Poll: Will Fernando Martinez Start Tonight?
by James Kannengieser on Aug 16, 2010 5:02 PM EDT
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The poll is closed. If you answered "no", you are correct. Your prize is four more years of Omar Minaya.
The 2010 New York Mets' motto is "rush unpolished prospects and sit them on the bench".
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Twenty-one year old prospect Fernando Martinez has not started the last two games, and has started just four of eight games since being called up. Setting aside the wisdom of the initial decision to promote him to the big club, Martinez absolutely must play everyday, no matter the level at which he is competing. Maybe off days against tough lefties would be advisable. But in typical Mets fashion, Jerry Manuel decided platooning Martinez with Jeff Francoeur, a player with no Mets future beyond 2010, was a good idea.
Tonight in Houston, the Mets will face the solid left-handed pitcher Wandy Rodriguez. Will Fernando Martinez be in the starting lineup? I say yes, actually, considering Carlos Beltran has started five games in a row and could use a day off. Given Beltran's production he is probably in Jerry's doghouse. An outfield formation of Martinez in left, Angel Pagan in center and Francoeur in right seems likely.
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If you vote yes
and you are correct, the prize is that the Mets will play F! this evening! Excellent.
I voted no
But I really, really, REALLY hope I’m wrong.
If there's ever a riot at Citi Field and Oliver Perez was the starter, I started the riot.
I wish the Mets would post the lineup every game via fan vote
It may be the only way to get me to give a rat’s patooie about this team and this season
Idea...
how about the first completely fan-vote managed team in MLB history. The bench coach will sit in the dugout with a laptop, while the Amazing Avenue community manages the team during the game. Wow, I like it. Collectively, I think we are far better than Jerry. Lol, can you imagine an argument with the umpire. The bench coach walks out with the laptop and the ump can read what we write. I guess a new laptop would be necessary for each time we get thrown out of the game.
by CCE718 on Aug 16, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
That, or the laptop could wear a disguise ala Bobby Valentine
John Olerud, Hall of Famer. Got a nice ring to it.
Yes
CF in Houston is a bitch with that stupid hill.
Beltran is disdained there so they may give his ears a respite for the boos.
Same here
Watching Mets-Astros over that would be pure masochism.
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2010 Mets- Hey, we may suck, but what did you expect?
Agreed. So looking forward to football
J-E-T-S, JETS JETS JETS!
"I reject your reality and substitute my own"
-Adam Savage
by blueandorange4life on Aug 16, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Lefties can't hit lefties. Carter and Martinez will be benched and, if not Beltran, we might see Blanco/Hessman in LF.
Hey maybe even Dickey in LF.
In lobby campaign for Chris Carter.
He saved my marriage!
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by secret defense on Aug 16, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I want you babe.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 16, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
lol i know.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 16, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
anyway who is ready from some football!?!?
heres a fun fact did you know the jets paid for must of THERE new stadium the stadium is about $1.2billion the jets paid bout $800 million i dont know bout ya but its clear of the name and that is Jets stadium respect all giants fan i watched the superbowl and glad u beat the patsies but dont refer it as GIANTS stadium
Welcome to Amazin' Avenue.
Please punctuate your sentences.
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on Aug 16, 2010 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
turrible english
and its not called Jets Stadium. Thats a comical one thou. Its currently The Meadowlands stadium. I’m a giants fan and will refer to it as our stadium. Jets fans will do the same for their team.
For god's sakes
This is so childish. This is just like the ridiculousness of Yanks v. Mets. They rarely ever play eachother and not nearly enough to affect eachother’s overall records anyway. Its called Meadowlands stadium until some sucker coughs up the naming fees. As New Yorkers (and Jerseyites too I suppose) I don’t really care what its called provided a New York team is pounding on the opposition there. If they ever play eachother in a championship game, then we can break out the chest-thumping and name calling. Until then, lets just see some good solid football!
by chakrabs on Aug 16, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
though I don't think it's near as ridiculous as the Yanks vs Mets, since their games against
each other generally have more ramifications on the season when they do play…and their actually closer in performance, where as there’s really no rivalry when one team is a laughingstock.
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon
hey im just trying to spice up the rivalry i would to see a new york superbowl best of luck to ya’ll.
by J3TSFANFORLYF3 on Aug 16, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Francesa talked about naming rights earlier.
For now the fans will call it what they want, but he said he is sure that some company is willing to pay big bucks for naming rights.
Consequences will never be the same.
by NetsMets4Life on Aug 16, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
You lose
And thus, so do the Mets
AdamRubinESPN
Mets lineup @ Houston: Reyes-SS, Pagan-LF, Wright-3B, Beltran-CF, Francoeur-RF, Hessman-1B, Blanco-C, Castillo-2B, Niese-LHP.
It certainly makes sense to play the 32 year old Hessman at 1b
while leaving the best hitter in the IL a 24 year old, at AAA.
[falls off chair, stares blankly at carpet]
well Hessman is on the 40
nevermind the fact we need to put Duda on the 40 before the rule V deadline anyway.
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon
I voted no...and I'm not surprised he isn't
Jerry doesn’t give a shit about anyone but himself at this point.
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2010 Mets- Hey, we may suck, but what did you expect?
I wake up every morning and check to see if he has been fired yet.
I actually thought today might have been the one, lost series after we had a chance to win it, lost series against big time rival, flying out of town, still a slim chance of a playoff berth…but no. I guess he is here till the end.
Jerry is incompetent and the Wilpons care more about money than winning. Should we expect anything more?
by ScottfromPeekskill on Aug 16, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Sounds like a scene from the Jerry biopic, Good Will Bunting
But you know what the best part of my day is? For about ten seconds, from when I pick up to the paper until I get to the sports section, maybe I’ll read it and Jerry won’t be here. No flight to Anaheim. No “3 a.m.” firing. He just left.
by Bieser's Balk on Aug 16, 2010 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
At every turn.
Is there a single player he’s handled correctly? Blanco, maybe…
It's great for the team
when the GM, manager and players are all on the same page
Spoiling the party...
but has it occurred to anyone else that the Mets brought F up in order to see whether he can handle a platoon with Francouer next year, so as to be able to trade Pagan and his 3rd year arb salary in the offseason?
I’m aware that anything imputing reason to a Mets FO move has to be treated with immediate and intense skepticism, but other than for the sake of making a completely random move, what could possibly be an alternate, logical explanation for this thoroughly bizarre platoon experiment?
So many of us, myself included, have written ‘WTF?’ posts, asking ‘why the hell are the Mets continuing to play Francouer, someone they have no interest in bringing back next year?’
And that, my fellow Avenuers, is the rub. The Mets may in fact be planning to bring Frenchy back as the LH hitting RFer. And if F! can’t handle it next year, that means Francouer is once again our starting RFer.
Holy _.
No
I refuse to believe this, against my better judgment. I think they wanted to give Eff some burn at the ML level in a desperate attempt to jack up his trade value and potentially generate excitement among fans. Jerry, however, is not necessarily down with the program. Again, symptomatic of a lack of accountability and irrational, haphazard division of decisionmaking authority. Predictable result: facepalm.
They think the fans love him
I don’t know about you, but the only reason I’d pay to watch this team is the comic value of Wincoeur swinging himself into the dirt
Reyes, Thole, Wright, Beltran, Bay, Davis, Martinez, Tejada...
by Stephen Schmidt on Aug 16, 2010 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm watching
to see if Vince Coleman can trot out to left center field without anyone noticing.
i reject my prize
thats the worst prize ive heard of
I like Ike, I hate Jerry
BREAKING NEWS: KRod with torn ligament in thumb
Gee, I wonder how that happened?
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
"Who has more fun than people?"
- Ralph Kiner
Picking his nose
And then eating it!
by James Kannengieser on Aug 16, 2010 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions
He's definitely a dumbkopf and scheizerkopf
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
"Who has more fun than people?"
- Ralph Kiner
Hmm. The Jailhouse Roddy Torn Thumb Ligament Thread seems closed.
Someone was wondering if the Mets can void his contract because of this. I can’t remember—was his team at the time able to void part of Jeff Kent’s contract when he hurt himself riding a motorcycle (which I think was specifically prohibited by his contract) but claimed the injury came while he was washing his truck.?
I suppose a lot of it depends on the language of J-Rod’s contract.
If it says, “this contract may be voided in the case of the player’s incurring injury while committing a Class 3 Misdemeanor” then yes. Yes, they can.
Francoeur is batting 5th?
He has to be the worst #5 hitter in the history of MLB.
What a laughable team we have. It really makes me sad.
Against a lefty he's got an 850 OPS for his career
so it’s not completely horrible.
That he’s on the team and taking at bats from a young player who has an infinitely better chance than he does of turning into a good major league ballplayer—now THAT’s horrible
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