Edgy MD

Bichette making a late argument to damage his walk year further.

300!

TWO RIGHTHANDED HOMERS IN A ROW FROM MAURICIO!

Hofstra's own Jen Pawol behind the plate. Only two players have made the bigs out of Hofstra, but one of them is Ken Singleton, so Jen's in good company.

Weird to see Mauricio in the lineup against a lefthander, but I'm guessing Herz isn't expected to go deep.

It was a weird year, in that the team was being run by a GM who was an interim, only he didn't know he was an interim, who would be replaced before the end of the season — and he was clearly on the tight leash of a PoBO/owner's son.

It looks like this gets under way in a few minutes.

So, if the 2004 Mets picked one slot higher, would they have gone for Verlander, or were they locked on Philip Humber?

Here's the not necessarily harder but certainly trickier version of the same quiz. Name the twenty highest bWAR-earning RANGERS who also played for the Mets. And I will say it up front — if you cheat, may your favorite sport coat forever smell like monkey dung, but you won't be able to smell it yourself, and so every room you enter thinking you are making a splash will soon empty as sickened people look over their shoulders at you, with you utterly unable to understand what you have done to repulse SO many people. With that out of the way, give me your Rangers!

Everybody pat Ronny Mauricio on the back, as he just put himself back on the radar for 2027 with no time to spare in 2026.

Indeed. It might have been over anywayz.

Marlon Byrd did indeed. Signed for a song while the Mets were operating on an austerity budget, after he had served his time for PED abuse, Marlon had a champion in Terry Collins, and Terry was no fool, squeezing 3.9 2013 bWAR out of Marlon. Gold star. And while I'm giving gold stars out, lest it be unwritten, to anybody who looks up these answers, while pretending to pull them out of back pocket, may you soil yourselves in public. Can anybody earn bWARs like a guy named Ty? I think NOT. But fortunately for the Wigginton family, Ty failed to sully his clan's good name by playing for the Rangers. YES! YES, you fools! Todd Frazier and Todd Zeile ... ... both mostly played third. ... both batted righty. ... both had good power but weren't winning any homerun titles. ... both were largely associated with a single franchise the first half of their careers before becoming vagabonds in the second half. ... both were associated for the first half of their careers with franchises defined by their red-ness. ... both had two tenures with the Mets. ... both put up OPS+'s above 100 but under 110. ... both had powerful upper bodies but kind of rocked the Dad look in the middle. ... both married gymnasts. ... both answered to the name "Todd." TODD! Todd Frazier also had a subtle way of pimping his homers and a kinda-dumb/kinda-catchy nickname. He finishes just above the celebrated Lenny Randle Line. Delly is our final guy. Thanks to you all for your contributions. Many of you have great things to contribute to society. Those who may or may not have cheated, perhaps less so. TWENTY bWAR-RIEST METS WHO ALSO PLAYED FOR THE RANGERS Jacob deGrom 41.2 Carlos Beltrán 31.1 Jon Matlack 26.6 Brando Nimmo 26.0 Bud Harrelson 18.6 Rick Reed 16.4 R.A. Dickey 12.9 Lee Mazzilli 12.5 Max Scherzer 7.3 Rusty Staub 6.8 Asdrúbal Cabrera 6.7 Todd Frazier 5.1 Lenny Randle 5.0 Dillon Gee 4.9 Bartolo Colon 4.7 Kevin Elster 4.6 Roger McDowell 4.3 Marlon Byrd 3.9 Del Unser 3.6 Endy Chavez 3.1

Or four. Four is good too.

I'll take three runs, also.

A run would look pretty nasty about now.

Maddox has already been answered. He sadly came up short.

Yes! Yes! Ellie! I'd invite you to move two desks up in class, but that was really an over-the-top hint. So, one desk. Hint #3 for the guy who (1) has 63% Todd Zeile-ness in his make-up and (2) had a subtle, signature way of pimping his homers: (3) he had a kinda dumb but kinda catchy nickname. TWENTY bWAR-RIEST METS WHO ALSO PLAYED FOR THE RANGERS Jacob deGrom 41.2 Carlos Beltrán 31.1 Jon Matlack 26.6 Brando Nimmo 26.0 Bud Harrelson 18.6 Rick Reed 16.4 R.A. Dickey 12.9 Lee Mazzilli 12.5 Max Scherzer 7.3 Rusty Staub 6.8 Asdrúbal Cabrera 6.7 Lenny Randle 5.0 Dillon Gee 4.9 Bartolo Colon 4.7 Kevin Elster 4.6 Roger McDowell 4.3 Endy Chavez 3.1

No Rangering for Pete Harnisch. But, you know, some ex-Met with 36 career homers through the age of 30 went and wandered onto the Rangers roster mid-career, muscled up, and suddenly hit 24 bombs in a single season.

Is this going to happen, or is he going to Gary Carter his way into the off-season?

Great time to climax here, Francisco Lindor.

Kinda expected Mauricio for Morel maybe. Or maybe not.

A.J. Ewing has been tossed! This might be a Cristian Pache game!

Baty has reached in 18 straight games, which is doubly impressive in that he's mostly being platooned, and frequently entering the game late or leaving early.

Fun Justin Hagenman Fact: Has never had a ball put in play against him by a player named Abimelec.