Benjamin Grimm

Your National League Pitcher of the Month is…JACOB deGROM! Try not to fall over from shock. First Met ever to win National League Pitcher of the Month twice in the same season: http://leaptoad.com/mets/awards.php?tabno=BMETS NATIONAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH AWARD WINNERS

This kind of dashes Jerad Eickoff's Schaefer hopes for June.

Jesse Orosco was one of my nine.

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Banda will turn 28 next month.

I have nine more names that I would nominate, beyond those that have already been officially placed on the table.

Toffey is 26 years old. Came to the Mets from the A's in the Jay-or-reese Familia trade in 2018. Has been in Binghamton all along. The guy with the 6.86 ERA in AAA sounds like just the kind of guy we have plenty of already, but the more the merrier!

David Wright

This e-mail was sent to the UMDB mailbox today: Hello I have a very rare Team Photo of the 1954 Pulaski Appalachian League baseball Team. This was the first team Don Cardwell played for. My Mom who passed away two years ago worked at the concession stand here at the ballpark in Pulaski and had all of the players to sign it. Don signed it also. I may sell it if somebody would give me a good price. My neighbor is an appraiser, collector and seller and wants it so bad he can't stand it. But he only offered me 100.00 for it. I know he would get more than that for it. Anyway Don played here first in 1954 at Calfee Ballpark in Pulaski where I'm at. If you know anybody interested PLMK. Thanks. The writer is referring to the Pulaski Phillies, of Pulaski, Virginia, a Class D team in the Appalachian League. Cardwell was 18 years old that year. The Pulaski Phils won 67 games and lost 46 that year. The only other future big-leaguer on the team was Marshall Renfroe, who pitched two innings for the San Francisco Giants in 1959. Calfee Park opened in 1935 and was renovated in 2015. It's still in use, as the home of the Pulaski River Turtles, in whatever has become of the Appalachian League. If anyone is interested in finding out more about this photo, I can put you in touch with its owner. I don't know much about collectibles anymore, but I have a hunch that it's probably not worth a whole lot more than the $100 she was offered. https://www.oursportscentral.com/graphics/pictures/lg20190906-414354.jpg>

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From Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/07/01/trevor-bauer-must-not-start-after-assault-allegationsTrevor Bauer Must Not Start Sunday Stephanie Apstein wrote: Major League Baseball and the Dodgers organization are so consumed with technicalities that they can't be bothered to do the right thing.

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Warning: The following article contains graphic allegations of domestic violence and sexual assault. This post has been updated with a response from Bauer's representatives. https://sports.yahoo.com/trevor-bauer-dodgers-police-assault-investigation-los-angeles-225713636.htmlDisturbing details emerge in Trevor Bauer assault allegations

It looks more like Peraza is the stead guy for McNeil.

Where had he ranked on the prospect charts?

Yes. That's something that happens when pitchers are in the game but don't actually pitch.

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Now I'm in the mood for a wet teddy bear.

This team can be really fun to watch.

This team can be really hard to watch.

Conforto hitting for Guillorme didn't make sense to me either. The bench is already thin, and Guillorme is just as likely to get a hit as Conforto is. (Or close enough, anyway.) Save Conforto to hit for the pitcher a couple of batters later. I'd rather see Guillorme and Conforto batting in an inning than Conforto and Almora.

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