Edgy MD

R.A. locks up with Kevin Correia in his penultimate start of the year. Make me proud. Let's win a little pitching trophy to put next to your National Book Award.

Hefner 3.62 Torres 1.74 Tejada 1.66 Hairston 0.90 Familia 0.70 Murphy 0.58 Shoppach 0.38 Wright 0.38 Baxter 0.05

And one run. That's not the sort of economy I want my candidate to preside over.

Ray Searage comes out to talk to the pitcher. Probably the only other player in the park who drew a check from the DeRoulets. I really feel the modest but monumental legacy of Ed Kranepool receding.

And the hammies.

Wow, what a way to break a record.

Robert Carson has strained his triceratops, and is listed as day to day. And the search for a second lefty goes on.

I don't use fax anymore.

Reviewing these reports, I'm guessing that there's an error and the report meant to say 2012.

Adam Rubin wrote: MLB Network keeps running bizarre report: Frank Francisco won't have surgery and has no structural damage, but may miss 2013 season. Incomplete journalism = Crazy stuff.

FYUECAKH!! Mixed feelings!

Daniel Murphy needs 11 more hits to pass Carlos Degado and catch Lenny Dykstra and crack the top 40 all-time Mets hitmakers.

I wonder how much the hype factor may squeeze out a few points for Strasburg. He won't win, certainly, but a few points in his pocket could swing things.

Hard to see the relative downside of offering a projected starter a two-year deal. That's not a particularly common length, but they're frequently favorable to clubs.

Andy Martino, wet blanket. Mets will not pursue Upton, Bourn, other top OF this winter BY ANDY MARTINO Let's do this once, to save us a winter of speculation: B.J. Upton? No. Michael Bourn? No. Shane Victorino? No. None of these players will be a Met in 2013, according to two high-ranking team insiders. The Mets - who lost 10-6 to Pittsburgh on Tuesday, done in by the seven runs Collin McHugh allowed in 1-1/3 innings - do not view this offseason as the time to commit significant money to outfielders, so they do not expect to pursue those high-profile players. Although the front office has not finalized its offseason strategy, one source said that it was unlikely the Mets will offer any outfielder even a two-year contract. The reluctance to enter the free agent market does not preclude an offseason busy with trading. Operating on a budget that, according to sources, has not been finalized - but will be only marginally higher than this year�s approximately $90 million - GM Sandy Alderson is ready to build an outfield via the trade market. It has long been clear that nearly every Met will be a trade candidate. The outfield, along perhaps with catching, is the team�s greatest need. Neither Jason Bay nor Lucas Duda nor Mike Baxter has proven himself to be an everyday player. Andres Torres will likely be non-tendered. The Mets see Jordany Valdespin as a versatile utility player, and would like to retain free agent Scott Hairston. In the minor leagues, the club hopes that Matt den Dekker, Juan Lagares and Cesar Puello will develop into major leaguers, but expects none of those players to be ready by the spring. So the Mets will have to construct an outfield somehow this winter - but that project will require creativity, and will not include any of the hot stove�s biggest names.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I was looking through some old Mets yearbooks that I have, and I found this oddity. How is it that nobody's ever noticed it before? All that time travel hurt David's second-half production.

www.sugarpants.com is unfortunately taken. Benjamin Grimm wrote: Krane looking tall.

I'd like to see a movie about the 1930s Superman, when his powers were somewhat analogous to John Carter's Martian skill set --- superhuman strength and speed with the ability to leap 1/8 of a mile --- plus a side dosage of invulnerability.

Sun comes up tomorrow on beautiful new era. Locke @ Hefner.

Can break it. Not necessarily will.

Wright 3.35 Tejada 1.55 Hampson 1.42 Turner 1.13 Parnell 0.71 ERamirez 0.51 Torres 0.45 Valdespin 0.39 RRamirez 0.37 Carson 0.12

Well, now Wright can break the record on Dickey Day.

And... we have a new co-leader!

Kinda sorry we used 27 pitchers yesterday.

That's a son of Edgy, buster. Watch it. I'm sure you'd see the grace in McHughie's performance if you looked at his secondary numbers. Or perhaps his tertiary or quadrary numbers. Barajas, as reported by Levin, has just welcomed his seventh child. "Congratulations, I guess..." offered Josh. Ha ha, Joshie.