In a great pitching performance by Mike Pelfrey, the Mets continued their home winning streak, defeating the punchless Padres in 11 innings. Game Notes Mike Pelfrey was outright dominant today, letting up 1 run on 5 hits with no walks and 6 strikeouts in NINE innings. Outside of the first inning, where Pelfrey gave up 2 hits – Mike was lights out. He was throwing gas into the late innings,...
Read MoreAAA International League: Buffalo 0/1/1, Durham 7/10/0 cf Emmanuel Garcia 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .195 ss Justin Turner 0 for 3, BB, .273 dh Mike Jacobs 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .280 rf Val Pascucci 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .241 3b Mike Cervanek 0 for 3, .220 2b Russ Adams 0 for 2, BB, K, .257 lf Andy Green 0 for 2, BB, .271 1b Saloman Manriquez 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .200 c JR House 0 for 3, K, .244 Dillon Gee 4.1 IP, 8 H, 6 ER,...
Read MoreNine weeks into the season already? I can’t believe it myself. In random baseball news, Armando Galarraga threw only about the 390,000th non-perfect game in major league baseball, nothing special. John Maine is on the DL with a weak shoulder and now Perez because his knee hurts. Uh…no comment. At least he’s not taking up a roster spot anymore. We saw the return of Niese for a...
Read MoreWell, we’re in for a long day of draft picks on Day 2. The Mets did not have a pick in the Compensation Round or Round 2. This page will be updated throughout the day with every new pick, as well as my comments and background info. I would like to thank all of you who said nice things about my draft feature last week. Pick 89 (Rd. 3): Norman Blake Forsythe, Catcher R/R; Jr. from Tennessee...
Read MoreIt 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...
Read MoreIn honor of the off-day yesterday, I wanted to pay homage to a guy who usually doesn’t get enough recognition in today’s Mets world, though plenty recognition in Mets history. And that guy is Gilbert Raymond Hodges, aka Gil Hodges. If you are familiar with the book Mets by the Numbers, I asked Jon Springer (one of the authors) a simple question — besides Gil Hodges, did anyone...
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