Month: July 2011

Carlos Beltran Sends A Goodbye Gift To GKR

I thought this was a cool video that ties in with this post and our Carlos Beltran Appreciation Week!  Original Post: Baseball Musings: GKR At The Pepsi Porch  How many of you watched the Thursday afternoon game with all the colored T-Shirts on the kids so they wouldn’t get lost, and stay with their groups? Or what about Wednesday, when the game was worth watching to see the opening of...

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Bay Batting 7th, Game 2 Preview: Mets @ Marlins

NEW YORK METS AT FLORIDA MARLINS LHP Chris Capuano (8-9, 4.16) vs. RHP Clay Hensley (1-2, 2.70)  Jason Bay returns from a right hamstring injury and will bat seventh tonight as the Mets face the Marlins for the game two at Sun Life Stadium. Jose Reyes, ss Justin Turner, 2b Carlos Beltran, rf David Wright, 3b Daniel Murphy, 1b Angel Pagan, cf Jason Bay, lf Josh Thole, c Chris Capuano, lhp The...

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Alderson Will Finally Get His Payroll Flexibility In 2012, So Now What?

With the impending trade of Carlos Beltran, and the departure of K-Rod as well, the Mets are well on their way to securing that payroll flexibility that was so sorely lacking last offseason. The savings in payroll however, may still not be enough to keep Jose Reyes at the end of the season. Just because they have the cash, it doesn’t necessarily mean that all of a sudden the front office...

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Wright On Time, Pelfrey Struggles, Mets Win 7-6

Mike Pelfrey had another mixed outing, and the return of David Wright helped the Mets in their 7-6 win against the Marlins Game Notes Mike Pelfrey had yet another uneven outing, but this one was marred by control issues and some bad defense. Mike went six innings, allowing four runs on five hits, walking four and striking out three. Pelfrey’s been trending more towards a fly ball pitcher,...

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Thanks For Everything

If someone were to ask me how many Mets blogs and sites there were when MetsMerized first started, I would have probably guessed 10-12 and half of those sites are not even around anymore. It’s amazing how much has changed over the years. Today I would say there are well over 100 different Mets sites on the web. There isn’t a team in all of baseball that gets as much coverage as the...

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