FishStripes (Free subscription) | yesterday
Joy of joys, the Marlins are once again entertaining the idea of playing one of their home series in Puerto Rico next season . Yes, we've heard this particular rumor before, but according to reports, the series is a lot closer to happening than the one that was being negotiated for the 2008 season: Major League Baseball is considering a proposal for the Marlins to host a series against the Mets at...
Right Wing Ramblin' (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Yesterday we started discussing my plan for world domination… of the baseball variety. We began by looking at who’s leaving and what the roster might look like sans some important pieces. Today we are going to plug the holes, fill the gaps, and make the Mets into World Series contenders for 2010. Let’s get started, eh? I need to start by saying this; some of our gaps may need to...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Adam Rubin, in a post to his blog for the Daily News, lists the Mets who will be participating in winter ball during the off-season. Among those participating are Nelson Figueroa, Omir Santos, Pat Misch, Angel Pagan, Fernando Martinez, Tobi Stoner, Lance Broadway, and Josh Thole. For the entire list as well as their respective teams, check [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Joe Janish of Mets Today gives a detailed review of Omir Santos, asking, while he is a good back-up, is he a ‘strong enough all-around to catch regularly for a championship club.’ Santos hit .261 in 74 games as a starting catcher, while batting .235 as a sub. “He has played extremely well for us for a [...]
Mets Today (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
It’s safe to say that Omir Santos exceeded expectations in 2009. Santos was signed as a minor league free agent in mid-January, an under-the-radar move lost among announcements such as Casey Fossum, Bobby Kielty, and Valerio de Los Santos — not unlike a similar transaction that brought Ramon Castro to New York in the winter of [...]
Subway Squawkers (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Joe Girardi's bizarre bullpen move in the 11th inning tonight reminded me of something that Jerry Manuel did way back in April. On April 29, the Mets were trailing the Marlins, 4-3, when they loaded the bases with two outs in the bottome of the ninth. Ramon Castro was coming up. Then Jerry Manuel pinch-hit Omir Santos for Castro. A righthanded catcher pinch-hitting for another righthanded catcher....
Subway Squawkers (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
I spent my afternoon watching the Angels-Red Sox game. What fun that was. While I was officially neutral on the Red Sox-Angels series (it would be like trying to decide to root for arsenic or cyanide!), I have to say, now that it's over, and I can't karmically jinx things, I really, really enjoyed seeing the Red Sox lose. I also appreciated seeing Bobby Abreu being an Anaheim hero.And I especially...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
by Wilfredo Lee - AP View full size photo uploaded October 7, 2009 Daniel Murphy 's 2009 season began well enough, with a two-run homerun versus Cincinnati on opening day. By June, however, Murphy had already endured the worst of a month-long slump, with his OPS dropping below .700. With the rash of injuries to the opening day roster, no amount of poor hitting could cost Murphy his starting firstbase...
The Mets Report (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Image by Keith Allison via Flickr Now that I’ve written about what the Mets should do at first base next season, I thought it was time to move on to catcher. The 2009 season was filled with dichotomy at catcher, Brian Schneider was a complete bust in his walk year and Omir Santos emerged as a [...]
Faith and Fear in Flushing (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
When we sat down it would start to rain. When we got up it would stop. When we sat down again it would start to rain again. It was a misty, murky, muddled-up day out at Citi Field -- one that started early. Emily and Joshua and I trooped through the bullpen gate at 11:30 for the Gary Keith and Ron event, which was filled with genial Mets folk buying shirts and raffle tickets for a good cause and lining...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
The Mets (67-92) open their final series of the year tonight against the Astros (74-85) at Citi Field. Angel Pagan will lead off, followed in order by Luis Castillo, David Wright, Carlos Beltran, Jeff Francoeur, Fernando Tatis, Omir Santos, and Anderson Hernandez. John Maine (6-6, 4.72 ERA) will start for the Mets. Wandy Rodriguez (14-11, 2.97 ERA) will [...]
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
More photos » by Manuel Balce Ceneta - AP about 3 hours ago: Washington Nationals' Justin Maxwell cleans the shaving creamfromn his face after hitting a grand slam in the ninth inning against the New York Mets in a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, in Washington. The Nationals won 7-4. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Browse more photos » SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!! • Justin Maxwell...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
More photos » by Ben Margot - AP Take THAT, Buster Posey! Browse more photos » A couple months back, I posted about players to avoid this offseason. One player I regretfully omitted was free agent to-be Bengie Molina , catcher for the San Francisco Giants . For a 1 year deal at $2 million, Molina would be a nice pickup. Anything much more than that would be silly to hand to a 35 year-old,...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
The veteran players on the Mets did the traditional rookie hazing routine yesterday on route to the airport from Miami to DC. For instance, Daniel Murphy was forced to dress as a Dirty Martini, Omir Santos dressed as Robin, Josh Thole portrayed a Playboy bunny, as did 40–year-old rookie Ken Takahashi and his interpreter, Shingo Kan, while Bobby Parnell signed autographs [...]
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
" Omir Santos as Robin! http://pic.gd/c0b6d1 " via @KBurkhardtSNY ( "Kevin Burkhardt is SNY's field reporter for all Mets games." )
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