Ceetar

bmfc1 wrote: seawolf17 wrote: I know in my head that this team isn't going anywhere, and making a trade just to make a trade is idiotic with this roster, but I sure do wish they cared about the product as much as we do sometimes. (sigh) I don't understand why they didn't take the Red Sox offer of Ramon Ramirez for Rod. That would have been a minor deal but helped in the 'pen at no cost (Rod won't be here next here and is only catching 3X/week). And I don't understand why our GM couldn't have gotten a AA starter with a 4 ERA for Francoeur. Sox probably wanted more than Rod that wasn't reported. That'd be my guess. Would _YOU_ give up an AA starter with a 4ERA for Francoeur? You'd be better of playing that starter in RF.

Frayed Knot wrote: Yanx are also paying (Off) Kei Igawa $4mil or so a year to pitch in the minors even though he hasn't been close to helping them anywhere and had the bulk of his money up front. Eating that deal would be a diet lunch compared to Luis's yet they somehow haven't been anxious to dine on it. Guys like Kevin Brown and Jared Wright and Weaver and what not also wore out there welcome long before they left.

Edgy DC wrote: I don't know what's the hurry to eat anything. Castillo's still their best option at second. I mean, to heck with the Yankees. You want 'em, take 'em. Pavano got a similar three year deal did he not? Was worthless the first two? and [crossout]had his contract eaten by the Yankees[/crossout] was the Opening Day starter in 2008.

Ashie62 wrote: Ceetar wrote: Edgy DC wrote: I don't understand. I like Jesus Feliciano fine but I've got an unexplanaible hankering for Fernando Martinez. Agreed on that. Also, isn't the second coming of Jesus mean Armageddon? That was Jesus Alou and we are still around. Maybe it has to be 2012? so hard to keep end of the world stories straight.

Edgy DC wrote: I don't understand. I like Jesus Feliciano fine but I've got an unexplanaible hankering for Fernando Martinez. Agreed on that. Also, isn't the second coming of Jesus mean Armageddon?

His complete suckage got us Ike sooner than if he'd been his normal mediocre self. For that, I am thankful.

seawolf17 wrote: Not necessarily. PTBNL, apparently. Don't know why they'd give us a live arm for Jacobs. I'm not sure a dead arm wouldn't be too much for Jacobs.

What's the chance that the player to be named later ends up being Mike Jacobs?

ut SNY is looking for more ways to use him. Later this season, it plans to package clips from the old "Kiner's Korner'' postgame show with fresh insights from Kiner on the network's website. That'll be cool, especially as someone who hasn't seen very many of them.

Mike Pelfrey continues his second half resurgence

G-Fafif wrote: Not quite the trivia hot button it used to be (thanks David) but Mike Hessman became the 142nd third baseman in Met history today. Justin Turner became No. 141 on the Coast. Confidential to BG: UMDB is missing Andy Green on its list of second and third basemen on the overall positional lists and within the 2009 lists. He played them both on August 19, 2009. Green's page doesn't have his position information or those cute little icons from the 1973 cards. He was forgettable, I grant you, but what is UMDB if not a safe haven for forgotten Mets? I've got his autograph on a ball. Andy Green 10. Dunno why he felt the need to write in his spring training number.

NewYorkMets : #Mets vs. Cardinals on Thursday afternoon: Reyes-SS, Pagan-LF, Beltran-CF, Davis-1B, Hessman-3B, Thole-C, Francoeur-RF, Cora-2B, Dickey-RHP

MFS62 wrote: Steve Popper notes here that they will (http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/amazinstories/gooden_comes_home/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) sign a pitch on Saturday before the deadline. the catch is that it's a one-day contract to a 45 year old. He will be on the field for Sunday though. If it is an official major league contract, even if its for one day, will they have to cut someone from the major leage 40 man roster to "make room"for him? Later No idea, but Tatis is an easy choice.

Steve Popper notes here that they will (http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/amazinstories/gooden_comes_home/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) sign a pitch on Saturday before the deadline. the catch is that it's a one-day contract to a 45 year old. He will be on the field for Sunday though.

Edgy DC wrote: Ceetar wrote: Ceetar wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: What evidence? They supposedly had a couple of offers out, at the same time, on guys like Molina and Piniero, which had they accepted would've been a decent boost in payroll over what they have now. Hard to believe they were bluffing those guys. I believe none of the nonsense floated in the offseason about the Mets allegedly making offers to this guy or that. I think a lot of that is crap floated by agents to drive up the price on whatever teams are actually talking seriously. Pineiro and Molina both confirmed that they had offers from the Mets, well after signing. either way, it's certainly more evidence than "someone told me that the Mets may not possibly be able to spend because of the possibility that they may have lost an undisclosed amount of money from Madoff" Really though, I don't think it is. Either the Mets evaluated what they thought the guy was worth and didn't offer him any more, or they evaluated what they thought the guy was worth and lowballed him because they were broke. Believe what you want to believe, but that's not evidence in my book. I'm perfectly happy they didn't up their bid on Benjie Molina. As am I. But if both players were to sign the contracts that were offered, the Mets payroll would be higher than it is now. More than Lily higher for example. So to say the Mets cannot afford to add a player would seem to me to be not true.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Looks like the Mets should get a chance to help Johan's cause by beating on Wainwright on Tuesday. Yeah! Maybe the Mets will get a baserunner or two! WOOOO! A typical Johan performance and he's golden now. :-D

Edgy DC wrote: And the Cards have a guy named Jon Jay? it's so people don't get him confused with our first chief justice.

metirish wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: They're no longer treating concussions with frequent airplane trips? Lol, obviously Bay is having a poor season but I hate to see go on the DL with a concussion, who knows how long this will linger. I almost want him to go on the DL, because that would help keep it from lingering. say he feels better tomorrow, they sit him the rest of the series to be sure, and he plays Friday and ends up jostling his head again and feels it?

Ashie62 wrote: You have to be fucking kidding me. But I know you are not. actually he might be. Looks like it may have been a false alarm..unless they're going to send someone else down for Jesus.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Ceetar wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: What evidence? They supposedly had a couple of offers out, at the same time, on guys like Molina and Piniero, which had they accepted would've been a decent boost in payroll over what they have now. Hard to believe they were bluffing those guys. I believe none of the nonsense floated in the offseason about the Mets allegedly making offers to this guy or that. I think a lot of that is crap floated by agents to drive up the price on whatever teams are actually talking seriously. Pineiro and Molina both confirmed that they had offers from the Mets, well after signing. either way, it's certainly more evidence than "someone told me that the Mets may not possibly be able to spend because of the possibility that they may have lost an undisclosed amount of money from Madoff"