Benjamin Grimm

It's official: Newsday wrote: The Mets will move their radio home to WCBS (880-AM) starting in 2019 and running through at least 2025. Entercom, the parent company of WCBS -- as well as WFAN, the Yankees’ radio flagship -- made the long-expected announcement on Monday morning. The move ends a five-year run on WOR. It also means Mets personnel again will be able to appear as guests on WFAN.

I would make my first order of business locking up Jake deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, and Zack Wheeler. Well, maybe not first order of business, but it would definitely be at or near the top of my offseason to-do list. All three might be a bit of a stretch, so I'd focus first on deGrom and Wheeler. Syndergaard has a little more runway before free agency kicks in.

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Vic Sage wrote: It would indeed be a shame because Carter was here for only 4.3 of his 19 career seasons, comprising 1 great year and 1 good one, and 2.3 shitty ones. He was a career Expo who contributed to a Mets WS team one year. This is hardly comparable to Wright. And if they treat him similarly, that would be inexcusable. I agree. I'm just about never in favor of retiring a number (and that includes Gary Carter's 8, which should be put back into circulation) but I'm totally on board with David Wright's 5.

Since that thread doesn't include a post from me saying "Who's Mark Sanchez?" I have to assume that in 2010 I knew who he was.

No, but it's worthwhile to know what is and isn't realistic.

But you really do have to have a sense of the budget to know whether or not a pursuit of Machado is even realistic. I'd love it if the Mets made a serious effort to sign Machado, but I don't expect it. And maybe I'm wrong not to expect it. I hope so!

Newsday says this could be official within a few days: The Mets could announce as early as Monday that they are leaving WOR (710 AM) after five seasons and moving their radio home to WCBS (880 AM) starting in 2019, a move that has been expected since early summer.

I'm... not sure what that means!

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, AUGUST 2018 AUGUST 2018 Player of the Month: JACOB deGROM Pitcher of the Month: JACOB deGROM Reliever of the Month: ROBERT GSELLMAN Bench Player of the Month: JOSE REYES Updated award winner standings, with this month's winners in bold: PLAYER OF THE MONTH David Wright 14 JACOB deGROM 7 Johan Santana 6 Jose Reyes 6 Carlos Beltran 5 R. A. Dickey 4 Lucas Duda 4 Daniel Murphy 3 Cliff Floyd 2 Tom Glavine 2 Carlos Delgado 2 Ike Davis 2 Matt Harvey 2 Noah Syndergaard 2 Curtis Granderson 2 Michael Conforto 2 Yoenis Cespedes 2 Mike Cameron 1 John Maine 1 Angel Pagan 1 Jeff Francoeur 1 Ruben Tejada 1 John Buck 1 Marlon Byrd 1 Dillon Gee 1 Jonathon Niese 1 Bartolo Colon 1 Juan Lagares 1 Wilmer Flores 1 Neil Walker 1 Jay Bruce 1 Asdrubal Cabrera 1 Brandon Nimmo 1PITCHER OF THE MONTH JACOB deGROM 15 R. A. Dickey 10 Johan Santana 9 Pedro Martinez 6 John Maine 5 Bartolo Colon 5 Mike Pelfrey 4 Jonathon Niese 4 Matt Harvey 4 Tom Glavine 3 Dillon Gee 3 Noah Syndergaard 3 Orlando Hernandez 2 Robert Gsellman 2 Alay Soler 1 Steve Trachsel 1 Oliver Perez 1 Livan Hernandez 1 Tim Redding 1 Chris Capuano 1 Zack Wheeler 1 Rafael Montero 1RELIEVER OF THE MONTH Jeurys Familia 12 Brian Stokes 5 Addison Reed 5 Billy Wagner 4 Aaron Heilman 4 Bobby Parnell 4 Carlos Torres 4 Francisco Rodriguez 3 Hansel Robles 3 Duaner Sanchez 2 Raul Valdes 2 Pedro Beato 2 Manny Acosta 2 Jon Rauch 2 LaTroy Hawkins 2 Seth Lugo 2 ROBERT GSELLMAN 2 Darren Oliver 1 Chad Bradford 1 Guillermo Mota 1 Joe Smith 1 Jorge Sosa 1 Scott Schoeneweis 1 Pedro Feliciano 1 Sean Green 1 Fernando Nieve 1 Hisanori Takahashi 1 Elmer Dessens 1 Jason Isringhausen 1 Frank Francisco 1 Josh Edgin 1 Scott Rice 1 Paul Sewald 1 Chasen Bradford 1BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH Wilmer Flores 5 Fernando Tatis 3 Daniel Murphy 3 Jordany Valdespin 3 Eric Campbell 3 Kelly Johnson 3 Julio Franco 2 Damion Easley 2 Marlon Anderson 2 Endy Chavez 2 Josh Thole 2 Justin Turner 2 Scott Hairston 2 Andrew Brown 2 Lucas Duda 2 Juan Lagares 2 Brandon Nimmo 2 Eli Marrero 1 Michael Tucker 1 Ricky Ledee 1 David Newhan 1 Ramon Castro 1 Ruben Gotay 1 Robinson Cancel 1 Gary Sheffield 1 Alex Cora 1 Jeremy Reed 1 Omir Santos 1 Cory Sullivan 1 Chris Carter 1 Mike Hessman 1 Nick Evans 1 Jason Pridie 1 Willie Harris 1 Val Pascucci 1 Mike Baxter 1 Ronny Cedeño 1 Kelly Shoppach 1 Josh Satin 1 Zach Lutz 1 Ike Davis 1 Chris Young 1 Anthony Recker 1 Curtis Granderson 1 Johnny Monell 1 Darrell Ceciliani 1 Michael Cuddyer 1 Yoenis Cespedes 1 Gavin Cecchini 1 Michael Conforto 1 Dominic Smith 1 JOSE REYES 1 Leaders for Bench Players in August: 1 Jose Reyes 3.65 2 Jose Bautista 1.85 3 Luis Guillorme 0.65 4 Austin Jackson 0.45 4 Dominic Smith 0.45 6 Brandon Nimmo 0.25 6 Wilmer Flores 0.25 8 Jay Bruce 0.20 Leaders for Relievers in August: 1 Robert Gsellman 6.75 2 Drew Smith 4.25 3 Seth Lugo 4.10 4 Jerry Blevins 3.90 5 Tyler Bashlor 2.80 6 Paul Sewald 2.66 7 Corey Oswalt 1.85 8 Daniel Zamora 1.39 9 Bobby Wahl 1.10 10 Anthony Swarzak 0.60 11 Jacob Rhame 0.10

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Week ending March 31, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 3.43 points. Week ending April 7, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 3.67 points. Week ending April 14, 2018: Asdrubal Cabrera, 5.29 points. Week ending April 21, 2018: Jacob deGrom, 8.78 points. Week ending April 28, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 5.18 points. Week ending May 5, 2018: Yoenis Cespedes, 4.19 points. Week ending May 12, 2018: Michael Conforto, 3.99 points. Week ending May 19, 2018: Jacob deGrom, 4.72 points. Week ending May 26, 2018: Brandon Nimmo, 7.83 points. Week ending June 2, 2018: Jacob deGrom, 9.20 points. Week ending June 9, 2018: Steven Matz, 6.25 points. Week ending June 16, 2018: Jacob deGrom, 4.80 points. Week ending June 23, 2018: Brandon Nimmo, 8.90 points. Week ending June 30, 2018: Wilmer Flores, 6.45 points. Week ending July 7, 2018: Steven Matz, 6.61 points. Week ending July 14, 2018: Jacob deGrom, 5.40 points. Week ending July 21, 2018: Michael Conforto, 3.45 points. Week ending July 28, 2018: Jacob deGrom, 7.93 points. Week ending August 4, 2018: Zack Wheeler, 9.28 points. Week ending August 11, 2018: Austin Jackson, 6.40 points. Week ending August 18, 2018: Jacob deGrom, 9.35 points. Week ending August 25, 2018: Zack Wheeler, 8.95 points. Week ending September 1, 2018: Steven Matz, 9.10 points. Week ending September 8, 2018: Noah Syndergaard, 7.76 points.

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One that goes undetected, I guess. Is this a horror film? I haven't seen it yet, but I had the impression it was more sci-fi than horror.

True, but they probably want their wording to match whatever paperwork may exist. If David retires, he won't get paid the $27 million he'd earn for 2019 and 2020. If he stays on the 60-day disabled list for the next two years, he'll get paid and the Mets will get reimbursed all (or some?) of his salary from the insurance. And the Mets would have one additional player at risk for a Rule-5 after this season and next.

I blame Jaerock Lee. In case you forgot

Are they actually waiting for the last day of the season? What if it rains?

The New York Post wrote: Wright said his body’s reaction to minor league and rehab games leading up to this return were what led him finally to make the decision to retire for good. Asked if he’s retiring, he said: “Physically, the way I feel right now, and from what the docs told me, there’s not going to be any improvement. So I don’t see [playing full time again] as a possibility.”

I think retiring a player's number should be an extremely rare thing, and I typically oppose most such suggestions. But not this one.

Yes, it's the budget that's important, not necessarily the payroll. It's certainly possible for a team to be fortunate enough to win with a primarily young and cheap roster. But success is more likely when a team has the budget flexibility to add players or swallow bad contracts when necessary.

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It's still three first-place finishes in thirty years. 1988 hasn't dropped off the other end yet.

Found it: METS INTERNSHIP: In February 1996, I went to Shea Stadium for an interview with Mets Public Relations Director, Jay Horwitz. I needed an internship for my communications major in The College of Staten Island, and interning for the Mets would be the perfect solution. I brought my resume, and a copy of the article that was written about me in Baseball Hobby News showing what an extreme Mets fan I was. Jay said, "Our interns come in seven days a week, twelve hours a day, eight months a year, and do not get any form of payment." I told Jay that my religion would not allow me to come in on Friday nights and Saturdays, and what my college professor in charge of internships for a long time said was the most classless act by an interviewer she's heard of, Jay got up, said goodbye and refused to talk to me anymore. I left his office and took a tour around the usually restricted areas of Shea. I first went to the "Old Timers' locker room," which was open. I then walked through the underground tunnel, into the visitor's bullpen. I then walked through the open fence onto the field, which was covered with snow. Linked by Willets Point in 2011 from this page: Jay Horwitz

Centerfield wrote: I get that Horwitz is a pretty good guy. That feeling seems to be widely accepted. There was a post on this forum quite a while ago that might make us think otherwise. I don't remember the details too well, but it was a link to an article about someone who interned with the Mets, and Jay came across rather poorly in that.