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I like having them to thumb through years later. Especially the "prospects" section to see who made it and who didn't.

I usually pick up a yearbook the first time each year that I go to a game, but this year I don't want to do that because whatever they have on the shelves now would have Harvey and not Mesoraco. That is not really going to be indicative of the 2018 season. I know that they made revised editions later in the season years ago. I do not know if that is currently the practice, Is it, and if it is when do these usually come out?

What I was hoping to get responses on is whether or not the current group of "stud" pitchers from the past few years (the "five aces") ought to already be lumped along with "Generation K" as a collective bust. I say no, for the reasons that I explained above.

https://nypost.com/2018/05/10/the-misery-of-the-mets-fan/ OK, I know it's easy to get down during a stretch like this, but let's get real here about two things that this guy wrote. . . ". . .later generations of Mets fans have been baptized with agonizing September and October collapses (1987-88, 2006-08). . .generations of injuries to stellar pitching prospects (from the mid-1990s “Generation K” to the current rotation). . ." -Would you call 2006 a "collapse"? They had a good season, made it to the NLCS, and lost a tough series. There is a team every year that advances to the NLCS and loses. 1988 is a different story to me because it was basically still the '86 team that was supposed to be a "dynasty" and, IMO, they went into that series overconfident and paid the price due to their own hubris. -Comparing the current rotation to Generation K is what really got me though. The author is technically correct by stating that there have been injury problems in both cases, but other than that? Generation K was three guys who all of which flamed out from the standpoint of being "aces" (one total flameout, one middle-to-back end of the rotation type for a few years in Tampa and Cincinnati, and one who managed to have a pretty solid career out of the bullpen). The current situation is five guys, two of which are now established at the top of the Mets rotation barring injury, two others who are not yet lost causes, and the notorious fifth who flamed out as a Met (not necessarily yet as a major league pitcher. . .time will tell) but before the flameout did start the All-Star game (at CitiField), almost had a postseason start for the ages, and actually did take the league and the city by storm with two basically full, really solid, seasons. I just don't think that it is a fair comparison between the two groups on the merits.

-Matz and Wheeler had solid starts (albeit wasted ones) over the past few days. -The 1999 team was 27-28 on June 5th and still ended up with 96 wins in the regular season (not counting the one-game playoff).

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: went to a real university Being that "real universities" nowadays are just extremely expensive day care centers for older children who never really become adults as a result of their conditioning, I'm not really sure how that rates as a positive on Harvey's ledger. I actually really do see the demise of this one once promising pitcher as a micronism of much larger societal problems.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: a heavy cocaine user Source?

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Led Zeppelin said that Cincinnati was the biggest shithole of a US major city they'd ever visited. But I'm sure that WKRP played their songs a lot. batmagadanleadoff wrote: Now that Harvey's gonna pitch there, the supermodel industry will probably relocate to Cincinnati. Maybe he finds a nice, normal, midwestern girl and she straightens his head out.

For better or for worse, I just can't get the words "entitled", "millennial", and "Connecticut" out of my head. Maybe it's me just being jaded from being in the Northeast too long along with me having a really bad case of "grass is greener" syndrome combined with "get off my lawn"-itis. But, for example, Wheeler is from Georgia and he is struggling too, but at least he is not telling the media to f*** off and the team is sticking with him. I'm just speculating on upbringing/environment being a factor here.

. . .is Swarzak to the 60-day DL. Does not look as if we will be seeing him anytime soon, which is pretty significant. Another crappy Alderson bullpen signing?

Shades of Jose Cardinal being traded between games of a doubleheader. Mesoraco was supposed to start for the Reds tonight. Do you think that he will give up the game plan that he was probably working with Luis Castillo (tonight's Reds starting pitcher, not the crappy second baseman) on literally an hour ago?

All this drama with Harvey has me thinking back to 2013 when I actually thought that this guy had a chance to be the "next Seaver". We all know that is not going to happen, but let's throw out the hypothetical anyway just for fun. . . What would have to occur for some unnamed and perhaps not yet even born future Met to eventually surpass Seaver as the undisputed best player in the history of the franchise? Let your imaginations run wild. . .

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I thought Abad never showed up. Really? Where did you hear that?

Maybe we will be seeing Abad at some point because of all this? I'm can't say that I am an expert with regard to how overuse in one season carries over to the next, but maybe that 2nd loogy can leverage Blevins and (hopefully) the resultant decreased usage of Blevins can then salvage his season. I also think that the absence of Swarzak is also playing a factor, as the word on him to the best of my recollection is that he can also get leftys out despite being righthanded. Getting him back could also better leverage Blevins.

Harvey to the bullpen is official. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/04/mets-to-move-matt-harvey-to-bullpen.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

Ramos does not necessarily regulate Plawecki to the bench either, as Realmuto certainly would. Instead, it would just revert back to the original plan of a semi-platoon based upon matchups.

. . .he always looks down upon his left forearm as he rounds second base. Does anyone know why this is?

And how on earth do you get the photograph of the strength coach of the friggin' AAA team?

At least Wheeler is the ace of the 51s I guess.

Cabrera looked like he took well to the leadoff spot. I'm sure that Callaway is still committed to batting Cespedes second. I still like the idea of Nimmo setting the table (at least until Conforto gets back). There is still a need to protect Rosario by batting him lower. Therefore. . . 1) Cabrera 2) Cespedes 3) Bruce 4) Frazier 5) Gonzalez 6) d'Arnaud/Plawecki 7) pitcher 8) Rosario 9) Nimmo It's almost like a "traditional" lineup, only shifted a few spots.

Better late than never. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/03/mets-sign-fernando-abad.html

I was really hoping for something to be done regarding this by Opening Day.

G-Fafif wrote: RHP Zack Wheeler demoted on March 24. There goes that rotation everybody's been sort of dreaming about a little, maybe. I'm guessing this means that Evans makes the team. Lugo will be "in the rotation" but my guess is not really due to the normal preponderance of off days in early April.

Montero and Wright are surely going to the 60-Day DL in the next few days, leaving 38 guys on the 40-man.

Frayed Knot wrote: J.J. Hardy SS - .217/.255/.323/.578 slash line going into age 35 season Jayson Werth LF - .226/.322/.393/.715 going into age 39 Jose Bautista RF - .203/.308/.366/.674 going into age 37 John Jaso RF - .211/.328/.402/.730 going into age 34 Matt Holliday DH - .231/.316/.432/.748 going into age 38 R.A. Dickey SP - Still serviceable but going into age 43. . .might just want to stay at home at this point. Scott Feldman SP - 4.77 ERA/1.35 WHIP going into age 35 Ubaldo Jimenez SP - 6.81 ERA/1.59 WHIP going into age 34 John Lackey SP - Going into age 39. Still serviceable but same classification as Dickey. Matt Garza SP - 4.94 ERA/1.44 WHIP going into age 34 Joe Blanton RP - 5.68 ERA/1.48 WHIP going into age 37 I would say that all of the above are sufficiently on the trash heap (or gracefully retired) and you ought not to realistically expect them to be signed. In addition to Holland, Phillips, and Cabrera (who I mentioned earlier) I would think that Reynolds, Escobar, Seth Smith, and Rosenthal should still have major league jobs. I'm on the fence with regard to Storen.