Mets Spring Training Thread

[Ceetar]

12.5 days.

From Sherman:

Also heard #Mets planning prospects (think Nimmo, Wheeler, etc) vs. their veterans exhibition on March 3 or 4 in St. Lucie

That sounds pretty cool.

[metirish]

some pix of facebook



Murphy?





Collins sporting some cools runners



who's that with him?

[Ceetar]

Tom Goodwin maybe?

[Edgy MD]

metirish wrote: some pix of facebook Murphy?

Between the height, the lankiness, the presence of a bullpen mound, and the presence of the legend that is Al Jackson, I'm going to go with a pitcher.

[metirish]

Yeah my first reaction was too tall for Murphy and a bit lean, still that face looks like a Murphy.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Davis?

[Edgy MD]

The big mofo? If that's Davis, you've got a scoop, because that's not a firstbaseman's glove.

If that's not a pitcher, than it's L.U.C.A.S. But both would seemingly have more chest than that.

[Ceetar]

probably a minor leaguer.

[Edgy MD]

Starting to get itchy. Irritable.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

McCullough's having a chat, go join it: http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2012/02/mets_live_chat_with_star-ledge_3.html

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Starting to get itchy. Irritable.

hmm..maybe that's why I'm such a bad mood.

also disappointed I'm not going this year.


or maybe it's just work.

[metsmarathon]

Edgy DC wrote: Starting to get itchy. Irritable.

have you tried a cream?

[Ceetar]

metsmarathon wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Starting to get itchy. Irritable. have you tried a cream?

take a dollop of Shake Shack Sauce, apply directly to the affected area via the beefy applicator.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Edgy DC wrote: Between the height, the lankiness, the presence of a bullpen mound, and the presence of the legend that is Al Jackson, I'm going to go with a pitcher.

Jackson's 5'9"-5'10", and this guy's at least 6-8" taller. Could be Wheeler or Harvey. I'm thinking it's my boy Rustich (6'6"). Or has Jon Rauch been moisturizing/getting Botox injects?

[Edgy MD]

Part of it may be an illusion of the mound height, but if that's my wookie, where are his neck tatts?

He looks too young to be Rauch, and I've just seen those slouching shoulders somewhere.

[ashie62]

Ceetar wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Starting to get itchy. Irritable. hmm..maybe that's why I'm such a bad mood. also disappointed I'm not going this year. or maybe it's just work.

You could quit...

[ashie62]

metirish wrote: Yeah my first reaction was too tall for Murphy and a bit lean, still that face looks like a Murphy.

Right handed pitcher...hmmmm

[Ceetar]

Ashie62 wrote: Ceetar wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Starting to get itchy. Irritable. hmm..maybe that's why I'm such a bad mood. also disappointed I'm not going this year. or maybe it's just work. You could quit...

The Mets? nah, i'm too invested.

[ashie62]

Probably the wrong thread here but..Is Andres Torres really the starting CF heading into Florida?

That Fukudome guy is an FA still..

[Benjamin Grimm]

He sure is!

There's been some speculation that Kirk Newiswenehuewenis will have a shot at displacing him during the season.

[metirish]

Gotta be Harvey



and he's there

The Mets announced yesterday that they have invited top pitching prospect Matt Harvey to major-league camp in Port St. Lucie, Fla. It's very likely more of a reward than it is a chance to win a major-league roster spot.
Harvey, the Mets' first-round pick (seventh overall) in 2010, enjoyed a successful first pro season, with 156 strikeouts in 135 2/3 innings. He began the season with Class A St. Lucie before graduating to Double-A Binghamton.
He turns 23 in March, so he isn't too young to pitch at the highest level. Yet the Mets have brought along their young players more deliberately since Sandy Alderson took over as general manager.
The Mets also announced that outfielder Matt den Dekker, their fifth-round selection of the 2010 draft, would receive an invitation to major-league spring training. Dekker totaled 17 homers last year with St. Lucie and Binghamton.

[ashie62]

You nailed it..Harvey is a Big boy.

[ashie62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: He sure is! There's been some speculation that Kirk Newiswenehuewenis will have a shot at displacing him during the season.

Good Lord. They couldn't get Don Hahn?

[Edgy MD]

Seems a little late, but totally excellent.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

This isn't actual camp, so it needn't be someone with a camp invite.

And that doesn't quite look like Harvey, or Wheeler. Or, really, Rustich.

Shaggy Brad Holt?

[metirish]

Seriously some Mets fans, actually a lot of Mets fan need to cop the fuck on with themselves...


Alderson joined twitter and his second tweet causes quite a stir among some fans


Sandy Alderson @MetsGM
We're driving to St. Lucie because our dog (Buddy) doesn�t like to fly. His complaint: Where I sit, no lights and no stews.


Sandy Alderson @MetsGM
Getting ready for Spring Training-Driving to FL but haven�t left yet. Big fundraiser tonight for gas money. Also exploring PAC contribution.


it's him as confirmed by Buckhart on Hot Stove yesterday

[Ceetar]

Seriously some Mets fans, actually a lot of Mets fan need to cop the fuck on with themselves... Alderson joined twitter and his second tweet causes quite a stir among some fans Sandy Alderson @MetsGM We're driving to St. Lucie because our dog (Buddy) doesn�t like to fly. His complaint: Where I sit, no lights and no stews. Sandy Alderson @MetsGM Getting ready for Spring Training-Driving to FL but haven�t left yet. Big fundraiser tonight for gas money. Also exploring PAC contribution. it's him as confirmed by Buckhart on Hot Stove yesterday

It was confirmed immediately by @mets but that first tweet about fundraising threw people for a loop.

but basically he's just trolling the idiocy, which is awesome.

"The genesis of this came earlier in the day when it was suggested that I was driving to Florida because the Mets couldn't afford a plane ticket," said Alderson, who created the account @MetsGM. "There were people on the Internet who actually believed that. So I just thought we'd point out the absurdity of all this by poking fun at the whole thing."

http://mobile.newsday.com/inf/infomo;JSESSIONID=163B5C80BF89CE4CCDA1.3221?site=newsday&view=sports_item&feed:a=newsday_5min&feed:c=sports&feed:i=1.3518408&nopaging=1

[Frayed Knot]

I think both were kind of funny

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Love it.

Have been playing #SandyAldersonTrollTweets-- "Hey, you know what we could use? A speedy leadoff-guy with some pop and a glove. Know any1 interesting?"-- with Ted Berg and a bunch of others for the last 24 hours or so.

[TransMonk]

I'm jonesin'....