Edgy MD

I'm Kevin Canelon and I'm coming off a mediocre year in Columbia, and unless folks start falling by the wayside, I'll be back in Columbia this season. I'll be 23 and I play it lefthand, but haven't made it too far, but I'm continuing to maintain my control, walking 1.8 batters per nine each of the last two seasons. I intend to be sucking St. Lucie suds some time soon. You'll see.

He's, like, eight years younger than Kelly Johnson. Johnson gives you what Lawrie does, but from the left side. Plus he plays outfield as well as first, second, and third. But eight years younger means eight years younger. Room to improve and all. I'd question why he was released so early in camp, when his track record suggests he's a big league asset. Is he playing in the WBC for Team Canada? That would give interested teams some extra time to assess.

You know who I came up with? Zach Duke, that's who. Both of us Pirates. Both of us lefties. Both of us starters. Both of us still with impossibly boyish faces a dozen years into our respective careers. Wait ... that's just me. Now both of us are relievers. That's been the second act for both of us. But Zach has been getting progressively better at it, but me, not so much. So I'm trying to learn to do what he's been doing. Drop the ol' arm down and bring it from 3:00. It's what they call a work in progress. And to look at the start of my spring training, it's a work that hasn't worked yet. But you know, it's still early March. Back in the day, the exhibition schedule would be starting around March 5. What it's gonna look like April 5, May 5, June 5 ... October 5 — that's what matters. So what's it gonna look like? [fimg=230]http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/399127/tomgorzelanny.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=250]http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/tom-gorzelanny-of-the-new-york-mets-poses-during-photo-day-on-22-picture-id646019220?s=594x594[/fimg] [fimg=250]http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/tom-gorzelanny-of-the-new-york-mets-pitches-in-the-ninth-inning-of-a-picture-id646003164[/fimg] [fimg=738]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AvCd5TwBEpo/THlB55oCB5I/AAAAAAAAEPk/xbUdClScZfs/s1600/Gorzelanny_TJ.jpg[/fimg]

Not a lot to praise on the pitching side, but how about Céspedes and Tajeiron combining to go 6-6 out of the cleanup spot? Luis Guillorme has one homer in 1,484 plate appearances as a minorleaguer, but hits one off of eight-year big-league vet Brett Cecil. Spring Training is weird.

I was kinda hoping that today would be the day we'd launch the career of José Reyes, centerfielder.

He seems to have an ongoing healthy relationship with the Mets as a brand that contrasts with a strained relationship with the Mets as a corporation. I mean, he did try and assemble a team to step forward and by the Mets in whole or in part at least twice, which suggests that at some level he views ownership as rivals. They not only out-maneuvered him in pursuit of ownership, but rejected his initiative to re-start his career in the team's front office. Beyond that, the number 7 was given to Hubie Brooks while it still had Kranepool sweat on it. But I'm also finding concerning the idea that he has no assets more disposable than his well-earned keepsakes to liquidate in order to cover healthcare expenses. (And beyond this, nobody should be forced to sell off assets because he's become sick and vulnerable, something that will happen to all of us.) Ed's post-career calling card was as a stockbroker and entrepreneurial investment guy—a dealmaker. But if you look at his partners from his last attempt—Donn Clendennon, Jr., and Martin Luther King III—you wonder who the money is, and get the idea that his game was to leverage names to get a bank to come up with all the change. And if his business dealings even 37 years after his career has ended, are still so much of a paper tiger, maybe he's been playing the float for awhile, using the promise of the next enterprise to pay off the the debts of the last one. Don't get me wrong, it's the American way, in a sense, and it's gotten Donald Trump to the presidency, and all you need is one big score to make that game pay off, but maybe it's catching up to him, along with the diabetes.

3. Terry McDaniel.

That's something like my assessment. He has the pitches, but the sequences make no sense. And with every pitch a potential out pitch, he's not using one to set up another. It almost seems selfish to suggest he could be better, but the few holes he has found himself in seem to be created by irrational pitch sequences ... which, to be fair, can certainly be a good thing too.

Best of the rest? That's what they call me. I mean, that's what they call me somewhere, right? For a little over two years, I've been, like, the leading Mets bullpenner among guys that don't really have a designated role, and aren't really guaranteed a spot if we don't keep pitching effectively. In 2015 I was indisputably effective. In 2016, not as much. And the never-solid foundation on which I stand grew shakier. Now I'm in camp and trying to hold off challenges from your Ben Rowens and your Paul Sewalds and enough guys named Taylor to outfit a Duran Duran lineup. So far, I'm DOING it. If, by doing it, you can count one scoreless inning with two strikeouts. Meanwhile Corey Taylor has gotten into four games. Should I count my lack of opportunities this far as an indication of the lofty status of a young, established veteran, or an indication of marginalization? I've got 77 games in the majors, an ERA under 3.50, and despite being in the back end of the bullpen, I've also got more strikeouts than innings pitched. I say that adds up to big league reliever. What does your math say? [fimg=552:10q0sxc5]https://metsmlb.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/erik-goeddel-1-slice1.jpg[/fimg:10q0sxc5] [fimg=148:10q0sxc5]http://metsmerizedonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/erik-goeddel-e1456636629962.jpg?x22250[/fimg:10q0sxc5] [fimg=350:10q0sxc5]https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/4QJDDHE8AM7s5c9CdQyEArmtupY=/91x159:2965x2075/1310x873/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/48447175/usa-today-8576590.0.jpg[/fimg:10q0sxc5] [fimg=350:10q0sxc5]http://metsmerizedonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/erik-goeddel.jpg?x22250[/fimg:10q0sxc5]

And Sewald finishes with a perfect innign of his own. Two doubles each by T.J. and Duda. Nimmo got two hits in three at-bats including a double. But the winning margin came from a two-run single off the bat of Cheech.

We go to the ninth with the Mets up 3-1, and Paul Sewald on for the save. Mets pitchers: deGrom: 2 perfect innings with 3 Ks Conlon: 2 shutout innings with 2 BBs Corey Taylor: 2 shutout innings with 2 hits allowed Rowen: 1 perfect inning with 1 K Gilmartin: 1 run in one inning on a homer Bradford: 1 perfect inning CB Bucknor just got knocked on his ass by a foul back but he's gamely going to try and finish the game.

Houston Spring Training fans start singing "The Camptown Ladies" at Lucas Duda. Duda immediately rips a double. I think I've found the secret.

Scoreless in the third. deGrom has dePants deAstros in his deBut, going perfect through two, striking out three. P.J. Conlon on for the Mets.

1998: Wayne Kirby

No, I think Tony Clark is battling on behalf of the union's right to have a say in any changes. Tony Clark specifically isn't battling pitch clocks. He's opposing the no-pitch walk. Some moves, like sending the Brewers to the AL, are just moves the league makes to demonstrate that they can, so they can establish a precedent for later. The union is right to draw the line here, as niggling as it seems. But this initiative belongs to the league, and it's to the league that opposition must be directed.

Me and Logan, we were rock-solid back in 2015. We were what Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo were last year. We were that pitching depth you weren't counting on being there, sorta even suspected that you didn't deserve, but were delighted to find out you had just when you needed it. But once you took for granted that you had that pitching depth ... it was GONE! Logan and me, me and Logan, contributed bupkis to the 2016 squad. Logan's now gone, and frankly, I feel kinda guilty. That coulda been me. And you know, other than the fact that God made my left arm my dominant one, maybe it shoulda been me. But it wasn't. And you know what that means? I think it means the Mets saw something. That they still see something. Something shiny and blue and glowing and good. Do you see anything anymore? Because I'm still here, but they ain't exactly telling me to do my warmups with the first unit down here in St. Lucie. [fimg=321]http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Sean+Gilmartin+New+York+Mets+v+Colorado+Rockies+RM-2NBSMFShl.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=379]http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/2015/07/19/images/mlbf_271957283_th_43.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=397]http://hubmesh.com/uploads/gossip/2016/10/23/kayleigh-mcenany-madly-loves-her-boyfriend-sean-gilmartin-see-their-romantic-relationship.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=303]http://mlb.mlb.com/assets/images/2/9/8/166565298/cuts/GettyImages_490865064_vnnhnwha_qz05zjdq.jpg[/fimg]

I don''t have any problem if a team has 25 players on their roster and wants to carry 24 pitchers. I think all players should be considered "players" by the roster rules, regardless of how they are deployed. Because some Tuesday, an outfielder may be pitching, and the next day, a pitcher may be outfielding, and that's just beautiful. If you want to cut the number of pitchers on the roster, cut the number of players on the roster.

Don't scream into the tornado, man. Send that shit to MLB headquarters.

I have no problem with throws to first.

Josh Edgin gives up a run in his inning of work, as our lefty bullpenners continue to struggle. That's probably due in part to them not getting matched up as benevolently as they do in the regular season. Kevin McGowan gave up two more runs in his inning, and his ERA actually went down.

Houston simultaneously losing to the Mets 5-0 and Las Vegas 4-0.

Game breaking open as the Mets have expanded the margin of leading to 4-0. Singles by Walker and Bruce and a double by Doo.

[list:cwu9tdu4][*:cwu9tdu4]Rivera singles[/*:m:cwu9tdu4] [*:cwu9tdu4]Reyés bounces into what would be a double play for a lesser man, but is beaten out by him, and advances to second as the relay gets away.[/*:m:cwu9tdu4] [*:cwu9tdu4]Reyés scores on a base hit by his successor at shortstop, Asdrubal Cabrera.[/*:m:cwu9tdu4] [*:cwu9tdu4]Mets lead.[/*:m:cwu9tdu4][/list:u:cwu9tdu4]

Synderella has gone two, giving up two walks and a hit, striking out one, with his workday looking like it's done.

Syndy needs to tie that hair back on windy spring days like today.