NFT: Mets at Phillies Game 1. Thor

pitching match up in the NL East

Allison McCague
@PetitePhD
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16h
It seems Jacob deGrom was not informed that he will be pitching Friday (with Vargas being pushed back) until the beats told him just now. Which, you know, messing with the routine of your ace who is struggling and not informing him is definitely a thing a healthy franchise does.

Should be a good one. I am rooting for the Mets.

#LGM

In comment 14387703 DanMetroMan said:

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Allison McCague @PetitePhD � 16h It seems Jacob deGrom was not informed that he will be pitching Friday (with Vargas being pushed back) until the beats told him just now. Which, you know, messing with the routine of your ace who is struggling and not informing him is definitely a thing a healthy franchise does.

Jesus these �athletes� are coddled these days. Is he mentally retarded? Did he not expect this option at all? Is Callaway mentally retarded and not discuss this as an option to him? . I sense a strong dysfunction of some of these pitchers with the coaching staff and management.
It�s sad bc the positional players are really playing as a team.

Tonight instead of whoever pitched the first three games.

In comment 14387735 dep026 said:

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Tonight instead of whoever pitched the first three games.

So the Mets aren�t the only team in baseball who�s teams top pitchers have struggled with command in the first half of the year?

hopefully he does it again.

In comment 14387735 dep026 said:

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Tonight instead of whoever pitched the first three games.

Don't worry, Gabe Kapler will take him out after 6 innings and 80 pitches so he doesn't have to face the Mets a third time through the batting order

other than the obvious (Vargas). I love Familia the pitcher, but I am worried that it's more of an adjustment than it seems to setup guy. He wasn't bad in the role for Oakland last year but to start this year there are 2 huge concerns:
1) he's walked twice as many guys as normal (7 per/9)
2) he's already given up 2 homers this year when all of last year he gave up 3. He only gave up 2 total homers in '16+'17 combined. So he is almost halfway to his prior 3 year total in 2 weeks.

I wonder if it might help to get him on track by letting him get some save opportunities in games where we want to give Diaz a rest. We have seen it time and time again with closers that they just pitch better in bigger situations vs. blowouts.

Wilson I have minimal confidence in as anything more than a middle reliever. Cross our fingers I guess. Lugo and Gsellman both seem to have gotten some bad luck with babip so far, so I still have some confidence in both of them (more in Lugo) but 1 of them may also need to go back to the rotation.

Nobody else seems like they can even be counted on for a secure spot on the roster going forward - so i'd say they are already extremely thin, with little help at AAA, and that's without any injuries. I don't think Kimbrel is the answer and I doubt they spend on a multi-year deal for Keuchel. Yikes. JD Davis' easiest path to staying in the big leagues might be going back to pitching.

In comment 14387751 Mike in NY said:

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In comment 14387735 dep026 said: Quote: Tonight instead of whoever pitched the first three games. Don't worry, Gabe Kapler will take him out after 6 innings and 80 pitches so he doesn't have to face the Mets a third time through the batting order

LOL. Great line!

Little windy there tonight.

How has Kapler been doing this season so far? Has he learned from last year at all?

In comment 14387779 Jay on the Island said:

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How has Kapler been doing this season so far? Has he learned from last year at all?

Offense he has been fine since he doesn�t change the lineup.

Still clueless on the bullpen. 6 different pitchers have tried closing out games. No one knows their role.

Again.

Dumbest manager in sports.

Ramos. 2-0.

Ramos scored from 2nd on a single. Wow.

MVP. Guy is insane.

Year.

Holy shit he is squeezing Thor.

when the Mets give him a lead.

And that would be to ban hitters from stepping out to adjust their batting gloves after every pitch.

I don�t know why but it drives me nuts.

Reason why he Ks in big spots.

Sigh...

On the 2-2 pitch to Nola. Should�ve been strike 3 and this inning never happens.

In comment 14387851 nygfaninorlando said:

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On the 2-2 pitch to Nola. Should�ve been strike 3 and this inning never happens.

Yup. Exactly. Should still be a 3-0 game. And now he he is giving Nola a strikzone the size of Texas against Nimmo. WTF.

The ol 6 pitch walk.

Holy smokes he takes forever.

Thx.

Overrated bum.

Ugh

Way to show up, bud.

Looks like everyone of them has regressed so far except for Matz.

His big mouth

for pitchers to struggle with their feel/touch/location etc. early in the season but I think the balls are juiced this year too. Too many pitchers are struggling and getting hit hard.

Almost every bullpen in the division has been beat to hell. Aces like deGrom, Sale, Nola, etc. have al been bombed at least once.

Maybe its just "April" but something weird seems to be going on too.

Rich MacLeod
‏ @richmacleod
6s7 seconds ago

Noah Syndergaard now has a 6.14 ERA and the Mets pitching (2nd worst ERA in the NL) is somehow getting worse before it gets better.

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In comment 14387890 ZGiants98 said:

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for pitchers to struggle with their feel/touch/location etc. early in the season but I think the balls are juiced this year too. Too many pitchers are struggling and getting hit hard. Almost every bullpen in the division has been beat to hell. Aces like deGrom, Sale, Nola, etc. have al been bombed at least once. Kluber too Maybe its just "April" but something weird seems to be going on too.

Ryan M. Spaeder
‏Verified account @theaceofspaeder
5m5 minutes ago

Batters faced to 600 career strikeouts:

#Mets Noah Syndergaard - 2,206

Chris Sale - 2,237
Clayton Kershaw - 2,394
Max Scherzer - 2,623

Nolan Ryan - 2,656
Randy Johnson - 2,738
Roger Clemens - 2,803



Jayson Stark
‏Verified account @jaysonst
50s50 seconds ago

He did it 500 hitters faster than Randy Johnson!

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baby. Let's win this shit game.

is no longer sick

Stay away Frazier.

Im so sick of these horrid challenge replays.

but he tagged him on the 2nd swipe while Lagares was hopping on top of the base

Should have went with Wilson. At least he throws strikes.

Has happened to Jeurys, he does this every f*ing game he comes in. Should have signed Ottavino.

Every time with Familia. Can he ever work a clean inning?

JFC

Might get replaced by Bullet Bob.

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Thank God. 1 more.