Mets 5 Tigers 0: Dickey in Control

R.A. Dickey improved to 6-0 yesterday with a masterful 8 inning shutout performance of the Tigers. Dickey retired 15 of the last 16, striking out 4 and walking 2. Though he threw just 6 swinging strikes, he got 12 groundouts. His FIP, xFIP and tRA, while all being higher than his ERA, meaning regression is likely to occur, they are all in the 3s, meaning that Dickey will porbably continue this level of performance.


One reason why Dickey has been so effective is that as a knuckleballer, the pitch doesn't really move in the same way every time. The above graph shows just how much his knuckler was moving yesterday. Sometimes the pitch won't move, and on that occasion Dickey will be in trouble, but, as we've seen with Tim Wakefield, he can be a league average or better pitcher for the minimum salary.

Player of The Game: R.A. Dickey and Jose Reyes share the honors today. Reyes was a double away from the cycle and had .212 WPA, while Dickey increased the Mets chances of winning by 42.4%.

Yankees 2-1 Mets: Gah!

My first recap of 2010, and hopefully the first of many, if I have time to do it.
I'll be doing a new format of recap:

Questionable move
A detailed look into any jaw dropping idiocities questionable moves made by the Mets in the game.
Pitch F/x graph of the day
Usually looking at the strikezone plot or spin times speed of the Mets pitcher in the game.
Idea of the game
Personnel, game strategy; just my 2 cents on what could've been done differently. It can be tied back into Questionable move of the day.

So, to the recap:

Questionable move: Jerry Manuel has awful bullpen management skills. He's used Fernando Nieve in 25 games, and is projected to use him in 94. Nieve now no longer has the shiny ERA, and he has terrible peripherals, including a 15/15 K/BB ratio, and he has a high 5 FIP, xFIP and tRA. He should not be the set up man at all. Of course, in the Top of the 7th, Jerry goes to Elmer Dessens, who was just called up. While Dessens was unlucky to give up 2 runs (great defense, Alex Cora), but at what stage should he have been taken out? With runners at second and third, and none out, the Leverage Index was 2.44, which is highly above average. Jerry should've gone to his best available reliever, which was Francisco Rodriguez. Never mind him being the closer, he's the best reliever, and he should be coming in at high leverage situations, no matter the inning.
Pitch F/x graph


Takahashi's fastball was pretty effective, coupled with a slider down and away against lefties and a sinker down and away against righties. Despite not being a hard thrower, he still got 12.9% swinging strikes, which is above average. Swinging strikes is important because it can indicate how many strikeouts a pitcher will get; yesterday Takahashi struck out 5.
Idea of the game
Jeff Francoeur had a pretty awful game yesterday, like most of the Mets offense. However, he only saw 9 pitches in his 3 at bats as he went 0/3, dropping down to .221/.280/.379. Over his career, Francoeur hits lefties better than righties, having a .771 OPS against lefites, and a .725 OPS against righties. Over his minor league career, Chris Carter has a .896 OPS against righties, 100 points over his OPS against lefties. My idea is that Jerry Manuel platoon Francoeur and Carter, with Carter starting against righties, and Francoeur starting against lefties. It might be one way to get Francoeur to hit better, and to get more the Mets offense hitting better.

Did I Not Say Figgy was Pretty Good

If only he could've done this in 2007. Or 2008. Oh well, congrats to Nelson as he pitches the second complete game shut out of the season for the Mets. The other one was Pat Misch. That sums up the season.
Adieu, 2009.

Mets Lose 11-3

Pat Misch went 1.1 innings and gave up 8 runs (including 4 homers)
Lance Broadway went 1.2 innings and gave up 3 runs
Tobi Stoner went 2 scoreless
Daniel Murphy hit home run #11, and now is the team leader
Only 12 left

Mets win Series, now have 65 wins

Only 5 more guys, just 5 more to 70.
The Mets defeated the Washington Nationals 6-2, and clinched fourth place. They actually beat a team worse than them.
John Maine had a good outing, 5 innings giving up 2 hits, walking one and striking out one. HE threw 75 pitches in 5 innings (pitch count). Brian Stokes made it look like he doesn't want to be on the team next year, as he gave up 2 runs in .2 of an inning, meaning Blow-Rod had to come in for his 33rd "save".
Offensively, Pagan, Murphy and Beltran all had good days, and Josh Thole went 1/2 with 2 walks and 1 RBI.
The Mets just need to go 5-7 to reach 70 wins.
Pat Misch (1-3 4.21 ERA 5.21 FIP 6.39 tRA) takes on
Derek Lowe (14-9 4.53 ERA 3.78 FIP 4.34 tRA)
as the Mets face the Braves.
By the way Mark Sanchez is pretty good. Maybe he could pitch for us during football's offseason.

Big Game Redding; METS WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Yep, Big Game Redding. Why not? I mean, if Scott Boras can pull it off with a 4.68 FIP pitcher, why can't Redding's agent? In 213 innings against National League East opponents, Redding has a 4.35 ERA. Against the Phillies he has a 3.01 ERA. Against the National League East, Redding has about a 4.77 FIP. Sign him up. 3 yrs/$36 Million. He only pitches against the NL East.
And he had a good start yesterday against a team that is 9th in runs (we're 11th), second in OBP, 6th in OPS, and 6th in wOBA. Redding went 7 innings, allowing 2 runs (1 of them earned), striking out 4, walking 2. He had an 8.2 swinging strike%. mets.com called it a "gritty start". I'm not sure what was gritty about it (his beard?), but it was a good start, and he's been our second best pitcher since Johan went down. Yes, that's sad. The best: Nelson Figueroa.
Offensively, it was Jeff Francoeur's day; The gritty right fielder went 2/4 with 2 runs and an rbi. He doubled in the second, and scored on Murphy's single; he doubled in Wright in the 8th; and he scored later that inning on an error by Nats first baseman (who is also an awesome hitter who the Met should've signed, he'd have 40 homers even in this place) Adam Dunn. Francisco Rodriguez decided to become a good pitcher again, and got his 32nd "save" and struck out 2. According to Marty Noble, the Mets are going to sign Francoeur to a 3 year contract extension. You know where I'm going with this? Marty Noble lobby for Francoeur contract extension.
Clutch Play of the Game: Francoeur RBI double in 8th. +.145 WPA.
Up Next for the Mets: Mets vs Nats, 1:10 PM
John Maine (5-5 4.45 ERA 4.84 FIP 5.74 tRA) takes on
Garret Mock (3-8 5.89 ERA 4.29 FIP 4.53 tRA)

Only 14 more

Yep, only 14 left. These Mets have started the 17 game stretch like the 2007 version did, losing the first 3. The Mets are 6th right now in the Bryce Harper sweepstakes. The Mets now need to go .500 to win 70 games. It's not happening. FIRE OMAR.
Mike Pelfrey wasn't very good, going 7 innings giving up 5 runs, 4 of them earned. He gave up 2 homers, (both 2 run homers), and had a 4.44% swinging strikes. Pelfrey needs to do better to show that he can be a consistent #2 starter. John Maine could be a better option then Pelfrey and now replaces Bobby Parnell in the rotation.
The Mets got something going in the 9th, scoring 3 runs off of closer Mike MacDougal. Wright singled in a run with the bases loaded, Beltran hit into a run scoring fielder's choice, and then an error by their shortstop led to it being 6-5, with runners on second and third. But Francoeur grounded out. By the way, Francouer saw 16 pitches in 5 at bats, which is lower than his average of 3.38.
Tim Redding (2-6 5.52 ERA 5.28 FIP 5.50 tRA) takes on
John Lannan (9-11 4.08 ERA 4.91 FIP 5.63 tRA)
1:10 PM ET, Citi Field.

Seriously. DOES ANYONE CARE?

I don't that much anymore, but the Mets lost 7-3. Nelson Figueroa was pretty bad, going 5 innings and giving up 6 runs. Tobi Stoner went 3 innings and gave up 1 run. START STONER!
Offensively, the Mets didn't do much, Fernando Tatis singled in 2 runs in the fourth and Daniel Murphy hit a homer in the 8th.
The Mets now play the Nationals.
Mike Pelfrey takes on JD Martin

Blow-Rod, and Murphy

The Mets were so close to a win on Wednesday night. They went up 3-0, but the Braves came back against Bobby Parnell, who was bad again. It was 4-4 in the eighth, when Jerry made the questionable move to pinch hit Omir "Short Swing" Santos against the left hander. Well, luckily for the Mets, and Jerry, Santos hit a go ahead home run off of Mike Gonzalez. Blow-Rod came in the 9th, and gave up a dobule to Garret Anderson, and then hit McCann. Escobar sacrificed the runners over, and then LaRoche was intentionally walked to set up the double play. Omar Infante hit the game tying sacrifice fly to make it 5-5. Then Ryan Church hit a grounder that Daniel Murphy attempted to do his best Bill Buckner impression. Of course, it bounced off his glove, and the game was over. It's easy to blame Daniel Murphy for this, but Blow-Rod just hasn;t been good for us this year. Maybe he's injured, or maybe he's just crap, or maybe's he crap and injured and overpiad. (I say the latter).
Bobby Parnell had a bad outing again, going 3.1, giving up 3 run, walking 3 and striking out 4. He actually had a swinging stike percentage of 13.3%. Josh Tholewas awesome, going 2/4 with 2 RBI's. Josh Thole is awesome.
Stupid Decision of the Day: Going to Blow-Rod. Jerry, I know everyone else was used, but he stinks. He just flat out stinks, and I would not use him anymore.
Random Thought of the Day: Maybe Francoeur would be better than Blow Rod at pitching?
Clutch Play of the Game: Santos homer in the 8th. +.265 WPA.

6-0 Braves

The only reason to watch Mets games now is Josh Thole and Daniel Murphy (and when he plays, Jerry, Nick Evans). Yesterday, Thole went 1/3 with a walk, and now has a .409/.417/.455 line with a OPS of .871. Nick Evans got a pinch hit appearance, and fouled out. The Mets got 3 hits and 3 walks off of a very impressive Tommy Hanson, who struck out 8 (11.6% swinging strike!). Daniel Murphy had 2 hits, and is batting .260/.310/.406 for a .716 OPS. As late as May 9th he was at .308/.369/.473, but it kind of went down hill, though he did have an okay August. Pat Misch was pretty bad for the seconsd start in a row, going 5 innings, giving up 4 runs and not striking out anyone. Elmer Dessens and Brian Stokes gave up single runs.
Jeff Francoeur saw 10 pitches in 4 plate appearences and has an OBP of .303. Ryan Church has an OBP of .339, and also leads Francoeur in batting average, .274 to .273. But not slugging, but he does win in OPS. 3/4 for Church. By the way, there are 17 games left in the season, and the only thing we can blow is our draft pick. But that would involve winning.
Stupid Decision of the Day: I don't think Jerry could change this game.
Up Next for the Mets: Mets at Braves, 7 PM
Bobby Parnell (3-8 5.49 ERA 4.27 FIP 4.39 tRA) takes on
Derek Lowe (14-9 4.47 ERA 3.78 FIP 4.33 tRA)

Vintage Pedro, Mets lose 1-0

Pedro is still Pedro; he went 8 innings, striking out 7, walking 2 and giving up 6 hits. Even though it's our offense, it still has Luis Castillo, David Wright, and Carlos Beltran in it, and those 3 went a combined 2/9 with 2 walks. Tim Redding pitched pretty well for the Mets, going 6 innings, and limiting the potent Phillies offense to 1 run on 3 hits and 2 walks. He struck out 3. The offense was pretty bad, only getting one hit off of Madson in the 9th. Anderson Hernandez and Brian Schnedier both had multi hit games. Read that again. The 2 best hitters was Hernandez and Schneider. That's sad.
The Mets have been eliminated from the National League East, and the National League Wild Card, so guys, there is not comeback.
Stupid Decision of the Day: This one is gonna go to Charlie Manuel for letting Pedro pitch for 130 pitches. Pretty damn dumb, Charlie.
Random Thought of the Day: Jerry, please start playing Thole, Evans, and every other young guy called up more regularly now. It makes it more interesting.
Clutch Play of the Game: Wright double in 6th. +.097 WPA.
Up Next for the Mets:
Offday, then series with Atlanta.
Brian Schnedier Line: .203/.279/.323. Up from .195/.274/.318

Mets come up Short, lose 5-4

In his return, John Maine went 3 innings, giving up 1 run on 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. With a pitch count of 60, he made it through 3, with 57 pitches. He only had 3 swinging strikes for a 5.3%. Again, he really struggles in innings. If he had no pitch count, it would've been a typical Maine start, going 5 innings.
Tobi Stoner and Lance Broadway did not impress with Broadway giving up a key run in the 8th.
Josh Thole went 4 for 4 with an RBI single. Anderson Hernandez hit a 2 run homer in the 8th (second of the year and career), and the Mets got something going in the 9th, against Brad Lidge. However it would not be enough despite the efforts of Francoeur, Thole and Reed.
Stupid Decision of the Day: Going to Broadway in the 8th. Why get another inning out of him, Jerry? He sucks, it's 4-2, bring in someone to get 3 outs.
Clutch Play of the Game: Hernandez 2 run homer in the 7th. +.063 WPA.
More later on Game 2 of the double header.

David Wright Awesome, Mike Pelfrey not so much

I guess Pelfrey entered the Citizens Bank Park marathon. After going 6 innings, giving up 8 runs on 3 homers, 10 hits and a walk, Pelfrey decided to go running. He had a 7.3% swinging strike percentage. So, despite the Mets scoring 4 runs in the first, he left with the Mets in a 8-4 hole.
It was 9-5 in the 8th, when Tatis doubled, and then David Wright decided to have some payback on Brett Myers, and homered. Daniel Murphy's single scored Beltran to make it 9-8. However in the eighth, Sean Green and Pedro Feliciano loaded the bases. No worry though, as Feliciano struck out Howard to end the inning. In the 9th Tatis singled with 2 outs, and then Wright hit another homer to make it 10-9. In the bottom of the 9th, K-Rod went 1,2,3 on the Phillies, striking out 2 to get his 31st save. This game does show what might've been; The Phillies are still going to win the division, but its nice to win this game. Mets elimination number is 4.
Stupid Decision of the Day: Using Takahashi against the lefties. He gave up 2 hits, a run and got his out on a fly out. He faced 3 lefties; this year lefties are batting .311/.407/.511. JERRY DO YOU READ THE STAT HANDOUTS THEY GIVE YOU? Elmer Dessens holds lefties to .188/.286/.354 line. And he wasn't used yesterday.
Random Thought of the Day: Beltran, Tatis, and Wright went a combined 10/15 with 3 homers, 8 rbi's, 8 runs, and 20 total bases. That's a .667/.667/1.333 line. For a 2.000 OPS. Pretty damn good.
Clutch Play of the Game: David Wright 2 run homer. +.723 WPA (72%!!!!)
Up Next for the Mets: Doubleheader, 1:05 PM and 8:05 PM
John Maine (5-4 4.52 ERA 4.95 FIP 5.88 tRA) pitches in the first game against
Kyle Kendrick (0-1 5.06 ERA 4.40 FIP 7.47 tRA).
Tim Redding (2-5 5.78 ERA 5.42 FIP 5.54 tRA) pitches in the second game against
Pedro Martinez (4-0 3.64 ERA 3.96 FIP 4.96 tRA)

Failcoeur: Lose 4-2

This is what was said when the Mets got Jeff Francoeur: "Francoeur, 25, is known across the league for his defense in right field. He won a Gold Glove Award in 2007 and has more assists than any other big league outfielder since he made his Major League debut in July 2005."
Example One: Great Throw.
Example Two: Great Tracking.
Defense, huh? And there are other examples. Like when he drops the ball in Washington. And ran away from the ball in Washington. Not that it would've mattered anyway. But, Francoeur was also got for his offense! Okay, he went 3/4 yesterday. That's great. He also saw 11 pitches in 4 at bats. Excellent.
Nelson Figueroa struggled through 5.1 innings, walking 5, striking out 3, and giving up 9 hits, but only letting 2 score. Brian Stokes and Elmer Dessens also gave up runs (though the run Stokes gave up is thanks to the second Francoeur play). I have a feeling that the wet conditions led to the control problems. Only 6% of his pitches were swinging strikes.
The Mets got 9 hits and a walk off of Cole Hamels, but only got 1 run. They had a chance in the 9th, but Jerry's favorite Cory Sullivan hit into a double play (it did plate the run) that basically killed the rally. More than a rally killing home run.
Stupid Decision of the Day: Pagan bunting in the 7th. Pagan is the second or third best hitter in the lineup. You don't want him bunting. You want Jeremy Reed, Nick Evans, Francoeur or Santos bunting, if you have to bunt. It acutally decreases our run scoring, Jerry from 1.49 innings to 1.41. And guess what, we scored one run in the inning. FAIL.
Random Thought of the Day: I'm gonna go out there and say Jerry has a bunting fetish.
Clutch Play of the Game: Sullivan single in 7th. +.094 WPA
Up Next for the Mets:
Mets at Phillies, 4:10 PM
Mike Pelfrey (10-10 4.83 ERA 4.18 FIP 4.82 tRA) takes on 78 year old
Jamie Moyer (12-9 4.98 ERA 5.10 FIP 5.70 tRA)

Awful Bullpen, lose 13-4

The Mets got swept by the Marlins (remember it's September), losing the finale 13-4. It was really closer than that, being 5-2 in the fourth, and 6-4 in the sixth. However, Sean Green, Pedro Feliciano and Lance Broadway proceeded to give up 4 runs in 3 combined innings, to make the game a blow out. Broadway really hasn't been good, though he has been unlucky, having a 2.45 FIP. Bobby Parnell was pretty bad, going 5 and giving up 6, walking 4 and striking out 6, and he did have 10.6% swinging strike percentage. Tobi Stoner made his major league debut, and pitched a scoreless inning.
The Mets scored in the fourth on a Nick Evans single, and Omir Santos sac fly. In the fifth, Wright hit an RBI fielder's choice, and Tatis hit a single.
Really, the Mets sucked, and the bright spot was that Evans had an RBI single.
Clutch Play of the Game: Tatis single in 5th, to make it 6-4. +.104 WPA
Up Next For the Mets
Mets at Phillies, 7:05 PM
Nelson Figueroa (2-4 4.74 ERA 4.71 FIP 6.05 tRA)
Cole Choker Hamels (8-9 4.32 ERA 3.84 FIP 4.52 tRA)

Misch=really not that good; lose 6-3

Well, that last start should end the Pat Misch is the number 5 starter for the Mets next year. Because if he is something has gone horribly wrong. He actually isn't that good. He has a low swinging strike percentage (3.8% from tonight's game), he doesn't strike many out (2 tonight), and he doesn't have great control, as he walks almost as many as he strikes out (1.12 K/BB Ratio). He also doesn't get that many groundballs either. And tonight, he gave up 2 home runs, as the Marlins have now hit 4 in 2 games in this series. The Mets got 3 in the 7th, on a Murphy double, Francoeur sac fly and Tatis ground out. Misch went 6, gave up 5 runs, Lance Broadway gave up 1 run in 1 inning, and Sean Green went 1 and Elmer Dessens went 2 scoreless.
Stupid Decision of the Day: Having Tatis pinch hit for Thole in the 7th. Tatis grounded out, anyway, Thole could've done that. Jerry, I don't know if you read the stats they give you, but Thole is almost just as good against lefties as he is against righties. Give him a chance Jerry, insted of your favorite .260/.325 hitter Tatis.
Random Thought of the Day: Wow, Jerry must really hate Nick Evans. What did he do, run over Jerry's dog?
Clutch Play of the game: Murphy double in 7th, +.054 WPA
Up next for the Mets: Mets vs Marlins, 7:10 PM
Bobby Parnell (3-7 5.25 ERA 4.12 FIP 4.29 tRA) takes on
Sean West (6-5 4.61 ERA 4.61 FIP 4.88 tRA)

Beltran back, Mets lose 4-2

The return of Carlos Beltran did not result in a dramatic homerun, though he came close in the 7th. Instead it resulted in a Mets loss. Tim Redding was his pretty usual self, going 5 innings, walking4 striking out 4, giving 4 runs on 2 homers. Only 2.9% of his pitches were swinging strikes, which is pretty damn awful. The bullpen (Elmer Dessens, Sean Green, Ken Takahasi, Pedro Feliciano and Brian Stokes) combined to go 4 scorless. The Mets scored on a Josh Thole sac fly (he went 0/3) for his first RBI, and a Luis Castillo infield single after Angel Pagan tripled. The Mets had the bases loaded in the 7th but Wright struck out, and Beltran flied out (just missed a grand slam), and the inning was over, and the Mets went quietly in the 8th and 9th.
Stupid Decision of the Game: Jerry wanting Pagan bunting in the 7th with 1st and 2nd, no one out. It's not the right call, Jerry, and Pagan let 2 strikes go by before flying out. Kudos to him for not bunting.
Random Thought of the Day: Well, this is the strongest lineup we have.
Clutch Play of the Game: Ross dp in second, +.108 WPA.
Up Next for the Mets: Mets vs Marlins, 7:10 PM
Pat Misch (1-1 3.25 ERA 4.58 FIP 5.68 tRA) looks for his second win. He faces
Ricky Nolasco (10-8 5.27 ERA 3.55 FIP 4.34 tRA)

Mets to Call up Tobi Stoner; Pre game vs Marlins

As reported here.
Stoner, 24 was 7-7 with a 3.96 ERA, 4.19 FIP and a 4.45 tRA in Buffalo this year. This translates to (per baseball prospectus) a 4.87 DERA, and a 4.99 FIP. Hey, he can't be worse than Oliver Perez, right?
Up Next for the Mets
Mets vs Marlins, 7:10 PM, Citi Field
Tim Redding (2-4 5.70 ERA 5.21 FIP 5.33 tRA) makes his 13th start. He faces
Rick VandenHurk (2-2 4.91 ERA 5.78 FIP 6.09 tRA)

Murph: Win 4-2

If the Mets hadn't gotten all their injuries, this would've been a series to be proud of. Win 2 out of 3 against the struggling Cubs, knocking them out of the Wild Card race, and getting a dominant start from Mike Pelfrey, and good hitting from Daniel Murphy. But, alas, we're not in contention, but we should still be proud of the fact that we won a series. Yep, we won our first series since July, and it was against a team over .500. Despite the fact that Mike Pelfrey only had a swinging strike % of 7.6, he gave up 1 run, on 5 hits, a walk, and he struck out 5. He got 10 groundouts and 9 flyouts. It's these kind of starts that make you think the Pelfrey can be a number 2 starter, and really he's been the same as last year. The difference: Alex Cora and co playing Short instead of Jose Reyes, and also a really sucky outfield defense.
Daniel Murphy was the star offensive performer, going 3/4 with a homer and 4 rbi's. He was a double shy of the cycle, and he raised his batting line to .255/.311/.404, and his OPS to .715. While much has been made of Murphy's downfall from last year, he does have an .286 BABIP, which is below average.
Frankie Rodrgiuez came on in the 9th for the save, and had to make it interesting with 2 outs, walking Baker and then giving up a double to Soto, but he got Fukodome to ground out to end the game.
Stupid Decision of the Day: Pinch hitting Schneider with Tatis. Playing the rightie lefty splits is stupid when you're in the lead in the 8th inning.
Random Thought of the Day: Why can't Josh Thole play back to back games? And, Jerry you play Schneider instead of him?
Clutch Play of the Game: Murphy 2 run triple in the 7th. +.151WPA.
Bryce Harper Sweepstakes™: Mets have 10th pick, 1.5 back (ahead) of Cleveland for 5th.
Brian Schneider Line: .195/.274/.318. Up from .185/.267/.311.
Up Next for the Mets: off day, then series with Marlins.

It wouldn't of lasted; Lose 5-3

In yesterday's game, Nelson Figueroa struck out 8 Cubs (bringing his total to 18 against them), gave up 7 hits and 2 walks in the 6 innings, and got 14.95% swinging strikes. However, he also gave up 4 runs, both on 2 run homers. The Mets struck out 10 times against Rich Harden in 5 innings, and 13 times overall. Harden had a 22.5% swinging strikes. Cory Sullivan hit another home run (power surge!) and now has a .287/.368/.455. He has a wOBA (weighted On Base average, stat that gives a value to everything in runs, and divides by Plate appearances, it's on a On Base Percentage scale) of .366 (average is .325). Josh Thole went 2/4, so he's now batting .444/.444/.556 for a 1.000 OPS and a .463 wOBA. He also hasn't swung at a pitch outside the strike zone yet, showing great plate discipline. (Frenchy, take notes) Luis Castillo went 2/5, and is now batting .311, with more importantly, an OBP of .400, which is good for 11th in the National League and 16th in all of Major League Baseball. David Wright went 1/4 with a sac fly, but also struck out a hat trick of times. He now has 113 strikeouts, and is on pace for 137.
Stupid Decision of the Day: Well, the fact that the Mets left 10 on is not Jerry's fault.
Random Thought of the Day: Nick Evans only pinch hits. C'mon Jerry, play him. Please.
Clutch Play of the Game: Pagan single in 7th. +.121 WPA.
Up Next for the Mets:
Mets vs Cubs 1:10 PM ET
Mike Pelfrey (9-10 5.03 ERA 4.29 FIP 4.97 tRA)
Randy Wells (10-7 2.90 ERA 3.83 FIP 4.49 tRA)