Benjamin Grimm

That doesn't mean he won't eventually be featured in a big-budget movie.

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Oops, I just looked it up. He plans to retire at the end of the 2027 season, when his contract is over and he'll be 37 years old.

Wow. He has two years left on a three-year $126 million contract.

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Actually... September! https://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2024> https://leaptoad.com/mets/above_below_500_graph.php?year=2025>

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SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, MAY 2025 http://leaptoad.com/mets/cards/FranciscoLindor1975.jpg> http://leaptoad.com/mets/cards/KodaiSenga1973.jpg> http://leaptoad.com/mets/cards/EdwinDiaz1972.jpg> http://leaptoad.com/mets/cards/JeffMcNeil1978.jpg> MAY 2025 Player of the Month: FRANCISCO LINDOR Pitcher of the Month: KODAI SENGA Reliever of the Month: EDWIN DIAZ Bench Player of the Month: JEFF McNEIL http://potg.leaptoad.com/mets/potm_results.php?month=05&year=2025> Updated award winner standings, with this month's winners in bold: PLAYER OF THE MONTH David Wright 14 Jacob deGrom 12 Pete Alonso 11 FRANCISCO LINDOR 9 Johan Santana 6 Jose Reyes 6 Carlos Beltran 5 R. A. Dickey 4 Lucas Duda 4 Michael Conforto 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 Yoenis Cespedes 2 Brandon Nimmo 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 Jeff McNeil 1 Dominic Smith 1 Jonathan Villar 1 Tylor Megill 1 Eduardo Escobar 1 Francisco Alvarez 1 Justin Verlander 1 J.D. Martinez 1PITCHER OF THE MONTH Jacob deGrom 25 R. A. Dickey 10 Johan Santana 9 Pedro Martinez 6 John Maine 5 Bartolo Colon 5 KODAI SENGA 5 Mike Pelfrey 4 Jonathon Niese 4 Matt Harvey 4 Noah Syndergaard 4 Tom Glavine 3 Dillon Gee 3 Orlando Hernandez 2 Robert Gsellman 2 Tylor Megill 2 Taijuan Walker 2 Max Scherzer 2 Luis Severino 2 David Peterson 2 Sean Manaea 2 Alay Soler 1 Steve Trachsel 1 Oliver Perez 1 Livan Hernandez 1 Tim Redding 1 Chris Capuano 1 Zack Wheeler 1 Rafael Montero 1 Steven Matz 1 Marcus Stroman 1 Rich Hill 1 Carlos Carrasco 1 Chris Bassitt 1 Justin Verlander 1 Jose Quintana 1 Christian Scott 1RELIEVER OF THE MONTH Jeurys Familia 12 EDWIN DIAZ 10 Seth Lugo 8 Brian Stokes 5 Addison Reed 5 Billy Wagner 4 Aaron Heilman 4 Bobby Parnell 4 Carlos Torres 4 Francisco Rodriguez 3 Hansel Robles 3 Robert Gsellman 3 Aaron Loup 3 Brooks Raley 3 Duaner Sanchez 2 Raul Valdes 2 Pedro Beato 2 Manny Acosta 2 Jon Rauch 2 LaTroy Hawkins 2 Chasen Shreve 2 David Robertson 2 Reed Garrett 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 1 Wilmer Font 1 Joely Rodriguez 1 Trevor Gott 1 Dedniel Nunez 1 Jose Butto 1 Phil Maton 1 Max Kranick 1BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH Dominic Smith 6 Wilmer Flores 5 Fernando Tatis 3 Daniel Murphy 3 Jordany Valdespin 3 Eric Campbell 3 Kelly Johnson 3 Brandon Nimmo 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 Amed Rosario 2 Michael Conforto 2 J.D. Davis 2 Mark Cahna 2 Mark Vientos 2 JEFF MCNEIL 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 Cedeno 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 Jose Reyes 1 Devin Mesoraco 1 Luis Guillorme 1 Robinson Cano 1 Jonathan Villar 1 Patrick Mazeika 1 Kevin Pillar 1 Brandon Drury 1 Khalil Lee 1 Tomas Nido 1 Darin Ruf 1 Terrance Gore 1 Eduardo Escobar 1 Tommy Pham 1 DJ Stewart 1 Daniel Vogelbach 1 Francisco Lindor 1 Jesse Winker 1 Jose Iglesias 1 Luis Torrens 1 Leaders for Relievers in May: 1 Edwin Diaz 7.81 2 Huascar Brazoban 6.66 3 Reed Garrett 4.71 4 Jose Butto 3.86 5 Max Kranick 3.68 6 Ryne Stanek 3.53 7 Genesis Cabrera 3.05 8 Dedniel Nunez 1.83 9 Jose Castillo 1.76 10 Brandon Waddell 0.56 11 Austin Warren 0.41 12 Chris Devenski 0.23 13 Ty Adcock 0.08 Leaders for Bench Players in May: 1 Jeff McNeil 1.46 2 Luisangel Acuna 0.72 3 Tyrone Taylor 0.52 4 Luis Torrens 0.39 4 Starling Marte 0.39 6 Francisco Alvarez 0.24 7 Mark Vientos 0.14 8 Jose Azocar 0.09 9 Brett Baty 0.08 http://potg.leaptoad.com/mets/images/perfectparticipation.png> Finally, the following members had a perfect voting record for the month of May, and will be receiving this keepsake trophy. Methead Ashie62 Metirish Benjamin Grimm MFS62 SkyKing#26 Cowtipper G-Fafif And remember, anyone who votes for all 162 games will get to dance with Maja at the Christmas party!

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With his home run last night, Juan Soto now has 13 homers as a Met, putting him in a tie for 148th place with Dave Marshall, Ellis Valentine, Matt Franco, Roberto Alomar, Eric Valent, Moises Alou, and James McCann. Hmmmm... Maybe this isn't as interesting as I originally thought. But... Dave Marshall!

In the postgame interview with Steve Gelbs, Peterson referred a couple of times to "Louie". In context, it sounded like he was referring to Carlos Mendoza. Is Mendoza "Louie"? Or was I hearing incorrectly? I haven't been this confused since Jay-or-Reese Familia.

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Having a 14.5 game lead over the Braves is really nice. It seems very unlikely that they'll be able to overcome that, but they're a deep team and can't really be counted out yet. And the Phillies, 5 games out with over 90 remaining, have certainly beaten much bigger odds, as we all remember. But we should also be keeping an eye on the Cubs (2 games behind the Mets) and Dodgers (3.5), as well as the Giants (4) and Padres (4.5). The Mets need no more than one of those teams to finish ahead of them in order to get a bye from the Wild Card Series.

[bIGPURPLE]FINAL REMINDER! Benjamin Grimm wrote: http://potg.leaptoad.com/mets/images/warning.gif> http://potg.leaptoad.com/mets/Cast your votes now! Voting for all games played through June 1, the last game of the series against the Rockies at Citi Field, will close on Friday, June 13. If there are any games that you haven't yet voted for, and intend to, please try to do so during the next week.

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I'm guessing a swarm of bot activity came through. We have a lot of pages on this forum, and if a bot decides to index each and every page, it will definitely but a strain on the database.

My only real gripe with the White Sox is that they poached Tom Seaver. I wish the Mets had been able to poach Ted Lyons.

And Ted Lyons! I know nothing about Ted Lyons other than that he was a Hall of Fame pitcher who was a White Sock. He's helped me out on the Immaculate Grid a few times. There was a time, when I was a kid reading about baseball all the time, that I was at least a little bit familiar with most of the people who were in the Hall of Fame at the time. But Ted Lyons was my who-the-hell-is-that guy. Maybe someday I'll actually look him up and find out why he's a Hall-of-Famer.

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