Stuff – Collin McHugh, Mike Baxter, Spin, The Pen

Collin McHugh

McHugh was all over the place for the first two batters until Josh Thole called for a fastball on a 3-2 count to SS Jonathan Herrera. He didn’t show his best pitch, the curve, until the third batter and struck out Carlos Gonzalez. An outstanding job of calling McHugh’s first MLB inning by Thole.

Okay, it is the first time around the block and it was the Colorado Rockies, but you still have to be impressed with Mr. McHugh. All this does is make the rotation plans a lot easier for the rest of the season and Collin has to get his clothes packed before the Rule Five Draft takes place. Seven scoreless innings? Nine strikeouts?  That’s going to be some interesting blog entry.  

Mike Baxter

There was appoint early in Thursday’s game that Mike Baxter had singled, followed by a bloop single by Ruben Tejada. Baxter screwed the whole thing up, didn’t run half up to second to see if Tejada’s hit would drop in, Baxter was forced at second for the third out, and Tejada loses his single. Three outs instead of first and second with two outs, the kind of scenario the Mets executed so well the first half of the season. This is your second half of the 2012 season

Spin

Do I need to remind anyone that this person doesn't know how to play in the outfield? Or, do I have to remind anyone this is MAJOR league baseball? 

The Pen

The pen. The fucking pen. Thanks Bobby. You know, even MiLB spent the minimal amount of time showing the first seven innings of this game because they knew someone would screw the pooch[i]. Doesn’t it seem lately that they’re just taking turns now? God, everyone keeps reminding me that the problem with this teams is the defense… oh yeah, and the offense, oh yeah, and the bullpen. I have a particular dislike for this year’s relievers. They really have gone to great lengths to suck as a whole. If Thursday’s game is a peek into the future, I don’t need it. You get a young pitcher give you seven scoreless innings, you fuck it up in an instant, and then, they’ll probably let the starter go in the draft. What the fuck am I doing here?

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[i] 1. To utterly and completely ruin a work venture, akin to "a royal fuck up".

 

2. The act of rendering something useless

 

3. To waste time. Usually connected to people not working to their potential.