Edgy MD

Steal, young-un!

Seeing a former kidcaster getting the pbp gig in Brooklyn makes me feel a little underachievey.

Zach Short getting grazed on the knuckle with a pitch there might have provided more productivity for the Tigers than in this entire brief Mets career.

Gary mixing up Steve Chilcott and Shawn Abner is worrisome.

How about Vientos going first to third on a single to right? And it gets the Mets their first run. Check that out!

It was like A.J. Ewing reminded the Mets how to play last night — working counts, laying off sliders out of the strikezone, not overswinging, an in the end, letting the Tigers beat themselves. But all the rookie centerfielders in the world can't stop flesh from tearing, and that's what happened to the Mets catcher. Transactions, 5/13/2026 GOING COMING Placed on 10-Day Injured List with Torn Right Meniscus Promoted from Syracuse Catchers Francisco Alvarez Hayden Senger R/R DoB: 2001-11-01 High Level: MLB (2026) R/R DoB: 1997-04-03 High Level: MLB (2026) Francisco Álvarez overswings. He's a hell of a talent and you hate to boil down his lack of breakthrough performances to one problem, but man does he overswing. It makes him start early, it keeps him from breaking his swings on bad pitches, it leads him to top the ball, it slows his exit from the box, and now it has wounded his knee. The good news is he's a crazy fast healer and that he tends to return from injury refocused and on his game. Those are way too rubbery a set of patterns to rely on, but let's help they hold true nonetheless. Hayden Senger is his designated replacement during his IL stints the last few years, and while his defense has been rock solid, nobody is missing his .484 career OPS. That said, while his Syracuse performance this season has produced a typically low batting average and on-base percentage, he's somehow found his power bat, and his six homers in Salt City are already a career high, and they are more than any Met (the Flushing kind) has hit this season. Meanwhile, we wish 2022 #11 overall draft pick Kevin Parada our best as his struggles continue in Binghamton. It's a tough game to figure out.

It was like A.J. Ewing reminded the Mets how to play last night — working counts, laying off sliders out of the strikezone, not overswinging, an in the end, letting the Tigers beat themselves. But all the rookie centerfielders in the world can't stop flesh from tearing, and that's what happened to the Mets catcher. Transactions, 5/13/2026 GOING COMING Placed on 10-Day Injured List with Torn Right Meniscus Promoted from Syracuse Catchers Francisco Alvarez Hayden Senger R/R DoB: 2001-11-01 High Level: MLB (2026) R/R DoB: 1997-04-03 High Level: MLB (2026) Francisco Álvarez overswings. He's a hell of a talent and you hate to boil down his lack of breakthrough performances to one problem, but man does he overswing. It makes him start early, it keeps him from breaking his swings on bad pitches, it leads him to top the ball, it slows his exit from the box, and now it has wounded his knee. The good news is he's a crazy fast healer and that he tends to return from injury refocused and on his game. Those are way too rubbery a set of patterns to rely on, but let's help they hold true nonetheless. Hayden Senger is his designated replacement during his IL stints the last few years, and while his defense has been rock solid, nobody is missing his .484 career OPS. That said, while his Syracuse performance this season has produced a typically low batting average and on-base percentage, he's somehow found his power bat, and his six homers in Salt City are already a career high, and they are more than any Met (the Flushing kind) has hit this season. Meanwhile, we wish 2022 #11 overall draft pick Kevin Parada our best as his struggles continue in Binghamton. It's a tough game to figure out. Your 2026 New York Mets Starting Pitchers Clay Holmes Nolan McLean Freddy Peralta David Peterson Christian Scott R/R DoB: 1993-03-27 R/R DoB: 2001-07-24 R/R DoB: 2996-06-04 L/L DoB: 1995-09-03 R/R DoB: 1999-06-15 Relief Pitchers Huascar Brazobán Craig Kimbrel Sean Manaea Tobias Myers Brooks Raley Austin Warren Luke Weaver R/R DoB: 1989-10-15 R/R DoB: 32291 R/L DoB: 1992-02-01 R/R DoB: 1998-08-05 L/L DoB: 1988-06-29 R/R DoB: 1996-02-05 R/R DoB: 1993-08-21 Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders Devin Williams Hayden Senger Luís Torrens Bo Bichette Brett Baty Vidal Brujan MJ Melendez R/R DoB: 1994-09-21 R/R DoB: 1997-04-03 R/R DoB: 1996-05-02 R/R DoB: 1998-03-05 L/R DoB: 1999-11-13 S/R DoB: 1998-02-09 L/R DoB: 1993-11-29 Infielders Outfielders Marcus Semien Mark Vientos Carson Benge A.J. Ewing Austin Slater Juan Soto Tyrone Taylor R/R DoB: 1990-09-17 R/R DoB: 1993-12-11 L/R DoB: 2003-01-20 L/R DoB: 38209 R/R DoB: 33951 L/L DoB: 1998-10-25 R/R DoB: 34356 Also on 40-Player Roster Starting Pitchers Relief Pitchers Tylor Megill Kodai Senga Jonah Tong Alex Carrillo Reed Garrett Joey Gerber Justin Hagenman R/R DoB: 1995-07-28 L/R DoB: 1993-01-30 R/R DoB: 2003-06-19 R/R DoB: 1997-06-06 R/R DoB: 1993-01-02 R/R DoB: 1997-05-03 R/R DoB: 1996-10-07 On 60-Day Injured List with torn right UCL. On 15-Day Injured List with Lumbar Spine Inflammation With Syracuse With Syracuse On 60-Day Injured List — right UCL surgery and nerve relocation surgery. With Syracuse On 60 Day Injured List with fractured rib. Relief Pitchers Catchers Infielders A.J. Minter Dedniel Núñez Jonathan Pintaro Dylan Ross Francisco Alvarez Francisco Lindor Ronny Mauricio L/L DoB: 1993-09-02 R/R DoB: 1996-06-05 R/R DoB: 1997-11-07 R/R DoB: 2000-09-01 R/R DoB: 2001-11-01 S/R DoB: 1993-11-14 S/R DoB: 2001-04-04 With Syracuse on Rehab Assignment On 60-Day Injured List — right UCL surgery. With Syracuse With Syracuse On 10-Dayl IL with Torn Right Meniscus On 10-Day Injured List with Strained Left Calf On 10-Day Injured List with fractured right thumb. Infielders Outfielders Jorge Polanco Nick Morabito Luis Robert, Jr. Jared Young S/R DoB: 1999-11-13 R/R DoB: 2003-05-07 R/R DoB: 1997-08-03 L/R DoB: 1995-07-09 On 10-Day Injured List with right wrist contusion. With Syracuse On 10-Day Injured List with Lumbar Spine Disc Hernitaion On 10-Day Injured List with torn left meniscus. Designagted for Assignment Infielders Andy Ibáñez R/R DoB: 1993-04-03 DFA'd, 2026-05-12. View full article

This thread went up at the same time as the other. I have some admin privileges, but I cannot seem to merge the two threads. Would be interesting to see if Melendez gets to do some catching.

Francisco Alvarez heads to the 10-Day IL with 2026's favorite injury* — meniscus tear in his right knee. Hayden Senger is joining the team and planning on doing Hayden Senger stuff while he is here. * Calf strain supporters may beg to differ.

It would have been fun — though probably a bad idea long-term for several reasons — to have given him 33.

It just seems like, in the post-Moneyball era, across several management administrations, the Mets (and, in fairness, many other organizations) pay lip service to the importance of OBP, but players who actually perform well by that metric get marginalize — traded off before reaching the majors, outright released in the minors, or forced to change their approach to give up OBP for power (often ending up with not enough of either). Hopefully this guy gets to be on-base machine he was born to be.

Both measure in at 5'10", 160. (The pre-juice version of Lenny, anyhow.) Both are fast, white, lefty-batting centerfielders with a tight stance and a good eye. Both stole a million bases in the minors. I'm surprised (and relieved, I guess) that the comparison isn't everywhere. Dykstra was twitchy and explosive in the box, while this guy seems cool as a cucumber. And this guy doesn't have an oil leak pouring out of his mouth.

Yeah, the weird thing about this thread is that, while people have lowish batting averages, the real problem is the Ordóñezian lack of walks and extra-bases. Along with the surfeit of double-plays.

Nick isn't so much a signing as a re-signing. He has been in the Mets ogainziation his whole (brief) career, before getting the kick on April 1. Mets hung on to his number, though.

AUS-TIN-WAR-REN! Clap, clap, clap-clap!

With Brimley on the mound, the ump is all, "OK, I'm free to stink and I'm going to take advantage of it."

Wilford Brimley, leaning into his experience as the manager from The Natural, takes the mound.

Ewing twice with a 3-1 count, twice gets a sweet inside fastball, and twice spits on it, saying "Fuck it, Imma make him throw two strikes."

Soto has done a lot of running and I'd get Taylor in for him at this point.

Wait 'til the Mets start slipping you some Tong.

But are you willing to ride The Kimbrel Train?

TWO walks! And two runs!

Say what you want, Gary. I remember Johneshwy and Kahlil in the same game. The Mets had a cascade of injuries to their hitters — particularly their outfielders — and were so desperate that they had James McCann at first and Tomas Nido at catcher in order to improve their offense, and they were batting those two guys third and fourth. They eventually added a previously obscure outfielder named Billy McSkinney — who became the Mets' bets hitter for a few weeks until guys started returning from injuries.