Wagner's Finger Woes

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Closer Shut Down With Unspecified Finger Injury

Damn!

[metirish]

It's starting.......

[seawolf17]

Amputate it and get the hell back out there and pitch.

I vote we let Pedro close until Wagner gets better.

[metirish]

Yeah but he has a toe problem.

[RealityChuck]

Sounds pretty trivial. A few days off and he'll be fine.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Every year, usually in spring, a seemingly minor injury comes up. Scarlet freaks out, seemingly over-reacts ,according to cooler heads, but the injury turns out more serious.

So everybody join Scarlet and freak out. Maybe a reverse thingie will kick in.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

No new Met gets me less excited than Billy Wagner.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: No new Met gets me less excited than Billy Wagner.

Me too. If Wagner has to miss a few weeks (or more) let Heilman close and put Bannister in the rotation. We'll be fine.

[Frayed Knot]

It's probably nothing ... which was also my first reaction to Saberhagen's finger injury.

[Willets Point]

"I've got blisters on my fingers!"

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

"It's been a long, long, long time..."

[Guest sharpie]

]No new Met gets me less excited than Billy Wagner.

Dickshot showing love for Tike Redman and Jose Valentin.

[Guest ABG]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: No new Met gets me less excited than Billy Wagner.

That's the excitement level I want from my closer. He's here, he's doing his job, next game.

[Zvon]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Me too. If Wagner has to miss a few weeks (or more) let Heilman close and put Bannister in the rotation. We'll be fine.

We do have a bit of depth and some options if it comes to that.

But Im gonna just hope Wags gets well real soon.
I would really like to see a full healthy team out of the gate.
We got 2 weeks.......

*Z crosses fingers*-OW!-hurt my tendon sheath.

[Guest Edgy DC]

"I bit that bastard's finger and I'll do it again."

Actually, it strikes me that Duaner Sanchez kind of wears his hair like an alpaca.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Are you suggesting that Duaner Sanchez bit Wagner's finger?

Maybe Wagner thought Sanchez was an alpaca and was checking his teeth.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: ="Johnny Dickshot"]No new Met gets me less excited than Billy Wagner. Me too. If Wagner has to miss a few weeks (or more) let Heilman close and put Bannister in the rotation. We'll be fine.

See, I'm guessing that Julio ("has experience as a closer") or Sanchez (ditto) would close.

I'd much rather have Wagner out there than either of those two.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Probably Sanchez.

Another fearless prediction: Julio will pitch his last game ever for the Mets some time in May of this year.

[Elster88]

Fearless prediction: Julio will remain on the Met 25-man roster (barring injury) all year.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

All experience isn't good experience. I mean, Mel Rojas has experience as a closer, but I don't think we're signing him up.

Or did I speak too soon?

[Guest sharpie]

Duaner (who closed for the Dodgers the end of last year) would prolly close before Julio.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Wagner's obviously a good guy to have, but the $$ and the years are a little much for a guy his age and the expectations were already out of sight before this injury.

[Frayed Knot]

Fearless Prediction:
Wagner's first blown save will bring howls of despair from all over Met-dom about why he had to "turn into Benitez" as soon as we got him.

After all, he's never blown a save prior to this season.

[Centerfield]

Well that's just silly. Wagner has blown saves like any other closer.

He just hasn't blown any big, important ones.

[Vic Sage]

you know why he got injured, don't you?

Wags can't take the pressure.