Edgy MD

Fyoop. Two on and Andrew Stevenson up.

Diaz has had some nightmares as a Met in this park.

I don't like the Nats using their best reliever for two innings here. We need them to be fresh and at their best against the Braves this week.

Well, somebody credit Javy with a hold.

Conforto has left a boy band on base today and now he's played a Nats hit into a triple for the second time.

With prejudice.

It's amazin' that Corbin is still in this game.

No, his hands are objectively small. And his hair his yellow. "Orange" more applies to his fleshtone. I appreciate the effort, though.

Ed Coleman says, "Juh-REECE."

Alonso joins the Mets 30x2 Club.

Down, Hand, West, Wall, Orange.

I need to go in for a mental workup. Radio booth was talking about the Expos at the time and suddenly one red-and-blue team crossed with another and my brain broke. Braves. The Mets finish against the Braves. But Vidro don't scare me none.

This is a very hitty game. Not a runny game, but a hitty one.

Six hits in a row for Javy Baez and the Mets have first and third with one out.

Leading the horsies to water is not helping me hydrate them.

Early lead! I like the Alonso that's productive without going deep.

What's Rusty's nickname?

The key thing is that the season ends against the Expos, which could make it one of the half dozen or so times the Mets fate is decided in the last series, or one of the fewer times the fate of the Mets and the team they go up against is decided in the last series.

I guess it's part of the strange 2021 good fortune that, for the second time this season, Kevin Pillar seems to have found his stroke at the exact moment that Nimmo went down with an injury.

LOLOL

Hint: Rusty would officially qualify if his nickname were his actual name.

Hey, let's catch up to the end of August, as if we didn't already live through it. Transactions, 8/26/2021 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]NEUTRAL[/td90][td90]NEUTRAL[/td90][td90]NEUTRAL[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90] Sent to Brooklyn on Rehab Assignment[/td90][td90] Transferred from Florida Complex League to St. Lucie on Rehab Assignment[/td90][td90] Sent to Syracuse on Rehab Assignment[/td90][td90]Signed as International Amateur Free Agent Out of The Dominican Republic, Not Yet Assigned[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#FF0000]Starting Pitcher[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Syndergaard-Noah-2019.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://www.milb.com/images/668665/generic/180x270/668665.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Guillorme-Luis-2019.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/cuevas-candido-2021.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Noah Syndergaard [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Stephen Nogosek [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Luís Guillorme [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/venezuelan-flag-small.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Candido Cuevas [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dominican_Republic.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]8/29/92[/td90][td90]1/11/95[/td90][td90]9/27/94[/td90][td90]??/??/??[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]L/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]L/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90] We need to take a look at this start-'n'-stop rehab thing and see if the unwillingness to set the tiger free is science or just reticence. It seems we are approaching the era where two seasons is going from the high end to the standard with regard to returning from Tommy John surgery. Transactions, 8/27/2021 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]=#FF0000]GOING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90] Demoted to Syracuse[/td90][td90] Activated from 10-Day Injured List[/td90][td90]Signed as International Amateur Free Agent Out of The Dominican Republic, Assigned to DSL Mets 1[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#00BF00] Catcher[/th][th]=#00BF00] Catcher[/th][th]=#00BF00] Catcher[/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/642082/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://www.milb.com/images/silhouette/180x270.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Chance Sisco [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]Carlos Oviedo [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dominican_Republic.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]2/24/95[/td90][td90]4/12/94[/td90][td90]??/??/??[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90] A catcher goes down, a catcher returns, and a catcher is born into professional life. It's all quite beautiful, and it's hall happening on Catchers of Our Lives. Transactions, 8/29/2021 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]NEUTRAL[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90]Sent to St. Lucie on Rehab Assignmment[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][td90][/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]Name[/td90][td90]Sean Reid-Foley [fimg=50]https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/flag-guam.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]8/30/95[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]R/R[/td90] Transactions, 8/31/2021 [td90]Direction[/td90][td90]=#FF0000]GOING[/td90][td90]=#FF0000]GOING[/td90][td90]NEUTRAL[/td90][td90]NEUTRAL[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90]Placed on 10-Day Injured List with Left Thumb Sprain[/td90][td90] Demoted to Syracuse[/td90][td90]Sent to Syracuse on Rehab Assignment[/td90][td90]Sent to Syracuse on Rehab Assignment[/td90][td90] Promoted from Syracuse[/td90][td90] Promoted from Syracuse[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#00BF00] Catcher[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][th]=#FFC2C2] Outfielder[/th][th]=#FF8000]Relief Pitcher[/th][th]=#00BF00] Catcher[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Nido-Tomas-2019.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/w_213,q_100/v1/people/592273/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/w_213,q_100/v1/people/606299/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/w_213,q_100/v1/people/500874/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][td90][fimg=90]https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-photos/image/upload/w_213,q_100/v1/people/660546/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/642082/headshot/67/current[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Tomás Nido [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Puerto_Rico.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]Brandon Drury [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]José Peraza [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/venezuelan-flag-small.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]José Martinez [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/venezuelan-flag-small.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Yennsy Diaz [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dominican_Republic.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Chance Sisco [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/US-flag.png[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]4/12/94[/td90][td90]8/21/92[/td90][td90]4/30/94[/td90][td90]7/25/88[/td90][td90]11/15/96[/td90][td90]2/24/95[/td90][td90]B/T[/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]Direction[/td90][td90]COMING[/td90][td90]Transaction[/td90][td90]Activated from Rehab Assignment[/td90][th]Position Group[/th][th]=#BF80FF] Infielder[/th][td90][/td90][td90][fimg=90]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Guillorme-Luis-2019.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]Name[/td90][td90]Luís Guillorme [fimg=50]http://thecranepool.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/venezuelan-flag-small.jpg[/fimg][/td90][td90]DoB[/td90][td90]9/27/94[/td90][td90]B/T[/td90][td90]L/R[/td90] Apart from noting that we've got transactions involving seven dudes here, all with beards, please consider that two weeks or so before this, Brandon Drury was the best thing the Mets offense had going. But then the wheel of fate turned.

Yeah, doing this to the team twice in a row is a crapital crime.

I actually put together a big quiz with dozens of answers. When I realized that, if folks played it honestly, it would take six weeks to get all the answers, I decided to shelve it until the offseason and put up a quiz that would end quickly. Turns out that this is a stumper after all.

Played in three games, none of them wins. Gave up runs in all three. Weeks passed between appearances. Went through waivers with a 7.71 ERA including a 14.53 with the Mets. And amazingly, he got claimed. By a good team, too.