I bet everyone's coffee taste just a little bit better this morning.
Great win for our boys! Let's hope this is the spark they need to start playing consistent winning baseball.
As for the catching situation, why is our FO so enamored with Gary Sanchez? For a FO that uses defense as an excuse to hold each one of our prospects down they don't seem to care about Sanchez' deficiencies behind the plate....Almost like they were creating something that wasn't there...
Momentum is as real as the next day's starter. I'm glad it's not David Peterson.
Sending down Alvarez would be criminally dumb. I'm sorry to read it considered here.
Yes on all the great things last night: Senga, Vientos, Alvarez, Alonso.
Lost in this was, I think, one of the most egregiously bad managerial moves I've seen in a long time.
6th inning and the Devil Rays, up 1-0, bring in RHP Kelly in relief. McNeil crushes a ball for an out in the gap; Lindor smashes a hard single to RF; Alonso grounds out to 2B, while McNeil advances to second base. Pham due up is 1-1 w/ a walk. So Buck brings in Vogelbach to PH, despite the fact the Rays have a LHP warming up in the pen! How did they not anticipate the next move?
Vogelbach can't hit LHP, as we know. He is completely overmatched and undressed by Diekman. Vogelbach takes three called strikes. Brutal, non-competitive AB and a non-sensical move by Buck. He effectively forced the Rays to remove a struggling pitcher in order to achieve a horrendous matchup.
For today's lineup I'd go with: Baty at 3B, Pete at DH (under the weather), Vientos at 1B, Escobar at 2B, McNeil in RF (Marte hit on hand last night and he could take a day off).
Note: Vientos ripped that HR against a tough sidearming RH pitcher. If Buck forces Vientos & Baty into a platoon I'll lose my mind a little bit.
Correct about everything. Nothing to add, other than I was so upset about that PH move I couldn’t finish my rant on the chat in time to start my rant about putting Brigham in to a one run game in the 7th before he let up another HR. I swear it’s like Buck thinks the 6th and 7th innings don’t count or something. Did he have a mini stroke at that juncture? So proud of squeezing another inning out of Senga in the sixth, to what end? So you can throw away the game in the 7th?
Re getting AB’s for Vientos against righties. They could also put Baty in LF and Vientos at 3B while having Vogelbach DH. That might be a bit adventurous defensively but it’s probably our best lineup against a RHP at the moment.
Agreed. What are the DH substitution rules, btw. Could the DH sub into the field? Can a fielder move over to DH? Wondering what they’d do if a lefty subs in to face Vogey in that situation. I’d PH Escobar, but then I’d prefer him to play 3rd over Vientos for the rest of the game.
Last night could have been the turning point. Time will tell. Hopefully Buck rides the hot hands with the lineup today and plays the kids, although I could see sitting Alvarez with a day game after a night game.
I am declaring May 17, 2023 the "Turning Point" and if you have not seen the 1977 movie "The Turning Point" with Anne Bancroft and Shirley McClain, you should.
You do not sit a guy who hits a three-run homer to tie the game in the bottom of the 9th for the next game because it's a day game. This may be a turning point for me: I'll join the bandwagon calling for his head if Alvarez sits today.
It’s almost like the veterans won the game in the 9th only after the kids showed them how it’s done in the previous innings with their blasts. It’s not that simple, but I like the narrative.
Key AB last night: Canha's 7th inning HBP. He took that one for the team and Vientos cracked his game-tying HR. To me, everything stemmed from that AB. He went to the plate knowing he had to get on base and did. Prior to that, everyone who went up there with a specific job failed to do so (especially Lindor and Alonso - someone has to order them NOT to swing at the first pitch all the time). The comeback started there. "It's the little things."
So, should I take the 7 train to Citi and root them on?
So....I went to the game and left in the top of the 9th. A sacrifice had to be made. You’re welcome, everyone.
We thank you very sweetly for your service.
the ONE TIME I go to bed early...
I bet everyone's coffee taste just a little bit better this morning.
Great win for our boys! Let's hope this is the spark they need to start playing consistent winning baseball.
As for the catching situation, why is our FO so enamored with Gary Sanchez? For a FO that uses defense as an excuse to hold each one of our prospects down they don't seem to care about Sanchez' deficiencies behind the plate....Almost like they were creating something that wasn't there...
In memory of Yogi (whoes grand-daughter helped put together a film on his life - coming out soon) "its not over till its over#
Spark that starts the fire?
Or a false dawn?
Let's hope it's the former.
Great job as always JB.
Momentum is as real as the next day's starter. I'm glad it's not David Peterson.
Sending down Alvarez would be criminally dumb. I'm sorry to read it considered here.
Yes on all the great things last night: Senga, Vientos, Alvarez, Alonso.
Lost in this was, I think, one of the most egregiously bad managerial moves I've seen in a long time.
6th inning and the Devil Rays, up 1-0, bring in RHP Kelly in relief. McNeil crushes a ball for an out in the gap; Lindor smashes a hard single to RF; Alonso grounds out to 2B, while McNeil advances to second base. Pham due up is 1-1 w/ a walk. So Buck brings in Vogelbach to PH, despite the fact the Rays have a LHP warming up in the pen! How did they not anticipate the next move?
Vogelbach can't hit LHP, as we know. He is completely overmatched and undressed by Diekman. Vogelbach takes three called strikes. Brutal, non-competitive AB and a non-sensical move by Buck. He effectively forced the Rays to remove a struggling pitcher in order to achieve a horrendous matchup.
For today's lineup I'd go with: Baty at 3B, Pete at DH (under the weather), Vientos at 1B, Escobar at 2B, McNeil in RF (Marte hit on hand last night and he could take a day off).
Note: Vientos ripped that HR against a tough sidearming RH pitcher. If Buck forces Vientos & Baty into a platoon I'll lose my mind a little bit.
Correct about everything. Nothing to add, other than I was so upset about that PH move I couldn’t finish my rant on the chat in time to start my rant about putting Brigham in to a one run game in the 7th before he let up another HR. I swear it’s like Buck thinks the 6th and 7th innings don’t count or something. Did he have a mini stroke at that juncture? So proud of squeezing another inning out of Senga in the sixth, to what end? So you can throw away the game in the 7th?
Agree on all counts. It was a terrible blunder by Buck to allow that matchup, and inexcusable for Vogey to not even get the bat off his shoulders.
And Buck didn't "allow" the matchup -- he created it! By doing nothing, he would have Pham vs. Kelly.
Sidenote about Mets offense: We got lucky with a walk to Vogelbach in 9th and a HBP to Canha, and later, a HBP to Marte and a free runner for Nimmo.
Re getting AB’s for Vientos against righties. They could also put Baty in LF and Vientos at 3B while having Vogelbach DH. That might be a bit adventurous defensively but it’s probably our best lineup against a RHP at the moment.
Agreed. What are the DH substitution rules, btw. Could the DH sub into the field? Can a fielder move over to DH? Wondering what they’d do if a lefty subs in to face Vogey in that situation. I’d PH Escobar, but then I’d prefer him to play 3rd over Vientos for the rest of the game.
I think you can put a DH in the field, but I think you then lose the DH spot in the lineup.
Last night could have been the turning point. Time will tell. Hopefully Buck rides the hot hands with the lineup today and plays the kids, although I could see sitting Alvarez with a day game after a night game.
I am declaring May 17, 2023 the "Turning Point" and if you have not seen the 1977 movie "The Turning Point" with Anne Bancroft and Shirley McClain, you should.
He better not sit Alvarez today.
I hope he doesn’t sit Alvarez, but I’m expecting it. Hoping to be pleasantly surprised
You do not sit a guy who hits a three-run homer to tie the game in the bottom of the 9th for the next game because it's a day game. This may be a turning point for me: I'll join the bandwagon calling for his head if Alvarez sits today.
zac gallen needs to hit a bird with a fastball in game instead of a warm up pitch and maybe we don't wait until the late innings to it homers...
It’s almost like the veterans won the game in the 9th only after the kids showed them how it’s done in the previous innings with their blasts. It’s not that simple, but I like the narrative.
Key AB last night: Canha's 7th inning HBP. He took that one for the team and Vientos cracked his game-tying HR. To me, everything stemmed from that AB. He went to the plate knowing he had to get on base and did. Prior to that, everyone who went up there with a specific job failed to do so (especially Lindor and Alonso - someone has to order them NOT to swing at the first pitch all the time). The comeback started there. "It's the little things."
So, should I take the 7 train to Citi and root them on?