Marlins at Mets, 8/8-8/10

Important series against one of the two teams in front of the Mets. Nolasco (11-6, 3.91) versus Ollie (7-7, 4.12).

 

Marlins signed Lo Duca and sent him to AAA.

Tatis looks awful, but makes the catch.

 

Buh bye. Wright with back-to-back two-run HRs. 2-0 Mets.

 

Looks like it might be bad Ollie tonight.

 

Ollie gets through it this time, but he doesn't look very good.

I think I'll stop talking to myself now.

 

Not while Castro is out, that's for sure. Anyway, who is better who is around? There aren't too many decent catchers around.

 

You are correct, which is why they need to score about 4 more runs.

 

Happy 8:08 on 08/08/08.

Edit: I started that post at 8:08!

Edit again: and Ollie has an 8-pitch inning, of course.

 

Here's the list of catchers who have played at least 60 games who have a higher OPS than Schneider:

Player Team P GP GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS SH SF OBP SLG OPS HBP
B. McCann ATL C 101 95 .306 360 48 110 29 1 20 64 201 44 46 3 0 0 1 .386 .558 0.944 4
R. Doumit PIT C 74 68 .338 281 52 95 24 0 12 41 155 15 38 2 1 0 2 .380 .552 0.932 5
C. Iannetta COL C 66 60 .261 218 30 57 13 2 12 46 110 31 63 0 0 1 1 .375 .505 0.88 9
J. Mauer MIN C 100 94 .317 360 68 114 25 1 7 52 162 60 35 0 1 1 5 .409 .450 0.859 0
G. Soto CHC C 106 100 .277 375 44 104 27 1 17 63 184 47 97 0 0 0 5 .355 .491 0.846 1
R. Martin LA C 110 105 .293 396 60 116 19 0 10 53 165 58 57 11 5 0 1 .386 .417 0.803 3
C. Snyder ARI C 79 72 .241 232 30 56 15 1 9 44 100 39 65 0 0 3 4 .353 .431 0.784 3
D. Navarro TB C 85 81 .302 301 29 91 19 0 6 40 128 24 36 0 4 2 1 .359 .425 0.784 3
J. Flores WAS C 71 60 .276 232 21 64 14 1 8 51 104 15 61 0 1 0 4 .325 .448 0.773 4
I. Rodriguez NYY C 88 84 .291 316 34 92 16 3 6 33 132 20 54 6 1 3 2 .335 .418 0.753 2
A. Pierzynski CHW C 95 88 .288 378 45 109 23 1 9 44 161 16 52 1 0 1 4 .323 .426 0.749 5
Y. Molina STL C 97 90 .307 348 29 107 15 0 4 42 134 26 24 0 2 0 5 .353 .385 0.738 1
R. Barajas TOR C 75 67 .260 250 31 65 16 0 9 37 108 12 40 0 0 0 1 .306 .432 0.738 5
K. Suzuki OAK C 105 98 .287 383 42 110 18 1 5 31 145 26 56 2 3 2 1 .343 .379 0.722 7
R. Hernandez BAL C 92 84 .250 320 36 80 16 1 12 45 134 24 42 0 0 1 4 .303 .419 0.722 2
B. Molina SF C 101 94 .275 374 32 103 23 0 8 63 150 15 28 0 0 0 9 .305 .401 0.706 5
J. Buck KC C 80 78 .237 274 38 65 18 0 8 39 107 27 65 0 3 0 3 .314 .391 0.705 5
J. Varitek BOS C 93 84 .220 304 23 67 17 0 8 32 108 37 89 0 0 0 1 .310 .355 0.665 3
J. Mathis ANA C 72 70 .210 219 29 46 7 0 9 38 80 26 68 2 1 8 3 .299 .365 0.664 3
J. Kendall MIL C 105 104 .244 360 34 88 21 2 1 33 116 34 32 6 3 3 2 .327 .322 0.649 11

That's a total of 20 catchers - that's all. The pool is very shallow, I'm afraid.

 

It's going to be tough to end the inning here when there's only 1 out, Ron.

 

Ollie has turned it around, but he still needs to get through two more innings.

 

I was at that game where Carter hit it out off Neil Allen in his first game as a Met. Nice to see the replay.

 

Ollie through 6 giving up 0 runs and 1 hit, but also 106 pitches. Does Manuel have the guts to send him out for the 7th?

 

I don't know how long this can last, but Murphy has been a lot of fun so far.

 

Maybe part of why people don't talk about Rhodes as great is that in his entire 16-year career before this year he had an ERA below 3 exactly twice?