Browsing articles from "November, 2011"
Nov
20
2011

Exclusive Interview With Original 1962 Met, Eddie Kranepool

Ed Kranepool

With all the fanfare surrounding the cool announcements the Mets made about the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the 1962 Mets this past week, I thought I’d share my interview with an original Met, first baseman Eddie Kranepool. Eddie of course was an original Met who began his career at the age of 17 in 1962 and played for the Amazins’ until the 1979 season when he retired after 18 seasons with the team at age 34.

Nov
20
2011

Mets Should Try To Acquire Saunders, Non-Tender Pelfrey

Joe Saunders

This morning, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe reported that the Diamondbacks could non-tender LHP Joe Saunders who is projected to earn $5 million or more in arbitration. Saunders made 33 starts last season and went 12-13 with a 3.69 ERA in 212 innings pitched. Meanwhile it appears the Mets will tender RHP Mike Pelfrey who is also expected to earn about $5 million or more in arbitration. Pelfrey made 34 starts last season and went 7-13 with a [...]

Nov
20
2011

2011 Player Review: Daniel Murphy, IF

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We began our review of the 2011 Mets by examining their free agents and players the team will consider tending contracts to. We started evaluating the rest of the roster, beginning with infielder Ruben Tejada and continue today with utility player Daniel Murphy. Saturday: Lucas Duda. Sunday: Justin Turner. DANIEL MURPHY, IF THE SKINNY:  Murphy is a gritty, aggressive player with a high on-base percentage, but without a position and a propensity for being injured. Murphy, [...]

Nov
19
2011

(Updated) Changes In New CBA: HGH Testing, Qualifying Offers, Elias Rankings Ditched

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According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement is chock full of big changes. Major League Baseball will begin testing for human growth hormone (HGH) beginning in February as part of the new collective bargaining agreement. MLB is the first of the four major sports to now employ blood testing of its players. MLB already conducts random testing for HGH in the minor leagues, a program it began last year. Commissioner Bud Selig [...]

Nov
19
2011

Could Mike Pelfrey Be A Reliever?

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General manager Sandy Alderson earmarked getting a closer and improving the bullpen as his top priorities. Given that, why not consider erratic starter Mike Pelfrey in the closer role? A switch in roles proved to be career boosts for Dave Righetti and Dennis Eckersley, and it could be worth exploring for Pelfrey, who has not developed into the consistent starter the Mets hoped. The main thing that has derailed Pelfrey as a starter – losing [...]

Nov
19
2011

MMO Top 20 Mets Prospects – #11 Cory Mazzoni, RHP

Cory Mazzoni

  Here we go with the tenth installment of the MMO 2012 Mets Top 20 Prospects list. This pick represents the last one of the bottom half of the Top 20, #11. The player who gets the honor of topping the 11 thru 20 picks, is none other than RHP Cory Mazzoni. The Mets nabbed Mazzoni in the 2nd round of the 2011 draft out of North Carolina State. He was a starter for much of [...]

Nov
19
2011

Sandy Makes The Right Call On Pagan

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Welcome Metsmerized readers. My name is Drew and I’ve been a lifelong Mets fan since 1972, a season which began with tragedy after the death of beloved manager Gil Hodges. On the field, we got off to a great start that season with Yogi leading the way and the addition of Willie Mays, but eventually the injuries became too much to overcome (Staub’s injury killed us) and Jim Fregosi, who we traded Nolan Ryan for [...]

Nov
19
2011

MMO Exclusive: Interview with Mets Prospect Danny Muno

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When the Mets made shortstop Danny Muno their 8th round pick in this years MLB Draft, they knew they were getting an experienced college player with a well-rounded game. What they have gotten so far, is that and quite a bit more. In addition to winning the Sterling Award at Brooklyn for his exemplary work this season, he was acknowledged right here on MMO, as the #20 Mets Top Prospect several weeks ago. Danny was kind enough to answer some [...]

Nov
18
2011

Havens, Lagares, Familia Among Seven Players Added To Mets 40 Man Roster

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The Mets have added SS Wilmer Flores, 2B Reese Havens, OF Juan Lagares, RHP Robert Carson, RHP Jeurys Familia, OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis and OF Cesar Puello to the 40-man roster. The following players are unprotected; Jefry Marte, Jose De La Torre, Dylan Owen, Allan Dykstra, Kai Gronauer, Brad Holt, Collin McHugh, Roy Merritt, Brandon Moore, Edgar Ramirez, Sean Ratliff, Tobi Stoner and Erik Turgeon Tems have until today to add players to the 40-man roster to protect them [...]

Nov
18
2011

Forget Reyes, Mets Should Sign This Guy…

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Here’s the answer to the Mets’ prayers and he works cheap too… Yes, that’s Leo Durocher…

Nov
18
2011

General Manager’s Meetings Recap

Sandy Alderson

The GM Meetings in Milwaukee have wrapped up and here’s a quick summary of a few things we learned: Sandy Alderson spoke with representatives for relievers Frank Francisco and Matt Capps this week. Alderson said he was not close to signing anyone, but emphasized he is looking for two relievers who could close and not one. He expects them to battle for closers role with loser taking over the setup role. As Fred Wilpon left the hotel for the [...]

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