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  1. Benjamin Grimm
    ESPNNewYork.com wrote: NEW YORK -- The Mets are close to signing first-round pick Dominic Smith, according to a source. The Mets selected Smith, a first baseman out of Serra HS (Calif.), with the 11th pick in this year's draft. He took swings at Citi Field on Sunday, and even stayed for all 20 innings of the Mets-Marlins game on Saturday. Smith's recommended slot value, according to multiple websites, is $2,840,300. Smith is committed to play at University of Southern California if he is not able to work out a deal with the Mets.
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    So, has anyone chastised the Wilpons yet for assuming that Citi Field will be available in October? Or is everyone still trying to get over the ice cream debacle?
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    Despite the fact that only three people have voted for Tuesday's loss to the Cardinals, the votes will be tallied on Friday, some time after 2 p.m. Schaefer must march on... Schaefer POTG 6/11/13 - Cardinals 9, Mets 2
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    Box score Byrd 1 Duda 2 Gee 3.5 Lyon 0.25 Murphy 1 Parnell 0.25 Wright 2
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    Well, that's good to see. No guarantee, of course, that it will translate to the big league level, but it's better to see that they're winning in the minors than the other way around.
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    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.
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    batmagadanleadoff wrote: I mean, where the hell are the Mets supposed to be with an acceptable 2013 from Ike? Better positioned for 2014, if nothing else.
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    Remember, Dickey was signed for 2013 and at a fairly cheap rate. Trading him seemed to me to be more about "selling high" and restocking the farm system. It would have been easier (especially from a P.R. standpoint) to hang on to him. I agree that they should have traded Reyes if they knew they couldn't sign him. It would have been deeply unpopular, more so than the Dickey trade was, but they'd be better off now. I don't know if they thought that they had more of a chance than they did, or if they cynically kept him in order to sell tickets for the last few months of 2011. And then there's Santana. He was riding high in late June of 2012 before he got his ankle stepped on. Might they have traded him in early July if he was healthy? It's not likely that someone would have taken on his full contract, but maybe the Mets could have gotten a nice young player for Santana and a lot of cash. I wonder how much consideration the Mets gave to trying such a move.
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    They should also invite Dan and Ella Gooden and Nelson Figueroa's dad.
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    It almost looks like they're about to snog. Is that McGwire and Williams in the foreground? I can read their lips: They're saying, "Are you as turned on as I am right now?"
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    Quintanilla 1.5 Byrd 0.5 Hefner 1
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    Eight years ago I knew who Danny Graves was. Now, even after looking him up, I have no recollection of him. I think that ten years ago, if we had played "Met? Or not a Met?" I would have had close to a 100 per cent score, even with 1960s players who were before my time. Now, I know I wouldn't do nearly that well.
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    Niese 3 Wright 2 Murphy 1
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    Voting for the two losses to Miami at Citi Field this past weekend will close on Wednesday afternoon after 2 p.m. Schaefer POTG 6/8/13 - Marlins 2, Mets 1 (20 F**ing Innings) Schaefer POTG, 6/9/2013: Marlins 8 Mets 4 (10)
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    NL Leftfielders: .265/ .335 / .445 // .780 Mets Leftfielders: .238 / .344 / .467 // .811 League Rank: 4/15 I have to say, this surprises me. It surprises me that the Mets rank fourth in left field, and that those poor numbers are good enough to rank fourth. I still don't think Duda is part of the solution (although I know that he can end up proving me wrong) but I'll concede that the Mets can possibly be contenders if they make him the third best starting outfielder on the team. In other words, he's far from the biggest part of the problem.
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    So you would keep everyone they have and hope that they get better? I think there are better odds of being a good team if you have guys who start hitting in April instead of July.
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    I'm quite happy about their pitching prospects. I just think that there are too many needs for position players for there to be a quick (meaning next year) turnaround. I'm happy with Wright and Murphy and hope to be happy with d'Arnaud. Maybe Lagares too, if he gets a chance and makes the most of it. But Davis, Tejada, Byrd, Duda? We need to do better than that.
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    I guess it matters whether they're broke or not, but I'm not sure how much. The hope (and perhaps even the expectation, who knows?) was that the 2013 Mets would take a few strides forward, and be only a few key players away from being at least on the fringe of contention. But they're in a much deeper hole than that. I'd say they may need as many as five or six position players and I only see one such player (d'Arnaud) as someone who's already in the organization. Even if they were fabulously wealthy, there won't be enough players available on the free agent market to get everyone they need. Unless things change direction in a hurry, I'm figuring that we have to hope (not expect) that 2014 will be what 2013 was supposed to be, and that 2015 will be what 2014 was supposed to be. And we also have to prepare ourselves that the calendar may very well have to be adjusted again a few more times.
  21. Benjamin Grimm
    Frayed Knot wrote: Now if only I knew something about that teams' bullpen and hitters I would venture to say that they're probably better than ours.
  22. Benjamin Grimm
    So... is Josh our starting first baseman? Or is it Turner?
  23. Benjamin Grimm
    I think just about any opposing pitcher should inspire an "uh oh" these days.
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    I think you misread the question.
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