Earlier today, after starting Angels 1B Kendry Morales went down with an injury, it was mentioned that the Angels have no solid backup plan at 1B. Can the Mets be players? The Mets currently have Daniel Murphy rehabbing at AAA, and with Brandon Wood struggling as well at 3B for the Angels, could he be a fit? Murphy could platoon between 1B and 3B and possibly be a good trading chip with a team...
Read MoreThe New York Mets Cubans continue their poor performances on the road (6-16) as they lose game two of the series to the Milwaukee Brewers Bears, 8-6. Negro League Remembrance Night, of all nights. Game Notes The Mets sent out the bullpen workhorse Fernando Nieve for his first start of the season. Jerry Manuel, during pre-game, said he would limit Nieve’s pitch count to 80 pitches. He...
Read MoreAAA International League: Buffalo 4/11/0, Toledo 5/7/0 cf Jesus Feliciano 2 for 4, 2 runs, K, .383 ss Justin Turner 3 for 4, K, .272 dh Daniel Murphy 1 for 4, .222 3b Mike Hessman 1 for 3, run, HR (17), 2 RBI (53!), BB, .308 1b Mike Jacobs 1 for 4, 2b, K, .266 lf Andy Green 2 for 4, run, 2b, HR, RBI, .282 rf Russ Adams 0 for 4, .285 c JR House 1 for 4, .235 2b Ruben Tejada 0 for 4, .292 Tobi...
Read MoreAfter the bitter taste of last nights walk-off loss against the Brewers wore off, I recalled it wasn’t that long ago that we lost in similar fashion against the Braves in Atlanta. I decided to look further and went to the best place for Mets research, Baseball Reference. It took a while to go through every boxscore, but after double checking and triple checking here is what I...
Read MoreYou could almost hear the Brewers bench let out a collective sigh of relief when they saw Pedro Feliciano take the mound for the ninth inning. No longer would they have to face a dominating Johan Santana who had held them in check for the first eight innings of the game. All they could muster was three hits against Johan, who effectively confounded the Astros all night with his fastball, slider...
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