"Jose Reyes will bat leadoff tonight and play shortstop, followed in order by Luis Castillo, Carlos...

"Jose Reyes will bat leadoff tonight and play shortstop, followed in order by Luis Castillo, Carlos Beltran, David Wright, Murphy, Ryan Church, Ramon Castro, Angel Pagan in left field, and Livan Hernandez on the mound."

http://www.metsblog.com/2009/05/20/lineup-daniel-murphy-will-play-1b-tonight/

Murphy will be playing first

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No complaints so far.

by All Shook Down on May 20, 2009 7:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'd rather have Sheffield in there

than Pagan, but this may be as good as it gets.

by Eric Simon on May 20, 2009 7:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

My thoughts exactly

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on May 20, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Isn't Sheffield's entire purpose to play vs. lefties?

What’s the point?

by jasondg on May 20, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Weaver is a righty...

…and this is a decent lineup for the first time in a week. Pagan/Reed could be debated, but if that’s the biggest problem with it, it’s cool by me.

by AnthonyR on May 20, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pagan/Sheffield is the debate

but the salient point is that this is much better than what Manuel’s been rolling out there of late.

by Eric Simon on May 20, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

True

But how does Sheff go from Jerry’s fave son/cleanup hitter and the guy he sees as his everyday OFer (per WFAN interview) to sitting behind Pagan?

But yeah — most everyone else seems to be in their right place.

by jasondg on May 20, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's gotta get Pagan at bats

y’know to get him going.

by Gina on May 20, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Its Jerry math

Sheffield > Church
Church > Pagan
Pagan > Sheffield

~~Makes sense to me.~~

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on May 20, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

40 years old and is going to get a lot of AB's in the AL Park over the next 3

by AnthonyR on May 20, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh, sorry

Forgot it was Weaver — had it stuck in my head that they were throwing Stults.

by jasondg on May 20, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

jerry mentioned that Shef needs a rest now and then

Which I agree with also. He is 40 years old. Kept fresh, I think he can continue to provide value to this team. I can’t get excited one way or the other about Pagan vers Reed as a sub for Shef.

by Endys Game on May 20, 2009 8:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs