Edgy MD

I don't care if you are right or wrong. The condescending tone ought to stop, though. Even as a gimmick, it makes for tough reading.

Maybe it got too low. Arm slot calibrations are a fluid thing. And hey! Craig Kimbrel had a mostly good inning!

I went for #2. Those two have the character of a subway sign and nothing has more character than the New York subway.

Transactions, 11/6/2026 [table][tr][th]Direction[/th][td90]COMING[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Transaction[/th][td90]Released[/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_360/v1/people/803088/headshot/milb/current[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Name [/th][td90]Justin Lawson [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/usa_m.png[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]DoB[/th][td90]2001-05-05[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]B/T[/th][td90]R/R[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]High Level[/th][td90] AA (2024)[/td90][/tr][/table] We were trying to figure out where 2023 15th-rounder Justin Lawson might end up after injury undermined much of his 2025 season. It turns out that, although the Mets failed to announce it, he was released shortly after his time on the IL expired on November 6. J-Law had starred at NC State, going 5-0 with three saves for The Wolfpack in his senior year. Looked pretty nice in Brooklyn in 2024, too, but the hard facts of reality come crashing hard at you. At Justin, most certainly.

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Any other love for Willets Point Mets? Iron Triangle Mets? Unisphere Mets? LaGuardia Mets?

A rare Spring Training night game.

I'm all for Willets Point. I don't live in the five boroughs, but I know how to get to the ballpark.

Kevin Parada up with the bags juiced and one out trying to do just that.

Anderson Severino getting raked here in the sixtherino, and the Nats take a 6-3 lead.

A few things would have to go wrong for him to make an Opening Day roster, but Christian Pache looks really good in center, and he's been hitting, too.

Australia's 3-0 opener victory over Chinese Taipei is being reported as a "huge" upset. I did not know this was supposed to be such a mismatch. Taiwan produces terrific Little League teams, but I have not been as impressed by their adult teams.

Somehow, the Mets logged three hits and a hit-by-pitch in a single inning, without scoring.

Game tied at threes after Hagenman gives up two and Warren 1. Tauchman killing it with two hits and a walk in three plate appearances.

I'm watching the Nationals TV feed, and the banter from the Nationals radio booth next door is bleeding in.

Mets up 3-0, featuring a two-run homer by Baty, who is making his spring debut in right.

This guy has a ways to go to find his way forward, but I hope he is still at it when he is 45. Transactions, 3/2/2026 [table][tr][th]Direction[/th][td90]COMING[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Transaction [/th][td90]Signed away from TBR to Two-Year Minor-League Contract, Projected for St. Lucie[/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_360/v1/people/669285/headshot/milb/current[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Name [/th][td90]Dan Hammer [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/usa_m.png[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]DoB[/th][td90]1997-09-10[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]B/T[/th][td90]R/R[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]High Level[/th][td90] AA (2025)[/td90][/tr][/table] He is listed at 6'2" and 190. Not necessarily big enough to pull off such a great name, but maybe if he grows a big shrubby beard, he can make it work.

Pool C action is under way as Australia "hosts" Chinese Taipei under the bright lights of The Tokyo Dome.

The Mets, according to Anthony DiComo, have signed minor-league pitcher Dan Hammer to a two-year minor-league contract, the second character this spring they have signed to that very unusual contract. Hammie — a 28-year-old career minor-leaguer — will seemingly need two years to get his **** turned around, as his career has featured a live fastball but an almost stunning lack of success. After an unimpressive college-career with Pitt, he registered a dynamite pro debut with Baltimore in the now formerly short-season NY-Penn League. Then the lost season of 2020 happened, and he spent the rest of his minor-league career posting ERAs between 4.13 and infinity, before joining Tampa's system last year, registering an eye-opening 2.11 WHiP. I tend to think of WHiP as a fantasy league stat, but it's just a condensation of 12.2 hits per nine and 6.8 walks per nine, and that is a portrait of a guy named Hammer getting hammered. And that's a 27-year-old at AA. If the Mets get this guy to level up enough to get value out of him, geniuses will be too polite a word to describe them. Anyhow, welcome to the organization, Dan Hammer. I believe in you.

Wilmer Flores has publicly asserted he is still jobhunting and available. With Rhys Hoskins being two years younger and coming off a better season, but still settling for a minor-league deal, opportunities are thinning out.

Stopped screwing around is what they did. Also, Mets prospect Jordan Geber was on the mound for Israel, and clearly he was compromised by mixed emotions.

Here in the seventh inning, the Israelites tie it up on a homer by Cardinal prospect Zach Levenson off of Adbert Alzolay.

Carson Ben-Gay breaks the hitless run with his first spring homer!

I overlooked him above, but the Nicaragua team is also deploying light-hitting Binghamtom infielder Kevin Villavicencio. Kevin is Mexico-born but I guess he comes from a Nicaragua background. Team Nicaragua deployed him late in yesterday's game, in left field, and he went 1-for-1.

Izzy no-hitting the Mets through two.