Ceetar

Edgy MD wrote: Considering the amount of money spent in the last decade on relatively unreliable closers, I'd say the notion that we may have developed a homegrown one is pretty damn nice. That may be some serious dough and not a small amount of mental energy going in a different direction over the next few years. true, but I was expecting/confident in Parnell off of last year. So it's down there with "Wright's still awesome" on my list of good news. But having an actual trustworthy option the bullpen IS very nice.

Edgy MD wrote: I mean, I knew that they'd win again, someday, but man, it was getting hard to feel it. Parnell biting down hard on that bullpen ace job may just be the second best news this season. 1. Harvey 2. Parnell 3. Murphy, I guess. 4. ... uh... Duda, maybe slim pickings huh? I'll put Duda second, just because he actually had a bad year last year. Then Murphy remaining steady at second and putting up Murphy numbers. Then Parnell's continued improvement. I don't even know where to go from there though. Buck's good first two weeks? Baxter being a mostly serviceable 4th OF type? Hefner showing that he's a pretty useful 5th/spot starter type?

Edgy MD wrote: I'll die before I root for a team to do worse to get a better draft position. DIE! come on, there's nothing better than spending September hoping David Wright strikes out in big spots so the Mets lose and the pimply teenager we choose might help the Mets win game in 2017 more than that other pimply teenager we'd get if Wright homers in that spot.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/current_attendance.shtml handy tool for comparing to last year's attendance. Mets are down about 300 a game. Yankees are down 3000 a game. Marlins are down nearly 11000 a game. Phillies nearly 7000

Edgy MD wrote: Lewin going on about damage control, underscoring how Gee has pitched as well as most in most of his innings. His problem is that where others might have the occasional one- or two-run innings, Gee gives up five-run innings. That, I think, happens with teams who don't score. Pitchers kill themselves trying to be too perfect. could also be the defense. i.e. when a pitcher's a little off and yielding more balls in play a good defense might convert them into outs (a swifter LFer, though Duda wasn't horrible on it, probably dives and makes the catch limiting it to 2 runs)

6 oclock on SNY with Keith and Kevin. Don't see any word on what happens if it eclipses 7.

Edgy MD wrote: I'd be mad at Terry, but this is too much the mainstream perspective for me to hang it on him alone. I imagine four out of five managers would agree with him. I imagine 4/5 players too. Hefner HAS pitched well. I mean, maybe Terry knows he's bummed or something, but I think this is more in his own head than Jeremy's. I agree with the sentiment in principle, to get a guy that's been struggling to leave on a good note, but that doesn't apply here. Hefner doesn't have 0 wins because he's put up stinker after stinker, (though he hasn't pitched well in May) but because they haven't scored for him. He seemed to have it working yestrday, 7 Ks..

Edgy MD wrote: It's Atlanta's famed SHUFMUFUM lineup. They could probably get an anagram out of that if they worked at it. There's a reason to keep Ike. need his vowel in the lineup to be able to make real words. And Zach Lutz? that'd be a mess.

Matt Harvey's off to a good start. Anne V's Twitter. Apparently he met her in an elevator in MSG after a Rangers game, and apparently even managed to tweet about her while asking for her digits...all in an elevator ride. Anne Vyalitsyna is a Russian model. I'd put pictures here but I'm afraid to google for images while at work. Saw something about #11th sexiest model or something, I dunno, Harvey may compete for the Cy Young. That's gotta be worth like top 3 sexiest no?

Simmons, A, SS Heyward, J, RF Upton, J, LF Freeman, F, 1B McCann, B, C Uggla, D, 2B Francisco, J, 3B Upton, B, CF Medlen, K, P

Daniel Murphy � 2B Rick Ankiel � CF David Wright � 3B Lucas Duda � LF Marlon Byrd � RF John Buck � C Ike Davis � 1B Ruben Tejada � SS Jeremy Hefner � RHP

Lefty Specialist wrote: Wheeler coming up tomorrow or in two months isn't going to change the trajectory of this season. Having an extra year before he hits free agency is much more valuable than a couple of weeks in 2013. that's done with. All that's up in the air is whether we have to pay him in 2015 or 2016 arb money. unless it's bought out.

first off, not denying it's not the reason, but that Wheeler is staying down for solely super-2 reasons feels a little "they're so broke" conspiratorial. He also just missed a start prior to the last one with an issue serious enough to require going to get checked out. At this point another 2-3 starts isn't really making or breaking anything for the Mets season. No Mets pitcher is standing out as a beacon of "omg can't let this guy start anymore" Hefner has made some good ones. He could certainly compete for 2-3 more starts just fine. I personally couldn't care less about super-2, even early free agency. It's the Mets job to worry about that stuff and how to keep players around. I'd consider us lucky to get to the point where 4-5 years down the road we're fretting about that like he's going to be the most coveted free agent. But at this point, when it's just a couple of weeks in what's so far a very poor season, hell..save the couple of bucks.

Frayed Knot wrote: But think of all the money they saved! Please, you know that guy spent it on some funky piece of 'art' that someone told him was worth a billion dollars. And it does crazy things whenever[crossout]A Marlin[/crossout]Stanton hits a home run.

Think did flip Maybin for (scrub) and Ryan? Dunn who's still on the team. So yeah, one of the best players in the game turns into a reliever.

December 4, 2007: Traded by the Florida Marlins with Dontrelle Willis to the Detroit Tigers for Dallas Trahern (minors), Burke Badenhop, Frankie De La Cruz, Cameron Maybin, Andrew Miller and Mike Rabelo.

Frayed Knot wrote: That's the type of hitter that scouting reports label as someone who "can be pitched to". IOW, make a mistake and he might hit it a mile but make smart pitches and you'll get him out most of the time. And, although I don't know if this is provable statistically, that type also gains the rep as one who'll get almost all his hits in 'lost cause' situations but rarely in meaningful spots when pitchers are bearing down. I think I first heard that 'can be pitched to' term applied to Mike Marshall (the 1B/OF obviously not the pitcher). Adam Dunn, Ryan Howard, etc. Three True Outcome type hitters. Most big lefties seem to fit this mold, when they're sluggers anyway, because so many believe a 'solid lefty in the pen' basically neutralizes them. I think there was hope Davis was beyond that, but perhaps he's not. I wonder if _he_ resigned himself to the idea if he'd be less slumpy. Perhaps he set himself up wrong to start this season. He clearly came in as scouted as a power hitter, so I wonder if he'd tailored his approach more like Duda (i.e. take everything you can't smash) if he'd get some of those 'scared' walks pitchers give out, especially early on when control might be a little flakier. And then if he smashes a couple he'll only get more 'scared' walks. I dunno, just spitballing here. I always wonder (and maybe teams do) if it'd be worthwhile to set up a 'dummy scouting company' and hire people to advance scout your own team. presumably they'll see the same things other teams see, and then you can adjust according.

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, but Puma's got a source! He goes by the initials D.V.R.

Zvon wrote: Hey, I want to make the IGTs where you can't lose! Or win. well rules state that the winner makes the next one, and since the Mets didn't win this one, you get the next "game" thread if you like.

metirish wrote: Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) tweeted at 5:36 PM on Thu, May 23, 2013: Source: Wheeler expected to make 2-3 more starts in minors and then join Mets: http://t.co/NTgYx2KAFV (https://twitter.com/NYPost_Mets/status/337683427748880384) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download Gotta hand it to Puma, reporting what Sandy Alderson said ON THE BROADCAST Tuesday night.

Swan Swan H wrote: Ceetar doesn't really believe that. He's just staking his position on the 'Don't demote Ike' side of the fence. I'm firmly on the "Let someone else put the fence up because they know more than me" side Well..in 2010 did talk of Bay going to Buffalo for a couple of weeks to work things out ever crop up, or did the combination of winning and his early concussion basically nix that (And he wasn't quite this bad)

Edgy MD wrote: Nice to know that Braves have two Davisive problems. Heyward's injury puts off demotion issues andthey can't demote B.J. although if he was a Mets fans would be demanding he agree to do so.