According to Adam Rubin, Gary Sheffield’s debut as a starting right fielder for the Mets will wait until Wednesday against the Padres, Jerry Manuel announced. Manuel said he would have thrown Sheffield into right field Sunday against the Marlins, even if Sheffield wasn’t quite ready, but the manager wanted to have his primary lineup on the field that day with ace Johan Santana on the...
Read MoreThe rest of our 2009 Staff Predictions Paul NL MVP: David Wright AL MVP: Josh Hamilton NL Cy Young: Johan Santana AL Cy Young: Daisuke Matsuzaka NL Rookie of the Year: Cameron Maybin AL Rookie of the Year: Matt Wieters Jessica NL MVP – David Wright AL MVP – Grady Sizemore NL Cy Young – Johan Santana AL Cy Young – CC Sabathia NL Rookie of the Year – Tommy Hanson AL...
Read MoreI was just reading an interesting article by David Lennon of Newsday on his blog. Lennon seems all fired up about comments that were made by Jerry Manuel and Dan Warthen who both said they were encouraged by Ollie’s last start. I was kind of surprised yesterday to hear both manager Jerry Manuel and pitching coach Dan Warthen say they were “encouraged” by Oliver Perez’s 4...
Read MoreIt looks like Marlon Anderson will be the odd man out when the Mets clear a roster spot fpr the addition of Livan Hernandex. Hernandez will make his Mets debut Saturday against Ricky Nolasco. Jerry Manuel hinted that Anderson would be a roster casualty according to Adam Rubin. Without naming names, Jerry Manuel essentially revealed the looming fate of Marlon Anderson. The Mets need to clear a...
Read MoreIt may be far easier to unravel the mysteries of Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid, than it would be to figure out Oliver Perez. Todays performance by Perez was like a perfect microcosm of his entire career. He starts out be teasing us with a tantalizing performance in the first two innings that invoked memories of Sandy Koufax, and then in the next two innings he does his best Kei Igawa...
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