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  1. Benjamin Grimm
    Chad Ochoseis wrote: *Remember when people used to refer to that as "6.2 innings"? That would drive me bonkers. That's still a thing. You see 6.2 in stats and box scores. For the UMDB, I had to invent a new kind of "innings math" in order to properly add up player stats. I had to make it so that 1.2 + 2.2 = 4.1 instead of 3.4.
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    I guess, if things go well, we'll see him in 2020. Maybe even 2019.
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    Joel Sherman, on Bruce and Granderson: Here are my suggestions: Make both available to the Royals and Blue Jays and ask the key piece in return be Nathan Karns (from Kansas City) and Ezequiel Carrera (from Toronto). That both of those players are currently on the DL shows how difficult the Mets’ path is. Just to make sure this is feasible, I ran the scenarios by three personnel men. No. 1: “Sadly, those are probably the best trade outcomes they will likely muster. This is not a great selling dynamic for them.” No. 2: “That all seems very reasonable to me. I kind of like it.” No. 3: “It makes sense to me. I think given the new rules of engagement with the qualifying offers, there is an advantage to jumping out front [to sell first].” http://nypost.com/2017/06/23/mets-are-open-for-a-selloff-heres-how-it-can-work/
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    I'd be very surprised if they found buyers for all of those players. It will be interesting to see who goes and who stays.
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    and transferred LHP Tommy Milone (knee) to the 60-day disabled list Bad news for those of us who were pining for the return of Tommy Milone.
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    I think we'll be rooting against him tonight. I know I will, anyway.
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    I'm pretty sure I only saw the first two of those movies, Batman and Batman Returns, and I hated them both. I have not seen Batman Forever or Batman & Robin. I did like the series of Batman films with Christian Bale, especially the second one. Oops, we've advanced to another page! We need more photos. It appears that it's not just the costume that makes Gal Gadot look so good:
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    I'm not hoping that the team tanks. A higher draft pick is a bit of a consolation for a poor season, but I don't see it as something to actively root for. As playoff hopes slip further and further away, I find that I'm hoping that the Mets at least manage to finish at or above .500.
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    This is going to be a really interesting offseason. Even if 2017 had gone well, with a World Championship, it was going to be a last hurrah for this group. I think Duda is gone, unless he's willing to sign a three-year contract, which is possible. But the Mets aren't going to offer him a QO. Will the Mets be in win-now mode in 2018? Or will they take a step back and try to gear up for 2019? It would be unorthodox to try to win a pennant with three rookies in their infield (Cecchini, Smith, and Rosario), so if they're "win now" I expect they'd bring in a veteran infielder to play either second or first. They'll have money to spend, and I think they'll spend it, but on whom? I have no idea. And as I said in the Matt Harvey poll a few days ago, I think he'll be non-tendered. According to the poll results, my opinion is in the minority.
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    They say you can't trade someone on the DL, but the Mets nearly traded Zack Wheeler to the Brewers in 2015, so there's apparently some kind of loophole.
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    This season has kinda fallen short of expectations, hasn't it? A .600 pace the rest of the way gets them to 86 wins. That sounds nice, but this doesn't look like a .600 team, does it?
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    Here's another image of her in costume. It doesn't look like there are any nipple bumps.
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    What about "Hortense"?
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    Why did the Expos trade Carter, anyway? I'm not sure I remember. Was it that he was signed to an expensive contract that the Expos came to regret?
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    Edgy MD wrote: What's the Gary Carter package in 2017? Flores, d'Arnaud, Pill, and Nimmo for Buster Posey? That seems a hair or two better than the Carter package. d'Arnaud is probably a little more likely to have a long career than Mike Fitzgerald, and Nimmo is probably still a better prospect than Winningham was. Flores isn't as established as Hubie Brooks was, but I think overall, it's a damn comparable package. Is that a deal you make this offseason with Posey signed for four more years in his 31-34 seasons? Would the Giants make that deal, though? I don't have any idea what their needs might be, so I can't really say. I'd think, though, that they'd want someone other than Pill. Maybe a Single-A or Double-A pitcher with a higher ceiling than Pill is considered to have?
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    Well, if you trade Bruce or Granderson for nothing, you at least get salary relief. Why trade Wilmer Flores? We could have said the same thing about Hubie Brooks in 1984. The best scenario for trading Wilmer is if he's part of a package that brings you a top-quality player. Blevins is the one (of the four listed by Puma) I'd be most reluctant to trade. The Mets have him under control for 2018, and they'll need as many reliable bullpen parts as they can get.
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    Mike Puma in the Post suggests that the Mets who would bring back the most trade value are Reed, Blevins, Bruce, and Duda. http://nypost.com/2017/06/19/which-mets-would-bring-back-the-greatest-trade-haul/
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    One way to look at it is that the fewer innings Wheeler pitches per start the deeper he'll go into the season before he hits his innings limit. At his recent pace, he may make it all the way to late September!
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    I remember, when I first started paying attention to such things, Wayne Garrett was 10th in homers for the Mets, with 55. You now need 120 to get into the top ten. (It really shouldn't have taken 56 years for that to happen, should it?)
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