Month: August 2012

From Left Field: Dillon Gee’s Injury Proved Crippling

It’s a fact: Every team experiences some sort of injuries over the course of a 162-game season. For some reason however, it always seems the Mets are plagued with the injury bug more so than other teams. This year was no different, as Mike Pelfrey went down early, Ruben Tejada missed time and now Johan Santana has been shut down. But an injury that was overlooked in the big picture that has had...

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Mets Lower Minors: Forsythe Goes Deep, Tapia Struggles, Cessa Keeps Going

Jupiter 7, St. Lucie 5 (G1)/ Game 2 PPD Jupiter took the only game that was played on the day, despite the expected double-header Key Players Blake Forsythe – 2 for 3, solo home run, 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 1 strikeout Cesar Puello -2 for 4, 1 double, 1 run, 1 RBI, 1 strikeout, 1 stolen base Darrell Ceciliani – 3 for 4, 1 run scored, 1 strikeout in first game back from DL T.J. Rivera...

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Meet The Met: RHP Collin McHugh

There’s an old baseball adage kicking around regarding player development. It’s a basic rule of thumb that, assuming a player ever navigates the minors and makes it to the major leagues, it should take a hitter roughly 1500 minor league at-bats before he is equipt to handle the David Price’s and Johnny Cueto’s of the world. For pitchers, the same rule applies also. That...

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Santana Shut Down: A Blessing In Disguise?

Sandy Alderson announced at a press conference yesterday that Johan Santana has been placed on the 15-day Disabled List with inflammation in his lower back retroactive to August 18. Alderson also said that he does not expect Santana to pitch again this season, but said he would be ready for Spring Training. You never want to see this happen to your ace, or any of your starting pitchers. Back...

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KNUCKLEBALL! Opening Soon At IFC Center In NYC

FilmBuff Presents KNUCKLEBALL! A film by Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg **Opening on Thursday, September 20th at the IFC Center in NYC** KNUCKLEBALL! is the story of a few good men, a handful of pitchers in the entire history of baseball forced to resort to the lowest rung on the credibility ladder in their sport: throwing a ball so slow and unpredictable that no one wants anything to do with...

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