The Great August Westward Migration - Phase 1

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The Great August Westward Migration - Phase 1

Post by Frayed Knot » Wed Jul 31, 2024 4:54 pm

Some rough days ahead for those who like to view their baseball in real time.
Most are too late, some are too early, with very few just right.

After the day off on Thursday
Friday - Anaheim 9:38
Saturday - Anaheim 9:38 (grrrrr)
Sunday - Anaheim 4:07
Monday - St Louis 5:15
Tuesday - Colorado 8:40
Wednesday - Colorado 8:40
Thursday - Colorado 3:10
Friday - Seattle - 10:10
Saturday - Seattle 9:40 (grrrr)
Sunday - Seattle 7:10*
Monday - Off



* I bet the Mets are thrilled to close out an eleven game/four city/four time-zone shifting road trip with an ESPN-scheduled night game ahead of a west-to-east, time-losing, cross-country flight
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Post by Gwreck » Wed Jul 31, 2024 7:28 pm

6:40 is a positively lovely time to start a game on an August Saturday night if you live in Seattle.

This is a trip where the Mets should set the floor at 6 wins. Given the quality of opponent, more should be possible, but 6 is the minimum of what they need to stay in this wild card race.
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Post by batmagadanleadoff » Wed Jul 31, 2024 7:35 pm

Gwreck wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 7:28 pm 6:40 is a positively lovely time to start a game on an August Saturday night if you live in Seattle.

This is a trip where the Mets should set the floor at 6 wins. Given the quality of opponent, more should be possible, but 6 is the minimum of what they need to stay in this wild card race.
I have no idea if six is the minimum number of wins the Mets'd need to stay in the wild card race but if it was up to me, I'd set the floor at 10 wins. Maybe it's just me, but I'd try to win every game, not just six of them. What does that even mean, to "set the floor at 6 wins"? And if the Mets go 5-5 on this trip, does that mean that they're eliminated from wild card contention?
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Post by MFS62 » Wed Jul 31, 2024 7:36 pm

Isn't it time for their regularly scheduled rainy season in Seattle?
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Post by CitiFieldPornRoom » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:19 pm

I've come to adore the late night starts in my old age. House is quieter, less to do, I can actually sit and watch and drink and watch and drink..

Then I wake up in the morning and check the highlights for what happened after I dosed off on the couch.
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Post by Edgy MD » Wed Jul 31, 2024 10:37 pm

Assuming they stick with a five-man rotation, they don't decide to use days off to skip a guy, and no rejiggering occurs — and understanding that none of those assumptions are remotely safe — here's the way the starters line up for the month.


AugustDayOpponentPitcher
1THU
2FRI@ANAPaul Blackburn (R)
3SAT@ANADavid Peterson (L)
4SUN@ANAJose Quintana (L)
5MON@STLSean Manaea (L)
6TUE@COLLuis Severino (R)
7WED@COLPaul Blackburn (R)
8THU@COLDavid Peterson (L)
9FRI@SEAJose Quintana (L)
10SAT@SEASean Manaea (L)
11SUN@SEALuis Severino (R)
12MON
13TUEOAKPaul Blackburn (R)
14WEDOAKDavid Peterson (L)
15THUOAKJose Quintana (L)
16FRIMIASean Manaea (L)
17SATMIALuis Severino (R)
18SUNMIAPaul Blackburn (R)
19MONBALDavid Peterson (L)
20TUEBALJose Quintana (L)
21WEDBALSean Manaea (L)
22THU@SDPLuis Severino (R)
23FRI@SDPPaul Blackburn (R)
24SAT@SDPDavid Peterson (L)
25SUN@SDPJose Quintana (L)
26MON
27TUE@ARISean Manaea (L)
28WED@ARILuis Severino (R)
29THU@ARIPaul Blackburn (R)
30FRI@CHWDavid Peterson (L)
31SAT@CHWJose Quintana (L)

Tough break that one of their days off is right between two stops of a road trip, rather than within or adjacent to a homestand, so they won't be able to get a night in their own beds.
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Post by Fman99 » Thu Aug 01, 2024 6:00 am

On work travel in Denver next week so I'll be attending either the Tuesday and/or Wednesday night games at Coors Field. Pretty happy about this.

The Mets should go 7-3 on this swing and if they win less than that I think it's a letdown.
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Post by Edgy MD » Thu Aug 01, 2024 8:03 am

The Cards would be fools if they don't deploy every last resource to bury the Mets in that makeup game and send them limping back to Colorado and through the rest of the trip.

The Mets would be fools if they don't send their three starters for the Rockies series directly there from Anaheim to spare them the brutal turnaround.
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Post by Benjamin Grimm » Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:37 am

That game against the Cardinals has the potential to be a tie-breaker that would keep the losing team out of the postseason.

I expect that both sides know this.
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Post by Edgy MD » Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:44 am

I still think it would be good psychological warfare if the Mets just decided not to show up, and took the 9-0 forfeit loss.

They wouldn't tell anybody, either. They just wouldn't show, and fail to answer the phone when the Cardinals called up to ask where they are.

It's too bad they can't just send a starting pitcher there and let the Syracuse Mets back him up.
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Post by TheNextMetsManager » Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:16 am

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:37 am That game against the Cardinals has the potential to be a tie-breaker that would keep the losing team out of the postseason.

I expect that both sides know this.
The Mets have a significant advantage in the second tie-breaker
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Post by batmagadanleadoff » Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:58 am

TheNextMetsManager wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:16 am
Benjamin Grimm wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:37 am That game against the Cardinals has the potential to be a tie-breaker that would keep the losing team out of the postseason.

I expect that both sides know this.
The Mets have a significant advantage in the second tie-breaker
I was figuring that all the Mets have to do to win that Card game is for them to set the floor to win that game. But then I saw that "both sides know this" comment and realized that the Cards can just the same, set their own floor to win that game. And so we're back to scratch with this setting the floor business as each team's own floor setting should cancel out the other team's floor setting. Maybe Edgy's right all along when he suggested that the Mets should just forfeit the game.
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batmagadanleadoff wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:58 am

I was figuring that all the Mets have to do to win that Card game is for them to set the floor to win that game. But then I saw that "both sides know this" comment and realized that the Cards can just the same, set their own floor to win that game. And so we're back to scratch with this setting the floor business as each team's own floor setting should cancel out the other team's floor setting. Maybe Edgy's right all along when he suggested that the Mets should just forfeit the game.
They each can submit a starting pitcher, and then each manager submits a number of runs they think they'll score to Manfred, and Manfred looks at the numbers and assigns a winner on a live ESPN prime time show.
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Post by batmagadanleadoff » Thu Aug 01, 2024 2:41 pm

CitiFieldPornRoom wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 2:07 pm
batmagadanleadoff wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:58 am

I was figuring that all the Mets have to do to win that Card game is for them to set the floor to win that game. But then I saw that "both sides know this" comment and realized that the Cards can just the same, set their own floor to win that game. And so we're back to scratch with this setting the floor business as each team's own floor setting should cancel out the other team's floor setting. Maybe Edgy's right all along when he suggested that the Mets should just forfeit the game.
They each can submit a starting pitcher, and then each manager submits a number of runs they think they'll score to Manfred, and Manfred looks at the numbers and assigns a winner on a live ESPN prime time show.
I'd submit a trillion runs scored if I was in charge of that for the Mets. What's more than a trillion? A trillion and one? Set the floor at a trillion and one runs.
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Post by CitiFieldPornRoom » Thu Aug 01, 2024 3:07 pm

The way the Mets churn relievers I'd be very worried if I ended up pitching that Cardinals game. I feel like the move is to send the SP and 1-2 AAA relievers directly to Colorado, and option/dfa 1-2 of the ones you use, maximize rest.
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Post by Gwreck » Mon Aug 05, 2024 9:08 am

Edgy MD wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 8:03 amThe Mets would be fools if they don't send their three starters for the Rockies series directly there from Anaheim to spare them the brutal turnaround.
This was addressed during the SNY broadcasts this weekend (I admittedly forget which game). They are sending Severino ahead to Denver for Tuesday’s game but not the starters for Wednesday and Thursday; the training/sports science staff recommended spending less time at the high altitude of Denver than more.
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Post by DocTee » Wed Aug 07, 2024 10:49 am

The Mets should go 7-3 on this swing and if they win less than that I think it's a letdown.
I thought the same but they'll have to run the table to make this happen now.
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Post by ashie62 » Wed Aug 07, 2024 3:20 pm

I thought the rule of thumb was to win half of your games on a road

They way things are going on this trip I would be very happy with that outcome
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Post by Benjamin Grimm » Wed Aug 07, 2024 3:41 pm

I'd be okay with a 5-5. This was supposed to be a tough stretch, and they'll still have plenty of time to make up any ground they might lose with a 5-5 trip. Or a 4-6 for that matter. They won the game that has the most potential to matter, the one in St. Louis, so that at least is a good thing.
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Post by Johnny Lunchbucket » Wed Aug 07, 2024 4:01 pm

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Post by CitiFieldPornRoom » Wed Aug 07, 2024 4:15 pm

They were intent on punting this season unless everything went right, and when it started to they took the same tactic at the deadline "If these moves work out they'll be good, otherwise at least we didn't waste assets".

It's an uninspired philosophy unless you're a prospect hugger, and I fear they underestimated (or simply didn't care) the Diamondbacks and Padres. Their best hope may be Atlanta just flat-out fading.
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Post by Edgy MD » Wed Aug 07, 2024 5:30 pm

I don't think the evidence suggests that anybody was intent on doing any such thing.
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Edgy MD wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 5:30 pm I don't think the evidence suggests that anybody was intent on doing any such thing.
Hang tight, let me just scroll back to my texts with Max Scherzer. There are a lot of them you understand. Keeps asking me to send him some NY pizza.
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Post by Edgy MD » Wed Aug 07, 2024 7:29 pm

I'm not sure what you are trying to suggest.
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