Comments on: Mets Chat Room: Leaving Cincy Edition.

By: tomg

tomg — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:03:07 +0000

Steve (The Original),

I didn’t know that. If that is the case than I wouldn’t touch him.

By: Steve (The Original)

Steve (The Original) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:48:45 +0000

Tom G: I spoke to one of my friends who is a season ticket holder for the Angels. K-Rod’s FB is down by 3 mph and his slider has been very hittable this year. Even though his numbers are what they are, he hasn’t been a shut down closer this year. He has had plenty of outings that have given the Angel fans heart attacks! Also, he’s going to ask for a ton of money next year. I say ride it out with Wagner next year and see what happens.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:59:40 +0000

If they lie about the little things, they’ll lie about anything.

By: Mike C.

Mike C. — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:04:28 +0000

My concern with K-Rod is less that he’ll breakdown… he looks good when I watch ‘em on teevee out here… my concern’s more that no matter how good he is, the Mets would have to overpay for him.

But yeah, Anderson, throw him wherever they threw Julio Franco and should throw Luis Casbanjo and don’t look back.

By: Stillsane

Stillsane — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:02:09 +0000

I second Kalyan Pokala’s feelings about Anderson.

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:59:52 +0000

I wouldn’t sign K-Rod. No doubt he is nasty, but I just can’t see him holding up. He’s already thrown a ton of innings and he has a very violent delivery.

By: Kalyan Pokala

Kalyan Pokala — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:20:42 +0000

John, they’ve said he experienced shoulder tightness. He might miss the first game of the Phillies series and he says he has been dealing with the issue for a couple of weeks now.

John, is there any reason why the Mets are still giving any at bats whatsoever to Marlon Anderson? The man is done. After his laziness in the outfield started off Pelfrey’s bad inning in the fourth…you would expect a guy who 1) can’t hit 2) can’t field 3) can’t run wouldn’t still be on this team. I know it is a lot to cut Marlon Anderson with a year remaining on his contract but it has to be done.

Of course we all know if the Mets cut him he’ll become a useful pinch-hitter for some other team but it’s obvious he won’t do it here. He needs to either be traded or cut. Since it’s unlikely he can be traded with another year remaining on his deal it seems obvious: cut him now. Cancel has contributed more in 7 at bats this season than Marlon has.

I would rather have Evans play LF or make a trade for just a decent LFer to complement Marlon than this. Last night watching Maine…a flyball pitcher…turn around and look at an outfield of Tatis and Anderson in the corners…it was playing with fire. While it was Maine’s walks and his frustration with the HP’s moving strike zone that effected the game’s outcome more…I’m afraid that Maine had to be unnerved by those two statues out in the field.

Marlon Anderson just has to be cut, and John Rodriguez could be called up to take his place. The guy is 30 years old but has been raking at New Orleans. That’s something, at least he was hitting somewhere, and we know we can’t say the same about Marlon Anderson. In fact looking at the NO roster we have a lot of guys who are there and are killing the ball. None of them can do a worse job than Marlon, in the field or at the plate.

By: John Delcos

John Delcos — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:02:53 +0000

If there is something wrong with Wagner then he lied to me. I asked him point blank if there was something wrong with his shoulder and he said he was fine. He did finish the inning without any problem.-JD

By: tomg

tomg — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:05:35 +0000

If I was the Mets I would seriously consider trading Wagner in the off season and sign K-Rod, he is younger, better than Wagner and he will become a free agent at the end of the season.

By: tomg

tomg — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:01:46 +0000

Here is what Twinks is talking about!!!

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080720&content_id=3164254&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

By: Twinks

Twinks — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:54:15 +0000

JD – any truth to that wagner flew back 2 ny for a mri on his shoulder?

By: dave

dave — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:46:15 +0000

I would keep reyes.

he brings energy and i want to see what he can do

By: scoopcoop

scoopcoop — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:04:00 +0000

When (or should I say if) Church comes back, I would not be surprised if Marlon A is DFA.

He is not contributing and there are only two other guys that can go down-Cancel and A Reyes.

Cancel is probably #1 candidate and Marlon has got to be #2 to be DFA as long as Castillo is MIA and A Reyes continues to contribute.

Not a great 4 games. As I stated a few days ago the Mets have to put some distance b/w themselves and Phils over the first 30 (now 26) games while their sched is easier than Phils.

2 of 3 is imperative this wk. You would think adv Mets w/Santana, Maine, OP vs Blanton, Moyers, and a just back Myers.

But Mets don’t hit Moyers and Myers from what I recall and I believe Blanton pitched a good game vs Mets last yr.

By: Mike C.

Mike C. — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:43:12 +0000

If you wanna keep Anderson around to pinch-hit in garbage situations where you’re just pinch-hitting because the pitcher’s leaving anyway? That’s fine…

But for God’s sake, you can’t start this guy. He can’t field anywhere and he can’t hit much.

Please please please please… you can’t pick up Delgado’s option. You just can’t, not just because of a coupla good months. The age and the injuries will catch back up again.

They will. I’m thankful he’s performing right now but you CAN’T count on it.

By: tomg

tomg — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:10:16 +0000

Ray Sadecki,

I love reading the Phillies blog. I get a kick out of there fans. About Delgado, you are 100% correct. Delgado has one year left which is next year at 16 mil. If the mets don’t want him next year they can buy him out for 4 mil. I would be the first to admit, I gave up on delgado since the first month of last year and had killed him. I thought for sure he was washed up but he has turned a 360 at the plate. This is a very pleasant surprise to me. Hopefully he stays healthy and can keep it up.

By: Ray Sadecki

Ray Sadecki — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:03:13 +0000

Tomg, I went to beerleaguer to see their reaction to the Blanton trade. They are not too happy about it. We will see Big Joe tuesday night. It will be his first game for the phils. It will be interesting to see the reception he gets, especially if the Mets rough him up a little. Another nice win today by the fighting Metsies !!

By: tomg

tomg — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:57:21 +0000

Good win by the Mets. This team looks like they have turned the corner. Hopefully we get church back healthy and Omar can make a minor deal for a left fielder. If this team can stay healthy the rest of the year i like our chances. It’s amazing, met fans on this blog think met fans have been critically brutal on this blog. The Mets had a historical collapse last year so it’s understandable. The Phillies won the division last year and has been in first place for most of this season.
If you really want to see brutal fans go over to the “beerleaguer” blog (Phillies Blog) and see how they talk about there team, you would think they are the3 nationals for goodness sake.

By: dave

dave — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:43:19 +0000

considering all the bad stuff with delgado, i am ready to go in another direction. he has done well the past few weeks, but he is slow, is a liability in the field, and does not hit for avg.

we have castillo locked up for 3 more years and i think anderson for one more.

I am not looking forward to any of them coming back

By: David

David — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:41:28 +0000

Alright boys you know what they didnt play great this series and we’re able to split with a team that has been playing well. Take the day off and take control on the homestand.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:41:21 +0000

As Johnny Drama would say “VICTORY!”