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Tags: David Murphy, Jeff Francoeur, Joaquin Arias, Josh Hamilton, Julio Borbon, Nelson Cruz, New York Mets, Ryan Church, Vladimir Guerrero
So the Mets actually obtained some value for Jeff Francoeur, as they aquired Joaquin Arias, a 25 year-old middle infielder once traded for Alex Rodriguez, from Texas. Arias, who is out of minor league options, will provide depth for the Mets at 2b as they evaluate their options for 2011. Like Francoeur, Arias doesn’t walk much, but he swings at less pitches and makes contact at a higher percentage. He has elite speed (7.1 spd rating according to fangraphs) and his career .287/.322/.379 in 242 major league plate appearances isn’t atrocious, all things considered. He likely is an improvement over Ruben Tejada and even once-obp-stud Luis Castillo. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Alex Rodriguez, Jeff Francoeur, Joaquin Arias, Lucas Duda
Jenrry Mejia responded to his promotion to AAA by going 8 innings on Monday night, yielding 1 earned run (a homerun) on 5 hits and 1 walk. He struck out 9, and induced 10 groundouts and 2 flyouts. He appears to be the favorite to both start on Saturday against the Cubs and to be the ace of the staff as soon as 2011. Ok fine, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit. Maybe. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Bobby Parnell, Fernando Martinez, Ike Davis, Jeff Francoeur, Jenrry Mejia, Ruben Tejada
We are heading into the last month of the 2010 season and at this point it looks like the Mets aren’t playing for a playoff spot, but rather respect and perhaps to play the part of the spoiler. At times taking on that role can take some of pressure off of a team and sometimes it brings out their best baseball. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: New York Mets
It’s a battle for third place as the Marlins, at 62-61, come into Citi Field to take on the 61-61 Mets for a three game series. After coming off their first victorious road series against a National League opponent, the Mets hope the suddenly hot Wright-Reyes combination can keep it going for the final month and a half. Read the rest of this entry >>
Where does it end? How much more embarrassment can one organization endure? The Francisco Rodriguez “incident” is the latest cherry on the sundae that continues to define the Mets’ organization as perhaps the most mis-managed and misguided baseball franchise around. Certainly, the Mets did the appropriate action by reprimanding K-Rod and putting him on the disqualified list. But the Rodriguez mishap is just another reason that gives credence to the Mets nickname as the “New York Mess” Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Bengie Molina, Francisco Rodriguez, Jason Bay, Joel Pineiro, Jose Reyes, Luis Castillo, Oliver Perez, Ryan Church
The Mets placed Francisco Rodriguez on the DL on Monday afternoon with a torn ligament in his thumb which was the result of him punching his fiance’s father. I won’t delve into K-Rod’s anger issues or use hindsight to criticize Omar Minaya for signing him – turn on 660AM if you want that. Instead, I’ll take a look at K-Rod’s season to date and contract status. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Bobby Parnell, Francisco Rodriguez
While the Phillies have had no problem beating teams lately, they roll into Citi Field to face the Mets who have had a hard time beating anybody lately…except their in-laws. No? Too played out by now? Alright, moving on… Read the rest of this entry >>
It’s hard to believe that the Mets haven’t won back-to-back games since June 23rd when they did it against Detroit. Yet, the streak continued on Sunday with a 6-5 loss to Philadelphia. The Mets did fight back but unfortunately, and so customarily, they fell short. It was a game that saw Fernando Martinez get his first start of the season in left field. At 9 games back in the division and 7.5 back in the wild card race, it appears that the Mets have decided to give some of their up-and-comers a shot. What the heck. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Alex Cora, Angel Pagan, Carlos Beltran, Chone Figgins, Cliff Lee, Fernando Martinez, Ike Davis, Jason Bay, Jeff Francoeur, Luis Castillo, New York Mets, Oliver Perez, Ruben Tejada
July, let’s be real, was miserable. The Mets went 9 and 17 with a -11 run differential. They only allowed 99 runs but could only muster 88 runs themselves. The hitting disappeared. The Mets hit .227/.293/.353 good for a whopping .646 OPS. Their OPS and a 284 wOBA both ranked last in the league. Angel Pagan continued his stud play hitting .337/.402/.594 with a .257 ISO and 7.7 SPD score. They got little production out of second base as the trifecta of talent that is Luis Castillo, Alex Cora, and Ruben Tejada all struggled getting on base. Luis Castillo’s .282 OBP was about 40 points higher than Tejada’s and 80 points higher than Cora’s. There’s no excuse to be starting Cora, even if Castillo is struggling. There’s barely an excuse to even have him on the team. David Wright, Jose Reyes, and Ike Davis all performed well in July, but the struggles continued for Jason Bay. Carlos Beltran walked 14% of the time in July but struggled early with his triple slash. He’s still struggling at the plate but has walked 17% of the time in his past 14 games. Jeff Francoeur maintained his sneaky persona of generating outs more than practically all of baseball, all while capturing the adoration of anti-sabr Met fans. Haters. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Alex Cora, Angel Pagan, Carlos Beltran, david Wright, Ike Davis, Jason Bay, Jeff Francoeur, Johan Santana, Jonathon Niese, Jose Reyes, Luis Castillo, Mike Pelfrey, R.A. Dickey, Ruben Tejada
The happenings of the New York Mets.
Richard Gross is sarcastic, pessimistic, jaded and looks at the world with a glass half-empty. All of which makes him more than fully qualified to blog about the Mets. Yet, like any dysfunctional relationship, he keeps coming back, rooting for the Mets, season after season with the hope and promise of better things to come. You can also catch him at InsiderBaseball.com during the season where he doles out all sorts of useful, number-crunching fantasy advice ensuring great success as long as you follow his every recommendation.
Matthew Falzano has been a Met fan since his arrival on third planet in 1986 - destiny, right? Obsessed with statistics and still very much learning, he enjoys everything baseball related and even more so if it involves a roster building mechanism. He is rehabbing from a WFAN addiction, but frequently slips up between 1-630pm monday-friday. Aside from baseball, he likes to bump Young Jeezy mixtapes in the whip and Passion Pit remixes in the crib. You can catch him on twitter @theschmets.
Adam Rossi is a lifelong Mets fan who, thanks to years and years of heartbreak from the team, has literally become immune to their ridiculousness. He no longer puts anything passed them; actually, he fully expects them to screw up in ways that nobody thought were possible. Still, for whatever reason, he comes back every season and hopes for things to be different. Believe it or not, he has it even worse as a football fan, for his loyalties lay with the Buffalo Bills. When he's not torturing himself with his sports teams, Adam is either working on the novel he is writing, reading books that are way too sophisticated for him on the psychological state of humans, or having anxiety attacks. He also coaches CYO basketball, which is one of the few things that actually makes him happy.
