You're Entering A World of Pain (2009 Injuries)

[seawolf17]

It's a good thing Pudge is still--- oh, wait.

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2009/03/new_york_mets_catcher_brian_sc.html

[metirish]

ut indefinitely with a right knee injury

Not good obviously. Hey this is Castro's big chance....he'll not be pleased about this.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Beyond Darth Ramon and Cancel... Josh Bard (.265/.333/.395 career, iffy but not terrible defensively) was released by the Sawx yesterday. (Supposedly because he was less knuckler-friendly/older than PawSoxer George Kottaras.)

Beyond that, there's Estrada, LoDuca, Gary Bennett and several other even less desirable options.

[Benjamin Grimm]

And there's Josh Thole.

[Guest Edgy DC]

No at-bats above A-ball for Tholio yet, and still raw as a receiver.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah, I just looked him up. He's 22 and a half and hasn't played above St. Lucie. (He hit .300 there with 25 doubles, 5 homers and 45 walks in 347 at bats in 2008.)

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Bard could usually hit pretty well for a catcher, though I'm not really sure what the hell happened to him last year.

I remember when Boston let Mirabelli walk and signed Bard, then traded Bard to San Diego for Mirabelli early in the year when they realized that the dude just could not handle the knuckleball.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Bard could usually hit pretty well for a catcher, though I'm not really sure what the hell happened to him last year.

I remember when Boston let Mirabelli walk and signed Bard, then traded Bard to San Diego for Mirabelli early in the year when they realized that the dude just could not handle the knuckleball.[/quote:2m0jj1vh]

And then they did the exact same thing again this off-season. A glitch in the Mass-trix?

[MFS62]

Beyond Darth Ramon [/quote:tn7aqi8o]
Darth Ramon?

Jabba the Hutt comes more readily to mind.

Later

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Has no one but me noticed Rene Rivera is slugging .786 during spring training?

I do believe he'll hit 87 home runs if he can just manage 400 at-bats this year.

Plus it'll be cool to have our first No. 77.

[metirish]

That's just the kind of optimism we need , his B-R page sponsored by Mets types.

Those 87 home runs would bring his career total to a nice round number - 90

http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/riverre01.shtml

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"Rene (Rivera) Rivera"

Was just thinking that he'd be our first Rene-- apparently, he'd also be our first Rivera-as-FN? That's major major.

[Guest Edgy DC]

April Fool's Day Joke?

Putz leaves Mets win with irritated fingernail

20 hours ago

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) � Setup man J.J. Putz left the New York Mets' 9-2 victory over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday night after irritating the fingernail on his right middle finger.

Putz struck out Alejandro De Aza looking and Andy Gonzalez swinging in the eighth inning. He then walked off the mound and was greeted by manager Jerry Manuel near the first-base line.

Manuel said it was nothing serious. Darren O'Day replaced Putz and Francisco Rodriguez pitched a scoreless ninth.

John Maine allowed two runs and six hits in 5 2-3 innings for New York.

Anibal Sanchez went six innings for the Marlins, yielding three runs, one earned, and six hits.

Florida's Cody Ross hit a solo homer in the fifth inning.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

No that really happened. I heard it called live.

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's just such a milquetoastey diagnosis. It's putzy, is what it is.

I mean, it's spring training and all, so certainly pull him, but you'd think the training staff could come up with something darker sounding --- a ruptured manus or something.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Disgruntled lunula.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Unquiet unguis.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Cantankerous cuticle?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Keyed-up keratin-deposits?

[metirish]

Pelfrey has tendinitis in his pitching forearm, will probably miss a start. I hope that's all.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Tendons get better with rest, I wouldn't see the harm in his skipping a start this week. They say Niese is on turn and would be the likely replacement.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Adam Rubin is predicting Nelson Figueroa after Figgy got pulled after two innings against Scranton-Wilkes Barre today.

[Guest Edgy DC]

So, how about that Delgado hip?

In lineup that shares Murphy and Tatis, I'd sure like to see Murphy at first and Tatis in left. It'd help get me past the idea that they fear the controversy of playing Murphy anyplace but left.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

As per Manuel-via-Cerrone, CarlosDos'll "see a doctor" today. Also, Castillo's likely out tonight with back spasms.

And yeah, I'm with whoever said we should be giving Murph the Mitchell-in-'86 treatment-- if LF isn't working out so well, let's explore the studio space a bit, no?

[Guest Edgy DC]

That's me.

The worst thing he needs is to be putting so much pressure on himself to get good at a position that he (a) gets bad, and ( wastes the mental energy that should go into hitting. Just hit, Baby.

The world is full of guys who came up without being much good at any position but bounced around while their bat did the talking. Some of them eventually settled in somewhere and did well. Some didn't.

[metirish]

SNY reports and shows Hamels rolling his ankle in the Phils game tonight , needless to say it looked not good.

[batmagadanleadoff]

SNY reports and shows Hamels rolling his ankle in the Phils game tonight , needless to say it looked not good.[/quote:1kof63az]

Not only did it not look good, but it didn't look bad either. In fact, it didn't look like anything. The SNY announcer warned its squeamish viewers to look away but when they replayed the injury, there was enough graphics, clutter and other junk on the screen to totally obscure Hamel's ankle.

Did anybody else see this? Or I should say: not see this?

[metirish]

My Bad , i took Carlin's word on this . I was in the computer room listening to the telly.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Snooze today says The Schneid isn't progressing as well as they'd like and so a weekend DL return is now unlikely.

[Fman99]

Delgado taking today off also and getting Thursday as a team off day, tentatively scheduled to return to the lineup Friday.

I would be nonplussed if Castillo gets the same treatment.