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Edgy MD wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:54 am Fifty-five strikeouts in his first month back.

But enough about Darrin Ruf.

BUMPING THIS TO THE NEXT PAGE:

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, AUGUST 2022





AUGUST 2022
Player of the Month: JACOB deGROM

Pitcher of the Month: JACOB deGROM

Reliever of the Month: EDWIN DIAZ

Bench Player of the Month: DARIN RUF



Updated award winner standings, with this month's winners in bold:

PLAYER OF THE MONTH David Wright 14 JACOB deGROM 12 Pete Alonso 7 Johan Santana 6 Jose Reyes 6 Carlos Beltran 5 R. A. Dickey 4 Lucas Duda 4 Michael Conforto 4 Daniel Murphy 3 Francisco Lindor 3 Cliff Floyd 2 Tom Glavine 2 Carlos Delgado 2 Ike Davis 2 Matt Harvey 2 Noah Syndergaard 2 Curtis Granderson 2 Yoenis Cespedes 2 Mike Cameron 1 John Maine 1 Angel Pagan 1 Jeff Francoeur 1 Ruben Tejada 1 John Buck 1 Marlon Byrd 1 Dillon Gee 1 Jonathon Niese 1 Bartolo Colon 1 Juan Lagares 1 Wilmer Flores 1 Neil Walker 1 Jay Bruce 1 Asdrubal Cabrera 1 Brandon Nimmo 1 Jeff McNeil 1 Dominic Smith 1 Jonathan Villar 1 Tylor Megill 1

PITCHER OF THE MONTH JACOB deGROM 25 R. A. Dickey 10 Johan Santana 9 Pedro Martinez 6 John Maine 5 Bartolo Colon 5 Mike Pelfrey 4 Jonathon Niese 4 Matt Harvey 4 Noah Syndergaard 4 Tom Glavine 3 Dillon Gee 3 Orlando Hernandez 2 Robert Gsellman 2 Tylor Megill 2 Taijuan Walker 2 Alay Soler 1 Steve Trachsel 1 Oliver Perez 1 Livan Hernandez 1 Tim Redding 1 Chris Capuano 1 Zack Wheeler 1 Rafael Montero 1 Steven Matz 1 David Peterson 1 Marcus Stroman 1 Rich Hill 1 Carlos Carrasco 1 Max Scherzer 1

RELIEVER OF THE MONTH Jeurys Familia 12 Seth Lugo 8 EDWIN DIAZ 8 Brian Stokes 5 Addison Reed 5 Billy Wagner 4 Aaron Heilman 4 Bobby Parnell 4 Carlos Torres 4 Francisco Rodriguez 3 Hansel Robles 3 Robert Gsellman 3 Aaron Loup 3 Duaner Sanchez 2 Raul Valdes 2 Pedro Beato 2 Manny Acosta 2 Jon Rauch 2 LaTroy Hawkins 2 Chasen Shreve 2 Darren Oliver 1 Chad Bradford 1 Guillermo Mota 1 Joe Smith 1 Jorge Sosa 1 Scott Schoeneweis 1 Pedro Feliciano 1 Sean Green 1 Fernando Nieve 1 Hisanori Takahashi 1 Elmer Dessens 1 Jason Isringhausen 1 Frank Francisco 1 Josh Edgin 1 Scott Rice 1 Paul Sewald 1 Chasen Bradford 1 Wilmer Font 1

BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH Dominic Smith 6 Wilmer Flores 5 Fernando Tatis 3 Daniel Murphy 3 Jordany Valdespin 3 Eric Campbell 3 Kelly Johnson 3 Julio Franco 2 Damion Easley 2 Marlon Anderson 2 Endy Chavez 2 Josh Thole 2 Justin Turner 2 Scott Hairston 2 Andrew Brown 2 Lucas Duda 2 Juan Lagares 2 Brandon Nimmo 2 Amed Rosario 2 Michael Conforto 2 J.D. Davis 2 Eli Marrero 1 Michael Tucker 1 Ricky Ledee 1 David Newhan 1 Ramon Castro 1 Ruben Gotay 1 Robinson Cancel 1 Gary Sheffield 1 Alex Cora 1 Jeremy Reed 1 Omir Santos 1 Cory Sullivan 1 Chris Carter 1 Mike Hessman 1 Nick Evans 1 Jason Pridie 1 Willie Harris 1 Val Pascucci 1 Mike Baxter 1 Ronny Cedeno 1 Kelly Shoppach 1 Josh Satin 1 Zach Lutz 1 Ike Davis 1 Chris Young 1 Anthony Recker 1 Curtis Granderson 1 Johnny Monell 1 Darrell Ceciliani 1 Michael Cuddyer 1 Yoenis Cespedes 1 Gavin Cecchini 1 Jose Reyes 1 Devin Mesoraco 1 Jeff McNeil 1 Luis Guillorme 1 Robinson Cano 1 Jonathan Villar 1 Patrick Mazeika 1 Kevin Pillar 1 Brandon Drury 1 Khalil Lee 1 Tomas Nido 1 DARIN RUF 1

Leaders for Relievers in August:
1 Edwin Diaz 8.85
2 Adam Ottavino 5.67
3 Seth Lugo 4.98
4 Mychal Givens 4.80
5 Joely Rodriguez 4.75
6 Trevor Williams 3.26
7 Trevor May 2.56
8 Stephen Nogosek 1.93
9 Darin Ruf 1.72
10 Nate Fisher 1.71
11 Tommy Hunter 1.12
12 Rob Zastryzny 0.19
13 Adonis Medina 0.18
14 Sam Clay 0.11


Leaders for Bench Players in August:
1 Darin Ruf 3.65
2 Tyler Naquin 0.92
3 Eduardo Escobar 0.80
4 Deven Marrero 0.20
5 Mark Canha 0.04
6 Daniel Vogelbach 0.02
6 James McCann 0.02

G-Fafif wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 9:35 am Darin Ruf will compete for August Bench Player honors largely on the strength of his pitching.

It was foretold.

The August 2022 PotM set is seminal, to use a favorite Gary Cohen word. A 1969 deGrom! A 1980 deGrom! (One guesses Jake exhausted the Seventies models pre-scapula.) A 1967 Diaz/Trumpet in the best tradition of METS MAULERS! Comfort zones have been exploded or at least expanded. Plus compelling evidence that Darin Ruf wasn’t always useless.

Like the Seaver statue, the Hodges plaque and Nos. 17 and 24 having their day, I don’t know I ever believed I’d live long enough to see any of this. What a year.

Timmy Trumpet, master of even more free publicity.

Brilliant!

G-Fafif wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:02 am

G-Fafif wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 9:35 am Darin Ruf will compete for August Bench Player honors largely on the strength of his pitching.

It was foretold.

The August 2022 PotM set is seminal, to use a favorite Gary Cohen word. A 1969 deGrom! A 1980 deGrom! (One guesses Jake exhausted the Seventies models pre-scapula.) A 1967 Diaz/Trumpet in the best tradition of METS MAULERS! Comfort zones have been exploded or at least expanded. Plus compelling evidence that Darin Ruf wasn’t always useless.

Like the Seaver statue, the Hodges plaque and Nos. 17 and 24 having their day, I don’t know I ever believed I’d live long enough to see any of this. What a year.

And the Old Timer's Day more generally. Apart from any and all new history made this season, a terrific year for the institutionalization and enshrinement of established history.

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:54 am Fifty-five strikeouts in his first month back.

Struck out more than the nerd at the sorority party.
Later

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 1:30 pmAnd the Old Timer's Day more generally. Apart from any and all new history made this season, a terrific year for the institutionalization and enshrinement of established history.

I currently have saved on DVR:
NYM Old Timers Baseball
NYM Old Timers Pregame
He's Keith Hernandez
ESPN 30 for 30 (four episodes)

Over the weekend:

KB: What's all the Mets stuff saved on the DVR?
KC: Don't touch it, leave it be.
KB: The Once Upon a Time thing is a year old.
KC: Leave it alone if you want to see another year!
KB: Isn't this stuff online?
KC: I'm sure it is, so is Flea Market Flip and Storage Wars.

*silence followed* game, set, match...

Did Ruf's pitching mopup work actually go into his Bench Player of the Month totals?

It did.

G-Fafif wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:02 amA 1969 deGrom! A 1980 deGrom! (One guesses Jake exhausted the Seventies models pre-scapula.) A 1967 Diaz/Trumpet in the best tradition of METS MAULERS! Comfort zones have been exploded or at least expanded.

Yes, the only 1970s year for which there hasn't yet been a deGrom card was 1977. Sometimes I reuse existing cards, but the ones with the long hair seem kind of dated now so I'm less likely to reuse them, so yes, I expanded the parameters a bit.

The Diaz/Trumpet card is the second time I've dipped into 1967, but the first time for Schaefer. The other time was when David Wright tied Ed Kranepool for all-time leader in base hits.



As you can see, there have been a lot of deGrom cards!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:23 pm It did.

That sounds like an executive decision was made!

Also, despite the seeming paradox, I kind of agree with it.

No, no decision was made. It's the way the Schaefer software works. Other than creating the baseball cards and the end-of-month posts, everything it totally automated. To close out a game I click a button and the code does all the tallying. Bench points are given to any position player who earns points in a game in which he's not in the starting lineup. Reliever points are given to anyone, pitcher or not, who pitches in the game after the starter has exited.

I see a gap here... If Jacob deGrom were to pinch-hit a game-winning three-run homer, he wouldn't get bench points, although he should. But that's so unlikely and I'm not going to invest the time to fix it for a project that only about a half-dozen people participate in. If Schaefer took any real effort I wouldn't be doing it.

It's just interesting in that players now have to be pre-declared either hitters or pitchers even if they do something else. MLB is acting like software. You're either a zero or a one.

I guess I need to root against the Mets acquiring Shohei Ohtani, because he'd blow up the Schaefer engine.

I suppose I would have to classify him as a position player in the UMDB. It would allow him to earn points in both categories. But yeah, he would complicate things.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:42 am No, no decision was made. It's the way the Schaefer software works. Other than creating the baseball cards and the end-of-month posts, everything it totally automated. To close out a game I click a button and the code does all the tallying. Bench points are given to any position player who earns points in a game in which he's not in the starting lineup. Reliever points are given to anyone, pitcher or not, who pitches in the game after the starter has exited.

I see a gap here... If Jacob deGrom were to pinch-hit a game-winning three-run homer, he wouldn't get bench points, although he should. But that's so unlikely and I'm not going to invest the time to fix it for a project that only about a half-dozen people participate in. If Schaefer took any real effort I wouldn't be doing it.

The hardy half-dozen appreciate the effort.

It's really not much effort, but thanks for the appreciation!

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, SEPTEMBER 2022





SEPTEMBER 2022
Player of the Month: EDUARDO ESCOBAR

Pitcher of the Month: CHRIS BASSITT

Reliever of the Month: JOELY RODRIGUEZ

Bench Player of the Month: TERRANCE GORE



Updated award winner standings, with this month's winners in bold:

PLAYER OF THE MONTH David Wright 14 Jacob deGrom 12 Pete Alonso 7 Johan Santana 6 Jose Reyes 6 Carlos Beltran 5 R. A. Dickey 4 Lucas Duda 4 Michael Conforto 4 Daniel Murphy 3 Francisco Lindor 3 Cliff Floyd 2 Tom Glavine 2 Carlos Delgado 2 Ike Davis 2 Matt Harvey 2 Noah Syndergaard 2 Curtis Granderson 2 Yoenis Cespedes 2 Mike Cameron 1 John Maine 1 Angel Pagan 1 Jeff Francoeur 1 Ruben Tejada 1 John Buck 1 Marlon Byrd 1 Dillon Gee 1 Jonathon Niese 1 Bartolo Colon 1 Juan Lagares 1 Wilmer Flores 1 Neil Walker 1 Jay Bruce 1 Asdrubal Cabrera 1 Brandon Nimmo 1 Jeff McNeil 1 Dominic Smith 1 Jonathan Villar 1 Tylor Megill 1 EDUARDO ESCOBAR 1

PITCHER OF THE MONTH Jacob deGrom 25 R. A. Dickey 10 Johan Santana 9 Pedro Martinez 6 John Maine 5 Bartolo Colon 5 Mike Pelfrey 4 Jonathon Niese 4 Matt Harvey 4 Noah Syndergaard 4 Tom Glavine 3 Dillon Gee 3 Orlando Hernandez 2 Robert Gsellman 2 Tylor Megill 2 Taijuan Walker 2 Alay Soler 1 Steve Trachsel 1 Oliver Perez 1 Livan Hernandez 1 Tim Redding 1 Chris Capuano 1 Zack Wheeler 1 Rafael Montero 1 Steven Matz 1 David Peterson 1 Marcus Stroman 1 Rich Hill 1 Carlos Carrasco 1 Max Scherzer 1 CHRIS BASSITT 1

RELIEVER OF THE MONTH Jeurys Familia 12 Seth Lugo 8 Edwin Diaz 8 Brian Stokes 5 Addison Reed 5 Billy Wagner 4 Aaron Heilman 4 Bobby Parnell 4 Carlos Torres 4 Francisco Rodriguez 3 Hansel Robles 3 Robert Gsellman 3 Aaron Loup 3 Duaner Sanchez 2 Raul Valdes 2 Pedro Beato 2 Manny Acosta 2 Jon Rauch 2 LaTroy Hawkins 2 Chasen Shreve 2 Darren Oliver 1 Chad Bradford 1 Guillermo Mota 1 Joe Smith 1 Jorge Sosa 1 Scott Schoeneweis 1 Pedro Feliciano 1 Sean Green 1 Fernando Nieve 1 Hisanori Takahashi 1 Elmer Dessens 1 Jason Isringhausen 1 Frank Francisco 1 Josh Edgin 1 Scott Rice 1 Paul Sewald 1 Chasen Bradford 1 Wilmer Font 1 JOELY RODRIGUEZ 1

BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH Dominic Smith 6 Wilmer Flores 5 Fernando Tatis 3 Daniel Murphy 3 Jordany Valdespin 3 Eric Campbell 3 Kelly Johnson 3 Julio Franco 2 Damion Easley 2 Marlon Anderson 2 Endy Chavez 2 Josh Thole 2 Justin Turner 2 Scott Hairston 2 Andrew Brown 2 Lucas Duda 2 Juan Lagares 2 Brandon Nimmo 2 Amed Rosario 2 Michael Conforto 2 J.D. Davis 2 Eli Marrero 1 Michael Tucker 1 Ricky Ledee 1 David Newhan 1 Ramon Castro 1 Ruben Gotay 1 Robinson Cancel 1 Gary Sheffield 1 Alex Cora 1 Jeremy Reed 1 Omir Santos 1 Cory Sullivan 1 Chris Carter 1 Mike Hessman 1 Nick Evans 1 Jason Pridie 1 Willie Harris 1 Val Pascucci 1 Mike Baxter 1 Ronny Cedeno 1 Kelly Shoppach 1 Josh Satin 1 Zach Lutz 1 Ike Davis 1 Chris Young 1 Anthony Recker 1 Curtis Granderson 1 Johnny Monell 1 Darrell Ceciliani 1 Michael Cuddyer 1 Yoenis Cespedes 1 Gavin Cecchini 1 Jose Reyes 1 Devin Mesoraco 1 Jeff McNeil 1 Luis Guillorme 1 Robinson Cano 1 Jonathan Villar 1 Patrick Mazeika 1 Kevin Pillar 1 Brandon Drury 1 Khalil Lee 1 Tomas Nido 1 Darin Ruf 1 TERRANCE GORE 1

Leaders for Relievers in September:

Rank Name Points
1 Joely Rodriguez 5.15
2 Edwin Diaz 4.79
3 Mychal Givens 4.39
4 Trevor Williams 3.17
5 Tommy Hunter 3.00
6 Adam Ottavino 2.79
7 Trevor May 2.67
8 David Peterson 2.25
9 Seth Lugo 2.17
10 Drew Smith 1.14
11 Tylor Megill 0.94
12 Alex Claudio 0.68



Leaders for Bench Players in September:
1 Terrance Gore 1.25
2 Mark Vientos 0.57
3 Mark Canha 0.31
4 Tyler Naquin 0.09
5 Daniel Vogelbach 0.01

First-timers all! Love the Joely win and the Joely '72.

Gore also wins largely on the strength of one game.

The DH certainly takes away a chunk of opportunity for a player to shine off the bench, but with a platoon at DH, a platoon in right after Marte went down, and pinch-hitting-for-the-catcher opportunities, it's disappointing that somebody couldn't step up off the bench more than once a month.

The DH is for saps, anyway you slice it.