Who's your All-Star?

You're Torey Lovullo, picking THIS VERY NIGHT a Mets rep for the NL All-Star Team — Who Is It?

Pete Alonso
3
19%
Harrison Bader
1
6%
Reed Garrett
0
No votes
Francisco Lindor
3
19%
Sean Manaea
1
6%
Starling Marte
0
No votes
J.D. Martinez
1
6%
Brandon Nimmo
2
13%
Luís Severino
5
31%
Mark Vientos
0
No votes
Other (Please Specify)
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 16
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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by Bob Alpacadaca » Mon Jul 08, 2024 1:10 pm

metirish wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2024 1:00 pm

Where is our hero advocating for Lindor ?
Perhaps Palmer meant to say, "Yankee bias" instead of "NYC bias." C'mon, Jim!
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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by MFS62 » Wed Jul 10, 2024 9:53 am

Palmer probably still hasn't forgiven the Mets since 1969.

In a nicer story, Pirate Rookie All-Star Paul Skenes said he wanted to meet Bob Uecker and I saw a picture on FB that showed they were introduced. Something about that makes me feel good.
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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by Benjamin Grimm » Wed Jul 10, 2024 9:57 am

I wouldn't have guessed that Bob Uecker was still alive. Good for him!
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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Wed Jul 10, 2024 7:00 pm

Marshmallowmilkshake wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2024 8:28 am
metirish wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2024 8:12 am

What ? Is this true ?
I don't see what's wrong there. It looks like Pete was saying if selected for the team, he'd participate in the derby. Is Nightengale implying that Pete was selected only because he would compete in the derby?
I think it's worse than that. According to a piece in The Athletic, Alonso played hardball with MLB and told MLB that he'd participate in the HR Derby only if he was also selected to the All-Star team. Apparently, Alonso had some leverage over MLB because the potential field for the Derby was greatly reduced after some injuries and opt-outs. Alonso was not an original choice for this year's Derby but after MLB's preferred field was diminished, MLB wanted Alonso very badly for the Derby, and so gave in to Alonso's demand.

By getting Pete Alonso in the Home Run Derby, MLB shortchanged two of his Mets teammates

Excerpt:
Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor are deserving All-Stars. But neither earned spots in the fan or player voting, and Major League Baseball’s desire for teammate Pete Alonso to be in the Home Run Derby prevented them from getting the Mets’ only selection.

Wittingly or not, Alonso created unintended consequences for Nimmo and Lindor when he said of the Derby, “If I’m selected to the All-Star team, I’m definitely open to doing it.” The league used each of its five at-large selections to account for teams that were left without a representative in the fan or player balloting. That is how Alonso became the Mets’ only All-Star.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/562957 ... mo-lindor/

The article's kinda fudgy but I think that my interpretation is the soundest because a player doesn't have to be an All-Star selection to participate in the HR Derby.
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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by MFS62 » Wed Jul 10, 2024 7:24 pm

The fact that they could have invited him to participate if he hadn't been an All-Star and he still demanded to be on the team leads me to guess that he either has an All Star bonus clause in his contract or his agent told him to do it to build his free agency resume. Or both.
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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Fri Jul 12, 2024 12:52 pm

On the heels of Paul Skenes’ 11-strikeout performance with seven no-hit innings Thursday, the Pittsburgh Pirates star rookie was named the National League’s All-Star Game starting pitcher Friday.

Skenes will be the fifth rookie to start an All-Star Game in MLB history, joining Hideo Nomo (1995), Fernando Valenzuela (1981), Mark Fidrych (1976) and Dave Stenhouse (1962).

Since making his major-league debut on May 11, Skenes is 6-0 with a 1.90 ERA with 89 strikeouts and just 14 runs allowed in 66 1/3 innings. His ERA would be first in the league and his 12.08 strikeouts per nine innings would be second-best if he pitched enough innings to qualify as a league leader.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/563393 ... e-starter/
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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by MFS62 » Fri Jul 12, 2024 1:27 pm

The two runs the Mets scored off Skenes (in 7 IP) was the most of any major league team he's faced.
We got his number.

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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by Marshmallowmilkshake » Mon Jul 15, 2024 11:22 am

Did anyone have Jose Iglesias? OMG! He's headed to the Home Run Derby.

https://sny.tv/articles/mets-jose-igles ... -run-derby
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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by Cowtipper » Mon Jul 15, 2024 11:43 am

They are really running this OMG thing into the ground very quickly.
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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by Fman99 » Mon Jul 15, 2024 3:47 pm

While all star caliber Mets Lindor & Nimmo stay home and make frowny faces (or take vacations and get rest, like I know).

Not to put down Iglesias' on field contributions which have wildly exceeded any reasonable expectations a Mets fan might have had when he was called up.
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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by TheNextMetsManager » Mon Jul 15, 2024 6:54 pm

Put Iglesias in there.
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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by metirish » Mon Jul 15, 2024 7:11 pm

This is cool
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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by Edgy MD » Mon Jul 15, 2024 7:15 pm

Still haven't seen an announcement on a Mookie Betts replacement.

Luis Arraez is also sitting out with a thumb injury.
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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by G-Fafif » Mon Jul 15, 2024 8:54 pm

De La Cruz is technically Betts’s replacement.
Hope for the best. Expect the Mets.
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Re: Who's your All-Star?

Post by Edgy MD » Mon Jul 15, 2024 9:55 pm

Welly, I should have known I'd see Elly on the telly.
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