7/26..Mets-Nats Double Header

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Am I the only one here who thinks the Nats' logo looks like the Walgreens' logo ???

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Nice catch. I always thought the Nats could do way more with their uniforms. Too many teams have white and red jerseys. Mix it up a bit, a little red white and blue for the nation's capital.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

some post game this & that...Rapid Reaction: Mets 11, Nats 0 - Mets Blog - ESPN New York


haha..TC said the same thing I did about Mejia's changeup....

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

•Terry Collins on Mejia: "I haven't seen him that good in a long time." On changeup: "I didn't know he had one." #mets

•Terry Collins said Jenrry Mejia will stay at the major league level. #mets

•Terry Collins said Juan Lagares is doing enough to be an everyday player. #mets
(Kirk getting demoted?)

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Matt Harvey's major league debut, which came against the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 26, 2012.


That day, Harvey struck out 11 hitters in 5 1/3 scoreless innings, showing flashes of the pitcher he's now become.

Where he stands
Entering Friday, Harvey ranked third in the majors over the past calendar year with a 2.38 ERA, trailing only Clayton Kershaw (1.84) and Bartolo Colon (2.33). Harvey also ranks second to Kershaw in opponents' batting average (.195) and opponents' OPS (.551). Harvey's 10.4 strikeouts per nine innings rank third in that span behind Yu Darvish (11.2) and Max Scherzer (10.6).

Harvey's ERA and WHIP through 30 appearances are the best in that span in Mets history.

The biggest difference ...
The biggest difference between the Harvey now and the Harvey of a year ago is in how he's limited his walks. In his debut, Harvey had three in 5 1/3 innings. He walked at least three in six of his 10 starts last season.


This season, he's walked three or more in four of his 20 starts, but he's also had six walk-free starts. His 28 walks this season are only two more than he had in 2012.

Harvey is particularly careful in three-ball counts. He's thrown 81 percent strikes when faced with a three-ball scenario, up from 65 percent a year ago.

Harvey has six games this season with double-digit strikeouts, which is tied for the MLB lead with Yu Darvish of the Rangers.

The last Met to lead the majors in double-digit strikeout games was David Cone in 1990, when he had nine such performances.

Dwight Gooden and Tom Seaver are the only other Mets to do it, as each did it twice.

Matchup to watch: Harvey vs Harper
Bryce Harper is 0-for-6 in his career against Harvey, the third-worst 0-for he's had against a pitcher in his brief career (he's 0-for-8 against Paul Maholm and 0-for-7 against Jason Hammel).

Harvey has a host of hitters with decent-sized 0-fors against him. The worst belongs to Phillies slugger Domonic Brown, who is 0-for-10 with seven strikeouts against him.

Harper has had trouble in his career catching up to ultrahard stuff, as has been previously documented in this space and elsewhere.

He has one hit and 16 outs this season against pitches thrown 95 mph or harder, that coming against Gerrit Cole two days ago.

Harvey threw 65 pitches 95 mph or faster in his last start against the Phillies. They netted him seven outs and one (Chase Utley) hit by pitch.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Isn't Mejia supposed to have surgery at the end of the year? I could be wrong. If nothing else he's making a nice showcase if we want to move him.

As it turns out ..I guess you're right....

Mejia once was the top pitching prospect in the organization. But his star had faded with the arrivals of Harvey and Wheeler as well as Noah Syndergaard and Rafael Montero at the same time Mejia was struggling to stay healthy. He underwent Tommy John surgery on May 16, 2011, then spent the first nearly four months of this season on the disabled list with elbow discomfort. Mejia said he will need surgery after the season to remove bone spurs.

 

[gobigred]

Nice win Mets fans. Now time to sweep the doubleheader over the gNats

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Friday night game 2 Mets Lineup @ Nats:

Lagares - CF
Murphy - 2B
Wright - 3B
Byrd - RF
Satin - 1B
Turner - SS
Buck - C
Brown - LF
Harvey - RHP

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Bryce Harper tweaked his previously injured knee pursuing a Daniel Murphy fly ball out in Game 1 and stayed in until a pinch-runner replaced him later in the game ...is out for game 2.

 

[hokiehi21]

Nice win Mets fans. Now time to sweep the doubleheader over the gNats

Mets are a bigger threat to the Braves than the Nats are. You should prolly root for the Nats tonight

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

I'm a big david wright fan, but it gets annoying when he makes so many 1st pitch outs w/ runners on...
damn....take a few, dude.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

0-0 after 3.....Harvey has 3 K's, 0 BB, and given up 2 H...on just 29 pitches.

GO BATS!!!!

Get Em On ---- Get Em Over ---- Get Em In.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

NICE!!

Buck's 2 out rbi double scores Satin, who led off the inning with a double....

1-0 Mets

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

DW goes after the 1st pitch again, and again makes an out w/ a runner on......WTF!!!

I gotta take off and go meet some friends for dinner and drinks.


LGM!!!

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Gee sucks....but I digress....but why does DW take more pitches when no one is on base????

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

way to go....seems like the entire team forgot how to work the count at the plate.

sheeeeesh.