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I thought Torrens catching 13 out of 28 would-be basestealers (46.4%) might get him a first place vote or two.

There's not much to remember. But it's good to remember what there is.

According to baseball-reference, the Mets finished 25th among 30 teams in catcher WAR, for whatever that's worth.

Voting doesn't have to always hurt, and one of those times is NOW!!!! When you vote for the Crane Pool Forum's 2024 Jerry Grote Award for Outstanding Mets Catcher, we are ALL winners!!!! Normally, you would be invited to vote for up to 10 players, but as only five players received so much as a single pitch from Mets pitchers in an official game, onlly five players are eligible. Ballots with more than five players will be discarded, peed on, dried out in the gutter, burned to a crisp, and laughed at hardily in stories exchanged a future wedding receptions, quinceñeras, and community organizing events. Here's your blank ballot for you to copy and paste and turn in below: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) The following rugged icons qualify for inclusion on your ballot, as each of them has protected a home plate umpire — at one point or another in 2024 — from being critically wounded by a pitch thrown by a Met. Francisco Álvarez Joe Hudson Omar Narváez Tomás Nido Luis Torrens Please remember to rank these fine fellows only as catchers. Their offensive and defensive contributions while "©" was next to their names on the scoresheet is what we're looking for. Any work as designated hitters, pinch-hitters, pinch-runners, emergency shortstops, botanists, epidemiologists, community organizers, and anti-virus software engineers is worthy of song and story, but we ask that it not feed into your five-player ranking. [FIMG=550]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jerry-grote-award.png[/FIMG]

Composition-wise, I think there's a lot of goodness here.

=kcmets post_id=178341 time=1730839585 user_id=53] Ranking ten is way too much work. Top three is all I can muster if and when I get to it. I am so no not into baseball the first week of November, so pardon my grumpiness.

Frayed Knot wrote: Y'know I won't always be here to correct your posts all the time. I somehow doubt that's true.

Competition is heated as you are invited to vote NOW!!!! for the Crane Pool Forum's 2024 Tug McGraw Award for Outstanding Mets Relief Pitcher. Vote for up to 10 players, in order of effectiveness. Here's your blank ballot for you to copy and paste and turn in below: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) The following HEROES qualify for inclusion on your ballot, because they, at one time or another, or possibly at many different times, came on in relief of another Mets pitcher, committed to redeeming a moment that seemed in peril. Ty Adcock Eddy Alvarez Huascar Brazobán José Buttó Edwin Díaz Jake Diekman Matt Festa Reed Garrett Grant Hartwig Adrian Houser Tyler Jay Jorge López Phil Maton Tylor Megill Dedniel Núñez Eric Orze Adam Ottavino Brooks Raley Yohan Ramírez Sean Reid-Foley Drew Smith Ryne Stanek Cole Sulser Michael Tonkin Luis Torrens Josh Walker Alex Young Danny Young Please remember to rank these characters only as [CROSSOUT]starting[/CROSSOUT] relief pitchers. Their work as infielders, MMA fighters, app designers, hair stylists, and volunteer teacher's assistants — while noble — should be considered somewhere else, but not here. Vote once, but vote hard! [FIMG=550]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tug-mcgraw-award.png[/FIMG]

Isn't democracy wonderful?

Before the Mets celebrated base hits by miming a shutter swinging in the wind, and before they celebrated them by pantomiming negative fans thumbs-downing them, they celebrated it by flashing Joey's grip on his trademark churveball. Before he was the guy you called up to pitch the last game so everybody else could get some needed rest, he was, somehow, the center of something. For a few glorious moments in time, it was all about the churve.

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Sorry, 14 is correct. Damn, I thought that was ballot #3!

Yeah! Two ballots in! Go, Crane Pool!!

Only a small percentage of Donaldson's statistical record has been added to the official register, and that isn't the most impressive thing in the world, but the unofficial record has unearthed something stupid like 420 wins. Most of that record is documented in newspapers, too. Also, he was additionally a star outfielder/hitter. It's up to research that's more nuanced than I can offer to say what level of competition that record was achieved against, but it's an impressive pile of numbers. In addition to black circuits, he frequently played semi-pro ball across the northern plains states and Canada as the only black player on otherwise-white teams.

Cast your ballot NOW!!!! for the Crane Pool's Tom Seaver Award for Outstanding Mets Starting Pitcher. Vote for up to 10 players, in order, from bestest to leastest, or really, from bestest to 10th-bestest. In the tradition of MLB's MVP Award, the guy you put at the top of of your ballot gets [CROSSOUT]15[/CROSSOUT] 14 points, the second guy gets eight points, seven for the third, etc. Here's a blank ballot for you to copy and paste into a post below and fill out for the sake posterity!! 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) While you have up to 10 votes, please remember that there are but 12 players who the universe has made eligible, conspiring as it has to bless these few with the opportunity of starting a game on the mound for the 2024 New York Mets: Paul Blackburn José Buttó Adrian Houser Joey Lucchesi Sean Manaea Tylor Megill David Peterson José Quintana Christian Scott Kodai Senga Luis Severino Julio Teheran Please remember to vote for them only as starting pitchers. José Butto's work as a reliever, Luis Severino's extensive efforts as an OMG! sign bearer, and Paul Blackburn's extensive side work painting houses shouldn't have any bearing on your selections. Please vote wisely! Please spell correctly!! We only have one opportunity to get this right!!! [FIMG=550]https://metsrostercentral.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tom-seaver-award.png[/FIMG]

Joel Sherman needs to write a mea culpa followup to his backpage-splash Jordan Montgomery column. Jordan just picked up his own player option, so the Diamondbacks get a second dose of the pill that cost them the post-season.

Check out Steve Cohen's face coming out of Pete Alonso's fly, though.

BRUISED APPLE is a terrific back page but with minimal Met content.

One problem with Cole is that folks' last memory of him is a royal screwup. It shouldn't affect his value much on paper, but it does in his marketability. The guy is probably likely to get booed on Opening Day. I wouldn't be surprised for the Yankees to instead focus on somebody who isn't Cole but is otherwise Cole-ish. Maybe Blake Snelly.

I was certainly word-playing. As far as the actual shortest, my money would probably be on Herrera as well. If coaches count, I'll throw some love to Matt Galante and Antoan Richardson.

He's supposedly the shortest player ever selected in the first round. I think the all-time shortest Met is Zack Short. He barely edges out Bill Short by actually appearing (if only for one inning) at short.

He missed most of the season. A right wrist injury that seemed more of the nagging variety during spring training ultimately didn't respond to rest or cortisone injections, and he ended up undergoing surgery on June 6. His mostly lost season saw him demoted from #1 to #2 on most Mets prospect lists. He's in the Arizona Fall League right now, mostly pain free, and putting up a .224 / .366 / .448 // .815 line in 71 plate appearances, while stealing four bases in five attempts. Hopefully he's back on track by spring.

Mrs. Met has a lot of class. Style, too. https://44.media.tumblr.com/af7a30e9658bdde226b7302babb27a3f/tumblr_mrxq92DxAT1rs469po1_400.gif>

[TABLE][TR][TH]June 12, 2003 [fimg=300]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/New_York_Daily_News_logo.png[/fimg] STEVIE NIXED [FIMG=400]https://khqa.com/resources/media2/16x9/full/1015/center/80/a9aff53d-c5e3-4768-a40b-f84f1e46863a-steve.jpg[/FIMG] Mets Tell Phillips To Go His Own Way[/TH][/TR][/TABLE] Points off for referencing a Buckingham song.

Newsday and The Daily News working with the same phile photo of Buddy Harrelson. How Marcus Stroman becoming a Yankee is bigger news than Harrelson's passing is pretty ... oh, right, Daily News.