Elster88

Unless you double my signing bonus, I'm going to holdout for the first day of my KTE.

So, all else being equal, 7 innings of shutout ball is the same as 9 innings is the same as a no-hitter? Do you all agree on this? Am I the oddball here?

"The two best pitching staffs in baseball walked 15 guys in one game?" asked Trachsel.

NY Times wrote: Willie Randolph implied that the right-hander John Maine would start Tuesday against the Washington Nationals, but he refused to confirm it. "You guys have probably figured it out already, anyway," he said during his pregame session with reporters Sunday. He said he would announce the decision Monday.

Chavez 2.5 Castro 2 Floyd 2 Reyes 2 Beltran 1.5

Who else did we get for Burnitz besides Diaz? Royce Ring?

It's a beautiful thing. Worthy of being posted in multiple threads.

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Fixed.

seawolf17 wrote: Do we need to have innings minimums for any of those pitching categories, or do we want to make it a crapshoot like that? I missed this question. No inning minimums. The only minimums are on the hitting categories: BA and OBP.

12 BB projects to 81

Updates after one month of play. How are you doing? 1) Give the Met who will have the most of each category, names but no numbers Batting categories Games - Tie: Delgado, Reyes, Wright (24) Hits - Tie: Delgado, Nady (28) Doubles - Tie: Nady, Wright (6) Triples - Reyes (3) Home runs - Delgado (9) RBI - Delgado (20) Stolen Bases - Reyes (11) Caught stealing - Reyes (3) Runs scored - Reyes (21) Batting average (high) - Nady (.311) (min 74 at bats - Castro and Franco don't qualify) On base percentage (high) - Delgado (.391) (min 74 at bats ---- hmmm, how many PA to use? rule of thumb for ABs is 3.1 per game - Beltran and Castro don't qualify) Strikeouts (high) - Delgado (27) Walks - Tie: Beltran, Delgado, Reyes (12) Pitching categories Wins - Martinez (5) Losses - Tie: Glavine, Trachsel, Zambrano (2) Strikeouts - Martinez (33) Walks - Bannister (17) ERA (low) - Sanchez (0.00) ERA (high) - Zambrano (9.64) ERA (low by a starter) - Glavine (2.29) ERA (high by a starter) - Zambrano (9.64) Saves - Wagner (7) BAA (low) - Sanchez (.135) BAA (high) - Zambrano (.328!!!) Games started - Glavine (6) Games pitched - Tie: Heilman, Wagner (12) 2) Give the number for the player and category specified - (total so far, projected amount - 14.8148148148% of the season played) Cliff Floyd - games: 20, 135 Cliff Floyd - batting average: .195, .195 David Wright - runs scored: 16, 108 David Wright - RBI: 18, 121.5 Carlos Beltran - home runs: 4, 27 Carlos Beltran - stolen bases: 2, 13.5 Jose Reyes - errors: 3, 20.25 Jose Reyes - on base percentage: .330, .330 Carlos Delgado - batting average: .298, .298 Carlos Delgado - RBI: 20, 135 Kaz Matsui - games: 9, 60.75 Kaz Matsui - runs scored: 3, 20.25 Anderson Hernandez - games: 12, 81 Anderson Hernandez - batting average: .146, .146 Anderson Hernandez - fielding percentage: 1.000, 1.000 Paul Lo Duca - on base percentage: .367, .367 Xavier Nady - RBI: 11, 74.25 Victor Diaz - games: 6, 40.5 Pedro Martinez - strikeouts: 33, 222.75 Tom Glavine - wins: 3, 20.25 Steve Trachsel - losses: 2, 13.5 Steve Trachsel - walks: 11, 74.25 Victor Zambrano - ERA: 9.64, 9.64 Victor Zambrano - strikeouts: 8, 54 Brian Bannister - games started: 5, 33.75 Aaron Heilman - games started: 0, 0 Billy Wagner - saves: 7, 47.25 Billy Wagner - ERA: 0.69, 0.69 Jorge Julio - ERA: 7.71, 7.71 3)Team Categories - (total so far, projected amount - 14.8148148148% of the season played) Total runs scored: 120, 810 Total runs against: 89, 600.75 Team ERA: 3.27, 3.27 Team batting average: .268, .268 Record: 16-8, 108-54 NL East Finish (1st, 2nd, etc.): 1st, 1st Games behind NL East Winner: 0, 0 Playoffs (Division winner, Wildcard winner, no playoffs): Division Leader, Division Winner Playoff finish - (Win WS, Lose WS, Lose NLCS, Lose NLDS, no playoffs) ???, not no playoffs, at least 4)Tie-breakers - (total so far, projected amount - 14.8148148148% of the season played) 1st tie breaker - Total number of rainouts: 1, 6.75 2nd tie breaker - Time of longest game of the year: 3:56, 3:56 (The 14 inning affair on April 21st is still shorter than any American League game ever played)

Rough inning for Davies. The two outs so far were Trachsel and a shot by Matsui.

Nymr83 wrote: Wright beaned hard, i want to see a guy named Jones in the laying dirt next time up. Are you kidding?

If that had happened at Shea, the entire stadium, including the security guards, would have charged the mound. (No, I don't think it was purposeful.)

Beltran.

Heck of a play by LaRoche.

Willets Point wrote: E. Chavez, RF Is Willie mad at Diaz or something?

Trachsel has to be projected to win more than 4 this year.

What is 9 scoreless innings against the Braves at Turner Field in a game with virtually no Mets offense worth? What is 9 scoreless innings of no-hit ball against the Braves at Turner Field in a game with virtually no Mets offense worth?

Edgy DC wrote: Nady makes Mets 27-29 in steals. Yikes.

Gwreck wrote: They then proceed to tell us that LoDuca's a tremendous defensive upgrade over Piazza, and the fact that the Mets have a better record and ERA shows that he can handle pitchers better. It's just their way of bringing the man down. Why appreciate the best hitter in history at a position when you there are so many ways to tear at him like vultures picking at a dead carcass?

Glavine 5 LoDuca 3 Heilman 1 Wagner 1

Someone please explain to me how a pitcher earns 6 if he pitches 7 shut out innings? What do you give him for a complete game? Or a no-hitter?

The concept of "what he was signed for" is another that is fairly silly. But I've argued it elsewhere and don't feel like getting into it.