Edgy MD

As Brother Mouzone said of Omar, I got bad information. Young's spot on the roster went to a returning Ronny Mauricio. How deeply, deeply embarrassing.

Trade Deadline Dudes Infielders Jefferson Rojas, Billy Amick, and Émilien Pitre have all socked their way into AAA. Rojas homered in each of his first three games there. None tonight, though.

No sacking up gonna keep that Sosa homer in the park, though.

Tonight's umpire crew. Home Plate First Base Second Base Third Base Paul Clemons Quinn Wolcott Tyler Jones Ramon De Jesus

Doing it without one big swing, and instead just stringing shit together, is very gratifying.

It was really odd and unsettling how slow the network booth realized there was a serious and possibly grave injury on the field in front of them and in front of us. And then Ken Rosenthal was prattling on about potential replacement firstbasemen for the Mets in 2027, as if their firstbaseman wasn't lying face-first in the dirt, barely responsive.

Jared Young hits the Injured list, effectively ending his season. Welcome back to ... MJ Melendez! No start for Motorboato against the lefty. Team John Dickinson King of the Hill Tim Mayza LHP 3-3, 3.06 ERA, 63 SO Lineup K Schwarber (L) DH T Turner (R) SS B Harper (L) RF L Arraez (L) 2B A Bohm (R) 1B E Sosa (R) LF B Stott (L) 3B J Realmuto (R) C D Hill (R) CF Team John Jay Top of the Heap Zac Thornton LHP 4-5, 3.44 ERA, 55 SO Lineup F Lindor (S) SS J Soto (L) LF B Bichette (R) 3B C Benge (L) RF M Vientos (R) DH A Ewing (L) CF M Semien (R) 2B B Baty (L) 1B L Torrens (R) C

It's philosophy, baby. Dunderheaded philosophy. The talent is all over the place. It's raining from the sky. It's like you all forgot about John Spikerman.

Following three scoreless Syracuse appearances that were as much as one could ask (4 1/3 innings, one hit, one walk, eight strikeouts) Cameron Weston has been asked to join the proper, big-league version of the Mets. No known relation to Mickey Weston, thought they both came up as Orioles.

Check out these bizarro spits from Fernando Tatis? The first two months of the season, he offered a perfectly respectable performance for a guy utterly lacking in power, like a hypnotist convinced him he was Ozzie Smith. Then for two months, he began to come out of it, showed his power wasn't completely gone. And since August 1, when the hypnotist snapped his or her fingers, Tatis has been the most powerful guy on the planet, punishing baseballs and burying the Mets as an afterthought. I don't want to be the guy to suggest pharmaceuticals, but sometimes, you're being less fair if you don't bring it up. Split G PA HR RBI BA OBP SLG OPS March-May 57 245 1 18 .266 .340 .318 .658 June-July 52 237 7 31 .305 .371 .488 .860 August to Now 42 187 15 29 .286 .353 .613 .966

That's I guess something like the best-case scenario, while still being terrible. That was a pretty direct hit to the side of the head. The back brace was likely a precaution because of how severely the blow jarred his neck. Pretty reminiscent of the blow that Ryan Church took.

Gosh, that's only partially comforting. A lot of obnoxious Phils phans behind home plate pouring insult upon serious injury. And that caps it.

So, I've been tuning in and out. Any medical reports announced?

I'm pretty sure the EMT doing the ridealong did the thumbs-up, possibly trying to echo a small gesture from him..

This looks terrible.

Seven-pitch innings are the pits.

As much as Ron is naturally pretty circumspect, as the guy in the booth with a network gig, he has the most to lose by tipping his hand.

A real wet blanket of a series this.

Yeah, but that big ninth is yet to come.

We've put a lot of balls to the warning track and no further in the series.

Two on and two out for this Torrens guy. This is where you want to build your castle.

Maybe this Jefry Yan guy is meant to be a starter.

A.J. Ewing's projection is based on a hits/game rate that includes the zero hits he got in all the games from before his callup. So barring an injury or a deep and dark slump, his projection to pass Strawb and join the top 15 hittin'est Mets rookies looks like a good bet. Benge eclipsing Alonso is also a strong likelihood. Catching make-believe Hubie would take a tear. # SEASON ROOKIE HITS PROJECTION 1 1981 Hubie Brooks 169.7 PROJECTION 2 2026 Carson Benge 161.6 1 2019 Pete Alonso 155 2 2026 Carson Benge 150 3 2003 Ty Wigginton 146 4 1963 Ron Hunt 145 5 2000 Jay Payton 142 6 2010 Ike Davis 138 PROJECTION 3 1981 Mookie Wilson 137.3 7 1966 Cleon Jones 136 8 1977 Lee Mazzilli 134 9 1989 Gregg Jefferies 131 10 1996 Rey Ordóñez 129 11 2004 Kazuo Matsui 125 12 2003 Jason Phillips 120 13 2011 Justin Turner 113 14 1981 Hubie Brooks 110 PROJECTION 4 2026 AJ Ewing 108.4 15 1983 Darryl Strawberry 108 16 2001 Tsuyoshi Shinjo 107 PROJECTION 5 1995 Edgardo Alfonzo 104.6 17 1977 Steve Henderson 104 18 2026 AJ Ewing 101 19 1962 Jim Hickman 96 20 2013 Juan Lagares 95 T21 1995 Edgardo Alfonzo 93 T21 2014 Travis d'Arnaud 93 23 1982 Ron Gardenhire 92 T24 1965 Ron Swoboda 91 T24 1986 Kevin Mitchell 91 PROJECTION 6 1972 John Milner 89.3 26 1981 Mookie Wilson 89 PROJECTION 7 1995 Carl Everett 88.9 27 2011 Lucas Duda 88 T28 1962 Rod Kanehl 87 T28 1969 Wayne Garrett 87 T28 1988 Kevin Elster 87 31 1972 John Milner 86 32 2003 Jose Reyes 84 PROJECTION 8 2020 Andres Gimenez 83.7 T33 1996 Alex Ochoa 83 T33 2004 Mike Fitzgerald 83 35 1976 Bruce Boisclair 82 36 2023 Francisco Alvarez 80

I think the important thing is that Sean Manaea loves Pete Alonso to death, and that's beautiful.

So, so, so many hot takes out there.