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NFT: Mets at Cubs Game 1 Walker

ZGiants98 : 4/20/2021 3:38 pm
1.) B. Nimmo L
2.) SS F. Lindor S
3.) LF D. Smith L
4.) 1B Pete Alonso R
5.) RF M. Conforto L
6.) 2B Jeff McNeil L
7.) 3B J.D. Davis R
8.) C James McCann R
9.) P T. Walker R

Mets taking on Arrieta. LGFM
Should be about  
ZGiants98 : 4/20/2021 3:40 pm : link
37 degrees at game time!

Fun!
36 degrees at first pitch  
larryflower37 : 4/20/2021 3:41 pm : link
Bats and gloves will be stinging tonight
I guess we will see  
Vanzetti : 4/20/2021 3:43 pm : link
Whether the cognomen Polar Bear has any real meaning
Arrieta  
DanMetroMan : 4/20/2021 3:45 pm : link
presumably has significantly more experience pitching in the cold than Walker, hopefully it's a non-issue.
Joe  
DanMetroMan : 4/20/2021 3:50 pm : link
Musgrove has been incredible for the Padres.
Arrieta has some pretty good numbers so far this year  
KDavies : 4/20/2021 3:50 pm : link
hopefully that means he's due
All  
DanMetroMan : 4/20/2021 3:57 pm : link
MLB games today are "subject to postponement" pending the news coming within the next hour. That per the league offices.
RE: All  
KDavies : 4/20/2021 4:04 pm : link
In comment 15227242 DanMetroMan said:
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MLB games today are "subject to postponement" pending the news coming within the next hour. That per the league offices.


If that happens to the Mets game, they may have set the record for greatest variety of ways games have been postponed in the first month of the season.
Alexander Ramirez  
DanMetroMan : 4/20/2021 4:05 pm : link
Sounds like Ramirez will make his stateside debut in either St. Lucie or with the GCL Mets
Any risk of weather postponement  
Metnut : 4/20/2021 4:13 pm : link
tonight?
RE: Any risk of weather postponement  
DanMetroMan : 4/20/2021 4:19 pm : link
In comment 15227266 Metnut said:
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tonight?


No. Might drizzle or even some flurries but this game shouldn't be in danger due to the weather.. tomorrow could be showers all day...
Keep  
DanMetroMan : 4/20/2021 4:46 pm : link
Conforto, and Japanese players are risky but some apparently think this guy is the next big Japanese player
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RE: I guess we will see  
DonQuixote : 4/20/2021 5:02 pm : link
In comment 15227224 Vanzetti said:
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Whether the cognomen Polar Bear has any real meaning


cognomen ... love it.
.  
DanMetroMan : 4/20/2021 5:24 pm : link
Mike Puma
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Rojas said deGrom wanted the extra rest and will pitch Friday. He also threw more pitches than Lucchesi on Saturday, so decision was reached to pitch deGrom on Friday at home.
I  
DanMetroMan : 4/20/2021 5:29 pm : link
hope this isn't code for DeGrom being dinged.
RE: All  
Go Terps : 4/20/2021 5:34 pm : link
In comment 15227242 DanMetroMan said:
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MLB games today are "subject to postponement" pending the news coming within the next hour. That per the league offices.


What news?
RE: RE: All  
JayBinQueens : 4/20/2021 5:36 pm : link
In comment 15227347 Go Terps said:
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In comment 15227242 DanMetroMan said:


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MLB games today are "subject to postponement" pending the news coming within the next hour. That per the league offices.



What news?


Some jury verdict in Minneapolis. Though talking about it will ultimately get this thread deleted bc people can't control themselves
RE: I  
Eric on Li : 4/20/2021 5:37 pm : link
In comment 15227344 DanMetroMan said:
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hope this isn't code for DeGrom being dinged.


just a guess but I wonder if it might be more weather related (let JDG pitch in the better weather). Looks like it will be about 10 degrees warmer in NY.
RE: RE: I  
DanMetroMan : 4/20/2021 5:38 pm : link
In comment 15227351 Eric on Li said:
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In comment 15227344 DanMetroMan said:


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hope this isn't code for DeGrom being dinged.



just a guess but I wonder if it might be more weather related (let JDG pitch in the better weather). Looks like it will be about 10 degrees warmer in NY.


Rojas said DeGrom asked for an extra day which makes me feel like it's not related to the weather.
.  
DanMetroMan : 4/20/2021 5:38 pm : link
"Rojas said deGrom wanted the extra rest and will pitch Friday"
RE: RE: All  
DanMetroMan : 4/20/2021 5:39 pm : link
In comment 15227347 Go Terps said:
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In comment 15227242 DanMetroMan said:


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MLB games today are "subject to postponement" pending the news coming within the next hour. That per the league offices.



What news?


Yeah. I was purposely lacking in clarity because I didn't want this thread deleted. I was not ignoring your question or trying to rile anybody up.
Oh wow had no idea  
Go Terps : 4/20/2021 5:46 pm : link
Sorry to put you in a tough spot.
RE: Oh wow had no idea  
DanMetroMan : 4/20/2021 5:47 pm : link
In comment 15227360 Go Terps said:
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Sorry to put you in a tough spot.


No way. It's all good. I was just speaking to a writer and he told me all teams received a memo. There wasn't much more to be said and we know how these threads can go.. lol
As if  
DanMetroMan : 4/20/2021 5:50 pm : link
Dodgers had to get any better... Urias 6 innings 10 k's.. 1 hit allowed vs. a very solid Mariners team, quietly broke out last year.
The  
DanMetroMan : 4/20/2021 5:52 pm : link
Dodgers are completely loaded. Doesn't mean they can't lose a 7 game series but that's a 100+ win roster easily.
The Dodgers may well break the record for wins, 116,  
BigBlueNH : 4/20/2021 6:10 pm : link
and then lose to the Mets in 7 in the NLCS.
Bummer deGrom and Stroman are getting pushed back...  
ZGiants98 : 4/20/2021 6:41 pm : link
But that really sets us up for a sweep against the Nats this weekend. They are down Strasburg and Soto this weekend. Really need to stomp on them.
RE: The Dodgers may well break the record for wins, 116,  
ZGiants98 : 4/20/2021 6:43 pm : link
In comment 15227379 BigBlueNH said:
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and then lose to the Mets in 7 in the NLCS.


Haha yup. Honestly, if the Mets get fully healthy, I see us matching up fine with them. We are about to be a very dangerous team when Carrasco, Syndergaard, and Lugo re-join the team. Absolutely, nobody would want to face us in a 7 game series.
Up to the second projections...  
ZGiants98 : 4/20/2021 6:45 pm : link
FG still has Mets finishing 2nd to the Yankees in bullpens based on the first few weeks (it gets adjusted based on real performances VS projection as it moves along)


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Mets pitching (rotation and pen)  
ZGiants98 : 4/20/2021 6:46 pm : link
Is 5th in baseball in fWAR....

IN HALF THE INNINGS

;)
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...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 4/20/2021 7:30 pm : link
Brother in law is a big Cubs fan & can't wait for them to be torn down & rebuilt, Haha.
Mets 2nd to last in runs per game..  
moze1021 : 4/20/2021 8:14 pm : link
I feel like Lindor, Conforto, McNeil especially just aren't making pitchers pay on mistake pitches...it's gotta turn around at some point, right?
JD better start mashing  
Everyone Relax : 4/20/2021 8:39 pm : link
Because his defense is a huge liability
Game of inches and the Cubs are getting the bounces.  
CooperDash : 4/20/2021 8:57 pm : link
Dems the brakes, I guess. Alonso happed to crush a ball to the one little nook in the farthest part of the outfield, lol.

Arrietta has some pretty sick movement on his pitches. Gonna be a tough night.
This team needs to start hitting  
Metnut : 4/20/2021 9:07 pm : link
soon
The offense will turn it around but it is frustrating  
CooperDash : 4/20/2021 9:29 pm : link
to watch. Arrieta looks filthy tonight.
Yikes  
moze1021 : 4/20/2021 11:13 pm : link
Getting ugly for Lindor and Conforto.
So....  
moespree : 4/20/2021 11:14 pm : link
When do we start to get concerned about Lindor?
Lindor  
Everyone Relax : 4/20/2021 11:15 pm : link
Can’t even hit it out of the infield right now. Everything is a weak grounder off his bat.
RE: Yikes  
ryanmkeane : 4/20/2021 11:15 pm : link
In comment 15227719 moze1021 said:
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Getting ugly for Lindor and Conforto.

They have played 12 games.
RE: RE: Yikes  
moze1021 : 4/20/2021 11:30 pm : link
In comment 15227722 ryanmkeane said:
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Getting ugly for Lindor and Conforto.


They have played 12 games.


That's true..just saying it's ugly for them...

You got one guy trying to prove he's worth the deal he just signed and another trying to prove he's worth the one he wants to sign...

As a guy who didn't watch him in AL, I'm still waiting to see the best SS and Top 5 player in baseball he's billed to be..I'm probably not alone in that..

I'm not concerned yet...just stating what I'm seeing..
RE: So....  
Ten Ton Hammer : 4/21/2021 12:04 am : link
In comment 15227720 moespree said:
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When do we start to get concerned about Lindor?


Concerned about what? That he's suddenly not the player he's been for five years?

not worried about Lindor  
Rory : 4/21/2021 12:08 am : link
he will hit and do this thing.

His defense has won 2 games this year already.
RE: RE: So....  
moze1021 : 4/21/2021 6:55 am : link
In comment 15227735 Ten Ton Hammer said:
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When do we start to get concerned about Lindor?



Concerned about what? That he's suddenly not the player he's been for five years?


Or that he has a 2005 Beltran 1st year in NY. Not a disaster but very disappointing when this team is set up to win this year with so many expiring deals. Beltran never fully recovered in the eyes of the casual Mets fan... even though the diehards know he was best CFer in team history.

(Also, certainly not a "normal" season last year, but if you take his last month of 2019, all of 2020, and 12 games this year.... you get to about 100 games of <100 OPS+ performance)

Good article on McCann on the athletic today ($)  
Eric on Li : 4/21/2021 12:56 pm : link
disappointing the offense still isn't getting the big hit but on the positive side pitching staff looking very solid.

JDD showed the good and the bad yesterday. The bat is explosive but unfortunately I'm not sure the good will outweigh the bad at 3b relative to the defense and at least somewhat competent offense from Guillorme.
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