Edgy MD

You're right. Of course, that's why God made platoons. Two guys can help round off each other's rough edges.

Frayed Knot wrote: Strained core maybe. Stem cell therapy prescribed. Three to five months.

Yeah, he's for real. He could do better at situational hitting, but that's eggs-in-your-beer stuff. He's probably the team's best hitter right now. And with Granderson in LA, he's the only one left that's respecting the value of a walk. But he should be leading off.

We went to stadium! And laughed at all the Mets fans Crying "Phillips's batting cleanup! We shouted for Chris Flexen They said "He don't pitch good!" We said "If you don't cheer for Chris Flexen than your attitude's perplexin'!"

Yeah, the only way the Mets were ever going to give him a September callup was if he and they had understood that he was done with the baseball fandango after the season. If they want him to continue this career, by all means, keep him off the 40 until he's ready to help the team. A September callup in 2018 would be a raging success, and just about in perfect alignment with the best-reasonable-case timetable. If the Mets want to call up an extry outfield dude for the remaining games, I would recommend Travis Snider.

So, this is the offseason we sign Colin Kaepernick, right? Right?

I was really joking when I asked that question. I'm glad it provided some substance to the thread.

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Travis Taijeron for Nimmo? I have my doubts.

Well, we just got Murphed.

The old one-hit-since-the-third strategy in full effect tonight.

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Familia vs. De Aza. Got to be some old bad blood there. Why? Just imagining fake drama.

Familia vs. De Aza. Got to be some old bad blood there.

BOOM! Let's get Jamie a win!

Good whiff of Taylor, Callahandy, now get out of this.

Do folks still care about hitting popups?

And Oakland catcher Bruce Maxwell became the first MLB-er to take a knee for the national anthem. #solidarity.

Put Pete back in!

Does Harvey get a blown save?

Pete hitting 98 in the first and gets the job done on five pitches. Wonder if they'll give him another batter or two.

But have we hit a press-coverage tipping point? And no longer will we decide what is classy after-the-fact, attributing that adjective to anything Jeter does? Hiding behind a hatchet-man is so weak.

Ashie62 wrote: What is an obvious choice? That which you are criticizing as bizarre.

I realize the Mets are playing terribly, and they're to be mocked in everything they do, but I'm not sure what the complaint is here. It seems like a pretty obvious choice.

My girlfriend couldn't get Cabrera's broken-down ass into second base. I've realized that I need September wins more than I thought, because nothing else is going on. There isn't a minor league team to turn to when the Mets are getting whupped. Desmond Lindsay isn't turning it around somewhere. There aren't front office machinations or draft-day prep or even off-season rumors. There's just the Mets, playing out the string. And in the case of this year, mostly terribly.

CAREER SAVES BY A MET (I think the real fraternity starts with Myers) 1) John Franco: 276 2) Armando Benitez: 160 3) Jesse Orosco: 107 Jeurys Familia projected to end of the season: 104.24 4) Jeurys Familia: 104 5) Billy Wagner: 101 =#FF8000]Jeurys Familia at the start of the season: 100 6) Tug McGraw: 85 7) Roger McDowell: 84 8) Francisco Rodriguez: 83 9) Neil Allen: 69 10) Skip Lockwood: 65 11) Braden Looper: 57 12) Randy Myers: 56 13) Bobby Parnell: 37 14) Doug Sisk: 33 T15) Ron Taylor: 28 T15) Jenrry Mejia: 28 17) Bob Apodaca: 26 18) Frank Francisco: 24 19) Danny Frisella: 22 20) Addison Reed: 21 21) Anthony Young: 18 T22) Doug Henry: 13 T22) LaTroy Hawkins: 13 24) Harry Parker: 11 T25) Jeff Reardon: 10 T25) Turk Wendell: 10 T27) Dale Murray: 9 T27) Alejandro Pena: 9 T27) Aaron Heilman: 9 T27) Luis Ayala: 9 T31) Ed Glynn: 8 T31) Jason Isringhausen: 8 T31) Greg McMichael: 8 T31) Hisanori Takahashi: 8 AJ Ramos projected to end of season: 7.82 T35) Cal Koonce: 7 T35) Rick Baldwin: 7 T35) Terry Leach: 7 T35) AJ Ramos: 7 T35) Rick Aguilera: 7 T35) Mike Maddux: 7 T35) Dave Weathers: 7 T42) Ken Sanders: 6 T42) Dennis Cook: 6 T42) Manny Acosta: 6 T45) Jerry Koosman: 5 T45) Jeff Innis: 5 T45) Mike Stanton: 5 T48) Jim McAndrew: 4 T48) Buzz Capra: 4 T48) Pete Falcone: 4 T48) Andy Hassler: 4 T48) Ed Lynch: 4 T48) Jerry Dipoto: 4 T48) Mel Rojas: 4 T48) Pedro Feliciano: 4 T48) Roberto Hernandez: 4 T48) Jon Rauch: 4 =#FF8000]Jerry Blevins projected to end of season: 3.06 T58) Phil Hennigan: 3 T58) Tom Hausman: 3 T58) Mardie Cornejo: 3 T58) Mike Scott: 3 T58) Jerry Blevins: 3 T58) Wally Whitehurst: 3 T58) Derek Wallace: 3 T58) Rick White: 3 T58) Scott Schoeneweis: 3 T58) Kyle Farnsworth: 3 T68) Bob Miller: 2 T68) Nolan Ryan: 2 T68) Rich Folkers: 2 T68) Chuck Taylor: 2 T68) Craig Swan: 2 T68) Jack Aker: 2 T68) Bob Myrick: 2 T68) Carlos Diaz: 2 T68) Don Aase: 2 T68) Pete Schourek: 2 T68) Lee Guetterman: 2 =#FF8000]Jerry Blevins at start of season: 2 =#FF8000]Addison Reed at start of season: 2 T68) Josias Manzanillo: 2 T68) Cory Lidle: 2 T68) Scott Strickland: 2 T68) Dan Wheeler: 2 T68) Chad Bradford: 2 T68) J. J. Putz: 2 T68) Josh Edgin: 2 T68) Carlos Torres: 2 T68) Jose Valverde: 2 T68) Tyler Clippard: 2 T89) Jack DiLauro: 1 T89) Gary Gentry: 1 T89) Bob Johnson: 1 T89) Dean Chance: 1 T89) Ron Herbel: 1 T89) Ray Sadecki: 1 T89) Bob Rauch: 1 T89) George Stone: 1 T89) Tom Hall: 1 T89) Roy Lee Jackson: 1 T89) Pat Zachry: 1 T89) Paul Siebert: 1 T89) Dyar Miller: 1 T89) Ray Searage: 1 T89) Charlie Puleo: 1 T89) Greg Harris: 1 T89) Brent Gaff: 1 T89) Sid Fernandez: 1 T89) Dwight Gooden: 1 T89) Wes Gardner: 1 T89) Rick Anderson: 1 T89) David Cone: 1 T89) Bob McClure: 1 T89) Tim Burke: 1 T89) Doug Simons: 1 T89) Barry Jones: 1 T89) Mauro Gozzo: 1 T89) Roger Mason: 1 =#FF8000]Josh Edgin at start of season: 1 T89) Blas Minor: 1 T89) Dave Mlicki: 1 T89) Toby Borland: 1 T89) Allen Watson: 1 T89) Hansel Robles: 1 T89) Grant Roberts: 1 T89) Mark Guthrie: 1 T89) Orber Moreno: 1 T89) Bartolome Fortunato: 1 T89) Juan Padilla: 1 T89) Jorge Julio: 1 T89) Mike Pelfrey: 1 T89) Brian Stokes: 1 T89) Sean Green: 1 T89) Raul Valdes: 1 T89) Tim Byrdak: 1 T89) Blaine Boyer: 1 T89) Josh Stinson: 1 T89) Ramon Ramirez: 1 T89) Gonzalez Germen: 1 T89) Daisuke Matsuzaka: 1 T89) Vic Black: 1 T89) Buddy Carlyle: 1 T89) Dana Eveland: 1 T89) Alex Torres: 1 T89) Logan Verrett: 1