Ceetar

I'm going with the running out of bodies way. Though I guess laughers like that work too although it always seems like most managers prefer not to do 'gimmicky' things like that.

Edgy DC wrote: Good to see the Phils wasting their emotional energy on the Werthless Nats. hah. well the Nats are expending plenty of energy back at them. Maybe they'll all be worn down and go 8-20 in September.

Don't look for dirt on other players, other than about A. Rodriguez. There was also the shoe-kicking veteran Texas righty (Heiling?). It was 2001. I think he said that the pitcher was released soon after. RA made his debut on April 22d. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/2001-transactions.shtml It wasn't Jonathan Johnson who is RA's buddy. It wasn't Brantley who bought him clothes. So if the transaction log is accurate, it was Kevin Foster (whomever that is) who was released in August. Helling pitched the entire season for Texas. Tim Crabtree maybe? http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/crabtti01.shtml Jeff Brantley most likely http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brantje01.shtml Just finished the book. Thoroughly enjoyed it. It was interspersed with some pages about last year, which I found particularly interesting. Mentoring Pelfrey, hopping a fence with him to kick field goals on a back field near Digital Domain Park in order to win a bet with David Wright. Passionate farewells to Beltran and Reyes as well as mentioning that Beltran probably bought suits for any number of rookies to look good on road trips. Also confesses that he was disappointed that they did trade Beltran and K-Rod, truly believing they were in the race. Jerry Manuel doesn't come off real good either, not that you'd expect him to.

Yes but Quintanilla would have to be sent down again. unlikely he's sticking. That may be more the issue than moving around players to find room for him. He's hitting well this year about an .804 OPS in the Pacific Coast League..well.. a wee bit below the PCL average last year. That's in 300 games. Valdespin barely has 300 AB and has a much higher upside.

I didn't get the rational for Valdespin being brought up in the first place, but it seems like we've got 40 man issues and Cedeno probably taking over on Friday anyway so Quintanilla probably doesn't add enough to add him to the roster.

Frayed Knot wrote: metirish wrote: This is of course Chris Young we are all looking forward to seeing and not Cy Young lest we forget. I'll take the Young we had for 4 starts last year and say thankyouverymuch if we can get him to expand that same pace for like 20 or more. I'll take it even if it's only for four starts.

Edgy DC wrote: Ken Davidoff ? @KenDavidoff Expect an official announcement shortly that the #Mets will host the 2013 #MLB All-Star Game. It's been locked in for over five years. heard that one before. is the second sentence an excuse as to why they haven't been talking about the lack of an announcement over these last 5 years?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'm not sure why Ike (a mid-90s fastball/slider guy at ASU) hasn't done this yet for Metsie. Probably because the most recent time the Mets got close to needing a position player recently was two days before his debut.

Edgy DC wrote: Pelfrey was slud onto the 60-man to add Rottino. This move befuddles me. What is Rottino bringing that was worth adding him?

usually by now someone's leaked of they've seen Valdespin or Q or something.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Do you think it's the Best Movie Ever, or are you some kind of Communist freak-flag-flyer who's waiting until the third weekend to see it? Socialist maybe, but I blame a sick cat. Gonna try to see it Thursday night as part of our 19th mensiversary.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I would do that. There are days off scattered in May which would allow the fifth spot to be skipped a couple of times. I think Johan can pitch on four days rest. If you can skip the "Batista spot" once or twice, why not? There is one off day in May, Thursday, and it doesn't really allow any normal skipping of the 5th spot. They're not even sure they're 100% comfortable pitching Santana on normal rest every time. He's actually only done it once this year. (and won't do it again until next Wednesday) I think we might be past the problem stage of where we're worried his shoulder won't be up for it, but certainly not where you push him. Maybe in September if you need to get him an extra start, but not now. You _might_ be able to massage it a little coming up to push back Batista starts a day or two, but you'd probably rather pitch him against Milwaukee than Cincinnati.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Well that's reassuring. Perhaps after this experiment fails the Mets will recall Chris Schwinden. Sweet, I hear that guy's pitched pretty well in Buffalo.

Batista actually pitched .1 against the Phillies. Acosta loaded the bases, Batista emptied them for him. 3 batters, 16 pitches, 10 strikes, Double, Single, Ground-out.

smg58 wrote: Rube will be evaluated today. The chances are good he will be put on the DL, in which case Valdespin can be recalled. If he doesn't need to be put on the DL, which would be good news in the long term, I guess we see Quintanilla. Cedeno was supposed to start a rehab assignment today. The plan was to activate him on Friday, but I suppose circumstances may alter that plan. Cedeno isn't actually even eligible to come off until..Thursday? so might see Q for Rottino in the meantime. Buzz late last night seemed to be DL for Tejada which I have to imagine means Valdespin starting most games. In terms of Depth? they did slide Wright over there late in a game last year so I guess he might serve as the emergency guy if they played short today and Turner got hurt.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Ceetar wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Assuming also that everything holds in the rest of the rotation. and in Young's shoulder of course. Next two Batista starts are against teams scoring below the league average in runs (Brewers only barely though) so that should at least..help? maybe? He has to stop walking people. Philly has drawn the least amount of walks in the National League. Milwaukee is 12th, 11 below the league average. so maybe that helps.

Edgy DC wrote: Assuming also that everything holds in the rest of the rotation. and in Young's shoulder of course. Next two Batista starts are against teams scoring below the league average in runs (Brewers only barely though) so that should at least..help? maybe?

ELIAS: Last player before Chris Davis to go 0-8 and be the winning pitcher in a game was HOFer Rube Waddell, July 4, 1905 PHI Athletics.

Edgy DC wrote: Yeah trading an out for a run (or a stronger guarantee of a run) will always have its value, but more generally, there have been diminishing returns on the outs they've given up. Turner was also in the game cold at that point right? May have cost him a step or two. I think it's still a big of a sample size with the bad running. Not that they're ever going to be great at some of the extra base stuff with the average-sucky speed they have, but they were aggressive in spring training too and it might be time to tone it down a wee bit. They should always be trying to read pitchers and look for tells and stuff, but maybe not be quite as daring.

Frayed Knot wrote: Yeah, it's not like GotW would be substantially different if suddenly handed to another network. money.. i'm okay with them pimping out games of the week and what not, but it seems counter productive to limit your own product in doing so. Highlights normally show up within a couple of minutes online and on the app..just not on Saturdays. It limits the ability of other teams to start games during Fox's window, messing with what's best for that team and it's fanbase. If a pitcher is pitching a perfect game up against the Fox game (how dare they schedule another game for that time?!) MLB Network can't even show it on their own channel. Fox will usually cut away like they did for Humber, but teams actually watching that game may not want to cut away, particularly not 100% away. It's just a mess.

TransMonk wrote: Fuck no. No MLB.TV either. FOX can eat a bag of dicks. mlb gets blame for agreeing to that stupid contract too.

I've retweeted and referenced in posts, but don't seem to get any bites.

hit for Torres, first and second. Thole up. Valdespin steals third.

0-2 to Davis..*sigh* and Ks. good job..

Edgy DC wrote: 5 pitch domination by Pelfrey. 1-2-3 7th. How many beers? Meanwhile, some bullpen blues and we go from up 4-2 to down 5-4. Let the starters ride. at that point? none. Parnell. :-P