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Edgy MD Sep 22 2023 04:04 PM |
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Give a laurel and hardy handshake to the Mets minor league organizational award winners. These awards don't have a name, I don't think, at least not since they dropped "Sterling." But they should have a name. Or they can just retire another number or something.
Christian Scott is the Mets' organizational Pitcher of the Year. Now I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that "Christian Scott" is a cool enough name for a romance hero or a soap opera character, but it lacks the kinetic fearsomeness of "Jett Williams." Well, then, I think you're probably being a little shallow about this. Has Christian played across three levels in a single season like Jett? Yes he has. Does he have a particular statistic that makes your eyes pop like Jett's on-base percentage? Well, check out his strikeout-to-walk ratio. He's got the kind of walk totals that makes Bret Saberhagen elbow Pedro Martinez to point it out, and Pedro turns around and gets Bartolo Colón's attention, and suggests that they have a new member for their club. Does he have the draft pedigree that Jett Williams does? No, he doesn't. He came in the fifth round, out of The University of Florida. You know who came from The University of Florida? Pete Alonso did. Yeah, that was the second round, but let's not get stupid about this. Scott looks awesome.
That's not all though. The Dominican Summer League Mets Player of the year is Jeffry Rosa. I don't want to spend another hour making tables or nothing, but you can look at his numbers Did you know that there's, like, 50 teams in the DSL? Each with about 35 players at any given time. So, "Leading the League" doesn't mean "best of 750." It's more like best of 1,750. I'm completely and totally serious. Any second now, my wife is going to remind me that I need to get something done, so I'm just going to run through all of these guys. The Dominican Summer League Mets Pitcher of the year is Franklin Gomez. He's I know you're all so excited about this that your pants are around your ankles, and you don't even remember when or how this happened. But I'm going to need you to calm down. Some of these guys are still two or three days away from seeing major league action, so you're just going to have to make do until then getting your Reed Garrett groove on. In the meantime, well, think Jetly thoughts and know that I'll be there for you.
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Fman99 Sep 23 2023 04:36 AM Re: Organizational Awards |
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Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 23 2023 08:40 AM Re: Organizational Awards |
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Edgy MD Sep 23 2023 09:25 AM Re: Organizational Awards |
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MFS62 Sep 23 2023 10:10 AM Re: Organizational Awards |
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