Benjamin Grimm

He signed with the Phillies on March 2, 2019. (That was a pivotal day in my personal life, it just so happens! And not because of Bryce Harper or the Phiilies.)

What was it that the Dodgers did with Ohtani, to make it so his contract would come with less of a luxury penalty? I'm wondering if maybe the Mets might be able to sign Montgomery or Snell to a one-year deal with deferred money or something similar, which would prevent the contract from costing the estimated $70 million for 2024.

I only got eight out of nine today, but I'm pretty sure I got gypped. For Played in Negro Leagues/Played Outfield Min. 1 Game, I chose Hank Aaron. I can't see why that would have been rejected.

Well, if Montgomery or Snell would really cost $70 million this year, I can understand them turning to Tylor Megill instead. I guess all we can do is hope for the best, but to expect the Mets.

The Daily News is taking this personally, it seems. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2024/20240222_NYDN_02.jpg>

Will Sammon, The Athletic wrote: If the Mets were going to agree to any extension with catcher Francisco Alvarez soon, it would probably make the most sense after the season starts. That's because of the ramifications any such agreement ahead of the season would have on payroll. Since they are over the final luxury tax threshold, the Mets face stiff penalties, essentially paying a 110 percent hit on a player's annual average value. So extending a player like Alvarez now would mean a higher salary number for the competitive balance tax and one that they'd be paying a 110 percent penalty on.

The Mets did something like this with Jon Niese, if I remember correctly.

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Is that TV's Anthony Anderson?

If something happens to Lindor, I think we'll see Jett Williams.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: THEY DON'T GOT IT was a #9 seed. What's the lowest seed to have won the Tabloid Cover Derby?? Wonderful, as always, Grimm, thank you! Our 2017 winner, GOD OF BLUNDER, was a number 12 seed. 2019's winner, STREAKERS, was a number 11. THEY DON'T GOT IT is actually the third number 9 seed to win, following 2018's MIDNIGHT BADNESS and last year's MISERY.

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I got a 66 today, with more than half of it in one cell, the Mike Brady slot. CLE/1B: Frank Robinson 0.4% CLE/CF: Kenny Lofton 34% CLE/Int.: Amed Rosario 1% KC/1B: Clint Hurdle 0.1% KC/CF: Willie Wilson 11% KC/Int.: Jorge Orta 1% CHN/1B: Leon Durham 6% CHN/CF: Bob Dernier 4% CHN/Int.: Aroldis Chapman 7%

I'm surprised at how few White Sox pitchers had 200 strikeouts in a season. That was the only category I missed today. (Lamar Hoyt was incorrect.)

https://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2022/20220804_NYDN_02.jpg> Lost in the final round of last year's Tabloid Cover Derby.

Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil, Brandon Nimmo are all poised to move up into semi-elite territory on some of the Mets' all-time offensive lists, with Francisco Lindor in the mix in a few categories as well. There are very few established Mets players on the pitching staff. Edwin Diaz is already among the all-time save leaders and he'll soon start making inroads in the games pitched category. GAMES Nimmo, Alonso, and McNeil all have a chance of reaching the Top Twenty this year. 1. Ed Kranepool 1,853 2. David Wright 1,585 3. Jose Reyes 1,365 4. Bud Harrelson 1,322 5. Jerry Grote 1,235 6. Cleon Jones 1,201 7. Howard Johnson 1,154 8. Mookie Wilson 1,116 9. Darryl Strawberry 1,109 10. Edgardo Alfonzo 1,086 11. Lee Mazzilli 979 12. Mike Piazza 972 13. Rusty Staub 942 14. Rey Ordonez 916 15. Daniel Murphy 903 16. Wayne Garrett 883 17. Keith Hernandez 880 18. Carlos Beltran 839 19. Todd Hundley 829 20. John Stearns 809 21. Kevin McReynolds 787 22. Wally Backman 765 23. Lucas Duda 760 23. Brandon Nimmo 760 25. Michael Conforto 757 26. John Milner 741 27. Ron Swoboda 737 28. Juan Lagares 718 29. Dave Magadan 701 30. Pete Alonso 684 31. Ken Boswell 681 31. Felix Millan 681 33. Jeff McNeil 672 RUNS Nimmo and Alonso are already in the Top Twenty, McNeil is close, and Francisco Lindor is within range. Nimmo can break into the Top Ten this year. 1. David Wright 949 2. Jose Reyes 885 3. Darryl Strawberry 662 4. Howard Johnson 627 5. Edgardo Alfonzo 614 6. Mookie Wilson 592 7. Cleon Jones 563 8. Carlos Beltran 551 9. Ed Kranepool 536 10. Mike Piazza 532 11. Bud Harrelson 490 12. Keith Hernandez 455 13. Brandon Nimmo 424 14. Daniel Murphy 422 15. Kevin McReynolds 405 16. Lee Mazzilli 404 17. Pete Alonso 402 18. Michael Conforto 400 19. Wayne Garrett 389 20. Wally Backman 359 21. Tommie Agee 344 22. Todd Hundley 340 23. John Stearns 334 24. Jeff McNeil 333 25. Lucas Duda 325 26. Curtis Granderson 317 27. John Milner 315 28. Jerry Grote 314 29. Felix Millan 308 30. Dave Kingman 302 31. Rusty Staub 296 32. George Foster 290 33. John Olerud 288 34. Lenny Dykstra 287 35. Francisco Lindor 279 HITS McNeil is already in the Top Twenty, and Nimmo and Alonso are close, but the Top Ten is out of reach for this season. 1. David Wright 1,777 2. Jose Reyes 1,534 3. Ed Kranepool 1,418 4. Cleon Jones 1,188 5. Edgardo Alfonzo 1,136 6. Mookie Wilson 1,112 7. Bud Harrelson 1,029 8. Mike Piazza 1,028 9. Darryl Strawberry 1,025 10. Howard Johnson 997 11. Jerry Grote 994 12. Daniel Murphy 967 13. Keith Hernandez 939 14. Carlos Beltran 878 15. Lee Mazzilli 796 16. Kevin McReynolds 791 17. Felix Millan 743 18. Jeff McNeil 721 19. Rey Ordonez 720 20. Rusty Staub 709 21. John Stearns 695 22. Brandon Nimmo 692 23. Wally Backman 670 24. Wayne Garrett 667 25. Michael Conforto 650 26. Hubie Brooks 640 27. Pete Alonso 635 DOUBLES 1. David Wright 390 2. Jose Reyes 272 3. Daniel Murphy 228 4. Ed Kranepool 225 5. Howard Johnson 214 6. Edgardo Alfonzo 212 7. Carlos Beltran 208 8. Mike Piazza 193 9. Darryl Strawberry 187 10. Cleon Jones 182 11. Mookie Wilson 170 12. Keith Hernandez 159 13. Kevin McReynolds 153 14. John Stearns 152 15. Lee Mazzilli 148 16. Lucas Duda 146 16. Jeff McNeil 146 18. Jerry Grote 143 19. Michael Conforto 141 20. Brandon Nimmo 136 21. Rusty Staub 130 22. Bud Harrelson 123 23. Todd Hundley 118 24. Rey Ordonez 115 25. Felix Millan 111 25. Pete Alonso 111 HOME RUNS The big question is, will Pete Alonso be with the Mets long enough to pass Darryl Strawberry? If this is his last season here, he should at least break his current tie with Howard Johnson and will likely pass Mike Piazza. Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor should reach the Top Twenty. 1. Darryl Strawberry 252 2. David Wright 242 3. Mike Piazza 220 4. Howard Johnson 192 4. Pete Alonso 192 6. Dave Kingman 154 7. Carlos Beltran 149 8. Michael Conforto 132 9. Lucas Duda 125 10. Todd Hundley 124 11. Kevin McReynolds 122 12. Edgardo Alfonzo 120 13. Ed Kranepool 118 14. Jose Reyes 108 15. Carlos Delgado 104 16. George Foster 99 17. Bobby Bonilla 95 17. Curtis Granderson 95 19. John Milner 94 20. Cleon Jones 93 21. Gary Carter 89 22. Brandon Nimmo 87 23. Tommie Agee 82 24. Cliff Floyd 81 25. Keith Hernandez 80 26. Robin Ventura 77 26. Francisco Lindor 77 RUNS BATTED IN Alonso is in the Top Ten, and has the chance to rise another several notches, perhaps to as high as fourth place. 1. David Wright 970 2. Darryl Strawberry 733 3. Mike Piazza 655 4. Howard Johnson 629 5. Ed Kranepool 614 6. Carlos Beltran 559 7. Edgardo Alfonzo 538 8. Cleon Jones 521 8. Jose Reyes 521 10. Pete Alonso 498 11. Keith Hernandez 468 12. Kevin McReynolds 456 13. Daniel Murphy 402 14. Rusty Staub 399 15. Todd Hundley 397 16. Michael Conforto 396 17. Dave Kingman 389 18. Lucas Duda 378 19. George Foster 361 20. Jerry Grote 357 21. Lee Mazzilli 353 22. Gary Carter 349 23. Mookie Wilson 342 24. Carlos Delgado 339 25. John Milner 338 26. John Stearns 312 27. Ron Swoboda 304 28. Wayne Garrett 295 28. Bobby Bonilla 295 30. John Olerud 291 31. Brandon Nimmo 281 32. Cliff Floyd 273 33. Hubie Brooks 269 33. Jeff McNeil 269 35. Francisco Lindor 268 STOLEN BASES 1. Jose Reyes 408 2. Mookie Wilson 281 3. Howard Johnson 202 4. David Wright 196 5. Darryl Strawberry 191 6. Lee Mazzilli 152 7. Lenny Dykstra 116 8. Bud Harrelson 115 9. Wally Backman 106 10. Roger Cedeno 105 11. Carlos Beltran 100 12. Vince Coleman 99 13. Tommie Agee 92 14. Cleon Jones 91 14. John Stearns 91 16. Frank Taveras 90 17. Angel Pagan 87 18. Eric Young 71 19. Kevin McReynolds 67 20. Lance Johnson 65 21. Gregg Jefferies 63 22. Daniel Murphy 57 22. Francisco Lindor 57 GAMES PITCHED 1. John Franco 695 2. Pedro Feliciano 484 3. Jeurys Familia 469 4. Tom Seaver 401 5. Jerry Koosman 376 6. Jesse Orosco 372 7. Tug McGraw 361 8. Armando Benitez 333 9. Bobby Parnell 329 10. Dwight Gooden 305 Aaron Heilman 305 12. Jeff Innis 288 13. Turk Wendell 285 14. Roger McDowell 280 15. Seth Lugo 275 16. Ron Taylor 269 17. Doug Sisk 263 18. Ron Darling 257 19. Sid Fernandez 255 Dennis Cook 255 21. Craig Swan 229 22. Skip Lockwood 227 23. Neil Allen 223 24. Jerry Blevins 219 25. Edwin Diaz 216 SAVES Edwin Diaz can move from sixth place to third place. 1. John Franco 276 2. Armando Benitez 160 3. Jeurys Familia 124 4. Jesse Orosco 107 5. Billy Wagner 101 6. Edwin Diaz 96 7. Tug McGraw 85 8. Roger McDowell 84 9. Francisco Rodriguez 83 10. Neil Allen 69

Intriguing...

I also like Cubs and Padres.

Best: Red Sox, Cardinals. Worst: Phillies

I only got eight. Harvey Haddix never had an ERA under 3 while a Pirate.

I hope seawolf will consider coming back.

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Jett Williams in 77 sounds good, but 747 would be better.

Pretty stupid looking, I'd say. But I guess some people will buy it.