Edgy MD

Guillorme, Álvarez, Baty, and McNeil in a race to see who can get their average over .250.

Well, he's at 100 pitches through the eighth, so I'm guessing he's done. Leone maybe for the ninth.

Verlander on a pace for 97 pitches through nine.

Not unlike his namesake, old Elvis doesn't have the range of young Elvis.

Four-run fourths are the best.

His bat, too.

Is it irresponsible if he gets a pill and his migraines clear up immediately? Mine did. Meanwhile Baty's brought his glove.

Time for baseball. [TABLE][TR][TH][/TH][TH][FIMG=250]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/chicago-white-sox-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH][TH][/TH][TH][/TH][TH][FIMG=250]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/new-york-mets-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG] [/TH][TH][/TH][/TR] [TR][TH]#[/TH][TH]Player[/TH][TH]Pos.[/TH][TH]#[/TH][TH]Player[/TH][TH]Pos.[/TH][/TR] [TR][TD]=#C4CED4]1[/TD][TD]=#27251F]Andrew Benintendi (L)[/TD][TD]=#C4CED4]lf[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]1[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Brandon Nimmo (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]cf[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#C4CED4]2[/TD][TD]=#27251F]Tim Anderson (R)[/TD][TD]=#C4CED4]ss[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]2[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Tommy Pham (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]lf[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#C4CED4]3[/TD][TD]=#27251F]Luis Robert, Jr. (R)[/TD][TD]=#C4CED4]cf[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]3[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Francisco Lindor (S)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]ss[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#C4CED4]4[/TD][TD]=#27251F]Jake Burger (R)[/TD][TD]=#C4CED4]3b[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]4[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Pete Alonso (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]1b[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#C4CED4]5[/TD][TD]=#27251F]Yasmani Grandal (S)[/TD][TD]=#C4CED4]dh[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]5[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Jeff McNeil (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]rf[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#C4CED4]6[/TD][TD]=#27251F]Gavin Sheets (L)[/TD][TD]=#C4CED4]1b[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]6[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Francisco Alvarez (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]c[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#C4CED4]7[/TD][TD]=#27251F]Carlos Perez (R)[/TD][TD]=#C4CED4]cf[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]7[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Daniel Vogelbach (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]dh[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#C4CED4]8[/TD][TD]=#27251F]Oscar Colas (L)[/TD][TD]=#C4CED4]rf[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]8[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Brett Baty (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]3b[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#C4CED4]9[/TD][TD]=#27251F]Elvis Andrus (R)[/TD][TD]=#C4CED4]2b[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]9[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Luis Guillorme (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]2b[/TD][/TR] [TR][TH][/TH][TH][/TH][TH][/TH][TH][/TH][TH][/TH][TH][/TH][/TR] [TR][TD]=#C4CED4][/TD][TD]=#27251F]Touki Toussaint (R)[/TD][TD]=#C4CED4]sp[/TD][TD]=#FF5910][/TD][TD]=#002D72]Justin Verlander (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]sp[/TD][/TR][/TABLE]

That's a-rough. It clears some things up, though.

I can't imagine what such an impression can possibly be based on. If he's sitting a guy the day after he hit a homer, that puts him in a class with pretty much every manager ever.

I'm not sure what that sarcasm is aimed at. Showalter has been Stewart's biggest supporter.

And perhaps there's another game tonight.

As much as it stunk to see the Mets' lead melt away last night, it's pretty cool (after the fact) that every small contribution ended up being necessary — Alonso's sac fly, McNeil's RBI double, Canha's stolen base, D.J. Stewart's first Mets homer ... it's a good reminder to stay on your game and keep finding a way to contribute. It's like the offense picked up the pitching before the pitching knew it would need picking up. And I'll repeat what I averred at the beginning of this thread — good offense (some of the best offense) happens when Nimmo takes his walks.

We have a lot o' catching up to do on draft signings now that we've got all the draft data into the database that's never going to fire. Transactions, 7/12/2023 [th]Direction[/th][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][th]Transaction [/th][td90]Signed as Tenth-Round (306th Overall) Draft Pick out of Stetson[/td90][td90]Drafted in the Ninth-Round (276th Overall) Draft Pick out of Maryland[/td90][th]Position Group [/th][th]=#00BF00] Catcher[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][th][/th][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/pregent-christian-2023.png[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/lorusso-nick-2023.png[/fimg][/td90][th]Name [/th][td90]Christian Pregent [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Nick Lorusso [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][th]DoB[/th][td90]2000-12-26[/td90][td90]2000-09-11[/td90][th]B/T[/th][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][th]High Level[/th][td90]Division I (2023)[/td90][td90]Division I+ (2023)[/td90] Christian Pregent, despite being from a Floridian school that never produced anyone good, is actually a Syracuse native. The fact that his name sounds like some sort of scandal only increases my certainty that he is one of Fman's secret children. Transactions, 7/14/2023 [th]Direction[/th][td90]=#FF0000]GOING[/td90][td90]=#000000]NEUTRAL[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][th]Transaction [/th][td90] Designated for Assignment[/td90][td90] Transferred from Rotation[/td90][td90]Signed as Seventh-Round (216th Overall) Draft Pick out of South Carolina[/td90][td90] Returned from Rehab Assignment and Activated from 60-Day Injured List[/td90][td90] Signed as Second-Round Draft Pick (56th Overall) out of Florida[/td90][td90]Signed as Fourth-Round (Compensation Portion) Pick (135th Overall) out of Missouri[/td90][td90] Signed as Sixth-Round (186th Overall) out of Illinois[/td90][th]Position Group [/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/th][th][/th][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/d_people:generic:headshot:67:current.png/w_213,q_auto:best/v1/people/519008/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Peterson-David-2019.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/hall-noah-2023.png[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/d_people:generic:headshot:67:current.png/w_213,q_auto:best/v1/people/500779/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/sproat-brandon-2023.png[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/troesser-austin-2023.png[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/wenninger-jack-2023.png[/fimg][/td90][th]Name [/th][td90]T.J. McFarland [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]David Peterson [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Noah Hall [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]José Quintana [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/flag-of-colombia.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Brandon Sproat [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Austin Troesser [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Jack Wenninger [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][th]DoB[/th][td90]1989-06-08[/td90][td90]1995-09-03[/td90][td90]2001-03-30[/td90][td90]1989-01-24[/td90][td90]2000-09-17[/td90][td90]2002-03-29[/td90][td90]2002-03-14[/td90][th]B/T[/th][td90]L/L[/td90][td90]R/L[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/L[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]L/R[/td90][th]High Level[/th][td90]MLB (2023)[/td90][td90]MLB (2023)[/td90][td90]Division I+ (2023)[/td90][td90]MLB (2022)[/td90][td90]Division I+ (2023)[/td90][td90]Division I+ (2023)[/td90][td90]Division I+ (2023)[/td90][th]Direction[/th][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][th]Transaction [/th][td90]Signed as Eighth-Round (246th Overall) Draft Pick out of Capistrano Valle HS (CA)[/td90][td90]Signed as First-Round (32nd Overall) Draft Pick out of Parkview HS (GA)[/td90][th]Position Group [/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][th][/th][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/baro-boston-2023.png[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/houck-colin-2023.png[/fimg][/td90][th]Name [/th][td90]Boston Baro [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Colin Houck [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][th]DoB[/th][td90]2004-08-23[/td90][td90]2004-09-30[/td90][th]B/T[/th][td90]L/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][th]High Level[/th][td90]HS (2023)[/td90][td90]HS (2023)[/td90] The immediate MLB impact amid this flurry of youthful signings is the return (to the extent that a first appearance can be called a return) of José Quintana. Quint hadn't been performing well in his final rehab appearances, but simply ran out of eligibility for continued rehabbing. For that reason, he was unusually added to the roster several days before the Mets would call on him. That will be when he takes David Peterson's spot in the rotation, scheduled to be on Thursday, and knocks Peterson to the bullpen, where it will be interesting to see him get a chance to stick. Ironically, considering the leash Quintana is scheduled to get, Peterson may have a better chance of walking away with a W on Thursday than Q has. Transactions, 7/15/2023 [th]Direction[/th][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][th]Transaction [/th][td90] Signed as Third-Round (101st Overall) Pick out of Nevada[/td90][td90] Signed as Third-Round (91st Overall) Pick out of Oklahoma State[/td90][td90]Signed as Fourth-Round (134th Overall) Pick out of Springboro HS (OH)[/td90][th]Position Group [/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/th][th]=#FFC2C2] Outfielder[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][th][/th][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/morris-kade-2023.png[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/mclean-nolan-2023.png[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/ewing-aj-2023.png[/fimg][/td90][th]Name [/th][td90]Kade Morris [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Nolan McLean [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]A.J. Ewing [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][th]DoB[/th][td90]2002-06-21[/td90][td90]2001-07-24[/td90][td90]2004-08-10[/td90][th]B/T[/th][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]L/R[/td90][th]High Level[/th][td90]Division I (2023)[/td90][td90]Division I (2023)[/td90][td90]HS (2023)[/td90] Morris Kade sounds like a punishing defensive back out of Clemson. Kade Morris kind of looks like Steven Matz' happier cousin. The real story here is Nolan McLean, who plays outfield, third, and first, but also relieves and starts on the mound. The Mets haven't announced how they plan to deploy him, and possibly he'll pull a Skip Lockwood and cycle through several roles as both a hitter and pitcher before settling, but if you want to dream of him arriving at the big-league level as a gen-u-ine two-way player, I'm not going to stop you. Transactions, 7/16/2023 [th]Direction[/th][td90]COMING[/td90][th]Transaction [/th][td90]Sent to St. Lucie on Rehab Assignment[/td90][th]Position Group [/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th][/th][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/d_people:generic:headshot:67:current.png/w_213,q_auto:best/v1/people/656322/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][th]Name [/th][td90]Sam Coonrod [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][th]DoB[/th][td90]1992-09-22[/td90][th]B/T[/th][td90]R/R[/td90][th]High Level[/th][td90]MLB (2022)[/td90] Sam has been riding the IL Train since spring training with what had been reported as a "lat strain." We're guessing it was ultimately more than that, but we'll likely NEVER KNOW!! Transactions, 7/17/2023 [th]Direction[/th][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][th]Transaction [/th][td90]Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse[/td90][td90]Cleared Waivers and Assigned to Syracuse[/td90][th]Position Group [/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th][/th][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/d_people:generic:headshot:67:current.png/w_213,q_auto:best/v1/people/519008/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/d_people:generic:headshot:67:current.png/w_213,q_auto:best/v1/people/670050/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][th]Name [/th][td90]T.J. McFarland [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Stephen Ridings [fimg=50]https://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][th]DoB[/th][td90]1989-06-08[/td90][td90]1995-08-14[/td90][th]B/T[/th][td90]L/L[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][th]High Level[/th][td90]MLB (2022)[/td90][td90]MLB (2021)[/td90] Stephen Ridings, amazingly, hit the IL on the same day as Coonrod with a .... right lat strain! So that's either a paperwork diagnosis, or it was a really bad day for right lats. Either way, ex-Yankee Ridings — now rocking a beard that can help him pass himself off as Josh Edgin at your next corporate event — had some really good performances rounding into form at Syracuse, and the Mets were perhaps lucky to sneak him through waivers, as he might have something to offer the big team later in the season.

So, what's the racket? These guys have e-bay stores, stocked up by trading untraceable food for giveaway merch? I get a free tee-shirt at pretty much every O's game I go to. Last time I'm there, I get a guy stepping up to me 30 feet after I pass through the turnstiles. He wants to know if I could give up my shirt for his niece who was too sick to make the game. All the other kids in the family who had come will go home with a tee, and he doesn't want the niece to feel left out. I like nieces, and want to bring smiles to the faces of the sicker ones, and I had no great need for a Trey Mancini tee-shirt in my life, and the guy seemed okay, but something didn't smell right, and besides, what niece wants an XL men's tee-shirt? So I decline. Perhaps I make up some shit about having a kid in my own life I wanted to give my shirt to. I'm not a bullshitter, but I can blabber no-account nonsense out in order to extract myself from an awkward situation with a stranger — something I'm not proud of. My wife and I walk on another 30 feet and then we hang back for a moment, seeing him hit the next person, and the next. And then we spot a sports bag behind him, underneath a stairway, kind of bursting with shirts this guy was able to extract from the generous, gullible, and perhaps two-beers-into-their-evening patrons of Oriole Park at Camden Yards. I figure this was his regular hustle. The O's give something away at pretty much every game, and if he works a different gate each game, maybe a second gate on the way out, he can do pretty good business. It's scummy, but mostly victimless. I was briefly feeling law-and-orderly and resolved to rat him out to security (who likes getting bullshitted?), but I'm pretty certain I didn't. But if food concessionaires are trading $25 in food for the merch, they're kind of working the racket out of the back door on two different bosses. And they can't really move from their station if someone wants to drop a dime. That's got to catch up with them, right?

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I should say it was refreshing to see that the jerseys had no advertising on them. It was almost like the Mets footed the bill for it. Also weird in that Tuesday Nights are hardly ever giveaway days. I noticed the non-advertising thing. As usual, they looked great on the kids in attendance, and not so good otherwise. I also dug the road colors. The only thing missing was randomly varying the numbers, so you and your friends or siblings could look like a team.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: He had been the third oldest living Met. Now, with his death, Jimmie Schaffer moves into the Top Ten, Bobby Klaus into the Top Twenty, and Bill Wakefield into the Top Forty. I was surprised that he and Willie Mays were the only New York Giants to have also played for the Mets, compared to nine Brooklyn Dodgers. Clearly two of those facts you sussed out when you wrote "I Wonder about Eddie B."

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I thought that brought some magic to the evening but in the end my main takeaway was that Alonso sucks, sac fly and all. I would think we should definitely be concerned that he game back from that injury WAY too quickly. You know, that's a thought.

Gary: "Nobody wants to see the game end on a checked swing." Me: "I really don't think I would have minded."

You might have done better had you thrown that pitch to Andrus.

I did not know Elvis was still playing.

Dui was something of a fascinating, influential, high-achieving nut, wasn't he? Once the Emersonian spirit took flight, it brought some odd minds to follow him to the forefront.

I only caught the tail end of it because I had to simultaneously pay attention to my family (eyeroll), but nice job by Steve Gelbs earlier in the game in reporting on the fin de siecle spelling reform movement that led to "sox" becoming a credible alternative spelling for "socks."

Amazin', though, how the Mets have had terrific at-bats all night. Even with a bad outcome, that strikeout that Nimmo just had was a damn good trip. This is the approach they need.

Lopez has closer stuff.