As we approach the end to another disappointing season, it looks as though the Mets are once again finding themselves back at square one. With rumors of Omar Minaya being fired as soon as Monday, a new manager leading the off-season priorities, and an ownership group that many in baseball see as one of the Continue reading
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Mets at Braves (5/17-5/18): series at a glance
Well if that wasn’t the weekend from hell, I don’t know what is. Thanks to the four game sweep of the Marlins, these next two short series could be pivitol for the fate of Jerry Manuel and co. With the Yankees visiting Citi Field this weekend, followed by the Phillies, if the Mets do not gather themselves in Atlanta and Washington, the 2010 season may have crashed and burned before we even get to Memorial Day.
Luckily the Mets get a break, as they will not have to face some of the great pitching the Braves have to offer. Tonight, Mike Pelfrey takes the mound against Derek Lowe. Big Pelf will have to be careful with Brian McCann, who has a .464 average against him with a home run and seven RBI. As for Lowe, Luis Castillo and David Wright have a nice stat line, but other than that the righty sinkerballer has kept Mets hitters in check.
| METS HITTER | |||||
|
23 |
.217 |
.280 |
.391 |
.671 |
|
|
22 |
.364 |
.417 |
.364 |
.780 |
|
|
17 |
.176 |
.333 |
.176 |
.510 |
|
|
16 |
.438 |
.438 |
.563 |
1.000 |
|
|
13 |
.000 |
.133 |
.000 |
.133 |
|
|
9 |
.222 |
.222 |
.222 |
.444 |
|
|
9 |
.111 |
.111 |
.111 |
.222 |
|
|
7 |
.143 |
.143 |
.286 |
.429 |
|
|
6 |
.333 |
.333 |
.667 |
1.000 |
|
|
6 |
.500 |
.500 |
.500 |
1.000 |
|
|
4 |
.250 |
.500 |
.250 |
.750 |
Tomorrow, the Mets will catch a huge break as Kris Medlen will come out of the bullpen to make a spot start for the Braves, with Jair Jurrjens on the DL. Meanwhile, the Amazins will throw out Johan Santana. On paper, this is a gimmie game for the Mets, but as we all know, there really is no such thing with this team. The Braves have had some success off Johan. Troy Glaus has a .333 average in 24 ABs with a home run, and Chipper Jones has hit .294 off the Mets ace. Brian McCann also has two home runs off Santana.
The numbers for Met hitters against Medlen are rather useless to look at, but here they are nonetheless:
| METS HITTER | |||||
|
3 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
|
|
2 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
|
|
2 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
2.000 |
|
|
1 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
|
|
1 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
|
|
1 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
2.000 |
|
|
1 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
.000 |
Weather stats (courtesy of weather.com): The weather for the series should be a non-factor, with temparatures expected to be in the upper 70s both nights. On Tuesday, there will be 13mph winds WNW, but that should have little impact, if any. This is all good news for the Mets, as they have won eight games in clear skies and have won 10 games with winds of less than 15mph.
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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. Follow him on Twitter @rsgross
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.
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