Edgy MD

Blevins getting two strikeouts in 1/3 of an inning. I kind of like that a guy can be credited with a strikeout, even without the "out" part of the play completed. The real-words-mean-what-they-mean part of me doesn't like it, but the stats-fetish part of me digs the opportunity to put up more than the apparent maximum possible number of strikeouts. I wonder if there are similar scoring quirks. If an infielder puts a throw in a first baseman's glove well ahead of the batter-runner, but the first baseman drops it, I don't think the infielder gets the assist (while the team isn't credited with making the out). If a batter hits a ball over the fence, but passes a runner or otherwise makes an out rounding the bases, I don't think he gets a home run (while not being credited with the run or all four bases). But it seems to me that these would be consistent with the spirit of the strikeout-without-an-out rule.

Blake Taylor is floating in the baseball limbo that is extended spring training. He's technically on the Brooklyn Cyclones roster, but I speculate that he may see some time with the Fireflies in the first half of the season.

Accounts suggesting that there was something wrong with the child, but the condition is improving, and he's expected to be released tomorrow.

Look, a lot of people are late bloomers with the power. Like, I dunno, Don F. Mattingly, that's who. I do everything else, and the power... it's coming. Right now, it's coming in Binghamton. Don't believe me? Ask Lucas Duda if he feels my hot, sexy breath on his shoulder. I bet he does! What do you feel? [fimg=299:1rna99ji]http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1723148.1394938635!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/170231802.jpg[/fimg:1rna99ji] [fimg=501:1rna99ji]http://metsminors.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/22580774562_432739c67a_c.jpg[/fimg:1rna99ji] [fimg=431:1rna99ji]http://www.milb.com/assets/images/5/6/0/162065560/cuts/19114669610_ee2290df63_k_8vil4ghu_regz6mr6.jpg[/fimg:1rna99ji] [fimg=369:1rna99ji]https://content.sny.tv/assets/images/7/7/2/165547772/DSC_0957_Snapseed_q7zs580y.jpg[/fimg:1rna99ji]

A heart-rending lack of opinions on Paul Sewald, but he's been the hoss of Wally Backman's pen so far for Las Vegas, throwing 5 1/3 innings over four games, yielding but a single run (on a homer), whilst striking out seven and walking but one. Sewald!

Maybe I just like pom-poms. Nothing wrong with my glasses, though.

A 6-0 win behind Matz and a Sunday lineup against an ace pitcher will cure a lot of ills. It was like the baseball equivalent of putting the lime in the coconut.

Good things happen when you bunt your way on. Nice to see them open up against a top starter like Kluber. Confidence boost!

I got six innings this spring. Less than I hoped for, to be frankish. I've given four good years to this system, and that's no small thing when you've already given the same amount back in college. I'm a Pan Am Games vet and I've succeeded everywhere I've been. OK, not the AFL, but that's, like, the season after the season. Phooey on that. I was tired. I'm Paul Sewald. I'm a 10th-round pick from 2012, and I'm a damn consistent relief pitcher, striking out 10.6 every nine innings and walking 1.7. Over my whole career. Know what those numbers say? They say "I'm Speed Racer and I drive real fast; I drive real fast and I'm built to last." So, yeah, I'm off bloodying some noses in Las Vegas. You know how it is. But soon, my call is gonna come. What happens then? You tell me. [fimg=231]http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/510a1d917aed928541298137b7c2c5cdc8edc5bc/c=0-0-2182-2909&r=537&c=0-0-534-712/local/-/media/2015/06/12/Binghamton/B9317712334Z.1_20150612222031_000_GP3B2KGSG.1-0.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=569]http://metsmerizedonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1439859305229-e1439859336630.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=571]http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/2016/04/01/images/mlbf_569693383_th_45.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=229]http://metsminors.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Paul-Sewald2.jpg[/fimg]

Like that guy in that movie. The other guy. In that other movie.

Matt Harvey is ... a) fine. fine but not executing. c) hurt. d) feeling the effects of his lifestyle, and learning humility the hard way, like that guy in that movie.

OK, Wrightie. All you. That's OK.

Alejandro, thou art the tying run.

OK, let's finish the comeback.

Negatory x-rays on d'Arnie. No doubt that 'Wecky starts tomorrow, though.

Cabrera seems to be from the jumpy-throwy school of thought. Blows the transfer with too many moving parts.

Well, I get the willies whenever I see the chrome insignia. Chrome insignia + Matt Harvey = stinky, often enough.

Kapowie Time.

I don't stink. Mets don't stink. Not in the eighth inning, they don't.

I'm excited to see what our Jannis-headed knuckleballer can bring, but Bill James has written that it takes a bad (and desperate) team to give a chance to a knuckleballer, so he may need to move on to break through. But good for the Mets for seeing it through thus far. 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I'm saying I in no way thought LOLMets would be a thing of the past. I'm not sure about generally. Sometimes they deserve stark criticism, sometimes modest criticism, sometimes no criticism. Sometimes they deserve criticism, but the criticism they get is wrongheaded. That's fair, isn't it? I can't say for certain with regard to this situation.

Seawolf wrote: Jose Fernandez to the Marlins; voted "Most Likely To Three-Hit The Mets In His Major League Debut" in high school. His high school was pretty smart. I mean, technically, he three-hit them over just five innings, but still.

I absolutely didn't think that.

Edgy MD wrote: [fimg=600]http://www3.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/David+Wright+Ramon+Castro+Florida+Marlins+uFaRECnBEI_l.jpg[/fimg] David Wright, José Reyes, ___________, and Carlos Delgado wait for a giant hook to come get Scott Schoeneweiss, 2008. Ten Kranebucks to whoever can fill in the blank. This shot also represents Schoeneweis' last moment on the field in a Mets uniform.

This was a Pizza Hut, now it�s all covered with daisies.