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Post by aardvark on Sept 11, 2024 14:32:43 GMT -8
Toronto was no hitting the Mets with a 1-0 lead into the 9th. The Blue Jays starter loses the no-hit bid, he gets removed after the hit (a game-tying HR), and the Blue Jays BP proceeds to crap the bed and give up 5 more runs in the inning. Mets win 6-2.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 11, 2024 14:37:26 GMT -8
Oh, look, Brandon Lockridge was called up....
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Post by azson on Sept 11, 2024 14:56:25 GMT -8
Toronto was no hitting the Mets with a 1-0 lead into the 9th. The Blue Jays starter loses the no-hit bid, he gets removed after the hit (a game-tying HR), and the Blue Jays BP proceeds to crap the bed and give up 5 more runs in the inning. Mets win 6-2. Francis took a no-no into the 9th two weeks ago as well...painful. Thankfully the Mets schedule is about to turn nasty, starting with @ Philly Friday; D-Backs have the Brewers; and ATL at the Doyers so one of them will be losing each game.
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Post by aardvark on Sept 11, 2024 15:15:21 GMT -8
Oh, look, Brandon Lockridge was called up.... Cosgrove also called up, Campusano sent down to Hell Paso, and Martin Perez on the paternity list (didn't even know he was pregnant ).
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Post by junior on Sept 11, 2024 19:03:49 GMT -8
Padres hitters need to figure Woo out - and soon - or they end up getting no-no'd tonight. He's got himself a perfect game going right now. An average of 11 pitches per inning so far. Wooooooo…
Donnie: "Padres are looking for their first run tonight…"
They're looking for their first anything.
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Post by junior on Sept 11, 2024 19:24:55 GMT -8
Way to hold it, Morejon. Walk the first two batters, then let them both come in.
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Post by aardvark on Sept 11, 2024 19:32:43 GMT -8
Popped the seal. Now, get to work!!!
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Post by junior on Sept 12, 2024 11:12:03 GMT -8
Tough loss given the rest of the division last night. Padres drop to 3rd overall, 2nd WC. The mistakes last night didn't help, and neither did the weak offensive display. Woo Woooooed them.
They need to regroup in San Francisco. These are really important games for them. While it's obvious, they still can't afford any mound meltdowns or fielding brain farts. And they sure can't afford to have the offense take a vacation right now, either. But I'm pretty certain they're all quite well aware of this.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 12, 2024 11:18:37 GMT -8
Tough loss given the rest of the division last night. Padres drop to 3rd overall, 2nd WC. The mistakes last night didn't help, and neither did the weak offensive display. Woo Woooooed them. They need to regroup in San Francisco. These are really important games for them. While it's obvious, they still can't afford any mound meltdowns or fielding brain farts. And they sure can't afford to have the offense take a vacation right now, either. But I'm pretty certain they're all quite well aware of this. It would be way more beneficial to get the sixth seed at this point, avoiding Arizona entirely.
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Post by azson on Sept 12, 2024 12:08:00 GMT -8
Tough loss given the rest of the division last night. Padres drop to 3rd overall, 2nd WC. The mistakes last night didn't help, and neither did the weak offensive display. Woo Woooooed them. They need to regroup in San Francisco. These are really important games for them. While it's obvious, they still can't afford any mound meltdowns or fielding brain farts. And they sure can't afford to have the offense take a vacation right now, either. But I'm pretty certain they're all quite well aware of this. It would be way more beneficial to get the sixth seed at this point, avoiding Arizona entirely. You'd trade away WC games at home just to avoid AZ?
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 12, 2024 12:09:19 GMT -8
It would be way more beneficial to get the sixth seed at this point, avoiding Arizona entirely. You'd trade WC games at home to avoid AZ? Yep. Would much rather play Milwaukee either way.
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Post by azson on Sept 12, 2024 12:11:00 GMT -8
You'd trade WC games at home to avoid AZ? Yep. Would much rather play Milwaukee either way. What specifically scares you about the AZ matchup?
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 12, 2024 12:16:41 GMT -8
Yep. Would much rather play Milwaukee either way. What specifically scares you about the AZ matchup? Watching them play. They don't have a real offensive weakness. 115 wRC+/113 wRC+ platoon splits. Best offensive team in baseball at Chase Field, but they aren't bad on the road, either. Bullpen has been very good. Milwaukee's starting pitching is inferior to both teams.
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Post by junior on Sept 12, 2024 18:37:54 GMT -8
This assumes that L.A. doesn't meltdown between now and the end of the season - though given their competition over the next few weeks, it's probably a fair assumption to make.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 12, 2024 18:41:53 GMT -8
This assumes that L.A. doesn't meltdown between now and the end of the season - though given their competition over the next few weeks, it's probably a fair assumption to make. Milwaukee would have to sweep Philadelphia just to have a chance at a tiebreaker there, so yeah, odds are very slim. Once they clinch the division, I think they will be locked in.
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Post by docmm on Sept 13, 2024 16:49:22 GMT -8
I know I will be scolded for not having enough faith in the 93.3% chances of us making the playoffs but Mets are beating Phillies 10-0 in 9th and Braves are beating Dodgers 5-2 in the 7th. DBacks play the Brewers in Phoenix later. If all of those three other wild card teams win and we lose, we'd be 1.5 games behind DBacks, .5 games ahead of the Mets and 1.5 games ahead of the Braves.
We're 4-6 vs the Giants this year so they're no pushovers. I know some of that betting % is based on remaining schedules, head-to-head stuff and how the teams are playing. But it's certainly not inconceivable that we could get passed by NY and Atl. Other than 3 games with Washington, the rest of the Mets schedule is pretty difficult. But you never know.
I certainly feel less sure since when Merrill got hurt. He's 1-14 in his last 5 games and still doesn't look smooth running in the outfield or even on the bases. Cronenworth is hitting .200 the last week, Bogaerts only .220 over the last 15 days, Higgy hitting .167 over the last 15 days and Tatis is hitting .242 since he came back. Profar is still only hitting .204 over the last 30 days and Solano only .195 over the last 30 days also.
I know on-base % is important and all the other extra stats so many hold so dear but they didn't look good in Seattle and they've had losing records in San Fransisco the last two seasons.
Thank God for Manny, Louis and Peralta!
I'm sure this is recency bias but until they clinch, I still worry.
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Post by junior on Sept 13, 2024 18:09:27 GMT -8
They can always go into a tailspin, too. Any of them. It's September. Stranger things have happened…
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Post by junior on Sept 13, 2024 18:38:16 GMT -8
Padres jump out to a nice lead. Arraez is some kind of hitter. Junior with another HR. Manny still raking. Boogerts drives in the run, then gets picked off 2nd. At least his brain fart gives Merrill another shot at getting something started next inning.
… and he just did. Double. Doesn't look like his knee is bothering him at all.
It's the middle of September, and the Padres are still firmly in this race.
Holy Cow!
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Post by junior on Sept 13, 2024 20:45:20 GMT -8
Hat trick for Cronenworth tonight. Ugh.
At least the rest of the team is picking him up.
Good win. Good way to start the series with a shutout, too.
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Post by aardvark on Sept 13, 2024 21:06:55 GMT -8
Hat trick for Cronenworth tonight. Ugh. At least the rest of the team is picking him up. That's what good teams do. And, we got a bit of help from the Brewers tonight.
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