Schaefer 2018: 14 Years of Having More Than One

[Benjamin Grimm]

(Stockholm, Sweden) Voting for the 2018 Schaefer Mets Player of the Year Award will begin on Friday, March 30, the Crane Pool Forum has announced. This will be the fourteenth season that Crane Pool Forum members will be participating in Schaefer voting. The Schaefer Mets Player of the Year Award was established in the 1970's, and Schaefer points were awarded by Mets broadcasters Lindsey Nelson, Ralph Kiner, and Bob Murphy. The award was re-established by the Crane Pool Forum in 2005. Third baseman David Wright has been the winner in in six of the thirteen years of the revived prize. The other winners were Johan Santana in 2008, Jose Reyes in 2011, Daniel Murphy in 2013, Lucas Duda in 2014, Jacob deGrom in 2015 and 2017, and Yoenis Cespedes in 2016. The new voting format that was introduced for the 2016 season will continue. Instead of voting in dedicated Schaefer threads in the forum, voters will go to http://potg.ultimatemets.com and fill in an online Schaefer ballot. Voting for each game will open automatically as soon as the box score has been pasted into the Ultimate Mets Database. This will usually be the morning after each game has been played, but may in some circumstances be considerably later than that, according to CPF spokesmodel Benjamin Grimm. Voting will stay open for about ten days, after which the votes will be tallied and the results will be posted in the IGT thread. In addition, says Grimm, each month a Schaefer Mets Player, Pitcher, Relief Pitcher, and Bench Player of the Month will be named.

NEW FOR THIS YEAR:
1. Voting for each game will close a little more quickly than it has in the past. In the last two years, there would be two tallies per month, approximately every two weeks. Now they'll be done ten days apart. Watch this thread for notices of impending vote closures.
2. I will no longer be accepting requests to edit anyone's votes after they've been cast. (Example: "I forgot to give Rosario credit for his double. Please give him a half point and reduce Wheeler's points to 2.1.") Instead, if you need to make a change, let me know which game is at issue. I'll remove all of your votes and you can then revote the game in its entirety.

Unfortuntely, we seem to have lost one of our most enthusastic voters (themetfairy) so participation will be reduced accordingly unless she decides to make a stunning return. But since Schaefer has become (mostly) a well-oiled self-running machine, the diminished participation will not get in the way of another year of Schaefer voting.

LAS VEGAS ODDS
Las Vegas bookmakers are taking bets on the winner of the Schaefer Mets Player of the Year Award. Their currently posted odds are:

Syndergaard 2-1
deGrom 2-1
Cespedes 3-1
Bruce 5-1
Conforto 6-1
Frazier 8-1
Cabrera 10-1
Rosario 10-1
Nimmo 15-1
Harvey 15-1
Vargas 15-1
Reyes 16-1
Flores 18-1
Gonzalez 20-1
Matz 25-1
Wheeler 25-1
Smith 25-1
Lagares 30-1
Gsellman 30-1
Lugo 30-1
Field 100-1

[Guest d'Kong76]

Very cool, happy to hear the tradition continues!

[Guest 41Forever]

Awesome!

[ashie62]

I was thinking of this today.

Thanks!

[MFS62]

1) Can't wait
2) I'm looking at a 100-1 payoff when Montero wins the award.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

Baseball Reference is a bit slow getting out of the gate once again this year, and yesterday's box score is not yet available for me to paste into my UMDB box score spreadsheet. As a result, Schaefer voting for Opening Day will be delayed. We do apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. To show our appreciation for your patience, please stop by the front desk to pick up a voucher for a free drink at the bar in the lounge.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for the first eight games of the season (against St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Washington) will close one week from today, on Thursday, April 19.

If you're on the list below with an 8 next to your name, you're all caught up on the games that are about to close. If not, and if you're so inclined, please try to get your votes in over the next week.

G-Fafif 8
Benjamin Grimm 8
Kongsuds 8
Lunch 8
Vic Sage 8

TransMonk 7
Ashie62 6
Methead 6
FK 5
Zvon 4
seawolf17 3
dgwphotography 3
RealityChuck 3
Centerfield 1

[G-Fafif]

I don't if the home office in Stockholm takes requests, but it occurs to me a silhouette of the principals in the accompanying photo might look good on a "This game is now available..." placard. Uncle Floyd, Oogie, together or separate. Stockholm's call.

[Benjamin Grimm]

We're kind of maxed out right now. Last year we expanded to 54 images, which is one third of a season. There are currently no plans to add any more images, but if that should change, your request will be cheerfully considered!

We do appreciate your interest in the Schaefer Mets Player of the Year voting! And to show our appreciation, we'll be sending you, via mail, some Rice-A-Roni coupons!

[G-Fafif]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: We're kind of maxed out right now. Last year we expanded to 54 images, which is one third of a season. There are currently no plans to add any more images, but if that should change, your request will be cheerfully considered! We do appreciate your interest in the Schaefer Mets Player of the Year voting! And to show our appreciation, we'll be sending you, via mail, some Rice-A-Roni coupons!

The San Francisco treat -- hot damn!

[Valadius]

Wait, why did we switch from Schaefer forum threads?

[Frayed Knot]

Valadius wrote: Wait, why did we switch from Schaefer forum threads?

To combat global warming.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Valadius wrote: Wait, why did we switch from Schaefer forum threads?

To make things easier for me.

[Benjamin Grimm]

FINAL REMINDER: Voting for the first eight games of the season (through April 8) will close on Thursday morning.

[Benjamin Grimm]

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Week ending March 31, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 3.43 points.
Week ending April 7, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 3.67 points.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for the games played between April 9 and April 18 (against Miami, Milwaukee, and Washington) will close one week from today, on Monday, April 30.

If you're on the list below with an 9 next to your name, you're all caught up on the games that are about to close. If not, and if you're so inclined, please try to get your votes in over the next week.

Kongsuds 9
Benjamin Grimm 9
Lunch 9
Methead 9

Ashie62 8
G-Fafif 8
TransMonk 6
dgwphotography 4
Vic Sage 3
Centerfield 3
RealityChuck 2

[Benjamin Grimm]

FINAL REMINDER:

Voting for the games played between April 9 and April 18 (against Miami, Milwaukee, and Washington) will close on Monday, April 30.

If you're on the list below with an 9 next to your name, you're all caught up on the games that are about to close.

Ashie62 9
Kongsuds 9
Vic Sage 9
Benjamin Grimm 9
Lunch 9
Methead 9
G-Fafif 9

TransMonk 6
dgwphotography 4
Centerfield 3
RealityChuck 2

[Benjamin Grimm]

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Week ending March 31, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 3.43 points.
Week ending April 7, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 3.67 points.
Week ending April 14, 2018: Asdrubal Cabrera, 5.29 points.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for all remaining games played in April will close one week from today, on Thursday, May 10.

If you're on the list below with an 9 next to your name, you're all caught up on the games that are about to close. If not, and if you're so inclined, please try to get your votes in over the next week.

G-Fafif 9
Kongsuds 9
Benjamin Grimm 9
Ashie62 9
Vic Sage 9

Methead 8
Lunch 7
TransMonk 4
Centerfield 1

[Benjamin Grimm]

FINAL REMINDER that all remaining games played in April will close tomorrow (Thursday) morning.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Week ending March 31, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 3.43 points.
Week ending April 7, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 3.67 points.
Week ending April 14, 2018: Asdrubal Cabrera, 5.29 points.
Week ending April 21, 2018: Jacob deGrom, 8.78 points.
Week ending April 28, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 5.18 points.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for all remaining games played from May 1 through May 13 will close one week from today, on Thursday, May 24. These would be the games played against the Braves, Rockies, Reds, and Phillies.

If you're on the list below with an 11 next to your name, you're all caught up on the games that are about to close. If not, and if you're so inclined, please try to get your votes in over the next week.

Benjamin Grimm 11
G-Fafif 11
Vic Sage 11
Kongsuds 11
Ashie62 9
Methead 9
Lunch 7
TransMonk 2

[Benjamin Grimm]

38 players have appeared in one or more games for the Mets in 2018, and all but four have earned at least a fraction of a Schaefer point. (This includes games for which the voting is still open.)

The four are:
[list:2ew9z0vg]Buddy Baumann
Phillip Evans
Dominic Smith
Jason Vargas[/list:u:2ew9z0vg]

This Fun Fact has been brought to you by the Bureau of Miscellaneous Information.

[Benjamin Grimm]

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Week ending March 31, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 3.43 points.
Week ending April 7, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 3.67 points.
Week ending April 14, 2018: Asdrubal Cabrera, 5.29 points.
Week ending April 21, 2018: Jacob deGrom, 8.78 points.
Week ending April 28, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 5.18 points.
Week ending May 5, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 4.19 points.
Week ending May 12, 2018: Michael Conforto, 3.99 points.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for the all remaining games played in May will close on Tuesday, June 12..

If you're on the list below with a 17 next to your name, you're all caught up on the games that are about to close. If not, and if you're so inclined, please try to get your votes in over the next week.

Ashie62 17
Benjamin Grimm 17
Vic Sage 17
G-Fafif 17
Kongsuds 17
Lunch 11
Methead 7
TransMonk 4
dgwphotography 1
MetsSuck 1
Nymr83 1
RealityChuck 1

[Benjamin Grimm]

Final reminder: Voting for the remaining 17 games in May will close on Tuesday.

[Benjamin Grimm]

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Week ending March 31, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 3.43 points.
Week ending April 7, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 3.67 points.
Week ending April 14, 2018: Asdrubal Cabrera, 5.29 points.
Week ending April 21, 2018: Jacob deGrom, 8.78 points.
Week ending April 28, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 5.18 points.
Week ending May 5, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 4.19 points.
Week ending May 12, 2018: Michael Conforto, 3.99 points.
Week ending May 19, 2018: Jacob deGrom, 4.72 points.
Week ending May 26, 2018: Brandon Nimmo, 7.83 points.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voting for the games played between June 1 and June 17 will close on Tuesday, July 3.

If you're on the list below with a 14 next to your name, you're all caught up on the games that are about to close. If not, and if you're so inclined, please try to get your votes in over the next week.

Vic Sage 14
Benjamin Grimm 14
G-Fafif 14
Kongsuds 14
Ashie62 11
FK 1

[G-Fafif]

In the June 25 voting (and all subsequent appearances unless he changes positions), Tyler Bashor should be presented as a pitcher.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Fixed. Thanks!