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but it's hard to be too hard on a guy who's so desperate that he takes that chance. don't be too hard on poor Bernie Madoff, who could he have fed his kids if he wasnt cheating? a hyperbolic example obviously, but there are people that your argument can apply to in all kinds of professions and i dont feel bad for them either.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Ben Revere? GAG i'd compare his bat to Rey Ordonez, but i don;t want to insult Rey's comparatively awesome power.

i hope this game ends on a Flores-pinchhit-walkoff-homerun. i just do.

MLB.com: In addition to Wheeler and Flores, the Brewers had also asked for Triple-A IF Dilson Herrera, but the Mets refused, according to the NY Post�s Joel Sherman (July 29, 9:38 pm). So the fault of Flores not being pulled wasn't on Terry (because he was never told) or on Sandy (because he never agreed to it) but on the reporters who grossly jumped the gun on this one announcing it as all but official when it apparently was nothing of the sort. a certain segment of the media have always been the biggest villain in the Mets saga of losing over the past 10 years

i remember when Wilmer was fake traded....

all the Collins bashers can eat some dick tonight, there was no trade, maybe next they can say he is responsible for monitoring twitter [u:3d4fuylj]during games[/u:3d4fuylj] and comforting his players over rumors?

Sandy Alderson says the trade "HAS NOT AND WILL NOT TRANSPIRE" Was a bullshit rumor on social media the real cause Flores was crying?

ESPN.. Terry Collins said that he did not remove Wilmer Flores from the game against the Padres because he had no idea about a pending trade. "There was nothing I knew about. Why would I take him out of the game?" Collins said. Flores was seen with tears in his eyes on the field in the 8th inning.

Duda's home/road splits are Coors-esque!

Keith Law had the best one...

INSURANCEEEEE

Syndergaard done after 8 for a pinch-hitter. if the bullpen blows this one...

When the Padres get on the bus back to the airport, make sure they leave Upton behind!

yeah the opportunities to see what might have been will be interesting. were the antiquated voters less likely to vote at all?

I'd ship those 3 out for Stanton before the Marlins could hang up the phone. There are different kinds of prospects, I'd put both Rosario and Nimmo in the "could be huge studs but could be total flame-out duds" category. neither of them has the "high floor" of say Conforto that makes me less want to trade a guy. Meanwhile, gavin cecchini, who never really fell behind in the "who will be ready first" contest has probably pulled back ahead of Rosario this year in the "more likely to be the SS of the future" and "more likely to have a solid career" categories. Trading should in part always be about absolute value (which is why i don't like Meisner for 20 innings of Clippard), but when you have multiple guys of similiar value which one you prefer deal depends on other factors, i would think Rosario has become more tradeable this year (with Cecchini's performance)and Nimmo less so (with Lagares floundering, Cuddyer sucking/hurt). Gomez looks like fool's gold. his range has dropped off and his basestealing disappeared too this year (he was hurt though i think?)

I had completely blocked out that gary Sheffield was ever a Met.

Terrible trade imo. You got back 20 to 25 innings of Tyler clippard. I don't think that's worth any decent prospect.

The Rockies have a top SS prospect in Story. Shipping Reyes either now or in the off-season appears possible. Meanwhile, they got prospects (still dont know who) and Reyes contract should be easier to shed in future than Tulo was. Wow, Tulowitzkis defense numbers much better than I thought. I always thought of him as barely belonging at SS but the numbers say otherwise.

Jose Reyes has been traded to the Colorado Rockies. Some scrub who can't stay healthy was dealt to Toronto in return, Tulowitzki or something? Toronto also getting our old friend Latroy Hawkins to help their bullpen, Colorado getting minor leaguers, no word yet on who. Tulowitzki signed through 2020, owed $96M Reyes signed through: 2018, owed $48M Tulowitzksi away from Coors field (career) .819 OPS Reyes career .773 OPS, much better baserunner and defender I'm not sure which side of this deal I'd rather be on actually.

Mays? Kiner? Edit - I had to look... Liner was a really dumb answer. Willie Mays made his major league debut about 3 weeks after he turned 20. Fuck.

Uhohhhh

Conforto is becoming Mr Collision, looks like nobody hurt thankfully.

Campbell can pack his bags, the 2nd is a bit tougher

Twitter rumor have Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson to the Mets

and THAT says as much about his year as anything. it says "small sample size" and "BABIP adjustment coming" (currently .203) Rumors on twitter have Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson joining the Mets. no confirmation i can find