Comments on: Mets Chat Room: On the Left Coast again.

By: Dan Gurney

Dan Gurney — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:10:57 +0000

Mets climb past the powerful Pittsburgh Pirates to move to 7 games behind the St Louis Cardinals who will send out ace starter Braden Looper tonight.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:21:37 +0000

Thank you god…

Billy got so freaking lucky in that inning…

By: Gil in Savannah, GA

Gil in Savannah, GA — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:20:15 +0000

Wow. The bullpen actually doesn’t blow one.
Might be the most completely solid game the Mets have played all year. Let’s see if we can keep it up.

By: Ray Sadecki

Ray Sadecki — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:20:12 +0000

Mets catch a break, line shot at em ball. nite all.

By: agee

agee — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:19:56 +0000

o my god here we go

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:19:45 +0000

It’ll look like a ground ball in the box score.

By: John Delcos

John Delcos — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:19:02 +0000

Wheeeeeew.-JD

By: John Delcos

John Delcos — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:18:19 +0000

This is why they are paying Wagner all that money.-JD

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:16:01 +0000

ERA+ 2007:
Wagner 162
Feliciano 138
Heilman 140

ERA+ 2008:
Wagner 180
Feliciano 152
Heilman 71

Anything jump out?

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:13:32 +0000

John—The trio of Sanchez, Wise and Vargas represents an upgrade over Mota, Sosa and Sele. Granted, Wise isn’t helping them on the Dl, but his acquisition did represent an upgrade.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:10:56 +0000

No, it’s a common courtesy for GMs to provide their team’s medical records. Omar wasn’t playing nice with the Mets.

By: John Delcos

John Delcos — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:06:09 +0000

BTW: A common thread to last year’s pen and this year’s pen is both are overworked. That comes from the starters not going long enough.-JD

By: TheGuvlovestheMets

TheGuvlovestheMets — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:03:51 +0000

The bullpen is worse than last years. Last year Wagner, Heilmann and Feliciano were much more reliable than this year. Only Schoeneweis has pitched better and who really trusts him. Vargas has been erratic and he just got there. Wise gave the pen a real break getting hurt. He would have made you wish for Mota back, and Sanchez is nowhere what he was before he got hurt.
Back to Vlad, if he wanted to be a Met and since he was a free agent it was on his agent to provide the records not a GM who didn’t have him on his team anymore. As much as I’d like to blame Omar for us not getting Vlad, I’m blaming Duquette.

By: Ray Sadecki

Ray Sadecki — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:02:30 +0000

Jose Reyes, you are awesome.

By: John Delcos

John Delcos — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:02:26 +0000

Tiffany, but you’re right about Heilman. He’s arguably the biggest disappointment this season.-JD

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:01:53 +0000

Very disappointing. Three hours now and no visit from Giuseppe Franco.

At least I can dream about Ray Catena.

By: John Delcos

John Delcos — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:01:34 +0000

Tiffany, I merely said the bullpen hasn’t gotten better. Where has it improved? Wise is hurt. Sanchez is not there. Vargas has only recently gone there. I don’t see where it is better.-JD

By: David

David — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:59:27 +0000

You know i dont really know if statistics will back this up or not but simply based on observation the biggest problem i see with the pen is the lack of a swing and miss guy who can come in with inherited runners and get that big K. Too many guys relying on off speed junk that if they miss the spot will be hit hard

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:52:04 +0000

I disagree with you, John. Last year’s bullpen featured about 150 innings of work by the likes of Mota, Sosa and Sele. All three are gone, and Omar has looked to Wise, Sanchez and Vargas to fill those roles.

The real problem with this year’s pen is how bad Heilman has been (tonight withstanding).

By: Dan Gurney

Dan Gurney — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:49:07 +0000

Heilmann actually does the job and gets Guerrero and Hunter out. It must be 2006!

Darren Oliver is still around? Like old soldiers, left handed pitchers never die (or lose jobs).