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A 2-0 deficit is not the plan. Dammit, Abimelic.

Jorge Polanco is not to be stopped.

A perfect first for Scottie. It would be nice if Carson Benge didn't have to smash into a fence to keep it perfect, but that's the way it went down.

Check out Joshua Baez coming in at 27th on that list after ONE GAME!

Here's a broad but incomplete overview for those playing at home. Rk Player Team Age G PA BA OBP SLG OPS HR RBI SB GP GS W l ERA SV IP BB SO bWAR fWAR WPA AVG VAL 1 JJ Wetherholt* STL 23 117 530 .241 .347 .373 .720 16 45 13 4.4 4.1 2.12 3.54 2 Foster Griffin* WSN 30 22 22 12 3 3.06 0 129.1 30 116 3.4 1.8 2.60 2.60 3 Carson Benge* NYM 23 118 488 .275 .338 .419 .757 14 49 18 2.5 2.7 0.20 1.80 4 Sal Stewart CIN 22 122 528 .261 .337 .478 .816 26 91 12 1.9 2.2 1.27 1.79 5 TJ Rumfield* COL 26 120 483 .291 .371 .448 .819 13 59 0 2.8 1.9 0.52 1.74 6 Didier Fuentes ATL 21 43 1 4 1 2.39 2 52.2 15 67 1.7 1.7 1.49 1.63 7 Nolan McLean NYM 24 24 24 8 8 3.42 0 136.2 50 159 1.9 2.6 0.11 1.54 8 Esmerlyn Valdéz PIT 22 55 217 .256 .369 .556 .924 14 41 0 1.6 1.7 1.21 1.50 9 Cole Carrigg# COL 24 55 213 .291 .373 .484 .856 5 31 7 1.4 1.5 1.40 1.43 10 Christian Scott NYM 27 17 17 3 3 3.45 0 78.1 33 98 1.7 1.9 0.55 1.38 11 Brandyn Garcia* ARI 26 41 0 0 1 2.06 4 35.0 7 39 1.2 1.0 1.90 1.37 12 Andrew Alvarez* WSN 27 18 10 2 4 3.72 1 75.0 33 69 1.4 1.7 0.80 1.30 13 A.J. Ewing* NYM 21 83 342 .252 .324 .381 .705 7 28 16 2.3 1.4 0.16 1.29 14 Joe Mack* MIA 23 76 243 .240 .297 .434 .731 12 36 0 1.8 2.1 -0.06 1.28 15 Logan Henderson MIL 24 11 11 6 2 2.88 0 56.1 11 69 1.7 1.4 0.71 1.27 16 Konnor Griffin PIT 20 59 247 .276 .332 .404 .736 5 25 20 1.7 1.2 0.21 1.04 17 Zac Thornton NYM 24 8 8 3 3 2.78 0 45.1 13 29 1.7 0.7 0.68 1.03 18 Bubba Chandler PIT 23 24 23 6 8 4.23 0 121.1 64 108 1.3 1.8 -0.26 0.95 19 Bradgley Rodriguez SDP 22 51 4 3 2 2.09 1 56.0 17 59 1.4 1.4 -0.21 0.86 20 Shane Drohan* MIL 27 24 14 6 4 3.94 1 98.1 31 98 0.6 2.0 -0.25 0.78 21 Pedro Ramírez# CHC 22 48 136 .301 .356 .447 .803 2 15 7 1.2 0.9 -0.26 0.61 22 Cooper Pratt MIL 21 44 159 .272 .352 .368 .720 2 17 10 1.4 1.2 -0.81 0.60 23 Bryce Eldridge* SFG 21 80 326 .246 .337 .435 .773 13 31 1 0.9 0.6 0.15 0.55 24 Rhett Lowder CIN 24 21 18 4 8 5.15 0 94.1 40 77 0.6 1.1 -0.21 0.50 25 Daniel Susac SFG 25 53 161 .243 .289 .375 .664 3 22 2 0.7 1.1 -0.53 0.42 26 Alex Freeland# LAD 24 72 223 .231 .309 .313 .622 3 19 2 0.7 0.4 0.10 0.40 27 Joshua Báez STL 23 1 4 .750 .750 3.000 3.750 3 5 0 0.3 0.4 0.47 0.39 28 Rafael Flores PIT 25 15 43 .297 .395 .649 1.044 4 10 0 0.5 0.5 0.14 0.38 29 Abimelec Ortiz* WSN 24 13 37 .306 .324 .667 .991 4 8 0 0.5 0.3 0.29 0.36 30 Gabriel Hughes COL 24 7 6 0 4 5.61 1 33.2 12 31 0.3 0.9 -0.26 0.31 31 Ryan Waldschmidt ARI 23 58 211 .275 .332 .386 .718 2 16 6 0.8 1.0 -0.89 0.30 32 Harry Ford WSN 23 16 55 .213 .327 .447 .774 2 7 1 0.4 0.5 -0.09 0.27 33 Robert Gasser* MIL 27 14 14 3 5 4.54 0 73.1 19 68 0.4 0.7 -0.45 0.22 34 Wilber Dotel PIT 23 15 0 1 4 4.71 0 28.2 13 31 0.1 0.4 0.04 0.18 35 Kyle Hurt LAD 28 37 1 3 1 4.46 1 38.1 21 46 0.0 0.4 -0.22 0.06 36 Sung-Mun Song* SDP 29 60 131 .207 .313 .270 .583 1 15 12 0.1 0.5 -0.58 0.01

Here's an overview for those playing at home.

He's certainly a candidate, but right now, the clear leader is JJ Wetherholt of the Cardinals. And if you want to back a Met, the smarter money is probably on McLean.

Yes, and that is bad. But it is not an indictment of looking at players who have been playing other positions. It's an indictment of looking to players who have had spotty health history, underwhelming track records, and an enticing affordability relative to Pete Alonso. To a lesser extent it's also an indictment of bad luck. They placed a handful of conservative bets, but almost all of their rolls with regard to first base came up snake eyes. Branch Rickey called luck "the residue of design." That may be so, in full or part, but it's sure been some gross and sticky residue over there this year.

We've got Jorge Polanco, after a big hit late in yesterday's game getting the call again this afternoon. We've got Luis Robert, Jr. making his debut in left. We've got a well rested Jack Weisenburger. If that's not a formula for success, I don't know what is. Ball Launcher Jake Irvin RHP 2-6, 5.79 ERA, 66 SO Lineup CJ Abrams (L) SS Abimelec Ortiz (L) 1B Dylan Crews (R) RF Daylen Lile (L) LF Brady House (R) 3B Jorbit Vivas (L) 2B Andrés Chaparro (R) DH Keibert Ruiz (S) C Jacob Young (R) CF Particle Accelerator Christian Scott RHP 3-3, 3.45 ERA, 98 SO Lineup A.J. Ewing (L) CF Francisco Lindor (S) SS Bo Bichette (R) 3B Carson Benge (L) RF Jared Young (L) 1B Luis Robert Jr. (R) LF Brett Baty (L) 2B Jorge Polanco (S) DH Luis Torrens (R) C

Also, that was the first career win — against zero losses — for Jefrey Yan. Sweet, sweet perfection!

Yeah, they could have won it in the sixth, seventh or eighth, but either — and every — way, that win was punt-tastic.

Walkoff LIndor gets Howie to yell, "They shower him with sunflower seeds and who knows what else!" Yuck, Howie.

Winning run on third, no force outs on the bases, that's when you WANT a guy swinging 3-and-0.

NOW Ewing takes 3-and-0.

ALVERINO!!! WITH RUNNERS ON BASE AND STUFF!!!

Pache running ... for Polanco?

Cruz has that 100 in his arm, but didn't throw Polanco a single fastball.

Now let's get Pache pinch-running.

I'm afraid that Yan might not get that Rhodes scholarship he was counting on.

No man is a punt. Abimelec tags first for out number three in an inning where we has to try hard not to score.

Kinda tempted to pinch-run Arias for Bichette.

Ugh. Burning baserunners.

It's like the Mets develop guys with great batting eyes, and then train them at the big-league level to resist that sensibility. Force this bullpen to throw as many pitches as possible.

Who had Ewing swinging 3-0?

I dinna care how much you love to dive-slide, Pickney, you just kinna run on Carson Benge.