World Series or Bust! with the Coke Party Patrol: 2016 New York Mets

still a bit surprising despite rumblings to that effect the last week, but MC's numbers have been p brutal.

deGrom doesn't look like a Royal Giant in those blue throwback PJs so much as Royal Ichabod Crane.

clutch catch by the GRANDYMAN

nimmo has no power to speak of (yet, anyway), but he's a good on-base guy and almost certainly a better fielder than conforto

and though it seems like he's been around forever, he's three weeks younger

Alderson in Coney today to watch Reyes play

I bleeve next Sat night's matchup will be Thor-Arrieta

Reyes is playing 3b, as you might have figured

nud borris

looks to be an interesting 2 wks

3 @ wsh
4 vs chc
3 vs mia
4 vs wsh

@AdamRubinESPN
Steven Matz has a bone spur in the pitching elbow. He can pitch through is health-wise, but the question is can he pitch effectively.

revolting

surely he must have @ sum pt but i do not have specific recollection of darnaud ever throwing a runner out

Some great defense too. Liking Loney a lot lately.

i haven't seen a ton of games since he arrived, but would you care to rethink this?

.301/.356/.452 is pretty decent, plus there's the intangible of not being a domestic abuser

i meant just the defense, he had a bizarre game tonight

“Davey liked his vodka, but he was never hung over or drunk on the bench, so I don’t know what Lenny is thinking,” Hernandez said.

“Lenny and Davey didn’t get along, because Lenny was also bitching about his playing time because of Mookie [Wilson]. Mookie handled it like a pro and Lenny was always giving Davey [complaints]. He was grousing all the time.”

http://nypost.com/2016/06/27/ron-darling-keith-hernandez-on-gossiping-dykstra-hes-full-of-it/

Verrett being given another spot start on Wednesday to push Matz back, so there goes Thor vs Arrieta :p

damnit

Matz has a bone spur as well, Alderson sez Mets have "absolute assurance" from team doctors that Matz cannot damage his elbow by continuing to pitch.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/16593005/new-york-mets-pitchers-noah-syndergaard-steven-matz-bone-spurs-gm-says

wait Matz was diagnosed FIRST, right?

Mets staff health is like a Miike film before the bloodletting starts

fuckin murph

Adam Rubin:

Right-hander Seth Lugo, who can serve in a starting or relief capacity, is being promoted to the New York Mets.

Lugo is 3-4 with a 6.55 ERA in 19 appearances (13 starts) this season with Triple-A Las Vegas.

The Mets obviously need coverage in case Steven Matz has an elbow issue and needs to depart. Logan Verrett threw 92 pitches Wednesday in Washington and would be unavailable for that role.

Left-hander Sean Gilmartin reportedly will be demoted to Las Vegas.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/mets-hitters-couldnt-be-less-clutch

i like nimmos huge yokel smile

wow that yoenis homer

of course zobrist

caught the last 2 outs on the earbud radio! if Familia blew it i could've thrown myself into the traffic.

That was a fun game!

@ByJamesWagner
Because of the three-man bench, Collins said he told Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom to keep their cleats on during the game.

@joe_sheehan
Good, because it's not like those are some of the most valuable individual assets in baseball.

Happy Bobby-Bo day METS fans!

@AdamRubinESPN 2m2 minutes ago
Already a 40-minute rain delay and still pouring. Looking for Mets will have to go to the bullpen if this game resumes tonight.

NIMMO

<3 playing the cubes

moreso than Barves

hr derby tbrr

hire (1) one hypnotist so mets think they are playing the cubes every game

nxt sat is plaid fedora giveaway fyi

.781 OPS is about the best you can expect from a .233 BA like Grandy's

xp to myself http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/images/promotions/y2016/fedora.jpg

6-for-6 for Flores

@AdamRubinESPN
Second five-homer game of the series for the Mets.

yoenis

Impressive 6 run comeback!

Reyes leading off at 3b, Flores to bench

This doesnt make a ton of sense to me; nostalgia at best

Flores is playing 2B tonight actually. I'm more surprised they brought Reyes up so quickly.

Rubin:

Asdrubal Cabrera has been scratched. Jose Reyes moves to shortstop and Wilmer Flores to third base. James Loney enters at first base. Cabrera has been dealing with a knee issue.

so all you guys are cool with them bringing reyes back huh

i'm not, for baseball and other reasons

maybe look 3 posts above

that phrasing makes it sound like it's primarily about baseball issues to you.

well i don't expect unflinching morality from the Mets, given the Wilpons and the nightly whoring for the US military.

I had thought they optioned de aza but I guess it was Reynolds

if Cabrera is out for any amt of time reyes p much has to play

sports are biznesses idk I don't have a prob w it

all the teams and their owners are entrenched in the general crimes of capitalism but only a couple hire known domestic abusers. the rockies are a business and they managed to "do the right thing" by dropping him (albeit likely for business reasons too). i don't know, i just thought it was weird no one here was talking about it.