Author: Joe D

Pat Misch Is Outperforming Gee, Parnell and Stoner

Remember Pat Misch? While taking a look at how our minor league teams  were doing, I was surprised to see how well Pat Misch was still doing at Class-AAA Buffalo. He got off to a great start in April and I thought he would eventually cool off, but I was dead wrong. As of last night, Misch is 5-1 with a 3.33 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP in 70.1 innings pitched. He has walked 11 batters while striking out...

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Omar Minaya Gets Heaps Of Praise From Me

As we bask in the glory of an ever so dramatic win last night, and take in the images of all that transpired during and after one of the best games of the season thus far, it feels so good to be a Mets fan. Watching how Mike Pelfrey has evolved this season has been nothing short of spectacular. Every time he takes the mound he not only throws with even more confidence, but his maturation has...

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Mets Hype Machine Already Hard At Work

It never ceases to amaze me how the Mets over-hype their prospects to no end. I’m not talking about your garden variety hype mind you, all teams are entitled and expected to hype their prospects. But with the Mets it’s completely over the top and it always leads to lofty unrealistic expectations for the prospects themselves who are mostly average at best. Many of the fans buy into...

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Drafting Harvey Was Easy, Dealing With Boras Won’t Be

Now that the Mets have drafted UNC product Matt Harvey with the seventh overall pick in the draft, the task at hand now becomes signing him before the August 16th deadline. I was a little shocked by the Mets selection, not because he was reach or not as talented as those they passsed on, but I didn’t think they’d be so quick to draft a Scott Boras client after some of the recent...

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