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  1. Gwreck
    But he already had the 10-year guaranteed contract at the time of suspensions 1 and 2, which together cost him 1.5 years of salary. Given the already clear lack of good judgment, I see little barrier to the possibility that he could now jeopardize another 2 years of salary.
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    Could the Mets really be planning around the decidedly nonzero chance that Cano does get popped again? Keep him around and hope either that he produces (because he's back on PEDs) or gets permanently suspended (because he's back on PEDs)?
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    Not smart. We need baserunners.
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    Edgy MD wrote: One thing I credit Tony Larussa for: When one of his players would hit a batter up high, nobody had to charge the mound, and nobody had to warn the benches, because Tony would go out on the mound and scream at his player. I read Buzz Bissinger's mostly bad book on LaRussa and there was an interesting section where one of the Cardinals got hit so LaRussa reviewed their lineup to find an equivalent player and did the same. I'm fine with Arenado getting one in the backside tomorrow.
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    I think they take the path of least resistance and send Sean Reid-Foley and Yoan Lopez down, even if that means carrying only 12 pitchers. I'm fine with cutting Cano as a sunk cost who is unlikely to produce significant value — but I bet the Mets want to wait him out a little more.
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    =Centerfield post_id=90366 time=1650943538 user_id=65] Can't remember the last time I felt this good about the Mets.
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    LGM
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    Could really use a hit, Dom.
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    Could really use a hit, Jeff.
  10. Gwreck
    I'd like to pinch hit Smith for Cano.
  11. Gwreck
    I'm really fine with reducing May's high leverage situations. Welcome to the 8th inning role, Drew Smith.
  12. Gwreck
    Thought these sorts of offense-gone-quiet games only happened to deGrom.
  13. Gwreck
    Also, Nimmo coming in as a defensive replacement, but in center and not left is…curious.
  14. Gwreck
    Who gets the 9th? Let Lugo finish it, or…Mets debut for Yoan Lopez?
  15. Gwreck
    Trainspotting: Reynolds was on the 2015 NLCS roster but was replaced on the WS roster when Uribe came back.
  16. Gwreck
    I don't understand. You disagreed with the replay decision? My view was that it was clear he was safe and the call was appropriately overturned. There have been some occasionally baffling replay decisions on tag plays or even some home run calls, but getting the first base force call right on replay is not difficult.
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    Gary praising the replay coordinator, and sure, I agree. But there was approximately a 0% chance that they wouldn't challenge that play…
  18. Gwreck
    Don't think it was coincidental that Gary mentioning the need to cut the roster by 2 players as Cano looks bad striking out.
  19. Gwreck
    Postponed. Single admission doubleheader tomorrow at 3. Two nine inning games.
  20. Gwreck
    Frayed Knot wrote: It occurs to me that perhaps a Tom Seaver rotunda and a Jackie Robinson statue would have been the better way to go. This had occurred previously to everyone not named Wilpon. Tyler Kepner of the Times had a good take: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/sports/baseball/mets-home-opener.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/sports/baseball/mets-home-opener.html The statue, by William Behrends, stands near the entrance to the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, the grand entryway to the ballpark that Fred Wilpon built. Knock the Wilpons all you want for ignoring Mets history when the stadium opened, in 2009, but they understood that a tribute to Robinson would transcend team loyalties. The displays within the rotunda, which harkens to Ebbets Field, are a powerful and lasting reminder of the most important person in baseball history.
  21. Gwreck
    That said, I have no problem with Gabe Kapler's stated approach: getting deeper into a team's bullpen has follow-on effects and makes it easier to win more games in a series.
  22. Gwreck
    Run differential is *not* a tiebreaker. The article has been corrected: “CBS Sports incorrectly stated that run differential is one of the tiebreakers MLB will use instead of a Game 163 in the 2022 season in the initial version of this story. Run differential was discussed as a tiebreaker, but that rule did not make it into the new CBA. The five tiebreakers MLB is using this season are head-to-head record, intradivision record, interdivision record, last half of Intraleague games, and last half of Intraleague games plus one until the tie is broken. We apologize for the error.” https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/padres-upset-at-giants-for-breaking-unwritten-rule-and-bunting-in-blowout/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/padres-upset-at-giants-for-breaking-unwritten-rule-and-bunting-in-blowout/
  23. Gwreck
    I guess we are still wanting for a manager who will (1) insist that hitters learn how to bunt and (2) insist that they bunt for free base hits when leading off the 9th down one run.
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    Big strike zone tonight for Carlson.
  25. Gwreck
    Edgy MD wrote: I'm a defender of the shift. I just celebrate the idea of combatting it with stragery instead of banning it. This is 1000% correct.
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