Starting Lineups for both clubs today.
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Probable Starting Pitcher Matchups for today's and tomorrow's games in La La Land against the Dodgers.
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Notes:
-Today's game is on WPIX (first time this season) and so is tomorrow afternoon's game. Today's game will also be broadcast on FS1.
-The weather for today's game in Los Angeles is pretty decent. Click
HERE to see the Hourly AccuWeather Report for Dodger Stadium.
-The Mets have won their last 5 games in a row and are 8-2 in their 10 games; they've also won 5 of their last 6 games in L.A. in Dodger Stadium.
-The Mets made 3 roster moves today:
(1) they placed C Francisco Alvarez on the 15-day injured list with a left thumb sprain; (2) designated LHP Kolton Ingram for assignment; & (3) selected the contract of C Tomás Nido from Syracuse.
-Click
HERE to see the list of Mets transactions thus far for April.
-Click
HERE to see the Mets' 26-man active roster.
-The Mets' 4-man bench for tonight's game will consist of
Nido (R), Taylor (R), Short (R), & Baty (L). 
NFT: Mets Minor League Update (April) - DanMetroMan - 4/2/2024 10:17 am
Ohtani
Freeman
The best top of a lineup ever?
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I actually enjoyed when their mics were out in the first inning. Nice to listen to baseball hearing just the PA announcer and fans.
mets with an xba of .296 so far (5 actual hits), lad only .196 (2 actual hits).
big turn through top of order coming for butto.
.797 ops on the year hitting .286. that is the 2022 version maybe even better (everything under the hood looks good, including higher average exit velo). defense still problematic but he is hitting well enough he can be DH.
Now Freddie Freeman continues to kill the Mets...just like old times.
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I actually enjoyed when their mics were out in the first inning. Nice to listen to baseball hearing just the PA announcer and fans.
Same
their BP is shaky too though so bats need to keep scoring until it's diaz time.
But sure, I’m totally onboard with the mystical decision that Vientos has no spot here. Okay 🙄
otto and garrett each went multiple innings yesterday, raley and diekman each threw 20+ pitches. so they aren't fresh, in a perfect world they wouldnt have to pitch today.
so you had 4 guys fresh (tonkin, smith, lopez, diaz) with 5 innings left to fill. tried to sneak tonkin through as much as they could.
i suspect 1 of raley/diekman ends up in this one but they'd probably prefer to not have to use them and at least have some options.
.797 ops on the year hitting .286. that is the 2022 version maybe even better (everything under the hood looks good, including higher average exit velo). defense still problematic but he is hitting well enough he can be DH.
It's the durability that's going with him, not his game.
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was just stupid. Why didn't Smith start the inning? Our BP is fresh. Is this game not important?
otto and garrett each went multiple innings yesterday, raley and diekman each threw 20+ pitches. so they aren't fresh, in a perfect world they wouldnt have to pitch today.
so you had 4 guys fresh (tonkin, smith, lopez, diaz) with 5 innings left to fill. tried to sneak tonkin through as much as they could.
i suspect 1 of raley/diekman ends up in this one but they'd probably prefer to not have to use them and at least have some options.
Raley/Diekman probably only if we need to get a lefty out to end an inning. As far as CooperDash, Tonkin is totally different than Vientos. None of the AAA arms other than Garrett has stepped up as that guy who can pitch the 5th or 6th with a lead the day after your other usual options put in a lot of work.
hes clearly lost a lot of athleticism but thankfully he can still swing the bat.
And against the Dodgers of all teams.
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was just stupid. Why didn't Smith start the inning? Our BP is fresh. Is this game not important?
otto and garrett each went multiple innings yesterday, raley and diekman each threw 20+ pitches. so they aren't fresh, in a perfect world they wouldnt have to pitch today.
so you had 4 guys fresh (tonkin, smith, lopez, diaz) with 5 innings left to fill. tried to sneak tonkin through as much as they could.
i suspect 1 of raley/diekman ends up in this one but they'd probably prefer to not have to use them and at least have some options.
Raley/Diekman probably only if we need to get a lefty out to end an inning. As far as CooperDash, Tonkin is totally different than Vientos. None of the AAA arms other than Garrett has stepped up as that guy who can pitch the 5th or 6th with a lead the day after your other usual options put in a lot of work.
agreed - i dont think you start diekman or raley in an inning but hopefully 1 (or both) are fresh enough to come in and face a lefty if smith or lopez get into a bind.
you may be able to get otto in today since he didnt throw a ton of pitches yesterday. should have garrett and diaz tomorrow but ideally you have 2 or 3 other arms fresh. if otto, raley, diekman pitch today they arent pitching 3 in a row tomorrow.
id guess that's their move. id guess 50/50 he gets swapped out tomorrow for someone fresh.
then you hope lopez can get through the 9 spot and give him a shot against betts, with either diekman/raley ready to come in for ohtani/freeman. could bring diekman/raley in for betts/ohtani/freeman and have diaz for hernandez.
who knows maybe even had diaz ready for betts/ohtani/freeman/hernandez? would be gutsy.
And against the Dodgers of all teams.
Dedniel Núñez has been the most effective reliever in AAA so far but he pitched 14th, 17th, and 18th so Mets probably didn’t think he would be available for this series
not sure who pitches the 9th but i guess it will depend on who is up (L or R).
diaz coming on now with ohtani up as tying run.
hes clearly lost a lot of athleticism but thankfully he can still swing the bat.
He was hurt so much of last season. If he's bad this year I'll call it but I still think he can bring it.
rosario wasnt signing to be a backup. he turned down bigger offers elsewhere to start (which is what he's doing in tampa, mostly in the OF).
slaten definitely looks like a missed opportunity. dont know why they didnt like him but also hard to argue their general decisions in the bp. garrett has been lights out and they have a sub-2 bp era. even some of the guys they didnt have room for have been good for other teams (adams).
i dont think they put him back out there already at 20 pitches.
outman, pages, lux up so maybe. he could over power those 3 and then you just dont pitch him tomorrow.
they are just cycling the bottom of the pen. those guys are all going to be waiver fodder types whether its tonkin, ramirez, whoever.
by cycling that spot with waivable players you get more fresh pitchers up - like they probably will tomorrow after they waive tonkin again.
think that's probably right. garrett threw a lot of pitches yesterday, figured he wasnt available. guess they figure may as well let him go while he's confident/hot.
This plate ump is atrocious
Hope he keeps it up.
now won 5 straight series all against winning teams.
hard to imagine a better start for mendoze even down to the showing the knock back after having started so disastrously.
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MLB.com Gameday Wrap
@NYPost_Mets
Francisco Alvarez has a torn ligament in the thumb and will have surgery. Carlos Mendoza said unsure of timetable, but confidence he will return this year.
good thing they held on to narvaez and nido.
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Francisco Alvarez has a torn ligament in the thumb and will have surgery. Carlos Mendoza said unsure of timetable, but confidence he will return this year.
good thing they held on to narvaez and nido.
Yikes, that escalated quickly. Couple of hours ago it was just a sprain.
Get well soon, stud. The spot behind Home plate will be waiting for you.