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Raka_Putra posted...

Question:
Which character duo that appears together in their sprites is your favorite? (not counting courtroom assistants)
Off the top of my head I remember...
Karin and Bonnie
Shi Long Lang and Shih-na
Ahlbi and Shahdo
Ben and Trilo
Trucy and Mr. Hat
Dr. Crab and that penguin
Bonny and Betty
Rayfa and Nayna

you forgot Aura and (I forget if it was Clonco or Ponco)
Do you count Phoenix and Mia???
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https://deadspin.com/why-is-jose-reyes-still-playing-for-the-mets-1828174940

if you care to read, i'd say you should up to the first set of diamonds or whatever you want to call it.

and then this bit later on:
Oh yeah, this year, all the time, Reyes said, when asked how often owners Fred and Jeff Wilpon are in the clubhouse and around the team. They come here a lot. Jeff was here yesterday. Fred is here all the time.

Both the teams players and baseball ops have taken note of how often the teams owner pops into Mickey Callaways office. What is said there? I couldnt tell you that. Fred Wilpon hasnt spoken with the media since asserting in 2013falselythat all of his loans were paid off. A Mets spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment on any role Fred has played in determining Reyess playing time, or Jeffs role in overruling baseball ops and bringing Reyes back.

For his part, Callaway denied that either Wilpon has anything to do with his decisions concerning Reyess playing time. Oh, none at all, Callaway said Tuesday, at his pregame presser. They kind of stay out of that, let me talk to the players and figure out when they should play and when they shouldnt.

And yet Callaways Mets have give tons of playing time to a player who has been declared finished by the teams own pro scouting department. Whether that is because ownership is unwilling to listen to the teams own baseball people, which has been a common-enough occurrence in years past, or whether this is a perfect storm of faulty evaluation and willful alienation of the teams fans, that outcome pushes any kind of trust in the teams future process beyond the point of absurdity.


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jeff mc real deal neal
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yeah i saw about that actually haha. Pretty cool idea to promote mental health awareness tbqh

im fine i just vent on you guys :)
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degrom watch

another gem (8ip 2 r 9 k), another loss
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He's been good and should be in the lineup from THAT angle

BUT Ricco literally just said YESTERDAY (or today?), in the midst of an obvious lost season that the Mets need to try out their younger players. 24 hours later, their starting lineup tonight features 5 players 30 years old or over (not counting deGrom), with the guys they are literally referencing they want to look aton the bench, or worse, in AAA.

Imagine having a GM/Owner who say "ok the seasons over but instead of playing young kids for the future we're still gonna field the oldest lineup you can find tonight full of players who shouldn't be relevant to the team next year"
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Bautista should've 100% been traded at the deadline (btw thanks Gamefaqs mod who allowed me to say this word w/o getting HEY WAIT'd). The wilpons were so fucking delusional they were like NOPE WINDFALL OR NOTHING FOR HIM CUZ HES BEEN SO GOOD THIS YEAR. aka, their asking price was so fucking high for JOSE BAUTISTA they didnt really want to trade him.

I'm sure they'll try to do it on August waivers but theyre gonna lose so much value since he has league minimum and he'll get instantly claimed and then you're forced to only deal with one team.

Like yeah, he's been ok. I wouldn't say good. He'd be most contending teams 4th or 5th OF, but on the roster. That's worth like a shitty A-ball non-prospect pitcher like they kind they got in dealing the best reliever on the market at the deadline when you claim you're willing to eat salary and then force the other team to do it WOOPS DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD
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ah heres the latest lie

"Rosario is sitting 2x per week in an attempt to help his production"

lmfao

like they actually think every fan is a fucking moron.
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Bautista should not be playing every day. Obviously Reyes shouldn't. There's so many posisbly future candidates we need to see if they are viable options next year and we won't know because they've had all their playing time stolen from them. Happens on the pitching side too. They constantly go to their more established (still bad) relievers rather than one of the 80 AAA "ML Ready" guys they got last year in their never-ending bevy of expiring contract salary dumps

Yes most fans are. The Wilpons are driven by nothing other than a desire for ego and money, fueled by their own stupdity. They do not care about the team at all. They are 100% fine with lying to fans about everything and stealing money from the team and claiming they're trying to be competitive next year(every year) and then literally every other single they do is counteractive to that notion. T
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just posting out the thread

Reyes back in there again. My god, I hate this team. I really do. It's August and the Mets are on pace for like 65 wins yet Jose Reyes and his .557 OPS need to be in lineup instead of Luis Guillorme or Jeff McNeil.

and don't tell me about Reyes hitting great in the last 10 games or whatever. I don't fucking care. Him getting playing time over younger players that have a future with the Mets is absolutely insane. It's stupid.

Didn't Ricco or Callaway or both recently tell us that the Mets were going to start taking a look at younger players for next season?

Well today they're getting a look at 37-year-old Jose Bautista, 35-year-old Jose Reyes and 31-year-old Austin Jackson.

And that is part of the bigger issue with the Mets right now. They continue to lie to their fan base on an almost daily basis. Whether it's through Ricco or Callaway, they continue to act like Mets fans are stupid and aren't going to realize they're lying. It's a disgrace.

I love the Mets, but I absolutely despise this organization right now. Stop lying to your fan base. Stop pretending like you're spending at a reasonable rate. Stop pretending like you're actually putting the best product on the field you can day in, day out.

This is all the Wilpons doing. They are the ones forcing Reyes and Bautista and such into the lineup. Because they believe it will sell more tix. They don't care one fucking ounce about the team. There is more proof every fucking day that Reyes starts. This is literally going to set the team back for fucking years.

BUT MLB DOESNT FUCKING CARE.
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Thread

https://twitter.com/mikemayerMMO/status/1025459189508964353?s=19
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yeah ok. i forgot what year it is. but i also like just having cable.
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They are so stingy with retiring numbers I'd hope not. But who knows. It could happen. I really dont know if I could go to games ever again if they did. At least not at citi.

Cant just say "oh well shit happens" for the mets. Bad shit that happens to them isn't bad luck. To call it that would be gross injustice. Everything bad that happens to them is 100% warranted because the wilpons self incur it.

Fyi I'm boycotting next year going to games. I think something is rumbling where a lot of diehards like myself will be following. To fix the team the wilpons need to be ousted and hopefully a lack ofgate and being embarrassed by attendance helps put. MLB wont want that product out there. If they dont care about stealing money they will when they dont turn gate.

I'll still go to as many away games as I can though. Best way to support them w.o giving the owners a dime. I dont think I can stop watching the games which sucks since they own the TV station. But not going is a huge start.
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Shit like this. The Mets interim GM John Ricco (remember the real GM is Jeff wilpon) said that the Mets need to take a look at position players to get ready for next year to contend.

Ok. Despite them saying this the last 3 years and then not spending even remotely close to competitively? Stop fucking lying.

why are reyes and Bautista are starting if this is true? Also why are Guillorme and Rosario being benched over then? Also why was Kazcmarski DFA'd? Also why are Alonso and Smith in AAA? (Those are all young prospects the mets have that are potential future pieces that they refuse to play because they insist on REPEATEDLY playing aging dudes like Bautista or fuckbags like Reyes over their possibly talented kids)

ALSO

Stop fucking LITERALLY STEALING MONEY FROM THE TEAM. I CANT STRESS THIS ENOUGH.

THE WILPONS ARE MAKING BACK 33 MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR FROM WRIGHT AND CESPEDES CONTRACTS AND LITERALLY PUBLICALLY ADMITTED IT WILL NOT GO INTO BASEBALL OPS.

But they have the fucking gall to count this 33M towards they payroll budget anyway. They say were are spending $X so that's our budget when really they're fully aware they're spending $X minus 33M.

HOW IS MLB NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS
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GeneralKenobi85 posted...

It's amazing that Reyes is still on the team. You can probably chock up most of the Mets' nonsense to greed. But what they're doing with Reyes is just bizarre.

Say the name. Wilpon.
We have no past no present and no future for as long as they own the team. There is literally zero hope or zero chance that they ever actually get good as long as the wilpins own the team. Lucky? Maybe. But not good. The 2015 team was not good. They were lucky. Sometimes that's better but you cant rely on that ever.
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STOP FUCKING PLAYING REYES OVER ROSARIO YOU LORDS OF NOTHING BUT GODDAMN MISERY AND STUPIDITY.

Fuck this stupid moronic team. I just hope they get fucking contracted or get relocated to Alaska
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he beat the mets though and i thought he was "turned around" :thinking:
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It feels way worse to blow a 6-1 lead in the 8th or lose on a walkoff walk or blow your aces start with a walkoff homer to Charlie freaking Culberson or

OH WAIT

ALL OF THAT happened to the Mets this year lmao bye
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guffguy89 posted...

came on here to see Wigs flip out over that embarrassing loss and disappointed to see he hasnt posted yet.

you clearly dont know me very well this is not the kind of thing i flip out about haha.

either way, winning and losing games doesn't matter at all anymore this season, we're fucked for the next 30 years and counting thanks to the wilpons so who cares about 1 game in a lost season
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FFDragon posted...

but hey if we end up with Bobby Witt, Jr. and Victor Victor out of this shitshow, I'll be slightly optimistic five years from now

at least you have that

i am optimistic for whenever happens to be 10-15 years after the wilpons no longer have any grasp on the team, as that will be the approx time needed to undo the damage they've done. that # grows the longer they are in control obv but im estimating
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Xuxon posted...

WiggumFan267 posted...

enact the runners on bases in extras rule

this is honestly the dumbest idea for baseball i've ever heard. if you're gonna change it, just allow ties, say if it's tied after 12 innings. if the NFL can have ties with only 16 games in a season, MLB can handle it with 162.

home run derby if game is still tied after 12

or just end the game immediately at the 3 hour mark and if its a tie its a tie
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they're lying.

they say that every year and then go out and not do jackshit and just bring back the same fuck as last year.

they say that in hopes to make fans excited when they know they're not going to do anything. this team is pure garbage and they'll just be like OHHH WELL WE WERE INJURED LAST YEAR WE'LL BRIGN BACK THE SAME FUCKIN TEAM AND THEYLL BE FUCKIN HEALTHY THIS YEAR AND WE'LL BE FINE

LIKE THE FUCKING SAY EVERY FUCKING YEAR

BUT THE TEAM ISNT EVEN FUCKING GOOD WHEN HEALTHY

THE WILPONS DONT GIVE A FUCKING SHIT ABOUT HOW GOOD THE TEAM IS. THEY DONT CARE ABOUT COMPETING OR ANYTHING ELSE. THEY JUST CARE ABOUT MONEY AND GOOD PR AND LYING TO ITS FANS ABOUT EVERY FUCKING LITTLE THING

i just wish they would fucking get shot into the sun already
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i wish baseball would stop existing
bring the DH to the NL
enact the runners on bases in extras rule
put pitch clocks up
ruin the fucking sport
i just dont fucking care anymore

The wilpons have finally fucking broken me and destroyed the thing I care most about in the world

i give up
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The Mets are bungling this deadline. Rival GMs don't know who, if anyone, is in charge of the team. Authority is unclear. Accountability is non-existent. And it's all because of ownership. Every day hurts the franchise more.

I am so fucking sick of this fucking team
I just want them to be over. I want them fucking contracted. I can't fucking deal with this fucking shit anymore. How can one team just have this fucking awful a deadline.

The Wilpons needed to be fucking fed to a pack of wolves 20 years ago.
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holy shit pirates

punted on 2018 in the winter, unexpectedly did well but still aren't in playoff position, and are now going to try to go for it with a worse pitcher than the one they traded away before the season.
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o'neill did get called up and Bader is an easy every day guy now
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me neither. why would the cards give up a player like that even if theyre selling, and for so little?
and why do the rays even want him?

correcting earlier item, Ziegler will be going to Arizona, not Chicago
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pham to rays
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Ziegler to Cubs

Kela to Pirates
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Here's all the stuff from today, so far!

Roberto Osuna -> Astros
Ken Giles, Hector Perez, David Paulino -> Jays

Zach Duke -> Mariners
Chase De Jong and Ryan Costello -> Twins

Adam Warren -> Mariners
International $$$ -> Yankees

Lance Lynn -> Yankees
Tyler Austin -> Twins

Adam Duvall -> Braves
Lucas Sims, Matt Wisler and Preston Tucker -> Reds (wow braves actually got fleeced for once)

Ian Kinsler -> Red Sox
Ty Buttrey, Williams Jerez -> Angels

Harper -> Somewhere Maybe????
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pirates let mets split y'all need to sell
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Have I mentioned lately they're stealing insurance money saved on Wright's and now Cespedes' contracts that THE WILPONS LITERALLY ADMITTED isn't going back into the team?
They are making back over $33 Million this year in contract insurance money that they said is not going into Baseball Operations.
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A tale of three fuckin stories

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1020502397305720832

"Familia owed just over $3M for rest of season. #Mets confirmed publicly today what already had been reported - that they are willing to include cash in a deal to secure a better return."

https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/1020765438790324231

"The Mets did not absorb any of Jeurys Familia's remaining salary, per @Ken_Rosenthal. Assistant GM John Ricco said yesterday that the Mets had the ability to eat salary at the deadline if it meant getting better prospects in return. They apparently did not do so in this deal."

https://twitter.com/TimBritton/status/1020419437525176325

"John Ricco says the Mets are willing to eat money in deadline deals to maximize the return coming back."

this is way beyond fucking criminal
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https://twitter.com/TimBritton/status/1020419437525176325

"John Ricco says the Mets are willing to eat money in deadline deals to maximize the return coming back."

BOTH FUCKING DEALS SO FAR THEY FUCKING FORCED THE OTHER TEAM TO PAY THE FULL CONTRACT

THEY ARE FUCKING LIARS
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OH MY FUCKING GOD

https://twitter.com/ByJamesWagner/status/1022969472179744768

"In other words: Phillies take on the remainder of Cabreras $8.25M salary, about $2.9M. Coupled with Jeurys Familia trade, Mets will save roughly $5.9M."

SELL THE FUCKING TEAM

THIS IS NOT WHAT TEAMS WHO ARE FINANCIALLY SOLVENT FUCKING DO

"We are willing to include money in the deals in order to get better prospects"

FUCKING LIARS

SELL THE TEAM
SELL THE TEAM
SELL THE TEAM
SELL THE TEAM
SELL THE TEAM
SELL THE TEAM
SELL THE TEAM
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Never Forget
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Asdrubal traded to the Phillies for their 10th ranked prospect (actually pretty good return for a rental???).

Ass was such a fun player to root for, definitely gonna miss him. He did a lot for us and was our most consistent player over these last couple years. Also great toughness, he ALWAYS had some sort of injury ailment about him, but was always able to play through it. Sadly can't root for his team going forward, at least this year.

Thanks, Ass
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https://twitter.com/CraigMish/status/1020773254552784897

If you read between the lines it looks like the key to the Mets deal was the 1 mil in slot money to potentially sign Victor Victor Mesa.

This was from right after the Familia trade. Would've been the only way it could be considered salvageable, to sign the top Int'l prospect with the Int'l $ from his deal. The O's are signing him instead because they are a 10x more well run org than the Mets are.
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His full contractis that. He has ~$4M left. But I think I saw conflicting sources anyway regarding who pays what, so that may be the case the Rangers are paying.

Also:
Sources: The Twins are getting RHP Jhoan Duran, OF Ernie De La Trinidad and OF Gabriel Maciel from the Diamondbacks for Eduardo Escobar. All three are at Class A Kane County.

Should be good benchmark for Asdrubal trade. Dbacks #11, #19, and unranked.
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tazzyboyishere posted...

AND the Rangers are paying off most of his contract?

oh i missed you said this. You had this part backwards. Cubs are paying $4M-$5M
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Cubs also paying the entire remainder of the contract which is the biggest reason the return was garbage
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Joey Bats is available! he's actually having a decent little year, he'll help someone. nice OBP. can play a little 3rd if you need him to

(seriously its annoying af I cant say Bautista without getting a warning message and I just want to quickpost but w/e first world problems)
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As is now always the case, the White Sox did like infinitely better in trading Soria than the Mets did in trading Familia. All because they demanded they pay full $3M remaining for him.

Sell the fucking team.
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https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1022544539955982339

though he's in the middle of talks, some would still be surprised if the mets traded Zack Wheeler. rival: "They think they can win next year."

lmfao

WiggumFan267 posted...

No matter if they're going to try to contend next year , or not (or claim they're going to contend but then half-ass their offseason - aka what they always do), I think they should be willing to do it [trade wheeler].

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*Zack

WiggumFan267 posted...

No matter if they're going to try to contend next year , or not (or claim they're going to contend but then half-ass their offseason - aka what they always do), I think they should be willing to do it. Obviously wait for the right return. A baseball insider type said the expected return should be something like a Top 75 MLB prospect. He has a year of control and he's a buy high guy, and the market is good. So I think that makes sense. I don't think he can have this kind of year next year so even if they're competing next year, I'd trade him on those grounds.

As always, #DependsOnTheDeal.

he's the best available pitcher "on the market" (he may not be on the market?)
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The Mets win percentage over their last ten seasons is just .474 ... that is the *worst* it has been for the franchise since their stretch from 1976-1986 (collective .465 win percentage over that period).
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Another great wilpon article, this is one of the better ones I've read so far:

https://deadspin.com/how-bad-does-it-have-to-get-before-rob-manfred-does-som-1827876806

Also, not directly related to that article. It really has been coming more and apparent that 2015 really was a fluke. I mean looking at it now, duh, but they really had the potential to EASILY be sustainedly(?) amazing. That was 100% there but they never took advantage of it. the point being, dont think the wilpons did something good in 2015 and managed to put a good team together one year. They didn't. They just got super lucky. Like to a ridiculous degree. That 2015 team was absolutely terrible for 3 months of the season, ok for 2, and fantastic for 1. They got hot at the right time, while the Nats collapsed. Something like that will never happen again through the sort of luck they had. So don't use 2015 as a crutch of competency. It was nice to have a fun season for 1 year out of like the other 11 (literally). But thats all it was was luck. The Wilpons did not build or lend itself to building a successful team.
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what kind of gum
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No matter if they're going to try to contend next year , or not (or claim they're going to contend but then half-ass their offseason - aka what they always do), I think they should be willing to do it. Obviously wait for the right return. A baseball insider type said the expected return should be something like a Top 75 MLB prospect. He has a year of control and he's a buy high guy, and the market is good. So I think that makes sense. I don't think he can have this kind of year next year so even if they're competing next year, I'd trade him on those grounds.

As always, #DependsOnTheDeal.
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Regarding this:

For reference, the Mets recoup 75 percent of David Wright's contract via insurance. Jeff Wilpon said in January that he considers Wright's entire contract part of the payroll, and so the team does not reinvest money saved via insurance into baseball operations.

This is the definition of a scam.
Theyll do the same exact thing for Cspedes.

Assuming David doesnt retire, the Wilpons will recoup $33M in 2019 from Cspedes and Wrights contract. None of which will be re-invested. Just remember that.

(ref: https://twitter.com/PSLToFlushing/status/1022133937768947712)
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