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worth noting that it's not just Mets players attending this camp.

TheOldMole wrote: Flores hits .290 this year and doesn't embarrass himself at short. Hope that's with at least a ..330 or so OBP though.

G-Fafif wrote: Ceetar wrote: Sure, but then again, is the portion of the Mets fans listening to WFAN also NOT listening to all the billion other places to get Mets news? WFAN far outrates the other sports station in NY. There are people who are not heavy users of the Internet or social media who cling to afternoon drive time radio as their conduit for Mets information and interaction. A good portion are Mets fans and prospective Mets customers. You don't seek ways not to reach them. There is no such thing as reaching 'x'% of your public and deciding that's cool. That goes for the Mets or anybody with a product to sell. When I leave the sphere of online Mets immersion and physically interact with human beings, I'm quickly reminded -- by Mets fans I wouldn't consider anything but hardcore -- that WFAN or a given newspaper or TV sportscast is still how some people instinctively connect to their team. Those people buy tickets, too...and might buy more of them. It's not about servicing FAN or Francesa. It's about the station's listeners. yeah, I get that it's about the listeners, not the station itself. And they all get TV and many of them SNY and the papers will still publish the highlights of anything said. But what I don't see is that WFAN deserves any of that.(And still, presumably, the other shows can do Mets guys) The Mets, in part due to WFAN itself, find themselves competing with them in many ways. It's not on them to pawn out the players to every interested party, and if they decided to scale back I have no problem with them starting there. It's similar to the semi-boycott of Mike Puma over the Colon joke last year. If you don't feel said outlet is serving your brand in a good light, fuck 'em. And, if WFAN and/or Francesa were in any way beholden to their Mets-fan listeners, they'd find a way to talk about or to the Mets anyway.

G-Fafif wrote: . Even if it's a straight-up business consideration in favor of WOR and the iHeart stations, it's silly. Mets fans, albeit at their own sanity-risk, listen to WFAN. Ruling out a way to reach them doesn't advance the cause. Sure, but then again, is the portion of the Mets fans listening to WFAN also NOT listening to all the billion other places to get Mets news? Perhaps you're reaching everyone just fine. I'd argue we could do with less newspapers and beat writers in general too. Why does Sandy need to go on SNY, then WFAN, then WOR, then talk to Rubin, etc etc.. Here's an idea.. I don't think they're denying him credentials, just the use of their PSL facilities and shuttling him players. Show up, host a remote from Duffy's, talk to players. Hell, set up in the parking lot. Send one of your lackeys out to the field to interview players. The media/WFAN exist as middlemen to transfer the message from the team to the fans. The Mets feel they've got that covered plenty, I tend to agree.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: All of WFAN or just Francessa? Just for spring training? It's not a great idea to limit the reach of your brand or anything, but if it is just one guy's show for one month, I'm struggling to give a shit about it. Sounds like just Francesa and just Spring Training. And the players themselves aren't exactly banned if they're reached out to directly. The Mets i'm sure get a billion requests for this sorta stuff, and WFAN/Mike just don't make the cut. sucks to be them.

fuck 'em, the Mets don't get anything from going on WFAN, and I'm all for giving the players one less interview to do.

Frayed Knot wrote: I'd almost prefer to have the backup for Flores be a stone cold glove man (which RT is not) and not care too much about what kind of offense you get from him. But as backup SS go, there are a lot worse options than Ruben. yeah. Word is Tovar might be that 'glove only' guy. I think it depends though, Flores is too unproven to bank on 150 games and just roll with it, so you're gonna play your backup at least some. It's nice to have a guy that's at least going to put up not-embarrassing offensive numbers. Though I guess in a perfect world you'd like it to be a lefty.

Edgy MD wrote: That's suggests an argument for keeping Tejada around. Booheads may take it easier on Flores if his backup is somebody they hate even more. Ruben Tejada: red meat for the base. Hopefully playing to first six games on the road gives Flores a chance to get a few knocks in and come home with some momentum. also cause, you know, Tejada is much better than just about every other possible option as a backup MI, particularly cause he's better than some options as a full time starter.

Lefty Specialist wrote: And I would say the second most key would be Wilmer Flores. If he actually hits and his fielding is at least passable, it gives this lineup a jolt. If his fielding is horrible, it probably won't matter what he hits. So here's hoping for competence in the field and some flash with the bat. Even if we've got no MVP candidates, Flores (or Tejada, or whoever) hitting would mean only the one black hole in the lineup which is a nice thing, especially since 145ish of our opponents have at least that same black hole.

Edgy MD wrote: Well, that's the thing, since Syndergaard is currently the seventh starter (or possibly eighth, at this moment in time), the team has a lot of redundancy to shore up the four-hole. I think Syndergaard is probably the best of 4-7 though. I just mean I think having an excellent 4th starter is key, and Syndergaard is the most likely to be that. But really the rotation as a whole and in particular getting plus value from 4 and 5.

I'm going Syndergaard (or really, the 4th starter guy) I'm confident in Harvey, deGrom, and Wheeler being good. I'm confident in David Wright being healed. The Mets won't be sluggers but they'll have enough offense to win a lot of games if the pitching is top-flight, and a 4th excellent pitcher does that.

dropped I thought? or settled?

All I want for my birthday is the Mets to beat the stupid Yankees.

Edgy MD wrote: Well, it doesn't take Sabermetrics to come to the conclusion that $23 million a year for a guy injured and unavailable one day in two is not the best way to spread your money around. in retrospect, sure, but I'd still take the gamble that he'd be available more than that. And it wasn't just Johan pushing the Mets budget on his own it was a confluence of a lot of things.

Means basically nothing for the 40 man guys. I mean, Matt Harvey wore #75 in Spring Training 2012. Even used bats with those numbers in his first callup.

Edgy MD wrote: When did that hap? Could of minutes before I posted it. It's been mentioned by a bunch of people but I guess it's not confirmed anywhere. Could be one of those things where nobody ever sources anything. John Mayberry Jr DOES wear #15 though so has some logic.

You've got d'Arnaud's number wrong. It should be 7, not 15.

I'd absolutely do it again. It took an epic choke job to keep the Met out in 2007 and they added one of the two best pitchers in the game? That's gold. You replay 2008 again 100 times the Mets probably make it 950 of them. I don't know how 2009 turns out if the Mets make the playoffs in 2008, but I have to think better. I take my shot, or shots, with Johan.

finally saw it last night. whatever. The Tony Stark Anxiety Attack thing was a bit much. Am I allowed to use spoilers now? It's like 18 months ago. The last battle would've been better, imo, if you didn't know Pepper had been injected with the stuff. Have Aldrich keep pining after her and saying things like "I'll make her mine" and then let fall into the flames with at least some doubt as to whether she'd survived. THEN have Tony summon the drone-Iron Men in a fit of vengeance-fueled rage.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Tiger shot an 82 yesterday. That's Pedro Feliciano-on-the Yankees bad. Of course, it's better than me on my best day, but...... I've never had a round that bad myself.

Biggest white flag of the last few years. The "Argenis Reyes" of our time.

d'Kong76 wrote: The fan split over like/dislike of Bobby O is certainly not anything new, but I can't imagine what would make you say Figgy would bring something to the table. Based on what? well based on him being not Bobby O at this point is good enough for me. I can't say I've heard him do any serious analysis, but the interviews he gave while he was here seemed like he'd be at least decent. At any rate, I don't see him followed Ojeda's talk radio philosophy of "pick a topic and yell about it for the entire show' angle.

I voraciously turned off SNY after games, win or lose, to avoid hearing Ojeda, so can't say I'm disappointed to see him gone. Figgy would be interesting.

sharpie wrote: That article deals with the injury issue in the last graph: So let's add a rule that a reliever has to face at least two batters (I'd even be in favor of three), unless the inning ends. For those worried about a pitcher faking an injury: Fine, if a pitcher leaves with an injury, he's ineligible for the next three games and you can't replace him on the roster. Exactly why it'll never happen. Because this means pitchers, and perhaps some managers, will be more likely to let the pitcher just 'pitch through it' risking injury if there really is something wrong. "It just felt like soreness, I didn't want to be unavailable for three games." Said Mejia while trainers put his arm in an ice bucket for transportation to the hospital to be reattached.

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