His cousin still couldn't throw, which makes his winning that more impressive. Dude bounced one.

Pete Alonso.

Smoother balls. In an effort to make balls more uniform, the league is smoothing them a little more. Results in a ball that is harder to grip. The laces are a little less raised too.

Mets Reddit won’t shut up about how this is the worst trade in team history. We traded a young Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi.

It's nice that Marisnick says it was an accident and expressed remorse, but that's a terrible play. He had zero reason to go inside and that wasn't anywhere near a slide. That's head to head contact. It would be a penalty in the NFL.

This derby should be a lot of fun.

On paper, Edwin Diaz was worth more than Kelenic and Dunn when we made the trade. A top closer with four years of cheap team control is a TON of value. If things fall apart, he can be flipped for a very nice prospect package.

Exactly. He's made wrong choices. Leaving Lugo in for the 8th Sunday was worse than going to Gsellman. But Gsellman has an era of nearly 5. None of these choices are right choices.

Eeverything the Mets’ front office does is built around having scapegoats in place. Look at this past weekend. Callaway looks like an asshole, Jeff Wilpon gets to descend from the heavens and gush about how sorry the team is and how rude this was, and the NY media focuses on how much Callaway sucks both as a person…

Gsellman in the 8th is definitely a better move. But Gsellman is barely good, with an ERA of 4.9something, and he’s facing the 2-3-4 of the lineup.

I don't know the extent to which Healey did anything wrong. But you've got Mike Puma of the NY Post tweeting that Callaway is picking fights because he's trying to get fired. What even is that.

Lugo has thrown 37.2 innings over 28 appearances. He often goes two innings and then doesn’t pitch back to back days. Similar to Josh Hader.

Diaz has been shaky in situations other than 9th inning save opportunities. Lately he’s been shaky in general. Relievers are creatures of habit. Disrupting that habit doesn’t always work.

Also, thanks for pointing out that the Mets are 37-41, and are not any worse than slightly mediocre.

It’s pretty Trumpy to blame the media, but I’m gonna do it. NY sports media loves stirring up drama. Mike Puma of the NY Post is tweeting that Callaway is intentionally picking fights because he wants to get fired. That’s ridiculous.

Cheese balls, aka fried cheese curds.

Yup. Meanwhile, Backman has done nothing whatsoever to show he deserves the job. He’s got 1986 nostalgia and he’s enough of a hothead that he’d generate headlines.

Todd Frazier was right.

He’s obligated to move:

The rule isn’t just that you can’t lean into the ball. The rule is that you have to make an effort to get out of the way of the ball. If you don’t flinch, you’re technically violating the the rule.