Benjamin Grimm

I would think so too. What should matter is where the catcher is when the runner arrives, not when the runner is 40 feet away.

Gee 0.5 Torres 1 Murphy 0.5 Duda 0.5

Colon 4.5 Black 1 d'Arnaud 2 Wright 0.75 den Dekker 0.75 Duda 0.5

Voting for the two games listed below will close over the weekend, but not before 10 a.m. on Saturday. Schaefer POTG 08/11/2014 Mets 5, Philadelphia 3 Schaefer POTG 8/12/14 - Nationals 7, Mets 1

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.

Or maybe it's a sign that the book might not be worth reading.

I gave into temptation and looked it up. If I had a million guesses I would not have gotten it.

Murphy 0.4 Wright 0.3 Flores 0.3

Voting for the first three games of the four-game series against the Phillies will close on Thursday morning, some time after 10 a.m. Schaefer POTG 8/8/14 - Mets 5, Phillies 4 Schaefer POTG 8/9/14 - Mets 2, Phillies 1 Schaefer POTG, 8/10/2014: Phillies 7 Mets 6

Randy Johnson? Pedro Martinez?

Zvon wrote: This strike changed my entire outlook on baseball and for me the game hasn't been the same since. Or, let me put it this way, my strong feelings for the game changed and have remained that way. Not in relation to the game, which I love on any level, but to major league baseball. I've worked my way back to an extent (it never effected my love of the Mets, but I used to be much more involved in baseball as a whole) but the resentment still lingers. It's not the strike itself that pissed me off. Hey, do what you gotta do. But no World Series? Inexcusable. That's me too, except I don't feel resentment, just detachment. Where I used to be a baseball fan, now I'm strictly a Mets fan. I tried watching the 1995 World Series and it didn't hold me interest. Since then, I've only watched one World Series, in 2000. And I haven't seen a single pitch of a post-season game since Carlos Beltran looked at strike three in 2006.

I would have guessed Nolan Ryan too, but I just checked and his last season was 1993.

Wow, this thread has had very little activity this year. Time to post some updates. Daniel Murphy has been moving up a few of the Mets all-time lists. DOUBLES Murphy has bumped Mookie Wilson out of the top ten and is only one behind Darryl Strawberry. 1. David Wright 371 2. Ed Kranepool 225 3. Jos� Reyes 222 4. Howard Johnson 214 5. Edgardo Alfonzo 212 6. Carlos Beltran 208 7. Mike Piazza 193 8. Darryl Strawberry 187 9. Daniel Murphy 186 10. Cleon Jones 182 11. Mookie Wilson 170 HITS Murphy recently passed Lee Mazzilli to move into 14th place. If he plays a full season with the Mets in 2015, the Mets may finally reach the point where it requires 1,000 hits to be in the top ten. Meanwhile, David Wright looks like he'll get to the 1,700-hit mark this year. The big 2,000 looks to be about two years away. 1. David Wright 1680 2. Ed Kranepool 1418 3. Jos� Reyes 1300 4. Cleon Jones 1188 5. Edgardo Alfonzo 1136 6. Mookie Wilson 1112 7. Bud Harrelson 1029 8. Mike Piazza 1028 9. Darryl Strawberry 1025 10. Howard Johnson 997 11. Jerry Grote 994 12. Keith Hernandez 939 13. Carlos Beltran 878 14. Daniel Murphy 802 15. Lee Mazzilli 796 16. Kevin McReynolds 791 17. Felix Millan 743 18. Rey Ord��ez 720 19. Rusty Staub 709 20. John Stearns 695 21. Wally Backman 670 22. Wayne Garrett 667 AT BATS Murphy is in 18th place right now, but he can still move up a couple of more notches this season, and, if he's with the Mets through all of next season, can pass Keith Hernandez and move into 12th place. David Wright apparently became the all-time at-bats king this season, and nobody seems to have noticed. 1. David Wright 5621 2. Ed Kranepool 5436 3. Jos� Reyes 4453 4. Bud Harrelson 4390 5. Cleon Jones 4223 6. Mookie Wilson 4027 7. Howard Johnson 3968 8. Darryl Strawberry 3903 9. Edgardo Alfonzo 3897 10. Jerry Grote 3881 11. Mike Piazza 3478 12. Keith Hernandez 3164 13. Carlos Beltran 3133 14. Lee Mazzilli 3013 15. Rey Ord��ez 2937 16. Kevin McReynolds 2910 17. Wayne Garrett 2817 18. Daniel Murphy 2742 19. John Stearns 2679 20. Felix Millan 2677 21. Rusty Staub 2571 22. Todd Hundley 2549 23. Tommie Agee 2416 24. Hubie Brooks 2400 25. John Milner 2389 26. George Foster 2389 27. Wally Backman 2369 28. Dave Kingman 2323 Also, Jonathon Niese has been around for a while now too. Let's see where he is on some of the Mets all-time lists: GAMES STARTED Niese can move into the top ten next season. 1. Tom Seaver 395 2. Jerry Koosman 346 3. Dwight Gooden 303 4. Sid Fernandez 250 5. Ron Darling 241 6. Al Leiter 213 7. Jon Matlack 199 8. Bobby Jones 190 9. Craig Swan 184 10. David Cone 169 11. Tom Glavine 164 12. Steve Trachsel 160 13. Mike Pelfrey 149 14. Jon Niese 140 15. Rick Reed 138 16. Al Jackson 138 17. Jack Fisher 133 18. Gary Gentry 121 19. Pat Zachry 113 20. Bob Ojeda 109 21. Johan Santana 109 22. Jim McAndrew 105 WINS Would you have guessed that Steve Trachsel was in the top ten? Niese is probably more than a year away from dislodging him, but by next year he could get past Tom Glavine for 11th place. 1. Tom Seaver 198 2. Dwight Gooden 157 3. Jerry Koosman 140 4. Ron Darling 99 5. Sid Fernandez 98 6. Al Leiter 95 7. Jon Matlack 82 8. David Cone 81 9. Bobby Jones 74 10. Steve Trachsel 66 11. Tom Glavine 61 12. Craig Swan 59 13. Rick Reed 59 14. Bob Ojeda 51 15. Mike Pelfrey 50 16. Jon Niese 49 17. John Franco 48 18. Jesse Orosco 47 19. Tug McGraw 47 20. Johan Santana 46 STRIKEOUTS Niese just moved into the top ten yesterday! And nobody knew it! Probably not even Craig Swan, who is currently clinging to a tie for 10th place. Next up is Bobby Jones (the one from Fresno), and then Jon Matlack, still far in the distance. 1. Tom Seaver 2541 2. Dwight Gooden 1875 3. Jerry Koosman 1799 4. Sid Fernandez 1449 5. David Cone 1172 6. Ron Darling 1148 7. Al Leiter 1106 8. Jon Matlack 1023 9. Bobby Jones 714 10. Jon Niese 671 11. Craig Swan 671 12. Tug McGraw 618 13. Johan Santana 607 14. John Franco 592 15. Rick Reed 590 16. Steve Trachsel 580 17. Gary Gentry 563 18. Al Jackson 561 19. Tom Glavine 516 20. Mike Pelfrey 506 21. Jesse Orosco 506

Voting for last Thursday's loss in Washington will close on Wednesday morning, some time after 10 a.m. Schaefer POTG 8/7/14 - Nationals 5, Mets 3

Adam Rubin wrote: PHILADELPHIA -- There's a decent chance Noah Syndergaard's major league debut may wait until 2015, although it apparently has not yet been formally determined, a team insider told ESPNNewYork.com. The reasoning: Triple-A Las Vegas is going to be playoff-bound for the second straight year. And Syndergaard may not have innings left after that postseason experience. Even with missing time for shoulder and elbow injuries, Syndergaard enters Tuesday's Pacific Coast League start at 108 innings this season, including one inning in the Futures Game. He totaled 118 2/3 innings with his Futures Game work in 2013. So he probably has about 40 innings remaining this season. Uninterrupted, Syndergaard would have four regular-season starts remaining for Vegas, plus at least one playoff start. Would the Mets call up Syndergaard in mid-September for one appearance -- if that -- before shutting him down? Or is it more sensible just to wait until next year given the exhausted innings? Syndergaard does need to be added to the 40-man roster this offseason to shield him from the Rule 5 draft. So tying up a 40-man roster spot is not an impediment to a September call-up, since he needs to be added soon thereafter anyway.

Jon Heyman reporting that Jon Niese and Curtis Granderson have cleared waivers. No word (yet) on whether Bartolo Colon has cleared. This very likely means nothing at all, but, for whatever little it's worth, there you have it.

Box score den Dekker 1 Murphy 1 Niese 4 Recker 3 Wright 1

I would think so. I believe the umpire is supposed to make his best determination of what would have happened if the fan hadn't interfered.

Well, there's the possibility that it's not compromising his pitching, but he's still running the risk of making it a more severe injury.