Benjamin Grimm

Gee 4.7 Rice 0.6 Hawkins 1 Davis 2.2 Murphy 1.1 Brown 0.4

He's gonna be a September 1 guy, I think.

And, in case you're wondering, these are the highest scores ever earned by position players in a single game: 2008-06-27 Carlos Delgado 5.72 2011-05-12 Carlos Beltran 5.64 2012-07-28 Ike Davis 5.17 2006-08-15 Jos� Reyes 5.03 2010-07-30 David Wright 5.02 2007-09-04 Paul Lo Duca 4.90 2008-08-29 Carlos Beltran 4.87 2006-07-08 Jos� Valentin 4.81 2012-09-02 Jason Bay 4.77 2008-09-07 Carlos Delgado 4.62 2012-09-24 Ike Davis 4.58

On Tuesday, Jon Niese became the first Mets player in recorded history* to earn a perfect 6.00 in CPF Schaefer voting. Here are the players who have scored 5.90 or more since 2006: 2013-08-27 Jon Niese 6.00 2011-09-28 Miguel Batista 5.99 2006-06-10 Alay Soler 5.99 2010-07-06 Johan Santana 5.99 2010-06-10 Jon Niese 5.99 2008-09-27 Johan Santana 5.98 2010-08-13 R. A. Dickey 5.96 2008-08-17 Johan Santana 5.96 2013-05-07 Matt Harvey 5.94 2010-08-12 Johan Santana 5.93 2012-06-01 Johan Santana 5.91 *Detailed Schaefer information for 2005 has been lost. I'm pretty sure that Aaron Heilman scored a perfect 6 in April 2005, but I can't prove it.

If he ever decides he doesn't want to be a Met anymore, he can grouse publicly until they trade him. I don't see him ever doing that, but it's always an option.

He sounds like a grumpy old man, but I agree with him.

Torres 4 Murphy 3 Recker 2 Young 1

Murphy, sensing his shot at Schaefer glory, drives home a run with a double.

Yes.

He could also be much better. So I'm okay if they decide to roll the dice, or if they don't.

I think he'll be back next year too. I don't really care a whole lot. I'd like a better and smarter manager, but my assumption is that the guy who would replace Terry wouldn't be much better or much worse.

Not biologically father and son, I assume.

Some possibly encouraging news from Roy Halladay, who chatted with Harvey yesterday. (Terry Collins set up the meeting.) Halladay says he had a similar injury in the 2006 season when he was with Toronto. He shut it down for September of that year, did some strengthening exercises and stuff like that, and was ready to go in April of 2007. Hasn't had any elbow problems since. Harvey has to wait until the swelling goes down, and then they can evaluate whether he can take the approach that Halladay did. Jeremy Hefner, meanwhile, had his Tommy John surgery yesterday. Recovery time is 14 or 15 months. Which indicates to me that Harvey can wait and see for another couple of months. If he ultimately has the Tommy John, he'll miss 2014 and be ready for 2015 whether he has the surgery in August or waits until possibly as late as January.

Davis 1 Young 1 Murphy 0.5 Turner 0.5 Brown 0.5 Lagares 0.3

SCHAEFER METS PLAYER OF THE WEEK, 2013 Week ending April 6: John Buck, 7.21 points. Week ending April 13: Matt Harvey, 9.04 points. Week ending April 20: David Wright, 6.24 points. Week ending April 27: David Wright, 4.68 points. Week ending May 4: Ruben Tejada, 5.03 points. Week ending May 11: Matt Harvey, 5.94 points. Week ending May 18: Daniel Murphy, 10.08 points. Week ending May 25: Daniel Murphy, 6.86 points. Week ending June 1: Daniel Murphy, 5.80 points. Week ending June 8: Omar Quintanilla, 4.59 points. Week ending June 15: David Wright, 6.68 points. Week ending June 22: Omar Quintanilla, 5.20 points. Week ending June 29: Matt Harvey, 8.78 points. Week ending July 6: Kirk Nieuwenhuis, 6.19 points. Week ending July 13: Jeremy Hefner, 8.13 points. Week ending July 20: Marlon Byrd, 4.46 points. Week ending July 27: Matt Harvey, 10.15 points. Week ending August 3: Daniel Murphy, 4.59 points. Week ending August 10: Wilmer Flores, 5.73 points. Week ending August 17: Marlon Byrd, 5.96 points. Week ending August 24: Marlon Byrd, 5.74 points. Voting for Tuesday night's win over the Phillies will close on Friday afternoon, some time after 2 p.m. Schaefer POTG 08/27/2013 Mets 5, Philadelphia 0

I tried, but couldn't find an image of Dr. Doom talking about Droopy Herrera (or whatever the hell his name is.)

I noticed that date. I think he's thinking that he's going to get away with not needing surgery, perhaps like Jon Niese did this season. I'd be a lot more confident about that April 1 date if it came from a doctor instead of from a ballplayer.

Who knows? There may have been more options in July, but teams may be more desperate in August. If Dilson Herrera becomes a major league player, this will have been a good trade. If not, well, all the Mets gave up was two guys who were going to be gone in a month anyway. And of course, the PTBNL may also amount to something some day.

Voting for Monday night's loss to the Phillies will close on Thursday afternoon, some time after 2 p.m. Schaefer POTG 8/26/13 - Phillies 2, Mets 1