. But whether the game is joyous or torment to your typical mum, ESPN cares not, so our Sunday afternoon gam...

Transactions, 5/11/2024 Direction NEUTRAL Transaction Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse Position Group Starting Pitcher https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/d_people:generic:headshot:67:current.png/w_213,q_auto:best/v1/people/668820/headshot/67/current Name Max Kranick https://m...

They're winless in that nasty new black top also. Probably not a correlation, though.

A lot of slow-or-or-slowish-but-nonetheless-versatile Met infielders qualify — Justin Turner, Eric Campbell, Tim Teufel, John Valentin, Kelly Johnson, Juan Uribe, Kevin Mitchell ... .

And that's just sniffing around the Mets part of my brain. And yet 4% went for José Oquendo. Remarkable.

I'm surprised that 4% chose José Oquendo as their shortstop/firstbaseman.

I went with Joe McEwing. I would imagine that to be a less rare selection (recency bias) but I don't know.

OE: Super Joe got 1%.

Gosh that's getting ahead of things, no?