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cubuffsdoug_rivals

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Has baseball change that much? I recall anytime you have two strikes, if a pitch is too close to take, try fouling it off. These days, players take the pitch with the hope of the ump calling it a ball. Never leave any decision in the hands of the ump.
 
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SAE96 said:
Diaz got booed off the mound last night by Dodgers' fans. He blew a three run lead to the Brewers in the 9th.
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Diaz got a shaky save last night. Came in with a two run lead, and loaded the bases on a HBP and two walks before getting the third out. Threw 26 pitches, only 11 of which were strikes.

All Dodgers care about is that he regains his form by October.

Back to important matters... As I have always been partial to MLB players who don't look like athletes, congratulations to Jonathan Pintaro on his first MLB win.
 
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Mets showing Lord no mercy. 44 pitches and still could not get out of the first inning. Gave up 4 walks on water.
 
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cubuffsdoug_rivals

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Is there a reason Semien and Polanco are still in the lineup? Semien's defense has fallen off, so you can't say that's why he's still in the lineup. His bat left him 2 years ago. Polanco can never stay healthy and even now, he's a liability at the plate and at first. Mets dropped the idea of Polanco playing first is telling that Stearns was full of sh*t all along. The Mets can't find anyone who can DH over Polanco?
 
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Lfgm Omg GIF
 
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RuBird said:
Lfgm Omg GIF
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Yan really should wait until the pitch is called though.

For those who missed it, Yan threw a close two-strike pitch which he assumed was strike three, and launched his celebration. Sadly, the ump disagreed. Obviously, Yan could not let that slight go unchallenged, so he challenged - and lost. Fortunately, the story had a happy ending, as he struck the hitter out two pitches later.

And in the bottom of the inning, the celebration began in earnest.
 
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cubuffsdoug_rivals said:
Is there a reason Semien and Polanco are still in the lineup? Semien's defense has fallen off, so you can't say that's why he's still in the lineup. His bat left him 2 years ago. Polanco can never stay healthy and even now, he's a liability at the plate and at first. Mets dropped the idea of Polanco playing first is telling that Stearns was full of sh*t all along. The Mets can't find anyone who can DH over Polanco?
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Polanco is the best DH ever.

Hey, we're all guilty of recency bias every now and then.
 
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Doctor Worm said:
Yan really should wait until the pitch is called though.

For those who missed it, Yan threw a close two-strike pitch which he assumed was strike three, and launched his celebration. Sadly, the ump disagreed. Obviously, Yan could not let that slight go unchallenged, so he challenged - and lost. Fortunately, the story had a happy ending, as he struck the hitter out two pitches later.

And in the bottom of the inning, the celebration began in earnest.
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Is Yan a little over the top yes , but watch Acuna’s HR trot …how has nobody close lined him rounding the bases. He does 3-4 maybe 5 “dance moves” while rounding bases.
The over the fence hop
Around first shuffle
Around second shuffle
The stutter step , back step shuffle around 3rd
And the hop and point to sky at home

Edit … I’ll have to watch video but I think I missed bird wings in between first and second
 
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RUforJERSEY

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It's pretty incredible that after trading away pretty much the entire bullpen their is already a pretty solid one in place. Granted a pretty small sample size.
 
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Doctor Worm said:
Perhaps more relevant over the short term.
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Came here to post that as well. We really have a hitter here. Might be better than Jett at this point regardless of the rankings. He won't have any power but he can hit take a walk decent base runner good glove. Stearns might have done really well on that deal with Peralta pitching the way he did.

Also Jared Young really starting to look like a piece going forward. Another really good find. I mentioned last year they should give him more play because he hit so well in AAA and the Statcast metrics were backing it up. He didn't get enough time during the year to show it but he has this year. Same with some of these pen arms.

This season has stunk obviously but to look at a positive at least we're getting to see what pieces might be part of the turn around once the lockout ends.
 
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Perish the thought but there may come a time when some posters who shall remain unnamed, may almost have to admit that the Mets did rather well for themselves at the trade deadline.
 
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Zak57 said:
Christopher Morel being called up.
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Morel was raking at AAA over a pretty solid sample size. Earned a shot as the short side 1B platoon and occasional DH.

I assume Arias DFA? Either he or Pache, but Pache appears to have a role on the team, albeit small. Neither has options available.
 
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Doctor Worm said:
Bit of a tough day for Ryan Clifford for Syracuse yesterday. 5 AB's, 5 K's. Platinum sombrero?
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For a guy like that to be successful, one who strikes out a ton, you need to at least see more walks and some sense of an eye at the plate. And probably a bit more pop than Clifford has shown. Right now, he's too easy to pitch to, even for AAA pitchers.
 
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RUforJERSEY said:
Perish the thought but there may come a time when some posters who shall remain unnamed, may almost have to admit that the Mets did rather well for themselves at the trade deadline.
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We did well to get some good pieces back into the minor league system.

You do realize- that was not the goal for the season...We got pieces back because Stearns failed so miserably.
 
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willisneverrana43 said:
For a guy like that to be successful, one who strikes out a ton, you need to at least see more walks and some sense of an eye at the plate. And probably a bit more pop than Clifford has shown. Right now, he's too easy to pitch to, even for AAA pitchers.
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Clifford is in an almost unimaginable slump. In his last 45 plate appearances, he is 1 for 41 with 26 K's.
 
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Jim Croce wrote a song about Benge

You don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger
And you don't run home on Benge
 
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