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I'm not sure who Mike Andrews is, so no, I guess.

No, it's totally a thing-thing. Some teams do it more than others, certainly, but teams have treated it as a primary directive since, like, the 2013 Dodgers won the pennant by expanding their pitching staff to 20 guys by regularly rotating them in and out. The abuse became so universal that the league had to step in and limit the number of times a Joe Smith could be promoted and demoted in a season. But that has only led to more abuse of AAAA veterans who are instead promoted and DFA'd, and regularly end up with four organizations in a single season. But the good news is that rosters remain largely frozen within a series during the post-season — though there are now injury exceptions* to that rule which I imagine can and will be abused. *FUN FACT: As with many rule changes, this largely occurred because of the Mets.

And now they can't swap out two or three relievers for obscure-but-rested guys from their AAA team.

Kapowie! Pratt! Also, a guy named after two NYC colleges should play in New York.

Coming up short in the eleventh, and now they've lifted one of their best hitters.

But they're letting Ashby go for three innings. That's good baseball!

Wow! Down goes Frelick. Golden opportunity in the bottom of the eleventh coming up for the Rays. Brewers bullpen can't go forever.

Extra innings without a magic runner! It's, like, baseball!!

Gotta be one of the longest delays for a replay review since they got rid of the headsets.

Chandler Simpson came to play.

Bryan Baker is good. It's a shame it took until now for him to get into a game.

It's like my heart and Big Jim Henderson's are beating as one.

1986 New York Mets season - Wikipedia

FUN FACT: In 1986, Mariano Duncan hit 10 triples* during Spring Training, and none during the regular season. * Spring Training being what it was at the time, the officialness of this stat is probably up for debate.

Search long enough, and you will find people advocating to trade Santa Claus. The grass-is-greener effect is a strong-but-wrongheaded human instinct.

Four-time Roberto Clemente Award-nominee Francisco Lindor has been announced as this year's winner. As part of the honor, Francisco will wear a 21 on the back of his hat for the rest of his career, as have prior winners.

Fair enough. We'll see, and as noted, Robert Stock's and Justin Hagenman's spaces also provide some room.

I like that even when all I can win is a participation award, I have to share it. I kind of screw myself (and the site) by posting blog posts, but then re-post them in the Roster thread. Maybe I should just post intros in the thread with linkz to the blog posts.

Surprised to see the Angels eat Suzuki's contract after only a single season. Yeah, it was the first 100-loss season in their history, but it's not like they haven't been on this track for a decade.

Tampa Bay Has Steven Matz 🧡🧡 out of 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 Freddy Peralta 🧡 Cedric Mullins 🧡 Milwaukee Has Gary Sanchez 𑣲 (half a heart) Daniel Vogelbach (coach) 🧡 Big Jim Henderson (coach) 𑣲 Not a lot of emotional connection there, but TB out-hearts Milwaukee, four hearts to two. Milwaukee is the NL team, but only because of a stupid flex by Bud Selig trying to prove he can make teams switch leagues. Tampa, as a franchise, has pretty much undisputably the least character of any MLB organization — despite a lot of success — and is near the bottom even if you measure them against all the major team sports, and that's due in large part to Tampa/St. Pete not really projecting much of a civic character. I'm sure people love it there, and probably for good reason, but to the rest of America, they kind of just give the impression that it's just a place where people live. I think I'm going Milwookie.

Indeed.

As the off-season progresses, the Mets will be forced to clear some roster space to make way for the December 9 Rule 5 Draft, to which a lot of their valued minor league veterans will be exposed if not added to the roster. But first, a quicky transaction the Mets pulled off a week ago. Transactions, 10/14/2026 COMING Signed as International Amateur Free Agent out of Colombia, Projected for DSL Relief Pitchers Randy Gutierrez R/R DoB: 2009-02-16 High Level: MLB (2024) While Colombia (Cartagena, in fact) is hardly the most exotic of baseball origins, it's always nice to see the Mets' scouting eyes cast beyond the usual sources for talent. Rumors of Randy Gutierrez signing with the Mets organization had only surfaced a week before, and in fact, he had previously been linked to the Yankees. So extra bonus points whenever the Mets bring in somebody who the Yankees had been keen on. The really special thing about this signing, however, isn't that he's Colombian, and that he spurned the Yankees. The really cool thing is that, when he signed (as depicted in the photo at left), he or his people wanted to capture the moment for posterity on their own terms, so he (or his people) placed a phone in front of him to get a photo, video, or livestream going. But he needed to prop that phone up, and in the Mets foreign office, the foreign scouting execs looked around for a prop, and grabbed the first thing they could find. A Jerry Koosman bobblehead doll. Just look at Little Jerry getting his faced smooshed by 21st Century Technology the young and vibrant version of him represented in the bobble can scarcely conceive, let alone understand. As adorable as it is, it's just great to see a kid born in 2009, who could conceivably be pitching for the Mets in the 2040s, linked to a player who debuted for the team in 1967. May the world spin on, and may Mets alwas be a part of it. Back to Rule 5 action. Among the highest-profile players who have to be added or exposed are: Ryan Clifford, who had a stinky-poo year at AAA, but remains a top power prospect for the team, ranked 14th-best prospect in the system by MLB.com. Gary Gill Hill, a New Rochelle native and one of three prospects the Mets received in the Freddy Peralta deal, who reached AAA as he showed modest improvement in the limited time he had with the Mets after the trade. Kevin Parada, who has lost most of the shine that made the Mets pick him in 2022, but that first-round brand and a noticeable uptick in 100 AAA plate appearances this season still might be enough to make him pop up on the radar of other teams; also made more vulnerable in that a second catcher is the kind of guy that teams like to grab in the draft. Jacob Reimer, compact guy who backslid a little in AA with difficulty hitting offspeed pitches, but still one of the team's top 10 prospects, and likely to be protected. Jefferson Rojas, the team's biggest get at the trade deadline, acquired from the Cubs in the Clay Holmes deal, and a virtual certainty to be protected, especially after elevating his game in both Binghamton and Syracuse after the trade, as well as the Caribbean, where he is currently tearing up the Dominican Summer League. Chris Suero, a slugging corner guy who also catches, who hit .201 this year, but with beaucoup power, making it an interesting proposition whether they protect him or Parada. Marco Vargas, an on-basey utility infielder, who has gotten as high as 53 games at AA last season as a 21 -year-old, not a top prospect but could be a solid steal for a team with a hole in the infield and not looking at a particularly competitive 2027. Jack Wenninger, a starter with a healthy arm who watched everybody but himself get a shot in 2026, despite spending the whole season at AAA, and being routinely listed in the top 10 team prospectos. Rojas is a near certainty to be added. The others there, have varying likelihoods. Clifford and Suero are valued players, but coming off terrible seasons, and so aren't great candidates for another team to try to carry all season without optioning down. But who knows? The Mets have several guys they can remove from the roster, in order to make room for the above, without a lot of pain: Phillip Abner Cameron Weston Hayden Senger Christopher Morel Eric Wagaman Cristian Pache If anything is more certain than Jefferson Rojas being added to the roster, it's Cristian Pache being removed from it. But crossing off those six would leave six spots open, one or two of which will presumably go to free agents. There is a good chance they will non-tender perpetual bubble starter Tylor Megill, so pick five names from that list above to pull onto your life raft, tap your Jerry Koosman bobblehead for good luck, and start rowing. FULL LIST OF RULE 5-ELIGIBLE METS MINOR-LEAGUERS Pitchers: Ryan Ammons Eli Ankeney Justin Armbruester Juan Arnaud Brett Banks Jose Chirinos Irving Cota Candido Cuevas Felipe De La Cruz Jorge De Leon Joel Díaz Zach Franklin Saul Garcia Gary Gill Hill Cristofer Gomez Noah Hall Dakota Hawkins Wyatt Hudepohl Bryce Jenkins Jonathan Jimenez Gregori Louis Ernesto Mercedes Douglas Orellana Cesar Rivera Christian Rodriguez Luis R. Rodriguez Ben Simon Austin Troesser Jack Wenninger Calvin Ziegler Catchers: Ronald Hernandez Kevin Parada Vincent Perozo Chris Suero Francisco Toledo Infielders: Ryan Clifford Randy Guzman Nick Lorusso Jacob Reimer Jefferson Rojas D'Andre Smith Marco Vargas Outfielders: Yohairo Cuevas Estarling Mercado Yonatan Henriquez

The K in his last name and the 2,979 K's in his career were all clues to the K at the end of his name! METS Lutz Muckenhirn Pop Short Thornton Wheeler NON-METS Britton Cozart Davies Duke Eflin Greinke McAllister McKinstry Wheat GREAT HEROES OF FICTION Morris SCORING Johnny Lunchbucket: 10 seawolf17: 8 Benjamin Grimm: 5 Cowtipper: 3 (tie)

Todd Benzinger, who caught the last out of the 1990 World Series, giving the Reds a stunning upset win and their only post-Big Red Machine (or Marge Schott-era) championship, has reportedly passed from unknown causes at 63.