In Doug’s Dugout today we broach the following: A scout’s opinion on Ike, Stephen Strasburg, and other random mindless thoughts: When Ike Davis was drafted off the campus of Arizona State, a scout described him as having, “light-tower power.” In the minors his first year he had an outage, but as he has matured and found his way to Citi Field that assessment is as...
Read MoreMatt Cerrone of MetsBlog reported that the Mets are scouting the Baltimore Orioles and had scouts in attendance during Kevin Millwood’s (0-7 4.64 ERA) start against the Yankees. It’s possible that they may also have some interest in Jeremy Guthrie (3-6 3.71 ERA) among other O’s starting pitchers. As has been widely reported already, the Mets have no interest in top of the...
Read MoreRemember 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...
Read MoreAAA International League: Buffalo 4/11/0, Durham 6/14/0 2b Russ Adams 1 for 5, run, HR, RBI, 2 Ks, .256 ss Justin Turner 2 for 5, run, K, .278 dh Mike Jacobs 1 for 5, run, HR, RBI, 4 Ks, .277 rf Val Pascucci 1 for 4, BB, 2 Ks, .242 3b Mike Cervanek 3 for 5, run, 2b, RBI, .233 1b Marshall Hubbard 0 for 4, BB, K lf Andy Green 2 for 3, 2b, RBI, BB, .283 c JR House 1 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .250 cf...
Read MoreMost of you who read my words on here each week know that I have a healthy dose of skepticism and cynicism when it comes to these Mets. But while I’m not about to start sending “Ya gotta believe!” messages like one of my buddies does even when the Mets lose a bunch of games in a row, it’s hard not to believe there is something magical going on here. First of all, while...
Read MoreOk, being that it is a Wednesday morning after a thrilling walk-off victory against the best team in the National League, I figured I would share with you a little story about how I may have helped the Mets win last night. Let me first go on record stating that I would not consider myself to be a very spiritual man, however I am still a believer none-the-less and after last night, might consider...
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