Benjamin Grimm

Santana 4.5 Francoeur 1.5 Davis 1.5

Well, no. Niese may be out for a while. And Oliver could possibly pitch his way into the rotation at John Maine's expense.

MFS62 wrote: Edgy DC wrote: I'm glad the monster agrees, because the blogosphere is frying the Mets for this. For letting him stretch out to be a starter? Or for delaying the move? Later I think for changing their minds.

The three remaining games from the Mets' lost weekend in Miami will close on Wednesday, possibly early in the morning. Schaefer POTG 05/14/2010 Florida 7, Mets 2 Schaefer PotG, 5/15/2010, Marlins 7, Mets 5 Schaefer POTG 5/16/10 - Marlins 10, Mets 8 If you haven't voted yet, please try to do so today.

Really trivial trivia: I noticed that the winning pitcher, the losing pitcher, and the pitcher who got the save in this game all had last naems starting with the same letter. This is only the 13th time in Mets history that this has happened! And the first time that the letter in question was the letter N. +------------+----+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 1972-08-02 | L | Phillies | Scarce-Seaver-Selma | | 1972-10-04 | W | Expos | Matlack-Moore-McGraw | | 1973-07-03 | L | Expos | McAnally-McAndrew-Marshall | | 1980-08-31 | L | Giants | Montefusco-Miller-Minton | | 1983-09-24 | W | Cubs | Seaver-Schulze-Sisk | | 1985-06-02 | W | Padres | Schiraldi-Show-Sisk | | 1989-09-06 | L | Cardinals | DiPino-Darling-Dayley | | 1994-04-18 | L | Padres | Harris-Hurst-Hoffman | | 1995-06-09 | L | Padres | Hamilton-Harnisch-Hoffman | | 2000-06-20 | L | Phillies | Brock-Benitez-Brantley | | 2002-07-05 | W | Marlins | Bacsik-Burnett-Benitez | | 2008-04-06 | L | Braves | Smoltz-Santana-Soriano | | 2010-05-16 | L | Marlins | Nolasco-Niese-N��ez | +------------+----+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+

Totals for May 13, 2010 (10 votes) Florida Marlins 2, New York Mets 1 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceJohan Santana46.654.667.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO.Rod Barajas8.860.891-3, RBI, SOJason Bay3.900.391-4, R, SOLuis Castillo2.580.261-4, SOIke Davis2.020.201-3David Wright1.200.120-4, 2 SOJos� Reyes0.500.050-4, SOAngel Pagan0.500.050-4

Pelfrey 5 Rodriguez 1 Barajas 3 Carter 1

Three of the four Mets pennant-winning managers were retreads.

Oooh, that sounds ominous. Somebody should inform Jeff that Atlanta is in the same time zone as New York. I wonder if Jeff will be wearing his hardhat?

Rodriguez 0.5 Acosta 0.3 Cora 2 Bay 2 Carter 1 Wright 0.5 Pagan 1 Matthews 1.5

They should just play "Send in the Clowns" for each player in the Mets lineup.

If the Mets want to hire a psychotic nutjob, they already have Wally Backman in house.

Edgy DC wrote: They'd go a long way by adding a reliable starting pitcher and a productive bat. Sure, but that's essentially true of every team ever. But it's especially true of teams that have sucky pitching and sucky hitting.

Edgy DC wrote: I'd definitely think hitting, lads. They'd go a long way by adding a reliable starting pitcher and a productive bat. At what position would that batter play? Right field appears to be the best place to start. I don't see it happening at left field, shortstop, or third base any time soon. First base seems fine. That leaves center field, catcher, and second base. By how much can they reasonably upgrade over Pagan, Barajas, and/or Castillo while the season is ongoing?

Here's something to crank up our collective angst: I don't believe this is the case, but... What if Omar is going to Atlanta to negotiate with John Smoltz?

Voting for Thursday's series-opening loss to the Marlins in Miami will close on Tuesday morning. If you have votes to cast, please try to do so today. Schaefer POTG 5/13/10 - Marlins 2, Mets 1

It seems pretty clear that the goodwill that came from that eight-game winning streak is already completely gone. And it evaporated even sooner than I thought it would.

joepet wrote: Hope that's a good surprising. LOL More of a neutral surprising. Please feel free to join in some of the other threads too, Joe.

5x3? Really? They're just the size of a small index card? That's surprising!

Adam Rubin wrote: One thing is certain, though: Faced with the prospect of losing Niese from the rotation, Manuel does not intend to give Perez another chance by letting him take what would have been his regular turn in Washington. "I don't see us going in that direction once we have decided to put a guy in the bullpen," Manuel said. "No, I don't see that being an option right now."

What the CPF was saying when the Mets re-signed Perez

Acosta 0.5 Feliciano 0.5 Castillo 2 Reyes 2 Wright 2 Bay 1 Carter 0.5

Totals for May 12, 2010 (9 votes) Washington Nationals 6, New York Mets 4 NameTotal PointsPoints AwardedPlayer PerformanceAngel Pagan12.981.442-4, R, 2B, RBI, SOMike Pelfrey11.411.275.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO.Alex Cora10.701.192-5, R, RBIPedro Feliciano5.780.641.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.Jos� Reyes5.000.561-5, 2B, RBIIke Davis3.270.361-3, R, BBFernando Nieve3.080.341.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO.David Wright2.150.240-2, R, 2 BB, SOHisanori Takahashi1.230.140.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.

Fman99 wrote: Wow, tough room. No. Bad comedian.

Maybe they'll soon be having a similar conversation with John Maine?