Using Sky's WAR spreadsheet, Bill James projections and a bit of estimatation to fill in gaps, the current Mets roster is projected to win 87 games.

I made this spreadsheet editable so that if anyone wanted to change an estimate/add baserunning/better fielding projections they could.

I really don't know what a minor league field coordinator is or what they do, all I know is that when it comes to the NPB I'm an Orix Buffaloes fan. Collins was our manager two seasons ago and he resigned in May after the team didn't play up to expectations. The Buffaloes were in fifth place at the time but after he resigned got hot and ended up moving into second place and making the playoffs. The fact that we were swept in the first round by the Ham Fighters didnt stop it from being a really enjoyable season. This really has nothing to do with the hiring, I just like talking about the NPB and the Ham Fighters when I can.

"Here’s what one scout who watched Familia closely said about him: "He’s got arm strength, that’s it. Great kid. Arm strength. Bad delivery. No breaking ball. Walked six guys the outing I saw him. Everything in delivery messed up. Was up to 95 mph. Doesn’t get through with his back side, no real balance, misses up in zone because doesn’t follow through/finish. He can’t because of the rest of stuff that’s going on."

Sorry for making yet another thread discussing BA's Top 10 but this response regarding Familia's ranking really perplexed me. From watching just one start, the scout not only is able to trash Jeurys mechinics as well as call him a one dimensional pitcher but convince Rubin and whoever else helped with the list to not consider Familia for the Top 10.

Here's my problem though. First of all, looking at Familia's game logs, Familia has never walked 6 batters in a game in his career. There was one start where he walked 5 in his first start in May. So maybe he's talking about this start and the scout was off by one, no big deal right? Well, to me it is. If the scout can vividly recall that he "doesn’t get through with his back side" and his other claims, he should also have remembered the walks, I would think.

More importantly, I don't understand how one start is any kind of sample size to make the claims the scout makes. I mean sure his job is to be confident about what he sees in select viewing but shouldn't Rubin be pointing out the problem with basing opinions on one start, I mean Felix Hernandez and Johan both walked 6 batters this year and I would think scouts in the stands would be able to question their mechanics on those given days.

Ranting aside, Familia was 19 years old this season. He threw 140 innings with a 7.02 K/9, 2.96 BB/9, 0.19 HR/9!, and a 48.8% GB rate. If poor mechanics get these results, I'll take it.

It seems like a good fit for Acta so good luck to him. But I guess we can give up on our hope of a third base coach reunion, unless Cookie Rojas is still available.

Oh The Onion, what would I do without you?