New York Mets

If the Mets head into next season with Bobby Parnell in their plans for the starting rotation, I'm becoming either a Phillies or Yankees fan. I can't take it anymore...I just can't. Parnell is garbage!

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When the 2009 MLB season comes to a close, the Chicago Cubs have announced that they will shop starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano in hopes of swinging a trade and dumping much of his monstrous contract. The question is, should the Mets be interested in the massive right-hander?

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As if the 2009 season couldn't get any worse for the Metropolitans, Pedro Martinez had to go and embarrass them on national television last night. While Tim Redding (who I can't stand) pitched his ass off for the Mets, their anemic offense couldn't help him out. The Phillies' famously potent lineup was held to just one run...

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I don't intend to go on for too long in this particular post, but I'm just wondering, why did Jeff Wilpon say Jerry Manuel is "his guy," and why is Manuel's managerial job so secure? I understand that injuries have decimated the Mets' roster in 2009, but does that mean it should be impossible for the team to perform well? Does that mean Manuel automatically gets a pass for his personal performance?

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The 2009 Major League Baseball season has been a disaster for the New York Mets, and we all know it, so there's little need to beat a dead horse. Let's move on to 2010. Offensively, the necessities appear to be left field and catcher, but the focus of this post will be starting pitching. "Pitching and defense wins championships" they say, so let's see if the Mets will have what it takes...

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(Note: I posted this a couple of days ago on my other blog at FanNation.)

When it comes to the Mets' starting rotation, I think all of their replacement-level options are better than Tim Redding. Redding's stuff is disgraceful, and his general approach to the craft of pitching is laughable. He's been embarrassed in his last two starts -- recently against the Marlins, and the Red Sox before that -- and there is little-to-no indication of potential improvement. I don't think there is any doubt at this point...

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(Note: I've also published this post on FanNation, under the username JFro.)

About a month ago, I published a similar post complaining about Jerry Manuel's mind-numbingly awful managing. It actually generated some interest, as it appeared on a Mets blog and in various discussion threads.

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All right, so I've jumped the gun a little (the Mets are 21-17, giving them 38 games played, which means they're shy of the 1/4 season mark), but I haven't been too active on this blog and I'd like to get up to speed.

Continue reading "The New York Mets: A Quarter Season in Review"

    

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(Note: originally posted on February 25.)

Each year, prior to the start of the MLB season, I use a unique mathematical system (one that I will not get into, because it's boring) to project the performance of every player and team. This season, in lieu of their significant offseason additions, I expected the Yankees to come out on top. Surprisingly, my expectations were wrong...

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Mahay is a lefty specialist who doesn't have to specialize -- he can get righties out as well.

4-New York Mets: Sean Green, Pedro Feliciano, Brian Stokes, J.J. Putz, and Francisco Rodriguez

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ist, I must say when I posted this on FanNation, readers were complaining about the omission of the New York Mets' star-studded infield.

The funny thing is, I'm a Mets fan. And yet I ranked both the Braves and Phillies' infields ahead of the Metropolitans. Talk about reserving one's biases...

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p;       In 1986 the Red Sox made it to the World Series against the New York Mets. They were leading the best of seven series 3 games to 2. Win one more game and it’s over. In Game 6, the Red Sox scored two runs in the top of the 10th inning to take the lead 5-3. In the bottom of the 10th Boston quickly recorded two outs. They were one out away from winning the World Series, when the Curse struck again. Down to their final out, the Mets scored two runs to tie the game. With Ray Knight on second base, the Mets sent Mookie Wilson to the plate. He hit a routine ground ball to Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Red Sox fans were cheering waiting for the easy out, which was a certainty, and the right to say they were World Champions. What!? The ball rolled between Buckner’s legs and into right field? Oh No! Here comes Ray Knight around third. He’s on is way to the plate. That’s it! It’s over! The Mets have rallied in the bottom of the 10th inning to force a seventh and deciding game of the World Series! Game 7 would be no different. The Red Sox took an early 3-0 lead, but once again lost it, and the game 8-5. The Red Sox were becoming synonymous with disappointment.

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Honestly, I can't figure this front office out. I still can't decide if Omar Minaya is a crafty, savvy baseball mind, or a complete and utter idiot. I just can't tell. The decisions being made by this franchise are all over the map. This offseason is driving me insane -- not because it's neither good nor bad, but because I cannot comprehend our financial difficulties or the intended direction of the club.

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Omar Minaya is the Jekyll and Hyde of Major League general managers. It's incredible how he can look like an Einstein-esque genius with some moves, and an executive that knows very little about baseball with others.

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Sure, Omar Minaya may have cleaned up the pigsty in the Mets' pen with the acquisitions of Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez and J.J. Putz, but that doesn't mean that this team is going to leapfrog the Phillies at the top of the National League East. There are still a number of rather deep holes to fill, and they need to be filled with quality players, not stopgaps.

Continue reading "The New York Mets: Plenty of Question Marks Remain"

Dear readers:

I'd like to begin my blogging on this account by thanking each and every one of you who have taken the time to read my content in the past, and those of you who will do the same in the near future. A special, personal thanks goes out to the readers who have provided me with direct feedback.

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The offseason is in full swing, so what better time to join the world of blogging than right before things start to get good. 

I’m Mike and I’ve been a Mets fan since I was 2 (courtesy of my dad and the 1986 World Series). On top of having a diehard fan relationship with the Mets, I have a history of being extremely objective and analytical. I have hosted my own sports radio talk show in the past, during which time I’ve had perfect weeks of picking games in the NFL, projected multiple trades in multiple sports months before they’ve actually occurred, and correctly picked every series in the 2007 MLB playoffs. The point is, you’re not reading a typical fan blog. What you read here about the Mets (and often times other teams as well) is well-thought out, intelligent, and often times scarily accurate. 

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Well it seems as though the "Devil" in Devil Rays has officially been exorcised.  The Rays win their first playoff game in franchise history on the shoulders of rookie Evan Longoria.

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Suddenly it seems as though the Mets won't make the postseason yet again.  After winning again the Brewers now find themselves in the driver's seat and the Mets are on the outside looking in.&nbs

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I have been hearina lot lately that interleague play has run its course. I couldnt disagree more. Major League Baseball is first and foremost a business. Its # 1 goal is to make money and it seems that interleague play is a huge money maker. What National League team doesnt want the Yankees or Red Sox coming to town? I know Pittsburgh sold out three mid-week games versus the Yankees this week. This adds juice to the stadium and it also gets the team pumped up. They can finally play in a sold out stadium that is their own. Watching these games you can see teams like the Pirates or the Rockies last year play in a different gear to try and impress the fans and see how they do versus the best teams.  From a business stand point I belive that Interleague play will be here for a long time.

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As I sit here and watch Johan shutout the Yankees for first three innings I wonder what it would be like for him to be in the road grey's. Sure it would be nice to have some one of his caliber as a member of the Yankees but I think his performance is season thus far has proven Brian Cashman correct. If the Yankees had traded Melky Cabrera, Phil Hughes, and Ian Kennedy for Johan Santanna, Yankee fans would be asking for more. I know Hughes and Kennedy have no wins this year but Hughes is only 20 years old and has great potential. He needs time to devlop. I am not sure what Kennedy turns into and I would have definetly been fine with trading him in a deal just not packaged with Hughes. It just wasnt fair for the Yankees to give up prospects and a huge contract.

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The Mets are just one month into their 2008 campaign... but it feels like last season never ended.

We've seen a lot from the Metropolitans so far in this young season.  Quite honestly, it's been the wackiest month I can remember... and that includes last September.  We've had enough ups and downs to last an entire season, yet the Mets have played roughly fifteen percent of their schedule.  Let's take a look at some of the biggest stories of April, if only to see how insignificant most of them truly were.

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 Who do Mets fans want up with the game on the line more than David Wright?  It was the bottom of the 11th and after a lead off walk to Jose Reyes and letting two other runners on base by

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st year when the hitting went bad, it stayed bad, for a very long time.  And, they are not the New York Mets.  After aquiring Johan Santana, they have become World Series contenders and I do not see the Cubs marching pass them in the playoffs.  After their historic collapse from grace, the Mets are out for blood.

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sion was far superior even with the lack of hitting Diamondbacks had.  All I got to say is the New York Mets are out for blood after their historic fall from grace with their new top gun Johan Santana.  No way is any team going to march pass them.

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the New York Mets. You see, one of my friends was at this game and he used LaValliere's one shining moment as a bow to put on trade proposals involving him, and sometimes it worked. When it did work the trader who received LaValliere would come up with a multitude of reasons for trading for the pudgy backstop. We call this acquisition justification, because no young kid wants the rep of getting ripped off in a trade.

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http://thesportspoint.blogspot.com/2008/02/all-mackey-sasser-team.html

When I was growing up Mackey Sasser, a catcher for the Mets from 1987-95 and later for the Giants, was one of those baseball cards no one wanted. So of course when you rushed to open your new pack of baseball cards inevitably you would end up with at least one Mackey Sasser card for every two packs you opened. As a result Mackey was used as a throw in for some of the most legendary baseball card trades ever transacted in my neighborhood.

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