Reyes Applesauce - Reyes joins Met photo, Brooklyn loses, Gooden an exec
by Joe Budd on Sep 10, 2009 8:45 AM EDT
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Maybe Pat Misch is not the next Tom Glavine, but he'll still do until they get someone better for the next few weeks.
Meet the Mets
Jose Reyes made an appearance at Citi Field for a team photograph during which he made some headlines by insisting that he would play if he could.
Gerry Fraley argues that Citi Field is partly responsible for the Mets this year.
Hardball Times puts together a list of top Met prospects. F! still sits atop the list.
Where did Kirk Nieuwenhuis come from? If I thought it was hard to learn how to spell Francoeur, it's going to be a nightmare season if Nieuwenhuis becomes something.
That Brooklyn postsseason run may be very short lived.
We found David Wright's batting helmet.
Fangraphs weighs in on blowing up the Mets.
Doc Gooden has joined the Newark Bear front office. They have let him sign every wall in the stadium.
Around the NL East
Charlie Manuel went with Ryan Madson to close out another victory over Washington.
The Atlanta bullpen squandered another quality start from Tommy Hanson.
Around MLB
Tommy Lasorda was not good for young arms.
Here's a great story about the recovered Cal Ripken, Jr. tribute which was stolen from Camden Yards.
The Cardinals are good even when Matt Holliday isn't.
Congratulations to Derek Jeter, the all-time Yankee hit king. He's still no Ed Kranepool.
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On Citi Field
Is there any actual evidence to back up the claim that David Wright altered his swing because of Citi and that’s why his HR rate was down this year? I ask in all honesty- if he’s said this somewhere and I missed it I’d almost be glad to hear it because that’s a correctable problem. And is the slightly larger outfield really the reason Beltran got hurt?
by dcmetsfan on Sep 10, 2009 9:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wright himself
Has said that he adjusted his “approach” for CitiField.
His power is way down and his Ks are way up, so hopefully he adjusts back. Because whatever he supposedly adjusted didn’t work. Thank God for high BABIPs.
by DannyMetsGeek on Sep 10, 2009 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks
As I said, that’s almost welcome news because it means he can work on it during the off-season. (And maybe it means he’s worth keeping after all in my fantasy league even at $33.)
by dcmetsfan on Sep 10, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah this one is definitely on the hitting coach
for ever entertaining the suggestion that wright should change his swing for citi. Should be a fixable problem if they can just admit his home power numbers are gonna drop a bit and theres nothing they can do about it.
by KeithsMoustache on Sep 10, 2009 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
agreed
but Gerry Fraley is just another national sports columnist who has no idea what he’s talking about. why do research or talk to people when you can just lazily throw generalizations out there?
by Bieser's Balk on Sep 10, 2009 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he really wants to change his approach
He should start changing his 2 strike approach. Shorten the swing (ask Santos about it!), or choke up with 2 strikes. His 2 strike approach is still that of someone who thinks he’s a 30+ home run hitter.
by David G on Sep 10, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
to be fair a few years back he was one of the best 2 strike hitters around
its his new approach that sucks.
by KeithsMoustache on Sep 10, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Nieu article is some great analysis
His college numbers were intriguing but no one could have predicted his season being this good.
by Sokojoe on Sep 10, 2009 10:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I love prospects
That catapult he went off at the beginning of August is amazing. I imagine he said, “Oh, this is how you do it!”
by TheBigStapler on Sep 10, 2009 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anytime in the future, how about a ML rotation with: Niese, Nieve and Niesen
And Nieuwenhuis playing the outfield.
by Michkin on Sep 10, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The knights who are named
Nie
Nothing can get by him; especially in a small room: Mike Francessa
by GenJackRipper on Sep 10, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Mark did.
King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president
by Sam Page on Sep 10, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hah, I don't even think Mark
predicted a 78 ISO jump while hitting in age appropriate leagues and a pitchers park most of the season. Then again, I’m pretty sure Mark is a computer.
by Sokojoe on Sep 10, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He wrote this in an email 3 months ago, when called nie the 7th best prospect
You could make the same LD% case about Havens right now, but as impressive as Havens’ power has been for FSL play, Nieuwenhuis’s seems to be on a similar level, and perhaps a bit more expected. I don’t think he’s a future slap hitter, there’s some power potential here. I like him as a guy who seems to be putting his tools together before our eyes
King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president
by Sam Page on Sep 10, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not doubting Mark
but three months ago Nieu was coming off a .921 OPS May, so most of AA was feeling pretty good about him at this point but then he had a rough June to a tune .682 when we had our community prospect list and AA (including Meddler) voted for Nieu at more the 10th spot. Anyways, like I said, no one could have predicted that Nie would make a swing adjustment, lean to pull the ball and make his season go from good to great by hitting 1.053 in his final 116 ABs in A+ then going on to hit a 1.128 OPS in limited time in Bingo.
Again, I’m not trying to knock Mark’s prospect knowledge which is unsurpassed here rather just trying to highlight what a surprising end of the season it had been for Nieu.
by Sokojoe on Sep 10, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
FanGraphs
The funniest part of that FanGraphs article is the sidebar where they automatically post the MLB stats of anyone named in the story.
So they mention GM Billy Beane, and therefore post his .400-ish career OPS in the same list with Wright, Reyes, etc.
by Mex_17 on Sep 10, 2009 10:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is it just my computer?
Or has this site been a mess to look at the last few days, starting when the “Inside the NFL” ads began to run? I have to scroll down for miles on the home page to find the articles. And that’s just the start.
by madisonmetsfan on Sep 10, 2009 10:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It's not just you
Those of us who only have the option of Internet Explorer at work are having the same problem.
I’m not sure that the Inside the NFL ad in particular is to blame since other SB Nation sites have it and are working fine.
by TheBigStapler on Sep 10, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, it just started working again!
by TheBigStapler on Sep 10, 2009 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Get firefox
and download the adblock plus plug in. Never see an ad again.
Sorry Eric… I assume you make money off of those ads.
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
by Evan_S on Sep 10, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually
Even if ads get blocked by adblock, they still show up as impressions in AdServers, so publishers still get paid for them.
Brewers Baseball and other assorted nonsense (mostly the assorted nonsense) at my blog, What's a Tararrel?
by Lefti on Sep 10, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reloading the page to see if there are new comments generate more monies to AA?
by Michkin on Sep 10, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Depends on how efficiently they monetize
Brewers Baseball and other assorted nonsense (mostly the assorted nonsense) at my blog, What's a Tararrel?
by Lefti on Sep 10, 2009 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The THT prospects article
Pretty ruff to see how far down Kunz has fallen.
by JoshNY on Sep 10, 2009 12:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry. We'll have a high pick this year
With luck, we’ll sign a college reliever who pans out.
Nothing can get by him; especially in a small room: Mike Francessa
by GenJackRipper on Sep 10, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or, i dunno...
won’t sign a college reliever at all, because it’s the worst possible draft pick you could make…
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
by squid92 on Sep 10, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If that was sarcasm, I apologize.
But if it was, it was very well disguised.
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
by squid92 on Sep 10, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry dude
That was obvious sarcasm
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
by Evan_S on Sep 10, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I'm just an idiot, then.
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
by squid92 on Sep 11, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
from that article
Niese’s 2009 ended in a way typical of the Mets 2009 season, as he injured his hamstring while covering first base (then proceeded to tear it while throwing a warm up pitch and surrounded by the Mets’ training staff).
ugh
also – they compare Thole to LoDuca… That would be fine by me. A doubles hitting C would play nice in the citi.
by gbaked on Sep 10, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, in the Fangraphs article:
Reyes is a soon-to-be 27-year-old shortstop signed through 2011 for 20 million. Further, since 2006 Reyes has posted WAR of 5.5, 5.1, 5.9, and a injury depleted 0.7. Unless he eats bat boys in the clubhouse or brings back Hanley Ramirez, there’s not a logical reason to deal him.
We were all assuming that it was Livan eating the bat boys but maybe we were wrong?
by JoshNY on Sep 10, 2009 12:07 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I lobby Wright to start making some contact
He looks completely lost once again.
by David G on Sep 10, 2009 1:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
In true Mets fashion
The Cyclones scored 1 run
"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"
by firejerrynow on Sep 10, 2009 4:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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