NFT: Mets at Cardinals Game 3. Battle of the aces for the series

Get the SF here. Jeesh

Yo!

That 2nd run might be all we need.

I want to see Thor finish this himself. The PC is fine.

Awesome.

Guess I spoke too soon. :/

CEO’s SHOULD have made that catch. And Ozuna with a cheap hit. A run in and inning still going.

Guess we will need Familia today after all.

Paul DeJong... of course.

Yuck.

Should still be able to go from Thor > Familia

What the fuck is wrong with our fielders. So many errors. Rosario has to make that play.

Second worst D in the league at the moment.

the team could hit a lick. It's embarrassing.

Noah and Jake must be thrilled.

No matter how well they pitch, they can't get wins.

Oh well. Jerys would have blown it anyway

would ever want to play for the Mets. This has been going on for years and doesn't look any different this year.

Pitching for the Mets only guarantees you Tommy John surgery and losses.

To get a SF, is going to cost them a win

up the lead, but this is a tie game on the road versus a playoff contender. Let's get the W. Ugly wins still count.

Great AB, Fraze.

Gotta get Bruce home.

not worth pitching to AGon. Is there anyone who can pH?

Lobaton... LOL. Forget it.

In comment 13934514 arcarsenal said:

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Lobaton... LOL. Forget it.

someone needs to tell him to lean into one.

Maybe we'll get lucky and Gregerson will throw two more balls before he gets a strike over where Lobaton will get himself out

LOL.. how do you walk Lobaton?!?

that might be the biggest gift we get all year.

So Familia isn’t the only closer in baseball to blow a game? Walk Lobaton? Seriously?

Jose, get some insurance runs to save my blood pressure for a day.

I thought that was a huge mistake.

Lobaton sure seems to draw an inordinate number of walks

Reyes is terrible. LOL.

Alright 27 - finish it up.

and solid series win if they can close it out.

2 down. 1 to go.

Tommy Pham, Kolten Wong or DeJong again it will be too soon.

Jose Martinez has been a pain in the fucking ass too. Hope we can get him here.

Of course not.

Lagares should have caught that.

Familia has been disappointing

This Cardinals team is brutal.

In comment 13934587 spike said:

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Familia has been disappointing

Same for Lagares

I've had my fill of this type of misery with the last 2 deGrom outings.

I don't need to watch another one today.

Damn it Jeurys.

Lagares is a plus defender - he needs to catch that ball. He's made tougher catches than that 50 times.

But I know this thread is going to turn into a Famila hate fest again and no one will say a word about the shitty defense.

can't play defense he has very little value.

that was misplayed.

In comment 13934604 arcarsenal said:

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Lagares is a plus defender - he needs to catch that ball. He's made tougher catches than that 50 times. But I know this thread is going to turn into a Famila hate fest again and no one will say a word about the shitty defense.

Or the fact that we are 0 for 7 with RISP and have left 11 men on base

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In comment 13934623 Mike in NY said:

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In comment 13934604 arcarsenal said: Quote: Lagares is a plus defender - he needs to catch that ball. He's made tougher catches than that 50 times. But I know this thread is going to turn into a Famila hate fest again and no one will say a word about the shitty defense. Or the fact that we are 0 for 7 with RISP and have left 11 men on base

Yep. Abysmal situational hitting.

but people refer to him as elite and three blown saves in a month does not equal elite to me. He is better than anything else we have had since wagner and he was scary himself at times. Any closer in NY is going to be held to an unfair level because of Mariano for all those years, but we should not inflate his production when he is zipping sliders around and looking awesome because he does have his hiccups.

closer but not elite. His K% and FIP are a notch worse than the best guys in MLB and always have been.

Still, if we lose today it's not his fault. Past two blown saves by him have been a single run given up and a defensive play or two could've saved the run from scoring.

one where you felt they would find a way to win, to one where you feel they will find a way to lose.

the 50-50 plays were all going their way the first few weeks, now many are going against them. The BP was perfect for a few weeks, now it's shown a few cracks.

The blame is shared all the way around the roster. Defensive miscues have been a constant for years, but today those miscues came from 2 of their best defensive players (Lagares and Rosario) so it's hard to point to anything other than lack of execution.

I guess that's the bottomline - they need to execute. Relievers need to stop walking people. Defenders need to stop making mistakes. Starters need to give the team a chance to win. Hitters need to deliver with men on. This team isn't a finished product and it has a lot more potential than the previous year's iterations because it's more balanced. But balance alone won't win games - some of those facets of the team need to execute better than other team to win a game. We've seen flashes across the board but has a single facet of the team been consistently strong all year (SP, RP, hitting, defense)?

In comment 13934668 bhill410 said:

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but people refer to him as elite and three blown saves in a month does not equal elite to me. He is better than anything else we have had since wagner and he was scary himself at times. Any closer in NY is going to be held to an unfair level because of Mariano for all those years, but we should not inflate his production when he is zipping sliders around and looking awesome because he does have his hiccups.

Elite.. not elite.. who cares. He's good. He's been good. And there are a lot of teams in baseball who don't have an option nearly as good as him.

The Cardinals themselves just shelled out like 15M for Greg Holland but still have Bud Norris closing games because they haven't been able to get someone to nail that spot down for them lately. They've had a billion guys close for them in recent years... Salas, Motte, Rosenthal, Oh, etc.

We should have won this game today.

he "had no shot" at that ball.

I think he deserves the benefit of the doubt, but sure looked on TV like he misplayed it. Seemed like he thought he was closer to the wall than he was and in addition miss timed his jump.