Staying Ahead of The Game
We all know that The Mets are riding a wave of good fortune combined with inept play from other teams during this hot streak. A few things jump out at me as obvious issues David Wright will have to start hitting soon, Jerry cannot continue to use Fernando Nieve until his arm falls off, the only way Jenrry Mejia has any value as a reliever is if he is actually used and we cannot expect Mike Pelfrey to look like Dodgers-Kevin Brown for much longer. I came up with some ideas that would make too much sense for the mets to adopt them. Some of this has already been said and needs to be said again and others are ideas that i will attempt to claim ownership of.
- Give David Wright and Jeff Francoeur a rest- David is going through arguably the worst stretch of his career having K'd in 12 straight games. Frenchy has also regressed after his great start. Maybe a day off would get him to see the ball a little better.
- Dump Frank Catalanotto, bring up Dickey- At least until Murph returns, it wouldn't be an awful idea to carry 13 pitchers and I think R.A. Dickey would be the perfect pitcher to fill that spot given his performance in the Minors so far and the propensity for knuckleballers to be rubberarmed. Smithtown's own has no value to this team and I'd rather have one extra reliever than an old guy who can't play.
- It's Make or Break time for John Maine- Last year, The Phillies demoted Chan Ho Park from the rotation to the bullpen and all the sudden, he found life on his pitches and became arguably their best reliever down the stretch. If John Maine has a couple more starts where he cannot find a groove, it might be time to call up Dillon Gee and convert Maine into a reliever. I'm not saying it would work as well as it did with Park last year but any way we can get more innings out of that spot in the rotation decreases the chances of a bullpen faceplant in mid June.
- Don't rush Murph back- With Ike Davis around, Daniel Murphy is of little use to the Mets as a first baseman. The best course of action would be to turn Murph into a Ty Wigginton type or for that matter, a version of Alex Cora who might actually have business hitting in the two hole. Time in the minors to try his hand at second and possibly short while getting reacclimated with the corner outfield might be ideal. I would much rather have Murph as a platoon player than Fernando Tatis. Maybe even bring up both Chris Carter and Murph, but that would be too much to ask for.
- Define a role and rules for Mejia and Stick to it- I understand the logic behind having Mejia in the bullpen even though I don't agree with it, but I don't understand jerking him around. At least The Yankees pitched Joba regularly in high leverage situations.
- Either Fire Omar and Jerry or Keep them for the rest of the Year- Realistically, a firing will only short term impact if it's done midseason unless you hire someone with crazy powers (Socks?) There was a time to fire Jerry and Omar and it was last season, but that has passed and the chances of finding a suitable replacement that would truly change the "clubhouse culture" midseason is next to zero. Since they were unfortunately retained this offseason; Jerry and Omar should at least finish out the season now that they've gotten this far. My opinion on this issue could change rapidly though.
That's basically it, it's fairly exhaustive but not comprehensive. Some are little things and some are smaller but it would be nice for this organization to have some structure.
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Absolutely no reason to have 13 pitchers on the roster.
I’m all for DFA’ing Catt. and GMJ, but bringing up a pitcher is not the right move. I would be happy with 11 pitchers on the staff and hope for 10 though that is very far off in the distance. They should bring up Carter to ph and platoon RF and Tejada to play 2b
Agreed.
With our bench, we definitely can’t afford to carry an extra pitcher.
May you be locked in a battle of wits against Omar Minaya.
by BobbyV_Incognito on Apr 26, 2010 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Instead of calling up Dillon Gee, I'd stick with Tak2 in the rotation.
No roster moves needed, he’s a lefty with a history of inverse platoons and he’s performed nicely so far. He’s always been a SP in Japan too and Barajas had a good review of him.
In lobby campaign for Chris Carter.
Do we really want
four lefty starters? It’ll work against the Phillies I guess but teams like the Cardinals would nut all over us.
What Would Matt Szczur Do?
by Hoyadestroya85 on Apr 26, 2010 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I was all for signing R.A. Dickey, but I don't know how much of a good idea promoting him would be.
He’s a rubber arm, sure, but, in the Majors, he hasn’t had all that much success. Still, so far in the Minors, he has 29 IP, and an ERA of 3.03, which isn’t exactly disappointing or anything. But, realistically, he might be a better rotation choice than Maine, at this point. Or, Tak2 takes Maine’s spot, and Dickey takes Tak2’s.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Apr 26, 2010 5:49 PM EDT reply actions
If we promote him to face Haeger
it will be a glorious idea
And to top off their greatest season yet the new jersey nets scored 86 points...in double overtime. yes a professional basketball team only mustered 86 points in 58 minutes of basketball.
I would buy tickets to that game.
I wonder what the combined record for passed balls in a game is.
May you be locked in a battle of wits against Omar Minaya.
by BobbyV_Incognito on Apr 27, 2010 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes, yes it would
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Apr 27, 2010 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions

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