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of course, there is some talk that the CBA will change and no one will get picks anyway. Also, I'm not sure on the wording of the contract, but if the agreement is the Mets won't offer him arbitration, another team would likely see value in signing him AND getting picks at the end of that, making the potential return higher. Of course, they could change the CBA. I don't know how GMs are valuing that when it comes to trading. There's still quite a bit of baseball left before even the mid-July "geeze, we're out of it aren't we?" questions, and that .9% number is an absolute joke.

and with that, I'm not longer being followed by any MLB players. (that I know of)

MarkRip88: @josh_thole swing the fucking ball .. dont take pitches #SWING tomwatson: @josh_thole with passed ball on ceremonial 1st pitch - ouch! #mets Those are just the recent history, doesn't go back that far. But I can imagine there isn't a whole lot of benefit to it, so why put up with all the abuse?

metirish wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: No, I think he's prolly killing his twitter so as not to say something stoopit. Rubin concurs , at least with Thole leaving twitter ....I bet he was taken some grief over his defense and couldn't handle it.....fucking twatter the Twitter's gone, so yeah, that was it.

out of the lineup tonight? out of Twitter? traded? out of beer? headed out to the park for the game?

PiggiesTomatoes wrote: Trying to watch this on SNY but the audio seems screwy. Crowd noise is prominent and Gary and Keith are too soft. Gary made comment about Keith's mic dying earlier but this is annoying. Anyone with a similar issue? Almost time to switch to FAN. nope.

Come see the stars of the summer blockbuster movie, Moneyball!

Ashie62 wrote: Jason Bay is washed the fuck up.. I'd probably give him more than 60 ab on the season before I flushed him.

take the DP i suppose.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Triple play in order... Due for one.

TransMonk wrote: Twenty to eight where I am. I'm a fan of games off the east coast. It means I have time to get things done before the game starts. 6:10 kills me sometimes. While the rest of us will bitch and moan about it being almost midnight by game end. I think I'd enjoy baseball most in the Mountain Time zone though. Mets #Mets games start just after work, so would give me something to amp up for on the ride home, watch/listen through dinner, over by evening.

metirish wrote: with your hosts I was offered Ben Francisco for Adam LaRoche , surely two of the worst everyday players in all of baseball, considering I have Prince at 1st and Laynce fucking Nix ,Chris Denorfia and Ryan Spilborghs as a starting full time outfield I will be accepting. Iffy imo, because supposedly that prospect guy the Phillies wanted to play RF is healthy again and if they promote him he could take Ben's time.

hmm, can he pass Rollins this year? would be fun.

Maybe he should ask Pridie to bring his girlfriend to work..

so pay him closer to $20 for '13, '14, '15. have '16 '17 be closer to $14 [crossout:91deiz9d]Or you could convince him to defer a lot of it, while investing it with a ..[/crossout:91deiz9d] I'd rather have him, even at 2010 levels, for years rather than have his 'replacement'. I hardly think it's given, nor even likely, that he'll be bad at the end of the contract. Sure, he'll steal less bases, and get less triples. But are you watching? This isn't Luis Castillo. He's not getting 30 infield hits a year. His BABIP isn't even high, he's not getting on base an abnormal amount based on being able to beat throws. (Castillo's was like .335 career) Addionally, he's got a strong arm. If he loses a step at SS, it won't be the end of the world and he'll still be able to make the throws or can transition to second or elsewhere.

Edgy DC wrote: One guy who ride that merry-go-round was Mike F. Bordick. He was traded in the midst of his best season in Baltimore and even as he went, there was an understanding in the local media here that the O's would be looking to re-sign him after the season. And indeed they did. They walk off with Melvin Mora --- and Leslie Brea and Mike Kinkade to boot. What did the Mets get? A crap shortstop in the postseason. Was Aaron Heilman a compensation pick? Alhaji Turay? Anyhow, any secret deal between the team and the player would obviously be illegal. More importantly, I can't imagine either party feeling much compelling them to adhere to the deal oif fortunes changed by the time the season ended. Yeah, perhaps if Broken Hand Mike gota hit or two in the WS, and a ring, the Mets would've wondered if it was worth keeping an all-glove SS in 2001 and instead try to keep Bordick. I think he returned to the Os more because veryone else saw him with the Mets and he became damaged goods.. You'd probably imagine Reyes wouldn't be that way. He's Reyes. whereever he ends up he'll be wanted. That Mora for Bordick trade probably was worse, in hindsight obviously, than the Kasmir thing.

HahnSolo wrote: Fafif, I was up and down a few times with little Solo so you might have seen me. Seems like the younguns are influenced by the constant "Make noise" (and really, is there a stupider ballpark innovation than the Noise Meter?) and "everybody clap your hands" that there's no desire to t spark their own LGM chants. And even when they do--and this is what really annoys me about the ballpark atmosphere--the chant is immediately drowned out by the latest scoreboard plea to make noise or clap your hands. The scoreboard guys are usually decent in my eyes, prompting 'jose jose' when Jose's up and they sense people starting it up. They tried "Let's Go Mets" against the Giants last week to try to drown out the Giants fans. Of course, this was just after Thole struck out on three pitches in the 9th..

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: He doesn;t make much of a case for the "injury" affecting performance. I'm sure Wright is banged up a little every year. If it's true, and I could certainly see him being a little nicked up, it would've certainly behooved Collins to maybe give him a day off somewhere? Give him off Wednesday and let him have the back to back days off, or tell him not to swing or something. you know..rest the injury and let it heal? maybe? I'm not yet worried about Wright. he's not exactly known for great Aprils. Remember his homerless, .244 avg April in 2007, a year that he finishd 4th in MVP voting and may have indeed won if the Mets didn't collapse?

There are other financials to think about too. I know players don't think about their legacy that much if at all, but agents certainly can. There is value in staying with the Mets, in that it creates revenue for you long beyond your best years. Ask your first base coach before you take off for second. Your number on the wall in LF, being referred to as "The best SS in franchise history" (not that he's not that already) and all that jazz. Talk about how Citi Field is a great place for Reyes to play, stick around and after Citi's done with it they'll rename it after you.

Nerdiest correction in Times history. here: educate ourselves so we don't make this mistake again. although, what are the odds Dickey just said Bilbo because people might actually know who that is versus remembering who Thorin is even if you read the books? http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Orcrist

Edgy DC wrote: I'm just getting the feeling baseball fandom and fan engagement are down all across the country these days. But are we factoring in all the people tweeting "Let's Go Mets" from their smartphones while at the park?

Edgy DC wrote: OK, Santana at least five weeks away, probably more like eight. Bonser down. Mejia down. Young looking down. Rotation is Pelfrey-Dickey-Niese-Capuano-Gee. If we need to keep digging, next up is Carrasco, I think. He's two starts into his conversion and still stretching. Schwinden is performing well, but I don't know if it's worth seeing as real. Crazy, maybe, but I'm a-thinking Taylor Buchholz-type thougths. Misch is probably a candidate there too. depth looking rather short, but no saying someone doesn't become available by trade somewhat soon.

Bianca Cruz http://www.bustedcoverage.com/?p=14108

Jason Pridie's Girlfriend. former softball player

Jose Reyes � SS Justin Turner � 2B David Wright � 3B Jason Bay � LF Ronny Paulino � C Ike Davis � 1B Scott Hairston � RF Jason Pridie � CF R.A. Dickey - RHP Other things that are pink. The violin that will play the national anthem, the carvel ice cream caps.