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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4644717, member: 27"] The good news: Another win. Nimmo is red hot. He had 5 hits today, the same as the Dodgers. Scored 2 and drove in 2. Basically beat the Dodgers by himself. The Mets are 12-7 and 5-1 on this west coast swing so far. Even if they get swept by the Giants, they will break even out West. Alvarez got 2 hits. Might be relaxing a bit. Continues to call good games and frame pitches well. The bad news: The Mets announced Carrasco has a bone spur in his elbow. His elbow was unusually swollen and painful after his last start, which prompted a examination. They gave him a shot of cortisone in his elbow and will see how he feels in 3-5 days. The last time he had a bone spur in his right elbow was 18 months ago. He had elbow surgery and was out for the rest of the season. I think this is a good possibility again now. Max got ejected for having a sticky glove hand before the 4th inning. He was very upset by this. Heard the ump who ejected him has also ejected two other pitchers for sticky hands. Heard this ump is the only ump who has ejected pitchers for this. MLB has a mandatory 10 game suspension for pitchers who get ejected for excessive stickiness. So unless sometime unusual happens, Max is done for April. Last update I saw, Verlander is not expected back until early May. And of course, Cookie is out for a while. If he was able to get come in early May, I think that would be a minor miracle. So who do we have left to start games until early May? Senga Butto Peterson Megill Lucchesi All the guys over 35 are out. Ouch. Butto was just sent down and has to stay down for at least 10 days before he is called up, unless someone goes on the IL. The Mets just placed Cookie on the IL, so that is not a problem. Sounds like if/when Max is suspended, he is going to sue MLB.. He might have a chance to win that lawsuit. Looking ahead to the Giants series, Max was ejected after pitching 3 innings. That put a major burden on the Mets bullpen. Don’t think the Mets have had a pitcher get past the 6th inning all season. Not good. This series will be played Thursday to Sunday. No off days until the Monday travel day. This long stretch of games with no days off is making the bullpen situation even more precarious. Projected Matchups vs Giants: Thursday 4/20 Senga vs Manaea Friday 4/21 TBD* vs DeSciafani Saturday 4/22 Peterson vs Webb Sunday 4/23 Megill vs TBD * projected to be Butto Butto pitched for the Mets on 4/16 so this would be his normal turn in the rotation. Heard the Mets are considering starting Lucchesi instead of Butto. I hope not. Butto looked really good against the As. Monday is a travel day so they could start Senga on Tuesday and skip the fifth starter next week. Probably should still call Lucchesi up and have him available as a long guy. Start Senga, Butto and Peterson against the Nats at home next week and then go with Peterson, Megill, ,Lucchesi and Senga in the 4 game series against the Braves, also at home. Sounds like Verlander is pitching a rehab game in the minors next week. The Syracuse Mets are in town until Sunday, then head to Toledo. Unfortunate. Could see him pitch in Binghamton or Staten Islander rather than traveling all the way to Toledo. Not sure if the Rumble Ponies are in town next week. [/QUOTE]

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