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Hitters

David Wright is on pace for 126 RBI, which would best Mike Piazza's franchise-best mark of 124 in 1999.
Carlos Beltran is on pace for 98 walks, which would be second all-time behind John Olerud's ridiculos 125-walk season of 1999.
Jose Reyes is on pace for 56 stolen bases, which would be sixth best all-time behind three Jose Reyeses and one Roger Cedeno.
Jose Reyes is on pace for 16 triples, which would be fourth best all-time behind Lance Johnson's 21 in 1996 and two previous incarnations of Jose Reyes.
Jose Reyes is on pace for 74 extra-base hits, which would be sixth all-time.
Carlos Beltran is on pace for 70 extra-base hits, which would be eighth all-time (he is tied for first with 80 in 2006).

Starting Pitchers

Oliver Perez is on pace for 32 homeruns allowed, which would be second all-time (Roger Craig, 35 in 1962).
Johan Santana is on pace for 28 homeruns allowed, which would be sixth all-time.
Oliver Perez is on pace for 104 walks allowed, which sould be fourth all-time (Nolan Ryan, 116 in 1971).
Johan Santana is on pace for 18 wild pitches, which would tie for the most all-time (Jack Hamilton, 1966).
Oliver Perez is on pace for 10 20 hit batsmen, which would be the most all-time (Pedro Astacio, 16 in 2002).
Johan Santana is on pace for 206 strikeouts, which would be second most in the last fifteen years (Pedro Martinez, 208 in 2005).
Johan Santana is on pace for 227.1 innings pitched, which would be the most in the last fifteen years (Mike Hampton, 217.2 in 2000).

Relief Pitchers

Pedro Feliciano is on pace for 86 appearances, which would be the most all-time (Mike Stanton, 83 in 2004).
Billy Wagner is on pace for 36 saves, which would be fifth all-time (Armando Benitez, 43 in 2001).

Any others?

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Oliver Perez is on pace for 10 hit batsmen, which would be the most all-time (Pedro Astacio, 16 in 2002).

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Jul 1, 2008 12:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Fixed

Should be 20. It’s always fun when the only comments are actually corrections.

by Eric Simon on Jul 1, 2008 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sorry... how's this?

If you are near any team record set in ‘62, it’s a real shitty sign.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Jul 1, 2008 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Perfect!

You guys are my editors, so I do appreciate any corrections.

by Eric Simon on Jul 1, 2008 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

Fielding

Any near-records regarding fielding? It feels like Delgado could be on pace to make an awful lot of errors, but that could just be my perception.

by maggie31 on Jul 1, 2008 12:48 PM EDT reply actions  

On the flip side...

Through the first half of the season, Beltran has one error, which strikes me as very good for a CF who covers as much ground as he does. (For comparison, last season he had five.) I can’t seem to find any sort of information relating to that, though.

Am I the only one who keeps reading “onpacefers” as “openfacers”?

by JoshNY on Jul 1, 2008 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

Beltran

I wish he would trade a few of those walks for a few more bombs, but I doubt there’s much he can do about it. What pitcher in his right mind is going to throw Beltran anything in the strike zone with the AA lineup behind him?

Vote change: DePodesta/Acta in 2009!!!

by Greenpoint Ian on Jul 1, 2008 1:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Johan Santana is on pace for 18 wild pitches, which would tie for the most all-time (Jack Hamilton, 1966).
Oliver Perez is on pace for ___
Johan Santana is on pace for 206 strikeouts, which would be second most in the last fifteen years (Pedro Martinez, 208 in 2005).

what’s perez on pace for?

by gogomets on Jul 1, 2008 1:51 PM EDT reply actions  

Sorry

That was actually the line that sireric corrected earlier. For some reason the post got garbled. It’s there now.

by Eric Simon on Jul 1, 2008 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

got it

very cool post. though i’m not big on the whole “on pace for” idea, this is cool.

by gogomets on Jul 1, 2008 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

metsblog

is asking for your grade of a player’s performance. the comments are pretty entertaining.

by gogomets on Jul 1, 2008 2:18 PM EDT reply actions  

Ooh ooh

__ ___ is teh sux0r because he striked out that one time in the 9th inning.”

by Eric Simon on Jul 1, 2008 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

luis castillo has a typically fair and balanced write up.

“Castillo is the fifth-least productive, starting second basemen in the National League, with a .695 OPS.

However, his six sacrifice hits are second most in the National League.”

oh well those 6 productive outs totally make up for his negative slugging pct. totally

by kendynamo on Jul 1, 2008 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

he failed to mention the .365 OBP

cerrone did a good job making metsblog popular…but the guy doesn’t know that much about baseball

by gogomets on Jul 1, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

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