2009/2010 Mets. The Jerry is gone version!

"NJFINSFAN1 wrote:

Murphy is tearing the cover off the ball this spring!

Hes probably going to hit 2nd in the lineup this year. I think something the following should be pretty attainable:

15 hrs
90 rbi
90 runs scored
35 doubles
305 BA
850 OPS (370OBP/480 SLG)

And what you love about the kid is is he has been putting in OT on his defense! :knucks:

I have heard some rumors that Gary Sheffield is close to signing a deal with the NY Mets. I thought the Mets had a left fielder?

He is going to platoon in RF

Well if nothing else, hes not a wimp. He'll give this team some swagger. And lets hope he has something left in that ol' bat.

Boston got 6 in the first off the Mets. The new Met's park looks much better than Shea. Looks like it is pitcher friendly....well not today, but it looks like a hitter really has to hammer it to get it out.

"Roman529 wrote:

Boston got 6 in the first off the Mets. The new Met's park looks much better than Shea. Looks like it is pitcher friendly....well not today, but it looks like a hitter really has to hammer it to get it out.

People liked to rag on Shea but I like it better then taxpayer field. This one is a lot more high class but Im there to see a ballgame not have amenities necessarily. :no:

The dimensions are similar to shea and it should be just as hard to hit the ball out.

My son is going to the open practice tomorrow.

Wrights recruiting pitch was the difference in us getting Sheffield: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2009/news/story?id=4042473

Nice move by Wright. I agree Sheff brings a swagger and some attitude. He strikes fear just by reputation. Man, I hope hes got one more great season in him. What a difference maker he could be.

Nice to get that first win out of the way. It felt nice being confident in the bullpen today, and they did a great job. Santana had a hard first, then operated smoothly. Murphy got a HR, 2 rbis, and KROD gets the save. Only complaint was we left a lot of runners on but hey, its the first game and we are undefeated:knucks: Thank god baseball started.....

Its a cold nasty day. Santana looked good, and Murphy is a stud. Bullpen retires 10 of 11 batters (Green, Putz, KRod)

CC Sabathia got beat on today on Baltimore.

I love opening day. Took the day off from work and went to ESPN Zone to drink some beer with a friend. Good stuff today from Johan, Murphy and the pen.

On the downside, Wright looked a bit rusty on the basepath (caught at home and caught leaning towards 2nd) and we still cant hit with runners in scoring position. This team has to find a killer instinct to put average teams away.

"Boik14 wrote:

This team has to find a killer instinct to put average teams away.

My only downside on the game. We should have had 8 runs at least this game, just kept on leaving em on. But I am optimistic that it will turn around.

Last night started to look eerily familiar. How many peoples hearts dropped when that final out was launched to the warning track? Man that bullpen made it interesting, especially K-rod. But we got the win, pelfrey hung in there after a horrible first inning. Good hitting, terrible pitching, and now we must sweep them today. Love these 12:30 games.

Good grief Perez sucks. 3 more years of this booger? Remind me not to watch every 5th day.

On the good side:
- It looks like Church is back to pre-injury Church
- Delgado looks like he did post Willie firing and could be in for a big year
- The bullpen today gave us a punchers chance to come back with 3 and 2/3rds scoreless from O day, Feliciano and I believe Stokes. We were down 8-4 and clawed back to 8-6.
- Sheff k'ed looking in his first appearance as a Met; pinch hitting in the 9th. My guess is its going to take him some time to get going.

Better get the bats out for the next 3, the marlins score runs if nothing else.

I have high hopes for Maine overachieving this year and outperforming people's expectations. There is no reason he cant win 15 with something like a 3.5 era. He definitely suffers from Rich Harden/AJ Burnett/Scott Kazmir syndrome in that he tries to strike everyone out and when he doesnt he gets frazzled. Hopefully tomorrow is the start of something good for him.

1 down and two more to go. Mets aren't looking that dominant now, so watch out the Marlins will be in this all year.

Tonight will be awesome game to be at, as more than 40,000 expected.

"PMZQ wrote:

1 down and two more to go. Mets aren't looking that dominant now, so watch out the Marlins will be in this all year.

Tonight will be awesome game to be at, as more than 40,000 expected.

Thats so cute you guys had more then 40000 to watch the Mets win last night.

I think Manual nailed it in his post game presser; the marlins are a young, free swinging group and Livan did a good job moving the ball around. We actually got some timely hitting for a change as well and Castillo actually had a 4 hit game, his first since August 07. :up:

Dolphin Stadium looked empty to me on TV. Awful lot of seats empty and when the Mets scored, it looked like what fans were at the game were standing and cheering.

just so you guys know endy chavez has been on a tear so far this year. his defense is how its always been, but his bat is hot right now!!

Enjoy it while it lasts bro. I like endy and I think the majority of met fans feel the same but a great hitter he is not. Still I want him to do well because he is a very unselfish player.

Hey guys I went to the game last night, and I must say I loved the new stadium. Heard a lot of complaints on WFAN about limited views and whatnot, but I had no sight problems. I sat in section 419 and had a great time. I will write more later but I gotta get to work.

"King Felix wrote:

just so you guys know endy chavez has been on a tear so far this year. his defense is how its always been, but his bat is hot right now!!

"Boik14 wrote:

Enjoy it while it lasts bro. I like endy and I think the majority of met fans feel the same but a great hitter he is not. Still I want him to do well because he is a very unselfish player.

Agreed on all counts. Chavez is a decent 4th OF, but if he's starting every day, his bat is going to become a drag. Guys with a career .684 OBP with 8 big league seasons don't suddenly become Manny Ramirez at age 31.

Looks like Pelfrey may miss his next scheduled start on Sunday with Forearm tightness. Now I know thats not a big deal on the surface of it as he wants to pitch through it but thats how Wagner's problems started last year. I have long since not been a fan of this training staff and I am worried this will be worse then expected.

Last night was just another reason I wanted us to go get Manny this offseason. I believe we're already among the league leaders in runners left in scoring position. Just horrid. You feel like banging your head on the desk watching some of these players hit. Originally I didnt want Holliday citing his 200 point differential between his home/road OPS splits the last 2 years in Colorado but given how bad we have been, I may yet change my mind on that. We are that bad with risp.

I dont think the Marlins are going away this year. Theyre on some every 6 year type of thing where they win it all. 1997, 2003...2009? They can hit and they have at least 3 pitchers im sold on in Nolasco, Johnson and Sanchez..possibly 4 in Volstad. Lucky for us the Atlanta bullpen looks like our did last year; awful. Absolutely awful aside from Soriano.

And Sheff with a pinch hit homer to tie it at 4. #500 for Sheff. 1st player to hit his 500th homer as a met; Delgado may be the 2nd if he keeps up this torrid place. Sheff is also the first player to hit his 500th homer as his 1st homer in a new uniform.

Uggg Ollie

"NJFINSFAN1 wrote:

Uggg Ollie

He is the suck. 3 more years of this turd. He doesnt need a conditioning program or a pitching coach, Ollie needs a shrink to figure out what the hell he's doing out there :no:

There's a lot more holes on this team than I thought. the starting pitching aside from Johan and Livan has been Phillie-esque, i.e. brutal. Absolutely horrid.