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Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

G-Fafif Jan 27 2021 11:49 AM

Darren O'Day reportedly signs with the MFYs, automatically becomes loathsome.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 27 2021 11:53 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I suddenly loathe Darren O'Day.

RealityChuck Jan 27 2021 01:23 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0d/a2/ef/0da2efd234125eee3f99eedb35993ad2.jpg> Oh. Darren O'Day. Never mind.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 27 2021 01:29 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I don't think that's a real dog.

G-Fafif Feb 08 2021 02:50 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Keon Broxton is a duplicate, a.k.a. a Twin.

G-Fafif Feb 11 2021 09:32 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

The White Sox invite Matt Reynolds to Spring Training.

LWFS Feb 11 2021 09:35 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Marisnick went to the Cubs for a year on a major-league deal. So, in a way, it's like HE was designated for Almora.

smg58 Feb 11 2021 10:08 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I guess both teams decided the centerfield grass was greener on the other's field.

Lefty Specialist Feb 11 2021 11:32 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0d/a2/ef/0da2efd234125eee3f99eedb35993ad2.jpg> Oh. Darren O'Day. Never mind. Farfel!

G-Fafif Feb 12 2021 03:54 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Collin McHugh reportedly about to be a Ray.

G-Fafif Feb 12 2021 02:01 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Joe Panik returns to the Blue Jays. All is calm in Ontario.

G-Fafif Feb 12 2021 08:28 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Asdrizona! Cabrera signs with the Diamondbacks.

Edgy MD Feb 12 2021 09:07 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

That guy is gonna make it to 200 homers easy and probably 2,000 hits too.

G-Fafif Feb 13 2021 09:15 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Jay Bruce pulls a Darren O'Day, signs with MFYs (minor league deal).

G-Fafif Feb 13 2021 09:34 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Spell Matt Harvey with an O. Minor league pact with Baltimore for the Dark Knight at twill.

smg58 Feb 13 2021 06:39 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Jay Bruce signs a minor-league deal with the Yankees. If his criminally bad BABIP from the last two seasons normalizes, he could make a positive contribution for them.

G-Fafif Feb 13 2021 06:44 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Justin Turner is a Dodger returner.

MFS62 Feb 13 2021 07:01 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

=G-Fafif post_id=56118 time=1613267097 user_id=55] Justin Turner is a Dodger returner.

I prefer to think of him as a recidivist.

Later

G-Fafif Feb 15 2021 08:45 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Billy Hamilton speeds to Cleveland. Yusmeiro Petit stays in Oakland.

smg58 Feb 15 2021 12:18 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

There is value to be had in relief pitchers right now.

G-Fafif Feb 15 2021 03:52 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Justin Wilson reportedly MFYing himself again.

TransMonk Feb 15 2021 06:23 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

https://twitter.com/hgomez27/status/1361476102674333700

Edgy MD Feb 15 2021 08:12 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Man, do I want a custom Acereros de Monclova microphone cube.

G-Fafif Feb 15 2021 08:20 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Robinson Chirinos signs with MFYs, presumably hopes to reconnect with Justin Wilson.

Fman99 Feb 16 2021 04:58 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

https://twitter.com/hgomez27/status/1361476102674333700 Looks like he's just there waiting for the sandwich platter to arrive.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 16 2021 07:38 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

https://twitter.com/hgomez27/status/1361476102674333700 Joins Fernando Salas, ex-Met and teammate of Colon on the 2016 Mets squad, [FIMG=333]https://www.purobeisbol.mx/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SALAS-7.jpeg[/FIMG] and Lincoln High (Brooklyn) grad Dallas Williams, Acereros hitting coach. [FIMG=333]https://i1.wp.com/periodicolavoz.com.mx/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/3-G-2.jpg?fit=919%2C1378[/FIMG]

G-Fafif Feb 18 2021 08:40 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Son of Shea Ollie Perez soldiers on. https://twitter.com/jonheyman/status/1362425107122110471?s=21 He and Joe Smith are the last two former Mets to carry the magic forward.

G-Fafif Feb 23 2021 09:45 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Still unsigned Yoenis Cespedes to hold a showcase (or Yo!case) on March 2. Sandy Alderson gets droll. https://twitter.com/jonheyman/status/1363968963470843912?s=21

batmagadanleadoff Feb 23 2021 09:51 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

... horses or wild boars.

G-Fafif Feb 23 2021 12:06 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Scott Kazmir signs a minor league deal with the Giants.

Willets Point Feb 23 2021 12:41 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Where's he been the past 5 years?

Edgy MD Feb 23 2021 12:45 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

In Kashmir, duh! [YOUTUBE]PD-MdiUm1_Y[/YOUTUBE]

smg58 Feb 23 2021 01:58 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I'm kind of curious to know what Kazmir has left in the tank. I doubt he could hold up to a full season of starting, but good lefty arms out of the pen aren't so easy to come by.

G-Fafif Mar 02 2021 06:03 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Still unsigned Yoenis Cespedes to hold a showcase (or Yo!case) on March 2. Sandy Alderson gets droll. https://twitter.com/jonheyman/status/1363968963470843912?s=21 What a rascal. https://twitter.com/ynscspds/status/1366734560839499777?s=21

G-Fafif Mar 02 2021 09:33 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

https://twitter.com/anthonydicomo/status/1366763879263580171?s=21

MFS62 Mar 02 2021 11:32 AM Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads *

Scott Kazmir, 37, is attempting a comeback with SF - he signed a minor league contract. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/longtime-big-leaguer-scott-kazmir-174640057.html Kazmir refuses to let the clock run out on his baseball career, and last week he signed a minor league deal with the Giants, hopeful that he can make it into a big league rotation at the age of 37, five years removed from his last MLB appearance. Later

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 02 2021 03:12 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Both guys 2 scoreless, 1 hit

G-Fafif Mar 04 2021 10:05 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Anthony Swarzak is an Arizona Diamondback invitee.

G-Fafif Mar 04 2021 10:16 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

2011 Carlos Beltran has had it with 2011 Justin Turner. In 2011, Turner's first season with the Mets, Beltrán pulled him aside and told him it looked like he didn't care. “You're a young guy,” Beltrán said. “You can't just be flipping balls from second base. Get the ball and throw it, show a little bit more effort.” 2013 David Wright had only an inkling of what 2013 Justin Turner might become. At that moment, Wright did not anticipate Turner developing the player he became with the Dodgers. But he detected in that conversation an edge in Turner he had not heard previously. “You could tell in his voice he was upset and hurt that (the Mets) didn't view him as good enough to be on our team,” Wright says. “He used that as motivation. You could tell that day moving forward that he was going to prove us wrong, that he was going to show baseball we made a mistake.” 2021 Justin Turner is considered the world champion Dodgers' leader because 2011 David Wright told him to stop being such a little bitch with the press after a bad game. After the game, Turner drifted from the training room to the weight room to the food room, seeking to avoid reporters. He had settled in a sauna when Wright found him and asked what he was doing. “I don't want to go talk to those guys,” Turner said. “I'm going to get buried.” “Look, you've helped us win way more games than you've lost us,” Wright replied. “The best thing to do in these situations is go out there and tell these guys exactly what happened. If you don't tell them what happened, they're going to write whatever the heck they want and assume whatever they want.” With that, Wright escorted Turner into the clubhouse and stood by his side as he answered questions. Turner recalls experiencing great relief when the interview session was over, and to this day he tells Dodgers teammates the story, using it as a lesson in accountability and responsibility. Wright's guidance in that moment is something Turner says he will never forget. And as he became more established with the Dodgers, he also emerged as a model teammate, particularly with the way he regularly demonstrated concern for others. Ken Rosenthal with the rest of the story.

Edgy MD Mar 05 2021 06:04 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Food room.

Edgy MD Mar 06 2021 10:05 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

The KBO's SK Wyverns are pleased to welcome Wilmer Font to their 2021 pitching staff. He says he's looking forward to playing the Doosan Bears, when he hopes to match up with fellow 2019 Met star Walker Lockett. NC Dinos' Aaron Altherr is hoping to avoid them both.

vtmet7 Mar 06 2021 10:11 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

=smg58 post_id=56117 time=1613266766 user_id=62] Jay Bruce signs a minor-league deal with the Yankees. If his criminally bad BABIP from the last two seasons normalizes, he could make a positive contribution for them.

Jay Bruce is the type of guy why shifts are employed vs Left handed hitters...the guy is a dead pull hitter that is swinging for the fences...if he makes contact that doesn't go into the stands, it will likely be hit between 1st and 2nd on the ground or between the RFer and CFer if they had played straight-away outfield positions...

Edgy MD Mar 07 2021 09:06 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Chin-Lung Hu is returning or his sixth consecutive season with the KBO's Fuban guardians. The former Mets utility infielder has been exclusively an outfielder (with rare appearances at first) since returning to KBO ball in 2013. Gaby Ynoa hopes to face him as a member of The CTBC Brothers, while Drew Gagnon seeks to advance the interests of The Wei Chuan Dragons

G-Fafif Mar 09 2021 12:11 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Though “he was good in Korea” comes off as the baseball equivalent of “my girlfriend in Canada,” Seattle Mariner Chris Flexen is making the most of it. When baseball came to a halt last spring, the Mariners were still in Arizona. Many of their professional scouts were on the road, watching high school and college players. Soon enough, though, everyone was back home. There were zero games to watch, to scout and to write reports on. At least not stateside. “We found ourselves with a scouting staff that didn't have a lot to do. Our guys were dying to work. They were desperate to do something … to feel like they were making an impact,” said Mariners assistant general manager Justin Hollander. “So rather than sit around, we had video of KBO (Korea Baseball Organization) and the NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) games that had already started.” What were the Mariners looking for, exactly? Well, that was sort of the beauty of going through this exercise: They didn't know, which was completely fine. The performances (and data) would shape their interest. When you're looking under rocks, you have to sift through a lot of basalt in hopes of finding a ruby. “We asked our pro scouting staff to go through all the video and look for U.S.-born players who had gone over there and foreign-born players who may have come over for the first time, just to get a sense of who were the guys we wanted to track and also monitor all season,” Hollander said. Flexen certainly fit that mold. He had an 8.07 ERA in parts of three seasons with the Mets (2017-2019) and had gone to Korea with the hopes, really, of rebuilding his resume in case the big leagues came calling again. Pitching for Doosan, Flexen didn't just find his big breaking ball — a pitch that got a lot of positive reviews and awkward swings — in Korea, but he also found himself as a pitcher. Across the board, his stuff jumped. Flexen posted a 132-to-32 strikeout-to-walk ratio, saw a bump in his velocity and had a 28 percent strikeout rate, which caught the eyes of the Mariners. And because of the pandemic, the Mariners could allocate more of their scouting resources than in a typical year to evaluate players like Flexen. That led to more eyeballs and opinions and, the Mariners believe, better decision-making. “This was born out of opportunity. Before (the pandemic), we may have had two or three looks, mostly analytical. But we would not have had the breadth of different evaluators take a look at him like we did,” Hollander said. “Between those early-season reports, midseason reports and end-of-season reports, I want to say we had six reports on Chris from last year from different evaluators. Then, at the end of the season, we were able to run our analytical work on the NPB and the KBO, and Chris popped in both of those lenses.” https://theathletic.com/2422823/2021/03/09/finding-flexen-how-scouting-the-kbo-led-the-mariners-to-sign-the-revamped-starter/

MFS62 Mar 09 2021 12:43 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I'd be interested in the metrics they use for evaluating the NPB and KBO as a way to project performance when players return to the US pro leagues. What is their conversion factor? Later

G-Fafif Mar 22 2021 06:28 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

https://twitter.com/codystavenhagen/status/1374153233451606016?s=21

TransMonk Mar 25 2021 08:00 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

https://twitter.com/danconnolly2016/status/1375082549278572545

G-Fafif Mar 25 2021 08:02 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Good for Matt.

bmfc1 Mar 25 2021 08:05 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

If you need a reason to follow the Orioles this year, and you likely do, it's here (other than May 11, 12, June 8 and 9, we wish him the best).

seawolf17 Mar 25 2021 09:30 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I would love to see him come all the way back. He was deGrom-level "fun to watch."

LWFS Mar 25 2021 11:30 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I would love to see him come all the way back. He was deGrom-level "fun to watch." Cosigned. It would exceedingly cool-- and weird-- to see him make that comeback as a veteran leader on a better-than-most-think Oriole team this or next season.

MFS62 Mar 29 2021 07:16 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Todd Frazier has opted out of his deal with the Pirates and is a free agent. He says he doesn't want to retire and is looking for another major league deal. Later

Edgy MD Mar 30 2021 07:53 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

He may be smelling an opening day third base vacancy with Washington.

G-Fafif Mar 30 2021 12:47 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Todd opts to remain relatively close to the site of his childhood exploits in Williamsport. https://twitter.com/robbiertempfel/status/1376948615176937477?s=21

G-Fafif Apr 15 2021 10:12 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

René Rivera signs with Cleveland. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/04/indians-sign-rene-rivera.html

Edgy MD Apr 15 2021 10:14 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I sensed that coming. Now Lucroy to Colorado almost has to happen.

G-Fafif Apr 27 2021 03:25 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Sean Gilmartin has joined Ty Kelly on the Long Island Ducks.

G-Fafif Apr 28 2021 08:58 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

The Tribe has DFA'd Oliver Perez.

bmfc1 Apr 28 2021 11:18 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

The Tribe has DFA'd Oliver Perez. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/04/indians-dfa-oliver-perez.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MlbTradeRumors+%28MLB+Trade+Rumors%29 The Mets are short a lefty at the Alternate Site so perhaps Ollie is on their radar.

G-Fafif May 05 2021 06:07 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/numbersmlb/status/1390095350107619329[/tweet]

seawolf17 May 10 2021 06:10 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Poking around to see what some of the former Seawolves were doing in AAA this season, and look who's in the Sacramento River Cats (Giants AAA) rotation: https://www.milb.com/player/scott-kazmir-431148

G-Fafif May 10 2021 09:20 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Dilson Herrera signs with the Blue Jays. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/05/blue-jays-sign-dilson-herrera.html

G-Fafif May 10 2021 07:55 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

The Buccos have DFA'd Todd Frazier.

G-Fafif May 11 2021 05:27 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

T.J. Rivera joins Ty Kelly, Sean Gilmartin and L.J. Mazzilli on Wally Backman's Long Island Ducks.

smg58 May 11 2021 06:35 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I hope TJ makes it all the way back. And I hope Gilmartin and his wife aren't the ones who bought the house down the street from me.

smg58 May 11 2021 06:38 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Jarred Kelenic will get the call from the Mariners on Thursday.

Edgy MD May 11 2021 11:06 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

What praise I've read for Hugh Q. has referenced Jarred as his star pupil. Seems to me like the guy has hit from the moment he signed.

G-Fafif May 11 2021 05:50 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/numbersmlb/status/1392265065013907463[/tweet]

G-Fafif May 14 2021 08:16 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Less a Duck, more a Buc. [tweet]https://twitter.com/jonheyman/status/1393377083200614403[/tweet]

Edgy MD May 14 2021 09:06 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Phil Evans and TJ Rivera deliver Todd Frazier the knockout punch as Bucs that they couldn't quite land as Mets.

G-Fafif May 14 2021 09:54 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Cool, cool, cool... [tweet]https://twitter.com/mlbhr/status/1393400805563248642[/tweet]

G-Fafif May 15 2021 12:42 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Hunter Strickland to the Angels, with the Rays taking cash or a player or, really, anything handy.

The Hot Corner May 15 2021 02:06 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Just for good measure, Kelenic added a pair of doubles to his HR. Nice start for the young man.

G-Fafif May 16 2021 10:04 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Max Moroff is up with the Cards.

bmfc1 May 16 2021 10:35 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

=G-Fafif post_id=64357 time=1621181099 user_id=55] Max Moroff is up with the Cards.

You might remember him from making a zillion errors in the 1st practice game against the MFYs before last season started.

G-Fafif May 21 2021 05:02 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Less than a month ago, Eric Campbell was named manager of the Norwich Sea Unicorns. Since then Soup was signed by the Mariners, assigned to Tacoma and tonight called up to Seattle after not playing in the bigs since 2016.

G-Fafif May 21 2021 08:36 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Oliver Perez has slipped across the border and joined Toros de Tijuana. https://then24.com/2021/05/12/oliver-perez-arrives-in-tijuana-it-could-be-saltillo/ Unless Ollie works his way back north, it means the last Shea Met is Joe Smith — also the Longest Ago Met Still Active. Joe is celebrating a less meaningful milestone tonight for Houston. [tweet]https://twitter.com/astros/status/1395926431214063620[/tweet]

G-Fafif May 22 2021 08:24 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 22 2021 11:45 AM

The major league-caliber baseball player shortage continues, as the Mariners grab Ty Kelly from the Ducks.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 22 2021 10:43 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Great for ty

bmfc1 May 22 2021 01:11 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Former Mets on the Mariners' 40-man roster: Justin Dunn Chris Flexen Rafael Montero Paul Sewald Daniel Zamora Eric Campbell Sam Haggerty Jarred Kelenic

MFS62 May 22 2021 01:18 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

=bmfc1 post_id=65192 time=1621710684 user_id=73] Former Mets on the Mariners' 40-man roster: Justin Dunn Chris Flexen Rafael Montero Paul Sewald Daniel Zamora Eric Campbell Sam Haggerty Jarred Kelenic

That list is obviously NOT in descending order of importance. (yeah, I know)

Later

G-Fafif May 22 2021 02:12 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Scott Kazmir starts for the Giants tonighf, his first MLB appearance in 5 years.

G-Fafif May 24 2021 01:35 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Wilson Ramos displays empathy for his former team by going on the Tigers' IL.

bmfc1 May 25 2021 05:33 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/tykelly11/status/1397073109203578888[/TWEET] "It's not just his first hit since 2014, it's his first homer since 2014"

Fman99 May 25 2021 06:41 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Ruben Tejada is plugging away as a member of the Phillies AAA Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. We were surprised to see him in the lineup this past Saturday when they were in town playing the Syracuse Mets.

G-Fafif May 27 2021 08:47 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 28 2021 06:32 AM

The Seattle Metriners add Hector Santiago to the alumni association. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/05/mariners-select-hector-santiago-designate-sam-delaplane.html

Edgy MD May 27 2021 09:00 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

The New York Mets — everybody's favorite way station between Toronto and Seattle.

bmfc1 May 28 2021 06:30 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

=bmfc1 post_id=65192 time=1621710684 user_id=73] Former Mets on the Mariners' 40-man roster: Justin Dunn Chris Flexen Rafael Montero Paul Sewald Daniel Zamora Eric Campbell Sam Haggerty Jarred Kelenic

I looked at the roster for Settle's AAA team, the Takoma Rainiers, where Ty Kelly is playing. I see that Logan Verrett is there and that Eric Young, Jr. is a Coach. Anyone else we know from the Mets? (And is Justin Grimm a relative of Benjamin?)

seawolf17 May 28 2021 06:43 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

=bmfc1 post_id=65819 time=1622205010 user_id=73] =bmfc1 post_id=65192 time=1621710684 user_id=73] Former Mets on the Mariners' 40-man roster: Justin Dunn Chris Flexen Rafael Montero Paul Sewald Daniel Zamora Eric Campbell Sam Haggerty Jarred Kelenic

I looked at the roster for Settle's AAA team, the Takoma Rainiers, where Ty Kelly is playing. I see that Logan Verrett is there and that Eric Young, Jr. is a Coach. Anyone else we know from the Mets? (And is Justin Grimm a relative of Benjamin?)


Brooks Pounders on the DL for Tacoma too, and Jack Reinheimer in the infield.

G-Fafif Jun 03 2021 08:55 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

The Mariners have outrighted Eric Campbell to Tacoma, which at least is convenient to Seattle.

Edgy MD Jun 03 2021 08:56 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

As noted in another thread, Springtime Met Caleb Joseph is now Raniering.

G-Fafif Jun 11 2021 12:39 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/liducks/status/1403403597174423562[/tweet]

G-Fafif Jun 13 2021 02:00 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Steven Matz has gone on the COVID IL.

G-Fafif Jun 13 2021 02:36 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/numbersmlb/status/1404120319808446472[/tweet]

metsmarathon Jun 14 2021 01:09 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

ex-met todd frazier is now on the best baseball team in sussex county, nj, as he's recently joined the sussex county miners to keep his body warm and ready for olympic glory. he seems like such a down-to-earth guy. out there, having fun. talking with all the minor leaguers, the umps. made time for the fans before the game, signing baseballs and baseball cards. having failed to adequately plan for the occasion, i had to run out to the gift shop, buy a ball, and run to my car to get a marker, too, but i managed to get a nice signed miners ball, and the marathon family got a picture with him too. luckily, i'm too dumb to think of anything to say. so i just smiled bigly and dumly as we stood there in the aura of a major leaguer. it was a doubleheader. he went 0-3, clearly swinging too hard in what i can imagine is a terrible no-win situation, but had a nice play at third. he finally picked up his first hit over the weekend, a double. the miners, by the way, just moved to the frontier league, which is now officially a partner league of mlb. so, big-time-adjacent!

Marshmallowmilkshake Jun 14 2021 04:00 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Mike Hessman, minor league home run king and 2010 Met, is back in the major leagues as interim assistant hitting coach with the Tigers. [url]https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2021/06/11/detroit-tigers-mike-hessman-assistant-hitting-coach-jose-cruz-jr-rice/7635817002/?fbclid=IwAR2HVwpqfcL_F3hV-Ip92bPm9RRWleUAZuXFkhIxGJR9R-lpibTuIsCXntU

G-Fafif Jun 15 2021 04:59 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Wilson Ramos may shed his stripes, having been DFA'd by Mike Hessman's Tigers.

metsmarathon Jun 16 2021 10:02 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

=metsmarathon post_id=67860 time=1623697759 user_id=83] ex-met todd frazier is now on the best baseball team in sussex county, nj, as he's recently joined the sussex county miners to keep his body warm and ready for olympic glory. he seems like such a down-to-earth guy. out there, having fun. talking with all the minor leaguers, the umps. made time for the fans before the game, signing baseballs and baseball cards. having failed to adequately plan for the occasion, i had to run out to the gift shop, buy a ball, and run to my car to get a marker, too, but i managed to get a nice signed miners ball, and the marathon family got a picture with him too. luckily, i'm too dumb to think of anything to say. so i just smiled bigly and dumly as we stood there in the aura of a major leaguer. it was a doubleheader. he went 0-3, clearly swinging too hard in what i can imagine is a terrible no-win situation, but had a nice play at third. he finally picked up his first hit over the weekend, a double. the miners, by the way, just moved to the frontier league, which is now officially a partner league of mlb. so, big-time-adjacent!

oh, i totally forgot to mention the other metly connection to this game.



the manager of the sussex county miners is none other than former met bobby jones. no, the other one - the one who made his major league debut in shea stadium, and who played with the bobby jones you probably are thinking of.

G-Fafif Jun 20 2021 12:12 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Wilson Ramos has passed through waivers and is getting his unconditional release.

bmfc1 Jun 20 2021 12:16 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Would Ramos be a better backup than Nido (not a high bar)?

Edgy MD Jun 20 2021 12:35 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I would bet that Nido's performance would place him above the median of NL second-string catchers this season.

bmfc1 Jun 20 2021 12:42 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Overall, yes but take away those two weeks (which you can't, they count) and he is bad. Regardless, is he better than Ramos?

Frayed Knot Jun 20 2021 06:21 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

No way on Buffalo II Not over Nido, or over anyone else i can think of for that matter.

MFS62 Jun 23 2021 08:09 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

One starting pitcher option is off the table, as for Mets minor leaguer Mickey Janis has been purchased and brought to the majors by Baltimore. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/orioles-finally-call-knuckleball-pitcher-220218219.html He's only knuckleball pitcher in baseball. Later

LWFS Jun 23 2021 09:48 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

One starting pitcher option is off the table, as for Mets minor leaguer Mickey Janis has been purchased and brought to the majors by Baltimore. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/orioles-finally-call-knuckleball-pitcher-220218219.html He's only knuckleball pitcher in baseball. Later And he PITCHED! He got treated like AAA Jannis, not Rumble Pony Jannis, but-- hey! He pitched!

G-Fafif Jul 05 2021 05:26 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/numbersmlb/status/1412189087948234753[/tweet]

G-Fafif Jul 06 2021 05:46 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/peteabe/status/1412538791978434561[/tweet]

Edgy MD Jul 06 2021 08:00 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Being passed by Jacob Barnes on the Mets all-time saves list has really hit him hard.

G-Fafif Jul 07 2021 02:20 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/cut4/status/1412863788253020160[/tweet]

bmfc1 Jul 15 2021 05:30 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

It's been quite a year for Ex-Met property Deivy Grullon who was traded today. Check out his transactions from 2021 alone: https://www.mlb.com/player/deivy-grullon-620453

G-Fafif Jul 16 2021 01:26 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/nationals/status/1416115994288959493[/tweet]

G-Fafif Jul 22 2021 08:47 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

A blast from the ex-Met past at that. [tweet]https://twitter.com/mlb/status/1418219699767234560[/tweet]

G-Fafif Jul 27 2021 05:29 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1420160027034259461[/tweet]

G-Fafif Jul 27 2021 05:31 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Closer Paul Sewald. [tweet]https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1420161407211945984[/tweet]

G-Fafif Jul 30 2021 12:01 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Simeon the erstwhile Met prospect moves on again. [tweet]https://twitter.com/bluejays/status/1421153722525233155[/tweet]

G-Fafif Jul 30 2021 01:58 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1421198364914429952[/tweet]

G-Fafif Jul 30 2021 02:01 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/cardinals/status/1421191560872484871[/tweet] Grant, it will be recalled, went to Atlanta in 2015 to help deliver Kelly Johnson and Juan Uribe.

seawolf17 Jul 30 2021 05:26 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Ruben Tejada sighting! He's at third base for the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs tonight here in Rochester.

G-Fafif Jul 30 2021 05:35 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/numbersmlb/status/1421252229495988224[/tweet]

seawolf17 Jul 30 2021 06:10 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

=seawolf17 post_id=72995 time=1627687581 user_id=91] Ruben Tejada sighting! He's at third base for the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs tonight here in Rochester.

Ruben's still got it. Just made a gorgeous diving stop to his right, then hopped up and threw the runner from 3rd out at the plate.

Edgy MD Jul 30 2021 06:32 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

=seawolf17 post_id=73004 time=1627690230 user_id=91] =seawolf17 post_id=72995 time=1627687581 user_id=91] Ruben Tejada sighting! He's at third base for the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs tonight here in Rochester.

Ruben's still got it. Just made a gorgeous diving stop to his right, then hopped up and threw the runner from 3rd out at the plate.


Terrific.

G-Fafif Jul 31 2021 09:51 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Jake Hager, Arizona Diamondback. [tweet]https://twitter.com/numbersmlb/status/1421498018633768972[/tweet]

G-Fafif Aug 04 2021 06:52 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/numbersmlb/status/1423083689735507973[/tweet]

Edgy MD Aug 04 2021 06:59 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

That's really living up to you name, there, Pirates.

G-Fafif Aug 06 2021 10:13 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Raul Valdes, now 43, looking good for Team Dominicana in the bronze medal game.

G-Fafif Aug 06 2021 10:52 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Valdes didn't last the fifth, but Dario Alvarez now on for the DR in the rain.

G-Fafif Aug 06 2021 10:56 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Alvarez uncorks a wild pitch that ties the game in the soggy fifth. Not a great Mets night in any part of the world.

G-Fafif Aug 07 2021 04:01 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Pennsylvania proprietorship alert: Philadelphia has acquired T.J. Rivera in a minor league deal with Pittsburgh.

G-Fafif Aug 07 2021 08:50 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Wilson Ramos homered for the Clevelands tonight.

G-Fafif Aug 09 2021 06:00 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Ramos es en fuego. [tweet]https://twitter.com/indians/status/1424867548252749826[/tweet]

G-Fafif Aug 13 2021 07:12 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/liducks/status/1426256203747897345[/tweet]

G-Fafif Aug 16 2021 11:55 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Springtime Met Mallex Smith signs with the Jays.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2021 08:47 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/codystavenhagen/status/1428366249336066049[/tweet]

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 19 2021 08:49 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

we need to trade for Akil Baddoo NOW

G-Fafif Aug 19 2021 08:15 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

“Where do you see yourself in five years?” 2016 Mets edition: Ty Kelly's Long Island Ducks are in a barnburner with Alejandro De Aza's Lancaster Barnstormers. [tweet]https://twitter.com/liducks/status/1428535745560686592[/tweet]

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 19 2021 08:18 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

De Aza was like the reverse Kevin Pillar: A reserve outfielder who started off like shit and then got ridiculously hot.

G-Fafif Aug 21 2021 03:28 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/collin_mchugh/status/1429192657302077441[/tweet]

G-Fafif Aug 21 2021 04:14 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/mlbhr/status/1429204678781382656[/tweet]

G-Fafif Aug 21 2021 07:21 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I think this qualifies as an ex-Met in lesser threads. [tweet]https://twitter.com/snytv/status/1429246951682412546[/tweet]

G-Fafif Aug 22 2021 09:40 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

A 2007 Met stays in baseball. [tweet]https://twitter.com/dougherty_jesse/status/1429459905094864900[/tweet]

G-Fafif Aug 22 2021 05:40 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/baseballquotes1/status/1429586715178684422[/tweet]

Edgy MD Aug 22 2021 09:01 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Those unis make everybody on Cleveland look like a captain. Otherwise a fun look, though.

G-Fafif Aug 23 2021 12:12 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Steven Matz joins Philip Humber in the greater Miguel Cabrera narrative. [tweet]https://twitter.com/slangsonsports/status/1429517751916376064[/tweet]

G-Fafif Aug 27 2021 10:28 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Peter Gammons gives Astros pitching coach and 1972 Met Brent Strom much love (and hires Joe Frazier to manage the Mets four years early). https://theathletic.com/2785449/2021/08/26/gammons-astros-brent-strom-the-best-pitching-coach-bar-none-hasnt-stopped-teaching-or-learning/

MFS62 Aug 27 2021 10:49 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I was going to mention that Peter Gammons knows as much about the National League as FOX personalities know about COVID-19 prevention and treatment, but then I remembered that Houston is an American League club, and has been for a few years. Other than they knocked the MFYs out of the playoffs, Houston being in the AL is one of the changes to baseball I don't like. Later

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 27 2021 11:03 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

And you're taking a shot at Peter Gammons, why?

MFS62 Aug 27 2021 11:39 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: And you're taking a shot at Peter Gammons, why? I think I mentioned this before. I used to read his stuff back in the day, when he moved from a beat writer covering the Red Sox to a national audience. And then I realized the he knew, in this order: 1) The Red Sox 2) The American League 3) The National League 4) The New York Mets. Nothing he wrote about the Mets seemed true to me. His "insights" were general knowledge if you read the NY papers, but must have sounded original to his national audience. None of his predictions about deals they were going to make came true. So I began to question how well he knew anything else. This article was about an ex-Met, so I considered it through that prism. Hey, I used to like to read Dick Young, who is vilified by many Mets fans. Each to his own. Later

G-Fafif Aug 27 2021 11:50 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/jonheyman/status/1431310422184013825[/tweet]

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 27 2021 12:32 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: And you're taking a shot at Peter Gammons, why? I think I mentioned this before. I used to read his stuff back in the day, when he moved from a beat writer covering the Red Sox to a national audience. And then I realized the he knew, in this order: 1) The Red Sox 2) The American League 3) The National League 4) The New York Mets. Nothing he wrote about the Mets seemed true to me. His "insights" were general knowledge if you read the NY papers, but must have sounded original to his national audience. None of his predictions about deals they were going to make came true. So I began to question how well he knew anything else. This article was about an ex-Met, so I considered it through that prism. Hey, I used to like to read Dick Young, who is vilified by many Mets fans. Each to his own. Later Yeah, talk about flawed insights.

MFS62 Aug 27 2021 01:12 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Aug 27 2021 01:28 PM

I was. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and that is mine. At least I gave an explanation why I feel that way. I used insights in quotes because "copying other reporters' stories without giving them credit" was too long. I hope it makes you happy to parse my posts about my choice of words, but I'm sure you understood what I meant. Later

G-Fafif Aug 27 2021 01:16 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Erasmo Ramirez: right there for the taking. [tweet]https://twitter.com/codystavenhagen/status/1431333868066463746[/tweet]

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 27 2021 02:25 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I was. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and that is mine. Just because one is entitled to an opinion doesn't mean that the opinion is well thought-out, defensible or informed; nor does it follow that dropping one whenever you feel like is going to be received as appropriate or relevant for the discussion at hand. How many threads take a stupid wrong turn precisely because of this? You see a link to an article about Brent Strom that I'm certain you didn't read with the words "Peter Gammons" in it -- and suddenly feel as though this the right time and place to take some cheap shot at Peter Gammons, then defend it by saying you're entitled to your opinion?

MFS62 Aug 27 2021 02:32 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Yes. And weren't we supposed to be forewarned when a link was to a paywall protected site? Later

G-Fafif Aug 27 2021 02:46 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

A taste of Gammons's story. Tampa Bay pitching coach Kyle Snyder met Strom after Snyder was the Royals' first pick in the 1999 draft and Strom was their pitching coach. When Snyder considered a post-playing career in professional baseball, he traveled to attend clinics and lectures by Strom and Ron Wolforth of the Texas Baseball Ranch. “Brent Strom is the best pitching coach, bar none,” says Snyder, whose name is often thrown into that discussion, as well. “He paved the way for today's young pitching coaches. He embraced ideas, analytics, with a changing mind, a constantly inquiring mind, understanding how quickly the game is always changing. Tom House was an important pitching savant who changed the business. Brent is the modern savant. “He has such great respect for the game, and he has unending respect for the pitchers with whom he works. He focuses on the person, not the treatment. He is always honest. He understands all levels of strength and conditioning, and how it applies to each individual. In some ways, he's a chameleon in his own way, because the evolution of the game and the individual nature of all pitchers requires that. He also respects everyone with whom he works.” Strom was brought to Houston by Luhnow and worked with A.J. Hinch as manager; the manager and his pitching coach developed a strong relationship. Hinch left after the 2019 season and was replaced by Dusty Baker, who is a few months younger than Strom. “In terms of credibility and trust, no one brings more than Dusty Baker and Brent Strom,” says James Click, who replaced Luhnow as GM after arriving from Tampa Bay. “Given the circumstances in which Dusty came here, it has worked out really well. They're two very respectful people.”

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 27 2021 02:53 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

=MFS62 post_id=75705 time=1630096348 user_id=60] Yes. And weren't we supposed to be forewarned when a link was to a paywall protected site? Later

Please keep going with the exaggerated grievances and irrelevant opinions, its truly compelling stuff.



I remember Strom mostly because he was one of my first Mets baseball cards, I guess a 73? Boring head shot. He was coaching one of the Cyclones' opponents not all that long ago.

MFS62 Aug 27 2021 03:10 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I remember Strom coming up in the Mets minor league system. He went 13-5 in the minors in 1971 and I had hopes he could make it in the majors, even though it was reported he didn't throw very hard. With hard throwers Seaver, Matlack, Koosman and Gentry, I thought a pitcher like Strom could be very effective in the rotation. I was pissed when they traded him for Phil Hennigan. (seems like I've always been pissed off at something) :) Later

Edgy MD Aug 27 2021 03:23 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Can't get through a day without Brent Strom-related controversy.

G-Fafif Aug 31 2021 06:19 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/mlbhr/status/1432859760362131457[/tweet] [tweet]https://twitter.com/mlb/status/1432860907051360257[/tweet]

G-Fafif Aug 31 2021 08:17 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

A big night for Amed. [tweet]https://twitter.com/mlbhr/status/1432888701839978496[/tweet] [tweet]https://twitter.com/baseball_ref/status/1432890358812266497[/tweet]

bmfc1 Aug 31 2021 08:44 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

George Burns? Oh God!

G-Fafif Aug 31 2021 09:35 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

A game for the ages (and no thumb-driven apologies necessary). [tweet]https://twitter.com/jaysonst/status/1432907915912962048[/tweet]

G-Fafif Sep 06 2021 09:20 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/dougherty_jesse/status/1434893753190424576[/tweet]

G-Fafif Sep 07 2021 08:04 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Ex-Met — check. Lesser threads — check. [tweet]https://twitter.com/astrosdaily/status/1435422639795757057[/tweet]

G-Fafif Sep 12 2021 11:37 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/numbersmlb/status/1437105895461302275[/tweet]

G-Fafif Sep 12 2021 05:22 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/mlbhr/status/1437192813779824649[/tweet]

MFS62 Sep 18 2021 01:25 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Andres Giminez, sent to Cleveland in the Lindor deal, homered to day against the MFYs. But since he is a lefty batter and he hit it to right field in YS III, it is still uncertain whether this should be counted as a real major league home run. Later

G-Fafif Sep 23 2021 08:55 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/numbersmlb/status/1441232338185179138[/tweet]

Edgy MD Sep 23 2021 09:41 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I think I've come to conflate AJ Ramos with Álex Torres. The former was a righty and the latter a helmeted lefty, I think. Also, as the Angels are the team I've known the least about forever, I always forget that they have those small, mid-character flaring serifs on their numbers, kind of a subtle echo of the Mets' beautiful road chestplate.

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 24 2021 05:34 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I one time pitched a book idea-- really just a pitch of a pitch -- that would tell a parallel history of the Mets and the Angels, which each born in the same era and occupying a similar role and character in their cities inasmuch as being in the shadow of a more successful/history-laden franchise, very few high moments of glory, similar ballparks, some of the same problems (ownership), and a few key intersections with one another (Ryan-Fregosi) and a lot of shared players, especially lately. I think I could still make that case, and if so, could probably build similar dual-histories. One notion behind the project for publishers was the idea that it addressed the governors that single-team focused sports books had on audiences. This would sell in two markets, not one! Rejected.

Edgy MD Sep 24 2021 07:53 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

The AngelMets: [list] [*]Ryan [*]K-Rod [*]Both had Whitey at a crucial juncture, but neither had peak-Whitey. [*]1986 was a huge season for both, but the post-season turned out dramatically differently [*]Had their secondary-team status underscored by the primary team's outstanding but annoying celebrity manager (Billy Martin/Tommy Lasorda) [*]Played in a beguiling-but-dated mid-century modern ballpark from the mid-sixties [/list] The Angels were probably the most definitive built-through-free-agency team through much of their mid period, while the Mets were among the most home-grown (and trade-built), which makes for an interesting study in contrasting philosophies. The Mets go from bad to great to bad to good, while the Angels stay pretty good but miss out on the greatness.

seawolf17 Sep 24 2021 09:12 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Plus, they've got Reggie Jackson trying to kill the Queen and we've got Bernard Gilkey getting bopped in the head by a fly ball. So there's that. I would absolutely read a Mets/Angels book. I wonder if the better hook is "secondary-team status," and you loop the White Sox and A's in there.

G-Fafif Sep 24 2021 11:46 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Except the Mets are No. 1.

MFS62 Sep 24 2021 11:53 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Luis Cessa (Mets farmhand traded for Cespedes) and ex MFY is lighting it up for Cincy. https://www.audacy.com/wfan/sports/yankees/luis-cessa-has-been-lights-out-for-reds-since-yankees-trade?utm_campaign=www.audacy.com%252Fwfan&utm_content=1632414639&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=WFAN-AM&fbclid=IwAR3qNBIgvxhkx53oj_XoQQnnipFiMx3g9mxxvhvrvntjH48-hrYNIgj5PEA Since joining the Reds, Cessa has pitched to a 1.31 ERA in 20.2 innings of work, striking out 17 and allowing just one walk. Batters are hitting just .203 since the trade on July 28, Later

seawolf17 Sep 24 2021 12:16 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

=G-Fafif post_id=78518 time=1632505599 user_id=55] Except the Mets are No. 1.

Sure, *I* know that. And *you* know that.

G-Fafif Sep 25 2021 03:07 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/mlbnetwork/status/1441871605328535556[/tweet]

G-Fafif Oct 02 2021 06:24 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Hansel still gets to the point. [tweet]https://twitter.com/mlb/status/1444456291829747715[/tweet]

G-Fafif Oct 19 2021 09:02 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Ty Kelly's extended season ended as the Ducks went down to the Lexington Legends (for whom Brandon Phillips played) in the Atlantic League championship series. [tweet]https://twitter.com/tykelly11/status/1450653635973632000[/tweet]

G-Fafif Oct 22 2021 04:24 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Braves third base traffic cop Ron Washington's Mets coaching roots noted in the Times: He became a coach in the Mets' system upon retiring in 1990. The team was hoping to move Tim Bogar, their eighth-round pick from 1987, from shortstop to second base. Washington raised his hand and said he could help. “Bogar was my first pupil,” he said. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/sports/baseball/ron-washington-atlanta.html

Edgy MD Oct 22 2021 07:29 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

"Yeah, maybe one of the fans can play second."

G-Fafif Oct 25 2021 08:43 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/mlbnetwork/status/1452818764886577153[/tweet]

G-Fafif Oct 30 2021 09:08 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

d'Ispatch from d'Atlanta… If hitting a home run in the World Series is the stuff kids dream of growing up, then Travis d'Arnaud's Friday was doubly good. Not only did he wallop his second home run of this Series at a key moment in the eighth inning of Game 3, but his day had started with a family trip for doughnuts. “We got 15 doughnuts,” d'Arnaud said after his 437-foot homer produced the final run to ice Atlanta's 2-0 win. “We got a bunch of chocolate bars, chocolate twists, cinnamon twists, cinnamon rolls, apple fritter, a lot of doughnut holes. “Yeah, it was good, too.” At 32 and playing in his second World Series, d'Arnaud is in the sweet spot of his career, playing with a team he loves. Now with his fourth organization in nine years, he signed a two-year, $16 million extension in August that likely will keep him in Atlanta through 2024. He's caught three shutouts this postseason — two against Milwaukee in a division series and Friday's game that looked like it could be a no-hitter until pinch-hitter Aledmys Diaz dumped a base hit onto the outfield grass to start the eighth. Offensively, he is hitting .417 (5 for 12) in this World Series. An unexpected key has been using teammate Joc Pederson's bat. After hitting .167 against the Brewers in the division series and .211 against the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, he started using Pederson's bat in the World Series and things turned around. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/30/sports/baseball/travis-darnaud-atlanta-world-series.html

G-Fafif Nov 04 2021 08:12 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Tsuyoshi Shinjo is the new manager/Big Boss of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. Tsuyoshi Shinjo has always been a performer. And the former outfielder lived up to that reputation on Thursday, November 4 when he was introduced as the new manager of the Pacific League's Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. Wearing a maroon suit, sunglasses and an unbuttoned white shirt with an outrageously high white collar, Shinjo made it clear from the outset that he intends to inject some new life not only into the Fighters but also into Japanese baseball as a whole. “Don't call me manager, I want to be known as ‘Big Boss,'” Shinjo told a packed press conference in Sapporo, explaining that is what he was called on the Indonesian island of Bali where he spent the last several years. The surprises didn't stop there. After making an entrance that was more reminiscent of John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, Shinjo laid out his plans for the struggling club. “I won't aim for a championship from the outset,” Shinjo said. “If the expectations are too high, the players will be overwhelmed. We'll practice day by day at first and build on our experience. Then around September if all goes well, we can say we are going for the championship.” Before Thursday's press conference, Shinjo visited the Fighters new stadium that will open in 2023 and said it's a venue that will “surprise the world.” https://featured.japan-forward.com/sportslook/showtime-in-hokkaido-tsuyoshi-shinjo-aims-to-breathe-new-life-into-the-fighters/

G-Fafif Nov 04 2021 08:15 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/npb_reddit/status/1456147937340256260[/tweet] [tweet]https://twitter.com/dorapeinet/status/1456130304054214656[/tweet]

Benjamin Grimm Nov 04 2021 08:18 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

When they're not playing baseball, they're out fighting ham.

Edgy MD Nov 04 2021 11:16 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Well, that's one more potential Mets manager off the market.

Willets Point Nov 04 2021 11:47 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Benjamin Grimm wrote: When they're not playing baseball, they're out fighting ham. The eternal question: do they fight against ham or do they fight for ham's benefit?

Benjamin Grimm Nov 04 2021 11:51 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I've always interpreted is as them being in opposition to ham. But when I picture a theoretical team logo for them, I picture an anthropomorphic ham wearing boxing gloves.

G-Fafif Nov 04 2021 01:17 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

They are the Fighters. Nippon Ham is the sponsor. And Shinjo is Big Boss.

Frayed Knot Nov 04 2021 03:03 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/dorapeinet/status/1456130304054214656[/tweet] When David Ruffin comes out of the grave to declare Shinjo's suit to be a bit over the top for him, you have to question the choice. Joe Torre, meanwhile, enjoys having his fashion choices from the '70s suddenly looking sedate by comparison.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 04 2021 03:11 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

I thought that was Ellen deGeneres.

Frayed Knot Nov 04 2021 03:45 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I thought that was Ellen deGeneres. I was thinking k. d. lang

Lefty Specialist Nov 04 2021 07:08 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Gotta hand it to Shinjo, he's a character. It's like he saw the title to this thread and said, 'Hold my Asahi'.

G-Fafif Nov 05 2021 06:18 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/jballallen/status/1456388288206487565[/tweet]

seawolf17 Nov 05 2021 06:53 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Shinjo is absolutely a top-five all-time Met favorite of mine.

Willets Point Nov 05 2021 07:12 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

He's on my Sentimental Favorites All-Star Team

Edgy MD Nov 05 2021 08:46 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

If you haven't yet read that press conference transcription, I encourage you to treat yourself.

Fman99 Nov 05 2021 10:09 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Nothing lesser about those threads. He looks like Doctor Detroit up there.

G-Fafif Nov 06 2021 08:41 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Adeiny Hechavarria is the Big Boss of bat flips for the Chiba Lotte Marines. [tweet]https://twitter.com/mikemayer22/status/1456952243836669957[/tweet]

G-Fafif Nov 12 2021 10:55 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/bnightengale/status/1459214721060462592[/tweet]

Edgy MD Nov 12 2021 11:53 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Man, what tough gig it must be skippering the Diamondbacks.

Marshmallowmilkshake Nov 15 2021 03:19 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Luis Rojas headed across town to the least of the lesser threads to coach third base.

MFS62 Nov 15 2021 03:29 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

=Marshmallowmilkshake post_id=81079 time=1637014787 user_id=119] Luis Rojas headed across town to the least of the lesser threads to coach third base.

Did he mention that Lee Mazzilli (ptui) was one of his childhood heroes?



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G-Fafif Nov 17 2021 01:16 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

1987 Met Al Pedrique will be the 2022 Miami Marlins' third base coach.

Edgy MD Nov 17 2021 01:17 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Well, that's one more off my 2022 manager list. Go get 'em Al!

G-Fafif Nov 26 2021 03:26 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

[tweet]https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1464343261372465158[/tweet]

Fman99 Nov 26 2021 06:38 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

He's really good now. At being terrible, I mean.

G-Fafif Nov 29 2021 06:35 PM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

One of the longer post-Met careers relative to the brevity of his Met career. [tweet]https://twitter.com/jonheyman/status/1465406642527293452[/tweet]

G-Fafif Dec 04 2021 07:13 AM Re: Ex-Mets in Lesser Threads

Dice-K greeted by a special guest at his retirement ceremony in Japan. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/12/cbf56e0f6348-baseball-ichiro-surprise-guest-for-matsuzaka-retirement-ceremony.html