Frayed Knot

I figured if anyone here knew, it would be you.

We're not the Royals, we're the Mets. We crave a different kind of buzz.

Farmingdale competes in the Skyline Conference (who knew?) where they compete against: Maritime Privateers; Mount St Mary Knights; Mount St Vincent Dolphins; Polytechnic University; St. Joseph Golden Eagles; SUNY Purchase Panthers; SUNY Old Westbury Panthers (and when SUNY Farmingdale and SUNY Old Westbury get together you can throw away the record book).

1B + E-1 + E-3 + E-5 = 3 Runs The only Little League HR I saw worse than that was one that started in similar fashion by Tommy John. The difference in that one was that John made all three errors himself. IIRC, John fumbled the pick-up, then threw it away, only to later throw away a relay throw. Since we know he reads here, I command Gary to give us the details later in the game.

Or they're loosers!!

Lawn Guyland representin' with both Harborfields HS* and now SUNY Farmingdale alum getting ML call-ups within a short span, * Toronto's Sean Keys in late June

But this still all gets us back to the topic at hand which is, when you're dealing with/for prospects, who meets the definition of 'Good Value' usually gets decided well after the deal happens.

This sentence wants to make me pronounce DFA as Daphne

The Nationals continue to play ridiculous games on a regular basis. Last night they held on to beat Houston 12 - 11 Astros score 1, 3, and 2 to lead 6-1 in the top of the 3rd; Nats counter with 5 in bottom 3 to tie it; then throw up a six-spot in bottom 5 for an 12-6 lead; and then survive allowing one in the 6th and four in the 8th. 23 runs, 25 hits, 2 errors, six Hrs (3 each). Seven earned runs were hung on each of the starters [Mike Burrows for HOU in 4.1 IP, and 6 full innings for Nats starter Miles Mikolas] with Clayton Beeter, who appears to be Washington's closer of the moment [7 saves, most of those recent], playing the hero by getting the final out of the 8th and then a 1-2-3 9th with only a one run cushion. Amazingly the game time was just 2:46, nearly an hour shorter than our game (3:42) which wasn't going to be a quick one even without the 10th inning.

So if all prospects are suspects what's the difference between prospects and 'real' prospects?

The good news from the last two games vs Atlanta is that the bullpen allowed nine runs after the 8th inning in the two games: six in the 9th on Monday, then two in the 9th plus one in the 10th on Tuesday ... and yet we won both games. Not that I'm recommending that as a winning formula. Mets have a record one game better than KC and for similar reasons: Royals are 20th in RS/G (Mets = 27th) and 24th best in RA/G (Mets = 19th)

Pop Quiz, Hotshot Q: How many NYM baserunners got erased on the base paths in this game? A: Most of them

Another non-error that hits a fielder in his glove. Young at 1B in this case. And of course the error results in multiple two out runs. Two so far, and who knows how many more. btw, I have a theory I can't possibly prove. But it's one of those "it seems like" situations that is contributing to the 'everything going wrong' '26 NYM season. So it goes like this: every ball the Mets hit off a fielder, particularly come-backers, ricochet either back to the pitcher or to another fielder for an out. Yet hits banking off NYM pitchers or fielders always go for hits. Can't prove a bit of that, but I'm convinced it's true. Braves have five hits thru two innings tonight: two off NYM fielders and one bloop.

Who is Bichette's ABS advisor ... Vientos? That was one of the worst challenges to date. But Benge just went oppo as I was typing so all is right with the world again.

We're not the only ones finishing up a 'wrap-around' series as the Phils and Royals had a day game today which consisted of the Royals slapping a 15 - 1 pasting on the Phightins. The Royals scored in every (eight) inning starting with six in the 1st -- off Christopher Sanchez! -- then scored 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, and 2. In all, 9 runs on 12 hits in 3.1 on Sanchez's tab. KC took two of three -- the series was Sat - Sun - Mon as there was a soccer game on Friday) and it was a day game today since the Royals have to get their asses to NYC tonight in prep for their Tues thru Thurs series in Queens. Big series of the week is the four game set in Tampa where the struggling Yanx [1 - 9 over their last 10, 2 - 14 in last 16] try to close the gap which has grown to 4.0 G recently. Braves go to Pittsburgh after this. Phils to Cincy. Marlins host the Mariners while the Nats welcome the Astros

Weaver's not in a situation where his contract/age/performance etc. makes his a guy whom you NEED to deal. But if someone is going to overwhelm the crap out of you with an offer then you're going to listen. The Padres last year, smelling opportunity, traded four bodies, one of them a top-10 overall prospect, to the A's for reliever Mason Miller. That prospect, Leo De Vries, is a SS putting up an 800 OPS in AA despite not turning 20 until after the season is over. And while Miller has been great for SD -- how does 0.90 ERA; 0.80 WHIP; 3.6 H/9; 16.8 K/9 over 57 appearances sound? -- he alone wasn't enough to keep the Pads from losing in the WC round [2-1 to CHC] in '25 or from going through an 8-game losing streak (ended yesterday) or being below .500 this year [44 - 45]. Weaver's been great. but he'll also appear in about 65 of so innings/games this year so there's only so much one reliever can do. And the same qualities that make him valuable to us in '27 also make him valuable to someone else. It pays to see how far a team will take that gamble.

Praying, begging, hoping, ... one of those.

Oh, and Vientos needs to be banned from making any ABS challenges for at least the next six months.

How badly are things going for the Yanx lately? Well 1-9 over the last ten games to start with ... but that's not even the worst of it. The real barometer is them losing two of three to the TWINS!!!, a team they usually beat while using only six players in the field and by naming the assistant equipment manager as that day's starter. Not only that but the scores of the two losses (Sat & Sun) were a combined 17 - 5 [11-4 and 6-1]. And now the Rays and Nats, both on the road, are on tap for them this coming week.

And, y'see, we don't just mis-play pop-ups, that would be too pedestrian. We wait until there are two outs and the bases loaded to mis-play our pop-ups. Then we need to make sure the ball bounces away from either player so that the runner from 1st, the one who was just jogging until the comedy routine started, can come all the way around to score on a play that wasn't even close. I've never seen a team where so many different things go wrong Every. Fucking. Day!

Nice call Vientos, down by 5, two innings left, no reason to save a challenge.

Well, that inning was ... something, although I'm not sure what.

It's just a shame that Lindor and Soto are contractually obligated to never get hits in the same inning.

Because there's no such thing as an error anymore. Braves have eleven hits in this series (should be ten except that there's no such thing as an error anymore) and six of them are HRs

Two on/none out: Pop-out, Pop-out, GO In contrast with one on/two outs = 5 runs