Edgy MD

HahnSolo wrote: 'Tears of Joy': A bit too much Jim Breuer for my tastes and somewhat skimpy on actual hi-lights (possibly because FOX didn't own enough of them) but still worth seeing. I think that's all I need to hear to skip it. Am I the only one that finds no entertainment value at all in Jim Breuer's recaps? To me, it just seems like an annoying guy screaming. I'm with you 100%. Occasionally, its an annoying guy cackling like Jack Nicholson. Welcome to the We Can Do Better Than Breuer Club.

That asshole was named Leonard Davis. He never ended up so much as getting a taste of MLB coffee, and was last seen playing in the indy leagues in 2013. Hitting Davis in the back the next day was Buffalo pitcher and fellow owner of a current "Memories of" thread Dillon Gee. I believe Gee matched up against Steven Strasburg (in his final minor league tuneup) and pitched a three-hitter that day.

It's interesting to read how the Nats front office was split on him. Presumably there was the he-gives-back-with-his-glove-what-he-gains-with-his-bat camp and the he-seems-to-have-turned-a-corner-with-respect-to-power camp. It's still a tough shot for a lefty to pull it out of Nationals Park, but if he can't join the 20 Homers Club, the doubles will likely keep dropping in.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I know ... one's a crime and the other's a civil matter. But I don't think those differences are meaningful in determining the proper approach baseball should take. Is the difference between employment discrimination and aggravated assault meaningful?

It's a big challenge for Marc Anthony.

The ongoing drama around the team's move to Wilmington ends with a new owner sweeping in to keep the team right where it is. Plan your travel, and your college applications, accordingly.

Let's relive the great story (or "story") of Jon Niese cussing out Terry in his last start of the 2014 season.

I'm trying to think of a Mets free agent signing that was less popular at the point of transaction. Trachsel? Even the Cuddyer deal polled here at the Pool at a 3.63, on a scale from 1 (hate) to 5 (love). de Aza is under water at 2.5.

d'Kong76 wrote: The other one I found was Barry Lyons... June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 25th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign. June 7, 1982: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 15th round of the 1982 amateur draft. September 4, 1990: Released by the New York Mets. September 21, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers. (copied from Baseball Reference . com) ... but maybe the release makes it doesn't count for this quiz. Yeah, I think he discounts guys released before their full control period of six years expires. He's looking for guys who declare their free agency, rather than having it forced upon them.

Cuddy as a pinch hitter over his career: .355 / .431 / .548 // .979.

I kid.

Dillon Gee.

In a stunning scene, Taylor Teagarden, an eight-year MLB veteran, appears in one of the undercover videos, openly discussing his use of performance-enhancing drugs during the previous season. — Huffington Post Mets should be forced to forfeit any and all 2014 wins in games in which Teagarden appeared. I wonder if there were any.

Named in the unfolding HGH story that's focused right now on Peyton Manning? First basemen from rival NL East teams Ryan Howard and Ryan Zimmerman. Daniel Murphy may open the season at first.

Mets minor leaguer (though currently a minor league free agent) Jake Kuebler and Bri Exstrom have an engagement story!

His Christmas gifts to his entire family? Matching Bartolo Colon tee-shirts.

Terry Leach.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Is that "meh" grade you, Edge? Yeah, me. Sorry. I mostly found it too bloated with the old cast and new cast elbowing for screen time and space. It allowed too little time for you to develop a connection with the newer characters including protagonist Rey, and associate protagonist Finn. You knew a lot about Luke's internal life before he started having adventures. Even Han has a developed back story before you get off of Tatooine (which is part of why people care so much about whether Greedo shot first). With the Han analog from this film, Poe Dameron, all you know about him is that he's a hotshot pilot. And that we have to learn through a quick force-feeding, when he's called the resistance's "best pilot" in the crawl, and him boasting "I can fly anything" as he kicks into action. Bam, I’m supposed to care about this guy? (MINOR SPOILER)=#FFBFFF]And then he disappears for more than half the film. (/MINOR SPOILER) That's far more crudely drawn and rolled out than the characters in the original film (which I appreciate more each day), where we're, like 2/3 into the picture before it becomes a battle film. I think I’d have rather had a slowly unfolding story. To slip into this long-awaited gift deliberately. Abrams was able to escape this trap of being encumbered by too many characters when he took over the Star Trek franchise, the new timeline concept allowing him to have the old characters and most of their established backstories and audience's relationship to them, without having to haul out most of the old actors. And then he doesn’t have to waste too much screen time, making you care. You already do. That said, he indeed did give us significantly more Kirk and Spock backstory and exposition than he gives Rey and Finn here. There’s also things that don’t quite make sense (not as many as in Star Trek, perhaps), at least to my fool head. (MINOR SPOILER)=#FFBFFF]Who’s the hermit-like guy at the beginning? Why haven't Chewbacca or Akbar aged at all? Chewie was already 200 in the first film. (/MINOR SPOILER) (LARGER SPOILER)=#FFBFFF]How do we have a weapon that’s basically a cannon carved out of a planet that can destroy other planets? How does it move into position throughout the universe? Does it somehow fire energy blasts from far off and they all go into warp fields, and then somehow come out of warp and hit their far-off targets? That’s weird.(/LARGER SPOILER) And how does a non-jedi (seemingly in touch with the Force, but a non-jedi nonetheless), as well as a random non-Force-oriented-at-all guy get to (SPOILER)=#FFBFFF]pick up a light saber and go blow for blow, parry for parry, with a sith or sith-paduan or whatever he is?(/SPOILER) It was funny when J.J. Abrams re-used plot lines and devices in Star Trek from earlier films, because it was in a new timeline, and it was amusing to think that history unfolds similarly but different in two parallel timelines if they spring from a recent common temporal point. Here, what with the (SPOILER)=#FFBFFF]secret plans hidden in a lost droid (smaller, cuter, more cherubic) that the agents of the dark side are looking for(/SPOILER) and (SPOILER)=#FFBFFF]giant planet-destroying enemy weapon/impenetrable base with one fatal flaw(/SPOILER), a creature cantina, a desert planet to begin on, it didn’t seem amusing, but rather seemed uninspired/lazy. When freakin’ Han says (SPOILER)=#FFBFFF]”So, it’s a Death Star,”(/SPOILER) he seems to be commenting on how been-there/done-that unimpressed he is with the script. “This is all you got, guys?” And what is with J.J. Abrams and geo-genocide? You think he’d have gotten his rocks off enough by imploding Vulcan. But here in an instant, (BIG SPOILER)=#FFBFFF]he wipes out a half dozen generally peace-loving planets, just to move the plot ahead for our protagonists, who scarcely seem to acknowledge this unthinkable horror. When Alderan is destroyed in the original thing, it’s an abstraction to us. We’ve never seen it and don’t have a relationship to it, so we can move on with the story. But we know that it’s a horror when Ben is thrown by it — shattered — though light years away. It's why he comes to realize that his mission must be intentionally suicidal. The weight of this loss is a specter throughout the rest of the film. Ben/Obi-Wan's universe has been upended. Here, we have planets we know, worlds we've walked on. I saw what seemed to Coruscant (sp?) which presumably is as populated as any place in the galaxy, go up. Later, Republic. My wife said she thought Endor went up too. So no more Ewoks in the universe, you psychotic freak. Just how much desolation do you really need to set your plot in motion, J.J.? I'm with Ol' Ben. I felt as motivated to die here as moved to fight. Moreso.(/BIG SPOILER) Things I liked included the new protagonista (posh accent aside) and the production design — including, as noted, thrusters on the underside of the Millennium Falcon. I like the general outline of the story, except those turns noted above. The bad guy, I’m torn about. I mean, that’s a recognizable villain. A child of heroic idealists who are in the busy business of reclaiming the world from bad guys to make it better for kids just like him. But they are struck by the reality that, whatever your good intentions may be, raising children is damn hard. So they ship him off to boarding school, bypassing the meritocracy they worked so hard to build, taking advantage instead of their special connections. The kid’s growing pains are exacerbated by further alienation and bitterness at his seemingly hypocritical parents, failing plainly in their attempts to hide their contentious marriage, and he falls for a philosophy that gives him the certainty his parents could not. I mean, we all KNOW this kid. Many of us are terrified of him. That said, his Hogwarts-esque hair/pallor looked ridiculous, and the idea that he’s a whiny rageaholic seems so lame-o for a sith or a sith-in-training or whatever. If Force users, good and bad, have had anything in common through the six prior films, they all seem to advance in their abilities through self-discipline, not by breaking all their toys whenever they don't get what they wanted. So, good job in setting the universe back in motion. But not so good at getting me engaged and in sympathy and solidarity with the principals.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Folks are saying that the QO draft-pick-penalty may have softened the market for/knocked down the price on everyone's favorite keystone-manning lifestyle consultant. But, yeah, he basically got Niese/Walker-ish money. It's $1.8-ish million more than Walker is expected to get, but I imagine evading the years are the appeal for a Met team trying to rebuild their infield on the fly.

And thus begins the post-Murph era. And all the joy and sadness that implies. Transaction Under Suspension Added To Projected RosterSigned Away By WashingtonPosition Group=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#8000FF] Infielder[fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_570663.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/548337.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_502517.jpg[/fimg]NameHansel RoblesLogan VerrettDaniel MurphyDoB8/13/90 #676/19/1990 #354/11/85 #28 YOUR Projected 2016 New York Mets Position Group=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_112526.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_594798.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_518774.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_571927.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_592789.jpg[/fimg]NameBartolo ColonJacob deGromMatt HarveySteven MatzNoah SyndergaardDoB5/24/73 #406/19/88 #483/27/89 #335/29/91 #328/29/1992 #34Status Notes=#00BF00] Has Options=#00BF00] Has Options=#00BF00] Has OptionsMLBW-L: 14-13 ERA: 4.16 IP: 194.2 SO/BB: 136/24W-L: 14-8 ERA: 2.54 IP: 191.0 SO/BB: 205/38W-L: 13-8 ERA: 2.71 IP: 189.1 SO/BB: 188/37W-L: 4-0 ERA: 2.27 IP: 35.2 SO/BB: 34/10W-L: 9-7 ERA: 3.24 IP: 150.0 SO/BB: 166/31AAAW-L: 7-4 ERA: 2.19 IP: 90.1 SO/BB: 94/31W-L: 3-0 ERA: 1.82 IP: 29.2 SO/BB: 34/8AAW-L: 1-0 ERA: 0.00 IP: 11.1 SO/BB: 10/2A+W-L: 0-0 ERA: 4.91 IP: 3.2 SO/BB: 3/1Position Group=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[fimg=90]http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_460283.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_544727.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_543219.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_592340.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/592665.jpg[/fimg]NameJerry BlevinsJeurys FamiliaSean GilmartinErik GoeddelAddison ReedDoB6/6/83 #1310/10/89 #2711/4/1986 #3612/20/88 #6212/27/88 #43Status Notes=#00BF00] Has Options=#00BF00] Has Options=#00BF00] Has OptionsMLBW-L: 1-0 ERA: 0.00 IP: 5.0 SO/BB: 4/0W-L: 2-2 ERA: 1.85 (43 S) IP: 78.0 SO/BB: 86/19W-L: 3-2 ERA: 2.67 IP: 57.1 IP SO/BB: 54/18W-L: 1-1 ERA: 2.43 IP: 33.1 SO/BB: 34/10W-L: 3-3 ERA: 3.38 (4 S) IP: 56.0 SO/BB: 51/19AAAAAW-L: 0-0 ERA: 3.00 IP: 6.0 SO/BB: 6/3A+W-L: 0-0 ERA: 7.71 IP: 4.2 SO/BB: 5/3Position Group=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#008000] Catcher=#008000] Catcher=#8000FF] Infielder[fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_448614.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/548337.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_518595.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_608700.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_446263.jpg[/fimg]NameCarlos TorresLogan VerrettTravis d'ArnaudKevin PlaweckiLucas DudaDoB10/22/82 #526/19/1990 #355/30/90 #452/26/91 #222/3/86 #21Status Notes=#00BF00] Has Options=#00BF00] Has OptionsMLBW-L: 5-6 ERA: 4.68 IP: 57.2 SO/BB: 48/18MLBPA: 268 .268 .340 / .485 // .825 HR: 12 RBI: 41PA: 258 .219 .280 / .296 // .576 HR: 3 RBI: 21PA: 554 .244 .352 / .486 // .838 HR: 27 RBI: 73AAAW-L: 1-2 ERA: 3.59 IP: 47.2 SO/BB: 39/15PA: 8 .125 .125 / .250 // .375 HR: 0 RBI: 0PA: 90 .224 .267 / .341 // .608 HR: 2 RBI: 21AAW-L: 5-3 ERA: 4.59 IP: 64.2 SO/BB: 53/19PA: 20 .300 .300 / .350 // .650 HR: 0 RBI: 1PA: 7 .500 .571 / .500 // 1.071 HR: 0 RBI: 1A+PA: 16 .375 .444 / .375 // .819 HR: 0 RBI: 4Position Group=#8000FF] Infielder=#8000FF] Infielder=#8000FF] Infielder=#8000FF] Infielder=#8000FF] Infielder[fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_527038.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/452678.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_514913.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/435522.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_431151.jpg[/fimg]NameWilmer FloresAsdrubal CabreraRuben TejadaNeil WalkerDavid WrightDoB8/6/91 #411/13/1985 #??10/27/89 #114/9/1987 #2012/20/82 #5Status NotesMLBPA: 510 .263 .295 / .408 // .703 HR: 16 RBI: 59PA: 551 .265 .315 / .430 // .744 HR: 15 RBI: 58PA: 407 .261 .338 / .350 // .688 HR: 3 RBI: 28PA: 603 .269 .328 / .427 // .756 HR: 16 RBI: 71PA: 174 .289 .379 / .434 // .814 HR: 5 RBI: 17AAAAAA+PA: 33 .321 .424 / .321 // .746 HR: 0 RBI: 1Position Group=#0000FF] Outfielder=#0000FF] Outfielder=#0000FF] Outfielder=#0000FF] Outfielder=#0000FF] Outfielder[fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_493472.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/624424.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/457477.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_434158.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_501571.jpg[/fimg]NameEric CampbellMichael ConfortoAlejandro de AzaCurtis GrandersonJuan LagaresDoB4/9/87 #293/1/93 #304/11/1984 #??3/16/81 #33/17/89 #12Status Notes=#00BF00] Has Options=#00BF00] Has OptionsMLBPA: 206 .197 .312 / .295 // .607 HR: 3 RBI: 19PA: 194 .270 .335 / .506 // .841 HR: 9 RBI: 26PA: 290 .261 .319 / .436 // .755 HR: 7 RBI: 32PA: 682 .259 .364 / .457 // .821 HR: 26 RBI: 70PA: 465 .259 .289 / .358 // .647 HR: 6 RBI: 41AAAPA: 142 .363 .493 / .593 // 1.086 HR: 5 RBI: 18AAPA: 197 .312 .396 / .503 // .899 HR: 5 RBI: 26A+PA: 206 .283 .350 / .462 // .811 HR: 7 RBI: 28 Also on 40-Man Roster Position Group=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/607229/t505/180x270/607229.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/607625/generic/180x270/607625.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_606160.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_554430.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/593679/t505/180x270/593679.jpg[/fimg]NameRobert GsellmanSeth LugoRafael MonteroZack WheelerGabriel YnoaDoB7/18/9311/17/8910/17/90 #505/30/90 #455/26/1993 #63Status Notes=#FF0000] InjuredHigh LevelAAAAA=#FF8000]MLB=#FF8000]MLBMLBW-L: 0-1 ERA: 4.50 IP: 10.0 SO/BB: 13/5AAAW-L: 2-2 ERA: 4.00 IP: 27.0 SO/BB: 30/5W-L: 1-0 ERA: 5.87 IP: 7.2 SO/BB: 7/1AAW-L: 7-7 ERA: 3.51 IP: 92.1 SO/BB: 49/26W-L: 6-5 ERA: 3.80 IP: 109.0 SO/BB: 97/30W-L: 9-9 ERA: 3.90 IP: 152.1 SO/BB: 82/31A+W-L: 6-0 ERA: 1.76 IP: 51.0 SO/BB: 37/11W-L: 0-0 ERA: 3.60 IP: 5.0 SO/BB: 1/3ARKW-L: 0-0 ERA: 0.00 IP: 6.0 SO/BB: 6/0Position Group=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_516714.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_572831.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_516769.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/592570.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_570663.jpg[/fimg]NameDario AlvarezJosh EdginJenrry MejiaAkeel MorrisHansel RoblesDoB1/17/89 #6812/17/86 #6610/11/89 #5811/14/1992 #648/13/90 #67Status Notes=#00BF00] Has Options=#00BF00] Has Options=#804080]Suspended=#00BF00]Has Options =#804080]SuspendedHigh Level=#FF8000]MLB=#FF8000]MLB=#FF8000]MLBW-L: 4-3 ERA: 3.67 IP: 54.0 SO/BB: 61/18MLBW-L: 1-0 ERA: 12.27 IP: 3.2 SO/BB: 2/1W-L: 1-0 ERA: 0.00 IP: 7.1 SO/BB: 7/2W-L: 0-0 ERA: 67.50 IP: 0.2 SO/BB: 0/3W-L: 1-0 ERA: 0.00 IP: 7.2 SO/BB: 10/1AAAW-L: 2-1 ERA: 2.45 IP: 11.0 SO/BB: 19/5W-L: 0-0 ERA: 2.25 (1 S) IP: 4.0 SO/BB: 6/0AAW-L: 1-1 ERA: 3.19 IP: 31.0 SO/BB: 43/16W-L: 0-1 ERA: 2.45 IP: 29.1 SO/BB: 35/15A+W-L: 0-1 ERA: 1.69 (13 S) IP: 32.0 SO/BB: 46/14ARKW-L: 0-0 ERA: 0.00 IP: 2.0 SO/BB: 4/0Position Group=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#8000FF] Infielder=#8000FF] Infielder=#0000FF] Outfielder[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/519294/t505/180x270/519294.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/502368/generic/180x270/502368.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_599096.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/608703.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_571553.jpg[/fimg]NameJosh SmokerJeff WaltersDilson HerreraMatt ReynoldsDarrell CecilianiDoB11/26/8811/6/873/3/1994 #1612/3/90 #566/22/90 #1Status Notes=#00BF00] Has OptionsHigh Level=#FF8000]AAAA=#FF8000]MLB=#FF8000]MLB=#FF8000]MLBMLBPA: 103 .211 .311 / .367 // .677 HR: 3 RBI: 6PA: 75 .206 .270 / .279 // .550 HR: 1 RBI: 3AAAPA: 364 .327 .382 / .511 // .893 HR: 11 RBI: 50PA: 490 .267 .319 / .402 // .721 HR: 6 RBI: 65PA: 255 .345 .398 / .581 // .978 HR: 9 RBI: 36AAW-L: 1-0 ERA: 3.00 IP: 21.0 SO/BB: 26/11W-L: 2-0 ERA: 1.96 IP: 18.1 SO/BB: 21/3A+W-L: 1-0 ERA: 1.69 (6 S) IP: 21.1 SO/BB: 26/6W-L: 1-0 ERA: 1.50 (2 S) IP: 6.0 SO/BB: 9/1PA: 11 .455 .455 / .636 // 1.091 HR: 0 RBI: 0AW-L: 1-0 ERA: 8.10 IP: 6.2 SO/BB: 8/2RkPA: 6 .400 .500 / .400 // .900 HR: 0 RBI: 1Position Group=#0000FF] Outfielder[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/607043/generic/180x270/607043.jpg[/fimg]NameBrandon NimmoDoB3/27/93Status NotesHigh LevelAAAMLBAAAPA: 112 .264 .393 / .418 // .810 HR: 3 RBI: 8AAPA: 302 .279 .354 / .368 // .722 HR: 2 RBI: 16A+PA: 20 .125 .300 / .188 // .488 HR: 0 RBI: 2ARk Also Invited to Camp Position Group=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher=#8000FF] Infielder[fimg=90]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/502102.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/516935/t102/180x270/516935.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/234194/generic/180x270/234194.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/449104.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/571841/generic/180x270/571841.jpg[/fimg]NameDuane BelowStolmy PimentelBuddy CarlyleJim HendersonTy KellyDoB11/15/852/11/9012/21/7710/21/827/20/88High LevelMLBMLB=#FF8000]MLB=#FF8000]AAA=#FF8000]AAAMLBW-L: 0-1 ERA: 3.97 IP: 11.1 SO/BB: 7/3AAAW-L: 4-3 ERA: 2.19 IP: 49.1 SO/BB: 28/8W-L: 5-3 ERA: 5.40 IP: 71.2 SO/BB: 60/33W-L: 1-1 ERA: 4.55 (2 S) IP: 29.2 SO/BB: 25/17PA: 429 .226 .322 / .296 // .619 HR: 3 RBI:33AAW-L: 1-0 ERA: 5.63 (1 S) IP: 8.0 SO/BB: 6/1W-L: 0-0 ERA: 0.00 (1 S) IP: 4.0 SO/BB: 5/2A+W-L: 0-1 ERA: 4.50 IP: 2.0 SO/BB: 3/1Position Group=#8000FF] Infielder[fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/571868/generic/180x270/571868.jpg[/fimg]NameMarc KraussDoB10/5/87High Level=#FF8000]MLBMLBPA: 81 .141 .173 / .256 // .429 HR: 2 RBI:8AAAPA: 298 .275 .403 / .414 // .817 HR: 3 RBI:33AAA+ Projected Coaching Staff Position=#BF0000] Manager=#BF0000]Hitting Coach=#BF0000]Pitching Coach=#BF0000]First Base Coach=#BF0000]Third Base Coach[fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/coaches/mugshots/492632.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/coaches/mugshots/438989.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/coaches/mugshots/123951.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/coaches/mugshots/114961.jpg[/fimg][fimg=90]http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/coaches/mugshots/123212.jpg[/fimg]NameTerry CollinsKevin LongDan WarthenTom GoodwinTim TeufelDoB5/27/49 #1012/30/6612/1/52 #597/27/68 #277/7/58 #18Position=#BF0000]Bench Coach=#BF0000]Bullpen Coach=#BF0000]Ass't Batting Coach=#BF0000]Strength and Cond. Coach=#BF0000]Strength and Cond. 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/ .319 // 599 HR: 6 RBI: 40PA: 85 .203 .306 / .297 // .603 HR: 1 RBI: 9PA: 114 .186 .289 / .351 // .640 HR: 5 RBI: 12AAPA: 191 .169 .293 / .225 // .518 HR: 0 RBI: 7PA: 30 .111 .167 / .222 // .389 HR: 1 RBI: 3PA: 333 .241 .324 / .407 // .731 HR: 9 RBI: 50PA: 186 .130 .237 / .186 // .423 HR: 16 RBI: 58A+ASS A+SS ARookie

I'm not sure what your complaint is. My answer was fine too.

Jeff Innis.

I liked that they got the apple as well as the jogging slugger into the inset photo.

Frayed Knot wrote: The Mets don't get the Nats #18 pick. Via the new rules as of a couple years back the Nats lose the #18 pick but the acquired pick that the Mets get is tacked on to the end of the 1st round in some pre-determined order or another. So we'll wind up with an extra pick in the upper 30s to around #40 in addition to our regular #24 pick. Right. Yuletide bummer.

Here's a thing. By going 83-79, the Nats won just enough to keep that first round pick from being protected. Had they won only 80, they'd be picking 15th and the Mets would get their second round pick. Instead, the Mets grab the hardy #18 pick, project by Kiley McDaniel to be Braxton Garrett, LHP, Florence HS (AL). Way to beat up on the Nats, but not too bad, Mets.