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  1. Benjamin Grimm
    If they trade with the Cubs, I'd like another shot at Pete Crow-Armstrong. (Not sure how likely that is.) Joe Rock should change his name to Joe Rockhead. https://listium-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/w_800,h_800,c_limit,q_auto,f_auto/nue2rxnmejqf01ltjdmy.jpg>
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    He'll be back by May 15. 10-8, 3.60 ERA. 120 innings.
  3. Benjamin Grimm
    He'll be named Team Captain. (I know I said the same thing about Lindor. I think it will happen for one of them. Maybe even both of them.)
  4. Benjamin Grimm
    Edgy MD wrote: From 1999 to 2013, a lefthander received the honor 13 times in 15 years, so this is kind of returning to a latter-day tradition. A lot of Leiter and Glavine and Santana, I guess.
  5. Benjamin Grimm
    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Let the Baty/Vientos duo stand up or not That's been the plan. I think it probably still is, but I suppose it's possible that they'll deviate a bit. I don't think pivoting to J.D. Davis would be that much of a detour. But we'll see...
  6. Benjamin Grimm
    I saw a headline that said "METS TALKING TO JD" and I assumed it was Davis. (But I was wrong.) I'd be happy to get either of them, but I think Davis is a safer and more reasonable choice.
  7. Benjamin Grimm
    I haven't been watching, but I had the impression that Vientos was doing well this spring. Am I wrong?
  8. Benjamin Grimm
    I'm very optimistic about this guy. I think he'll be 30/30 again, and will be in the Top Ten for the MVP. And he'll be named team captain.
  9. Benjamin Grimm
    Benjamin Grimm wrote: Darryl is now eligible to start collecting Social Security, but he'd be better off waiting until he's 70. (Every day I get several articles in my Google News feed from Motley Fool telling me that it's better to collect at 70 than at 62.) Why so ? The longer you wait to collect, the greater your monthly benefit. You should only collect at 62 if you absolutely need the money, or if you have strong reason to suspect that you won't live to be 80.
  10. Benjamin Grimm
    Darryl is now eligible to start collecting Social Security, but he'd be better off waiting until he's 70. (Every day I get several articles in my Google News feed from Motley Fool telling me that it's better to collect at 70 than at 62.)
  11. Benjamin Grimm
    Who's that with him? His wife and daughter? I've forgotten what kids he has. I remember a Diamond Nicole and a Darryl Jr. I don't think that's either of them.
  12. Benjamin Grimm
    I'm always glad to get a Rarity Score under 100. Today I got a 46, much above my best of 5, but pretty darn good. MIN/OAK: Cesar Tovar 0.9% MIN/OF: Tony Oliva 2% MIN/200 wins: Steve Carlton 4% TEX/OAK: Dave Stewart 2% TEX/OF: Oddibe McDowell 2% TEX/200 wins: Max Scherzer 20% CLE/OAK: Tris Speaker 1% CLE/OF: Kenny Lofton 12% CLE/200 wins: Early Wynn 2%
  13. Benjamin Grimm
    At some point he'll be available for the major league minimum, won't he? With the Giants on the hook for the balance? (Unless he's claimed or the waivers are revoked before then.)
  14. Benjamin Grimm
    I immediately thought of Rick Sutcliffe.
  15. Benjamin Grimm
    That's what happens when I post from my phone. 😕
  16. Benjamin Grimm
    Edgy MD wrote: It would be nice if somebody in contemporary America did something that wasn't entirely derivative. At least it doesn't look like Ebbets Field. I'm hoping that the retro era of stadium design is over. It was f7n when the Orioles did it, but now it's gone too far.
  17. Benjamin Grimm
    Maybe the error was made by whoever put together the box score. Since it's a spring training game, I wouldn't be surprised if someone put that in as a joke. Maybe H. Cohen is someone's mishap-prone friend.
  18. Benjamin Grimm
    This is from the article the Seo linked in the initial post of this thread: Verlander's timetable to recover will be worth keeping a close eye on not just for the potential roster ramifications and any contingency plans, however. He also has a vesting $35MM player option for the 2025 season that'll kick in if he pitches 140 innings and if a third-party doctor confirms that Verlander does not have an arm injury (at season's end) that'd keep him from being ready for the 2025 campaign. Notably, as a condition of the trade sending Verlander from Queens to Houston, the Mets are on the hook for $17.5MM of that option's value if it vests and if Verlander picks it up. This means that 140 innings won't necessarily cause the contract to vest. Not if he has an injury at the end of the season that would make him miss the beginning of the 2025 season. (I can't believe next year is 2025, by the way. I remember when 1989 turned to 1990 and it seemed like we were far in the future.)
  19. Benjamin Grimm
    "Jeter Downs" sounds like a race track.
  20. Benjamin Grimm
    Or with Megill or Lucchesi. Or Hamel or Vasil or Scott. I'm really hoping one of those three turns out to be like Jacob deGrom in 2015. I think this year's Mets rotation needs a fabulous surprise.
  21. Benjamin Grimm
    That agentive noun thing can't be a coincidence.
  22. Benjamin Grimm
    Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I'm indifferent to this. Me too. I don't see any reason to be upset about this; it's just more stadium noise if you're not interested and just another between-inning distraction if you are.
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  24. Benjamin Grimm
    Yeah, it wasn't the best of times. We got a dose of optimism when George Foster arrived in 1982, but that didn't last long. 1983 was the real turning point: Seaver returned, Darryl was promoted, Keith arrived. And watching the games got a lot more entertaining when Tim McCarver and Steve Zabriskie replaced Lorn Brown in the booth. The two of them were fun in their own right, and they reenergized Ralph Kiner.
  25. Benjamin Grimm
    Is that Gary Carter behind the plate?
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