NFT: Cubs at Mets Game 2. Walker

Taijuan!

From dud to stud. Hard to believe it'll last, but's sure nice now.

'Manager David Ross announced Tuesday the Cubs will call up hard-throwing right-hander Robert Stock from Triple-A Iowa for a spot start Wednesday.

Stock, whose fastball touches 101 mph, will square off fellow flamethrower and early NL Cy Young Award favorite Jacob deGrom.

"He's been throwing good," Ross said of Stock. "Starting some games, been attacking hitters, getting after guys, throwing strikes. Obviously he throws hard."

The Cubs claimed Stock, 31, off waivers from the Red Sox this past December. He was in camp this spring as a non-roster invitee before being designated for assignment. They assigned him to Iowa after he cleared waivers.

Stock's first seven appearances with Iowa this season came in relief, including a pair of three-inning outings. He's started his last two appearances, throwing four innings each time.

Stock holds a 4.12 ERA in 19 2/3 innings with Iowa this season, striking out 25 batters compared to just four walks.'

Get those bats ready!

First couple of batters. Fight through it and settle in!

And got out of it. Let’s go bats!

Annoyed withGlasnow whining and blaming the fact he stop CHEATING for causing his arm injury, am I?

In comment 15287010 Shecky said:

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Annoyed withGlasnow whining and blaming the fact he stop CHEATING for causing his arm injury, am I?

It’s ridiculous. Bullshit. His career high in games started is 14. The dude is always injured.

Sox up 3-0 on Braves

and Pete there.

Loving Pete's new look?

The two rib eyes were nice too.

with a spectacular stretch to make the play and even better throw on the run on Joc Peterson.

So nice to have quality defense in this infield.

Thank you SandyScott

Might even be better than the old ones that have been injured

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Might even be better than the old ones that have been injured

Villar will stay at 3B permanently if he maintains his wRC+ 115. LG, Pillar, and McKinney arent going anywhere. Lindor, Dom, and McCann have all perked up some lately.

the strike zone tonight...fun to watch.

In the the ninth inning.

I give him the 9th here. Diaz has pitched 3 of as 4. Be a good time to let Lugo go 2, perhaps.

And try and get Diaz the night off. But man it’s tough

To Trevor May.

In comment 15287100 bhill410 said:

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And try and get Diaz the night off. But man it’s tough

You also have Familia who has experience closing

with a one-run lead than May with 2.

Let Lugo bunt, here.

Wow, Alcantra

Mets got saved

send gives Lugo a 2nd chance here. Cmon Seth!

It took a perfect throw to get him. The reaction from Gary/Keith/Ron made it seem worse for the Cubs but it was pretty close.

needs to find one tricky pitch here to get Alcantra.

Gutsy work from Seth. Really high-level baseball over the last couple of weeks. 4-1 start to the home stand. Let’s give Jake 16 early runs tomorrow and let Gsellman, May and SRF finish up.

That send was just not a good play there. He was barely past 3rd when Guilorme received the ball from Pillar.

Glad Lugo finished it.

LOSE! Fun game!

top NL team that we won twice in a row with.

Rizzo is a god damn smart baseball player.

Lets hope Degrom can give us 7 innings and the bats go to work against the AAA call-up.

In comment 15287127 spike said:

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top NL team that we won twice in a row with. Rizzo is a god damn smart baseball player. Lets hope Degrom can give us 7 innings and the bats go to work against the AAA call-up.

Yeah but now we have to suffer through deGrom and Stroman starts. At least we got the split though! ;)

Rojas a ton of credit for focusing on defense and fundamentals of baseball.

Very un-Mets like

free agent signing for the money and years the past couple years in MLB than Taijuan Walker?

Great job by Cohen, Sandy on down.

What a turnaround after the sale of the team.

10-7 now. Verdugo with 3-run shot in 8th for Sox. Would like to bury the Braves here.

they will be going to the playoffs like us

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they will be going to the playoffs like us

We'll be even better the second time around.

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they will be going to the playoffs like us

Pads and Cubs sure look legit to me. I’ve enjoyed these last 9 games with these clubs. A real measuring stick and 6-3 to the good is really nice. Be nice when McNeil et al come back to have a few more comfortable wins. But good managing from Luis tonight. Really loved the Lugo usage tonight. A nifty game. Good situational hitting from Alonso tonight as well.

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Walker says he signed with the #Mets bc it was the only offer he got, but he was excited to come here with all the players they added and had on the roster. Walker played with Justin Dunn who loved playing for Luis Rojas

"because it was the only offer he got"

is now at 5 games.. with a slew of NL East games coming up, they have an opportunity to really distance themselves..

The '06 team was up 4.5 games through 59 games (June 8th)...2 weeks later, on June 22 after 72 games, they had increased their division lead to 10 and it never dropped below double digits again that season.

In the next 18 games over 16 days, the Mets have 16 division games: 7 against Atlanta, 4 against Philadelphia, and 5 against Washington... could be a pivotal stretch!

while some of these teams are losing players. Scherzer to DL. Harper injured last night, as well as Segura. Davidson injured for the Braves.

Only concern I have is these DHs, but luckily 7 inning games. Fortunately, Lucchesi is pitching better and hopefully Peterson continues pitching well. If they have to cobble together something for the DH, they have the bullpen depth to help

best game as a manager. Didn't screw around with taking Walker out early and let him go 7, and stuck with Lugo. Nicely done.

with Rojas early on but he's settling in. Trusting your guys can only go so far but he seems to be adjusting to that a bit and going more on feel instead of "this is how the book says to do it."