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2011
Pitching & Bats Vanish, Mets Lose 11-0
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Jonathon Niese & the Mets pitching staff was mauled today, and the offense struggled to get a rhythm against Roy Halladay and the Mets lost the game 11-0.
Game Notes
Jonathon Niese had a bad outing today. Jonathon was hit, and hit consistently. He gave up six runs on eight hits in four innings, walking one and striking out seven. It wasn’t one big hit that seemed to get Jonathon in trouble, but all of the small hits adding up and leading to runs. After Jonathon was mercifully relieved of pitching duties, the Mets fell apart.
Pedro Beato went two innings, allowing three hits and two unearned runs. Beato has been getting batters out, but has been allowing hits and has yet to strikeout a batter in five innings of work. He has also managed to not walk a batter, so I guess thats good as well. Tim Byrdak came out, and in one inning allowed two runs on two hits, striking out one. What is of note is Byrdak gave up a home run to Raul Ibanez, a lefty. D.J. Carrasco came up for what amounted to mop-up duty, allowing one run on three hits. The Mets just didn’t seem there today, and seemed like they were ready to board the plane.
The offense was practically non-existent, stifled by Roy Halladay. Not really much to talk about when you get shutout. Just inability to hit with RISP, and then manufacturing hits or walks to try and help the rally.
David Wright – 1-4 with a double. He also struck out in the second inning with the bases loaded, which could’ve started a rally
Jose Reyes – 2 for 4. YAY!
Angel Pagan – 1 for 3 with a walk and another stolen base. I think Angel was serious about having more steals then Jose Reyes.
Willie Harris – 1 for 3 with 2 K’s. These were all at-bats against righties. Yeesh.
Turning Point
The fourth inning was the knockout blow to the Mets hopes.
Game Ball
Angel Pagan. He may only be hitting .227 right now, but he has three stolen bases, five walks to one strikeout. If Angel can keep up plate discipline like this, it will be a great year.
Up Next
The Mets will have their home opener at beautiful Citi Field against the Washington Nationals today, Friday April 8th at 4:10 P.M. R.A Dickey will look to pitch another gem, going up against Jordan Zimmerman. I am attending this game and hope to grab a couple of good pictures.
About the Author: Sean Kenny
Sean Kenny is a student/writer currently attending school at the City College of New York. For more Mets news, notes and thoughts follow him on twitter @TheSeanKenny
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NL East Standings
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braves | 25 | 18 | .581 | - |
| Nationals | 23 | 21 | .523 | 2.5 |
| Phillies | 21 | 23 | .477 | 4.5 |
| Mets | 17 | 24 | .415 | 7.0 |
| Marlins | 12 | 32 | .273 | 13.5 |
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Got my hopes up after we won the first game and had our numbers 1 and 2 starters due to pitch the final two games of the series. Then reality slapped me cold in the face. We’re no going anywhere without any top of the rotation starters on the team. I think it was Jon Heyman who nailed it when he said with a rotation full of 4 and 5 starters, that’s where the Mets will finish 4 or 5 in the NL East.
You bought into the Alderson koolaid before seeing if any of his moves worked. I hoped for the best too because as Mets fans thats what we do, but I also knew going in that this was the same team we ended the season with in 2010. A 4th place team that didnt get the two top rotation starters it needed or an upgrade at any of the other positions. We basically got a new bench and a few starters that were either waived players, DFA’s, non-tenders, rule 5′s or injured. In other words, players that nobody wanted and half of them came from bottom tier teams. The old adage applies, you get what you pay for.
It upgraded the 4 and 5 spots in the rotation, 2nd base and strengthened the bullpen.
Cliff Lee was the only front line starter out there and he didn’t want to come here and would have cost too much anyway.
Jeez 2 bad games and the 2 of you are ready to throw it in.
You 2 are great Met fans, echoing Yankee mouthpieces.
donal, you really are clueless. you think every change is an upgrade. when you bring in crap it is not an upgrade. But since you are a loser I guess you are happy with losers being brought in. Jokes like you, with no knowledge of the game think that if the manager says hey Pelfrey you are the ace, he’s suddenly Johan Santana. Guess what. He ain;’t an ace and you aren’t one to criticize fans with a brain. Come back when you grsaduate from T-Ball.
Did I say they brought in All Stars?
No, I said they are better off then they were last year, when Frank Catalanato and Mike Jacobs would bat clean up.
I mean, if you are a big fan of Ollie Perez and John Maine, good for you, but they aren’t any good.
But hey, throw around more insults. We don’t really need you to bring anything to the conversation.
I like how someone can say something like “So far, Alderson has in beter shape than last year” and the response is “DUUUUH, stop drinking the KoolAid! Derrrr, Mike Francesa said Saber Sandy did a bad job! Derrr, don’t look at numbers to figure out how good a player is, just look at his wins and RBIs”
Well, that was a bomb. It should read, “Alderson has the team in better shape than last year.”
Van you provide statistical major league evidence of these upgrades you’re conviced were performed?
I’m not throwing anythng in, I’m just saying that it’s obvious this 95% the same team we ended season with.
How was replacing two of the best relievers in baseball (Feliciano LOOGY, Takahashi long relief) with Boyer and Byrdak upgrades? Were these two better last season in the major leagues?
Is Emaus an upgrade even though he didnt even crack the majors once in his 5 year career?
Is Paulino an upgrade over Blanco?
Will Young and Capuano be upgrades over Niese and Dickey, ;ast seasons 4 and 5 starters?
You are full of it!
Prove statistically that this is the same team as last year?
It’s only obvious to you. I don’t know how this is going to pan out, they may finish last, they may not. I do know that I’m not giving up on the team after the 2nd series because I have preconceived notions about a GM.
Felciano – is on the DL and he and Takahashi wanted a tremendous amount of money that frankly they were NOT worth.
Since Paulino hasn’t played we don’t know, but I think he will be a huge upgrade over Blanco.
How can Young and Capuano be upgrades over guys we still have? Wouldn’t it be over guys that are gone, such as Perez and that would be a huge YES.
How’s Feliciano doing this year? /+1 Byrdak
Emaus has already shown better range and more offensive capability than Castillo /+1 Emaus
Capuano and Young aren’t replacing Niese and Dickey. Last I checked, both those guys were still Mets. I’m pretty sure they replaced Ollie and Maine. /+2 Young and Capuano.
And how IS Blanco doing this year? He’s played the same amount of games as Paulino has. /Push
2011 – 4
2010 – 0
Also, the Mets play hard and have a little fire in them this season, and that starts from the top.
2011 – a jiliion
2010 – -14
Castillo wasn’t gonna be here anyway so for so far the jury is out on 2b offensively but the jury is already in defensively – we’ve downgraded at 2B. Even Keith Hernandez said on the broadcast yesterday the Mets are taking too much time to turn the DP and the DP is the pitchers best friend. So that bears watching and can be a major problem.
So far I think the bullpen is definitely NOT an upgrade.
Young so far so good (obvious to everyone), still have to see Cap I’ll give him a pass on his first relief appearance cuz you can’t count that.
I don’t know what it would have cost to retain Blanco but i think he would have been a very good complement to Thole.
So far the best move of the off season is Terry Collins. You cannot help but like the guy and root for him, he has the team playing with energy and we don’t win the game Saturday last year w/Manuel. Collins is a boom.
Keith is simply wrong. the strike out is the pitcher’s best friend. Emaus also covers the hole better and throws better than Castillo. Upgrade.
As for the bullpen, let’s take a look at how Feliciano and Takahashi have faired so far this season…nope, still an upgrade.
Blanco gives us no reason to think he would have been worth keeping.
The bullpen is obviously an upgrade and so is 2B defensively and clearly offensively. Castillo was there last year, he was under contract this year, the Mets booted him and gave the job to Emaus, who’s already shows to a better player than Castillo on both sides of the ball. Upgrade.
You’re right, Capuano hasn’t thrown a pitch, so we’ll reserve judgement. However, he’d have to be worse than Ollie to not be an upgrade. Got that? He’d have to be WORSE THAN OLLIE.
Shoot, I forgot the Boyer/Takahashi!
Boyer – 3.2 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Takahashi – 2.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Advantage (just barely) to Boyer. So 5-0 2011? I think so.
You are so smart that you can tell after two series whether moves made work or not? No, you’re just assuming because you have an irrational hate for a guy that “potentially’ can change this team around for the long haul.
After reading your last line “The old adage applies, you get what you pay for.” it begs to be asked, have you been asleep for the past 6 years? Really because signing guys like Moises Alou was just genius.
You don’t have the heart to be a Mets Fan.
You hate when I respond to your posts, well stop saying such stupid things.
You just shut your trap Jerry, you bring nothing to the table. At least Donal, however flawed offers his opnions, all you do is knock who you disagree with but offer no counter points.
I am not sure what your expectations are for 2011 but whatever they were changing them after 6 games into the season seems a bit premature.
I know there are many that feel if all breaks well the Mets can make a run for the playoffs and it sounds like you was one also and that’s great. Personally I don’t share that opinion about this years team and felt that the plan was to field the best team possible in 2011 with the financial restraints they have with an eye to building a winning team for the many years to come.
It’s a long season Chris. My advice is Don’t let any 1 series get you too up or too down. Enjoy the positives as much as possible.
Good Luck and It’s Opening Day so Lets Go Mets!!!
Easy on David Wright and his clutch hitting, in 50 years he’s our first shot at a career Met with good stats. At age 27 he already has more 100 rbi seasons than the Mick and the Yankee’s must have over a dozen players that stayed there career in the Bronks.
Second straight game David comes up with runners in scoring position, maybe 3rd game, and he has not produced. He looked like he was pulling off on the last K.
I have seen some different approaches at the plate but he is not consistent, back to striking out again.
What does it matter that Jose is getting on and now that Pagan seems to be hitting the ball opposite field, good catch by Hudgens, so if they get on who will drive them in?
How much longer with the Harris experiment? He did not look good in this last game and if you are not going to play Duda then send him down and bring up Feliciano to occupy the bench cause he is not progressing and who really thinks that the good play in a few games by Harris is going to continue?
Duda played LF last year at Citi and played good so is Terry going to pull a Jerry M by playing the hot hand and bury the rook on bench?
Niese will get it together, he is tough mentally and has the stuff, when he repeats his arm angle as Halliday does and can hit his spots he will be a top performer for Mets.
Looking forward to a Opening Day win and a 5-2, at least, home stand this week.