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Also. @Brock Beauchamp I started an IGT in the non baseball forum. The Mets forum wasn’t showing up for me.

Alvy double. Looking good.

I think 14, 24 and 37 are so woefully undeserving it strips the honor of any meaning.

This is going to take some getting used to. But appreciate the effort everyone has made. And ceetar is back. That’s great.

How about Matt Lawton.

Made it here!

So the link to the CPF will automatically take us to the new forum?

I think I'm closer to FK than what the Mets have done. And although I agree that "HOF with Mets Hat" is too strict, it's closer than whatever they're doing now. I think it has to be something along the lines of: 1. Elite performance for a significant portion of time. 2. Long tenure as a Met 3. Must be associated with the Mets more than any other team (at the very least, can't be more associated with another club than the Mets) So going through the retired numbers: 1. Casey Stengel. #37. No. I mean, why are we retiring a manager's number. This is dumb. 2. Gil Hodges. #14. No. See above. 3. Tom Seaver. #41. Yes. Duh. 4. Jackie Robinson. #42. Find another way to honor him. Making all clubs retire his number is dumb. And seems forced. 5. Mike Piazza. #31. Yes. It's a close call on criteria 3. The Dodgers are close, but I say he's more Met than Dodger. 6. Jerry Koosman. #36. No. I never saw him play, but I don't think you can really say he was elite, and not for a significant portion of the time. 7. Keith Hernandez. #17. No. Spent more years with the Cardinals, won his MVP with the Cardinals, better overall numbers with the Cardinals. I mean, we love him. But as a player, he's more St. Louis than NY. 8. Willie Mays. #24. I mean, come on. 9. Dwight Gooden. #16. Yes. He didn't stay elite as long as we would have liked, but has earned it. 10. Darryl Strawberry. #18. Yes. 11. David Wright. #5. Yes. My wall: 41 31 16 18 5 15 Including 24 basically makes this honor meaningless.

A guy tells me that Kris Bryant was active in 2025, and my first instinct is to think I'm talking to a crazy person and to come up with a way to excuse myself. And you wonder why the committee is so mean to you.

Since I'm coming in late, I'm assuming all the easy answers are off the board. I'll go with a guy that used to be good but isn't any more. Kris Bryant.

I heard Manaea's not even touching 90 on his fastball. This is concerning, no?

I talked to the committee. They remain steadfast (they can be dicks sometimes). Ronny Mauricio hasn't hit much yet, but he's young and has upside. We would be upset if he were out for the season (again). Craig Kimbrel is potentially a HOFer. But this version of Craig Kimbrel is pretty dark horsey. Like we'd be doing backflips to have prime Darryl Strawberry back on this team. But 2026 Darryl is not likely to contribute much.

Prediction: 13-7. ERA: 3.21. GS: 30 WHIP: 1.111

Mike Tauchman seems to be the favorite for DHM this year. With good reason. He had a .756 OPS last year, and 1.9 WAR in 93 games. Brandon Nimmo had a .760 OPS last year, and a 2.9 WAR in 155 games. A solid bet, making him a popular choice. I'm going to go with Vidal Brujan. I have no reason to believe he will suddenly learn to hit after 5 years in the bigs with a .543 OPS. But that's what this thread is for. By my count: Ben Grimm: Mike Tauchman Gwreck: Dylan Ross metsmarathon: Nate Lavendar metirish: Nick Morabito lefty specialist: Ben Rortvedt smg: Jose Rojas Cowtipper: Craig Kimbrel mmm: Luis Garcia MFSS62: Huascar Brazoban ashie: Mike Tauchman CF: Vidal Brujan Edgy's submission of Ronny Mauricio was rejected by the committee. Mr. DC, please consider an alternate, darker, horsier, submission.

Rays. Victor Zambrano.

After consideration I think it’s Aaron Judge. That’s why I’m so indifferent about team USA. Schwarber and Harper don’t help.

I wish that were the case. McLean struggled. Looks like his fastball got hit then he nibbled around with his breaking pitches. It’s fine. It’s still early. And now that McLean is out of the game, I’m having trouble mustering interest for this game.

By my count, Bo Bichette is the 5th most famous Bo on the "People Named Bo that I am aware of" list. 1. Bo Derek 2. Bo Jackson 3. Bo Diddley 4. Bo Duke 5. Bo Bichette My prediction. .310/.365/.425

I feel like he's gonna suck. OPS in the mid to low .600's. Defense will be fine. Will not be a regular by the end of the season. Defensive replacement by the post-season.

Not questioning the credibility of the Fox News source, but Danny Abriano of SNY says it's a regularly scheduled press conference. So I guess no Peralta extension.

Tatis Jr. Grand Slam. DR dominating Israel. If it had been his father, he would have hit another that same inning.

If only it were that simple. Korea beating Australia leads to a three way tie between Korea, Australia and Chinese Taipei. Because of the funky tie breakers, Korea needed to not only win, but to win by 5, while not allowing more than 2 runs. Korean won by a score of 7-2.

I fully understand that a player can get hurt in spring training, or even walking from the parking lot to spring training. Or stepping out of the shower while thinking about spring training. It doesn't make me any less nervous about our potential ace getting hurt. Everyone can say it's no different to be pitching in a grapefruit league game vs. the WBC. I don't believe that. The intensity displayed in these WBC games is crazy. When you see how much it means to these other players to represent their country, I can't imagine our players view it in the same way they would view some grapefruit league start. And because of that intensity, I feel it's more likely that a competitor like McLean would push himself, maybe more than he should be doing in early March. Can I prove that? No. And so I'm not saying anyone else should feel that way. But that's where I sit. And again, maybe it will be different once I watch the games on TV.

No reason for the press conference announced.