Edgy MD

That's what snake-oil salesmen do when they realize their three-card monte isn't working on everyone. Some grace, please.

Transactions, 2/20/2026 [table][tr][th]Direction[/th][td90]COMING[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Transaction [/th][td90]Signed away from Charleston (Atlantic League) to 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/676082/headshot/milb/current[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Name [/th][td90]Gabriel Rodriguez [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/puerto_rico.png[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]DoB[/th][td90]1999-04-09[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]B/T[/th][td90]L/L[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]High Level[/th][td90] PRWL (2025)[/td90][/tr][/table] Gabriel Rodriguez has three times risen as high as A-ball in the affiliated leagues, and three times been hit all over the ballpark. Nonetheless, he has kept his career going in the indy leagues and Caribbean winter ball, and mostly been really hammered. Just relentlessly. But this winter, he returned to the highly competitive Puerto Rican Winter League and absolutely shone, putting up a 1.50 ERA over 24 innings while striking out 14.6 batters per nine. Lest it be unclear that the Mets are banking on that performance while tossing him a feeler contract, Mets Roster Central estimates that 159.96% of his career value can be found in those 24 innings of winter ball. Transactions, 2/21/2026 [table][tr][th]Direction[/th][td90]GOING[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Transaction [/th][td90]Released[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Position Group [/th][th]Relief Pitcher[/th][/tr] [tr][th][/th][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/cornelia-jamdrick-2023.png[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Name [/th][td90]Jamdrick Cornelia [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/curacao-flag.jpg[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]DoB[/th][td90]2005-11-17[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]B/T[/th][td90]L/L[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]High Level[/th][td90] DSL (2025)[/td90][/tr][/table] The release of Jamdrick Cornelia stings in a particularly sensitive place, as — following the November 2023 shedding of Arlison Rodriguez and the August 2024 jettison of Donovan Antonia — it leaves the Mets with zero Curaçaoan prospects. We do not know when the Mets will finally produce a homegrown player from the Dutch protectorate, but tomorrow would not be too soon. Young Jammy (and he looks about 12 in that lone photo we have of him up above) never made it out of the DSL, though he produced sub-3.00 ERAs each of his last two seasons, so again, we are forced to conclude that moral turpitude played a part in the Mets' decision to let him go.

Then you are not reading and don't care about anything but attention grabbing. This is false. You suggested the forum get a new moderator and I replied that I am fine with that. This is simply a false representation. "Just because"? If the forum failing isn't a reason to change then nothing is. Gosh. I have no idea what this means or what you are accusing me of. If anybody wants to offer anything that isn't sarcastic and obnoxious (thanks, Ben), that would be lovely. I'm going to be down with the flu for a couple of days, so I won't be able to respond for a bit. Brock has unsurprisingly bailed out of the conversation also.

I did not ignore you. I answered quite clearly.

So the Brockdude is gonna save it. Right. I really think sarcasm is not going to get us forward. A little help would be preferable. And AI garbage is less than useless, cowtipper.

Ernesto Martinez, Jr. grounds out!! They're pouring onto the field!!! OH, IT'S MAYHEM!!!!

Down goes Short!! One Yankee left to get!!

One-out walk to Garret Martin, who I believe used to produce the Beatles! Tying runs on!!

Carlos Guzman — 27 and on his third organization — on for the save!!

Get Gerber out of there!!

Kenedy Corona went in the easy-to-forget Jake Marisnick deal. Zack Short, also scoring on that homer, gave the 2024 Mets 12 highly futile trips to the plate. But Ji Hwan Bae has led off the ninth with a double and all is good with the world.

Kenedy Corona homers for the Yanks in the bottom of the eighth and they get those three runs back. Get Kimbrel up!!

A three-run homer by JT Schwartz puts the Mets in the catbird seat with a 6-1 lead! Go, Ambiguously Metly Mets!!

Yankees' new DH is Jorbit Vivas, which is an NPC name if I ever saw one.

Gameday now backing up and telling me that second homer was Hayden Senger, pinch-hitting for Torrens. Fake news! Alternative facts!

Mets have pulled the plug on the Carson Benge experiment, replacing him with Ji Hwan Bae.

Second homer on the day for Luis Torrens! All hail Mr. February!!

Carson Benge is not bringing his Benginess.

Sorry to see you feel that way. I think this fine establishment is very much a sinking ship that could be so much more.

We've got Mike Bauman bringing knuckle curves for the Mets. And hey, that's Amed Rosario up there for the Yankz.

Bat Torrens third, find out that he can hit like a #3 hitter. Same with batting Young fourth. Seriously, though, this is a day-after-clinching lineup that they sent up to Tampa.

Here are your big-shot relievers and a very narrow slice of their HoF credentials. [table][tr][th]Rank[/th][th]Pitcher[/th][th]Seasons[/th][th]Saves[/th][th]Notes (good and bad and other)[/th][/tr] [tr][td]1[/td][td]Mariano Rivera (HoF)[/td][td]19[/td][td]652[/td][td]The swimming-pool thing[/td][/tr] [tr][td]2[/td][td]Trevor Hoffman (HoF)[/td][td]18[/td][td]601[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]3[/td][td]Lee Smith (HoF)[/td][td]18[/td][td]478[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]4[/td][td]Kenley Jansen[/td][td]16[/td][td]476[/td][td]Active[/td][/tr] [tr][td]5[/td][td]Craig Kimbrel[/td][td][CROSSOUT]37[/CROSSOUT] 17[/td][td]440[/td][td]Active[/td][/tr] [tr][td]6[/td][td]Francisco Rodríguez[/td][td]16[/td][td]437[/td][td]Mets!, Assaulted his father-in-law at Citi Field[/td][/tr] [tr][td]7[/td][td]John Franco[/td][td]21[/td][td]424[/td][td]Mets!, Captain![/td][/tr] [tr][td]8[/td][td]Billy Wagner (HoF)[/td][td]16[/td][td]422[/td][td]Mets[/td][/tr] [tr][td]9[/td][td]Dennis Eckersley HoF[/td][td]24[/td][td]390[/td][td]Spent a good part of his career as a starter[/td][/tr] [tr][td]10[/td][td]Joe Nathan[/td][td]16[/td][td]377[/td][td]Seawolf[/td][/tr] [tr][td]11[/td][td]Jonathan Papelbon[/td][td]12[/td][td]368[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]T-12[/td][td]Aroldis Chapman[/td][td]16[/td][td]367[/td][td]Active[/td][/tr] [tr][td]T-12[/td][td]Jeff Reardon[/td][td]16[/td][td]367[/td][td]Mets![/td][/tr] [tr][td]14[/td][td]Troy Percival[/td][td]14[/td][td]358[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]15[/td][td]Randy Myers[/td][td]14[/td][td]347[/td][td]Mets![/td][/tr] [tr][td]16[/td][td]Rollie Fingers (HoF)[/td][td]17[/td][td]341[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]17[/td][td]John Wetteland[/td][td]12[/td][td]330[/td][td]I mean, he escaped conviction via a deaocked jury, but he was indicted and tried on some of the most shocking charges imaginable.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]18[/td][td]Francisco Cordero[/td][td]14[/td][td]329[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]19[/td][td]Fernando Rodney[/td][td]17[/td][td]327[/td][td]Did that arrow thing.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]20[/td][td]Roberto Hernández[/td][td]17[/td][td]326[/td][td]Mets![/td][/tr] [tr][td] [/td][td][MetsBlue]Also[/MetsBlue][/td][td]17[/td][td]326[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]27[/td][td]Rich Gossage HoF[/td][td]22[/td][td]310[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]T-30[/td][td]Bruce Sutter HoF[/td][td]12[/td][td]300[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]45[/td][td]Hoyt Wilhelm HoF[/td][td]21[/td][td]228[/td][td]Knuckler[/td][/tr][/table]

Transactions, 2/19/2026 [table][tr][th]Direction[/th][td90]COMING[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Transaction [/th][td90]Signed awy from SAC to Minor-League Contract, Projected for Binghamton[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Position Group [/th][th]Starting 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/676785/headshot/milb/current[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]Name [/th][td90]Bryce Conley [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/usa_m.png[/fimg][/td90][/tr] [tr][th]DoB[/th][td90]1994-08-22[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]B/T[/th][td90]R/R[/td90][/tr] [tr][th]High Level[/th][td90] AAA (2025)[/td90][/tr][/table] If you long for teams to again scout for guys who provide pitchability over power, Bryce Conley is your man. His strikeout and walk numbers certainly won't knock you out, but he keeps the ball down, limits hits, and keeps the hits he doesn't allow in the ballpark. All that has him at 31 without getting a tumble in the majors, and not having succeeded at AAA to even make an argument for the majors. Part of what has impeded his progress is that he3 tends to fail in his first pass at a level before mastering it on the second go, and when you reach AAA and put up a 7.00 ERA, teams don't really want to give you a second go. His shiniest most recent experience isn't so much the 2.03 ERA he put up in a brief run in The Mexican League last summer, but the 3.31 he clocked in the much more competitive Puerto Rican Winter League last winter. Still, his experience of late has been scant, and a lot will have to go right with him (or a lot wrong with everybody else) if he is going to make enough of his last chance to appear in Queens. But hey, the R.A. Dickey roadmap is there.

We had a game today — the first in months, man — and no thread. Please just consider that we're living in tumbleweeds.

If anyone wants you to be moderator, you have my blessing. As I write, if folks think things are going well, then that is their choice.