The Mets Report (Free subscription) | yesterday
Billy Wagner does his weekly spot with Michael Kay on ESPN Radio. He talks about his shoulder injury and the Mets big win over the Phillies today. But he also gets into a beef that he has with NY... This is a brief summary of the content at MetsReport.com. Please visit the site to view the full blog post.
CJOnline Blogs (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
In case you hadn't noticed, the closer landscape always seems to be in constant flux. For every Mariano Rivera and Billy Wagner who can be counted on year after year, there's a Joe Borowski or Brian Fuentes ready to blow up. Continue reading "Maycock: New closers waiting in the wings"
New York Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Over the last two weeks, Billy Wagner has been stellar. Count his last two games against Philadelphia as part of that run. Wagner's health was not an issue again yesterday afternoon at Shea Stadium, and he fired a scoreless ninth inning to...
Mets Fever (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's highly unlikely that Omar plans to go with four lefty handed relievers, two of the three current lefties are pitching very well in Billy Wagner and Scott Schoewneweis. The Mets aren't just looking into left handed closers but any decent left handed reliever in the majors. They must really be concerned Pedro Feliciano who has struggled lately, in July Pedro 2 has an ERA of 15.75 ( 8 gms. / 4 innings)...
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | yesterday
The bottom line is: Billy Wagner never knows.
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | yesterday
According to David Lennon of Newsday, the Mets are searching for a shutdown reliever. However, he says Huston Street has apparently dropped off the Mets' radar. Billy Wagner was able to pitch today, so maybe the need for relief will remain secondary. Lennon adds that the Mets' interest in Xavier Nady has cooled, but they are still in on Casey Blake and Raul Ibanez.
Signal to Noise (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Mets 6, Phillies 3 - A 3-run homer from Mets SS Jose Reyes in the sixth provides the margin of victory, and this time Billy Wagner is around to help keep the bullpen from completely blowing the lead. Angels 14, Indians 11 - The Angels aren’t known for outslugging teams, but catcher Jeff Mathis led the [...]
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Jose Reyes' three-run homer snapped a sixth-inning tie and the New York Mets, with closer Billy Wagner back, rebounded from a demoralizing defeat by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 on Wednesday night.
With Leather (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Your guide to the neverending slog of the baseball regular season. NL - Yeah, that's another Simpsons reference up there in the headline . Sorry. Who'd have thought the Mets would be so happy to see Billy Wagner? At the very least, with him around they get to hear more Metallica , but not spoiling another three-run lead in the 9th might be part of it as well. New York managed to hang on to win 6-3...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
As a closer who has had a penchant for blowing some big games, Billy Wagner is fair game for criticism. He's more than willing to take the heat and often nobody is harder on him than he is, but Wednesday he restored order to the Mets.
New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
As the bullpen gate opened and the sounds of Kirk Hammett's guitar filled the air, order seemed restored at Shea Stadium. Billy Wagner was back. It was only a one-day absence, but Wagner was missed when his replacements imploded Tuesday night...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
THERE'Sa difference between doing something heroic on the diamond and attempting to be a hero. After 13 years in the big leagues, Billy Wagner gets that. He gets that there are times when an athlete, let alone a team, might to have to take one...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Jerry Manuel yesterday defended his decision to take starter Johan Santana out of Tuesday's game with Philadelphia after eight innings. Santana departed with a 5-2 lead, having thrown 105 pitches. The bullpen, without closer Billy Wagner, gave...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
NEW YORK - There was some fire in Billy Wagner's eyes, and he wasn't even on the mound. Those eyes were still burning a bit about 20 minutes after he closed out the Mets' 6-3 win over the Phillies last night at Shea Stadium, likely because his character had been questioned in a New York Times opinion piece yesterday.
Hot Foot (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
After the game, closer Billy Wagner spoke with the press. Wagner literally laughed off the possibility of Shane Victorino “running him over” on the grounder that Carlos Delgado fielded and then flipped to Billy who was covering first in the ninth inning. The two crossed paths but did not collide. Wagner seemed to be in [...]
