Frayed Knot

Takahashi - 1.8 Valdes - 0.4 Rodriguez - 0.5 Bay - 1.2 Wright - 1.4 Cora - 0.7 Barajas - 1.4 Pagan - 1.1 Francoeur - 0.7 Carter - 0.8

Maine - 2.3 Takahashi - 0.5 Mejia - 0.7 Pagan - 1.5 Castillo - 1.3 Wright - 1.0 Barajas - 1.2

Valdes - 1.2 Feliciano - 0.4 Nieve - 0.4 Reyes - 1.5 Davis - 1.5 Bay - 1.5 Pagan - 0.8 Francoeur - 0.7

Frayed Knot wrote: I think Ike's got hisself a specialty. Of course he's no Jeter as DJ knows how to catch the ball in fair territory before flipping into the stands.

I think Ike's got hisself a specialty.

Two quickies ... are we actually looking at a clean FRod inning?

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Gameday says "Delayed -- replay" What's going on? Davis golfed one into the second deck foul by maybe a foot. Umps just went to the video and it stays a long strike.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Frankie says no more runs please, I want a save situation. Fuck that, I want at least 7 runs here. I haven't once thought from the first inning that we're going to win this game and I'm still iffy on it.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Whoa! They're so afraid of Jason Bay that they'd walk him with the bases loaded! They just wanted to get to Wright in a position where they knew he'd be harmless ... with lots of runners on.

Hi, I'm Jose Reyes and I pop up for a living

At least shedding bad players is something they can do on their own. The importing good ones part takes a bit of outside cooperation.

attgig wrote: would be nice to see baseball on montreal =) but otherwise, retarded Selig strikes again..... I think the Cubs/Astros game in Milwakee may have been a bigger snafu. At least that was was done under time constraints. This time there's not only plenty of time but also plenty of places to go that might even be more beneficial to the game as a whole than Philly. Problem is those might also be less likely to produce a sell-out leading Bud to take the safety route.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I wouldn't mind getting Cliff Lee either, of course, but that's easy to say in the abstract. Davidoff doesn't speculate on what it would take to get him. Also, I know Seattle is off to a tough start and these NY-area writers believe that the sole purpose of those 'outside' teams is to supply us privileged north-easterners with players, but geez it's early May, no one in the AL West is doing much either, and Lee has made all of two starts so far. Touting a way to fix a team by essentially saying "add good players somehow" is a waste of paper/web space.

soupcan wrote: Meanwhile if Bay would just get a hit in a big spot here and there - we wouldn't be having this discussion. And/or Reyes, and/or Wright (especially lately). But, yeah, Bay & Reyes are the biggest culprits right now. Plus (and I usually don't harp on this because in small samples it's usually just bad luck) the high Ks and (therefore not un-related) lack of "productive outs" are killing us. Ks and pop-ups with runners-on all night and every night. 14 baserunners last night and 2 runs.

Innuresting answer to a question posed to BA about who were the hottest draft picks over the last 20 years [u:31pyjnvf]based on the perception of them at the time[/u:31pyjnvf] they were picked. It's just one columnist's opinion but ... - 2 have yet to be drafted as they're in this year's pool - 10 of the remaining 18 were #1 overall picks - 4 were #2 - The remaining 4 dropped for real or perceived signability issues including one who fell to #4, two #5s, and, the only one not in a top-5, Todd Van Poppel at #14 By my count the 20 includes just 4 bonafide stars [Rodriguez, Teixeira, Beckett & Mauer] 5 stone-cold busts [all of them pitchers - Prior, McDonald, Wilson, Taylor, Van Poppel], 5 that fall somewhere in-between [upton x 2, Drew, Hamilton, Benson] some of which could still move into the 'Star' category and 6 where it's still too early to tell 1. Stephen Strasburg, rhp, San Diego State (Nationals, No. 1, 2009) The latest to wear the mantle of best college pitching prospect ever. 2. Mark Prior, rhp, Southern California (Cubs, No. 2, 2001) Had slightly less stuff than Strasburg, but proved himself against better competition. 3. Ben McDonald, rhp, Louisiana State (Orioles, No. 1, 1989) The Strasburg of the pre-Internet era; $824,000 contract was shocking at the time. 4. Justin Upton, ss, Great Bridge HS, Chesapeake, Va. (Diamondbacks, No. 1, 2005) Tabbed as 2005's top prospect three years earlier, he lived up to the hype. 5. Todd Van Poppel, rhp, Martin HS, Arlington, Texas (Athletics, No. 14, 1990) Braves passed on Van Poppel because of signability and took Chipper Jones at No. 1. 6. Brien Taylor, lhp, Beaufort (N.C.) HS (Yankees, No. 1, 1991) Never reached the bigs, but scouts still say he and David Clyde were top prep lefties ever. 7. Alex Rodriguez, ss, Westminster Christian HS, Miami (Mariners, No. 1, 1993) Had the highest ceiling scouts had seen in years�and still surpassed expectations. 8. J.D. Drew, of, Florida State (Phillies, No. 4, 1997/unsigned) First 30-30 player in college history sought a $10 million deal and didn't get it. 9. David Price, lhp, Vanderbilt (Devil Rays, No. 1, 2007) Delivered almost instant payback with ALCS, World Series heroics a year later. 10. Matt Wieters, c, Georgia Tech (Orioles, No. 5, 2007) A more well-rounded prospect than Bryce Harper is this year, and a switch-hitter to boot. 11. Paul Wilson, rhp, Florida State (Mets, No. 1, 1994) Like many of the pitchers on this list, he fell victim to injuries. 12. Kris Benson, rhp, Clemson (Pirates, No. 1, 1996) Lauded as big league-ready, he didn't arrive in Pittsburgh until 1999. 13. Mark Teixeira, 3b, Georgia Tech (Rangers, No. 5, 2001) Before the 2001 season began, he was considered a better prospect than Prior. 14. Pedro Alvarez, 3b, Vanderbilt (Pirates, No. 2, 2008) Think the Rays might wish they had taken Alvarez over Tim Beckham at No. 1? 15. Bryce Harper, c, CC of Southern Nevada (2010) Most hyped draft prospect ever, starting with a Sports Illustrated cover story at age 16. 16. Josh Hamilton, of, Athens Drive HS, Raleigh, N.C. (Devil Rays, No. 1, 1999) Showed all five tools as an outfielder, plus a mid-90s fastball on the mound. 17. Jameson Taillon, rhp, The Woodlands (Texas) HS (2010) Area scouts say Taillon is the best high school pitcher they've ever seen, better than . . . 18. Josh Beckett, rhp, Spring (Texas) HS (Marlins, No. 2, 1999) So dominant that he might have been the No. 1 pick in 1998 as a high school junior. 19. B.J. Upton, ss, Greenbrier Christian Academy, Chesapeake, Va. (Devil Rays, No. 2, 2002) Drew a lot of comparisons to a more physically and offensively developed Derek Jeter. 20. Joe Mauer, c, Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul (Twins, No. 1, 2001) Overshadowed by Prior and Teixeira at the time, he has surpassed them both.

MFS62 wrote: You can't just look at body type for a pitcher and think "too thin". Pedro Martinez (when he was young), Tim Lincecum and Ron Guidry could fall through a sidewalk subway vent grating. The race doesn't always go to the swiftest nor the fight to the strongest ... but that's the way to bet. IOW, sure you can be slight of build and still generate enough arm speed for a 'plus' major league fastball, but if you've got one bullet to spend on a high draft pick you'll probably want to use on the not scrawny one just to be safe.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: "Chances are this is the end of my career," said Catalanotto, a 36-year-old Smithtown, L.I., native. "I'm very happy to have had the opportunity to play for the Mets. I always wanted to play in New York, even if it wasn't the Yankees, and it's a great organization and group of guys." So we'll probably be adding another one to the 'Died a Met' list. Would have been nice for the Long Island-born MFY fan to have hung on and had one last decent season even as the last guy on the roster, but this is a move that needed to be made. Fixed. And the team had a local guy/Mets fan it could have actually used. Pardon my French, but fuck sentiment right in its pussy asshole. He's got a shorter drive home, is all this means. I have no idea whether he was a Met fan or MFY fan growing up (and don't particularly care) but, either way, count me out as one of those bringing the hate here. He was brought here to fill the 25th man role - one he filled for the last couple of years in other places with decent success [.275/.340-ish and had about 1/3 of his hits for extra bases while pitching in at five different positions over the last two years]. Had he been able to something along those lines this season it would have been a nice way for a local kid picked in the 10th round nearly 2 decades ago to cap off a 14 year career. In the end, he couldn't and so he's gone after a whopping 25 ABs. As I said before, it was a move that needed to be made but I think I'll be able to refrain from labeling the guy an anti-Christ on account of it.

"Chances are this is the end of my career," said Catalanotto, a 36-year-old Smithtown, L.I., native. "I'm very happy to have had the opportunity to play for the Mets. I always wanted to play in New York, and it's a great organization and group of guys." So we'll probably be adding another one to the 'Died a Met' list. Would have been nice for the local kid to have hung on and had one last decent season even as the last guy on the roster, but this is a move that needed to be made.

Worst game of the year IMO

The only thing more fitting would be if he took that final strike looking.

The 1st inning set the stage for this whole night. I haven't had a lick of confidence in anyone even getting the ball out of the infield since then.