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Mets and Cards a little after four on Fox. Vientos up for Marte (bereavement list); Nuñez up for Smith (injured list). Houser starts for the City Connecting home team, Sony Gray for the visitors.

Tough matchup. Hopefully the Cards forget how to hit again.

In the history of high-end electronics marketing initiatives, few look back on the Sony Gray campaign with much fondness.

Brendan Donovan (L) LF
Willson Contreras (R) C
Lars Nootbaar (L) RF
Nolan Arenado (R) 3B
Paul Goldschmidt (R) 1B
Alec Burleson (L) DH
Nolan Gorman (L) 2B
Masyn Winn (R) SS
Michael Siani (L) CF

Sonny Gray (RHP)
2-1, 1.04 ERA, 23 SO


Brandon Nimmo (L) LF
Francisco Lindor (S) SS
Pete Alonso (R) 1B
J.D. Martinez (R) DH
DJ Stewart (L) RF
Jeff McNeil (L) 2B
Tyrone Taylor (R) CF
Brett Baty (L) 3B
Omar Narváez (L) C

Adrian Houser (RHP)
0-2, 7.45 ERA, 12 SO

Kinda blustery here in No Westchester.

Prolly winter-like out there offah Flushing Bay.

My family is at a wedding in Poughkeepsie, alas I am home

Adrian Houser is likely pitching to keep his spot in the rotation. Megill and others are close to ready

Look at JD rocking the four hole

LGM

Nice unis

Rough start. Lots of empty seats

DJ Stewart making his first outfield start.

Columbia Presbyterian patch is switched from a royal blue base to slate grey.

Houser really sucks so far for sure.

Mets getting tub-thumped in City Connect.

WTF.

More like Adrian HOSER, if you ask me.

Yo, Adrian, you did it. Way to take a four run dump to start the game.

Stupid uniforms. Fox broadcasting crew. Gray weather. Not really working for me on any level at this point.

Well they went cheap and short term looking to next season. Overall the pitching less Senga has been better than I expected.

Holy crap! Just turned it on it's 4-sniffle already through 1 and 1/2...

Houser may not stay in this rotation very long.

Houser falling below mediocre

Mets have quite a few options to line the rotation and most are of similar ability

C'mon Senga

The bridge decal spanning the brim on the Mets batting helmets give them a very gladiator Coliseum look

I wouldn't draw long-term conclusions mid-game over a bad first inning.

FOX announcer: "And that's ANOTHER 1-2-3 inning for Sonny Gray."

Edgy MD: "And by 'another, you must mean that it was his first."

Houser should stick with batting practice.

Houser's era is 7.45 and I am considering that. He's not historically good enough to be given great latitude

I want a playoff bound season. He needs to step up

ashie62 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:58 pm Adrian Houser is likely pitching to keep his spot in the rotation. Megill and others are close to ready

Megill started today for Brooklyn. He threw two perfect innings, striking out SIX.
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Houser reminds me of Brian Lawrence or Jose Lima circa 2007/2006, respectively. If the Mets miss out on the playoffs because of 2-3 unfortunate losses early in the season, Houser will be the guy to blame I think.

Had the Mets chosen a better name that Brian Lawrence (1-2, 6.83 in 6 starts) in 2007, they might have had enough padding to withstand the collapse toward the end of the year. If they hadn't pitched Lima (0-4, 9.87 ERA in 4 starts) in 2006, they could have been a 100-win team.

MFS62 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 5:19 pm

ashie62 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:58 pm Adrian Houser is likely pitching to keep his spot in the rotation. Megill and others are close to ready

Megill started today at Syracuse. He threw two perfect innings, striking out SIX.
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I'm quite sure they will use 15 to 20 starters this season and Megill is one of them

He teased of talent but has not put it together yet. He looks the part. Go TYLORD

Enjoying it.

Couldn’t care less who’s airing it…it’s a treat for me.

I’ll bet my mom’s even watching