Fri Apr 19 7p: Yamamoto vs. Manaea Sat Apr 20 1p: TBD vs. Buttó Sun Apr 21 1p: TBD vs. Houser
The Mets are supposed to be in some sort of rebuild, after last year's disastrous season. Having shed Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer, the team with the highest payroll in the major leagues ($308.3M) is actually...pretty good? They're 10-8, and unlike the Dodgers, they only have one position starter with a batting average below .200 (Francisco Lindor, who is off to a horrible start but is certain to flip the script, potentially against the Dodgers this weekend).
Meanwhile, the Dodgers just look awful. Losers in three of their last four series, the Dodgers still have more holes in their lineup than Nike's new "breathable" uniforms. James Outman has an OPS+ of 74 (the league average is 100; Mookie Betts leads the team with a 213 OPS+, followed by Shohei Ohtani at 184). Kiké Hernandez is at 38. Gavin Lux is at 6.
And Chris Taylor, batting .029 on the season (one hit in 35 AB, with 18 Ks), has a -41 OPS+. I didn't even know OPS+ went into negative numbers. I suppose this means that if we play an average player instead of Taylor, we'd expect almost a 150% improvement from the offense (from that position).
Oh, and Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez, tied for the team lead with 29 Ks on the year (each!), now have fallen to fifth place in the majors (Muncy had the lead for most strikeouts in MLB, earlier in the week).
Not to mention that the starting rotation is already showing signs of wear, halfway through the first month of the year--so as of Thursday 4/18, we had only named starters for one of the three weekend games. This is not good. Get ready for the sweep.
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GAME 1
SS Betts
DH Ohtani
1B Freeman
C Smith
RF T Hernandez
2B K Hernandez
CF Pages
3B Rojas
LF Taylor
RHP Yamamoto
Lets goooooo
Thanks for the lineup @karen!
Chris Taylor is batting ninth tonight.
That’s gonna cost Mookie a couple of RBI
The good news is that Yoshi has 5 K's through two. The bad news is that NY has 2 runs
@Saxy...Your very welcome
TeO brings in our first run....4-1 Nuevo York
Geez. We tie it and then Lindor (of all people) with a two-run HR.
We are doomed
Jeez, Mariachi Joe.
8-4 Mets
This game has gotten really ugly
Another loss
9-4 loss. All three of our bullpen arms gave up runs. We made two errors. Unbelievable.
Jeez, it's 1:13p and the Dodgers are already losing.
GAME TWO
Mookie SS
Shohei DH
Freddie 2B
Teoscar LF
Max 3B
James CF
Andy RF
Gavin L 2B
Austin C
P Gavin S
Dodgers are already down one going to the bottom of the first. Here's where the team either sacks up or rolls over.
Betts with a leadoff double!
Joe Davis: "Butto is in the strike zone less than any other pitcher in baseball."
That Mookie hit was a single, and he just gunned the afterburners and stretched it into a double. Well done.
Ohtani with a five-pitch walk. Here's Freddie: batting only .259!
Freddie Freeman with an RBI single!
Tied at one. Shohei moves to second.
KEEP IT ROLLING, DODGERS!
Orel: Freddie has apparently been grinding out extra BP the past five days.
Teoscar Ks on three pitches. Geez.
Here comes that pathetic bottom of the order again. Guess we'll have to settle for one.
Muncy walks to load the bases, but Outman Ks and Pages isn't far behind.
Outman now batting .190 on the year.
Pages puts up a bit of a fight, but also Ks.
1-1 through one inning. We can't do jackshit from the bottom of this lineup.
Okay it's rancho ardiendo yet again, this time for Teoscar, with two out in the second.
And, Teoscar Ks. Fucking unbelievable.
We've stranded six runners through two innings. And we're 1-for-5 with RISP.
WHY CAN'T WE SCORE?!?!?!
Maybe we have to shake this lineup up top to bottom.
Nice play by Gavin Lux at second to get the first out and stop the runner on second from scoring.
Then Roberts decides to pull Gavin Stone?! After only 72 pitches?!
Fucking horrible call, Roberts!
Nimmo promptly HBP, and then Marte singles in the go-ahead run. Still only one out, two Mets on the basepaths.
Grove works some magic to get out of it: Lindor K, Alonso grounds to Mookie.
2-1 Mets, mid-4
B5, Ohtani leading off.
Leadoff ground-rule double for Ohtani. And then Freeman promptly grounds to first (advancing Ohtani, but still an out).
Teoscar HBP, probably the best possible outcome there. Dodgers at corners for Muncy, one out.
And, Butto is replaced by Michael Tonkin.
We're going to get nothing in this inning.
Muncy sacrifices Ohtani in, but then Outman goes and Kis on three pitches.
WHAT THE FUCK, JAMES?!
2-2 through five, and the Dodgers are doing everything they can to do NOTHING offensively.
Mets have a runners on first and second with the Nimmo HBP cheapie.
Ryan Brasier now in to pitch. One out, T6.
This game absolutely sucks.
RYAN BRASIER ALSO SUCKS
Three-run HR to Marte. We're now down 5-2.
Brasier now with his 5.79 ERA. He's awful.
Our middle relief is horrible.
Dodgers down 5-2, B6.
Pages HBP, and Lux actually singles.
Two on, none out.
Let's see.
Barnes, of course, Ks.
Austin Barnes: now 0-for-3 with 2 Ks.
Drew Smith enters for Tonkin.
Betts works the walk. Here's Shohei, with rancho ardiendo!
Ohtani Ks.
Freddie! Two-RBI single to center. Let's gooooo
Teoscar walks! But Muncy grounds to short on the first goddamn pitch.
5-4 Mets, end 6
Like, even statistically speaking, you would think that in one of these clutch situations, we might get a hit.
Dodgers a woeful 2-for-10 with RISP today, and 10 LOB.
Dammit Max, that was the moment.
Kelly quickly lets two Mets on. Harrison Bader grounds to second to hold the runners, and then Brett Baty PH for Zack Short, so Roberts goes to Alex Vesia.
Hey, Vesia does the job! Gets Baty to fly to right, then, Tyrone Taylor to fly to center.
5-4 Mets at the stretch.
Outman with a leadoff single? What is going on here?!
Outman with an illegal slide at second so it's an automatic double play. And then Lux grounds out.
Yep, that's the bottom of our order. The fucking Keystone Kops.
Boos from the fans at Dodger Stadium. I get it.
Dodgers down 6-4, B8, bases loaded with one out for Teoscar Hernandez.
Here comes the double play.
Teoscar Hernandez strikes out. That's his third time up with the bases loaded, and he can't get one RBI.
And Muncy Ks swinging.
Come on, Dodgers, what the fuck.
Three straight strikeouts by Outman, Pages, and Lux to end the game.
Feeble.
Even Joe Davis can't muster interest in this one.
We are 12-11 right now.
I just went for a run. And I’m still bitter after that game.
Dodgers ended the game with five straight Ks.
Padres drop their game to the Blue Jays, so the Dodgers remain in first by a game over SD and 1.5 games ahead of the Snakes and Gnats.
Here we go.
Another wasted RISP: freeman with a two-out double, and Slappy makes the third out.
Ohtani with a two-run blast!
2-0 LA through 3
Real Madrid beats Barcelona 3-2. Bellingham with the decisive goal in the 91st minute. Wow.
Real Madrid now 11 points up on second place Barcelona in La Liga.
Glasnow with a nice fifth inning.
2-0 LA, mid-5.
Let's get some runs, dammit!
Pages with a very nice leadoff double here in the fifth. Nailed that one over third base.
Joe Davis: Yesterday was the first time since the Dodgers moved to LA, where the Dodgers lost the game despite taking more than 10 walks.
Pathetic yesterday! And pathetic for most of this homestand.
Lux takes his second walk of the game. We're starting to be more patient at the plate.
Let's flip it over.
Betts first-pitch swinging--but nails it to left center and Pages scores!
3-0 LA, none out
Ohtani fooled on that 1-1 pitch from Houser. 1-2
Ohtani drills one off Houser. Infield hit, everybody's safe. (And Houser is okay, apparently.)
RANCHO ARDIENDO
Dodgers were awful yesterday with the bases loaded. Can this be a better day today?
2-0 count to Freddie
Angel Hernandez, making shitty calls behind the plate yet again
Freeman rips it past Marte for a double
5-0 LA. None out
Is that the first time the big three have gotten three straight hits? I think it might be...
Smith with a two-run double!
It's 7-0 LA
None out, top 5
It isn't the first time the Big 3 have had three straight hits. I'll blog on that later...
Outman's got a full count here (one out, men on first and second)...
Nope, outman fails.
but Pages HR!
10-0 LA through five.
It's about time!
Lots of substitutes in the lineup.
Miguel Rojas batting first; Mookie gets the rest of the day off.
Chris Taylor batting third, Freddie gets the rest of the day off.
Kike batting sixth, Teoscar gets the rest of the day off.
Ohtani walks, Taylor HBP. One out, Smith up.
Kike actually got a hit, to leadoff the seventh. Here's Outman
Outman with a long AB but flies to left. He's 0-for-4 today, batting .179 on the year.
Glasnow loads the bases but gets his 10th K to preserve the shutout. He's pitched 8 shutout innings. Amazing performance, especially after his last outing!
Way to go, Glasnow!
WIN
We avoid the sweep!
PGT up!
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