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I'm not sure he is necessary...especially with less than 70 games left in 2014. He may be capable, but look at the other Mets starters' ERAs. Colon's being the worst among them gives me hope for the future. I hope the Mets can get as much for him as they can. But I'm not convinced he was a value signing.

Edgy MD wrote: Why was signing Colon throwing in the towel? Sorry...not exactly what I meant. I know you and I have differing views on this, but I realistically threw in the towel when it was clear Harvey was going to miss 2014. Management tried to sell Colon as capable for filling in for Harvey...but Colon (as good as he was in 2013) is not Harvey. For me, the Colon signing was Mets management picking up the towel I had thrown and saying "Wait, wait...but, we signed Colon...he's good! Buy some tickets!". If management really had intentions on winning a division in 2014, I would have thought they would have been more creative on offense and not spent $20M on two seasons of a post-40 year old pitcher.

1) A quality major-leaguer (preferably SS or LF) who is younger and cheaper. 2) IMO, signing BC was throwing in the towel. 3) To some extent, the young hurlers have already stepped up. There are enough arms for the innings that the Mets have left this season (and next) without BC. 4) I'm not sure Snydergaard or Montero are ready yet, but everyone should get a shot when they are. 5) To me, BC on the 2015 roster would be a bad sign unless he is just an innings eater behind Harvey, Wheeler, Niese, et al...and $11M is a lot for an innings eater. 6) Doubtful. Unless he can pitch like he did in June for the remainder of the season, I have to think is value is higher now.

Encouraging. Great work!

Lovin' the thread title.

I know you have Miggy at third, but I'm open to moving Todd Frazier for some young starting pitching.

I've played the past five years...but through the city and not through any company. If got the right-handed first base similarity with KC. Though, I've never hit a home run. Singles and defense is what I bring to the team. And post-game bar attendance.

RIP

And it was 2004... [youtube:3o6u2n6m]NiXbRBS5Z58[/youtube:3o6u2n6m]

They need to save up some of that O. The Mets have a 2.83 team ERA over their past 30 games. I read that line this morning and it just drove home how much the offense has struggled lately.

Then I wish the same for Travis!

Didn't Ike tear it up when he was sent down last season?

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MGIM has the mojo workin'! LGM!

The 2014 Milwaukee Brewers have a little bit of everything propelling them to the top of the NL Central division. They have had good starting pitching, good relief pitching and good offense. They have had contributions from seasoned veterans and young additions. The Brewers have been consistent throughout the early part of this season and have avoided long losing streaks. Their fast April start was followed by an average May (which has been a difficult month for the franchise in the past). Milwaukee enjoys a 5 game lead in the Central over St. Louis who has not been able to catch up after the hot start by the boys in Beer Town. The Mets are 46-61 all-time against the Brewers, but Milwaukee is 19-10 over the past 29 games between the squads. Milwaukee won 4 of 7 vs. the Mets in 2013. Tuesday, June 10, 7:10 PM EDT Marco Estrada (RHP) vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka (RHP) Estrada: 5-2, 4.19 ERA, 1.205 WHIP Estrada is the starter that the Mets will face this series that is most easily gotten to. He has a 6.06 ERA in his past four starts. He leads the majors in home runs allowed and only has one start this season where he did not give up a long ball. Unfortunately, this does not play into the Mets� strengths. He threw a gem against the Mets in the last game of the 2013 season�but the Mets ended up squeaking out a victory against the Brewer bullpen. Wednesday, June 11, 7:10 PM EDT Wily Peralta (RHP) vs. Jacob deGrom (RHP) Peralta: 5-5, 3.03 ERA, 1.265 WHIP Peralta is a home grown talent in Milwaukee who is having a great start to his second full season of MLB work. He has fallen back to earth a bit in his last two outings against the Cubs and Twins, but is still a formidable young righty. He dominated the Mets in his only other start against them in September of 2012 going 8 innings while allowing just 2 hits. Thursday, June 12, 7:10 PM EDT Kyle Lohse (RHP) vs. Jon Niese (LHP) Lohse: 7-2, 3.27 ERA, 1.057 WHIP Lohse continues to be a workhorse in his second year in Milwaukee. He laid an egg against Pittsburgh on Friday allowing 8 runs in 5 innings, but in his previous start he threw a complete game shutout against the Cubs. My prediction is that this pitching matchup should be the best of the series. Offense: Catcher - Jonathan Lucroy - .335/.398/.500/.898, 28 R, 4 HR, 27 RBI, 3 SB Lucroy can really do it all. He gets on base and hits balls into the gaps AND he�s a catcher. A fan favorite in Milwaukee, he should be an All-Star this season. He�s hitting .450 on the Brewers� current road trip and had 2 HRs in 26 at bats against the Mets in 2013. First Base - Lyle Overbay (L) - .218/.305/.306/.611, 13 R, 2 HR, 17 RBI, 1 SB and Mark Reynolds - .210/.292/.441/.733, 24 R, 13 HR, 28 RBI, 3 SB First base has been manned by both Overbay and Reynolds this season. Reynolds has the power�but little else (which has been a knock on him his whole career). Overbay has been seeing the bulk of the action at first against right handers. Reynolds has played some third and outfield for Milwaukee this season as well. Second Base - Scooter Gennett (L) - .283/.323/.418/.742, 19 R, 3 HR, 15 RBI, 3 SB Gennett hasn�t quite picked up where his limited 2013 left off, but he is still having a very decent first full season. He is batting .327 in his last 15 games and led the NL in hitting from August 5th through the end of the 2013 season (.358). He was 4 for 15 against the Mets last season with 2 RBI. Shortstop - Jean Segura - .256/.286/.329/.615, 33 R, 2 HR, 18 RBI, 12 SB Jean Segura has fallen off a bit since his All Star appearance in 2013, but he can still provide a spark and has made some very nice plays at short lately. He has been batting leadoff lately and has been scoring runs for the Brew Crew in the first inning. He was only 2 for 17 against the Mets in 2013. Third Base - Aramis Ramirez - .257/.312/.400/.712, 13 R, 6 HR, 26 RBI, 1 SB Ramirez spent some time on the DL from mid-May until last week, but continues to show some power when he has been on the field. Between Ramirez and Reynolds, the Brewers certainly have had home run production at third. Ramirez only had six at bats against New York in 2013 with 1 hit. Left Field - Khris Davis - .262/.304/.491/.795, 38 R, 10 HR, 27 RBI, 1 SB Davis is the rookie that caused Ryan Braun to move to right this season so that left field would be open. Davis has had a decent 2014, but has really started to get hot over the past few weeks (.369, 6 HR, 15 RBI in past 18 games). In an outfield that has two other All-Star players, Davis is a great addition. Davis was 3 for 7 with a HR against the Mets in 2013. Center Field - Carlos Gomez - .307/.376/.554/.930, 42 R, 12 HR, 35 RBI, 11 SB The ex-Mets continues to shine in Milwaukee. Gomez has hit for average, power and has speed and Gold Glove defensive skills to go along with his bat. He has settled into the cleanup spot for Milwaukee over the past few weeks. In 2013, he was 9 for 23 with a HR vs. New York. Right Field - Ryan Braun - .304/.338/.538/.876, 30 R, 9 HR, 33 RBI, 5 SB Ryan Braun has picked up where he left off after his 65 game PED suspension in 2013, though he has been fighting nagging injuries all season. He is hitting .339 in his past 15 games. Braun ranks third on the all-time Brewer home run list with 220 trailing only Prince Fielder (230) and Robin Yount (251). He did not face the Mets in 2013 Bullpen: The Brewers� bullpen has been strong this season. They have gotten great efforts from Smith, Duke, Wooten and ex-Met closer Frankie Rodriguez. Tyler Thornberg was sent down over the weekend and was replaced by Mike Fiers. Only lefty Wei-Chung Wang has had a really tough time in the pen for Milwaukee. Francisco Rodriguez - 30 Games, 2.08 ERA, 19 Saves, 30.1 IP, 3 HR, 8 BB, 34 K, 0.89 WHIP, 1/0 Inheirited/Scored Will Smith (L) - 32 Games, 0.94 ERA, 1 Saves, 28.2 IP, 0 HR, 13 BB, 37 K, 1.221 WHIP, 20/4 Inheirited/Scored Zach Duke(L) - 27 Games, 1.50 ERA, 0 Saves, 24 IP, 1 HR, 5 BB, 32 K, 1.083 WHIP, 14/4 Inheirited/Scored Brandon Kintzler - 24 Games, 3.38 ERA, 0 Saves, 21.1 IP, 3 HR, 4 BB, 8 K, 1.313 WHIP, 7/3 Inheirited/Scored Rob Wooten - 22 Games, 2.95 ERA, 0 Saves, 21.1 IP, 1 HR, 4 BB, 17 K, 1.172 WHIP, 15/4 Inheirited/Scored Wei-Chung Wang (L) - 9 Games, 12.79 ERA, 0 Saves, 12.2 IP, 5 HR, 6 BB, 9 K, 2.526 WHIP, 1/1 Inheirited/Scored Ex-Met Brewers: Carlos Gomez Francisco Rodriguez Ex-Brewer Mets: Dana Eveland Milwaukee has a solid team this season and has the makeup to put together a magical run. They will need to avoid injuries and losing streaks like most good teams do, but they have a lot of talent on the field each night. I expect St. Louis to challenge their lead at some point this season, but if the Brewers� pitching can stay consistent, Milwaukee has the tools to maintain at the top of the NL Central.

My first Mets game was at Wrigley. Darryl hit 3 home runs. How could I not love this team?

Mets Juan Lagares, cf Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Eric Campbell, 1b Chris Young, lf Curtis Granderson, rf Ruben Tejada, ss Travis d'Arnaud, c Jonathon Niese, lhp

Good flick. There is some great dialogue and Phoenix's performance is top-notch. I'd have given him an Oscar nom for this one. I understand TMF's take, though...there's a lot of sci-fi going on. But like any good sci-fi flick, this one holds the mirror up to the truths of current reality. Jonze has only directed four features? I'd have to say this one is my fave.

He covered his lip. Edgy is right, tho...he didn't coach the bats.

Farnsworth enters 8th w/3 run lead: Walk Double Sac Fly Pop Out Walk RBI-Single -- Yanked ... relief gets the first guy to foul out w/runners on 1st & 2nd, thus bailing Farnie's stats out of more ugliness Was watching this game with my dad. I flipped off Farnsworth on the TV as he was yanked.

Edgy MD wrote: Got to be a lot of pressure on Terry to commit --- commit to his outfield, commit to his bullpen favorites. This will be a narrative of the series. Just around the corner is a new conflict --- whether to stick with deGrom in deRotation, or to push him to the dePen as dePlanned. The team is mutating RIGHT NOW and there's got to be a lot of internal squabbling about which way it's gonna go. Agreed. This is Terry's time to shine..or not shine. In the past he may have had the excuse of not having options. Now he has the options (maybe none ideal, but options) and we'll see if he can make the best of them.

Metsblog wrote: "I am very bitter right now,� Farnsworth said after being told the news. �Hopefully I�ll find a team where I can play against this one,� he added (Knobler, May 14). Fuck off, Farnsworth. Really.

Let's get some runs!

Can we talk about Lego Wright's facial hair?

I'd have more sympathy if you weren't the defending champion with a healthy lead again this year. *wink*