{"id":3377,"date":"2021-02-20T10:15:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T16:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2021-02-20T10:15:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T16:15:30","slug":"superspreader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3377","title":{"rendered":"Superspreader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey all thanks for the updates in the below post. As you guys are aware since our last big blast the Mets have reportedly added a new Pillar to accompany their new Villar, scooped up a matching pair of veteran left-right arms in Mike Montgomery and Tommy Hunter, released Brad Brach, traded Ali Sanchez to St. Louis for cash, waived and then resigned Corey Oswalt, saw Tim Tebow&#8217;s pretend career end in retirement, and now have a deal in place to land the intriguing Taijuan Walker to a rotation that&#8217;s getting pretty deep.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-81\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/00.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"48\" \/>Hard to imagine that training camp won&#8217;t also threaten to be a superspreader event as its already spreading uni numbers all over the place and cover is getting awfully hard to find. These numbers are always in flux: The Kevin Pillar and Walker deals still aren&#8217;t finalized and their additions to the 40 may accompany some subtractions, but taking it all in &#8212; the 69 guys expected in camp, the 14 uniformed but non-playing personnel, the 6 retired numbers (14, 31, 36, 37, 41, 42) and the other unassigned digits in limbo (5, 8, 17, and the newly complicated 24&#8211;a limbo number now in double secret limbo) that leaves at the moment only 7, 69, 84, 85, 98 and 99 free, perhaps 00 also.<\/p>\n<p>Taijuan Walker, whose colorful closet includes jerseys bearing numbers 99, 0 and 00 wondered aloud the other day:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yall think 100 would be a sick jersey number, or is that doing too much? &#x1f602;&#x1f602;&#x1f602;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taijuan Walker (@tai_walker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tai_walker\/status\/1361723204713123845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/99.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"48\" \/>I dunno about that, Tai, but let&#8217;s assume you&#8217;ll be the first Mets&#8217; 99 since Turk Wendell. 00 is a possibility too but there&#8217;s Mr. Met to consider. Pillar in the meantime would almost have to take 7, but I have an especially strong suspicion now that his addition is another indication <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-89\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/7.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"27\" height=\"48\" \/>Guillermo Heredia will be pink-slipped&#8211; he&#8217;s barely hanging on to a roster slot and the 15 jersey now. As pointed out in the comments below it&#8217;s possible now the Mets could move Noah Syndergaard to the 60-day Injured List so a another 40 sacrifice may not need to be made right away but Daniel Zamora\u00a0 should probably be looking over his shoulder which would free up the always attractive No. 73.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/29.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"48\" \/>Tommy Hunter a durable veteran righty reliever we most saw most recently with the Phillies but whom I think of an Oriole starter, was assigned the No. 29 vacated by the released Brad Brach. Montgomery, is a tall lefty who&#8217;s something like the Jesse Orosco of Chicago, having secured the nailbiting final out of the Cubs&#8217; long awaited 2016 World Series victory but more recently toiled in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets are listing Oswalt in the same 55 he momentarily gave up while he cleared waivers, so we&#8217;re assuming that&#8217;s the deal.<\/p>\n<h4>Happy Birthday to Us<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/22.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"55\" height=\"48\" \/>Finally, I always forget this but not this year. This Monday 2\/22\/21, marks the 22nd birthday of Mets by the Numbers! A quick celebration as we count down the Top 10 Mets&#8217; all-time 22s:<\/p>\n<p>10. Dale Murray (1978-79). Workhorse sinkerballer for the darkest Mets era, his results were a match for the clubs&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>9. Charlie O&#8217;Brien (1992-93). Backup receiver in another rotten era. Like Murray, results weren&#8217;t any better than the team&#8217;s. 22 was his third number as a Met and the best of three three.<\/p>\n<p>8. Jose Valentin (2007). His second year as a Met, only one in 22, worse in every way than the first.<\/p>\n<p>7. Dominick Smith (2017-19). Since moved to greater success wearing No. 2.<\/p>\n<p>6. Xavier Nady (2006). A half-season of exemplary slugging contributed to one of the most satisfying starts in club history.<\/p>\n<p>5. Jack Fisher (1964-67). Wasn&#8217;t terribly successful Fat Jack worked. 931.2 innings in four years including a club record that might never be broken unless this &#8220;opener&#8221; idea really takes off: 36 starts in 1965.<\/p>\n<p>4. Kevin McReynolds (1987-91, 1994). Laconic and unpopular but all the things Joe McIlvaine liked about him were true: He had power, he had speed, he had a good arm, he was solid defensively.<\/p>\n<p>3. Ray Knight (1984-86). McReynolods&#8217; popular predecessor who shouldn&#8217;t have to buy a drink in New York but people forget the fan animosity toward Knight was nearly McReynoldseque given how rotten he was in 1985<\/p>\n<p>2. Donn Clendenon (1969-71): Key arrival in &#8217;69, never again needed to buy drinks.<\/p>\n<p>1. Al Leiter (1998-2004): Heart and soul of the Valentine era Mets hurlers that birthed this site and who has long belonged in the club&#8217;s hall of fame but remarkably isn&#8217;t there. A creative and occasionally exasperating thinker whose effort was laudable as it was audible. Needn&#8217;t buy drinks when I&#8217;m around.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey all thanks for the updates in the below post. As you guys are aware since our last big blast the Mets have reportedly added a new Pillar to accompany their new Villar, scooped up a matching pair of veteran left-right arms in Mike Montgomery and Tommy Hunter, released Brad Brach, traded Ali Sanchez to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3377\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Superspreader&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[411,422,626,866],"tags":[123,826,925,956,954,953,955],"class_list":["post-3377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-met-mysteries","category-site-news","category-useless-milestones","category-who-is-this-guy","tag-al-leiter","tag-daniel-zamora","tag-guillermo-heredia","tag-kevin-pillar","tag-mike-montgomery","tag-taijuan-walker","tag-tommy-hunter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3378,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377\/revisions\/3378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}