Edgy MD

And there he is. It's all about the Benge-a-Mins.

Benge-a-Min is the only Mets in the lineup not in the hit column.

That blown pickoff has blown up in the Mets' faces.

Assuming that there is an actual practical purpose to eyeblack, is that purpose still actually in play when playing under a roof?

I'm sorry not to have answered this sooner, as I was out walking dogz. Lee Mazzill was not (!!) originally on my list. This was because I assembled my list through a dataquery with FanGraphs, and they apparently think 1976 was the year in which Mazzilli burned his rookieness. But he didn't debut until September 7. FanGraphs is wrong, and the fact that they report Mazzilli as having attended "Lincoin High School" more than confirms it. That may mean this whole list is fucked up, but we will have to take that as it comes. OK! You don't need to guess the slot on the list, but I like your spirit. You DO get points for guessing guys in lower slots though. You get six points for Payton, three more for getting his season right, and .4 for degree of difficulty. Six points for Gregg with a 0.9 bonus for degree of difficulty. I can't give you credit on the year thing, but I'll take any sneakers anybody wants to toss your way. I'll take 'em myself! Bastards. Half a season, but a whole lot of hits! That's 10.6 more points (and a jolt into the lead!) for you, with our highest degree of difficulty of the kwiz so far! It took a bit of time to get regular work, but Wayne got in there often enough to get 87 hits and achieve what is still the 26th hittiest season for a Mets rookie. He gets you 11.6 points as a high-risk guess. Welcome to the lead! (But don't get a big head!) Good strategy! If you consecuguess, I will come to your home and make your life miserable. There's our all-time leader! Not associated with base hits, but he sure got enough of them while he played every damned day! Low degree of difficulty, but points is points, and your 9.1 additionals get you back in the top position. Sorry, too late! No points deducted, but no points garnered, sadly! This sounds more like a thought experiment than an answer, so I won't field it as one. In addition to the 1989 guess that kcmets has knocked off the board, Jefferies got 35 hits in his proto-rookie year. That would have counted had it punctured our top 30, but alas, it did not. And it was the Wigtonic One whose record Pete Alonso broke. Despite merely keeping David Wright's position warm, Ty got into 156 games in 2003 and stuck 146 balls in fair territory. That's 9.2 points for you! Yeah! He was pretty good! One of only two non-pitching RoYs for the Metlanders! That's 10.4 points and a return to the head of the pack. That pachyderm is smiling because you just got 9.5 points. Y'all can keep on answering, but I've got to prepare dinner for the family. # SEASON ROOKIE HITS PROJECTION 1 PROJECTION 2 1 2019 Pete Alonso 155 2 2003 Ty Wigginton 146 3 1963 Ron Hunt 145 4 2000 Jay Payton 142 5 2010 Ike Davis 138 6 PROJECTION 3 7 8 1977 Lee Mazzilli 134 9 1989 Gregg Jefferies 131 10 11 12 13 14 1983 Darryl Strawberry 108 15 PROJECTION 4 16 1977 Steve Henderson 104 PROJECTION 5 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 PROJECTION 6 25 26 1969 Wayne Garrett 87 27 28 29 30 STANDINGS MFS62: 31.3 Johnny Lunchbucket: 29.5 Gwreck: 28.1 kcmets: 6.9 ashie 62: -2

Ron Hunt 1963 is correct for 9.3 points. He had 145 hitaroonies. Mike Vail 1977 (not 1978) had an impressive hitting streak, but not a lot of season-long traction, and finished just outside the money with 73 hits. # SEASON ROOKIE HITS PROJECTION 1 PROJECTION 2 1 2 3 1963 Ron Hunt 145 4 5 6 PROJECTION 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 PROJECTION 4 15 PROJECTION 5 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 PROJECTION 6 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 SCORING MFS62: 9.3 ashie62: -2.0

Establishing yourself as a rookie in the majors is cool. Establishing yourself as a rookie on the Mets is even better. Establishing yourself early enough and staying in the lineup enough to climb the team's all-time rookie-season hit list? Well, that's the coolest. Your job, as observers of rookies is to name the top 30 rookie hitmakers in team history. I ask that all answers be THE PLAYERS NAME plus what you think you remember to be HIS ROOKIE YEAR in which he gained those hits. I need you NOT TO CHEAT. If you look up these players to garner correct answers, no one will be impressed. Moreover, if you do this, may all your sweetest memories of your first love be forever tainted and corrupted. If you are thinking of cheating right now, I SEE YOU. Your thoughts are NAKED UNTO ME. SIX POINTS for a correct guess of a PLAYER'S NAME. THREE BONUS POINTS for correctly naming THE ACTUAL ROOKIE YEAR the guy compiled those hits in, two for coming within a year of correctly naming that rookie year, etc. ONE TENTH OF A BONUS POINT TIMES THE RANK OF THE SLOT THE GUY FILLS, so you get 0.1 bonus points for naming the top guy, but three bonus points for naming the 30th guy. MINUS TWO POINTS for INCORRECT GUESSES. What's with those PROJECTIONS on the list? Well, those are projections, not actual seasons, but you name what projections those are, and TEN POINTS await you. TEN! Typical rules of ONE GUESS PER POST and NO CONSECUGUESSING. BEST OF LUCK!! # SEASON ROOKIE HITS PROJECTION 1 PROJECTION 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 PROJECTION 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 PROJECTION 4 15 PROJECTION 5 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 PROJECTION 6 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

There is no need for clauses because it's non-binding to begin with.

It's curious, but things often get weird when Jefry Yan is in the game. I mean, they are weird because he is weird, and they are weird because he generally doesn't do very good. But they are also weird because the team plays weirdly and not very good behind him, and situations develop that you don't often see. And they are kind of weird because the situations he enters in are often games in which the team is not doing very well and he is all intense while the team behind him are kind of checking out. So he's too tight and the rest of them are too loose.

The Tigers have reportedly reached a $4 million bonus agreement on an international prospect of high regard named Kevin Sosa. Apart from being able to handle mid-90s heat despite his youth, little is known about him, apart from his age. He is 12. That keeps the agreement un-official at least until he turns 16. And the two parties — his family and the Tiger organization — have to live in trust and suspicion of each other until then. Here is a picture of the agreeable parties. It would be much more interesting if Kevin was the guy on the left, but I suspect he is the kid in the middle.

Apart from the first inning, that game looked like they left it all in the hotel room.

Stinky, shminky. Alvarez could stand to insert his head into this game.

Mets chase upstairs. Like, a lot. Like they have explicit instructions to do that.

It's too bad Juan Soto couldn't play in this series.

If Cristian Pache has a hit in him as a Met, so must Nick Morabito. But for now, a relatively harmless hit-by-pitch works, too.

Hello, Freddy! I remember this guy!

Apparently, Ewing has been kicked to the back of the lineup against righthanders also. Somehow, though, Alvarez moves up. And please give a welcome back to the happy world of MLB lineups to Nick Morabito. No time for Peralta to rediscover his 2025ishness. And it's not time for the Mets to let him. Moundkeeper Sean Manaea LHP 4-6, 4.55 ERA, 120 SO Lineup F Lindor (S) SS J Soto (L) DH B Bichette (R) 3B C Benge (L) RF J Young (L) 1B B Baty (L) 2B F Alvarez (R) C A Ewing (L) CF N Morabito (R) LF Hilldweller Freddy Peralta RHP 6-11, 5.11 ERA, 133 SO Lineup Y Díaz (R) DH R Vilade (R) 1B J Caminero (R) 3B J DeLuca (R) CF J Mateo (R) 2B C Simpson (L) LF N Fortes (R) C V Mesa Jr. (L) RF T Walls (S) SS

Agreed. Gimme a bursting locker room in September.

Yeah, that Mets challenge was at least three cheeseburgers above the zone.

Senga threw only one impressive pitch that inning, but it was the last one.

Not chuffed to turn this slim lead over to Kodai.

Pinch-hitting a lefty for a righty against a lefty. The right move, but that has to sting for Alvarez.

And now Cristian Pache has a non-zero OPS as a Met!

And speaking of pitchers you don't want ... it's Steven Matz!!

Lavender was pulled after 9. Núñez was plucked after 11. You keep exiting successful pitchers from the game like that, you will eventually be stuck with the one you don't want.