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I just think the media is so in love with the Nationals it makes me vomit.

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Your mouth to the voting Gods ears!

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Chris...I wish that was true. But mark my words...Dickey finishes 3rd or 4th in voting.

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Very cool Brendon. :D

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Mets close out the season wth a 4-2 victory over the Marlins. Finish 74-88 and in 4th place..which is one position higher than I predicted. :D

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I'm pleased. I'm calling this a successful season!

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Hey, I understand Bobby Valentine is looking for a job. Any takers in Queens? :D

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that's why you set the bar low Mac. that way you are never dissappointed.

now let's see what my Nat's and Orioles can do in the playoffs.

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NEW YORK -- In perhaps a hint at further hardware to come, Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey took home his first offseason award Monday evening when the MLB Players Association revealed its annual Players Choice Awards.

Dickey took home Outstanding Pitcher honors in the National League, as voted by his peers. It's a promising sign for Dickey leading up to the Nov. 14 announcement of the NL Cy Young Award, considering that four of the NL's last five Outstanding Pitchers went on to win the Cy.

Dickey submitted his best season ever in 2012, going 20-6 with a 2.73 ERA and 230 strikeouts. At age 37, he led the NL in innings, strikeouts, shutouts and complete games, ranking second in both ERA and wins. Following his final start of the season, Dickey revealed that he had been pitching since April with a torn abdominal muscle, which he had surgically repaired last month.

To become the NL's Outstanding Pitcher, Dickey beat out fellow finalists Gio Gonzalez of the Nationals and Johnny Cueto of the Reds, both of whom figure to receive significant Cy Young support. The Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw and the Braves' Craig Kimbrel also should factor into the Cy Young vote, which will be revealed next Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET on MLB Network.

But the odds-on Cy Young favorite for months has been Dickey, whose story includes a decadelong slog through the Minors, a rebirth with the Mets as a knuckleballer in 2010, a book deal and starring role in a documentary, a climb up Mount Kilimanjaro, a 20-win season and now this: the first of what certainly will be many awards to come.

"The award would obviously be nice," Dickey said of the Cy in September. "That would be silly to say that it wouldn't be fantastic. But at the same time, you've got to be able to lay your head on your pillow, whether you've won it or not, and know that you've done your best. And I can do that.

"A 20-win season is also very difficult to get, and thankfully we've been able to do that. So at the very least, to be able to say that you were a 20-game winner for the New York Mets? That's pretty significant for me."

Adding to his offseason intrigue, Dickey's future with the Mets is currently in flux, with the two sides attempting to negotiate a long-term contract extension -- and bracing for the potential of a blockbuster trade if they cannot reach an agreement. But if either party needed reminder of the knuckleballer's greatness in 2012, the Players Choice Awards on Monday provided it.

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How'd that work out for ya Rob? :r :r :r

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Reports on the FAN that the Mets just cut ties with Jason Bay.
Reportedly they agreed to a 19 million $ buyout.

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It's about damn time. Another Minaya deal that blew up in our faces. Add this contract to the Castillo and Perez deals as complete failures. More millions being paid to a player not wearing the orange and blue. :bh :bh

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reports are now, Bay will receive the full $21 million he is owed, but he has agreed to defer some of the money.
No details yet on how much he has deferred, or for how long.
I hope this is another Bonillia type deal, that will have the Mets paying Jason Bay until he's 90 years old. :D

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Surely the Wilpons can't be that stupid. :bh :bh

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Let's hope not, Mac, let's hope not. Management needs the money to make deals with Wright and Dickey.

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Also hearing Mets are looking to trade Dickey.

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What?????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????

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Yup. I read that today too. They're afraid to spend top dollar on a 38 yo pitcher.

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send him to the AL west!