As reported on ESPN’s SportsCenter and mlb.com, Cardinals’ reliever Brad Thompson has been suspended by Major League Baseball for throwing a pitch near the head of David Wright. The league deemed the inside pitch to be intentional, justifying the suspension. Thompson was to have begun serving his suspension tonight as the Cardinals opened up a series against the Pittsburgh Pirates...
Read MoreWhy don’t the Mets make it official, and wave the White Flag once and for all; shut down both Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran. Start scouring the waiver wire for able bodied major leaguers to fill the void. Or, start the auditions, and see if the farm system is capable of producing a contributor, or two. At this point, the return of the aforementioned pair, is futile. What is the point? If...
Read MoreINT AAA: Buffalo 6/7/2, Columbus 9/12/0 Tobi Stoner and Eddie Kunz had this one for the Bisons, and it was ugly. Stoner gave up 5 in 5.1 innings, Kunz gave up 4 in 2.2 innings, though he got all his outs via groundball. Buffalo made a late charge, but fell short. Nick Evans homered in the loss, his 6th in Buffalo. He’s now batting .256/.292/.477/.770 since returning to the Bisons from the...
Read MoreEd Price of AOL FanHouse is reporting that the Mets and the Nationals have swapped second basemen (Hat tip to MLB Trade Rumors). In exchange for the 26 year old, Anderson Hernandez, the Mets will send Class A prospect Greg Veloz. Not much of an acquisition if you ask me, as Hernandez is hitting below the league average. However, Hernandez is certainly an upgrade over what the Mets currently have...
Read MoreWith the Mets pretty much limping to the finish line of the 2009 baseball season I’m finding myself having to adjust the way I watch Met games. Yesterday I made an entry about how I’m rooting for individual players on this team, and wishing them the best. After thinking about that entry a bit, a thought occurred to me: this year the Mets can play spoiler. For the last two years the...
Read MoreOne of the more telling signs about the makeup of the current New York Mets, was clearly visible during the Wednesday matinée against the Cardinals. The Mets may have won the game 9-0, but the Cardinals showed the Mets that they were the team to be reckoned with and not to be messed around with… or else. In the fifth inning, Nelson Figueroa hit Albert Pujols with an inside pitch that...
Read More
