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Open Thread - Game 33: Mets vs. Reds

Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets, May 9, 2008 7:10 PM EDT





W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Mike Pelfrey 2-2 5 5 0 0 0 0 27.1 38 16 16 3 14 11 5.27 1.90


W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Matt Belisle 1-2 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.1 25 13 11 2 2 7 6.91 1.88

Discussion starter: Mets' 1B next year: Pat Burrell or Adam Dunn?

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tough one

they both benefit from playing in a launching pad, both suck at defense…damn.

by gogomets on May 9, 2008 6:46 PM EDT reply actions  

Dunn, no question

He can hit it a country mile in any ballpark, launching pad or no.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on May 9, 2008 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

also 3 years younger

i do remember him hitting one halfway up the scoreboard at shea…2 years ago maybe? that was a bomb

by gogomets on May 9, 2008 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

That was last year...

I had tickets to the game but gave them to my dad and bro since I couldn’t go.

But here’s the one con for Dunn. Wouldn’t he make us terribly LH?

With a prospective OF of FMart – Beltran – Church, Reyes and Castillo up the middle, and Schneider behind the dish, that leave DWright as our only legit RH hitter.

by SQUAD on May 9, 2008 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

good point

Well, hopefully Castillo will be out of the picture before long.

And what does Schneider’s contract look like? I’m not sold on him at all.

Maybe one or both of them could be replaced with a righty, I dunno.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on May 9, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

actually, Castillo is switch, duh

So that wouldn’t really change the balance. Whatever, he sucks no matter what.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on May 9, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

As Squad said, it was last year

My seven-pack tickets last year were right in that corner of the upper deck, I was sitting right there when it hit the scoreboard. Massive home run, longest I’ve ever seen in person.

I’m figuring this question assumes our 1B next year isn’t Teixeira. If it’s between Dunn and Burrell, I’d definitely pick Dunn. In addition to being younger, his career batting numbers are (marginally) better.

by JoshNY on May 9, 2008 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

that happened last year

off Ollie Perez. I was at that game.

by DoctorK16 on May 10, 2008 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

weather or not

Can any of the NY’ers provide us with a possible start time via SNY?

I’ll say neither of those two guys. I want Tex. But, I’d take Burrell over Dunn. Somehow, I feel Burrell would play a better 1B. I don’t know why.

by whynot on May 9, 2008 7:58 PM EDT reply actions  

i really doubt

that we get tex. the yanks want him and need him, and with giambi/abreu coming off the books they’ll have plenty to spend.

by gogomets on May 9, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

no game

i didnt feel good about my swag contest entry anyhow

by Simons on May 9, 2008 8:10 PM EDT reply actions  

Why did Willie change the line up??

Ryan Church hitting in the two spot was starting to work. It was nice to finally have runners on base when Wright and Beltran came up.

http://www.myteamrivals.typepad.com/mr_mets_daily

by myteamrivals on May 10, 2008 11:23 AM EDT reply actions  

Neither

I don’t like either one at first. I’d keep my eyes open throughout the season and see what comes along. One never knows, do one?

"We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgment." Friedrich Nietzsche, "All Too Human" (1878)

by wgarrett on May 10, 2008 12:53 PM EDT reply actions  

Why only talk about Dunn or Burrell? How about Texiera at 1st?

by Fafhrd on May 10, 2008 6:53 PM EDT reply actions  

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