Brock Beauchamp

Why would I be disgusted by this team? They're well over .500 and currently in a postseason spot. Am I angry at ownership? Absolutely. But I'm farrrrr from disgusted by this team.

Two weeks ago, the Mets looked like they were on a path to being clear sellers at the trade deadline; several games under .500 and well back of the Wild Card, most expected David Stearns to sell. A small warm-streak later, they're still under .500 but now only two games out of the third Wild Card spot in the National League. Why should a Twins fan care? Well, because the Mets have starting pitching, and a lot of it. Mike Puma of the New York Post tweeted that it's possible the Mets may look to move starters while also trying to contend. They have several starters coming back from injury or in the minors (see below) but also have several starters on expiring or short-term contracts: Luis Severino (3.52 ERA, free agent after the season), Jose Quintana (4.58 ERA, free agent after the season), and Sean Manaea (4.16 ERA, $13.5 million option for 2025) are three options the Metropolitans could use as bait to beef up their middle-of-the-pack offense. View full rumor

Let's just pretend those last two games didn't happen. The guy is off the roster, the games didn't happen.

Well, last night sucked.

It's a testament to just how weak the AL first baseman class is, not how great Santana is.

Remember when this team was absolutely no fun in April? They're the exact opposite of that right now.

B-Ref has them, go to the player's MiLB page and in the toolbar, there is "minor league games & splits". No career MiLB data but you can look by year. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=martin004aus&type=bgl&year=2023

Talk about two underperforming pitchers...

I'm not even a little bit concerned about losing Kirilloff at this point. I'm far more concerned about losing Festa and Keaschall. I've give away Kirilloff for a good reliever at this point.

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Why is this thread still going while discussing absolutely nothing?

He singled after the injury so he’s likely fine but I bet it’s swollen today.

GAME POSTPONED. DOUBLE HEADER TOMORROW … 1:10 and 6:40. Yesterday was a very enjoyable baseball experience. Let's do that again.

Beat the teams you should beat. The Twins have been excellent at doing that this season, let's keep it coming.

Win moar games.

A shoutout to @Peter Labuza, as this piece was mentioned by Provus on today's Twins broadcast!

I wish players were more open about this kind of thing, frankly. We all have preferences and that's fine. I don't begrudge anyone for loving NYC, it's a great place. But as a person who has been there many many times, I'm no longer interested in that kind of lifestyle. To each their own.

Who will win, the Colorado Rockies or Louie Varland? Or maybe more appropriately, who will lose less, the Colorado Rockies or Louie Varland? The moveable object versus the very stoppable force. A matchup for the ages, worthy of Mount Olympus itself.

A soft portion of the schedule is coming again, time to reel off a bunch of wins...

After growing up poor and needing to help his financially struggling parents, Rick Reed made the controversial decision to serve as a replacement player during the 1994-95 player’s strike. He was seemingly blackballed after the strike ended and spent the entire 1996 season with the Norfolk Tide (Triple A, New York Mets). Reed developed a good relationship with Tide manager Bobby Valentine, who was promoted to manage the Mets in 1997. Valentine helped ease Reed back into a clubhouse culture that was slow to accept a "scab", and then his career took off. His 2.89 ERA in 1997 was sixth in the National League. Reed was named an All-Star for the first time in 1998 at age 33, and he would make a second All-Star team in 2001. Between those seasons, he was a reliable control artist for a Mets team that reached the NLCS in 1999 and the World Series in 2000. The biggest moment of his Mets tenure was arguably game 161 of the 1999 season when Reed tossed a three-hit shutout to help New York keep pace with Cincinnati in the National League wild-card race. The two teams would finish tied, and the Mets were able to pull out a game 163 tiebreaker win on the road. Reed also started the Mets' only win of the 2000 World Series, allowing two runs over six innings against the Yankees. Reed posted a 59-36 record during his five seasons in Queens. Dwight Gooden is the only pitcher in Mets history with a higher winning percentage. He also has the third-lowest walks per nine innings in Mets history, trailing Bartolo Colón and Bret Saberhagen. The Twins acquired Reed in the middle of his 2001 All-Star season, sending veteran outfielder Matt Lawton to New York. Minnesota was in a playoff race for the first time in almost a decade, but things fell apart down the stretch. Their five-game AL Central lead at the All-Star break was gone by the end of July, and they finished six games out of first place. It didn’t help that Reed became a deadline dud, posting a 5.19 ERA with the Twins after the deadline. But the Twins playoff drought finally ended in 2002, and Reed was arguably their best pitcher that season. He led the team with 15 wins and 188 innings. His 3.78 ERA was second among those who pitched at least 100 innings, trailing 23-year-old Johan Santana (2.99 ERA in 108.1 IP). Reed led the American League by walking just 1.2 hitters per nine innings and was also eighth in WHIP. He tossed two complete games and completed seven innings in at least 12 of his 32 starts. Reed was especially strong after the All-Star break, posting a 2.88 ERA in 14 second-half starts. Reed got off to a pretty nice start in 2003. His numbers don’t look all that impressive, but an 11-run disaster against the Yankees in April ballooned them. If you remove that start, he would’ve had a 2.93 ERA through the end of May. This sample included a complete-game shutout against the Royals, who had gotten off to a fast start and were in first place when that game took place on May 14. Then, though, Reed was placed on the disabled list with a back injury, and he was never quite the same after returning in late June. He posted a 5.76 ERA from June through August. Ron Gardenhire moved the 38-year-old veteran to the bullpen in September, and he faced just three batters during the ALDS that fall. This ended Reed’s big-league career. He went to spring training on a minor-league deal with the Pirates in 2004, but chose to retire after his back issues from 2003 began to bother him again. Since retiring, Reed has been very involved at Marshall University. This includes a short stint as their pitching coach and a $1-million donation towards a new baseball field in 2019. Years after his career ended, Reed would say that getting traded to the Twins was the day “baseball kinda died” for him and his wife. Reed added, “I wish I could’ve ended my career in New York. When I was traded, I was torn up. I can say it now that I’m not playing. That’s how much we loved New York. Did I compete when I went to Minnesota? Absolutely. But there’s no place like New York.” Reed had been a free agent following the 2000 season and agreed to a three-year deal to stay with the Mets. He was three months into that contract when New York shipped him off to the Twins. NOTES: All statistics from Baseball Reference and Stathead. Most personal information on Rick Reed was taken from the Society for American Baseball Research. The quotes on baseball dying were from a New York Daily News article in 2010. View full player

This umpire is a joke. ABS please