This is my first post on this site

What’s the pitching rotation? I like Johan Santana coming back as the Ace.

Maybe. Who knows with the team docs. They’re probably harvesting his organs for vampires or something.

After him everyone else was vanilla. I like Dillon Gee, but outside of him who are the other 3 guys. Gee seems like a 3 or 4 pitcher in a rotation. What pitchers are out there that are reasonably priced? I like Mike Pelfrey and Jonothan Niece, but neither of them are overpowering. They could be a 4.9 ERA just as easily as a 3.2 ERA. Is there anyone that could provide veteran leadership and a low ERA?

Thou hast forsaken our lord and Savior, Ye mountain climber, R.A. Dickey. Everyone else is kind of uninspiring, yes. We still have hope that they sign Oswalt and Ed Jackson so we can compete in '12

With this pitching staff I don’t see a lot of dominating pitching performances, and winning will be on the bullpen and a good offense.

*nodding my head

I heard John Rauch is replacing K Rod as the closer. What is his story, and what do you expect out of him?

Negative, Ramon Ramirez is coming over from the Giants and is above average. Rauch is going to be a middle reliever.

Who is coming up from Triple A to play in the Majors? How does the Mets farm system compare to the other MLB baseball teams?

This year? Probably no one of any impact. Fernando Martinez has knee issues, Cap’n Kirk hasn’t been really knocking the cover off the ball, and outside of cups of coffee this September, I don’t think any of the pitchers will get MLB time. Overall the system is about average.

Lastly. I’ve never been impressed with Justin Turner. Am I alone on that one?

I also love how you bunched him in with Kenny Rodgers. I find it funny that you’re impressed with dreck like Turner and don’t like Piazza.

This sounds kinda familiar. I stopped following them closely after 2006. I have been excited about them ever since Sandy Alderson, a sane and competent man, was brought in and terribad manager Jerry was replaced with shiny new skipper Terry. They are fun to watch, although you’re probably right on the money about their 2012 record.

the pitching rotation? I like Johan Santana coming back as the Ace. After him everyone else was vanilla. I like Dillon Gee, but outside of him who are the other 3 guys. [/quote]

Heh, people on this site might think you’re trolling with this statement due to our love for knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. He is my favorite current Met and can be pretty much perfect on a good night.
Santana is just a question mark to me and he can’t be depended on to be an “Ace” or anything else at this point.
Gee is nowhere near as good as Niese and won’t even be as good as Pelfrey (who is mediocre and the source of much angst) if he can’t improve his control. More likely he’s what you’d call a #5 starter this point although I personally like him too and think he could be a 4, or less likely a 3 at best; others aren’t so optimistic.
We will see starts from AAA guys, none of whom will be anything to write home about unless they are foolishly rushing one of our top prospects.

Murphy. … What will be his every day spot? If it’s 2nd base, will it be in a rotation, or can I expect him there for 140+ games?[/quote]

Good question!
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That’s all I’ve got, I am honestly wondering the same thing.

Didn’t realize you guys liked RA Dickey. As I said, I’m just getting back into baseball. Every time I watched Dickey he was pitching a 7 or 8 inning 1 run performance, followed by a 3 inning 6 run performance. Maybe I’m incorrect, but it seamed that way from what I saw. He didn’t seem consistent to me.

[Reyes]’s been the face of the Mets despite David Wright being the backbone in my opinion.

Funny. I’ve always considered it to be the other way around.

I like Johan Santana coming back as the Ace

Sadly I don’t see this happening. I’m not expecting more than 50 serviceable innings.

Gee seems like a 3 or 4 pitcher in a rotation.

He’s a #5. If that. Dickey is the best pitcher we have; he’d be a legit #2 on just about any team. Niese is a borderline #2 but he still has some development left. Pelfrey should be a #5, but he’ll likely slot in as a #3 for us.

How does the Mets farm system compare to the other MLB baseball teams?

It was bottom third thanks to Minaya drafting college relievers and small school bats (which he actually did alright with – the bats, not the arms), but thanks to a great draft by Alderson we probably rank anywhere from 13 to 18 league wide. Names to be familiar with are Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Jenrry Mejia, Jeurys Familia, Cesar Puello, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Wilmer Flores, Brandon Nimmo, and Domingo Tapia to name a handful.

I’ve never been impressed with Justin Turner. Am I alone on that one?

Nope. I called him a replacement level player last offseason and he went on to prove me right putting up a 0.8 fWAR. Doesn’t field well and has an average-ish bat (90 wRC+).

-10,000 for misspelling David "WR0NGZ "

should have warned you that fanposts are a little more serious here then at GGN. why exactly didn’t you like piazza? mean he was one of, if not the best, hitter we ever had.