Mets Today (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
When things were beginning to unravel in early June, Fernando Nieve burst on the scene and filled a huge hole in the starting rotation — only to be befallen by the injury bug a month... [[ This is a summary ... visit MetsToday.com for the full story ]]
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
(note: bumped from FanPosts) In the same vein as yesterday's Minor League free agents, these are the John Maine -esque, under the radar steals of typically cheap, young pitchers that for whatever reason become available. Whether it's a post-hype prospect (like Maine), a 4-5 starter that's out of options but won't make the 40-man or just a player that's being overlooked, usually this is someone who...
More Hardball...... (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
At the beginning of the season, the Mets were poised to be post-season contenders. However, a plague of injuries haunted the entire team and now they are 20 games behind the NL East leader, much to the delight of Phillies Phans everywhere. To say the least, this has been a tough season for these hardy boys of summer. Without further ado Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2009 New York Mets! Other Mets who...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Inspired by this post at Gas Lamp Ball ( ed note: "inspired by" is just a nice way of saying "stolen from" ), and with a lot of help from the Internet Anagram Server , I managed to kill quite a bit of time this weekend. I plugged all of the 2009 Mets into the old anagram machine and here are the results. Feel free to try it yourself and post any other good ones in the comments....
Faith and Fear in Flushing (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
It's a measure of how far we've fallen (with farther to go) that I switched off the TV feeling that the Mets had eked out something akin to a moral victory by only allowing the Phillies to beat them by two runs. Nelson Figueroa bit and scratched and came out of things only vaguely mussed, Ken Takahashi conducted himself well and our Triple-A lineup was gallant in tilting at a few windmills before its...
Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
On Sept. 1st teams could expand their active rosters to include the entire 40man roster. Since then the Mets have gone two players over 25 men with the return of David Wright and the call-up of Josh Thole. They currently have 44 players on the the roster but five players are on the 60 day DL, leaving them one roster spot. The Mets are still carrying three questionable players; Argenis Reyes, Andy Green...
Subway Squawkers (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
"Spahn and Sain and pray for rain" dates back to the late 1940s, when the Boston Braves' rotation was fronted by star pitchers Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain. That Braves team made it to the World Series in 1948, where they became the last team to lose a World Series to the Cleveland Indians. At the start of the season, the Met rotation could have been described as "Johan, Pelfrey and...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
This exercise, called "Restoring the Rosters" , at NBC Sports in fairly interesting. The premise: construct, for each MLB team, a team comprised only of current players who were signed by the team. The author then rates the rosters. The Astros come in No. 19, even though the starting lineup and rotation looks fairly decent. The reason the rating is downgraded, according to the article, is...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
Omar Minaya announced after Sunday’s game that David Wright has been put on the 15-day DL with his head injury. Minaya stressed that Wright wanted to stay with the club, but that after consulting with medical experts, the team decided it was in Wright’s best interest to rest. Wright joins John Maine, Jon Niese, Fernando Nieve, J.J. [...]
The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
Last night, Bobby Parnell made his first major league start for the New York Mets against the San Diego Padres. A young, tall, hard-tossing righty who came up the minor league track as a starter before moving to the pen in the majors last year, Parnell got the nod while starting in place of an injured Jon Niese. Here was his line for the night: 2 1/3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K Not pretty, especially...
Wait 'til this Year (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
I cannot recall a team running into worse luck than the 2009 Mets. Mets players on the DL include: Starting Pitchers John Maine Fernando Nieve Relievers J.J. Putz Billy Wagner Infielders Jose Reyes Carlos Delgado Ramon Martinez Outfielder Carlos Beltran Oh, wait, I forgot: Luis Castillo tripped going down the dugout steps on Wednesday, and sprained his ankle. Seriously. So the Mets starting lineup...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
Yesterday I was playing the game Out of the Park Baseball , a hyper-realistic baseball simulator, as the San Diego Padres . This particular franchise began with a fantasy draft, a draft of all players in baseball; and to prove how realistic this game is, it took ~250 rounds. (I was the Padres because I wanted to make the perfect "PETCO team.") The roster pack I was using had very accurate...
Subway Squawkers (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
Nelson Figueroa's season has been like an episode of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." Going into tonight's game, he had ten straight quality starts at Buffalo. Figueroa had allowed only 12 runs during those ten starts over 71 1/3 innings. With ten straight successes, Figueroa could settle for the prizes he had already won - two-time International League Player of the Week in 2009 - or risk...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
Adam Rubin of the Daily News believes Tim Redding can stop worrying, as it appears he is ‘off the chopping block.’ Last week, Rubin said the Mets had decided to release Redding by the end of the recently-concluded road trip. … redding can probably thank the injury to Fernando Nieve, as well as John Maine’s decision to visit Dr. Andrews [...]
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 07/25/2009
More photos » by Julie Jacobson - AP Go get'em Jona-Fin Browse more photos » Jon Niese makes his return to the major leagues tonight, after dominating AAA since his May demotion to the tune of 71.2 IP, 57 K's, 18 BB's and a 3.01 ERA. He should never have been sent down, as the Mets Brainstorm likely based their decision on his 5.91 ERA rather than his 5.0 K/BB and 50% GB% (in a small sample...
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