Edgy MD

Dude #9 was a productive long-time semi-regular with the Rangers, but only got into a dozen games with the Mets. He had a Hall-of-Fame name and brought some solid Abraham Lincoln chinbeard action.

I was about to type Justin Turner when I foolishly pivoted to Shawn Green. The universe has either forgiven me or is setting me up for further shame, as Turner's name is still out there. Justin Turner.

I'm sorry I am not recording missed guesses (or tabulating points for that matter), but Dock Ellis has been guessed.

Shawn Green.

GOOD ANSWER! GOOD ANSWER! Tanana at #10 also joins with Catalanotto at #11 to form a neat little Frank Block. Gary, Jr. was actually called Sarge, Jr., so he actually shared his father's fantasy military status. He is also correct! In the number 6 slot with 10.2 bWAR!! Todd Zeile is ... incorrect for both lists!! Kenny Rogers 31.2 bWAR Marcus Semien 21.1 Julio Franco 20.2 Nolan Ryan 15.2 Jon Matlack 12.4 Gary Matthews, Jr. 10.2 Darren Oliver 9.3 Marlon Byrd 8.9 Frank Tanana 7.7 Frank Catalanotto 6.9 (tie) Doc Medich 6.9 (tie) Jacob deGrom 5.8 Del Unser 5.3

I'm not sure where the cutoff for "most career postseason games played" is, unless it is somehow a five-way tie, but I will open with Carlos Beltran.

Steve can be kind of a masochist this way. He resents #lolMets and yet he seeks it. Dear me, he excavates for it. To me, it's just one more reason we should do away with the post-season entirely.

May all the best RangerMets be TorreMets. This is your prayer. Claudell, however, rings in at an unlofty 55th in this category, with a mere 0.9 bWAR as a Range Rover. Too many question marks! You should be answering with confidence! With authority! Even if wrong! Marlon, however, is very very right! He comes in eight all-time, with 8.9 points worth Ranger bWAR, among dudes who also farted through Metly pants at one time or another. Kenny Rogers 31.2 bWAR Marcus Semien 21.1 Julio Franco 20.2 Nolan Ryan 15.2 Jon Matlack 12.4 Darren Oliver 9.3 Marlon Byrd 8.9 Frank Catalanotto 6.9 (tie) Doc Medich 6.9 (tie) Jacob deGrom 5.8 Del Unser 5.3

Lee, of course, was the disco-est, but his time in Texas was not only short, but misbegotten and he left with -0.4 bWAR to his name — or 0.4 anti-bWAR. That put him way down in an eight-way tie for 154th of 179 RangerMets known to humankind. Kenny Rogers 31.2 bWAR Marcus Semien 21.1 Julio Franco 20.2 Nolan Ryan 15.2 Jon Matlack 12.4 Darren Oliver 9.3 Frank Catalanotto 6.9 (tie) Doc Medich 6.9 (tie) Jacob deGrom 5.8 Del Unser 5.3

Here's a younger version of Miguel (left), alongside Christian. (Old '90s portrait studio lighting was tacky, but anything beats the Gray Void.)

Christian sure bears the image and likeness of his dad.

All RangerMets are, indeed, eligible for both lists. Del is 17th in bWAR among all Rangers who played also for the Mets. Kenny Rogers 31.2 bWAR Marcus Semien 21.1 Julio Franco 20.2 Nolan Ryan 15.2 Jon Matlack 12.4 Darren Oliver 9.3 Frank Catalanotto 6.9 (tie) Doc Medich 6.9 (tie) Jacob deGrom 5.8 Del Unser 5.3

It's the loving commitment to disco-era Mets that define your work. Other players would do well to look closely at what you're bringing to the table. They'd also have done well to look at that slot where Frank Catalanotto is tied for 11th, because the guy he's tied with is ... Doc Medich!! Kenny Rogers 31.2 bWAR Marcus Semien 21.1 Julio Franco 20.2 Nolan Ryan 15.2 Jon Matlack 12.4 Darren Oliver 9.3 Frank Catalanotto 6.9 (tie) Doc Medich 6.9 (tie) Jacob deGrom 5.8

How about Dock Ellis? Was he a crazy cat or what? As a Ranger, though, Dock was less than elite, garnering 2.8 bWAR, 28th among once and future Mets, but your commitment to disco-era Mets is noticed and held dear. I had not known there was a change in regents for Smithtonian subjects, but it is important for us all to have some Frank-ness, and this list has it right there tied at #11 where Frank Catalanotto (translation: big guy from Catalan) shows off his 6.9 Ranger bWARs. This thread features competing claims to a throne! I love this! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! Kenny Rogers 31.2 bWAR Marcus Semien 21.1 Julio Franco 20.2 Nolan Ryan 15.2 Jon Matlack 12.4 Darren Oliver 9.3 Frank Catalanotto 6.9 (tie) Jacob deGrom 5.8

Matlack is special in regard to these two quizzlets, in that he had a substantial enough career with both teams to rank high on both list. More typical is the guy who prospered with one organization and cameo'd with the other, but you got Matlack, and spelled is name correctly for good measure. GOOD FOR YOU! deGromeo, deGromeo, where art though, deGro.... oh there he is! Fifteenth! Kenny Rogers 31.2 bWAR Marcus Semien 21.1 Julio Franco 20.2 Nolan Ryan 15.2 Jon Matlack 12.4 Darren Oliver 9.3 Jacob deGrom 5.8

You would have been forgiven for putting the "-ish" after "friend," but you are crazy-correct. CRAZY-correct! That gets most of the low-hanging fruitcakes, but plenty of delicious RangerMets await! Kenny Rogers 31.2 bWAR Marcus Semien 21.1 Julio Franco 20.2 Nolan Ryan 15.2 Darren Oliver 9.3

It seems nobody has taken you on this bet, nor negotiated stakes. And right they were, for to accept such a bet would make one the mayor of Fool City, for Kenny is the bWARriest Ranger of all Rangers to also have a tenure with the Mets, having had three (THREE!) prosperous (PROSPEROUS!) runs with the Texas team in his highly impressive career. Points for your wisdom and your quickness! No foolish bets were placed against Ryan, either. His entire Rangers run was after his 40th birthday (indeed, after his 41st), but he was still piling up bWAR and making the Mets look like knuckleads. Points! It has been a storied career for Herr Scherzer, but it has only included 88 1/3 innings for Texas. That was enough opportunity for him to earn 1.3 bWAR, but that only qualifies him to tie for 44th on this list. No Scherzer soup for you! A true Texas great in his prime, a true Met placeholder in his elder years, Julio earned 20.2 bRanger bWAR, and that means you've pegged the #3 guy on our list! Puntos! Way to remember tenure dates! bWAR is particularly miserly in assessing the value of situational relievers, but a smart man like you recalls that pre-Met Darren had two (TWO!) intrepid Ranger-runs as a starter qualifying for seventh on this list! Keep it up, folks! You're killing it! Kenny Rogers 31.2 bWAR Julio Franco 20.2 Nolan Ryan 15.2 Darren Oliver 9.3

However you want to look at the numbers, they are there waiting to be looked at. The 1973 National League East had a 201-231 (.479) record against teams outside of their division. The 2026 American League West had a 233-316 (.424) record against teams outside of their division. That is, unless I added, multiplied, or divided wrong.

Go Benge!!

Ninth inning, Mets. Make a memory.

Come on, Nats pen. You've got one more in ya'!

A 3-0 count against Soto with two outs as the tying run on second is something like the worst time to get picked off. Getting picked off third, in the ninth, at home — that would be worse, but this is pretty terrible.

Oh, Mauricio!

FUN FACT: Justin Verlander won more games for the Mets than Phil Humber. His daughter, in fact, won as many games for the Mets as Humber.

Having so far gone 3-for-3 on the last day of the season, all Carson Benge needs is two hits to catch and pass Imaginary Hubie!