Yesterday in my Key Players post, I included Chris Capuano as one of the players to watch this Spring because its going to be interesting to see whether or not he will win a spot on the rotation or be part of the bullpen. I asked MetsBlog’s Michael Baron this particular, but yet intriguing question about Chris Capuano yesterday. According to Michael, Capuano will apparently be competing...
Read MoreOnly 48 hours until pitchers and catchers report and a new season of Mets baseball gets underway. Last week, former Governor Patterson was a guest of Steve Somers on WFAN. At one point during the show, Somers said “Hard to believe that we are only one week away before Mets pitchers and catchers report”. Governor Patterson chuckled and then responded, “Steve, I think you meant...
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 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....
Read MoreDan Martin of the NY Post, had a quote from reliever Bobby Parnell who talked about why he didn’t make the team out of Spring Training last season and ended up starting the season with Triple-A Buffalo. “I got caught up into working on my off-speed pitches too much instead of pitching and I had a couple of bad outings,” Parnell said at Digital Domain Park. “I didn’t...
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