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Hey, that is consecuguessing! Minus 50 points! Dock his per diems or something!

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Ken Singleton.

Jones had an informal coaching gig, just putting an ad in the local papers for any kids who wanted instruction. One of his protégés was a 12-year-old Barry Zito, who would also won a Cy Young despite a below-average fastball. I have seen no cause of death, but had been very public about being a cancer survivor, linking his throat cancer to his liberal use of chewing tobacco.

There are a lot of Gallaragas — guys who show up to spring training at the end of their storied career, with a lottery ticket of a non-roster contract, looking to make perhaps one more lap around the track. They fill out their uniforms nicely and show off their massive guns in the Florida sun, but by the end of camp they have demonstrated they have no defensive maneuverability, and despite their jacked physiques, are only limber enough to swing the bat with any precision perhaps once a week. But occasionally these guys stick around to break camp — usually due to an injury, but occasionally, between training and PEDs, they briefly convince the team that the illusion is real. I knew there was a Gallaraga that belonged on the list still out there. There was, and Adrian Gonzalez was he.

Glad to miss. I didn't want to suspect I was cheating. Jay Bell and John Valentin are slowly fusing into the same person in my head, so Imma go with Mo's Red Sox buddy John Valentin.

Shmuh! Starling Marte!

Seaver, it can be argued, finished his career with the Mets as he donned the uniform and worked out for a comeback for a short while in 1987, before packing it in after a less-than-impressive simulated game. Similarly, it can be argued that Bartolo Colón finished his career as a Met. These, of course, would be really tedious arguments to make, generating multiple eyerolls and perhaps a punch in the face, so I totally will not make them.

Did I mention that this is a great quiz? This is a great quiz.

José New Coke Reyes

I must have just misremembered his middle name.

I am willing to bet light stakes that the second pitcher is a guy whose name appears in a lot of Mets quizzes — Bob Thank-You-for-Being-a Friend.

Jay Bin Ladin Bell

Shawn David Green

I saw Ben Grimm appear in this thread, and I thought he was going to tell us that this thread crashed the UMDB.

And sticking with the full-name-for-clarity thing, I will go with Willie Larry Randolph.

I will go with Richie Smashburn, who might have made the Hall of Fame earlier had he hung on for a year or two.

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I do not know if the lineup shift precipitated the change in approach. I think it may have been vice-versa. But I think a guy who reaches at a .400 clip is valuable wherever he is hitting in the lineup, and I would not want him changing his philosophy to be a better fit. Situational hitting is great. Remaking your overall approach and offensive value system based on a semi-regular lineup assignment, not so much.

They are stockpiling the lesser-used crayons in the Crayola palette too. These aren't Vic Black and Andy Green. We also need to back up a few days for a moment. Transactions, 11/10/2025 [table][tr][th]Direction[/th][td90]COMING[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Transaction [/th][td90]Signed away from NYY to Minor-League Contract, Projected for Syracuse, Invited to Camp[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Position Group [/th][th] Infielders[/th][/tr] [tr][th][/th][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/d_people:generic:headshot:67:current.png/w_213,q_auto:best/v1/people/670351/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Name [/th][td90]José Rojas [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/usa_m.png[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]DoB[/th][td90]1993-02-24[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]B/T[/th][td90]L/R[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]High Level[/th][td90]MLB (2022)[/td90][/tr][/table] José Rojas is coming off of simply a mountain of a season with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (.287 / .379 / .599 // .978 with 32 homers and 105 RBI). He probably should have won the International League MVP, and he might have done better for himself to use that season to sign with a lower-rent team, lesser able to pad the depth chart, for whom he could break through during spring-training and steal a roster spot. Or, considering his baseball age (he will turn 33 at the start of camp), he might have gone back to Korea or Japan to grab a payday while he still can, but the MLB dream lives on in him. He is listed here as an infielder, but he plays infield and outfield pretty much equally. Considering his age and how stacked the Mets are at second, he should be looked at as a utility corner guy these days, with a lefthanded bat. And despite his paucity of MLB experience, his versatility kind of places him on the edge of the big picture, at least until the team either re-signs Pete Alonso or brings in a designated replacement. No evidence exists beyond his last name to suggest he is part of greater Alou/Rojas clan, but no evidence exists to rule him out. As Felipe Alou has had children born in at least three countries, it is increasingly hard to keep track. He is only the second player to reach the big leagues out of Vanguard University of Southern California, which sounds like something out of a comic book universe.

Transactions, 11/12/2025 [table][tr][th]Direction[/th][td90]COMING[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Transaction [/th][td90]Reclaimed from TBR[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Position Group [/th][th]Relief Pitchers[/th][/tr] [tr][th][/th][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto/w_180/v1/people/681320/headshot/milb/current[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Name [/th][td90]Nathan Lavender [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/usa_m.png[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]DoB[/th][td90]2000-01-20[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]B/T[/th][td90]L/L[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]High Level[/th][td90]AAA (2024)[/td90][/tr][/table] Lots of hot new available relievers. You do not need to go out and spend good money on relievers. Get a bunch of good arms in house and four or five of them will pitch like big leaguers.

Good show! ¡Viva Santana! Can we get an Al Leiter?! I imagine we can!