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We have the fifth of our six Mets players off the board with no incorrect guesses! Just a reminder that, should you cheat, your genitals will be absolutely covered in warts! I've spoken with Santa Claus about this and he'll totally do it. METS Lutz Muckenhirn Pop Short Thornton Wheeler NON-METS Britton Cozart Davies Duke Eflin Greinke McAllister McKinstry Wheat GREAT HEROES OF FICTION Morris SCORING Johnny Lunchbucket: 10 Benjamin Grimm: 5 Cowtipper: 3 (tie) seawolf17: 3 (tie)

So here we go. A K gets you three points! Eating your Wheaties helps! That's two Zacks in two guesses, and five points for you! We have our first Zach on the board! And everybody's talking about his music! Oh, the H's are bringing big points! Another three pointer! Oh, we have our first Zac unleashed! And because you are correct about him being introduced to the Major League world as a Zach as he made his debut against Washington, the judges have decided to give you an arbitrary bonus point! Lots of big opportunities, still on the board! METS Lutz Muckenhirn Pop Short Thornton Wheeler NON-METS Britton Cozart Davies Duke Eflin Greinke McAllister McKinstry Wheat GREAT HEROES OF FICTION Morris SCORING Johnny Lunchbucket: 7 Benjamin Grimm: 5 Cowtipper: 3 (tie) seawolf17: 3 (tie)

It does, doesn't it? The stars they ended up with tip the hands of producers, too. Sherilyn Fenn is clearly who they settled for after Marissa Tomei was initially attached but bailed over money, and then Renée Zellweger passed outright. And then, suddenly, they were forced to shop from the B-list, and not the top of the B-list either. They probably wanted John Cusack for the male lead, but John went for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil instead, but told the studio he'd only take it on the condition that they give this other film they were pitching to him to his BFF Jeremy Piven instead. That may be wrong, but I'm thinking that nobody opens an elevator pitch with, "I've got this great idea for a romantic comedy — I'm thinking Piven and Fenn!" And yet, there I found myself, watching ... watching.

The weird thing is that there were, like, two MLB Zack/Zach/Zacs in the rest of the 20th Century, each with ephemeral careers. But now you can't take a piss in Major League baseball without a guy named Zac at the next urinal.

As the off-season progresses, the Mets will be forced to clear some roster space to make way for the December 9 Rule 5 Draft, to which a lot of their valued minor league veterans will be exposed if not added to the roster. But first, a quicky transaction the Mets pulled off a week ago. Transactions, 10/14/2026 COMING Signed as International Amateur Free Agent out of Colombia, Projected for DSL Relief Pitchers Randy Gutierrez R/R DoB: 2009-02-16 High Level: MLB (2024) While Colombia (Cartagena, in fact) is hardly the most exotic of baseball origins, it's always nice to see the Mets' scouting eyes cast beyond the usual sources for talent. Rumors of Randy Gutierrez signing with the Mets organization had only surfaced a week before, and in fact, he had previously been linked to the Yankees. So extra bonus points whenever the Mets bring in somebody who the Yankees had been keen on. The really special thing about this signing, however, isn't that he's Colombian, and that he spurned the Yankees. The really cool thing is that, when he signed (as depicted in the photo at left), he or his people wanted to capture the moment for posterity on their own terms, so he (or his people) placed a phone in front of him to get a photo, video, or livestream going. But he needed to prop that phone up, and in the Mets foreign office, the foreign scouting execs looked around for a prop, and grabbed the first thing they could find. A Jerry Koosman bobblehead doll. Just look at Little Jerry getting his faced smooshed by 21st Century Technology the young and vibrant version of him represented in the bobble can scarcely conceive, let alone understand. As adorable as it is, it's just great to see a kid born in 2009, who could conceivably be pitching for the Mets in the 2040s, linked to a player who debuted for the team in 1967. May the world spin on, and may Mets alwas be a part of it. Back to Rule 5 action. Among the highest-profile players who have to be added or exposed are: Ryan Clifford, who had a stinky-poo year at AAA, but remains a top power prospect for the team, ranked 14th-best prospect in the system by MLB.com. Gary Gill Hill, a New Rochelle native and one of three prospects the Mets received in the Freddy Peralta deal, who reached AAA as he showed modest improvement in the limited time he had with the Mets after the trade. Kevin Parada, who has lost most of the shine that made the Mets pick him in 2022, but that first-round brand and a noticeable uptick in 100 AAA plate appearances this season still might be enough to make him pop up on the radar of other teams; also made more vulnerable in that a second catcher is the kind of guy that teams like to grab in the draft. Jacob Reimer, compact guy who backslid a little in AA with difficulty hitting offspeed pitches, but still one of the team's top 10 prospects, and likely to be protected. Jefferson Rojas, the team's biggest get at the trade deadline, acquired from the Cubs in the Clay Holmes deal, and a virtual certainty to be protected, especially after elevating his game in both Binghamton and Syracuse after the trade, as well as the Caribbean, where he is currently tearing up the Dominican Summer League. Chris Suero, a slugging corner guy who also catches, who hit .201 this year, but with beaucoup power, making it an interesting proposition whether they protect him or Parada. Marco Vargas, an on-basey utility infielder, who has gotten as high as 53 games at AA last season as a 21 -year-old, is not a top prospect but could be a solid steal for a team with a hole in the infield and not looking at a particularly competitive 2027. Jack Wenninger, a starter with a healthy arm who watched everybody but himself get a shot in 2026, despite spending the whole season at AAA, and being routinely listed in the top 10 team prospectos. Rojas is a near certainty to be added. The others there, have varying likelihoods. Clifford and Suero are valued players, but coming off terrible seasons, and so aren't great candidates for another team to try to carry all season without optioning down. But who knows? The Mets have several guys they can remove from the roster, in order to make room for the above, without a lot of pain: Phillip Abner Cameron Weston Hayden Senger Christopher Morel Eric Wagaman Cristian Pache If anything is more certain than Jefferson Rojas being added to the roster, it's Cristian Pache being removed from it. But crossing off those six would leave six spots open, one or two of which will presumably go to free agents. There is a good chance they will non-tender perpetual bubble starter Tylor Megill, so pick five names from that list above to pull onto your life raft, tap your Jerry Koosman bobblehead for good luck, and start rowing. FULL LIST OF RULE 5-ELIGIBLE METS MINOR-LEAGUERS Pitchers: Ryan Ammons Eli Ankeney Justin Armbruester Juan Arnaud Brett Banks Jose Chirinos Irving Cota Candido Cuevas Felipe De La Cruz Jorge De Leon Joel Díaz Zach Franklin Saul Garcia Gary Gill Hill Cristofer Gomez Noah Hall Dakota Hawkins Wyatt Hudepohl Bryce Jenkins Jonathan Jimenez Gregori Louis Ernesto Mercedes Douglas Orellana Cesar Rivera Christian Rodriguez Luis R. Rodriguez Ben Simon Austin Troesser Jack Wenninger Calvin Ziegler Catchers: Ronald Hernandez Kevin Parada Vincent Perozo Chris Suero Francisco Toledo Infielders: Ryan Clifford Randy Guzman Nick Lorusso Jacob Reimer Jefferson Rojas D'Andre Smith Marco Vargas Outfielders: Yohairo Cuevas Estarling Mercado Yonatan Henriquez Your Projected 2027 New York Mets Starting Pitchers Sean Manaea Nolan McLean Christian Scott Zach Thornton Jonah Tong R/L DoB: 1992-02-01 R/R DoB: 2001-07-24 R/R DoB: 1999-06-15 L/L DoB: 2002-01-17 R/R DoB: 2003-06-19 Relief Pitchers Chayce McDermott Tobias Myers Cionel Pérez Kodai Senga Robert Stock Austin Warren Devin Williams L/R DoB: 1998-08-22 R/R DoB: 1998-08-05 R/L DoB: 1996-04-21 L/R DoB: 1993-01-30 L/R DoB: 1989-11-21 R/R DoB: 1996-02-05 R/R DoB: 1994-09-21 Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders Jefry Yan Francisco Alvarez Luís Torrens Bo Bichette Francisco Lindor Ronny Mauricio Jorge Polanco L/L DoB: 1996-08-17 R/R DoB: 2001-11-01 R/R DoB: 1996-05-02 R/R DoB: 1998-03-05 S/R DoB: 1993-11-14 S/R DoB: 2001-04-04 S/R DoB: 1999-11-13 Infielders Outfielders Marcus Semien Mark Vientos Jared Young Brett Baty Carson Benge A.J. Ewing Juan Soto R/R DoB: 1990-09-17 R/R DoB: 1993-12-11 L/R DoB: 1995-07-09 L/R DoB: 1999-11-13 L/R DoB: 2003-01-20 L/R DoB: 2004-08-10 L/L DoB: 1998-10-25 Also on 40-Player Roster Starting Pitchers Relief Pitchers Tylor Megill Philip Abner Daniel Duarte Reed Garrett Justin Hagen- man Nathan Lavender Dedniel Núñez Jonathan Pintaro Dylan Ross R/R DoB: 1995-07-28 L/L DoB: 2002-05-04 R/R DoB: 1996-12-04 R/R DoB: 1993-01-02 R/R DoB: 1996-10-07 L/L DoB: 2000-01-20 R/R DoB: 1996-06-05 R/R DoB: 1997-11-07 R/R DoB: 2000-09-01 Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders Outfielders Jack Weisen- berger Cameron Weston Hayden Senger Christian Cairo Christo- pher Morel Eric Wagaman Nick Morabito Cristian Pache R/R DoB: 1997-10-08 R/R DoB: 2000-08-27 R/R DoB: 1997-04-03 R/R DoB: 2001-06-11 R/R DoB: 1999-06-24 R/R DoB: 1997-08-14 R/R DoB: 2003-05-07 R/R DoB: 2020-08-21 Your Projected Mets Coaching Staff Manager Bench Coach Pitching Coach Hitting Coord. Third Base Coach First Base Coach Bullpen Coach Ass't Pitch. Coach Andy Green Kai Correa Justin Willard Troy Snitker Tim Leiper Gilbert Gomez José Rosado Dan McKinney DoB: 1977-07-07 DoB: 1989-07-14 DoB: 1990-09-09 DoB: 1988-12-05 DoB: 1996-07-19 DoB: 1992-03-08 DoB: 1974-11-09 DoB: 1989-06-06 Hitting Coach Strategy Coach Catching Coach Coaching Assistant Bat'g Pract. Pitcher Equip. Manager Bullpen Catchers Bullpen Catchers Nate Irving Tucker Frawley J.P. Arencibia Rafael Fernandez Jonathon Cramman Kevin Kierst Eric Langill Dave Racaniello DoB: 33894 DoB: 1984-05-08 DoB: 1986-01-05 DoB: 1988-08-03 DoB: 1991-03-23 DoB: 1964-07-09 DoB: 1979-04-09 DoB: 1978-06-03 Your Mets Training Staff Director of Player Health Head Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer Recond. Coordinator Recond. Therapist Head Performance Coach Assistant Performance Coach Performance Coordinator Soft Tissue Specialist Brian Chicklo Joseph Golia Bryan Baca Sean Bardanett Josh Bickel Dustin Clarke Tanner Miracle Jeremy Chiang Hiroto Kawamura DoB:1972-07-17 DoB:1978-??-?? DoB:Circa 1980 DoB:1988-06-23 DoB:1996-??-?? DoB:1987-??-?? DoB:1991-??-?? DoB:????-??-?? DoB:1962-07-19 2026-2027 MLB Free Agents Hitting Coord. Strategy Coach Bat'g Pract. Pitcher Relief Pitchers Jeff Albert Danny Barnes Kevin Mahoney Joey Gerber DoB: 1992-08-16 DoB: 1989-10021 DoB: 1987-05-11 DoB: 1997-05-03 2026-2027 Minor-League Free Agents Starting Pitchers Relief Pitchers Eris Albino Dalton Mall Matteo Morelli Christo- pher Rochin Omar Victorino Luis Alvarez Jesüs Anton Mike Baumann Yoralbert Cadíz Joe Charles R/R DoB: 2004-02-24 R/R DoB: 1999-08-27 R/R DoB: 2006-02-27 R/R DoB: 2006-09-18 R/R DoB: 2005-06-09 R/R DoB: 2003-05-05 R/R DoB: 2006-02-17 R/R DoB: 1995-09-10 R/R DoB: 2004-10-24 R/R DoB: 2000-04-05 Relief Pitchers Colton Cosper Anthony Crespo Chris Devenski Franyel Diaz Kevin Herget Joe Jacques Wilson Lopez Yoelvis Martinez Trey McGough Pablo Medina L/L DoB: 2002-09-08 R/R DoB: 2004-05-04 R/R DoB: 1990-11-13 R/R DoB: 2004-12-18 L/R DoB: 1991-04-03 L/L DoB: 34769 R/R DoB: 2002-07-15 R/R DoB: 2006-06-21 L/L DoB: 1998-03-29 L/L DoB: 2006-10-12 Relief Pitchers Catchers Jahzeel Montas Layonel Ovalles Zach Peek Anthony Reynoso Jun-Seok Shim Jermayne Verdu Deivy Victora Brandon Waddell José Aular Austin Barnes R/R DoB: 2005-01-06 R/R DoB: 2003-06-16 R/R DoB: 35921 L/L DoB: 39102 R/R DoB: 2004-04-09 ?/R DoB: 2006-07-27 R/R DoB: 2005-08-14 L/L DoB: 1994-06-03 R/R DoB: 2004-01-02 R/R DoB: 1989-12-28 Catchers Infielders Daniel Silva Christian Arroyo TT Bowens Vidal Brujan Taylor Darden Jefrey De Los Santos Alexander Eneas Cole Fowler Leandy Mella Diego Mosquera S/R DoB: 2005-01-12 R/R DoB: 1995-05-30 R/R DoB: 1998-05-27 S/R DoB: 1998-02-09 R/R DoB: 2000-01-16 R/R DoB: 2003-05-30 R/R DoB: 2007-09-12 L/R DoB: 2002-12-10 L/R DoB: 2007-02-24 L/R DoB: 2005-05-14 Infielders Outfielders Sam Robertson José Rojas Nick Roselli Dangelo Sarmiento JT Schwartz Zack Short Kevin Villavin- cencio Trace Willhoite Wyatt Young Haniel German R/R DoB: 2004-07-17 L/R DoB: 1993-02-24 L/R DoB: 2003-03-31 R/R DoB: 38356 L/R DoB: 1999-12-17 R/R DoB: 1995-05-29 R/R DoB: 2003-11-24 R/R DoB: 2000-11-17 L/R DoB: 1999-12-05 R/R DoB: 2005-12-05 Outfielders Simon Juan MJ Melendez Adolfo Miranda Jared Oliva Jaylen Palmer Jeffry Rosa Matt Rudick AJ Salgado Mike Tauchman R/R DoB: 2005-07-13 L/R DoB: 1993-11-29 R/R DoB: 2006-10-04 R/R DoB: 1995-11-27 R/R DoB: 2007-07-31 R/R DoB: 2004-09-11 L/L DoB: 1998-07-02 L/R DoB: 2001-09-16 L/L DoB: 1990-12-03 View full article

In the romantic comedy you understandably missed in its first go-round (and second and third), but are probably still kinda surprised you never heard of, an ordinary shmoe finds himself entertaining the company of a big shot Hollywood starlet, after indifferently pretending to be a screenwriter. Oh, the height of the jinks that ensue!

Ringo's son is neither a Zac, nor a Zach, nor a Zack! He's a Zak! I should have include that spelling in the options!

If by your mean the Rule 5/Rule V Draft, that will be December 9. Players will have to be added to the roster by November 17 to be protected. Please watch this space for a preview.

Please give the correct spellings for the shorter versions of these Mets Zacharys, Zachariahs, and Zachariases: Lutz Muckenhirn Pop Short Thornton Wheeler For bonus credit action, give the correct nickname spellings for these non-Mets guys: Britton Cozart Davies Duke Eflin Greinke McAllister McKinstry Wheat For super bonus credit action, give the correct name for this fictional Z who half of these guys were named after: Morris

Nice old-guy guns on Malee. Also, speaking of guns, that Motorola patch on the Cubs' sleeve looks huge.

I was all in on Cliffy pinch hitting at the time, but I have become so double-play averse over the years. But maybe Chris Woodward was the answer — a guy who could bunt if the defense doesn't don't come all the way in, but hit if they do. You gotta have a team where everyone can bunt.

Tampa and Milwaukee both have celebrated river walks.

As we prepare to regroup for the arrival of new faces at the major- and minor-league levels, hoping to propel the 2027 Mets forward, we are compelled to note that some around us have excused themselves from the table this summer without much notice, even (initially) among Mets Roster Central staff themselves. But oh, what we have missed! Carlos Mendoza's most fateful moment, the particle physicist employed by a major-league team, and more! Transactions, 7/3/2026 GOING Signed away by Monclava (Mexican League) Relief Pitchers Robinson Martinez R/R DoB: 1998-03-20 High Level: AA (2025) Robinson Martinez had been a fugitive from the Baltimore, Miami, and Philadelphia systems when the Mets spotted him in Dominican Summer League, liked what they saw, and signed him to a minor-league deal back in December, but there must've been a health issue, because they released him on April 1 without getting into a single Spring Training game. It took until July for him to find a new home, getting into 16 games with Los Acereros de Monclava. He's already made his first appearance back with Escogido, the same Dominican Winter League team he was with last season, hoping another version of the Mets will spot him anew. Transactions, 7/14/2026 GOING Signed away to Minor-League Contract by SFG Relief Pitchers Alex Carrillo R/R DoB: 1997-06-06 High Level: MLB (2025) Alex Carrillo — two R's, two L's — made three appearances for the Mets in 2025, and two were bad and the third was terrible. In fact, it is not too much to say that third appearance was the most eventful and indicting of Carlos Mendoza's career as Mets manager. The Mets found themselves up 2-1 over Cincinnati that July 18 evening at home. It was the end of four, and Sean Manaea had been cruising. But Manaea had been on a workload restriction as he worked back from oblique and elbow injuries. That's too bad. One can generally say that MLB managers baby pitchers in such situations, trying to preserve them for future situations that will perhaps never be as high leverage as the moment they are in, but we weren't there. We did not know the fullness of Manaea's vulnerability to reinjury. In retrospect, seeing how long it eventually took for Manaea to return to full effectiveness, one can give him a pass on the hooking. BUT ... this was the first game back from the All-Star Break. If the Mets had to get five innings holding a lead from their bullpen, this was the day to do it. But with this slender lead, Mendoza did not turn to Brooks Raley. Nor did he reach out to Brandon Waddell. Going to Edwin Díaz that early was right out, but one might guess veterans like Reed Garrett, Max Kranick, and Kevin Herget were all chomping at the bit when the phone rang. As, we hope, were José Buttó and Dedniel Núñez — young, but beautiful, throwing effectively, and well rested. But Mendoza thought ... something, and decided to go to Carillo first. Carillo, again, had appeared in two previous games and yielded runs in both. Whatever greater good Mendoza was willing to sacrifice this moment for, sacrifice it he did, as the game blew up in his face over the course of Carillo's 1 1/3 innings, in which he gave up five runs on two walks and three hits — all three of which left the yard, lest you think those runs scored after he left the game. We're not here to bury Carillo. Young pitchers are a risky bet, and he didn't put himself in the game. But the Mets would lose, 8-4. and finish the season tied with these very same Cincinnati Reds, losing the playoff berth to them based on winning the seasons series, making this decision easily the most fateful of Carlos Mendoza's Met tenure. You don't like to make so much of one moment, but Carillo has yet to appear in the majors since, and Mendoza's career marches on. Transactions, 7/16/2026 GOING Signed away to Minor-League Contract by STL Relief Pitchers Rayner Reyes R/R DoB: 2005-10-20 High Level: DSL (2026) Rayner Reyes has a cool name. It means "Counselor of Kings," or the like, but he didn't last long enough with the Mets, sadly, to acquire a face. He threw 18 innings in the DSL and walked 16 batters. While that be the place to work out your kinks, the Mets felt they had seen enough and let him go at the start of Spring Training. Signed mid-season by St. Louis, the Cardinals either found a him to be a new man, or molded him into one, because he threw 9 2/3 innings for the Cards and only walked one guy — a guy with a .400 OBP. Be patient and thoughtful, Mets! Transactions, 7/17/2026 GOING Signed away by Tijuana (Mexican League) Relief Pitchers Adbert Alzolay R/R DoB: 2995-03-01 High Level: MLB (2024) Adbert Alzolay was actually a case of the Mets trying to be patient. The team signed the six-year Cubs veteran to a two-year minor-league contract to allow him to rehabilitate from UCL surgery under their watch without a threat of him jumping to a new team once he was ready. Adbert, though never became ready, flaming out over 14 2/3 minor league innings this summer. The Mets have done at least one of these creative every year for several years running — either signing guys injured drawing interest from other teams to two-year minor-league deals, or signing minor-league free agents to MLB contracts despite no MLB experience. These are exciting flanking maneuvers to watch your team make, and they are the kind you keep your eye on, because if they work out, they can change how teams do business. But none, so far, have worked out. Transactions, 7/20/2026 GOING Signed away by Ottawa (Frontier League) Relief Pitchers Jamdrick Cornelia L/L DoB: 2005-11-17 High Level: DSL (2024) Rooting we certainly were for young Jamdrick Cornelia, partly because it's always nice to see players coming from somewhere beyond the usual places (noting that Curaçao isn't that off the map, as far as baseball players go), partly because Curaçaoan players always give us an opportunity to type a cedilla, and party because he was signed three an a half years ago, but we still haven't been able to find a photo except the one at left, in which he looks like a second-grader who will need to throws to propel the ball the full 60 feet 6 inches to the plate. Alas, Jammy — despite a 2.97 ERA over (small) parts of three seasons — hadn't pitched since 2025 when the Ottawa Titans signed him, and despite going unscored upon in three appearances, he found himself sent packing by them as well, after getting caught up in roster crunch. Transactions, 7/28/2026 GOING Signed away by Gastonia (Atlantic League) Relief Pitchers Tyler Burch R/R DoB: 1997-09-02 High Level: MLB (2024) Idaho native Tyler Burch never saw the field at all for the Mets at any level as the former Phillies/Orioles prospect spent the first half of the season on the Injured List with Binghamton. Hopefully his 14 1/3 innings of Atlantic League action went some ways to getting his career back on track. I'm pretty sure he's completely difficult guy from Tyler Burch, the particle physicist working for the Red Sox, but ... holy crap! There's a particle physicist working for the Boston Red Sox!! Transactions, 8/4/2026 GOING Signed away by Monterrey (Mexican League) Infielders Yonny Hernandez S/R DoB: 1998-05-04 High Level: MLB (2023) Yonny Hernandez hasn't tasted a major-league sunflower seed since 2023, but those seeds are so good, and so Yonny soldiers on, alternately working the grind and lying in wait for his next taste. Along the way, he gave the Syracuse version of the Mets some of his best baseball, slashng at .305 / .394 / .385 // .779 for the team's top farm club while spitting time between second and third with a few cameos at short. Sadly for Yonny, the opportunities that arose in the Mets infield this summer were for shortstops and firstbasemen, and he carried on with that near-.400 OBP while the likes of Gabriel Arias, Andy Ibáñez, Ronny Mauricio, Christopher Morel, Zack Short, Eric Wagaman, and Jared Young got calls Yonny did not get. Most of those selections were defensible, but don't tell that to Yonny. Fun Yonny Hernandez facts include his tearing up the Atlantic League in 2024 with a .325 batting average for the Long Island Ducks, and that he shares his name with a Colombian motorcyclist who has been tearing up the pavement with the MotoGP World Championship, among other biking circuits, since 2010. Transactions, 8/12/2026 COMING Unretired and Activated from Voluntarily Retired List Relief Pitchers Brett Banks L/R DoB: 2001-10-03 High Level: Brooklyn (2026) Not everybody in these transactions are here because they quietly left the organization. Some are here because they quietly came back. Consider Brett Banks. Brett, the 2023 11th-round pick out of UNC-Wilmington mysteriously retired after three appearances in 2026. There was no reported injury and no apparent regression — just a guy hanging 'em up. But hey, sometimes life doesn't cooperate with your career, and you have to walk away. But the Mets kept him on the reserve list, and come mid-August, Brett decided to go back into the salt mines of St. Lucie. He initially didn't prosper, which is to be expected coming back after time away from training, but he finished strong with 4 1/3 scoreless innings following a promotion to Brooklyn. Mets Roster Central will reach out to the Mets and to Brett and try to get more to the story, and we hope everything is going well for the young Metling. Transactions, 8/19/2026 GOING Signed away by CHC to Minor-League Contract Infielders Jackson Cluff L/R DoB: 1996-12-03 High Level: AAA (2026) Jackson Cluff joins Yonny Hernandez in the club of AAA infielders who couldn't get a tumble with the big club in 2026, even as Zack Short (Zack Short!) somehow started three games for The Queensmen. Unlike Yonny, who didn't get the call because he hadn't been playing shortstop, Jackson was just in the midst of a really terrible season going .169 / .289 / .309 // .598 in 216 plate appearances for Dick Scott in Syracuse. A week after the Mets let him go, the playoff bound Cubs picked him up. You need emergency depth down the stretch, or perhaps guys to play as you rest your regulars, and the Chicago scouts presumably told the team he wasn't as bad as he had played. Jackson proceded to go .169 / .289 / .309 // .598 in 68 more trips for the Iowa Cubs, and those scouts are all, "Well, yeah, but we also told you about Pete Crow-Armstrong, so ... !" Transactions, 8/19/2026 GOING Signed away by York (Atlantic League) Relief Pitchers Jordan Geber R/R DoB: 1999-07-31 High Level: AAA (2026) Back in Spring Training, the Mets had Joey Gerber and Jordan Geber. They were giving serious looks to both players and OH! the laughs we had! Two guys with similar names! Both funny names! Joey, acquired for cash from the Rays before the 2025 season, pitched well enough to get into seven games with the big club before being released in August. And while you may ask "Who didn't?" well, Jordan Geber didn't, spending most of the season with Binghamton, and cameoing with Syracuse before being released on August 3. He was released, in fact, exactly one day after Joey Gerber, leading Mets Roster Central to strongly suspect someone in administration, confused the two, looked up and said, "Didn't we release that guy?" and released the other one, just to make sure. Transactions, 10/15/2026 GOING GOING GOING Signed away by PHI to Be Third-Base Coach and Infield Instructor Opted for Free Agency Opted for Free Agency Manager Infielders Outfielders Carlos Mendoza Vidal Brujan MJ Melendez S/R DoB: 1979-11-27 High Level: MLB (2026) S/R DoB: 1998-02-09 High Level: MLB (2026) L/R DoB: 1993-11-29 High Level: MLB (2026) No more looking back (for now), as these transactions bring us up to the current moment. Vidal Bruján joined the 2026 Mets for nine appearances, but about 1,670% of his value can be found in a single game — way back on May 11. The Mets were tied with Washington at six apiece in the 11th. Mark Vientos had gone oh-for-five, but he was the magic runner that opened the top of the inning for the Mets, and Vidal was sent in to run for him. The Mets had blown a late two-run lead, had had trouble advancing guys in scoring position, so who knows where things are going, but you don't want Vientos out there as the tying run. Brett Baty lined one to center, giving Broojie a chance to advance to third, which he did, and then Marcus Semien lofted a fly down the left-field line, giving Vidal a chance to score, which he did. Neither was superheroic, but neither would have been likely with Vientos out there! Big whoop, right! He did what any pinch-runner would be expected to do, but ... here's the thing — the game wasn't over. VB stays in the game to play short, moving Bo Bichette to third, and Baty to first, improving the Mets D at all three positions. The Nats score their magic runner in their half of the inning, despite Brujan getting an assist and a putout, and the Mets come up again in the 12. These sorts of wars of attrition come too rarely these days, and you didn't want to see the Mets blow this. The 2026 Nats bullpen has not yet established themselves as the legendary unit they would be by the end of the year, but they are the 2026 Nats bullpen. Hayden Senger (Hayden Senger?!) comes up, and everybody in the park knows he's bunting. But still, he gets it down and advances magic runner mystic sprinter Tyrone Taylor to third. And Carson Benge plates him with an infield hit. A cheap way to get the lead back, but the lead is back. In extra innings, with the free runner everywhere, however, a one-run lead is not enough. We know this. So, Bo Bichette singles up the middle, and the Nats walk the hell out of Juan Soto to bring up Vidal Brujan! It's one of the easiest decisions of Blake Butera's season as Nats manager. Vidal certainly wasn't in the game for this situation, but this is the one he found himself in. And then he did this: RBI bunt single! Gutsy as hell! Popping it up in the air could have led to a double-play, but ... coulda but didn't! And from there, the floodgates opened. Game over. That bunt broke the Nats pen for good, possibly for the season. The Mets would put up a total of 10 runs before the inning was out, the most profligate extra inning in the team's long history, but Vidal's RBI was the biggest and bestest. We will have far less trouble recalling MJ Melendez. In between Mike Tauchman going down in Spring Training and Jared Young returning from meniscus surgery in late May, Melendez was their designated lefty firstbaseman/corner outfield type, and for a while, looked kind of like he can be a guy. As the Mets' lineup floundered early in the season, he prospered a little, starting 56 games and regularly appearing in the third, fourth, and fifth spots in the lineup. But as continued exposure dimmed his star, it only augmented Young's and when it came down to a choice between the two, it wasn't a hard one. MJ had the good sense, to have perhaps his strongest game in his Mets debut, doubling twice off of Shohei Ohtani, who we hear can be a tough assignment. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza moves on to Philadelphia, despite the Alex Carillo Fiasco noted above. Apart from him being exactly as maddening as the current model of asset-management manager is, we have fond memories of him, and wish him as much luck as possible without crossing with the good fortunes of his now-former team. That catches you up. We hope it was the thrilling trip for you that it was for Mets Roster Central. We hope our future updates can be shorter. Because believe it or not, here at MRC, we respect your time!

As we prepare to regroup for the arrival of new faces at the major- and minor-league levels, hoping to propel the 2027 Mets forward, we are compelled to note that some around us have excused themselves from the table this summer without much notice, even (initially) among Mets Roster Central staff themselves. But oh, what we have missed! Carlos Mendoza's most fateful moment, the particle physicist employed by a major-league team, and more! Transactions, 7/3/2026 GOING Signed away by Monclava (Mexican League) Relief Pitchers Robinson Martinez R/R DoB: 1998-03-20 High Level: AA (2025) Robinson Martinez had been a fugitive from the Baltimore, Miami, and Philadelphia systems when the Mets spotted him in Dominican Summer League, liked what they saw, and signed him to a minor-league deal back in December, but there must've been a health issue, because they released him on April 1 without getting into a single Spring Training game. It took until July for him to find a new home, getting into 16 games with Los Acereros de Monclava. He's already made his first appearance back with Escogido, the same Dominican Winter League team he was with last season, hoping another version of the Mets will spot him anew. Transactions, 7/14/2026 GOING Signed away to Minor-League Contract by SFG Relief Pitchers Alex Carrillo R/R DoB: 1997-06-06 High Level: MLB (2025) Alex Carrillo — two R's, two L's — made three appearances for the Mets in 2025, and two were bad and the third was terrible. In fact, it is not too much to say that third appearance was the most eventful and indicting of Carlos Mendoza's career as Mets manager. The Mets found themselves up 2-1 over Cincinnati that July 18 evening at home. It was the end of four, and Sean Manaea had been cruising. But Manaea had been on a workload restriction as he worked back from oblique and elbow injuries. That's too bad. One can generally say that MLB managers baby pitchers in such situations, trying to preserve them for future situations that will perhaps never be as high leverage as the moment they are in, but we weren't there. We did not know the fullness of Manaea's vulnerability to reinjury. In retrospect, seeing how long it eventually took for Manaea to return to full effectiveness, one can give him a pass on the hooking. BUT ... this was the first game back from the All-Star Break. If the Mets had to get five innings holding a lead from their bullpen, this was the day to do it. But with this slender lead, Mendoza did not turn to Brooks Raley. Nor did he reach out to Brandon Waddell. Going to Edwin Díaz that early was right out, but one might guess veterans like Reed Garrett, Max Kranick, and Kevin Herget were all chomping at the bit when the phone rang. As, we hope, were José Buttó and Dedniel Núñez — young, but beautiful, throwing effectively, and well rested. But Mendoza thought ... something, and decided to go to Carillo first. Carillo, again, had appeared in two previous games and yielded runs in both. Whatever greater good Mendoza was willing to sacrifice this moment for, sacrifice it he did, as the game blew up in his face over the course of Carillo's 1 1/3 innings, in which he gave up five runs on two walks and three hits — all three of which left the yard, lest you think those runs scored after he left the game. We're not here to bury Carillo. Young pitchers are a risky bet, and he didn't put himself in the game. But the Mets would lose, 8-4. and finish the season tied with these very same Cincinnati Reds, losing the playoff berth to them based on winning the seasons series, making this decision easily the most fateful of Carlos Mendoza's Met tenure. You don't like to make so much of one moment, but Carillo has yet to appear in the majors since, and Mendoza's career marches on. Transactions, 7/16/2026 GOING Signed away to Minor-League Contract by STL Relief Pitchers Rayner Reyes R/R DoB: 2005-10-20 High Level: DSL (2026) Rayner Reyes has a cool name. It means "Counselor of Kings," or the like, but he didn't last long enough with the Mets, sadly, to acquire a face. He threw 18 innings in the DSL and walked 16 batters. While that be the place to work out your kinks, the Mets felt they had seen enough and let him go at the start of Spring Training. Signed mid-season by St. Louis, the Cardinals either found a him to be a new man, or molded him into one, because he threw 9 2/3 innings for the Cards and only walked one guy — a guy with a .400 OBP. Be patient and thoughtful, Mets! Transactions, 7/17/2026 GOING Signed away by Tijuana (Mexican League) Relief Pitchers Adbert Alzolay R/R DoB: 2995-03-01 High Level: MLB (2024) Adbert Alzolay was actually a case of the Mets trying to be patient. The team signed the six-year Cubs veteran to a two-year minor-league contract to allow him to rehabilitate from UCL surgery under their watch without a threat of him jumping to a new team once he was ready. Adbert, though never became ready, flaming out over 14 2/3 minor league innings this summer. The Mets have done at least one of these creative every year for several years running — either signing guys injured drawing interest from other teams to two-year minor-league deals, or signing minor-league free agents to MLB contracts despite no MLB experience. These are exciting flanking maneuvers to watch your team make, and they are the kind you keep your eye on, because if they work out, they can change how teams do business. But none, so far, have worked out. Transactions, 7/20/2026 GOING Signed away by Ottawa (Frontier League) Relief Pitchers Jamdrick Cornelia L/L DoB: 2005-11-17 High Level: DSL (2024) Rooting we certainly were for young Jamdrick Cornelia, partly because it's always nice to see players coming from somewhere beyond the usual places (noting that Curaçao isn't that off the map, as far as baseball players go), partly because Curaçaoan players always give us an opportunity to type a cedilla, and party because he was signed three an a half years ago, but we still haven't been able to find a photo except the one at left, in which he looks like a second-grader who will need to throws to propel the ball the full 60 feet 6 inches to the plate. Alas, Jammy — despite a 2.97 ERA over (small) parts of three seasons — hadn't pitched since 2025 when the Ottawa Titans signed him, and despite going unscored upon in three appearances, he found himself sent packing by them as well, after getting caught up in roster crunch. Transactions, 7/28/2026 GOING Signed away by Gastonia (Atlantic League) Relief Pitchers Tyler Burch R/R DoB: 1997-09-02 High Level: MLB (2024) Idaho native Tyler Burch never saw the field at all for the Mets at any level as the former Phillies/Orioles prospect spent the first half of the season on the Injured List with Binghamton. Hopefully his 14 1/3 innings of Atlantic League action went some ways to getting his career back on track. I'm pretty sure he's completely difficult guy from Tyler Burch, the particle physicist working for the Red Sox, but ... holy crap! There's a particle physicist working for the Boston Red Sox!! Transactions, 8/4/2026 GOING Signed away by Monterrey (Mexican League) Infielders Yonny Hernandez S/R DoB: 1998-05-04 High Level: MLB (2023) Yonny Hernandez hasn't tasted a major-league sunflower seed since 2023, but those seeds are so good, and so Yonny soldiers on, alternately working the grind and lying in wait for his next taste. Along the way, he gave the Syracuse version of the Mets some of his best baseball, slashng at .305 / .394 / .385 // .779 for the team's top farm club while spitting time between second and third with a few cameos at short. Sadly for Yonny, the opportunities that arose in the Mets infield this summer were for shortstops and firstbasemen, and he carried on with that near-.400 OBP while the likes of Gabriel Arias, Andy Ibáñez, Ronny Mauricio, Christopher Morel, Zack Short, Eric Wagaman, and Jared Young got calls Yonny did not get. Most of those selections were defensible, but don't tell that to Yonny. Fun Yonny Hernandez facts include his tearing up the Atlantic League in 2024 with a .325 batting average for the Long Island Ducks, and that he shares his name with a Colombian motorcyclist who has been tearing up the pavement with the MotoGP World Championship, among other biking circuits, since 2010. Transactions, 8/12/2026 COMING Unretired and Activated from Voluntarily Retired List Relief Pitchers Brett Banks L/R DoB: 2001-10-03 High Level: Brooklyn (2026) Not everybody in these transactions are here because they quietly left the organization. Some are here because they quietly came back. Consider Brett Banks. Brett, the 2023 11th-round pick out of UNC-Wilmington mysteriously retired after three appearances in 2026. There was no reported injury and no apparent regression — just a guy hanging 'em up. But hey, sometimes life doesn't cooperate with your career, and you have to walk away. But the Mets kept him on the reserve list, and come mid-August, Brett decided to go back into the salt mines of St. Lucie. He initially didn't prosper, which is to be expected coming back after time away from training, but he finished strong with 4 1/3 scoreless innings following a promotion to Brooklyn. Mets Roster Central will reach out to the Mets and to Brett and try to get more to the story, and we hope everything is going well for the young Metling. Transactions, 8/19/2026 GOING Signed away by CHC to Minor-League Contract Infielders Jackson Cluff L/R DoB: 1996-12-03 High Level: AAA (2026) Jackson Cluff joins Yonny Hernandez in the club of AAA infielders who couldn't get a tumble with the big club in 2026, even as Zack Short (Zack Short!) somehow started three games for The Queensmen. Unlike Yonny, who didn't get the call because he hadn't been playing shortstop, Jackson was just in the midst of a really terrible season going .169 / .289 / .309 // .598 in 216 plate appearances for Dick Scott in Syracuse. A week after the Mets let him go, the playoff bound Cubs picked him up. You need emergency depth down the stretch, or perhaps guys to play as you rest your regulars, and the Chicago scouts presumably told the team he wasn't as bad as he had played. Jackson proceded to go .169 / .289 / .309 // .598 in 68 more trips for the Iowa Cubs, and those scouts are all, "Well, yeah, but we also told you about Pete Crow-Armstrong, so ... !" Transactions, 8/19/2026 GOING Signed away by York (Atlantic League) Relief Pitchers Jordan Geber R/R DoB: 1999-07-31 High Level: AAA (2026) Back in Spring Training, the Mets had Joey Gerber and Jordan Geber. They were giving serious looks to both players and OH! the laughs we had! Two guys with similar names! Both funny names! Joey, acquired for cash from the Rays before the 2025 season, pitched well enough to get into seven games with the big club before being released in August. And while you may ask "Who didn't?" well, Jordan Geber didn't, spending most of the season with Binghamton, and cameoing with Syracuse before being released on August 3. He was released, in fact, exactly one day after Joey Gerber, leading Mets Roster Central to strongly suspect someone in administration, confused the two, looked up and said, "Didn't we release that guy?" and released the other one, just to make sure. Transactions, 10/15/2026 GOING GOING GOING Signed away by PHI to Be Third-Base Coach and Infield Instructor Opted for Free Agency Opted for Free Agency Manager Infielders Outfielders Carlos Mendoza Vidal Brujan MJ Melendez S/R DoB: 1979-11-27 High Level: MLB (2026) S/R DoB: 1998-02-09 High Level: MLB (2026) L/R DoB: 1993-11-29 High Level: MLB (2026) No more looking back (for now), as these transactions bring us up to the current moment. Vidal Bruján joined the 2026 Mets for nine appearances, but about 1,670% of his value can be found in a single game — way back on May 11. The Mets were tied with Washington at six apiece in the 11th. Mark Vientos had gone oh-for-five, but he was the magic runner that opened the top of the inning for the Mets, and Vidal was sent in to run for him. The Mets had blown a late two-run lead, had had trouble advancing guys in scoring position, so who knows where things are going, but you don't want Vientos out there as the tying run. Brett Baty lined one to center, giving Broojie a chance to advance to third, which he did, and then Marcus Semien lofted a fly down the left-field line, giving Vidal a chance to score, which he did. Neither was superheroic, but neither would have been likely with Vientos out there! Big whoop, right! He did what any pinch-runner would be expected to do, but ... here's the thing — the game wasn't over. VB stays in the game to play short, moving Bo Bichette to third, and Baty to first, improving the Mets D at all three positions. The Nats score their magic runner in their half of the inning, despite Brujan getting an assist and a putout, and the Mets come up again in the 12. These sorts of wars of attrition come too rarely these days, and you didn't want to see the Mets blow this. The 2026 Nats bullpen has not yet established themselves as the legendary unit they would be by the end of the year, but they are the 2026 Nats bullpen. Hayden Senger (Hayden Senger?!) comes up, and everybody in the park knows he's bunting. But still, he gets it down and advances magic runner mystic sprinter Tyrone Taylor to third. And Carson Benge plates him with an infield hit. A cheap way to get the lead back, but the lead is back. In extra innings, with the free runner everywhere, however, a one-run lead is not enough. We know this. So, Bo Bichette singles up the middle, and the Nats walk the hell out of Juan Soto to bring up Vidal Brujan! It's one of the easiest decisions of Blake Butera's season as Nats manager. Vidal certainly wasn't in the game for this situation, but this is the one he found himself in. And then he did this: RBI bunt single! Gutsy as hell! Popping it up in the air could have led to a double-play, but ... coulda but didn't! And from there, the floodgates opened. Game over. That bunt broke the Nats pen for good, possibly for the season. The Mets would put up a total of 10 runs before the inning was out, the most profligate extra inning in the team's long history, but Vidal's RBI was the biggest and bestest. We will have far less trouble recalling MJ Melendez. In between Mike Tauchman going down in Spring Training and Jared Young returning from meniscus surgery in late May, Melendez was their designated lefty firstbaseman/corner outfield type, and for a while, looked kind of like he can be a guy. As the Mets' lineup floundered early in the season, he prospered a little, starting 56 games and regularly appearing in the third, fourth, and fifth spots in the lineup. But as continued exposure dimmed his star, it only augmented Young's and when it came down to a choice between the two, it wasn't a hard one. MJ had the good sense, to have perhaps his strongest game in his Mets debut, doubling twice off of Shohei Ohtani, who we hear can be a tough assignment. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza moves on to Philadelphia, despite the Alex Carillo Fiasco noted above. Apart from him being exactly as maddening as the current model of asset-management manager is, we have fond memories of him, and wish him as much luck as possible without crossing with the good fortunes of his now-former team. That catches you up. We hope it was the thrilling trip for you that it was for Mets Roster Central. We hope our future updates can be shorter. Because believe it or not, here at MRC, we respect your time! Your Projected 2027 New York Mets Starting Pitchers Sean Manaea Nolan McLean Christian Scott Zach Thornton Jonah Tong R/L DoB: 1992-02-01 R/R DoB: 2001-07-24 R/R DoB: 1999-06-15 L/L DoB: 2002-01-17 R/R DoB: 2003-06-19 Relief Pitchers Chayce McDermott Tobias Myers Cionel Pérez Kodai Senga Robert Stock Austin Warren Devin Williams L/R DoB: 1998-08-22 R/R DoB: 1998-08-05 R/L DoB: 1996-04-21 L/R DoB: 1993-01-30 L/R DoB: 1989-11-21 R/R DoB: 1996-02-05 R/R DoB: 1994-09-21 Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders Jefry Yan Francisco Alvarez Luís Torrens Bo Bichette Francisco Lindor Ronny Mauricio Jorge Polanco L/L DoB: 1996-08-17 R/R DoB: 2001-11-01 R/R DoB: 1996-05-02 R/R DoB: 1998-03-05 S/R DoB: 1993-11-14 S/R DoB: 2001-04-04 S/R DoB: 1999-11-13 Infielders Outfielders Marcus Semien Mark Vientos Jared Young Brett Baty Carson Benge A.J. Ewing Juan Soto R/R DoB: 1990-09-17 R/R DoB: 1993-12-11 L/R DoB: 1995-07-09 L/R DoB: 1999-11-13 L/R DoB: 2003-01-20 L/R DoB: 2004-08-10 L/L DoB: 1998-10-25 Also on 40-Player Roster Starting Pitchers Relief Pitchers Tylor Megill Philip Abner Daniel Duarte Reed Garrett Justin Hagenman Nathan Lavender Dedniel Núñez Jonathan Pintaro Dylan Ross R/R DoB: 1995-07-28 L/L DoB: 2002-05-04 R/R DoB: 1996-12-04 R/R DoB: 1993-01-02 R/R DoB: 1996-10-07 L/L DoB: 2000-01-20 R/R DoB: 1996-06-05 R/R DoB: 1997-11-07 R/R DoB: 2000-09-01 Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders Outfielders Jack Weisen- berger Cameron Weston Hayden Senger Christian Cairo Christopher Morel Eric Wagaman Nick Morabito Cristian Pache R/R DoB: 1997-10-08 R/R DoB: 2000-08-27 R/R DoB: 1997-04-03 R/R DoB: 2001-06-11 R/R DoB: 1999-06-24 R/R DoB: 1997-08-14 R/R DoB: 2003-05-07 R/R DoB: 2020-08-21 Your Projected Mets Coaching Staff Manager Bench Coach Pitching Coach Hitting Coord. Third Base Coach First Base Coach Bullpen Coach Ass't Pitch. Coach Andy Green Kai Correa Justin Willard Troy Snitker Tim Leiper Gilbert Gomez José Rosado Dan McKinney DoB: 1977-07-07 DoB: 1989-07-14 DoB: 1990-09-09 DoB: 1988-12-05 DoB: 1996-07-19 DoB: 1992-03-08 DoB: 1974-11-09 DoB: 1989-06-06 Hitting Coach Strategy Coach Catching Coach Coaching Assistant Bat'g Pract. Pitcher Equip. Manager Bullpen Catchers Bullpen Catchers Nate Irving Tucker Frawley J.P. Arencibia Rafael Fernandez Jonathon Cramman Kevin Kierst Eric Langill Dave Racaniello DoB: 33894 DoB: 1984-05-08 DoB: 1986-01-05 DoB: 1988-08-03 DoB: 1991-03-23 DoB: 1964-07-09 DoB: 1979-04-09 DoB: 1978-06-03 Your Mets Training Staff Director of Player Health Head Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer Recond. Coordinator Recond. Therapist Head Performance Coach Assistant Performance Coach Performance Coordinator Soft Tissue Specialist Brian Chicklo Joseph Golia Bryan Baca Sean Bardanett Josh Bickel Dustin Clarke Tanner Miracle Jeremy Chiang Hiroto Kawamura DoB:1972-07-17 DoB:1978-??-?? DoB:Circa 1980 DoB:1988-06-23 DoB:1996-??-?? DoB:1987-??-?? DoB:1991-??-?? DoB:????-??-?? DoB:1962-07-19 2026-2027 MLB Free Agents Hitting Coord. Strategy Coach Bat'g Pract. Pitcher Relief Pitchers Jeff Albert Danny Barnes Kevin Mahoney Joey Gerber DoB: 1992-08-16 DoB: 1989-10021 DoB: 1987-05-11 DoB: 1997-05-03 2026-2027 Minor-League Free Agents Starting Pitchers Relief Pitchers Eris Albino Dalton Mall Matteo Morelli Christopher Rochin Omar Victorino Luis Alvarez Jesüs Anton Mike Baumann Yoralbert Cadíz Joe Charles R/R DoB: 2004-02-24 R/R DoB: 1999-08-27 R/R DoB: 2006-02-27 R/R DoB: 2006-09-18 R/R DoB: 2005-06-09 R/R DoB: 2003-05-05 R/R DoB: 2006-02-17 R/R DoB: 1995-09-10 R/R DoB: 2004-10-24 R/R DoB: 2000-04-05 Relief Pitchers Colton Cosper Anthony Crespo Chris Devenski Franyel Diaz Kevin Herget Joe Jacques Wilson Lopez Yoelvis Martinez Trey McGough Pablo Medina L/L DoB: 2002-09-08 R/R DoB: 2004-05-04 R/R DoB: 1990-11-13 R/R DoB: 2004-12-18 L/R DoB: 1991-04-03 L/L DoB: 34769 R/R DoB: 2002-07-15 R/R DoB: 2006-06-21 L/L DoB: 1998-03-29 L/L DoB: 2006-10-12 Relief Pitchers Catchers Jahzeel Montas Layonel Ovalles Anthony Reynoso Jun-Seok Shim Jermayne Verdu Deivy Victora Brandon Waddell José Aular Austin Barnes Julian Hernandez R/R DoB: 2005-01-06 R/R DoB: 2003-06-16 L/L DoB: 39102 R/R DoB: 2004-04-09 ?/R DoB: 2006-07-27 R/R DoB: 2005-08-14 L/L DoB: 1994-06-03 R/R DoB: 2004-01-02 R/R DoB: 1989-12-28 R/R DoB: 2005-09-24 Catchers Infielders Daniel Silva Christian Arroyo TT Bowens Vidal Brujan Taylor Darden Jefrey De Los Santos Alexander Eneas Cole Fowler Grae Kessinger Leandy Mella S/R DoB: 2005-01-12 R/R DoB: 1995-05-30 R/R DoB: 1998-05-27 S/R DoB: 1998-02-09 R/R DoB: 2000-01-16 R/R DoB: 2003-05-30 R/R DoB: 2007-09-12 L/R DoB: 2002-12-10 R/R DoB: 1997-08-25 L/R DoB: 2007-02-24 Infielders Diego Mosquera Sam Robertson José Rojas Nick Roselli Dangelo Sarmiento JT Schwartz Zack Short Kevin Villavin- cencio Trace Willhoite Wyatt Young L/R DoB: 2005-05-14 R/R DoB: 2004-07-17 L/R DoB: 1993-02-24 L/R DoB: 2003-03-31 R/R DoB: 38356 L/R DoB: 1999-12-17 R/R DoB: 1995-05-29 R/R DoB: 2003-11-24 R/R DoB: 2000-11-17 L/R DoB: 1999-12-05 Outfielders Haniel German Simon Juan MJ Melendez Adolfo Miranda Jared Oliva Jaylen Palmer Jeffry Rosa Matt Rudick AJ Salgado Mike Tauchman R/R DoB: 2005-12-05 R/R DoB: 2005-07-13 L/R DoB: 1993-11-29 R/R DoB: 2006-10-04 R/R DoB: 1995-11-27 R/R DoB: 2007-07-31 R/R DoB: 2004-09-11 L/L DoB: 1998-07-02 L/R DoB: 2001-09-16 L/L DoB: 1990-12-03 View full article

Yeah, that Valentin strikeout was a kneecapper. This also the day that "Kalvin Koonce" and his teammates made their singing debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, also featuring the debut of Jack DiLauro's impressionist act.

Billy is not related Madchen, but he is the son of one-time NASCAR racer Lyndon Amick, whose driving career ended when his reserve unit was called up and he deployed to Afghanistan. The family racing legacy seems to go back several generations with their own family team. Lyndon's dad was also a "Bill," and his uncle was also a Lyndon, and that Lyndon was sex on wheels. If he wasn't the inspiration for Reese Bobby, well, he sure should have been:

It would certainly be tasty if he could find a space between those two extremes. .265 / .373 / .485 / .858

Gear up for The World Series returning to Milwaukee by watching Just a Bit Outside: The Story of the 1982 Brewers. Currently streaming for free on Tubi and Roku.

Since the Gold Glove has incorporated a Sabermetric component in addition to manager and coach voting, one player being locked in as a default vote for extended periods has been less of a problem. Four guys have won The National League Pitcher version of the award in four years, although Max Freid won it for three years in a row before that. Ron Darling was the last guy to win before Greg Maddux reeled off 13 in a row (and a hard-to-grasp 18 in 19 years). Darling was a terrific fielder, but the year he won, he had probably his poorest fielding year as a Met.

A friend on another platform pointed out (actually, his son pointed out) that a Cleveland-Milwaukee matchup would be an All-Edmund-Fitzgerald-Ports-of-Call World Series.

I heard the Phils only offered it to him after Alex Cora pre-refused them.

Alien entity crash lands on Earth after running afoul of hostile humans. Needs to rendezvous with his people a thousand miles away, and enlists a young widow for help after taking the form of her late husband. ET meets It Happened One Night? I mean, kinda?

Well, you know, then, never mind.