Benjamin Grimm

It seems to me that when the shift is on, the hitter is likely to be pitched inside. If he gets an outside pitch, he should definitely jump on it and send it the other way.

Thank you! I'm noticing that participation in May is quite a bit less than it was in April. I get the sense that people may think that once they miss a game that there's no point in continuing. That's really not true! You can vote on recent games even if you've missed a game, or a dozen games, that have already closed.

Zvon wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Nolan Ryan is fortunate to have pitched before PED testing. .....don't even. What? Isn't it the most obvious thing?

Cast your vote!

Cespedes only appeared in one game as a bench player in April, and only saw one pitch, but he made the most of it, crushing a game-tying three-run homer. It yielded him 3.21 points, which allowed him to easily be the month's leading bench player, finishing ahead of Juan Lagares, who had 0.40 points in games in which he wasn't in the starting lineup. Alejandro De Aza earned 0.35 bench points, Wilmer Flores had 0.21, and Eric Campbell had 0.09. Jeurys Familia, with his ninth Reliever of the Month award, has left Brian Stokes (remember him?) in the dust.

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, APRIL 2016 APRIL 2016 Player of the Month: MICHAEL CONFORTO Pitcher of the Month: NOAH SYNDERGAARD Reliever of the Month: JEURYS FAMILIA Bench Player of the Month: YOENIS CESPEDES 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 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 Jacob deGrom 1 Noah Syndergaard 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 Mike Pelfrey 4 Jonathon Niese 4 Matt Harvey 4 Jacob deGrom 4 Bartolo Colon 4 Tom Glavine 3 Dillon Gee 3 Orlando Hernandez 2 NOAH SYNDERGAARD 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 9 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 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 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 Kelly Johnson 1 YOENIS CESPEDES 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.

Cast your vote!

Edgy MD wrote: Edgy MD wrote: I don't believe those injury prone tags. Guys get hurt. By random chance, some get hurt more. By professional hazard, first string catchers get hurt more than most. If you are saying that no players are injury prone we disagree. We, your highness? By "we" he clearly meant "you and I".

Zvon wrote: Is this the exact color scheme of the very 1st board? This is the color scheme of the place we just left, except for the orange in the banner and near the bottom of the page. I'm not sure what you mean by "the very first board".

Cast your vote!

We all are.

Is that a good "woah" or a bad "woah"?