25
2012
Wright Ties All-Time Mets Hit Record In 10-6 Loss To The Pirates
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The Mets (70-83) lost to the Pirates (75-78) by the score of 10-6 on Tuesday evening at Citi Field.
I have to be honest – I am low on energy tonight. So I apologize in advance if this is a little…lackluster. David’s face describes my mood. Kudos to him, though, as he tied the Mets all-time hit record.
This was not Collin McHugh’s night at all as he struggled mightily against the Pirates in what can be filed under the expected growing pains of a young pitcher. He was only able to record four outs while allowing five hits and three walks – with no strikeouts recorded. One of those hits was a HR, allowed in the first, to Pedro Alvarez to top off a four-run first against him. He was knocked out in the second in favor of Justin Hampson, who came in with the bases loaded and allowed only one to cross the plate, via error. Hampson would go on to hold the Pirates scoreless for the next 2.2 innings.
Elvin Ramirez came out of the pen next, and struggled with his control as he allowed an earned run off three walks and a hit over two innings. Robert Carson came in after, got one out, but was removed with a left shoulder strain. Ramon Ramirez finished up the inning, and Parnell followed with a dominant eighth in a case of too little, too late. In case the Mets had any hope of a full on comeback, Rauch allowed a two-run bomb in the ninth to put the Pirates ahead 10-6 at the time, which happened to be the final score.
Offense was alive tonight, which made me feel a little better. The Mets dropped a three spot in the bottom of the first to back up McHugh, off back-to-back HRs from Justin Turner and David Wright. Did you expect that? The Mets would drop another three in the bottom of the seventh from an RBI single from Valdy and a two-out RBI single by Wright. The Pirates were not exactly perfect on defense either tonight…they gave us our chances, but it was a tough uphill battle.
Notes
1,418 hits for David Wright – tied with Ed Kranepool. Tomorrow could be the night he cements himself in the history books forever. (And I’ll be at the game! Go figure.)
Wright and Tejada had two hits each. Wright’s HR was his 20th; Turner’s HR was his second.
Steal number 10 for Valdespin. Still going to stick by my future Brandon Phillips comment.
McHugh falls to 0-3 in four starts this season. Tough – he should have at least won his first start.
I am not sure if I am allowed to criticize, but Alderson can really suck the life out of a room. That is not a huge shot at him personally… I just thought he seemed uncomfortable during the interview.
Oh, Robert Carson. The X-rays were negative, and there will be a preliminary MRI tomorrow. It does not look serious. On the injury front, they have not made a decision on Frank Francisco. However, Collins stated that he did not feel ready to play catch today, so “it is reaching that point of no return.” To clarify, that is not career threatening or anything. He just might be shut down for the remainder of the season.
Up Next
Jeremy Hefner takes on Jeff Locke tomorrow evening as the Mets look to scavenge a win at home. The game starts at 7:10, and as previously mentioned, I will be there if anyone wants to meet up.
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About the Author: Satish Ram
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Congrats to David Wright!
Sucks to be Carson right about now. Hopefully the MRI is negative.
6 runs were nice. McHugh, not so much.
Two more days until Dickey Day.
just shut Franky down at this point and let him start healing.
and have to give Elvin credit. Rough start, but he stepped it up after the 1 run scored and got out of it, and even gave them a clean 2nd inning.
Maybe Valdyspin can be a Lou Brock type. Brock swung hard and hit his share of homers, he did not walk that much and struck out alot. Of course the SB is the major identifyer.
The problem is, what is it identifying? Brock was caught nearly 1/3 of the time. Even when he stole 118 in 1974, he was caught 33 times.
Tough one to watch tonight….McHugh….I hate saying it, but the kid just isin’t more than a journeyman ala Hefner….I really just don’t see it, the wonderful debut aside….
Congrats to DW, the Question is, Will he get many more than Eddie Kranepool did as a Met?
I agree with Stick about Francisco….Your committed to him next season, why keep trying to get him going and risk further complications in meaningless games for the vets?
The Carson thing just shows once again that you never know when a young guy with talent can just have a problem, and even if the MRI shows nothing, an injury like this could ruin his trade value or impact the front office planning for ’13 and beyond….a shame….
I thought the Ramirez pitch to Barajas with the bases full was way outside, but the ump helped him there…
Hey Satish, you’re allowed to say it, Alderson sucks the life out of the room in interviews….as he did with the clubhouse before the deadline….
Well, what are you doing posting on a fansite then? I mean, three starts and you already have his career mapped out? Why hasn’t some front office snapped you up?
No offense Xtreem…Been watching baseball since the early ’70′s….Name something the kid does that you say…”gonna be a keeper”…Is he a bulldog? Is his stuff special? If he doesn’t have pinpoint control can he be successful? Do his pitches dance? I’m not mapping out his career, but what is it you see that I don’t?
Don’t mind him, He’s just another one of those who insists on attacking anyone insulting THE PROPHET!
Beware of false prophets bearing gifts….LOL
I wasn’t aware Colin McHugh was a prophet. I thought he was one of those “Thanks, Omar” kids I wasn’t supposed to like and didn’t think was any good. Just mind your own business when the adults are talking and stop trying to instigate. No one was attacking anybody and Mike was man enough to carry on a legit conversation. The time someone says that about you will be the first.
Ok you let me know when Mommy or Daddy start posting under your nick so I can be quiet then little boy!
I see a kid with enough starts to count on one hand that hasn’t even had the league adjust to him, let alone seeing how he re-adjusts to that. I’ve been watching baseball a long time as well, and I don’t pretend to be smart enough to look at roughly 20 innings of work and know the kind of career someone’s going to have. By your logic, the Mets should never even have tendered Niese a contract for 2009.
ERA under 4 and only three walks in 18.2 IP before tonight’s start.
His debut was very impressive, and he’s 25.
Way too quick to make a decision – I agree with you.
Perhaps I was a bit harsh in my assessment…perhaps not…Niese was a bit better early on than McHugh. He was lefthanded, had that 12 to 6 curve that was a plus pitch and had developed the cutter.
McHugh on the other hand is a righty with average stuff, no real plus pitches. Satish points out below, McHugh’s age which I believe works against him as well…Not trying to discount the kid, just don’t see anything more than that…I’ve been wrong before, just what I see and my opinion, do you see a higher ceiling than a possible # 5 starter or maybe middle or long guy than that? I just don’t see much more than that…
Mike, it’s your opinion and everyone should respect it whether they like it or not, not sure why xtreeme called you out, let me say this for you: Mchugh looks like a miguel batista type pitcher. i don’t care if he’s 25 or 15.. the kid came in and had a nice start, good for him, he quickly got figure out and does not show me nor anyone anything that makes you wonder he’d be a top notch caliber pitcher. some people in here pick certain people to bully them into saying whatever they wanted to say not what they wanted to listen to, typical mets fans. I admire you for your patient and not telling xtreem to go FU** himself. But of course, had that been me i would’ve been called out but since it was him he gets a pass.
You were not too harsh just being realistic and looking at the difference from a McHugh to a Harvey!
Don’t let the Sandy Bullies get to you!
They will all be gone in a year and become Oakland fans because you know Selig was smart to add a wildcard spot and that makes Beane a genius and validate the trade of Gio Gonzales!
Congrats to my favorite met of all time…. David Wright for tying the mets all time hits record, ironic he tied the record with a CLUTCH hit
Congrats DW.
Thanks metsie and alex for leaping to my defense. However harsh xtreem seemed to be with my assessment of McHugh, or how harsh my comment was it doesn’t bother me or change my opinion of him as a pitcher… A 4A journeyman type, who is 25 and a borderline mlb pitcher. He gave me no tangible reason to alter my opinion…and I believe my assessment will prove correct.
Regardless of what he actually is in the league to US he is at best a 4A or maybe even 6A pitcher.
It is doubtful he can break into a rotation here with the likes of:
Dickey
Harvey
Niese
Wheeler and Gee
But he might have no problem breaking into a rotation in Colorado!
Which makes him more valuable to someone else than he is to us!
And one of the few things Sandy said last night that actually made some sense was to evaluate players based on who was more valuable to someone else than they are to us!
McHugh would seem to fit those parameters perfectly! As would Duda. There are others in the Minors that fit as well.
Mejia and Familia will probably never start for us and be relegated to the pen, But someplace else they could be 3rd 4th and 5th starters because they don’t have the guys we have holding them back there.
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Well value is in the eye of the guy who is weak where your strong!
And if Sandy recognizes this and makes some moves based on that approach we find find guys like McHugh are worth something we need!
Agreed metsie…beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Even then, How much can a McHugh and others like him even when packaged together, really be expected to fetch? Guys like Mejia and Familia will bring stronger returns, but are risky to deal…what will we all say if Mejia develops a change up and forkball or Familia harnesses his control and improves his secondary pitches? We’ll be screaming we traded Justin Turner and Jenrry Mejia to Colorado for whom? You know what I mean…the better the talent you trade the higher the risk you get burned…
Yep it’s always a risk even if they aren’t great that you will get less than you gave when all is said and done.
I just think that when you look at our rotation while guys like mejia and familia might have the potential to be great pitchers in the MLB will they ever break into our rotation and get the opportunity to show it?
And if not it’s just a wasted commodity then.
Even if you had the best tasting apples money could buy you don’t get the benefit from them if you never eat them.
And in time they will just rot and be worthless.
I do support them continuing to develop both Mejia and Familia as starters while they are here.
And if a trade of a guy like Mejia (if he has that promise surely someone else sees it as well) when added to a McHugh (who will not be a major rotation guy here but could break in someplace like Colorado), then thats an enticing package to get an everyday OFer or catcher (assuming they have those things and matchup well)
And take that risk that they may get more from them than you could but at least you got something you didn’t have and needed.
It all comes down to finding the right matchup and trade partner.
Find a team who is weak on pitching but strong on OF or catcher and you have the team to make a deal with.