TONG & SPROAT -
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Brandon
Sproat carried a
no-hitter into the 5th inning of his MLB debut and still came out with a
quality start.
Welcome to the bigs, Brandon! Keep the stache forever.
Don't blame these two for what happened this weekend. The Mets bats basically went silent in a shitbox of a stadium that your mother-in-law could probably go yard in.
Both pitched well enough to win their outings. Hell, one took a no-hitter into the fifth inning. And yet, in the long run, the only thing either one of them went home with is the satisfaction that they had both proved they deserved to be where they currently were.
This team has been hitting the snot off the pitches thrown their way. All they had to do is win one of these games and they would sew up the tiebreaker for the Wild Card, in case they finished the season tied.
But, nooooooooooooooooo...
The Sproat outing particularly hurt, but he proved to anyone around him that he had the talent and the composure to become a permanent member of this rotation.
WILD CARD UPDATE -
Not a very wild night for the Mets.
Mets lost to Cincinnati. It took away the tiebreaker from the Mets, so, if the two teams finish the season tied, the Reds are in and the Mets are out.
San Diego won and are now one game ahead for the #2 slot.
San Francisco and Arizona both lost
Current standings:
19 GAMES TO GO:
Cubs - 62 losses
SD - 65
Mets - 67
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Cincy - 71
SF - 71
AZ - 72
St.L - 72
I agree on our rookie pitchers. I will not nitpick them. Both did great.
ReplyDeleteNext up
ReplyDeleteFour in Filly
Gird your loins
All three rookie pitchers are proving that they belong and will be an important part of our rotation for many years to come. As they gain experience they should only get better. The future is looking very promising my friends.
ReplyDeleteA big loss for Philly going forward. From MLBTR:
ReplyDelete“ Turner is slated to undergo an MRI tomorrow, according to a report from Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Turner told reporters (including Lauber) that he hopes his current ailment proves to be milder than the hamstring strain he suffered last year that sidelined him for six weeks, but an exact timeline won’t be known until his test results come back.”
It is but that loss could be the Mets gain
DeleteI will be thrilled with a split with the four in Philly
AZ vs. SF
CINCY vs. SD
interesting start of the week
The kids looked great, overall. A mistake here and there, Sproat says he didn’t have his good fastball, Tong had trouble landing his breaking stuff, but they both showed that they belong and the issues were all normal stuff at the new level. This season has been a disappointment in a lot of ways. We may or may not hang onto a WC, and if we do, it’s hard to see us advancing very far. But next season, already looks better. We should have a young exciting CF (either Benge or Williams) with upside who should give us more than we got from the position this year. Baty and Vientos both look like they’ve broken through, and should give us more in the first half than they did. Soto is unlikely to go 4 months before his first hit with RISP, three top young pitchers in the rotation from day 1, with 1-3 others likely ready at some point, Alvy could finally be healthy, and no more Stanek, Helsley Brazoban. This may not be our year, but I think that ‘26 looks pretty good from here.
ReplyDeleteRegarding CF...
DeleteI am a big fan of Williams and even a bigger one of Benge, but both are stalling in Syracuse
Neither will be ready on OD
It will be interesting what they do with them in the off season
I know they’ve both scuffled since their call-ups to Syracuse, but I also doubt that Stearns will spend money or trade chips on a CF this offseason, meaning that they’d go into next season with Taylor and McNeil pencilled in. That tells me that either Williams or Benge would have a chance to break camp with the team with a strong spring. I could be wrong of course (I often am) but again, I don’t see Stearns blocking either of them for ‘26.
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