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Click on this link and expand the leaderboards to see just how dominant Dwight Gooden was in 1985. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1985-pitching-leaders.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1985-pitching-leaders.shtml But before you look ... the same pitcher led the NL in most Ks/9innings and least hits/9innings in 1985 and it wasn't Doc. Guess who? No peeking.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=38608 time=1591980759 user_id=68] Not even Michael Jordan was Michael Jordan yet in 1986.

Not even Michael Jordan was Michael Jordan yet in 1986.

From Joe Posnanski's favorite 60 baseball moments series for The Athletic.... this is #28 and here's my favorite line (condensed), because it's so true and it's exactly as I remember it: And it was electrifying game after electrifying game.... Our entire summer was spent either watching Gooden pitch or counting off days until we could again watch Gooden pitch. I've never seen anyone more thrilling in sports. I suspect I never will again. https://theathletic.com/1867768/2020/06/12/60-moments-no-28-dwight-gooden-overwhelms-the-cubs/https://theathletic.com/1867768/2020/06/12/60-moments-no-28-dwight-gooden-overwhelms-the-cubs/

=MFS62 post_id=38593 time=1591924416 user_id=60] Pick 120 Matthew Dyer U of Arizona. Plays several positions, primarily a catcher

I'm usually, just barely interested in the Mets first round pick. But anything after that, wake me up like three years from now.

In Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Mets see a ‘left-handed magician' Excerpt: With the 19th pick Wednesday night, New York snagged center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong out of Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles. The 18-year-old Crow-Armstrong is a defensively gifted athlete with one of the highest ceilings in the draft — and the chance to jump ahead of every other outfielder in the Mets' system. “All spring, I called him the left-handed magician in center field,” said Tommy Tanous, senior adviser to amateur scouting. “He's one of the rare players you watch in batting practice play defense … He's a fearless center fielder. He's probably the easiest center fielder I've had a chance to scout.” “The anticipation element to his game is as good as I've seen in a really long time in an amateur center fielder,” said scouting director Marc Tramuta. “There's such a natural glide and ease to what he does in center field. It's just different than everybody else.” https://theathletic.com/1865850/2020/06/11/in-pete-crow-armstrong-the-mets-see-a-left-handed-magician/https://theathletic.com/1865850/2020/06/11/in-pete-crow-armstrong-the-mets-see-a-left-handed-magician/

First member of the exclusive Mets "Typewriter" Club to pass away. (Charter member - Shaun Fitzmaurice; newest member - Austin Jackson; only member to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated - Clint Hurdle)

Re-live Endy Chavez's spectacular over-the-wall catch and lotsa other great Mets memories as the MLB network re-broadcasts Game Seven of the 2006 NLCS today at noon.

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Then there was a clause in that agreement which stated that further talks needed to occur if the truncated season was going to be played in empty stadiums.... Players want to pretend it was a meaningless add-on; owners are claiming they can't function without a reduction off the pro-rated part. Meaningless add-on? Try having a contracts law professor explain that one. No contract terms are meaningless. Otherwise, why the hell would it be in there? Especially here, when both sides are represented by the most sophisticated attorneys in this particular field. Well that's been My point all along. Not that I'm rooting for the players to lose out to owners in this negotiations (I don't particularly care how it winds up) but I've been pissed at the player side reaction to this whole thing.... I know. I'm with you on this one.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: And not all games will be played in empty stadiums. There won't be any crowds of 40,000, but I know that there are mayors and governors who said that they would allow paid spectators at sporting events. (I haven't been keeping track of which ones have said that.) If you could put 5,000 people in the park and charge them $100 per ticket (I'm totally making these numbers up) that would mitigate the $640,000 they owners will lose (using numbers that they probably totally made up) each game. I wouldn't go to a baseball game in these times if they paid me. And then fed me.

Frayed Knot wrote: Then there was a clause in that agreement which stated that further talks needed to occur if the truncated season was going to be played in empty stadiums.... Players want to pretend it was a meaningless add-on; owners are claiming they can't function without a reduction off the pro-rated part. Meaningless add-on? Try having a contracts law professor explain that one. No contract terms are meaningless. Otherwise, why the hell would it be in there? Especially here, when both sides are represented by the most sophisticated attorneys in this particular field.

I'm just not buying it is all. To your point, it looked for a while, until very recently, that the Wilpons would ultimately survive the Madoff devastation and get to hold onto the Mets for a very long time, especially when the value of the Mets increased into the billions. That's billions ... with an "s". But then the Wilpons were hit with two death blows, all within a year of each other. So, if you'll recall.... First, Saul Katz and the Katz family decided that they'd prefer to cash out their Mets holdings, rather than continue to part-own the Mets into the long term. And the Wilpons are too tapped out, too extended, to come up with the money needed to buy out the Katz family. And then this pandemic.

=Ceetar post_id=38252 time=1591388424 user_id=102] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=38250 time=1591387973 user_id=68] =Ceetar post_id=38248 time=1591387407 user_id=102] edited to add: This is specific to the _Wilpons_ ability to repay the loan, profit, etc. It doesn't change the loan amount one bit, and doesn't really affect the sale price. Those loan valuations will change as soon as the team is sold, based on the new owners finances.

=Ceetar post_id=38248 time=1591387407 user_id=102] edited to add: This is specific to the _Wilpons_ ability to repay the loan, profit, etc. It doesn't change the loan amount one bit, and doesn't really affect the sale price. Those loan valuations will change as soon as the team is sold, based on the new owners finances.

Youse still digging Korean baseball? Don't be surprised if youse soon see a feller on some Korean pitching mound that bears a striking resemblance to ex-Met Matt Harvey. Matt Harvey in Korea? Former NY Mets ace trying to restart his career https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/mets/2020/06/05/matt-harvey-ny-mets-korea-mlb/3156632001/https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/mets/2020/06/05/matt-harvey-ny-mets-korea-mlb/3156632001/

=Ceetar post_id=38242 time=1591385531 user_id=102] oh god debt grading. I think my eyes just glazed over thinking about it. I think that hammer/nail guy that used to write 3 times a day about how the Mets were going to lose the team in 2010 always got a lot of mileage off this stuff.

New York Mets' Citi Field Debt Is Downgraded To Below Investment Grade Mike Ozanian Mike OzanianForbes Staff SportsMoney It may have just gotten a little tougher for Fred Wilpon to hang on to the New York Mets. This afternoon, credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings announced it was lowering its ratings to BB+, from BBB, on the New York City Industrial Development Agency's series 2006 $547.4 million payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) bonds, $58.4 million installment purchase bonds, $7.1 million lease revenue bonds, and series 2009 $82.28 million PILOT bonds issued for Queens Ballpark Co. LLC (Citi Field), the baseball team's ballpark. S&P said it was also assigning a recovery rating of 1, reflecting an expectation for very high (90-100%; rounded estimate: 95%) recovery in the event of a default. The team made a PILOT bond payment of $44 million in 2019. The BB+ rating is the first step toward being rated below investment grade. Specifically, an insurer rated BBB has good financial security characteristics but is more likely to be affected by adverse business conditions than are higher-rated insurers while an insurer rated BB or lower is regarded as having vulnerable characteristics that may outweigh its strengths. The Mets—owned by Sterling Equities, which is controlled by [Fred] Wilpon, his son Jeff, and Saul Katz—have been on the block for a while. A deal with Steve Cohen broke down in February. Most recently, former MLB All-Star Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez were trying to raise money to buy the team, which Forbes valued at $2.4 billion in early April. In early May, I wrote that the couple had ended their attempt to buy the team because they couldn't get sufficient funds. But it was reported five days ago that Rodriguez and Lopez are taking another shot. The Mets are losing money and have a mountain of debt: $350 million on the team and perhaps another $450 million on SNY, their 65%-owned regional sports network. According to my sources, it is likely the team has added to its leverage by borrowing from the league's expanded credit facility to deal with the lack of ballpark revenue during the sport's shutdown this season. The ratings agency said: “A combination of cash on hand and liquidity can keep the project afloat until June 2021. We estimate cash and liquidity in the form of its debt service reserve can cover operations and maintenance (O&M) and debt service obligations for QBC if the entire 2020 season is canceled, and if this occurred would be sufficient to support the first of two debt service obligations in 2021.” In mid-May, MLB's owners submitted a plan to the players' union to play an 82-game regular season starting in July. The players took to that proposal like a batter would a 98-mile-an-hour fastball at his head. Most recently, the owners rejected an offer from the players for a 114-game schedule. Even with a shorter season, my math shows the owners losing an enormous amount of money because fans will be kept from attending games as a result of the pandemic. The outlook for Citi Field is troubling. “The CreditWatch negative placement reflects our concerns over the continued impact COVID-19 is having on the QBC (Citi Field) given that MLB is likely to cancel a significant portion of the 2020 season, that the 2021 season could entail limited attendance due to social distancing, and that destabilization could extend into 2022, a potential strike year,” S&P wrote. “Using debt service reserves may be necessary as early as December as we do not assume or rely on any team support. Additional draws could occur in 2021, depending on how the revenue profile unfolds. “Beginning with the anticipated MLB announcement, we are expecting to gradually clarify the extent of cancellations in the season, including potential cancellation of all fan-attended games, as well as any social distancing requirements once games begin, and refine and publish our financial forecast as a function of our assessment of QBC. We could lower the rating if we conclude there is likely to be a substantial draw on reserves to pay debt service in 2020 and 2021.” More serious problems would occur should there be a work stoppage prior to the next collective bargaining agreement. “An insufficient liquidity position could expose Citi Field to additional financial risk if a 2022 MLB players strike occurs,” the ratings agency noted. “If liquidity is drawn this year or next, the replenishment of the debt service reserve, if used, is unlikely to be quick. The current collective bargaining agreement with players sunsets at the end of 2021, and if a players strike occurred, pre-existing 2020 or 2021 draws on the debt service reserve account may not be adequate to support the stadium through the strike.” To be fair, the Mets would not be the only team whose owners' financial mettle woul be tested by a work stoppage. Tthe Texas Rangers, for example, had to make $100 million in capital calls from their investors to pay for their new ballpark, which has yet to host a single game. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2020/06/04/new-york-mets-citi-field-debt-gets-downgraded-to-below-investment-grade/#3330f69b7439https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2020/06/04/new-york-mets-citi-field-debt-gets-downgraded-to-below-investment-grade/#3330f69b7439

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=37950 time=1591346377 user_id=68] =G-Fafif post_id=37923 time=1591293974 user_id=55] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=37915 time=1591285808 user_id=68]But no NL pitcher was better than Seaver in '76. It's just that wins were like everything back then.

=G-Fafif post_id=37923 time=1591293974 user_id=55] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=37915 time=1591285808 user_id=68]But no NL pitcher was better than Seaver in '76. It's just that wins were like everything back then.

=G-Fafif post_id=37913 time=1591284515 user_id=55] =Ceetar post_id=37903 time=1591279551 user_id=102] shoutout to '70/'71.

Seaver or Jenkins? Expand the leaderboards and decide for yourselves. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1971-pitching-leaders.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1971-pitching-leaders.shtml Jenkins had 39 more IP's than Seaver. That's about a whole months worth of work. FWIW. And 30 complete games. Wow!

Wait a second! Seaver's best two year Cy run may have been 1975-76, instead of 1976-77. He deserved to win it in 76 and actually did win the Cy the year before, though Seaver's status as 75's best NL pitcher is more debatable.

I'm feeling totally apathetic to baseball's 2020 plight. OTOH, it'd be a shame for Jake deGrom to lose a season at the height of his considerable talents. It's rare to be rooting for a pitcher that deservedly won back-to-back Cy Youngs. Not even Tom Seaver, by comparison, ever had consecutive seasons where he deserved to win the CYA. He was certainly Cy-Young caliber in consecutive seasons, but never the league's best for two straight seasons. The closest he came was 1976-77, -- where he might've been the league's best pitcher in 1976, but lost to Randy Jones, finishing a distant 8th in the voting thanks to a ho-hum 14-11 W-L record -- and was the league's 2d best pitcher in 1977 -- and even then, he was a Met for only half a season in 1977.

=nymr83 post_id=37801 time=1591119825 user_id=54] Who benefits [from] not playing at all?