Swept Applesauce - Healthy Perez, Hurting Maine, Mark Teahen to Mets?, Adam Dunn can hit it out of anywhere

by Joe Budd on Jun 29, 2009 10:30 AM EDT in Applesauce

Meet the Mets

Let's look at the good news: Oliver Perez walked only 1 batter in 5 innings in Brooklyn and striking out 6. As for our other projected starting pitcher, John Maine was shut down again after a setback in his rehab.

Ralph Kiner was quite the player. Oh, and bring back Kiner's Korner in reruns.

The Mets have now walked the opposing pitcher 13 times this season. Thank you Francisco. Metsradamus's predictions are suddenly looking less awful.

"Barack Obama" threw out the first pitch at the Baracklyn Cyclones game.

Lance Broadway gave up 7 runs in 5 innings last night. Brad Holt went 1/3 of an inning and gave up 5 runs.

The Met lineup gets embarrassed by a below average pitching staff, let's fire the hitting coach. Or get Mark Teahen.

Jose Reyes is jogging, but warns he's not close to a return. Met games just haven't been the same without him.

Keith Law throws some water on Fernando-mania and Jenrry Mejia.

Some big names have garnered Met attention: Cliff Lee and Garret Atkins.

Around the NL East

Check out the bomb from Adam Dunn.

Upon a suggestion from a fan online, the Mariners acquired Ryan Langerhans from the Nationals. Washington is still considering a trade of Lastings Milledge.

Ken Rosenthal's report of Manny Acta's demise may have come a little prematurely.

Charlie Manuel will most likely return Jimmy Rollins to the lineup and the leadoff spot tomorrow.

If you couldn't get enough of Casey from KC & The Sunshine Band on American Idol, he will be performing at the Landshark Stadium after the Marlin game on the 4th of July.

Cole Hamels got shelled and ejected over the weekend. Philadelphia still managed to take two games from Toronto behind JA Happ and Jamie Moyer.

The Braves continue to leave Javier Vazquez out to dry.

Young Brave pitcher Tommy Hanson continues to impress.

Chipper hopes that his home run on Sunday will help him break out of a 10 for 60 slump.

An unidentified Philadelphia player was involved in a confrontation with a Tampa Ray fan.

Talking Chop pleads with the Braves to fire hitting coach Terry Pendleton.

Around MLB

The Yankees have promoted ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte to Class A.

Darren Dreifort looks back on his disappointing major league career on his induction to the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

Lou Piniella patched things up with Milton Bradley, put him back in the lineup.

Greg Hanlon writes about the camera angles used by Major League Baseball television productions in Slate.

The Royals called up Bruce Chen to make a start on Saturday and he wasn't awful.

The Tampa Bay Rays are the fastest team ever to hit 100 home runs and steal 100 bases.

A Seattle judge has OK'd a plan to put a strip club near Safeco Field. It's still probably better than chop shops...

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From the Phillies article,

“Whether we’re trying too hard to make things happen, I don’t know,” [Victorino] said. “I can’t put my finger on it. What do you do? You just keep playing . . . we’re not going to make any excuses. Maybe we need to relax. Maybe we need a gut check.”

by Sokojoe on Jun 29, 2009 10:40 AM EDT reply actions

well now we know who Centerpede1o1 is in real life

and it all makes sense

by cjmulrain on Jun 29, 2009 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

He’s just trying to throw the Mets off the scent… it’s gut checks and no-excuse-making that win ballgames. For serious.

http://www.thegoodphight.com

by WholeCamels on Jun 29, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions

John Pavano Maine should hire someone to walk him around

so he doesn’t trip on a sidewalk and get hurt again.

by Rigsay on Jun 29, 2009 10:53 AM EDT reply actions

T-E-A-H-E-N

Also, he’s not much better than what we have and he’d probably cost too much.

by JoshNY on Jun 29, 2009 10:57 AM EDT reply actions

Good call.

by Joe Budd on Jun 29, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions

I agree with this comment from the article though

I’d like to see Teahan in left field or anywhere really, as long as he takes Fernando Tatis’ roster spot.

Tatis isn’t a good major leaguer right now. he really provides very little. Teahan would be an upgrade over Tatis as long as the price is right.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jun 29, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I can't imagine the price it even close to right for Teahen

but yea, tatis is worthless

by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Jun 29, 2009 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions

However, I am officially okay with slightly overpaying for any of the Moneyball players. My dream is that Hatteberg, Youkilis, and Teahen will someday find themselves in the same lineup. Or at least found the coolest-named law firm ever.

by anonymous on Jun 29, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions

My dream is Milton Bradley, Elijah Dukes and Lastings Milledge in the Mets OF

I’m serious

by James Kannengieser on Jun 29, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Voltron? No?

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 29, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Clarify

Not my dream for the best possible Mets OF based on on-field performance. It’s my dream OF for comedy reasons.

by James Kannengieser on Jun 29, 2009 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Ohhhhhh.

I think Brad Hawpe is a worthy inclusion just because his fielding is ATROOOOOOCIOUS.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 29, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions

I guess that's true

but “if the price is right” is a pretty big proviso

by JoshNY on Jun 29, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions

That’s my out in case Omar does something really stupid.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jun 29, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Perez should get called up

Start him next time he’s available, while his confidence is somewhat high after this start. It’s a gamble, but what do they have to lose at this point? I’m so tired of seeing Tim Redding (aka Brian Lawrence 2.0).

Teahan reminds me of Mankiewicz, and that’s not a good thing.

by David G on Jun 29, 2009 11:09 AM EDT reply actions

perez?

if niese has another good start i would rather see him make the start instead of redding

by Jadden Hopkins on Jun 29, 2009 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Brooklyn is short-A ball

a lot of college teams would roast the Cyclones

by hotspur on Jun 29, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions

The Clones actually have a competitive team this year

In that they have lots and lots of players way too old for the NYPL lol. They’re a much less exciting team to the hardcore Mets Farm junkie, but to the casual fan who just wants to go down to Keyspan and watch a game they should be able to make the games interesting.

But yeah, this pretty much just meant Ollie dominated a bunch of second or third year former HS draftees and IFAs and maybe a few of the two year college picks who already signed.

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

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Jun 29, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm assuming you mean Doug Mientkiewicz?

I’m not really seeing the similarity, other than that both are white infielders whose last names are often misspelled.

by JoshNY on Jun 29, 2009 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions

JC Romero was the guy involved in the fan incident in Tampa.

I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!

by R_Adragna on Jun 29, 2009 11:20 AM EDT reply actions

Went to the Cyclones game last night

A few observations about our friend Ollie.

I was curious about his velocity but could only use my amateur eyes. I think the radar display is on the OF wall by the bullpen, which I couldn’t see from my bleacher seats. His fastball “looked” fast, particularly high in the strike zone, missing bats. You could hear the ball pop in the catcher’s mitt too but that’s hardly any worthwile evidence.

His command was sadly not impressive but it also wasn’t terrible. He only walked one batter but he threw some of those classic way out of the zone pitches. Perez looked like a difficult pitcher to catch. However, that same wildness made him hard to hit too.

In the end , Ollie was effectively wild and made the Hudson Valley Renegades look sad at the plate, which is what a major league pitcher is supposed to do to low A hitters.

by TheBigStapler on Jun 29, 2009 12:15 PM EDT reply actions

The Phillies player in the confrontation was JC Romero

Someone asked him for some “juice”, and Romero assaulted him.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 29, 2009 1:05 PM EDT reply actions

13 walks to the opposing pitcher through 74 games

They’re on pace to break the team record, set by the ’62 team (26).

"I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually inverse in proportion to the price of the seats." - Bill Veeck

by Prince on Jun 29, 2009 1:12 PM EDT reply actions

Mark Teahen and Garrett Atkins

DO NOT WANT

Keith Law amuses me. “I haven’t seen him, but there’s this guy not with the organization anymore who hasn’t done well so far, so I’m going to be cautious about Mejia.”

by BlackOps on Jun 29, 2009 2:10 PM EDT reply actions

I once had a dog

and I could never get the dog to be housebroken. So, I’m going to assume my friend’s new dog can’t be trained either, because mine would not be housebroken. It’s science.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 29, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions