The last 2 weeks I wrote about how the pitchers and the players who patrol the infield must step up for the Mets to have success in 2010. This week concludes with how the outfielders must step up. Angel Pagan: For the first 2 months of the 2010 season it looks like Angel Pagan will be the everyday Center Fielder for the Mets due to Carlos Beltran’s surgery. Pagan had a good year last year, he...
Read MoreSo apparently Jerry Manuel is having a major bromance with Jenrry Mejia. Apparently he’s gone on record that he wouldn’t object to having Mejia make the club this Spring perhaps as a setup man. Yeah well not so much. They were more like fantasies as he admitted in a press conference. According to John Harper of the New York Daily News, our man Jerry is certainly channeling his inner...
Read MoreGet ready to settle in and enjoy the first game of the Grapefruit League Season tomorrow as the Mets take on the Atlanta Braves in game that will be televised on SNY at 1:05 PM. Nelson Figueroa will start for the Mets, and here is the starting lineup.. 1. Gary Matthews Jr. – CF 2. Luis Castillo – 2B 3. Jose Reyes – SS 4. David Wright – 3B 5. Jason Bay – LF 6. Mike...
Read MoreHere’s a great Q&A I did with William Price of the Daily News, better known to all of you as The Bitter Bill. Bill was nice enough to answer some questions for us about the upcoming Mets season as well as some other things orange and blue. I’ve been a longtime follower of his blog, and you should be too, otherwise you wouldn’t have to miss gems like this little nugget he...
Read MoreCan you believe that Luis Castillo has won the starting 2nd base job for the 2010 New York Mets? He is the last man standing. He was a huge underdog to win the job. But he persevered. He beat out Orlando Hudson, Adam Kennedy, Felipe Lopez, Brandon Phillips, and any other 2nd baseman that might have been available through trade or free agency. Luis might have won the job by default but he...
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