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  1. Benjamin Grimm
    McLean is wearing 26.
  2. Benjamin Grimm
    When the Mets bring up a highly rated prospect, there's always the potential that he'll be the last player to wear whatever uniform number is assigned to him. Given that, the number should be chosen with care. So what number should Jonah Tong be assigned? I looked at the current numerical roster at Baseball Reference. The most suitable numbers that are unclaimed (and unretired) seem to be 21, 40, and 45. I've seen photos of Tong in a number 38 Mets jersey, but that's currently assigned to Tylor Megill. Other good numbers are currently assigned to less prominent players who are currently inactive, such as 19 (Jose Siri), 29 (Jared Young), 30 (Hayden Senger), 32 (Max Kranick), 33 (A.J. Minter), 49 (Chris Devenski). I had suggested 30 for Nolan McLean, because he shares a first name (sort of) with Nolan Ryan. For Tong, based on what's outlined above, I'm thinking he'll be a 40.
  3. Benjamin Grimm
    It's kind of refreshing that nobody has been offended by this thread.
  4. Benjamin Grimm
    Not because of this, but I'm going to start scaling back the features of the UMDB this offseason. There will be fewer clickable pages, and that should (I think) help matters. The bots run rampant through the site and that's most likely what's causing these overloads to occur.
  5. Benjamin Grimm
    I'm not so sure they have an impressive record when they lead after eight innings.
  6. Benjamin Grimm
    Geez, I hope it's not Apple for the first-round playoff games. I'm not really clear about what this means. I'm out-of-market for Mets games, so I currently subscribe to Extra Innings and get MLB.TV as part of that package. Does this mean that instead of paying MLB I'd be paying ESPN so I can watch PIX and SNY Mets games online?
  7. Benjamin Grimm
    I'd also like to see them give Parada a chance.
  8. Benjamin Grimm
    Probably neither. They just want to be prepared for the worst case in case they eventually find out that it's the actual case.
  9. Benjamin Grimm
    I've decided that the league that starts in the East should be called the Sunrise League and the one with the westernmost teams should be the Sunset League. No further discussion is necessary.
  10. Benjamin Grimm
    Yeah, I know. That's a very possible outcome.
  11. Benjamin Grimm
    That's how I see it too. If you're going to scramble the teams that much, rename the leagues. Call them the Continental League and the Frontier League. Or Pioneer League. (I know that there are small independent leagues with those last two names, but I'm sure they'd listen to a reasonable offer.) Or as I said earlier, the Jackie Robinson League and the Roberto Clemente League. Or the Orange League and the Purple League. Or whatever! But keeping "National" and "American" after such a shakeup doesn't seem right.
  12. Benjamin Grimm
    Promoting Parada would probably have implications for the 40-man roster. (I'm guessing here.)
  13. Benjamin Grimm
    Jackson Reetz has been doing about as much of the catching at Syracuse as Senger has, but he hasn't really made much of a case for being promoted. At Binghamton, it's been Kevin Parada. (.251/.321/.429 with 9 homers and 20 doubles in 81 games.)
  14. Benjamin Grimm
    That's pretty much where I am too. Except I'd change "twenty years" to "thirty years".
  15. Benjamin Grimm
    I suppose if you do Salt Lake City instead of Nashville, the Reds could move into the division with the Braves and the Florida teams, the Brewers can then join the Cardinals and the Chicago teams, the Royals could join the Twins, Tigers, and Blue Jays in what would be the weirdest division, and the Salt Lake City Bees would be with the Rockies and the Texas teams. I'm not sure that's much better, but it's different!
  16. Benjamin Grimm
    I agree with the above post from FK. The East/West thing is a key part of the plan and it almost certain to be part of the final realignment. It's not all bad; I like that it means that the Mets will never have a postseason game that starts at 10 p.m. (Not that that's happened very often; I think the last time was either 1999 in Phoenix or 2000 in San Francisco.) And I also agree that four divisions of eight teams each is a lot better than eight divisions of four. If there are still going to be twelve postseason teams (and there certainly won't be fewer) then the four division winners would get the first round bye. This is also an improvement, as currently two division winners each year are forced into the Wild Card round. Each league would have two division winners and four wild cards. I don't know if they'd abandon the league names of National and American. They might as well. Let there be a Jackie Robinson League (for the West; he's from California) and a Roberto Clemente League for the East. It would start a new tradition and would piss off a lot of bigots.
  17. Benjamin Grimm
    I actually think this makes a lot of sense. The Mets (the only team I care about) wouldn't be playing any post-season games on the West Coast in any of the rounds prior to the World Series.
  18. Benjamin Grimm
    I think there would be an Eastern League MVP and a Western League MVP. And Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, etc.
  19. Benjamin Grimm
    I think Manfred wants the expansion and realignment to happen this decade. I guess we'll see...
  20. Benjamin Grimm
    I just read an article about what Manfred said. It sounds like the plan is to have an Eastern League and a Western League. (Or more likely, an Amazon League and a Microsoft League, or something to that effect.) But no more National or American League. There would be sixteen teams in each league. I don't know if that would mean eight divisions of four teams each, but if so, the Mets would probably be sharing a division with the Yankees, Red Sox, and Phillies.
  21. Benjamin Grimm
    Bad news for Dave Kingman as well.
  22. Benjamin Grimm
    When the Mets bring up a highly rated prospect, there's always the potential that he'll be the last player to wear whatever uniform number is assigned to him. Given that, the number should be chosen with care. So what number should Nolan McLean be assigned? I looked at the current numerical roster at https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2025-uniform-numbers.shtml The most suitable numbers that are unclaimed (and unretired) seem to be 21, 26, 40, and 45. I've seen photos of McLean in a number 13 Mets jersey, but that's currently assigned to Luis Torrens. Other good numbers are currently assigned to less prominent players who are currently inactive, such as 19 (Jose Siri), 29 (Jared Young), 30 (Hayden Senger), 32 (Max Kranick), 33 (A.J. Minter), 49 (Chris Devenski). I'd give him 30. It was the number that belonged to the only other Met pitcher named Nolan, and he turned out pretty well.
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    http://potg.ultimatemets.com/images/schaefer26.jpg Cast your vote!
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