Matt over at Metsblog had a very telling statistic on his site today. Apparently, Howard Johnson is having a great impact as hitting coach for the Mets.Check out what Matt wrote…Prior to Rick Down being fired as the team’s batting coach, the Mets hit .268 as a team, .252 with runners in scoring position, while they have reached base roughly 33 percent of their plate...
Read MoreMets starting catcher Paul Lo Duca is this years nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award.As explained on mlb.com, each of Major League Baseball’s 30 teams has one nominee, and Lo Duca has distinguished himself among the Mets for this year’s nod. This special award recognizes the player who best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the...
Read MoreLooks like the news on Carlos Delgado is much worse than first reported. Mets.com is now reporting that first baseman, Carlos Delgado will miss a week to ten days due to a strained right hip flexor.Delgado underwent a magnetic resonance imaging test on Wednesday after feeling a twinge in his right hip while swinging at a pitch during the eighth inning of New York’s 11-7 win over the Reds...
Read MoreI don’t think so, but many others do, including some of the players and people in the front office.Here is what Joel Sherman of the New York Post wrote in his column…There have been rumblings of dissatisfaction for Randolph both in the front office and in the clubhouse. Four different major-league sources said Mets upper management has expressed concerns about Randolph both...
Read MoreI think Willie Randolph finally gets it.After an entire season of hearing Randolph apologizing for his bullpens deficiencies, and sugar coating every single blown save and single missed opportunity, it has finally dawned on him that his bullpen in fact, very unreliable and very ineffective.On Friday night, in a game that the Mets had to absolutely win, that fact became clearly evident to...
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