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As Donald Sutherland said in the Dirty Dozen, "Very pretty , Colonel. But can they fight?" That's all well and good, but will they win Schaeffer Suds? Oh, uh, congrats to both of them. Later

According to metsmerized.com, the Mets are calling up prospect Blade Tidwell to start Sunday's game against the Cards. He's the #30 prospect on some lists. At AAA this year, he is 1-2 with e 5.00 ERA in 27 IP, with 10 BB and 37 K. Later

OK, so I voted DH. But there is one change that really bugs me- the change to the option rule. I liked it when you could get a copy of the 40 man rooster in the Spring and make pencil changes to that one page throughout the season. Now you have to reprint it every few days. I liked it when a player could be kept in the minors for four years before they had to be added to the 40 man major league roster, then they had three options. Period. Not three option years during which a player or pitcher can be yo-yoed up and down countless times during each of those years. It stops fans from getting to know a player, drives traveling secretaries and scorecard printers nuts and can rush players to the majors before they are ready, to fill an immediate short term need. The old way allowed time for the players to be coached up to their abilities. The disease that led to this change was, IMO, shorter starts for pitchers, The way the game is played. But one byproduct is not caring because there is an endless supply of cannon fodder waiting in the minors for their one day of glory. Another byproduct is with fewer replacements available, managers will have to be more judicious in changing pitchers and game will be shorter. Later

Perdomo has 25 RBI on the season, and I think 37 of them came in this series. Later

You can pump the brakes on this thread for a while. Later

Brandon took the loss, dropping his record to 1-3. But he pitched well: 4.1IP 5H 2R 2ER 2BB 4K dropping his ERA to 5.48 Later

Matt had another short, no decision start (37 pitches): 2.0IP 2H 0R 0ER 1BB 3K His ERA is now 2.25 Later

Yahoo sports is saying that Brazoban (1-0 1.56) will be sent out to slay the beast (0-1 4.05). Later

I have mixed feelings about the story. I'm elated that whatever they are doing is working. I'm afraid that now that the cat is out of the bag, other teams will raid the Mets organization and hire away the people who are making this happen. That brain drain make us weaker and them stronger. I would have preferred this remain our secret weapon. Later

RIP. Later

Why is Peterson out of the game after 5 IP? Is he ok? Later

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Interesting. The pitching matchup is my girlfriend's maiden name vs my ex-wife's maiden name. Scary. Later

A lot of well deserved Schaffer is going to be diluted. This is one of those games where we wish we had more than 10 points to distribute. Later

=Cowtipper post_id=191094 time=1745882064 user_id=166] =Gwreck post_id=191091 time=1745880834 user_id=56] Nimmo has a 3.200 OPS today.

And José Ureña gets the ... save. And the only starter without a hit was Lindor. BOOKS! Later

Edgy MD wrote: Five overturned calls! Four Nimmo Hits Three Alonso runs Two hits by our big guy And one game that I wanted to see. OE: Those changed as I was typing that. Game's not over. Later

This thread should be mentally put on hold, to be revisited in a few months. Later

Reports of Nimmo's decline have been put on temporary hold. Later

6-0 in a three run dinger by someone trying to make folks like him. But Canning has thrown 90 pitches through 6 innings, so I'm not too comfortable. Later

McSquirrel gets all the nuts. Later

It isn't just at bat. The fact that they need a centerfielder and use McNeil there instead of Nimmo tells me that they feel the area he can cover seems to be shrinking faster than a dollar store t-shirt. (Just a guess. I don't have the zone rating stats) I had thought Gilbert might be coming along at AAA, but he didn't have a good day with the bat in yesterday's DH. I hope that was just a hiccup and Gilbert will be up here soon. Later

A three run homer by a guy hitting under .150. A Joe Schultz comment needed here. Later

=kcmets post_id=190890 time=1745716639 user_id=53] What channel? You were warned, just begging to get red lit!

Tylor Megill 3-2 1.09 Mitchell Parker 3-1 1.39 1:35 PM EDT Later

Clay Holmes 2-1 3.16 Brad Lord 0-2 4.73 4:10 PM EDT Later