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Re: Fixing The Mets Front Office: Public Relations

tomterrif — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:47:58 -0000

Sorry it took so long to respond, but Horwitz and the PR operation has been a problem for YEARS if not decades. It's time for Jay to go and for that whole department to be overhauled.

Re: Fan Prediction: How Many Wins Will The Mets Have in 2010?

Kranepool — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:23:57 -0000

I'll say 88 wins and the NL Wild Card

Re: Fan Prediction: How Many Wins Will The Mets Have in 2010?

Vinny Cartiglial — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:57:40 -0000

Re: Fan Prediction: How Many Wins Will The Mets Have in 2010?

Ceetar — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:25:16 -0000

91. It's so hard to predict a team's exact win total, but they'll probably win the division, and 91 seems about right to do that.

Re: Fan Prediction: How Many Wins Will The Mets Have in 2010?

Gary Grund — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:22:09 -0000

Re: Its Finally Here, Baseball is Back

Craig Smith — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:35:10 -0000

Wow I love the Hornsby quote, That describes my feelings exactly. I'm not a big spring training guy, but its nice to know we are in the home stretch of winter. I'm also wondering when Reyes will get pinched for his involvement in the growing hgh scandal, you know that is coming. Not to be out done A-rod is involved too. When that happens summer has officially arrived. Until then I stare out my window a little longer.

Re: 2010: The Season of “IF” – Bullpen

ha1987 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:13:30 -0000

The Mets still need another LH in the pen. I prefer Hisanori Takahashi over Pat Misch or Arturo Lopez. Takahashi is in the mix for the number 5 spot in the rotation but I’d like to see him as the second LH along with Feliciano.good sharing !!!
i like nike air max very much

Re: 2010: The Season of “IF” – Bullpen

tarheelcoach — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:20:20 -0000

Would you really prefer that someone like Misch make the pen over Nieve or Figeuroa just because he is a lefty? I would rather have Nieve facing Chase Utley than a scrub like Misch.
A second lefty isn't necessary if you have guys that can get out batters from both sides of the plate. Both Escobar and in limited time Parnell have proven they can do that. If Ryoto can as well there is no need for another lefty.

Re: Ready for the Jenrry Rules?

Joe K — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:26:27 -0000

The Yankees signed Joba Chamberlain at the 40th overall pick (even though he ranked no less then 10th by all the experts) because he missed almost the entire year before because of a shoulder injury.

Joba has been babied beyond any other pitcher in history.

What makes sense....

Taking a pitcher with electric stuff and holding him back cause you're afraid he's going to get hurt?

Or taking a pitcher with electric stuff who's already hurt and holding him back because you're afraid he's going to get injured and need surgery?

2 major facts on this - Pitchers do pitch while being hurt, and can stay effective although they're effectiveness will diminish over time because of that injury that hasn't blown up yet. (Think - Johan last year, Pedro his first year with the Mets, ect....)
The second any major arm surgery can cause the pitcher to loose movement on pitches, and please tell me the last pitcher who came back from any major surgery other then Tommy John Surgery (not what Joba is going to have) and to have the same or better stuff that they had before the surgery.

NOW, WHY IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE JENRRY IN THE BULLPEN, AND STUNT HIS GROWTH ON BECOMING A NUMBER 2 TO JOHAN?

Re: octoberspazbaby: BOOYAH. Those Halladay/Santana matchups I look…

Augie Dawgie — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:17:40 -0000

Seems to me I heard this s#%t before. Guys,actions speak louder than words.

Re: Mets Replace Set Up Man With History of Arm Issues with Set Up Man with History of Arm Issues

Joe D. — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:21:54 -0000

Great title Anthony! If they give awards for best title of the month, you win.

Re: I Blue Myself

Rich Resch — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:10:52 -0000

I’m afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run, if you will, and now I have somewhat of a mess on my hands.

Re: upnorthtrip: the most shady, frankie baby.

GD — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:12:13 -0000

I have that card, looks more like Al Franken than Viola though...

Re: Mets Visited By Future CitiField Statue

Rich Resch — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:10:06 -0000

Great headline.

Re: Do The 2010 Mets Resemble The 2008 Yankees?

George Fisher — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:09:51 -0000

I agree.....why spend big money now...when there will be terrific opportunities coming up in the future! Outside may be Lackey....there was not much quality pitching available. Let's see what develops...I think we are going to be a lot better in 2010 then people are thinking.

Re: Beltran expected to show for start of Mets spring training

Augie Dawgie — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:35:42 -0000

Many fans blast this guy. Probably the same ones who complain that players won;t come here unless they get paid more.

Re: Leitch : Nats Have More Vision Than Mets

GravediggerHebnerTRDMB — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:58:11 -0000

If Leitch wants any credibility as a sports commentator he's not doing a very good job of establishing it. If his goal is to continue as a sports comedian then he's doing just fine.

To say the Nats rotation is better than the Mets is ludicrous.

Using the mlb dot com websites for team depth charts, let us compare the two rotations:

#1) Santana versus Marquis
anyone who doesn't pick Santana in a landslide victory pleas pass what you're smoking.

#2) Pelfrey versus Lannan
I give the edge to Lannan based on his career ERA & WHIP to this point.

#3) Maine versus Olsen
Maine has the edge based on career ERA & WHIP. Won-loss record is not the best measure but perhaps worth noting that Maine is 7 games over .500 career, Olsen 8 games under. I give the edge to Maine.

#4) Perez versus Martin
Yes we all know well about Perez. He's made 189 career starts to just 15 for Martin and for their careers Martin's ERA is 0.10 better and his WHIP is 0.02 better. That says "toss-up" to me.

# 5) Nieve versus Mock
Both have 18 career starts. Nieve's career ERA is 4.20 and WHIP is 1.41 while Mock's are 5.17 and 1.65. Nieve looks better to this observer.

So in my view the Mets have the decided advantage at #1, they lose #2, win #3, 4 is a toss up and they win # 5. Exactly how is this vaunted Nats rotation better?

Stick to comedy Mr. Leitch, you're better at it.

Re: Jacobs Signing Could Pay Off

sable — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:54:24 -0000

How many of this type of signing is Omar goin to do??? can we please stop shopping at the $.99 store, Pleaseee, the Mets are a large market team in NYC, can we please see Minaya for what he really is, he is a puppet

Re: Jacobs Signing Could Pay Off

Joe K — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:00:51 -0000

If Jacobs BAIP normalizes, he should be an Avg Major League First Baseman. That will force the mets to take the firstbase mitt away from thier kid brother.

Re: Jacobs Signing Could Pay Off

metsstem — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:37:06 -0000

I really like the Mike Jacobs signing. I think we needed the pop off the bench and also a power bat to spot start to give guys rest. He can play first, left and right and now the lineup does not have to suffer if Manuel decides to give the guys a day off. This may help a lot of important guys stay healthy. Even in an off-year, he hit 19 homers and he is already friends with Wright and Reyes. No brainer. Let's Go Mets!

Re: Mets Fans Manifesto

Ryan G — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:29:12 -0000

I agree, I also encourage every fan to send a hard letter to Citi Field addressed to executive management voicing our displeasure on every one of these key issues. They can ignore 10 letters but not a million.

Re: Nelson Figueroa Should Be Mets Fifth Starter

cld5886 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:24:31 -0000

I think he proved himself yesterday with that CG

Re: Nelson Figueroa Should Be Mets Fifth Starter

Joe K — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:35:24 -0000

When I say upside, I mean most smart organizations use the 5th starters spot as a springboard to a larger starting roll.

Taking a 35 year old and giving him a 5th starters spot is a horrendous idea. If he has a good year (era of 4.40 with 10 wins in 180 innings, and finishes the year healthy) do we give a 36 year old the 5th starter spot next year? Is really not capable of doing much better? Can you tell me that he's going to be the 4th starter for next year if he does that?

The answer is he'll be the 5th starter again. What is there to gain by giving the guy the 5th starter spot? You get a 5th starter for next year. The 5th starter is not what scouts call a job, its an apprenticeship.

Re: Nelson Figueroa Should Be Mets Fifth Starter

chris — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:00:45 -0000

that 5th spot is totally up for grabs so any of the 3 will be considered ... i'm sure whoever has the best spring will get the job ... that is providing they don't go outside the organization to bring somebody else in (ie...arroyo, lowry)

Re: Nelson Figueroa Should Be Mets Fifth Starter

Joe K — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:19:26 -0000

Sorry, He's 35 years old. Is the number 2 or 3 starting pitcher for a AAA team. He takes up innings so you don't burn out any prospects. There is no upside with the guy.

He had as good of a year as he's ever had last year at the age of 35, in limited innings, and with no fastball.

BTW, What happened to Neise?