I was notified by many Met fans in the middle of the Met twin game that Ron Darling was very critical of Nolan McLean.

And one thing I do want to tell you about Nolan McLean is that he was brilliant last night.

And when he faced Byron Buxton, up until the third at bat were Buxton at the home run, he was busting them in basically on every pitch.

The second pitch of the game jumped out of me because it almost hit him and he tipped it. He was like checking his swing and he dipped it. So Nolan McClure was busting him up up and in constantly. But there was a sequence right before he gave up the home run to Buxton in the sixth thing, which obviously changed the game, went from 3-0 and 3 to 2, that Ron Darling noticed and didn't like.

Take a listen to Ron Darling from last night's broadcast, courtesy of S&Y.

Just a little thing that happened there before Buxton, okay?

So the pitch prior almost hit Buxton.

A lot of the pitches have been inside the entire game.

They were teammates at the WBC.

McLean said, looked at Buucks, and they had met, met eyes. He said, my bad, you know, my bad, shouldn't do that. You know,

what happens to a hitter when he hears that? 100%, the next pitch is not going to be inside. It's going to be away. He's a smart hitter and he took advantage of it.

Interesting. Here's more from Ron Darling on this situation.

I know what McLean's doing.

That's being a good citizen.

You don't need to do that out there.

You lose a little bit of competitive advantage.

I get it though.

That's all part of growing and learning.

And so the pitch is in.

My bad.

You never want to do that.

I'll tell you, he convinced me.

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