The Mets Police

I don’t think it’s odd that Jacob deGrom is making a rehab start today even though it’s only been 11 days, so one missed turn, since he pitched.  Do you think its I don’t think it’s odd that Jacob deGrom is making a rehab start today?  I don’t.

Don’t you want to make sure deGrom is OK?  What do you want us to do, let him pitch twice in a row knowing he wasn’t feeling right?  Do you want us to let him throw 100mph in March?

Is it me?  It’s you, right?

Why is it odd that deGrom can pitch in the minors but not in the majors?  Why would you want him to pitch in the majors?

Sure the Mets pitchers this weekend are To Be Announced, that just means that we haven’t announced them yet.  We have plenty of pitching.  So much pitching that we don’t even need deGrom and can afford to have him throw in the minors when he could just as easily throw in the majors.  Because he’s fine. He’s totally fine.

Do you think Uncle Steve with all his billions would field a team resembling Wilpon Era June Swoons?  What’s wrong with our lineups?  I don’t think anything is wrong with our lineups.  Do you think something is wrong with our lineups?  We are in first place.  What place do you want us to be in?

And Pete Alonso is fine too.  Six home runs is a lot on May 20th.  How many home runs do you have?  Surely not six.  I’d like to see you hit six home runs?

Is it me? It’s you.

Mets Police has learned tonight’s game is at 7:20pm for some reason.  The Mets are off tomorrow because it’s really far from Atlanta to Miami and they need to rest inbetween.

OF Cameron Maybin has been selected from Triple-A Syracuse…He will wear #15, and so will Media Goon who bought yet another jersey.

RHP Taijuan Walker has been placed on the 10-Day IL, retroactive to May 18, with left side tightness, but this is the Mets so he is totally fine man.

RHP Sam McWilliams has been placed on the IL.

LHP Stephen Tarpley has been placed on the IL

David Peterson is the only available pitcher tonight and will have to pitch every inning.

My number one follower RHP Noah Syndergaard made his first minor league rehabilitation outing today for St. Lucie (A) at Palm Beach (Cardinals)…He tossed 4.0 innings and allowed one hit and struck out five…He threw 44 pitches, 36 for strikes and retired the last 11 batters he faced…Syndergaard under “Tommy John” surgery on March 26, 2020…RHP Seth Lugo started for St. Lucie (A) last night and pitched a 1-2-3 first inning at Palm Beach (Cardinals)…He threw four pitches…It was his first minor league rehabilitation outing…Lugo had a loose body in his right elbow removed on February 16…Infielder J.D. Davis batted leadoff and played 4.0 innings at third base for Syracuse (AAA) last night vs. Lehigh Valley (Phillies)…He went 0-2 with a strikeout in his first minor league rehabilitation appearance…Davis has been on the Injured List since May 2 with a left hand sprain.

Those pesky Orioles snuck a Harvey Day on us (is THAT what TBD means?) , and the Tampa TV didn’t show much for him in the pregame so all of a sudden we’re in the middle of the first batter and here’s Matt!

With two out a walk, but Matt has this…

…and we’re onto the second.  Look at the bottom right of the screen grab below.  See those two orange diamonds?  That’s not good.

 

Now you guys read these Matt Harvey posts.  What do you think is about to happen?

3-0 Rays.   Then my mom called.  Mom, I am trying to blog about Matt Harvey.

Let’s see if I can do this from memory.   Matt follows up the home run by giving up a double.  The next guy hits the ball 75 feet but it stays fair AND the runner advances.

It’s first and third and…..what do you think is going to happen?

6-0 Rays.  And then the next guy, on Matt’s 133rd pitch of the inning (approximately) gets the 7th hit of the inning (real number) and that’s it for TDK and he knows it.

The Orioles now know what the Mets, Reds, Angels, A’s (minors), Royals and all followers of my blog know – he’s fine until he isn’t.  This was all predictable tonight from the second there were two on and none out.

1.2 IP, SEVEN HITS, 6 runs all earned, a walk, a strikeout, and a climbing ERA of 5.93

For me, my favorite kind of Matt Harvey start – fast and awful.

 

 

My friends the Mets shared this update with me.  This sounds horrible.

FLUSHING, N.Y., May 18, 2021 – The New York Mets have announced the following update regarding outfielder Kevin Pillar. After being hit by a pitch in the top of the seventh inning last night, Pillar suffered multiple nasal fractures. He will be meeting with a facial specialist in Atlanta to determine next steps.

 

 

Hello! The site has been broken most of the day. It seemed to break after I commented on a certain somebody. Maybe I messed with the wrong person and that person sent me a message! Anyway it seems to be behaving now, maybe.

My friends the Mets sent me some game notes today!

INF Jeff McNeil has been placed on the 10-Day IL with a left hamstring strain.

OF Michael Conforto has been placed on the 10-Day IL with a right hamstring strain.

RHP Seth Lugo has been transferred to the 60-Day IL.

OF Khalil Lee has been recalled from Triple-A Syracuse.

OF Johneshwy Fargas has been selected from Triple-A Syracuse…He will wear #81. Media Goon had a custom Fargas made at Stitches today, just to mix things up and keep the joke fresh.

With a team leading 6 HRs, Vulgar Pete Alonso leads the team! Pete is tied for 61st best in The Major League Baseball along with famous baseball players Randal Grichuk and others!

On this date in 2012 Ike Davis was batting .164 with five home runs. Ike Davis is only 34 years old now.

Dominic Smith is batting .304/.385/.370 with five runs, three doubles, six RBI, five walks and a .754 OPS in 14 games this month… This compares to a .222/.340/.333 slash line with four extra-base hits in 20 games in April…In his last five games, he has four RBI.

Tomorrow’s starter is TBA.