IGT 08/23 - Mets at Padres - Out There Having Fun

[kcmets]

[kcmets]

Paul Blackburn (RH) P
5-3, 4.19 ERA, 58 SO

Joe Musgrove (RH) P
3-4, 4.97 ERA, 51 SO

[Centerfield]

Musgrove's overall numbers aren't great, but he's been solid since coming back from injury. 8.1 IP, 1 ER. 73 pitches his last time out, so you'd guess he's just about stretched out by now.

[kcmets]

Light him up, musgrove burns well this time of year.

He'll see the fourth inning from the dugout or clubhouse.

[G-Fafif]

Nuñez activated, Brazoban optioned.

[ashie62]

34 games to go

I'm kinda nervous about Blackburn tonight

I'll be beating on my tv with a baseball bat

[kcmets]

Going to catch this in the morning. Dead on my fingers now....

[batmagadanleadoff]

34 games to go

I'm kinda nervous about Blackburn tonight

I'll be beating on my tv with a baseball bat

All that'll do, as far as I can see, is force you to spend money on a new TV, whether you want to or not. But whatever floats your boat.

[Frayed Knot]

Nuñez activated, Brazoban optioned.

Even if this wasn't the right move for purely effectiveness reasons, Brazoban would be unavailable for most of the
upcoming week anyway on account of the 156* or so pitches it took him just to protect a seven run lead last night
so you could justify the move on that basis alone.



* OK it was really only 36 but, still, that's a shit-ton just to get through one inning and seven batters

[kcmets]

I hope to awake to a seventh-inning stretch Beat On The Brat
tomorrow morning!!

[Edgy MD]

Today's episode of Riders on the Bench features performances by Brandon Nimmo, Jesse Winker, Tyrone Taylor, and Luís Torrens.

#	Player	Pos.	#	Player	Pos.
1	Francisco Lindor (S)	ss	1	Luis Arraez (L)	dh
2	Mark Vientos (R)	3b	2	Jurickson Profar (S)	lf
3	J.D. Martinez (R)	dh	3	Jake Cronenworth (L)	1b
4	Pete Alonso (R)	1b	4	Manny Machado (R)	3b
5	Starling Marte (R)	rf	5	Xander Bogaerts (R)	2b
6	Jose Iglesias (R)	2b	6	Jackson Merrill (L)	cf
7	Jeff McNeil (L)	lf	7	David Peralta (L)	rf
8	Francisco Alvarez (R)	c	8	Kyle Higashioka (R)	c
9	Harrison Bader (R)	cf	9	Mason McCoy (R)	ss
	Pitcher			Pitcher
	Paul Blackburn (R)	sp		Joe Musgrove (R)	sp

[Edgy MD]

Phillies lost. Atlanta tied in the eighth with the Nats.

Arizona winning big in Boston.

[Edgy MD]

Pads rocking some daring City Connect togs.

[Fman99]

These Pads CC unis are really bad. I think even gay people would find them to be too gaudy

[Gwreck]

Phillies lost.

??

I have it as Royals 6, Phillies 2 in the bottom of the 5th.

[Edgy MD]

Wow. Who knew Luís Arraez hit homers?

[Edgy MD]

Phillies lost.

??

I have it as Royals 6, Phillies 2 in the bottom of the 5th.

Apologies. Reading fail by me.

[Gwreck]

Gives KC more time to pile on.

[Edgy MD]

Four straight Mets strikeouts. A lot of looking early.

[Edgy MD]

Well, the party is getting rough early.

[Gwreck]

Blackburn is not good.

Butto to the rotation immediately please.

[Edgy MD]

Four thousand holes in Blackburn's repertoire.

[Gwreck]

This can’t be a surprise. Blackburn had 7 straight seasons of sub-100 ERA+. He’s a perfect example of a below-average player.

[Centerfield]

Yeah. I know he’s had some good starts but I don’t see anything about Blackburn that suggests he’s going to be any good going forward.

[Gwreck]

They need to put Butto in the rotation. They needed to do it weeks ago, but it’s not too late.