The Crane Pool Forum

Competition is heated as you are invited to vote NOW!!!! for the Crane Pool Forum's 2024 Tug McGraw Award for Outstanding Mets Relief Pitcher.

Vote for up to 10 players, in order of effectiveness.

Here's your blank ballot for you to copy and paste and turn in below:

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The following HEROES qualify for inclusion on your ballot, because they, at one time or another, or possibly at many different times, came on in relief of another Mets pitcher, committed to redeeming a moment that seemed in peril.

• Ty Adcock
• Eddy Alvarez
• Huascar Brazobán
• José Buttó
• Edwin Díaz
• Jake Diekman
• Matt Festa
• Reed Garrett
• Grant Hartwig
• Adrian Houser
• Tyler Jay
• Jorge López
• Phil Maton
• Tylor Megill
• Dedniel Núñez
• Eric Orze
• Adam Ottavino
• Brooks Raley
• Yohan Ramírez
• Sean Reid-Foley
• Drew Smith
• Ryne Stanek
• Cole Sulser
• Michael Tonkin
• Luis Torrens
• Josh Walker
• Alex Young
• Danny Young

Please remember to rank these characters only as starting relief pitchers. Their work as infielders, MMA fighters, app designers, hair stylists, and volunteer teacher's assistants — while noble — should be considered somewhere else, but not here.

Vote once, but vote hard!

José Buttó
Reed Garrett
Edwin Díaz
Dedniel Núñez
Tylor Megill
Phil Maton
Danny Young
Adam Ottavino
Ryne Stanek
Alex Young

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 1:58 pm Please remember to rank these characters only as starting pitchers. Their work as infielders, MMA fighters, app designers, hair stylists, and volunteer teacher's assistants — while noble — should be considered somewhere else, but not here.

Y'know I won't always be here to correct your posts all the time.

Ranking ten is way too much work. Top three is all I can muster
if and when I get to it. I am so no not into baseball the first week
of November, so pardon my grumpiness.

Frayed Knot wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 3:43 pm Y'know I won't always be here to correct your posts all the time.

I somehow doubt that's true.

kcmets wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 3:46 pm Ranking ten is way too much work. Top three is all I can muster
if and when I get to it. I am so no not into baseball the first week
of November, so pardon my grumpiness.

It gets easier.

Diaz
Garrett
Butto
Maton
Nunez
Danny Young
Reid-Foley
Lopez
Smith
Ottavino

1) Edwin Diaz
2) José Buttó
3) Reed Garrett
4) Dedniel Nunez
5) Phil Maton
6) Ryne Stanek
7) Drew Smith
8) Danny Young
9) Danny Young
10) Jake Diekman

1) Edwin Diaz
2) Reed Garrett
3) Jose Butto
4) Dedniel Nunez
5) Phil Maton
6) Ryne Stanek
7) Drew Smith
8) Danny Young
9) Adam Ottavino
10) Jorge Lopez

1) Edwin Diaz
2) Dedniel Nuñez
3) Reed Garrett
4) Jose Butto
5) Ryne Stanek
6) Phil Maton
7) Danny Young
8) Jorge Lopez
9) Adrian Houser
10) Yohan Ramirez

1. Diaz
2. Garrett
3. Nunez
4. Maton
5. Jorge Lopez
6. Reid-Foley
7. Smith
8. Stanek
9. Danny Young
10. Diekman

1) Edwin Diaz
2) José Buttó
3) Dedniel Nunez
4) Reed Garrett
5) Phil Maton
6) Ryne Stanek
7) Drew Smith
8) Adam Ottavino
9) Danny Young
10) Adrian Houser

Edwin Diaz
Reed Garrett
Dedniel Nuñez
Jose Butto
Ryne Stanek
Phil Maton
Danny Young
Jorge Lopez
Adrian Houser
Yohan Ramirez