Tom Brennan and Mack Ade - The Tom and Mack Recap

The Tom and Mack Recap - May 18, 2022

An 11-4 win - who doesn't love double digit offense...but wait....WHAT?? Mighty Mad Max Scherzer needs an MRI tomorrow on his left side?  Ouch, dude. We feel your pain.

Losing both of our Cy Young award winners in the first quarter of the season would be a tad unnerving. (By the way, how the heck did Cy Young ever complete 749 starts, when today's pitchers drop like flies?)

Of course, we now have the Shutdown Man himself, Sir Colin Holderman, Duke of Flushing, who threw a nifty 9th for the Mets and remains unscored upon in the big leagues.  May a runner never cross the dish when he pitches, from this time forth and forevermore.

Nimmo thankfully was healthy again, and he, Canha, Lindor, Pete, and McNeil are cooking.  Even Dom Smith (hit, walk, RBI) seems to be heating up, as he gloms at bats formerly sucked up by the now 2 for 9 as a Padre Robinson Cano.

And Pat Mazeika is seeking to wrest the starting catching job from Tomas Nido, hitting .273 so far after his call-up. Hey, .273 is All Star caliber for catchers these days.

Scherzer pitched long enough to get the win and improve to 5-1.  Hopefully, his malady was caught early and proves to be short-lived.

Edwin Diaz didn't get the save - because you don't need a closer with a 7 run lead.  But Seth Lugo wasn't sharp in the 8th, allowing 2 runs to tighten the game to 6-4 before a 5 run "bottom 8" explosion broke the game open.

Down under, Jordan Yamamoto finally surfaced in Brooklyn and surrendered 2 runs in an inning's work.  Jaylen Palmer responded to negative Macks Mets commentary and had 2 hits and walk and 2 RBIs in the 5-4 win.

St Lucie soared to 25-10 with a big win.  Clobbering Carlos Dominguez went 4 for 5, including his 9th dinger.  

But Calvin Ziegler is a certified freak - he fanned 9 more in 4.2 IP, and now has 48 Ks in 29 innings.  Nolan Ryan is no doubt impressed.

And 20 year old 3B William Lugo deserves some ink here, as he now has 9 doubles and 13 XBHs in 30 games and is hitting .281.  That deserves a shout-out.

Binghamton lost again but Wyatt Young the on base machine had 2 more hits and 2 RBIs, and Francisco the Great had 3 hits and has been on a recent tear, with a 7 game hit streak and 12 hits in that span.  

And, not to be overlooked, Mighty Joe Zanghi fanned 4 in 1.1 innings, with 24 in 15 IP this year, dropping his ERA to 0.60.  Maybe this guy is a 2022 major leaguer, which would make me very happy.  Love those who persevere experiencing the ultimate success.

Syracuse got rained out in Buffalo, and no one shed a tear except Mother Nature, as they remained at 13-23, but they are proud they are not 11-23 like Binghamton.

Pray for Max, and hope he experiences side-splitting laughter when he gets good news tomorrow.