Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen worries me sometimes. I understand that he was spared a trip to the guillotine thanks to the efforts of R.A. Dickey and Mike Pelfrey who both made last minutes pleas for clemency, but I’ve never really been a big fan of his. As we’ve all heard countless times already this offseason, the Mets plan to have Jenrry Mejia work as a starting pitcher at...
Read MoreI cannot believe its finally here! I have been sitting at home bored out of my mind all winter long without any baseball going on. But, we are finally going to be getting some added excitement in the days ahead, as spring training has finally arrived. In 3 days, pitchers and catchers are to report to the Mets camp in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and signal the start of spring training. There are...
Read MoreThis morning, ESPN: Outside The Lines discussed the implications of the Madoff claw-back lawsuit headed by the trustee Irving Picard who is acting on behalf of all the victims. Picard alleges that the Mets owners should have known about the fraud and raked in millions in illegal profits. Thanks to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York for the link.
Read MoreYou can call this a companion post to Jim Mancari’s earlier post on Brad Emaus. I want to touch on another few concerns I have with Brad Emaus and this fan-wide enthusiasm that he was the steal of the Rule 5 Draft and that he’ll win the second base job this spring. Not so fast. In addition to the points Jim laid out, I found some troubling information from looking at his splits....
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It seems that some of you really got your feathers ruffled over my post the other day in which I speculated that Pujols and the Phillies looked like a good match? Chill out everybody, we’ve been speculating on MMO since 2005, you should be used to it by now. 🙂 Did you happen to catch Andy Martino’s column Sunday in the Daily News about Sandy Alderson revamping the scouting system?...
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