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Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

Edgy MD Apr 03 2021 04:30 PM

Bestest: Jacob deGrom (6.5 fWAR projected from Steamy) Leastest: Albert Almora, Jr. (0.0 fWAR projected from Steamy) Tallest: Dellin Betances (6' 8") Shortest: Marcus Stroman (5' 7") Beefiest: Dellin Betances (265 lbs) Lightest: Edwin Diaz (165 lbs) Oldest: Aaron Loup (33 years, 105 days) Youngest: David Peterson (25 years, 212 days) Richest: Jake deGrom ($32,500,000) Poorest: Tomás Nido ($577,720) Longest Tenured: Jacob deGrom (debuted 5/15/2014, signed 6/20/2010) Newest: Kevin Pillar (hasn't debuted, signed 2/20/2021) Grimmest: Miguel Castro (subjectively judged) Happiest: Brandon Nimmo (subjectively judged) Fastest: Brandon Nimmo (28.0 ft/sec) Slowest: Tomás Nido (24.8 ft/sec) Most Local: Dellin Betances (Born: Washington Heights, Manhattan, NY) Most Exotic: Jonathan Villar (Born: La Vega, Dominican Republic) Best School: Marcus Stroman (Duke University) Worst School: Kevin Pillar (Cal State — Dominguez Hills) Most Pigment: Miguel Castro (subjectively judged) Least Pigment: James McCann (subjectively judged) Coolest: Luis Guillorme (catches bats) Dorkiest: Jacob Barnes (Brewers, Angels make for a non-descript cv — could possibly be dorkier if he threw a palm ball) Hardest Thrower: Jacob deGrom (98.6 mph four-seamer) Softest Tosser: David Peterson (92.1 mph four-seamer)

seawolf17 Apr 03 2021 04:58 PM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

I probably wouldn't have guessed Aaron Loup as the oldest if you'd given me twenty guesses.

Fman99 Apr 03 2021 05:00 PM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

Damn not a player over 34. Good, young players

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 03 2021 06:28 PM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

=seawolf17 post_id=59338 time=1617490736 user_id=91] I probably wouldn't have guessed Aaron Loup as the oldest if you'd given me twenty guesses.

Shoulda been a kwiz

batmagadanleadoff Apr 03 2021 06:39 PM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

=seawolf17 post_id=59338 time=1617490736 user_id=91] I probably wouldn't have guessed Aaron Loup as the oldest if you'd given me twenty guesses.

I probably wouldn't have come up with Aaron Loup if you gave me 25 guesses to name 25 2021 Mets.

Edgy MD Apr 03 2021 09:22 PM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

Well, as long as you remember who they are, lefthanded relievers are always a good guess for the oldest. Had Blerry Jevins made this team, he surely would have displaced Loupy as the village elder. But this exercise taught me that a lot of these extremes — age for instance — weren't that extreme, with everybody swinging within eight years of each other. Opening day last season, the spread was twice that. Actually, with Giménez and Canó, the spread would have been twice that just staying at second base. We also lost our three fastest players, and our four slowest along with them. Regressing to the mean is no fun. Thank God for Betances and Stro. Add your own extremes — most vs. least hirsute, strongest vs. weakest, funniest vs. humorlessest ... .

Edgy MD Apr 04 2021 09:13 PM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

Lowest BMI: Diaz (20.62) Highest BMI: Smith (30.51) That, of course, is calculated according to the ever-unreliable officially listed heights and weights, but you work with what you got. I just realized the Mets actually had not three, but four guys faster than Nimmo in 2020. I left out Slidin' Billy Hamilton.

seawolf17 Apr 05 2021 05:45 AM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

The silly things you'll always remember - my wife and I were at a game, and between innings, on the Jumbotron, they had an "Ask The Mets" segment or whatever. The question was "who's the funniest guy on the team?" And one by one, each guy: "Lenny Harris." "Lenny Harris." "Definitely Lenny." Then, at the end, Lenny Harris, with a giggle: "Me."

Edgy MD Apr 05 2021 06:34 AM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

Pure guesswork, but I'll go with: Funniest: Gsellman Unfunniest: Conforto Diaz is also a candidate for the latter. It's hard to be the closer and be funny, even if you used to be funny before you became a closer.

Fman99 Apr 05 2021 07:31 AM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

Which Met takes the biggest shits? My guess is that it's Syndergaard. I feel like a big strong Thor-type would fire off a real toilet spud.

Chad ochoseis Apr 05 2021 08:17 AM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

Edgy MD wrote: Pure guesswork, but I'll go with: Funniest: Gsellman Unfunniest: Conforto Diaz is also a candidate for the latter. It's hard to be the closer and be funny, even if you used to be funny before you became a closer. Closers are known for being funny. Sparky Lyle, Dan Quisenberry, Tug Freakin' McGraw. I even remember Billy Wags as funny in a douchey kind of way. That being said, Diaz never struck me as a funny guy.

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 05 2021 08:39 AM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

I think Gsellman tries too hard to be cool to be funny.

ashie62 Apr 05 2021 08:55 AM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

deGrom 10 years. I remember when a poster here suggested the Mets turn to him early on. Well played.

Edgy MD Apr 05 2021 09:05 AM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

Chad ochoseis wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Pure guesswork, but I'll go with: Funniest: Gsellman Unfunniest: Conforto Diaz is also a candidate for the latter. It's hard to be the closer and be funny, even if you used to be funny before you became a closer. Closers are known for being funny. Sparky Lyle, Dan Quisenberry, Tug Freakin' McGraw. I even remember Billy Wags as funny in a douchey kind of way. That being said, Diaz never struck me as a funny guy. These were ace relievers, but they weren't closers. Since saves have mostly been reduced to a one-inning affair, the advent of the closer has been synonymous with the breeding of high-strung assholes who nobody wants to locker next to.

Edgy MD Apr 05 2021 09:06 AM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

=Fman99 post_id=59412 time=1617629503 user_id=86] Which Met takes the biggest shits? My guess is that it's Syndergaard. I feel like a big strong Thor-type would fire off a real toilet spud.

This is what this thread needs.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 05 2021 09:16 AM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

Yes, but he didn't provide any conjecture about who would be at the other end of the spectrum.

Fman99 Apr 05 2021 09:30 AM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

So, which Met takes the tiniest, daintiest shits? I'd say that's probably Jeff McNeil. I imagine a lot of squirrel-ish type pellets in his digestive output.

MFS62 Apr 05 2021 10:43 AM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

JD Davis might be the dumbest. He's "not sure if he will get the vaccine: https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/mets_3b_jd_davis_unsure_if_hell_get_covid_19_vaccine/s1_13132_34529750 J.D. Davis said he hasn't thought about whether he'll get a COVID-19 vaccine. "It's a personal preference and everybody has their own choice of doing so," he said, noting that he wants to be sensitive to those who have struggled with/died from the disease. Hasn't thought about it? Really? Smartest? DeGrom, who hasn't commented on the issue. LAter

Benjamin Grimm Apr 05 2021 11:51 AM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

I know. Hasn't even thought about it. Good grief. Carrasco has had the vaccine, and so has Chili Davis. I'd like to see more players state that they're getting vaccinated, not just the one who has recovered from leukemia.

Frayed Knot Apr 05 2021 01:01 PM Re: Meet the Extreme 2021 Mets

In some ways you can write it off to the indestructible arrogance of athletic youth. But these guys still have parents, and many likely young enough to have grandparents.