Featured Post: Hope In Flushing, Despair In The Bronx

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• Just-Da-Damaja March 10, 2013 at 6:14 am

  “And for the record, I say Wright is the best all-around third baseman in the game and certainly in New York.”

  Better than Beltre?

  LMAO

  ok
  • Matt March 10, 2013 at 6:43 am

    Miguel Cabrera, Evan Longoria, Chase Headley, and Ryan Zimmerman are also in that conversation.
    • Peter R. March 10, 2013 at 9:56 am

      Cabrera doesn’t touch Wright on defense, he’s a butcher. It said all around.
  • Hotstreak March 10, 2013 at 7:19 am

    Wright’s new colors should be red, white in addition to blue. USA, USA grand slam win. In red, white, and blue David Wright is Mr. Clutch.
  • DrDooby March 10, 2013 at 10:52 am

    A slightly better hitter than Beltre (if you adjust for park effects) and a slightly worse fielder than Beltre – but quite a bit younger.

    Miguel Cabrera´s offense is so good that the defensive issues are probably outweighed too.
    But Wright certainly is one of the top 5, if not top 3 and beyond Cabrera, there´s really nobody one would rather have – all biases aside.
    • Justin March 10, 2013 at 11:05 am

      Plus Cabrera comes with many legal issues and lots of baggage; domestic violence arrest, assault, public intoxication, DUI, reckless endangerment, three months in rehab facility, resisting arrest, threatening to kill, etc. Those are just the off the field issues, then you have public clashes with teammates, coaches, managers, suspensions, fines, dogging it in the filed, not hustling, etc.

      Let’s not forget to add all of that to the scales when comparing Wright to Cabrera. Miguel is by far the best offensive third baseman in the game, but there’s a big dark side.
      • Just-Da-Damaja March 10, 2013 at 9:08 pm

        And did any of these off-the field issues prevent Miguel or the Tigers from success this year?

        We hold Keith Hernandez in high regard and his track record makes Cabrera look like a choir boy

        on record, Keith was snorting coke in the clubhouse and introducing younger players to drugs

        the 86 mets were taking female fans out of the stands and having “batting practice” with them DURING the game IN BETWEEN INNINGS

        since when did we need a bunch of Mother Theresa’s on the field

        pleeease
        • METS62FAN March 11, 2013 at 8:08 am

          JUST… IT’S UNFORTUNATE YOUR MONICA ISN’T SHORT FOR JUSTICE AS U CERTAINLY WOULD’VE REPORTED THE VAST BULK OF MEX’S DRUG ISSUES WERE FROM HIS CARDINAL DAYS AS CAME TO LIGHT IN THE PUITTSBURGH,PA HEARINGS. DESPITE HIS PAST DRUG INVOLVMENT & HIS PUNISHMENT OF EXILE FROM THE MOST SUCCESSFUL NL FRANCHISES TO ONE OF THE NL’s LEAST RESPECTED ORG.
          TO HIS CREDIT, HERNANDEZ USED HIS ABILITY TO INFLUENCE YOUTHFUL TEAMMATES FOR GOOD RATHER THAN EVIL AS I’M CONFIDENT 5 ’86 YOUNG STALWARTS(GOODEN,DARLING,FERNANDEZ,AGUIKLERA, McDOWELL) WILL CERTAINLY ATTEST & GO TO THE MAT IN SUPPORT OF!

          AS THE BIBLICAL CAUTION GOES, LES THOSE AMONG U WITHOUT SIN, CAST THE FIRAST STONE…!
          THERE ISN’T A SENSIBLE 80s METS’ FAN THAT FAILS TO REALIZE EVERYONE OF THE 86ers HAD FEET OF CLAY!
          UFORTUNATELY U CHOSE THE LIMITING DEFINITION OF “JUST” & NOT THE RIGHTEOUS ONE! [DEAD SERIOUS, NO LAUGHING] DSNL?
  • van March 10, 2013 at 12:41 pm

    If you actually read what he wrote, it says ONE OF the best. Along with the other few mentioned, though Cabrera is not really in the same league defensively as the others.
    • Kay March 10, 2013 at 8:02 pm

      He is spoken about being in the top ranking of all 3b by many professionals out there, MLB network had a series on a few weeks ago, and ex players, GM, Managers, Coaches all weighted in and consider him in the top 3..
• Hotstreak March 10, 2013 at 6:57 am

  Gutsy article with all the gloom and doomsters who post here and elsewhere.

  it time to push the reset button FORWARD (be proactive) and spring AHEAD of the Yankees in NY and FORWARD from there.
• Eric March 10, 2013 at 7:09 am

  You’ll “take the Mets Infield over any infield in Baseball”…… ?????…… I won’t even debate that with you.

  I’m a FAN….you’re a HOMER.
• Gregg March 10, 2013 at 7:21 am

  I hope the Wilpons sell.
• Steve S. March 10, 2013 at 7:47 am

  I share some of your optimism, but that outfield needed at least one good addition…..
• Trs86 March 10, 2013 at 8:41 am

  Wow Oliver Perez is such a tool. Watching that brawl and he’s the only guy I wished had really gotten popped. Running around like a fool.
• metfan lou March 10, 2013 at 9:55 am

  So I am supposed to feel better about the Mets because the Yankess are going through some injury problems. The Yankees have nothing to do with the Mets until someday they meet in the World Series. I really don’t need to read anymore about the Yankees on this site unless it has something to do with a possible trade.
  • Joe D March 10, 2013 at 10:20 am

    Lou, you can feel anyway you want. But this is a baseball site where we write and discuss baseball 24/7 like our banner says. If you don’t want to read about the Yankees then don’t, but while you’re at it don’t comment about the Yankees either.

    This is my site, and our writers can write about what ever they feel like in the context of baseball as they always have.

    Why take 3 minutes to post a comment for the sole purpose of just saying something negative and on top of that ignorant as well? Did it make you feel good?

    One other thing. If you don’t think New Yorkers haven’t been comparing the Dodgers, Giants, Mets and Yankees for the last 100 years, you must have been born yesterday.

    Thanks for commenting.
    • metfan lou March 10, 2013 at 6:22 pm

      The site is called “Mets Merized Online” The Ultimate Baseball Site for Die Hard Met Fans. I made the mistake of taking the site literally!
  • taskmaster4450 March 10, 2013 at 12:55 pm

    Lou,

    New York is the media capital of the world. When it comes to sports, being the big Kahuna in the city means something. Look at the efforts the Nets are making to unseat the Knicks. Same with the Jets and Giants. And yes, Mets and Yankees. For the last 2 decades the Yankees have owned NYC. This is something that is starting to change. Honestly, do you really feel that players want to come to the Mets unless there is a valid reason (like overpaying or they have no other options). That is the history since the early 1990s.

    As for the Mets themselves, how can you not be excited about what is going on? Young talent is emerging, some of which is going to be very productive at the major league level. This is a situation which sharply contrasts the Yankees who are entering a period similar to what the Mets endured the last couple of seasons (players owed lots of money who have skills that are going south). That is going to have an impact upon what happens going forward. There is a lot more to competition in NYC than just what takes place on the field.

    Noise gets attention which gets ball players. Do you recall the 80s? George was able to keep himself in the media but the Yankees were relatively quiet. The Mets, on the other hand, were the Kahuna in NYC. The stars showed up in Flushing during the middle part of that decade. And in NYC, just like LA, that means a great deal.
    • Just-Da-Damaja March 10, 2013 at 9:09 pm

      “This is something that is starting to change. ”

      LMAO

      ok
    • MDonaldWilpon March 11, 2013 at 5:16 pm

      Any Mets fan should be excited. However, that excitement should be tempered with both a grain of salt and a sense of history.

      I’ve seen Matt Harvey and Zach Wheeler before- they came in the form of Paul Wilson who was the best right handed pitching prospect since Roger Clemens, and Jason Isringhausen who in short order blew out an elbow, punched a water cooler and broke his hand, and developed tuberculosis and was traded for Billy Taylor all before his 26th birthday…

      I also saw Tim Leary, David West, and Pete Schourek too. Let’s all calm down and take a deep breath. We are nowhere near out of the woods…

      And remember, the future of this franchise isn’t Zach Wheeler, Matt Harvey, or Travis D’Arnaud- it’s the dopey son who hasn’t had to work a day in his life who will be calling all of the shots once Daddy and Uncle Saul pass away…

      There can be no hope where there is a Wilpon…
• Heybatter March 10, 2013 at 10:46 am

  It will be nice if Wright can continue to hit like this for the Mets and make it last through the whole season. They may not be the best infield in baseball, but the are a very respectable group. We all know the outfield was not going to be up to MLB standards unless a legitamite addition or two is made. Here,s hoping. I am more concerned about the starting pitching at this point with Santana probably not around for the first month and Marcum behind schedule. That leaves Neise, Harvey and Gee with a lot of pressure to perform with a lack of significant experience on their resumes. The irony is we may have the money to alleviate some of these problems, while the Yankees struggle to by having to stay under the salary cap as they have stated.
• DrDooby March 10, 2013 at 10:58 am

  The Yankees are nearing the end of an unusual cycle of winning.
  The foundation was striking super gold with several strong players from within at almost the same time:
  Bernie Williams
  Jorge Posada
  Derek Jeter
  Andy Pettitte
  Mariano Rivera

  and being able to not only keep them for life essentially but also surrounding them with elite and expensive talent from the outside for a long time.
  Of course, the pipeline stopped at some point as for the last 10 years there´s not much more than Robinson Cano, Phil Hughes, Austin Jackson (since traded) and Brett Gardner to show from their system.
  Plus, one “kick” was the option of always being able to “buy out” mistakes (like Pavano, Igawa and a bunch of others) and increase payroll when needed.

  Combine a dried up pipeline, the gradual expiration of a golden generation and an unwillingness or inability to continue to add to their 200 million $ or so payroll (and make it 250 million or so) and ultimately injuries and decline are bound to catch up with an aging team.

  It´s natural – and the last 20 years or so were impressive enough.
• METS62FAN March 10, 2013 at 11:05 am

  IT APPEARS NO ONE HERE HAS NOTICED THE BRONX HAS A NEW BOSS IN TOWN, YES, HIS NAME IS STILL STEINBRENNER; ONLY HE GOES MORE BY THE NAME HAL

  AS IN 2001 COMPUTER CONTROL & LIKE THAT COINCIDENTAL NAME SHARER, THERE IS CERTAINLY AN EMOTIONAL DETACHMENT APPARENT WHEN PEERING AT BOTH THE ROSTER & THE PAYROLL. APPARENTLY THIS STEINBRENNER IS MORE FIXATED ON THE NUMBER 189,000,000 THAN THE #28 [WHICH IS MORE LIKELY TO CURTAIL CASHMAN FROM MAKING THE TYPICAL ACCEPTING SALARY DUMP FOR PRODUCTION MOVES OF THE PAST]

  MORE PHENOMENAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE TWO NY SIGNATURE CLUBS ARE OBVIOUSLY BOTH PAYROLL SZE AS WELL AS AVG ROSTER AGE WHERE AS THE NYM HAVE THE 4th YOUNGEST ROSTER WITH AN AVG AGE OF 36.4 IN WHICH THE YOUNGEST IS 21 & THE OLDEST IS 33 COMPARED TO YANKS 28th YIOUNGEST OR 3rd OLDEST ASVG AGE OF 28.4 WHEREIN THE YOUINGEST IS A MERE 20 WHILE THE OLDEST HOBBLES IN @ 43. IN THIS NEW, OST PED ERA MORE IS CERTAINLY NOT BETTER WHEN COMPARING YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
  ROSTER AGE INFO SIPPLIED BY ESPN DATA FOUND @
  http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rosters/_/sort/average_age/order/false
  • Original Met Fan March 10, 2013 at 11:16 am

    Hey old buddy.

    I think you mixed up the info but the point was well made, my friend.

    Yankees average age is 36.4

    Mets average age is 28.4

    I like those numbers!
    • METS62FAN March 10, 2013 at 11:54 am

      APPARENTLY SUCH LONG SUFFERING IS GETTING TO BOTH OF US AS THE ESPN SITE REPORTS METS ROSTER’S AVG AGE AS 26.4 WITH A YOUNGEST OF 21 & OLDEST OF 33. COMPARED TO OUR CROSSTOWN SENIOR CITIZEN NEIGHBORS @ AVG AGE OF 28.4 YOUNGEST BEING 20 OLDEST @ 43.
      • Original Met Fan March 10, 2013 at 12:12 pm

        Okay, now that makes much more sense.
        • METS62FAN March 10, 2013 at 1:18 pm

          TEARS OF JOY WILL LIKELY COME TO YOUR EYES WHEN U LIMIT THE AGE COMPARISONS OF NY TEAMS TO “MOST LIKELY RELIED UPONS”
          FOR THE NAMES INVOLVED I GENEROUSLY USED THE MLB.COM DEPTH CHARTS SHOWN TODAY FOR EACH TEAM IN WHICH 6 SP WERE LISTED FOR NYY & 8 FOR THE MORE ALTERABLE NYM ROTATION IN CASES WHERE A SWING PITCHER APPEARED AS BOTH A ROTATIONAL & RELIED OPTION I USED THEM AS ROTATIONAL ONLY COMPARATIVELY AS FOR COMPARING LINEUPS I CHOSE THE PRIMARY POSITIONER LISTED FOR EACH TEAM LOOKING @ THE 9 MAN AVG LINEUP USING NYM ROTATION AVG & NYY DH AGES TO ARRIVE @ A COMPARATIVE 9 I DISCOVERED THE 9 IN FLUSHING AVERAGED @ 27.6 YRS OF AGE WHILE THE BRONX CONTINGENT HOBBLED IN @ A RIPE 33.6 YRS OF AGE AVG. IN ADDITION THE RESPECTIVE BULLPEN CONTINGENTS COMPARED WITH FLUSHING IN @ 27.4 WHILE BRONX WAS @ 32.0 ROTATIONS ARE SIGNIFICANT; WITH NYM AVG OF 27.4 COMPARED TO NYY OF 32.0

          ALWAYS A M A Z I N G AREN’T THEY?

          AS NYY FANS ARE AGHAST @ THE LIST OF HOBBLED WARRIORS, I CAN’T HELP; BUT REFLECT UPON GIRARDI’S SUCCINCT EXPLANATION OF HIS BELIEF HEALTH WILL DETERMINE THE EAST DIVISION OF THE AL, BTW THAT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER HE FARSAW 95Ws NO ONE ASKING HIM ABOUT THE LOST 150+ HRs IS AS OBVIOUS AN OMISSION AS OBAMA’S BLINDNESS TO SPENDING AS AN ISSUE OR CONCERN PERHAPS THEY BORROW EACH OTHERS FIDDLES AS THEY VIEW THE FLAMES ENGULFING THEM?

          SORRY; BUT I COULDN’T PASS UP THE RATHER OBVIOUS OBLIVIOSNESS BEING UN-HEADLINED!
• Original Met Fan March 10, 2013 at 11:18 am

  Enthusiasm is running high again in Flushing and I’m glad to see it making a comeback. Very upbeat post, thanks.
• 3doza33 March 10, 2013 at 3:20 pm

  Metfan Lou, no one cares about what u want to read about! I love the fact that we are on the way up and the Yankees are in a worse situation than we were a few years ago! Part of being a met or red sox fan is hating the Yankees! Keep up the good work metsmerized! Ill keep reading! Go mets!!
  • metfan lou March 10, 2013 at 6:26 pm

    Please see my response to Joe D above. My comments speak for themselves.
• Metsie March 10, 2013 at 4:38 pm

  The Yankees seem to be where the Phillies were at this time last year….
  Little comfort to me….It doesn’t help our team one bit.
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• ray sadecki March 11, 2013 at 9:04 pm

  Glad to see this article got back on track after somebody tried to turn it into another wright bashing/defending thread- as if we havent had enough already. Nice article. I have been thinking the same thing all winter. I would not want to trade places with the Yankees or The Phils right now. Our time is coming and thiers is ending. The pieces are still coming together but the light is in view. Lets go Mets !
• ray sadecki March 11, 2013 at 9:11 pm

  Prediction # 1 – Sabathia ends up on DL and yanks finish in cellar. Too bad mo wont have many games to save on his goodbye tour. Boos pour down in yank me stadium as hapless yanks stink it up good
• ray sadecki March 11, 2013 at 9:15 pm

  prediction #2 – The Mets finish 3rd ahead of phils as their 2 elderly team is also beset with injuries and declining productivity from their star players
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