Edgy MD

At different times, Jones had an eephus, a knuckle curve, a big bushy pushbroom mustache, and a curly little mullet coming out of the back of his hat. He threw for seven teams over 16 seasons, usually after coming in on a minor league contract. He had an immaculate inning on his record and 303 saves, despite not being able to break a window with his fastball for most (all?) of his career. And he retired as the oldest guy in the league. If somebody besides him is the quintessential soft-tossing journeyman reliever, I'd like to know who.

WHOAH! PACA gets 10 points!!! That'll learn you bastids for ignoring your bonus questions!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: [bLOCKQUOTE]Bonus Question for: Johnny Lunchbucket from 11/22/2021 Which batter, selected in the first round, who ultimately became a Met, had the shortest Mets career?[/bLOCKQUOTE] Joe PANIK Come on! Answer one of your [CROSSOUT]bonuseses[/CROSSOUT] ... [CROSSOUT]boni[/CROSSOUT] ... boners.

Mahomey and Gorgon's record make some degree of sense. As well as they pitched, they were bullpen backenders, mostly brought in with the team behind. Or, if they pitched in a game the Mets were winning, they were generally winning by highly secure margin. Blevy and Loup, though, would appear in tied games and games with narrow leads, with tying and go-ahead runs on base or at the plate. Unblemished records in such a sitch is truly impressive.

Waddaya know?

Throughout the history of hall of fame voting, voters have voted based on their own criteria. For example - What about all the players who didn't receive a vote because some voters felt a player shouldn't make it on their first year of eligibility? Since this is a fun place and a totally hypothetical thread (none of have a vote, do they?) I decided to have fun with it. I also said Ramirez gets my vote because he's my Homie. When you said "]I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with someone who is half prepared. I implore you to reconsider this tack of engagement.

Yeah, but I think it should go without saying that we should vote for the criteria we believe in, rather than the criteria we think Joe Morgan believed in. Or to use criteria that would piss Barry Bonds off.

Lots of movement, especially by late entry Bob Alpacadaca! Marathon is trying to run away and hide, but he never will if he doesn't answer that Bill Mazer question!! Eddie Murray As noted above, Eddie has been guessed. No points off for you, THIS TIME!! Hubie Brooks Hubie amazingly got drafted SIX times, out of high school, junior college and Arizona State University. After turning down his first selection, the subsequent drafts were all secondary, but he was always a high pick. Ultimately he was waiting for a call from the Mets, who made his dream come true (AND YOURS!) when they picked him third overall in the 1978 draft! Three points! And bonus question FUN! [th]Bonus Question for: Johnny Lunchbucket from 11/22/2021[/th]Which batter, selected in the first round, who ultimately became a Met, had the shortest Mets career?Incorrect Answers to This Question So Far: Jeff Conine (by Ben Grimm)Available Broken-Open Questions That You Are Additionally Invited to Answer [*]Which two Mets were drafted in the first round twice? [*]Incorrect answers thus far: [*]Ron Darling (guessed by metsmarathon) [*]Matt Harvey (guessed by Metsmarathon) [*]John Olerud (guessed by centerfield) [*]Robin Ventura (guessed by metsmarathon) [*]Paul Wilson (guessed by centerfield) [*]Preston Wilson (guessed by metsmarathon) regular guess: matt harvey, who seems like the kind of guy to turn down a first round invite that wasn't quite good enough. Harvey is correct! A first-round phenom out of UNC! For you, that means three points and THAT MUCH more distance between you and the rest of the FIELD! Plus, you know, a swing at that BONUS QUESTION ACTION!! [th]Bonus Question for: metsmarathon from 11/22/2021[/th]How many first rounders have appeared so far for the Mets?Incorrect Answers to This Question So Far: [*]112 (too low, by Frayed Knot) Available Broken-Open Questions That You Are Additionally Invited to Answer [*]Which two Mets were drafted in the first round twice? [*]Incorrect answers thus far: [*]Ron Darling (guessed by metsmarathon) [*]Matt Harvey (guessed by Metsmarathon) [*]John Olerud (guessed by centerfield) [*]Robin Ventura (guessed by metsmarathon) [*]Paul Wilson (guessed by centerfield) [*]Preston Wilson (guessed by metsmarathon) Rick Cerone You're thinking outside the shrink-rap there! Rick had played forever, and had long since faded into part-time status, but somehow showed up on the Mets in 1991 and led them in games caught. Did a half-decent job, too! As did you for remembering that Rick had been a first rounder a generation earlier, and that's why you get FIVE POINTS! I'm not saying you should audition to be a member of RATT, but you are OUT OF THE CELLAR!! Plus, you've earned a chance at the BIG MONEY with this BONUS QUESTION!! [th]Bonus Question for: Bob Alpacadaca from 11/22/2021[/th] What was the first US film to be released with a PG-13 rating? Incorrect Answers to This Question So Far: [*]None Available Broken-Open Questions That You Are Additionally Invited to Answer [*]Which two Mets were drafted in the first round twice? [*]Incorrect answers thus far: [*]Ron Darling (guessed by metsmarathon) [*]Matt Harvey (guessed by Metsmarathon) [*]John Olerud (guessed by centerfield) [*]Robin Ventura (guessed by metsmarathon) [*]Paul Wilson (guessed by centerfield) [*]Preston Wilson (guessed by metsmarathon) =#0000FF]Scoring metsmarathon: 38 Lefty Specialist: 31 Marshmallow Milkshake: 27 centerfield: 26 Chad Ochoseis: 24 Johnny Lunchbucket: 22 Frayed Knot: 18 Ben Grimm: 16 Seawolf: 12 Gwreck: 11 Bob Alpacadaca: 10 ashie: 8 =#0000FF]Correct Answers [*]Billy Beane (1980-23, NYM) [*]Kris Benson (1996-1, PIT) [*]Hubie Brooks (1978-3, NYM) [*]Jeromy Burnitz (1990-17, NYM) [*]Gavin Cecchini (2012-12, NYM) [*]Rick Cerone (1975-7, CLE) [*]Michael Conforto (2014-10, NYM) [*]Travis d'Arnaud (2007-37, PHI) [*]Ron Darling (1981-9, TEX) [*]Ike Davis (2008-18, NYM) [*]R.A. 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Mostly, the Mets have been successful when forced to do that. Too bad they've been forced to. Seventeen million. Wowzo.

Oh, but you're cool about Dana Eveland. Noted!

Mets Representing on the Ballot: Bobby Abreu Jeff Kent Billy Wagner Gary Sheffield Mets Who Might Have Appeared on the Ballot, but Didn't: Marlon Byrd Chris Capuano Dana Eveland Jeff Franceour Kelly Johnson James Loney Juan Uribe Non-Mets Who Arguably Should Have Been on the Ballot Despite Only Playing Four Years: José Fernandez

Didn't get pinch-hit for, didn't get double-switched. Just got pulled. Of all the guys to lose an all-or-nothing playoff to — Conor Gillaspie.

A lot o' dirty wordplay in this bunch.

Though you had this great opportunity to start a thread called MAKES ME WANNA 'OLLER!

You cannot be exposed to the Rule V draft unless (a) you signed after 18 years old and this is the fourth Rule V draft to occur since then, or ( you signed at 18 or younger and this is the fifth Rule V draft to occur since then. Essentially, a team gets either 4.5-5 years to control a player without adding him to the roster if he has hit 19 before being signed, or 5.5-6 years to control him without adding him to the roster if he hasn't. Foreign-born players mostly get signed younger than domestic-born players, and so represent a disproportionate share of the guys who are protected, exposed, and ultimately taken in the draft. Three of those four players were signed before turning 19. Oller is the exception. He's an older player who may or may not have turned a corner.

Transactions, 11/13/2021 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90]Signed Away From Rocky Mountain (Pioneer League), Projected for Florida Complex League[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://www.statscrew.com/graphics/teams/plrmvibes18.gif[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]José Gomez http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/mexico-flag.png>[/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]1/24/04[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]=#76933C][/td90] José Gomez is a strapping, 6'4", 17-year-old native of Mexico. But the Mets haven't signed him out of high school or a sports academy like many Latin American teenagers. José has already come to the United States and opted to pitch in the Pioneer League. Up until quite recently, the Pioneer League was an affiliated circuit of full-season Low-A rating — more or less the Western equivalent of the South Atlantic League. Following the COVID-era contraction of leagues, it lives on as an independent circuit, catching wandering hordes of grown-ass young men desperately trying to keep their dreams alive. Gomez was, in fact, so uncharacteristic of the league that he was 7.2 years younger than the average participant. I'd love to say that this didn't matter, but Go-Go got his head handed to him for dinner and his ass for dessert, finishing with a 12.76 ERA over not a particularly small sample (20 games and 30 1/3 innings). But somewhere, the Mets saw something in the frame that allowed them to bank on his 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings, and whistle past his (stunning) total of 9.8 walks per nine innings. That's 33 walks in 30 1/3 innings in a first-year indy circuit during the indifferent period of year two of a pandemic for a team that claimed to have drawn 2,627 per game. That's about as close to walking the ballpark as you can get, but ... Let's go, Mets! Oh, yeah. Not yet having a photo of him here, José is represented by an illustration of the Rocky Mountain Vibes mascot — which appears to be an anthropomorphic marshmallow, squeezed between two graham crackers, with its head on fire. Because something something. Transactions, 11/19/2021 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90] Returned from SFG Following Abortive Rule V Theft[/td90][td90]Added to 40-Met Roster, Projected for Syracuse[/td90][td90]Added to 40-Met Roster, Projected for Binghamton[/td90][td90]Added to 40-Met Roster, Projected for Syracuse[/td90][td90]Added to 40-Met Roster, Projected for Syracuse[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][td90][/td90][td90]http://www.milb.com/images/673380/t506/180x270/673380.jpg>[/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/670124/generic/180x270/670124.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/676130/t506/180x270/676130.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/mauricio-ronnie-2018.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/668901/t506/180x270/668901.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Dedniel Nuñez http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dominican_Republic.jpg>[/td90][td90]Adam Oller [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]José Butto [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/venezuelan-flag-small.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Ronny Mauricio [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dominican_Republic.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Mark Vientos [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]6/5/96[/td90][td90]10/17/94[/td90][td90]3/19/98[/td90][td90]4/4/01[/td90][td90]12/11/99[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]S/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]High Level[/td90][td90]A+ (2019)[/td90][td90]AAA (2021)[/td90][td90]AA (2021)[/td90][td90]AA (2021)[/td90][td90]AAA (2021)[/td90] Vientos and Mauricio are the no-brainers here, with the two infielders generally listed among the team's top 3–5 prospects, and both eligible for the Rule V Draft if they are not added. The other two are breakout stories, with Oller having come from Indy Ball to the Giants to the Mets in the minor league phase of last year's Rule V, and getting better and better as the season progresses, with his eight starts after a promotion to Syracuse being the best starting the team saw all year. That includes Tylor Megill. José Butto also improved following a mid-season promotion — his from Brooklyn to Binghamton. He hasn't gotten a lot of innings in for a guy who has reached the period of Rule V vulnerability, but he is currently the team's top AA starter and rising. Oller making it to the roster for the Mets, while Nuñez is returned from San Francisco after being removed from the roster is something of a win for the Mets, with the Mets making out with the player from a Rule V pick off of San Francisco, while the Giants come up empty. It is, of course, largely a pyrrhic victor, with Nuñez missing all of 2021 following UCL surgery in the spring. 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[fimg=30]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/PTEXT][/td60][td60]DoB[/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]10/20/66[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]10/6/60[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]7/17/72[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]Circa 1978[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]circa 1987[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]6/23/88[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]7/9/64[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]4/9/79[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]6/3/78[/PTEXT][/td60][td90]Originally Acquired[/td90][td60][PTEXT=6]Hired away from STL, 1/5/2021.[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=6]Hired away from DET as St. Lucie batting coach, 3/3/2019.[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=6]Hired as SS A+ trainer, 1998.[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=6]Hired as SS A+ trainer, 2005.[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=6]Hired, 2010.[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=6]Hired, 2019.[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=6]Hired away from Cincinnati as Norfolk equipment manager, 1989.[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=6]Hired as MLB bullpen catcher, 6/2011.[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=6]Hired as MLB bullpen catcher, spring, 2001.[/PTEXT][/td60][td90]Year in Org.[/td90][td60][PTEXT=8]2[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]4[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]25[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]18[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]13[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]4[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]33[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]12[/PTEXT][/td60][td60][PTEXT=8]22[/PTEXT][/td60] YOUR Projected 2022 New York Mets [th]Position Group[/th][th][/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting 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[fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/venezuelan-flag-small.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Jacob deGrom [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Tylor Megill [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Taijuan Walker [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Jordan Yamamoto [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][th][/th][td90]DoB[/td90][th][/th][td90]3/21/87[/td90][td90]6/19/88[/td90][td90]7/28/95[/td90][td90]8/13/92[/td90][td90]5/11/96[/td90][th][/th][td90]B/T[/td90][th][/th][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]L/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][th][/th][td90]Primary Position[/td90][th][/th][td90]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/td90][td90]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/td90][td90]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/td90][td90]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/td90][td90]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/td90][th][/th][td90]Other Positions[/td90][th][/th][td90]rp[/td90][td90] [/td90][td90]rp[/td90][td90] [/td90][td90]rp[/td90][th][/th][td90]Originally Acquired[/td90][th][/th][td90][PTEXT=7]Acquired, along with Francisco Lindor, from CLE for Andrés Gimenz, Amed Rosario, Josh Wolf, and Isaiah Greene, 1/7/2021.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Signed as ninth-round draft pick out of Stetson U., 6/20/10.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Signed as eighth-round draft pick out of Arizona, 6/15/18.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Signed away from TOR, 2/20/21.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Acquired from MIA in exchange for Federico Polanco, 2/1/01.[/PTEXT][/td90][th][/th][td90]Earliest FA[/td90][th][/th][td90][PTEXT=9]2022 (2023 Team Option)[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2023 (player opt-out option following 2022 season, team option for 2024)[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2026[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2022 (player option for 2023)[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2027[/PTEXT][/td90][th][/th][td90]Status Notes[/td90][th][/th][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000] [/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000]Coming off injury.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000]Has 2 option years remaining.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000] [/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000]Coming off injury[/PTEXT][/td90][th][/th][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://securea.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/612434.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Diaz-Edwin-2019.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/w_213,q_100/v1/people/607229/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Lugo-Seth-2019.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/w_213,q_100/v1/people/543507/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/w_213,q_100/v1/people/656887/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Smith-Drew-2019.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Miguel Castro [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dominican_Republic.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Edwin Díaz [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Puerto_Rico.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Robert Gsellman [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Seth Lugo [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Trevor May [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Sean Reid-Foley [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/flag-guam.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Drew Smith [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]5/29/91[/td90][td90]9/3/95[/td90][td90]7/18/93[/td90][td90]11/17/89[/td90][td90]9/23/89[/td90][td90]8/30/95[/td90][td90]9/24/93[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/L[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]Primary Position[/td90][td90]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/td90][td90]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/td90][td90]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/td90][td90]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/td90][td90]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/td90][td90]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/td90][td90]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/td90][td90]Other Positions[/td90][td90] [/td90][td90] [/td90][td90]sp[/td90][td90]sp[/td90][td90]sp[/td90][td90]sp[/td90][td90]sp[/td90][td90]Originally Acquired[/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Acquired from BAL for Kevin Smith and a player to be named later, 8/31/20.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Acquired from SEA with Robinson Cano and cash for Jarred Kelenic, Gerson Bautista, Jay Bruce, Justin Dunn, and Anthony Swarzak, 12/3/18.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Signed as 13th-round draft pick, 7/3/11.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Signed as 34th round draft pick out of Centenary College of Louisiana, 6/19/11.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Signed away from Minnesota as free agent, 12/1/20.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Acquired from TOR, with Yennsy Diaz and Josh Winckowski, 1/27/21.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Acquired from TBR for Lucas Duda, 7/27/17.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90]Earliest FA[/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2022[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2022[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2021[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2022[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2022[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2026 [/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2024[/PTEXT][/td90][td90]Status Notes[/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000] [/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000]Has 3 minor league option years remaining.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000]Coming off injury. Has 2 minor league option years remaining.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000]Has 2 minor league option years remaining.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000]Walk year.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#FF0000]Coming off injury. Has 2 minor league option years remaining.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#FF0000]Coming off injury. Has one option year remaining.. Projected for Syracuse.[/PTEXT][/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th]=#00BF00] Catcher[/th][th]=#00BF00] Catcher[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][td90][/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/592866/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/w_213,q_100/v1/people/543510/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Nido-Tomas-2019.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Alonso-Pete-2019.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/w_213,q_100/v1/people/663905/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://securea.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/429664@2x.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Davis-JD-2019.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Trevor Williams [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]James McCann [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Tomás Nido [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Puerto_Rico.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Pete Alonso [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Travis Blankenhorn [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Robinson Canó [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dominican_Republic.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]J.D. Davis [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]4/25/92[/td90][td90]6/13/90[/td90][td90]4/12/94[/td90][td90]12/7/94[/td90][td90]8/3/96[/td90][td90]10/22/82[/td90][td90]4/27/93[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]L/R[/td90][td90]L/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]Primary Position[/td90][td90]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/td90][td90]=#00BF00]Catcher[/td90][td90]=#00BF00]Catcher[/td90][td90]=#BF80FF]First Base[/td90][td90]=#BF80FF]Second Base[/td90][td90]=#BF80FF]Second Base[/td90][td90]=#BF80FF]Third Base[/td90][td90]Other Positions[/td90][td90]sp[/td90][td90]1b[/td90][td90]1b[/td90][td90] [/td90][td90]3b, ss, lf[/td90][td90]1b, 3b[/td90][td90]lf, rf, 1b, rp[/td90][td90]Originally Acquired[/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Acquired from CHC, along with Javier and cash, 7/30/2021[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Signed away from CHW to four-year contract For $40 million, 12/13/2020.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Signed as international amateur free agent, 6/17/2012.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Signed 7/7/16 as second-round draft pick out of Florida.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Claimed off waivers from SEA, 6/1/21.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Acquired from SEA with Edwin Diaz and cash for Jarred Kelenic, Gerson Bautista, Jay Bruce, Justin Dunn, and Anthony Swarzak, 12/13/18.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]Acquired from HOU with Cody Bohanek for Ross Adolph, Scott Manea and Luis Santana, 1/6/19.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90]Earliest FA[/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2022[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2024[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2024[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2024[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2026[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2024[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=9]2024[/PTEXT][/td90][td90]Status Notes[/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000]Has 2 minor league option years remaining.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000] [/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000] [/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000]Has 3 minor league option years remaining[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000]Has one year of minor league options remaining.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000]Coming off suspensoin.[/PTEXT][/td90][td90][PTEXT=7]=#000000]Coming off injury. Has 2 minor league option years remaining.[/PTEXT][/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][th]=#FFC2C2] Outfielder[/th][th]=#FFC2C2] Outfielder[/th][th]=#FFC2C2] Outfielder[/th][th]=#FFC2C2] Outfielder[/th][th]=#FFC2C2] Outfielder[/th]

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/111621-Alonso-wedding.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=979> Pete and Haley Alonso joined by Jeff and Tatiana McNeil. The dude with the locks at the dessert bar in the back could be Trevor Williams or Robert Gselly or somebody but I don't think it's either of those two. Also, I'm creeped out by the krazy klown face coming out of the flare in the back.

When I first saw the tweet post above, the formatted tweet wasn't loading, and I just saw Syndergaard's tweet without seeing who it was in response to, and for a moment I thought it was aimed at @BauerOutage. So it made me think, "Hey, let's see what Trevor Bauer is up to!" Good God, remind me to stay the fuck off of Twitter.

Those are actual quotes?

Gooden no countie?

Uninspired work through a horrible period for the Mets. The shit they left in the soil should have provided rich ground to grow some robust back pagin'.

It would be more appropriate to have let William Morris have Syndergaard.

He seemed smarter than Harvey, but only half-smart in that he was all too willing to buy into his own self-promotion campaign. Counting David Wright, we've now seen three superheroes laid low before their time. From the Wifey Watch thread, we learned that he seemed to like women who were a little on the wild side. His cockiness seemed more than a little over-calculated. Like, why did he have to ride side-saddle in the Céspedes show? Why did he have to build a campaign around Colón being tubby? Why did he have a fake feud with Mister? Can't he get his own act going? He certainly had his fun, and his brand was certainly more entwined than most in the Mets brand. There's value in that.

=G-Fafif post_id=81394 time=1637292186 user_id=55]Zoom press conference at 12:30 PM Friday on your SNY feeds.

I'm sure somebody was around to give Hey-Hey a list of how the Mets are lining up the available pitchers. And seeing as the regime isn't yet assembled, there's no point in eliminating anybody from consideration yet. That's a far cry from insinuating that he's a priority, as He-man kinda seems to want to do, without actually doing it. I'm sure the Mets have at least some interest in a lot of things that will never come to pass, but hot stoves need their fuel.