Sunday, July 19, 2020 • 7:05 pm
Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY
RHP Corey Oswalt (-1, 1.13) vs. LHP Jordan Montgomery (-1, 4.09)
SNY • Certainly • MLB Network (out of industry only) • WCBS 880 AM
Positives from previous evening: The Mets performed baseball!
For the to start with time given that March 11, the Mets suited up to enjoy an additional specialist baseball group. There ended up some variances.
Gary, Keith and Ron have been not all in the similar booth. The dugouts extended into the stands with particular seats marked “sit in this article.” Some players and coaches had masks on in the dugout and bullpens, other folks didn’t. There was fewer throwing the ball close to the infield following a strikeout. Items we’ll get utilised to in short buy.
The serious foe of the night time for the Mets was not the Yankees – it was their very own protection.
The Mets scattered four fielding and throwing problems through the night time that led to items finding out of handle in the ninth inning. A lot of us, myself bundled, are probably reading as well considerably into it since it’s the 1st real matter relevant to the Mets to start out overreacting to in some time.
Character is healing, I guess.
In any case, on to tonight. The Mets will send out out Corey Oswalt, who is battling his way up the depth chart. Oswalt noticed a cup of espresso with the Mets past year, logging 6.2 innings of function in excess of two video games whilst allowing for 9 operates.
In the minors, nevertheless, he began 18 online games, pitching 92.2 innings with a 2.82 Era. Prior to the worldwide pandemic upended all lifetime as we realized it in the states, he pitched three video games in Spring Teaching, totaling 8 innings and allowing two operates, one attained.
Mets Lineup
- Jeff McNeil 3B
- Pete Alonso 1B
- Robinson Cano 2B
- Yoenis Cespedes LF
- Michael Conforto RF
- J.D. Davis DH
- Amed Rosario SS
- Brandon Nimmo CF
- Rene Rivera C









Yankees Lineup
- DJ LeMahieu 2B
- Aaron Judge RF
- Gleyber Torres SS
- Giancarlo Stanton DH
- Aaron Hicks CF
- Gary Sanchez C
- Luke Voit 1B
- Brett Gardner LF
- Matt Duffy 3B









Notes
Exterior of Wilson Ramos, who I believed was likely to play tonight, this is quite close to the normal commencing lineup for the Mets.
It is nice to see McNeil start off following sitting down yesterday and Luis Rojas is providing Mets fans anything to discussion, rolling with Robinson batting third all over again. (We’ll see if this takes place as soon as the season begins – I’m preserving my grievances about it until finally then).
The obvious, evident emphasize in the lineup is Yoenis enjoying in the field. He’s going to principally DH this year (at minimum that’s what the popular perception is) but this is nevertheless pleasant to see.
This lineup will have to offer with Jordan Montgomery. Through the 2019 year he pitched in two games, and in four innings he authorized 3 operates from seven hits.
He’s going to be rounding out the Yankees rotation as their fourth or fifth starter this calendar year as he continues to perform back again from Tommy John medical procedures back again in 2018. In general, in spring he permitted five operates off seven hits and four homers over 11 innings of function.
Let us Go Mets! Check out 213 Miles From Shea! We are at the moment performing by projections of Mets’ stats for a 60-sport period.
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