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  1. Benjamin Grimm
    That definitely looks like Dykstra. And were the Mets still wearing the racing stripes in 1991?
  2. Benjamin Grimm
    George Altman, March 20, 1933, is now the oldest living Met.
  3. 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 Brandon Sproat be assigned? I looked at the current numerical roster at Baseball Reference. The most suitable numbers that are unclaimed (and unretired) seem to be 40, and 45. I suggested 30 for McLean and 40 for Tong. I'll try again with 40 and suggest that number for Sproat.
  4. Benjamin Grimm
    http://potg.ultimatemets.com/images/schaefer47.jpg Cast your vote!
  5. Benjamin Grimm
    And not that he's anything to get excited about, but I keep forgetting that Tylor Megill is lurking out there too.
  6. Benjamin Grimm
    That was my point. Senga and Manaea are running out of time, which is why we're looking at other options.
  7. Benjamin Grimm
    I can easily imagine the starters in the Wild Card Series being McLean, Peterson, and Tong. If they should be fortunate enough to advance beyond that, maybe their fourth starter would be Holmes with Manaea on deck for a two- or three- inning stint? It seems that the best you can hope for is four or five from Holmes and two or three from Manaea. Maybe pairing the two of them would be a way to spare the bullpen from overuse. Needless to say, if Senga and/or Manaea are able to get over their struggles the picture will be a lot brighter. But we're running out of time to go into October with much confidence in either of them.
  8. Benjamin Grimm
    You may have also offended Cleon Jones.
  9. Benjamin Grimm
    Give him a four- or five-year contract when he's two years from free agency. I hate opt-outs, by the way. As a fan, they just confuse everything. But I suppose they're here to stay.
  10. Benjamin Grimm
    I noticed that too. I've never really taken the time to understand WAR, so it's a mystery to me why the numbers are so different.
  11. Benjamin Grimm
    I suspect that 48 is going to be in limbo for a while.
  12. Benjamin Grimm
    McLean is wearing 26.
  13. 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.
  14. Benjamin Grimm
    It's kind of refreshing that nobody has been offended by this thread.
  15. 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.
  16. Benjamin Grimm
    I'm not so sure they have an impressive record when they lead after eight innings.
  17. 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?
  18. Benjamin Grimm
    I'd also like to see them give Parada a chance.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. Benjamin Grimm
    Yeah, I know. That's a very possible outcome.
  22. 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.
  23. Benjamin Grimm
    Promoting Parada would probably have implications for the 40-man roster. (I'm guessing here.)
  24. 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.)
  25. Benjamin Grimm
    That's pretty much where I am too. Except I'd change "twenty years" to "thirty years".
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