Of the Month

[Guest Edgy DC]

Jose Reyes: National League Player of the Month for April

John Maine: National League Pitcher of the Month for April

[metirish]

Congrats to both,I wonder will that reflect here with the Schaefer voting.

[Guest sharpie]

September 1985 was the last time the Mets had player and pitcher of the month: Gary Carter and Doc Gooden.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Dumb luck says it should happen once every 256 months in a 16-team league.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

That trade for Maine is looking better with every start.

I think that might go down as Omar's version of the David Cone for Ed Hearn/Rick Anderson heist.

[MFS62]

The trade for Oliver Perez isn't looking too shabby, either.

Question:
Did the Mets ever have a left handed pitcher lead the team, or the league, in strikeouts?

Later

[metirish]

Leiter with 200 in 2000?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

w/o looking it up Leiter must have led his squads more than once but wasn't near the league leaders. Matlack & Kooz never whiffed with Seaver and Sid never with Doc, so I'd say no.

[Gwreck]

Party at Maine's (or Reyes') place:

Roy Halladay and John Maine will each receive a Sharp AQUOS® full HD LCD-TV and a specially designed trophy to commemorate their Pitcher of the Month performances.

For setting the highest definition of excellence, Sharp, the presenting sponsor of the National League Player of the Month Award, presents Jose Reyes with a Sharp AQUOS full HD LCD-TV.

[Guest Edgy DC]

This forum pretty much immolated after the trade that brought Maine here. I'm very happy to see this shaking out the way it is.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Pitchers who led the Mets in strikeouts:

http://leaptoad.com/mets/yrleaders.php?cattype=p#so

A few lefties on the list: Al Jackson, Koosman, Sid, Leiter, and Falcone.

[MFS62]

Thanks.
Later

[soupcan]

Edgy DC wrote: This forum pretty much immolated after the trade that brought Maine here.

How do you mean?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ugly posting.about the Mets and each other.

[soupcan]

Huh.

I don't recall anyone being so passionate about the loss of Kris Benson.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Trust me.

A lot of other shit bubbled up in that thread also.

[Willets Point]

Some relevant threads:

Benson-Julio Redux
--Commentary on this thread in: Edgy and Bret - Together Again
Benson for Julio and "The Duke" John Maine
Benson deal--What if?
Non-clever poll on the Benson trade
Being John Maine

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

]What do you think of the Benson/Julio/Maine trade? I love the Benson/Julio/Maine trade! 1 votes I like the Benson/Julio/Maine trade. 4 votes I have no opinion. 6 votes I dislike the Benson/Julio/Maine trade. 10 votes I hate the Benson/Julio/Maine trade! 9 votes

Optimists among us seemed to hold out hope there'd be a subsequent deal to get Zito or some other name-brand starter.

In retrospect this trade really proved to illustrate a paradigm shift for the Mets: After for so many years being the kind of team that was overly cautious to acquire starters with track records and be somewhat distrustful of pitchers without them, we do the complete opposite.

http://www.getalifealready.com/cpf/archives/2200/f1_t2234.shtml

[Guest Edgy DC]

Willets Point wrote: Some relevant threads: Benson-Julio Redux --Commentary on this thread in: Edgy and Bret - Together Again Benson for Julio and "The Duke" John Maine Benson deal--What if? Non-clever poll on the Benson trade Being John Maine

Celebrate passing of era... relaunch paine of era.

[Willets Point]

Paine of Maine goes down the draine?

[soupcan]

Wow.

Um, I guess I was wrong.

[metirish]

I'm pulling a Francesa and saying that I loved the trade for the day it was made...

[Guest Edgy DC]

Phillip Humber, PCL Pitcher of the Week.