Edgy MD

Anybody have a scouting report on this shit character?

Most teams would be scrod if they lost two also. (Some rare times it's a blessing in disguise.) I'm nonetheless not as convinced that how they played it was such a bad move, and am intrigued to see how it will shake out. I don't know. I mean, maybe Hefner is good. The Mets drafted him twice, and his minor league track record is strong.

Well, yeah, the Mets are definitely screwed if their entire rotation goes down.

It'd be tough debut for Lutz, but I might well try and get him and Turner in there.

Alleged Met fans disgracing themselves. [youtube:295f6gd3]qzd9uGQtr88[/youtube:295f6gd3]

m.e.t.b.o.t. wrote: from the standpoint of win probability, a strikeout is no different from any other out. For the team, maybe. The allotment of the advancement of that win probability that belongs to the pitcher is far different. For a strikeout, perhaps 95% of the accomplishment is the pitcher's. You can give five percent to catcher for calling the pitches and keeping the ball from rolling to the backstop on strike three. If you want to give a percent or two to divide among the defenders for taking the field and looking professional and competent enough to challenge the batter into making good contact rather than just chopping at the ball, go ahead. For a standard grounder into gap at second, a pitcher deserves perhaps 63% of the credit. The catcher gets 3-4% (he called fewer pitches, didn't have to stop the ball on strike three, and allowed a potential hit into play). Go with 25% maybe to the secondbaseman, having to professionally move into the hole, scoop up the ball, and maybe rotate around before throwing. And 8% or so to the firstbaseman for not over-chasing the ball into the hole and getting back to the bag and catching the relay.

A pretty lefty-licious lineup for Buehrle to face, no?

metropolitan pitcher johan santana had a lot of strikeouts.

I think the plan was to not invest too much money in fifth and sixth and seventh-starter guys and bench players who are often enough no more effective than the Hefners and Baxters despite having been pretty good big leaguers two surgeries ago. Can Baxter outperform a veteran pinch-hitter/utility corner guy? Maybe not. Are we talking Tony Clark or Lenny Harris or Willie Harris or what? But if he doesn't, you're not tied to him all year. Sometimes you get a better player out of your marginal roles by putting your money on the table early and strongly. Sometimes, you do better by bringing in enough lesser expensive options that you can affordably shuffle through them. Maybe you come up with an Eric Valent.

I'm not advocating promoting Harvey --- and as far as I can see, nobody save Ashie is --- but there's certainly no evidence beyond speculation that promoting Jenrry Mejia led to his injury. I don't know why that's supposed to be such a bleedingly obvious notion that two words sum it up.

Oh, he sure as snot has today.

True and agreed. And I don't know necessarily that Harvey won't be the difference in a playoff run whether he comes up tomorrow or mid-season. Happens often enough.

Harvey pulled after seven. Four hits, five strikeouts, no walks.

Solo shot for Lucas May. Herd up 12-0. Harvey allowed to bat in the top of the seventh.

I think they see it as worthwhile to shuffle through the ready-to-serve options in order to, if nothing else, keep the top prospects on the healthiest timetable. Harvey, yeah, but maybe first Batista and Schwinny and Dylan Owen and maybe Hefner, Olson, and/or Cohoon. You get some faceplant starts, but sometimes you find something while shuffling through the options like that. They found Gee that way, and found Niese and Jae Weong Seo. Which is to say that I don't think they're kidding themselves, but more likely being painfully deliberate. In defense of Schwinny, he has been getting it done in Buffalo. So have Olson and Hefner.

Ah, you scoop me by back-editing.

Crispus Attucks. Wally's lads lead 11-0 in the top of the fifth. Tough times for the home squad. Josh Satin is 3-3 and has eight total bases

He's not going to start. He's going to maybe get A start. I thought you liked managers having the courage to use guys who are hitters first as part-time infielders.

The Bisons had an early AM start today at Lehigh Valley. Already up 6-0 in the middle of the third with homers from Josh Satin and Omar Quintanilla (his first). More importantly, Matt Harvey is perfect through his first six batters.

I'm sure they pre-sold 20,000 and had about 192 walkup buyers.

Yeah, it was only on players that were deemed "bonus babies." If you made X amount you had to be a big leaguer. Un-American.

He's a lefty. If he stays healthy, he'll see Queens.

Both are correct! We can start a little Leapfrog Society. The sad part is that, in retrospect, none of these guys would go on to demonstrate that their lack of seasoning benefited them. Only Gooden and Mazz stuck. Murphy kinda did, but kinda didn't as he was farmed out to learn new positions. Cleon Jones went from A-ball to a brief taste of the bigs in 1963 before bouncing back to AAA in 1964. Leapfrog!