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  1. Benjamin Grimm
    Could this be the final Vanis takee????
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    Pagan just threw the ball to the St. Louis first base coach???
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    This is a pretty shitty inning.
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    Always fun to see Jose hit a triple!
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    Ceetar wrote: If the first place team falters n this case, and the second place team jumps them, you were never really 5 games back to begin with. What???
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    I hope there's some kind of cooling mechanism inside of Mr. Met's oversized head.
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    I can't speak to the multiplier, but as for net games, I think that's something that Edgy came up with. Look at it this way, it's one thing to be 5 games behind and in second place, but it's another thing entirely to be 5 games behind and in fourth place; you have three teams to pass instead of one, and even if the first place team falters, there are two other teams better positioned to take advantage of that. The Net GB attempts to address that.
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    Voting for Tuesday night's win over the Cardinals at Citi Field will close on Friday morning. Schaefer PotG, 7/19/2011, Mets 4, Cardinals 2
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    From the Wall Street Journal: That the Mets will trade Beltran, though, before the July 31 non-waiver deadline seems a foregone conclusion. Even Beltran acknowledges as much. "Right now, the only way they can get something in return is if they trade me," he said. But any Beltran trade could end up being a net gain for the Mets, because Beltran suggested Tuesday night that he would be open to re-signing with them this offseason. "I'm going to let everything play the way it plays out, and if it plays out for me to return here, I have no problem," he said. "I know New York. I know how everything is here. I have produced here. I don't see it as a big deal." When asked Wednesday if the Mets would be open to signing Beltran again, general manager Sandy Alderson said in an e-mail: "Short answer: Yes, it is something we could consider." Full article
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    Beato 0.5 Beltran 2.25 Byrdak 0.5 Dickey 0.5 Isringhausen 1.5 Pagan 2.5 Thole 2.25
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    Frayed Knot wrote: G, K & R are HR magnets. Just as Gary is saying, "Angel will sometimes hit a home run, but he's not a home run hitter" Pagan ends the game with a homer.
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    And just wait until you see Bill Pecota!
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    Yeah, the vesting portion isn't the problem with Jason Bay's contract. It can and will be easily avoided.
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    I wouldn't be terribly shocked if this turns out to be R.A. Dickey's last game as a Met.
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    As I think I said a few days ago, I'm no longer absolutely convinced that the Mets won't offer Beltran a contract for 2012. (If they trade him I think it becomes a little less likely, but still possible.) How much do we think he'll get as a free agent this winter? I know these things can be wildly unpredictable, but my guess would be around $9 per year for two years. I think the Mets can pay that, and I don't see that their next great young outfielder, whoever he may be, is going to be ready to take over in 2012. (Unless, I suppose, said player is someone who comes to the Mets in exchange for Beltran.) Sure he's having a very good season this year, but those knees are what they are, and Carlos is in his mid-thirties. (He'll turn 35 next April.) His annual salary just about has to take a big drop from where it was. Doesn't it?
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    Yeah, I'm sure that Sandy would have little trouble releasing Jason Bay just before, or during, the 2013 season. (Especially with that 2014 option looming.) But can he find a creative way to unload Bay before then?
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    I think he'd be well suited for a role as a crafty veteran pinch hitter, who you call on when you need somebody to ground into a double play. I wonder if Bay would be open to an "early retirement" package? Offer him $6 million at the end of the season to just walk away. He'd gain two years to spend with his kids, rather than flailing futilely in front of booing throngs. The $6 million alone would set him for life, even if he didn't already have millions in the bank. Yeah, I know. He wouldn't go for it, his agent wouldn't go for it, and the players union wouldn't go for it. But I think it would be a nice way out of this mess for everybody.
  19. Benjamin Grimm
    This is from an article in the New York Times that discusses Jason Bay's albatrossness: But given the length and size of his contract, Bay will be as much of an albatross as any player in team history if he cannot rediscover his old form. He is slated to earn $16 million per year in 2012 and 2013. The deal also includes a $17 million option for 2014 that will vest if Bay has at least 600 plate appearances in 2013 or at least 500 in both 2012 and 2013. I was unaware of (or had forgotten) that there's a possibility that Bay's contract with the Mets could extend to a fifth year. Obviously, unless Bay gets his act together in a big (and by now, unexpected) way, there's no way the Mets will let him get the required number of plate appearances in 2013. They'd surely release him before that happened.
  20. Benjamin Grimm
    The Schaefer Mets Player of the Week for the week ending July 16, 2011 is Scott Hairston with 3.56 points.
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    Voting for Monday's makeup game against the Marlins will close on Thursday morning. Schaefer POTG 07/18/11 Florida 4, Mets 1
  25. Benjamin Grimm
    Beltran 1 Gee 4 Isringhausen 0.5 Murphy 1.5 Pagan 1.5 Parnell 0.5 Reyes 0.5 Turner 0.5
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