Benjamin Grimm

I can tell that we've reached the point in the season where few people care to do this anymore, which is understandable. But I'm determined to finish out the season! All three games played against the Phillies this past weekend will, despite their low vote totals, close on Friday morning, some time after 10 a.m. This will close out the month of August. Schaefer POTG 8/29/14 - Mets 4, Phillies 1 Schaefer POTG 8/30/14 - Phillies 7, Mets 2 Schaefer POTG 8/31/14 - Mets 6, Phillies 5

I was wondering the same thing.

d'Arnaud 0.6 den Dekker 0.7 Familia 0.5 Flores 0.7 Lagares 3 Mejia 0.5 Niese 0.5 Torres 0.5 Wright 3

Voting for last Thursday's loss to the Braves will close tomorrow (Thursday) morning, some time after 10 a.m. This game is especially low in votes, but it will close as scheduled regardless. Schaefer POTG 8/28/14 - Braves 6, Mets 1

That ill-educated douchebag!

It looks like everyone who posted in this thread has turned out to have been overly optimistic. At this point, we can only hope that he'll take a page from Carlos Beltran's book and have a much better second season with the Mets.

d'Arnaud 1 den Dekker 0.5 Flores 0.5 Herrera 2.5 Wright 1.5

Gee 3 Recker 3 Lagares 0.6 den Dekker 0.6 Wright 0.7 Flores 0.7 Nieuwenhuis 0.4 Herrera 1

Voting for last Wednesday's loss to the Braves will close tomorrow (Wednesday) morning, some time after 10 a.m. Schaefer POTG 8/27/14 - Braves 3, Mets 2

Frayed Knot wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: If you gave me a billion guesses, I couldn't have told you that Bo Porter was the manager of the Houston Astros. Very anonymous first-time manager on a team both at a low point in its history (3 consecutive 105+ loss seasons) and during the first span in history where they don't play the Mets (we actually get that division this year but theirs in the final series of the year). Also was pretty anonymous during his playing career (brief stints with 3 different AL clubs) to the point where I think most NYM fans would have trouble picking him out of a one-man lineup. I have to be honest here... after making my post about not knowing who the manager of the Houston Astros was, I realized that I couldn't name the managers of the Marlins or the Nationals either. I just looked it up; the name "Mike Redmond" didn't even ring a bell, and I had no idea that Matt Williams was managing the Nationals. I mean, I'm sure I heard this information before, but my brain didn't consider it important enough to retain.

If you gave me a billion guesses, I couldn't have told you that Bo Porter was the manager of the Houston Astros.

Wasn't Erik Goeddel the midget who played for the St. Louis Browns 70 years ago?

den Dekker 1 Flores 0.5 Duda 0.5 Lagares 0.5

Campbell 0.6 d'Arnaud 1.2 deGrom 5 den Dekker 0.6 Familia 0.5 Flores 0.5 Lagares 0.6 Mejia 0.5 Wright 0.5

"When I told my wife I needed a new pair of spikes, this wasn't what I had in mind."

CBS New York wrote: �We�ve just talked about it as a coaching staff,� Collins said, according to the Daily News. �If (Plawecki) is as good as they tell me he is � And you don�t want to have both of them (catching), because somebody doesn�t get enough playing time. But as of right now we haven�t even approached (left field) as an option, because it would have to be going to the instructional league, get to (Port St. Lucie) in January and start the process.� But Collins certainly believes that his catcher could get the job done in the outfield. �He�s got some things that could play out there,� the skipper said. �He runs good enough. He throws good enough.� I'm less than thrilled about this possibility. I think a good part of Travis' appeal is how well he hits as a catcher. I would guess that his offense ranks higher among catchers than it does among left fielders.

Niese 3 Torres 0.5 d'Arnaud 0.5 Campbell 0.5

Voting for Tuesday night's win over the Braves will close over the weekend, but not before 10 a.m. on Saturday. Schaefer POTG 8/26/14 - Mets 3, Braves 2

The 48 is for deGrom's uniform number, but I suppose it could be for Granderson's apparent age.

Zvon wrote: Someone should tell TC that if they don't win tonight they can all go home for the winter. And that's supposed to be an incentive to win?

SCHAEFER METS PLAYER OF THE WEEK, 2014 Week ending April 5: Juan Lagares, 5.68 points. Week ending April 12: Eric Young, 4.89 points. Week ending April 19: David Wright, 5.25 points. Week ending April 26: Lucas Duda, 5.22 points. Week ending May 3: Chris Young, 5.50 points. Week ending May 10: David Wright, 5.58375 points. (Just 0.00042 ahead of Dillon Gee's 5.58333 points.) Week ending May 17: Jacob deGrom, 4.89 points. Week ending May 24: Curtis Granderson, 5.86 points. Week ending May 31: Jacob deGrom, 6.80 points. Week ending June 7: Jon Niese, 7.76 points. Week ending June 14: Curtis Granderson, 4.97 points. Week ending June 21: David Wright, 9.22 points. Week ending June 28: Lucas Duda, 5.28 points. Week ending July 5: Curtis Granderson, 5.53 points. Week ending July 12: David Wright, 6.70 points. Week ending July 19: Jacob deGrom, 4.28 points. Week ending July 26: Zack Wheeler, 7.37 points. Week ending August 2: Jacob deGrom, 8.57 points. Week ending August 9: Daniel Murphy, 8.76 points. Week ending August 16: Zack Wheeler, 6.81 points. Week ending August 23: Lucas Duda, 5.93 points.