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I think Terry said that we might see Duda in three weeks.

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Geez, I forgot all about Jim Henderson.

It's hard to argue that Wilmer Flores is hot if he's barely played for almost two weeks.

He didn't lead the team in shutouts until 1971. But he had 2 in 1967, 5 in 1968, 5 in 1969, and 2 in 1970. That page doesn't list all shutouts. It lists who led the team in each season.

I love complete game shutouts. I wish they weren't as rare as they are, but that's probably what makes them special. The Mets have never had a season in which they didn't have at least one CG/ShO, but they only had one in each of the last two years. (Zack Wheeler in 2014 and Bartolo Colon in 2015.) http://leaptoad.com/mets/yrleaders.php?cattype=p#sho

It's nice how Terry has given Wilmer Flores every opportunity to get over his hot streak by not playing.

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I first read "Eflin" as "Elfin" which would be a much more interesting name, because then he'd have pointed ears and would live in a tree and make cookies.

Zvon wrote: But maybe the Mets do? Mets could bring back Jonathon Niese

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batmagadanleadoff wrote: I have no idea what the fuck the Mets are doing, or even thinking with 8. Me neither. Gary Carter last wore the number in 1989. It went unused through the 1990 and 1991 seasons, but then was pretty much in constant use for the next eleven seasons. I don't recall what might have happened after 2002 to make number 8 suddenly become more sacred. http://leaptoad.com/mets/uninumbers.php

I agree. Retiring 8 would be absurd. They should just reissue it. It's been idle long enough.

I like what the Red Sox do. I may be mistaken but I believe they have a system for retiring numbers. A player must be in the Hall of Fame and had to have played at least 10 years for them. THAT's a guy whose number should be retired. That is a pretty good rule of thumb, but it might be a little too strict for my taste, which is stricter than most. But I think the Mets should eventually retire 5 for David Wright, and he's very unlikely to ever meet that criteria.

It was retroactive.

Edgy MD wrote: Psst ... you're pulling an Edgy there ... and have left your vestigial "May" headline in your post. Thanks!

We actually had to cancel our big summer vacation plans because of family health issues -- we were going to leave for Australia tomorrow -- but that's off. We may take a more modest trip over the next few weeks, or we may not go anywhere at all. So Schaefer, at least, will have less of a disruption than had been expected.

Next time I'm at Citi Field I'll have to stop in the museum to take a look at the display of Dwight Gooden's warts.

Would anyone have guessed that James Loney would score highest among position players in June? Less than a full point separated the leaders in the reliever category. The top three finishers were Hansel Robles, 6.86, Addison Reed, 6.27, and Jeurys Familia -- the ten-time winner finished in third place this month with 6.14 points. Kelly Johnson earned 3.05 points in June in games in which he was not in the starting lineup. Runners up were Matt Reynolds (2.81), Alejandro De Aza (1.65), Wilmer Flores (1.19), Juan Lagares (0.73) and Kevin Plawecki (0.11)

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, JUNE 2016 JUNE 2016 Player of the Month: JACOB deGROM Pitcher of the Month: JACOB deGROM Reliever of the Month: HANSEL ROBLES Bench Player of the Month: KELLY JOHNSON Updated award winner standings, with this month's winners in bold: PLAYER OF THE MONTH David Wright 14 Johan Santana 6 Carlos Beltran 5 Jose Reyes 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 JACOB deGROM 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 Curtis Granderson 1 Yoenis Cespedes 1 Michael Conforto 1 PITCHER OF THE MONTH R. A. Dickey 10 Johan Santana 9 Pedro Martinez 6 John Maine 5 JACOB deGROM 5 Mike Pelfrey 4 Jonathon Niese 4 Matt Harvey 4 Bartolo Colon 4 Tom Glavine 3 Dillon Gee 3 Noah Syndergaard 3 Orlando Hernandez 2 Alay Soler 1 Steve Trachsel 1 Oliver Perez 1 Livan Hernandez 1 Tim Redding 1 Chris Capuano 1 Zack Wheeler 1 RELIEVER OF THE MONTH Jeurys Familia 10 Brian Stokes 5 Billy Wagner 4 Aaron Heilman 4 Bobby Parnell 4 Carlos Torres 4 Francisco Rodriguez 3 Duaner Sanchez 2 Raul Valdes 2 Pedro Beato 2 Manny Acosta 2 Jon Rauch 2 LaTroy Hawkins 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 Addison Reed 1 HANSEL ROBLES 1 BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH Fernando Tatis 3 Daniel Murphy 3 Jordany Valdespin 3 Eric Campbell 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 KELLY JOHNSON 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 Lucas Duda 1 Chris Young 1 Anthony Recker 1 Curtis Granderson 1 Johnny Monell 1 Darrell Ceciliani 1 Michael Cuddyer 1 Yoenis Cespedes 1 Juan Lagares 1

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK, 2016 Week ending April 9, 2016: Noah Syndergaard, 4.69 points. Week ending April 16, 2016: Yoenis Cespedes, 7.95 points. Week ending April 23, 2016: Curtis Granderson, 7.51 points. Week ending April 30, 2016: Michael Conforto, 10.93 points. Week ending May 7, 2016: Bartolo Colon, 9.27 points. Week ending May 14, 2016: Noah Syndergaard, 5.99 points. Week ending May 21, 2016: Yoenis Cespedes, 6.04 points. Week ending May 28, 2016: Noah Syndergaard, 5.58 points. Week ending June 4, 2016: Matt Harvey, 5.12 points. Week ending June 11, 2016: Matt Harvey, 7.76 points. Week ending June 18, 2016: Noah Syndergaard, 4.14 points. Week ending June 25, 2016: Jacob deGrom, 7.07 points.

Brandon Nimmo took his cat to his Junior Prom.