Edgy MD

Which leaves #2: [fimg=275:1jchnudc]http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Njk4WDUwNA==/z/BisAAOSw3v5Yom0n/$_58.JPG[/fimg:1jchnudc]

#1 is Craig Anderson.

Well, then Desmond Lindsay has already leapfrogged one! I thought, after the damage he wreaked on the New York-Penn League last year, that he might just skip the Sally League and go straight to St. Lucie. Mentally bump him up there, and add Jay Jabs to Columbia. Jay had an awful debut with Brooklyn last year (.498 OPS in 200 PA), but like I said, outfield pickin's are slim.

The outfield scene for the Mets is seemingly a lot thinner than the crowd of their infield brothers. There's depth up top, but down below, barely a prospect at each level. And them that ain't prospects haven't even tended to demonstrate themselves as useful role players. A whole bunch of outfielders at about the NY-Penn League and Appalachian League levels put up stats no better than Tim Tebow in AFL, and this was over a full (half) season. Things don't look a whole lot better from Brooklyn on down either, unless you think that some of the teams' infield prospects will move to the outfield. One thing to watch is how fast Desmond Lindsay moves up. There are a lot of guys he can leapfrog this season. NEW YORK=#0040FF] Rk.=#0040FF] Outfielder=#0040FF]2017 Age=#0040FF]2016 Pos.=#0040FF] MLB=#0040FF] AAA=#0040FF] AA=#0040FF] A+=#0040FF] A=#0040FF] SS A+=#0040FF] SS A=#0040FF] Rookie1Yoenis Céspedes31lf, cf.280 / .354 / .530 // .884 in 543 PA.222 / .222 / .333 // .556 in 9 PA2Curtis Granderson*36rf, cf, lf.237 / .335 / .464 // .799 in 633 PA3Jay Bruce*30rf, cf.250 / .309 / .506 // .815 in 589 PA4Michael Conforto*24lf, rf, cf.220 / .310 / .414 // .725 in 348 PA.422 / .483 / .727 // 1.209 in 144 PA5Juan Lagares28cf, rf, lf.239 / .301 / .380 // .682 in 160 PA.333 / .368 / .444 // .813 in 19 PALAS VEGAS=#0040FF] Rk.=#0040FF] Outfielder=#0040FF]2017 Age=#0040FF]2016 Pos.=#0040FF] MLB=#0040FF] AAA=#0040FF] AA=#0040FF] A+=#0040FF] A=#0040FF] SS A+=#0040FF] SS A=#0040FF] Rookie6Brandon Nimmo*24lf, rf, cf.274 / .338 / .329 // .666 in 80 PA.352 / .423 / .541 // .964 in 444 PA7Travis Taijeron28rf, lf.275 / .372 / .512 // .884 in 541 PA9Victor Cruzado#25lf, rf, cf.261 / .353 / .374 // .727 in 420 PA9Kyle Johnson27cf, lf, rf.244 / .298 / .333 // .631 in 84 PA.199 / .292 / .292 // .585 in 196 PA10Jayce Boyd26lf, 1b.259 / .336 / .341 // .676 in 304 PABINGHAMTON=#0040FF] Rk.=#0040FF] Outfielder=#0040FF]2017 Age=#0040FF]2016 Pos.=#0040FF] MLB=#0040FF] AAA=#0040FF] AA=#0040FF] A+=#0040FF] A=#0040FF] SS A+=#0040FF] SS A=#0040FF] Rookie11Champ Stuart24cf.201 / .264 / .261 // .525 in 203 PA.265 / .347 / .407 // .755 in 315 PA12Jared King#25rf, cf, lf.188 / .274 / .271 // .544 in 95 PA13Kevin Kaczmarski*25rf, lf.301 / .383 / .405 // .788 in 175 PA.268 / .347 / .418 // .764 in 301 PA14Patrick Biondi*26cf, rf, lf.271 / .352 / .332 // .685 in 395 PA15Wuilmer Becerra22rf.312 / .341 / .393 // .734 in 263 PAST. LUCIE=#0040FF] Rk.=#0040FF] Outfielder=#0040FF]2017 Age=#0040FF]2016 Pos.=#0040FF] MLB=#0040FF] AAA=#0040FF] AA=#0040FF] A+=#0040FF] A=#0040FF] SS A+=#0040FF] SS A=#0040FF] Rookie16John Mora*24rf, lf.246 / .341 / .346 // .688 in 506 PA17Jeffrey Diehl23rf, 1b, 3b.234 / .335 / .413 // .748 in 233 PA18Tucker Tharp25rf, cf, lf.264 / .328 / .283 // .611 in 58 PA.210 / .282 / .296 // .578 in 210 PA19Enmanuel Zabala22cf, lf, rf.225 / .301 / .350 // .651 in 430 PA.280 / .330 / .339 // .669 in 204 PA.132 / .195 / .211 // .406 in 41 PA20Ivan Wilson22cf.197 / .275 / .352 // .628 IN 213 PACOLUMBIA=#0040FF] Rk.=#0040FF] Outfielder=#0040FF]2017 Age=#0040FF]2016 Pos.=#0040FF] MLB=#0040FF] AAA=#0040FF] AA=#0040FF] A+=#0040FF] A=#0040FF] SS A+=#0040FF] SS A=#0040FF] Rookie21Desmond Lindsay20cf.297 / .418 / .450 // .868 in 134 PA.364 / .563 / .455 // 1.017 in 16 PA22Jacob Zanon22cf, rf.197 / .284 / .287 // .571 in 184 PA23Gene Cone*22rf, lf, cf.227 / .312 / .275 // .587 in 261 PA24Arnaldo Berrios#21rf.185 / .239 / .218 // .457 in 139 PA.325 / .437 / .410 // .847 in 144 PA25Tim Tebow*29lf

That would be a favorite of cooby's. Welcome to the thread ... Darren Reed!

From the mean street of Falls Road in Belfast, I'm bringing the best ERA in all of MLB-affiliated baseball. Yes, you heard that right. And while not a lot of guys get invited to spring training with only a half season above low-A ball, but I'm not a lot of guys. I'm the ruler of the mound, like Caesar Augustus. The P. stands for pitching and J. is for justice! Anyhow, that sounds a lot better than it reads when delivered with what's left of my Belfast accent. You may think I'm not ready for the bigs yet, but I sure ain't living with Edgy forever. I'll see you soon. How soon? Only foreseeing fans can tell. [fimg=346:2rx9qqas]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C40FB-TVYAI-OP7.jpg[/fimg:2rx9qqas] [fimg=231:2rx9qqas]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/756201774604746752/gKIKip5v.jpg[/fimg:2rx9qqas] [fimg=217:2rx9qqas]http://metsminors.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PJ-Conlon-14-1-400x259.jpg[/fimg:2rx9qqas] [fimg=360:2rx9qqas]http://metsminors.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/download-2.jpg[/fimg:2rx9qqas]

He may not be THE authority, but he's AN authority. No getting around that. When the team's PbP guy says your name, that's how folks is gonna say it. It's like Bill Klem said about whether a pitch is a ball or a strike: "It's nothing until I call it."

A big part of spring training for me is hearing Gary pronounce names (presumably correctly) that I have known for years, and have been mentally butchering for years. WHO KNEW?! The big reveal last year was that Travis Taijeron's last name was pronounced "Tyrone." WHO KNEW?! To me, it's just an alternate spelling for Jorge, and pronounced the same. That's my story until Gary sets me straight.

Hopefully, he's not a gascan. Invited to camp?

You can actually feel it tick up, can't you? It's in the spring in your step. It's in the increasing clarity of the horizon. Foreign newspapers suddenly make just a little more sense. You take historical tours and find yourself asking more acute and engaging questions of the docents.

well, this seems like more of a license to print money to be honest. Well, yes, I'm offering a more out-of-the-box (and more palatable and honorable) way to obtain money to those who pursue money. Psychology.

In a move that should be a surprise to no one, but will nonetheless take some getting used to, Mets officials have announced a new name for their Spring Training home. Tradition Field, formerly Digital Domain Park, formerly Tradition Field, formerly Thomas J. White Stadium, will henceforth (or until the money changes hands a few more times) be known as First Data Field. Gary Carter Stadium, man. It would be a license to print money.

Boscan pitches impressively well in that game. Takes the win with an inning and 2/3 scoreless after coming on to strike out Ruf or Rupp or one of those guys with men on base.

So, he was a king supreme for half the season, and a chump for the other half. What we have here is a genuine enigma.

Know what's worth remembering on a cold winter night? That .422 /.483 / .727 // 1.209 line he put up in AAA. Yeah, it was AAA, and the PCL in AAA, and Vegas in the PCL in AAA, but that was over a 144 plate appearances. That's certainly not nothing.

An executive order, done with no real vetting, and pretending that the public will is on your side because you know what's best. As if the world wasn't Trumptastic enough. If Manford tweets, "I'll see you in court," I'm pushing the plunger down.

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Yeah, but there's entertainment and then there's entertainment. Emporer Gallienus wrote: The Gladiatorial Games actually sound like a great idea for entertainment, which the whole point of the Colosseum anyway.

NEW YORK=#0040FF] Rk.=#0040FF] Infielder=#0040FF]2017 Age=#0040FF]2016 Pos.=#0040FF] MLB=#0040FF] AAA=#0040FF] AA=#0040FF] A+=#0040FF] A=#0040FF] SS A+=#0040FF] SS A=#0040FF] Rookie1Asdrubal Cabrera31ss.280 / .336 / .474 // .810 in 568 PA.333 / .286 / .667 // .952 in 7 PA2Neil Walker312b.282 / .347 / .476 // .823 in 458 PA3Lucas Duda311b.229 / .302 / .412 // .714 in 172 PA4José Reyes343b, ss.267 / .326 / .443 // .769 in 279 PA.303 / .425 / .485 // .910 in 40 PA5Wilmer Flores253b, 1b, 2b, ss.267 / .319 / .469 // .788 in 335 PA.235 / .263 / .235 // .498 in 19 PA6T.J. Rivera283b, 2b, 1b.333 / .345 / .476 // .821 in 113 PA.353 / .393 / .516 // .909 in 442 PALAS VEGAS=#0040FF] Rk.=#0040FF] Infielder=#0040FF]2017 Age=#0040FF]2016 Pos.=#0040FF] MLB=#0040FF] AAA=#0040FF] AA=#0040FF] A+=#0040FF] A=#0040FF] SS A+=#0040FF] SS A=#0040FF]Rookie7Ty Kelly#28lf, 2b, 3b, cf, ss, rf, 1b.241 / .352 / .345 // .697 in 71 PA.328 / .409 / .435 // .844 in 316 PA8Gavin Cecchini23ss, 2b.333 / .429 / .667 // 1.095 in 7 PA.325 / .390 / .448 // .838 in 499 PA9Matt Reynolds26ss, 3b, 2b, lf.225 / .266 / .416 // .682 in 96 PA.264 / .336 / .357 // .692 in 299 PA10Amed Rosario21.341 / .392 / .481 // .874 in 237 PA.309 / .359 / .442 // .800 in 290 PA11Phillip Evans24.335 / .374 / .485 // .859 in 386 PA.143 / .273 / .143 // .416 in 33 PA12Dominic Smith*22.302 / .367 / .457 // .824 in 542 PABINGHAMTON=#0040FF] Rk.=#0040FF] Infielder=#0040FF]2017 Age=#0040FF]2016 Pos.=#0040FF] MLB=#0040FF] AAA=#0040FF] AA=#0040FF] A+=#0040FF] A=#0040FF] SS A+=#0040FF] SS A=#0040FF]Rookie13L.J. Mazzilli262b, 3b.229 .273 .396 .669 in 55 PA.240 / .326 / .342 // .668 in 420 PA14Luis Guillorme*22ss, 2b.263 / .332 / .315 // .647 in 505 PA15Jonathan Johnson*282b, 3b, ss, lf.500 / .600 / .500 // 1.100 in 5 PA.249 / .370 / .323 // .693 in 265 PA16Matt Oberste251b, 3b.283 / .340 / .409 // .749 in 462 PA17Jeff McNiel*252b, 3b.250 / .357 / .583 // .940 in 14 PA18David Thompson233b.265 / .321 / .412 // .733 in 225 PA.294 / .344 / .474 // .817 in 256 PAST. LUCIE=#0040FF] Rk.=#0040FF] Infielder=#0040FF]2017 Age=#0040FF]2016 Pos.=#0040FF] MLB=#0040FF] AAA=#0040FF] AA=#0040FF] A+=#0040FF] A=#0040FF] SS A+=#0040FF] SS A=#0040FF]Rookie19*David Wright (Rehab)353b.226 / .350 / .438 // .788 in 164 PA20Vinny Siena232b, ss.236 / .322 / .280 // .602 in 184 PA.291 / .435 / .399 // .834 in 288 PA21Jhoan Urena#223b, 1b.225 / .301 / .350 // .651 in 430 PA22Eudor Garcia*233b, 1b.275 / .326 / .426 // .752 in 224 PA.429 / .556 / .429 // .984 in 9 PA23Dale Burdick212b, 3b, ss, 1b.000 / .000 / .000 // .000 in 6 PA.229 / .297 / .374 // .671 in 176 PA.113 / .230 / .113 // .343 in 61 PA24Milton Ramos21ss, 3b.220 / .292 / .273 // .564 in 404 PA25Dash Winningham211b.234 / .284 / .387 // .671 in 504 PACOLUMBIA=#0040FF] Rk.=#0040FF] Infielder=#0040FF]2017 Age=#0040FF]2016 Pos.=#0040FF] MLB=#0040FF] AAA=#0040FF] AA=#0040FF] A+=#0040FF] A=#0040FF] SS A+=#0040FF] SS A=#0040FF]Rookie26J.C. Rodriguez#242b, ss, 3b, lf.237 / .303 / .350 // .653 in 524 PA27Peter Alonso241b.321 / .382 / .587 // .969 in 123 PA28Nick Sergakis222b, 3b.252 / .353 / .364 // .717 in 167 PA29Anthony Dimino*231b, c.364 / .475 / .424 // .899 in 40 PA.325 / .437 / .410 // .847 in 144 PA30Colby Woodmansee22ss.257 / .305 / .325 // .631 in 276 PA31Blake Tiberi*223b.235 / .316 / .316 // .632 in 226 PA

I realize suddenly that Dale Burdick is in over his head at Bingo and is likely destined to open the season at St. Lucie. Stand by.

Doug Harvey—who retired after the 1992 season, and was inducted 18 years later—it is. The only subsequent induction of an ump was for Pre-Integration Committee selectee Hank O'Day, who umped from 1895 to 1927, and who was a decent pitcher before strapping on the chest protector, and ultimately appearing in 10 World Series. I'm sort of getting the idea the HoF is moving away from perhaps seriously considering the induction of any further umps. But I sure don't think the place would be ruined by the company of Bruce Froemming, Dutch Rennert, Joe West, or Frank Drebin. Froemming umped more games than anybody in history, for Pete's sake. He probably did something right.

Mike Francesa's contract is up at the end of the year (point one in the the argument that universe is sometimes just). Mark Chernoff has declared that he will "be looking to do some stuff" (which is just the most reassuringly professional-sounding thing an executive has ever said). And by most accounts, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is on the list of potential candidates. It almost makes me want to stand up and applaud, in between hurls. Twelve geniuses locked in a room for a month could not have come up with a more insane choice. I mean, yeah, there are far crazier crazies out there, but as for a sustainably crazy act, where a metropolis of angry will tune in every day just to make themselves angrier. A Sports Talk with the Guv show on drive time would be flaming comet of insanity. I mean, it would be awful, for any number of reasons, for sports and culture at large. For pure spectacle, short of setting fire to the Empire State, it's hard to top. And it would give our awful president a cultural toehold in the metropolitan area five nights a week.

Trivia question: Of the 10 umps inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, only one has suited up post 1978. Name that ump.

JJ's a Loyola Marymount product signed before the 2014 season after three years in the indy ball wilderness. Baseball-Reference (who updated their layout today, which will take some getting used to) calls him "John," but he's "Jonathan" in the MLB.com database. Weird. #persistence #jonniesnotasconnie

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Interesting that there's no co-author listed. He had two previous books were co-written with Mike Bryan, and one that was co-written with Matt Silverman that I figured was just Matt with Keith lending his name. I remember "If at First". I missed the other one. Maybe that's why I'M is in bold red. No more of this coddling, co-author crap. Maybe it's unvarnished Keith, which would be awesome. This is the other Hernandez/Bryan collaboration. [fimg=300]https://images.pristineauction.com/53/535012/main_1-Keith-Hernandez-Signed-Pure-baseball-Paperback-Book-MAB-Hologram-PristineAuction.com.jpg[/fimg] If at First is, as I've mentioned before, one of the most Dad books ever. Pull a used copy at a book store. They all smell like somebody's Dad. What Dad drank, what he smoked, what aftershave he wore.