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Right, but if one of our guys wins a ROY award, then they have to pay him more money. So that's a non-starter for the Wilpons.

Interesting: This year, for instance, Mets hitters have seen more shifts than any team in the National League. Overall, only the Angels, Rangers and Blue Jays—also-ran teams in the American League—face more shifts. The Mets also hit more pop-ups than any team in baseball, which are killers to BABIP. I think we *know* that the composition of the lineup is weird, but those seem like telling stats.

Fman99 wrote: Ceetar wrote: but not of their captain, for some reason. There's only one reason really. It's a big sack with a dollar sign on it. Classic cartoonish money stuff. Maybe we can ask David to drop a big anvil on Ricco's head.

Centerfield wrote: I think you have the surgery now. It's a lost season. Position players come back earlier, and he can DH. So I'd think he can play next year. It will be 2020 until he can pitch. That's ok. Yeah, this. I was confused as to why they let him pitch Sunday, but I guess you see *now* if he can do it, and since he can't, let him get the surgery now and you'll see him DH next September and let him finish rehabbing his pitching arm over the following winter.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Todd's a charlatan. A mountebank. A conniver and a confidence man of the lowest standing. So he's... presidential? "That catch was the moment that Todd Frazier became president."

Edgy MD wrote: Todd's a charlatan. A mountebank. A conniver and a confidence man of the lowest standing. Sign him to a twelve-year extension immediately.

Edgy MD wrote: Check out 2009, though. Everybody who reached the bigs, except for Matz, did it for another organization, after either not signing or crapping out with the Mets. The only one who at first glance seems to have gotten any traction was 50th-rounder Zack Godley, and he did it after getting taken the next year and signed by the Phils. And Matz, of course, has spent multiple years in the wilderness. Ceciliani came up as a Met, but didn't do anything. And has continued to do nothing since. And Haniger was an All-Star this year after being a first-round pick in 2012.

WHOA.

Edgy MD wrote: Oldest surviving stadium to host a Mets' World Series game.

Good ol' Tim "Willowy Juanita" Raines.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Hubba hubba!

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PROBABLE PITCHERS, UNLESS ANYONE CLEARS WAIVERS AND GETS TRADED BEFORE THEN: Zack Wheeler NYM (9-6, 3.46) * Wheeler in SF: one start in 2013 (7 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 5 K, win) and one in 2014 (3.2 IP, 4 R, loss) * Wheeler vs SF in 2018: one start, Aug 20, and pitched beautifully: http://leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=9153 vs Andrew Suarez SF (5-9, 4.42) * has not faced the Mets, but Jeff McNeil went 1-4 in a AAA game against him last season * has a 4.29 ERA in 11 starts at home * has been notably worse when pitching with a fifth day of rest

Home on my birthday, on a Friday. *Now* I wish I was a quick JetBlue flight away.

Frayed Knot wrote: the Braves counter by saying we'll see your ex-Met and raise you by a Lucas Duda Good call, Braves. You should just release Freddie Freeman and give Lucas the job.

Ashie62 wrote: He's old He's only 32! That ain't it. He's right at his career numbers this year. We're getting exactly what we should expect out of him, more or less.

bmfc1 wrote: Pete McCarthy said that if David plays this September, they lose the 75% return of his salary from the insurance for September as well as April and May. David could hit .800 with 20 home runs in the next week and we still won't see him in the bigs, and this is why. Lefty Specialist wrote: I have the solution. Send Reyes to Las Vegas. Win-win. OMG WHY DIDN'T WE THINK OF THIS SOONER

Todd Frazier busts out the whooping stick with a salami and it's 4-0 good guys in the top of the first!

Cubs' 26th man will be RHP James Norwood, who will probably pitch the seventh and strike out the side or something. Mets' 26th man will be RHP Jacob Rhame, who will probably be bitten by a runaway mountain lion and miss the next 10-12 months.

Thankfully, we have... /checks internet ...Jason Vargas starting Game 2. Oy. City Dwellers: Rosario SS McNeil 2B Jackson CF Bruce 1B Conforto LF Frazier 3B Nimmo RF Plawecki C Vargas P (0-12, 8.45) Baby Bears: Schwarber LF Almora CF Zobrist 2B Rizzo 1B Bote SS Contreras C LaStella 3B Mills P (second major league start, went 5 2/3 and gave up one run vs Reds Friday) Happ RF

ESPN says 1ET, followed by the second one.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Yeah, this is neat. I kind of love guys who have played for a lot of teams. I thought about trying to get a Matt Stairs card from each of his teams, but I think two of them never made it to cardboard. (Edwin Jackson and Octavio Dotel tied at 13, by the way, and Jackson's only 34, so he'll have the record alone at some point.) Just off the top of my head and without looking anything up, I'd guess that the Met who played for the most teams would be between Dotel, Todd Zeile and LaTroy Hawkins, based on those card threads I used to make. Those three always came up. From a quick glance through this list: https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_most_franchises.shtml Player Years Played Franchises Leagues Octavio Dotel 1999-2013 13 2 Miguel Batista 1992-2012 11 2 Henry Blanco 1997-2013 11 2 Bruce Chen 1998-2015 11 2 Bartolo Colon 1997-2018 11 2 LaTroy Hawkins 1995-2015 11 2 Rick White 1994-2007 11 2 Todd Zeile 1989-2004 11 2 Marlon Byrd 2002-2016 10 2 Tommy Davis 1959-1976 10 2 Dana Eveland 2005-2016 10 2 Roberto Hernandez 1991-2007 10 2 Bob Miller 1957-1974 10 2 Blaine Boyer 2005-2018 9 2 Darren Bragg 1994-2004 9 2 Miguel Cairo 1996-2012 9 2 Jose Cardenal 1963-1980 9 2 Dennis Cook 1988-2002 9 2 Elmer Dessens 1996-2010 9 2 Kyle Farnsworth 1999-2014 9 2 Rickey Henderson 1979-2003 9 2 Livan Hernandez 1996-2012 9 2 Mike Maddux 1986-2000 9 2 Mike Marshall 1967-1981 9 2 Chuck McElroy 1989-2001 9 2 Willie Montanez 1966-1982 9 2 Darren Oliver 1993-2013 9 2 Jesse Orosco 1979-2003 9 2 Rey Sanchez 1991-2005 9 2 Dan Schatzeder 1977-1991 9 2 David Weathers 1991-2009 9 2

Yeah, this is neat. I kind of love guys who have played for a lot of teams. I thought about trying to get a Matt Stairs card from each of his teams, but I think two of them never made it to cardboard. (Edwin Jackson and Octavio Dotel tied at 13, by the way, and Jackson's only 34, so he'll have the record alone at some point.)

Frayed Knot wrote: I don't think Wright's and Reyes's situations are in any way connected at this point. I don't think so. That's kind of a crazy long game to play for a franchise that doesn't do very well with foresight.

I get it, Ricco. Really, I do. If he plays in a major league game, then you probably don't get the insurance money that your bosses desperately need, *and* you have to clear a spot on the 40 for him. But fuckin' hell, this is the *one* thing you can do to sell a ticket to see this godawful team next month.