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Manny in the ASG? A job for Voltron
by dissento on May 27, 2009 4:22 PM EDT
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Help preserve the honor and dignity (*coughcough*) of the All-Star Game. Manny Ramirez is a close fourth in the NL OF voting. There's only one way to prevent the worst voting travesty since Ruben beat Clay -- Vote for Carlos Beltran!
Ramirez is fourth among outfielders, with 442,763 votes in the first round of National League balloting, which was released today. He is only 34,080 votes behind third-place Carlos Beltran, who is in line for the final starting outfield spot.
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Who has more RBI...?
by dissento on May 14, 2008 12:38 PM EDT
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Who has more RBI than:
- Miguel Tejada
- Carlos Beltran
- Albert Pujols
- Mike Jacobs :)
- Ryan Howard
- Big Papi and Manny
- Vlad Guerrero
Ryan Church. I know it won't last, but I love it when players surprise you. I'm so used to having players come in with big expecations, only to disappoint. So here's one that goes the other way, change. It will be interested to see how he looks over the full year.
Confident Pedro Martinez Performs Own Rotator-Cuff Surgery
by dissento on Oct 11, 2006 9:52 AM EDT
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Breaking news from The Onion:
"NEW YORK--Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez, who will miss the next eight months with an arm injury, showed no loss of morale or confidence as he performed his own rotator-cuff surgery last week. "My original plan was to make a minor incision in the shoulder and conduct an arthroscopy to examine the torn labrum," Martinez told reporters at the Mets training facility while outlining his method on the photos he took during the procedure. "However, the damage was extensive enough to necessitate me detaching my entire deltoid muscle and performing a thorough acromioplasty to remove bone spurs in my shoulder." Martinez said he expected himself to recover well enough to perform surgery on his calf in three to five months and begin throwing off the mound in eight."
Rumor Central: Oswalt or Schimidt for Milledge
by dissento on Jul 31, 2006 8:57 AM EDT
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...According to SI.
"The New York Mets are engaged in serious talks for two superb starting pitchers who carry the potential to stamp them as a World Series favorite -- Giants right-hander Jason Schmidt and, in something of a shocker, the Astros' Roy Oswalt -- league sources told SI.com.
Mets general manager Omar Minaya was debating late Sunday night whether to surrender one of the biggest pieces of the Mets' future to acquire either Schmidt or Oswalt and greatly enhance his team's immediate chances. The asking price for both Schmidt and Oswalt is believed to revolve around multi-talented young outfielder Lastings Milledge."
In my opinion, I hope they go for Oswalt.
RBI Poll
by dissento on Sep 29, 2005 11:57 AM EDT
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Four games to go and David Wright and Cliff Floyd both have 97 RBI. Who's going to win this meaningless race?
Mid-Year - Indiviudal stat questions
by dissento on Jul 5, 2005 12:26 PM EDT
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Rather than show "at this pace" projections, I thought I'd list some of the individual stats I'm interested in and what I'm wondering about...
Will Floyd have a 40 HR, 100 RBI year? (He is projected to)
Will Beltran have a 30 HR, 90 RBI year? (He'll have to pick up the pace).
Will Piazza break 20 HR? Will he get his average up to .280?
Will Pedro win 20? Will he lead the league in strikeouts? (C. Carpenter is gaining on him)
Will any regular Met hit .300?
Will Jose score 100 runs? (Also, he had an outside shot at 700 ABs, but that's shot with him batting 7th.)
Will Benson win 17 games? (he's on pace for 15.)
Will Glavine have a winning record?
Starters - Did you know...?
by dissento on Jun 24, 2005 4:59 PM EDT
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Did you know, despite a pretty dominating start to the season by Martinez, the Mets are only 8-6 in Pedro's starts? By no means, an automatic win. Contrast that with the fact that we're 8-2 in Kris Benson's starts. Maybe Carlos Beltran loves Pedro, but I guess our bullpen does not.
Brag about your Fantasy/ Rotisserie team thread
by dissento on May 31, 2005 3:47 PM EDT
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This is semi-off-topic, but I love talking about fantasy baseball. How are you doing this year? What Mets are helping you? Who's hurt you?
I've have several teams and only one is doing well (lineup after the bump). I dropped Glavine (whom I picked up for almost nothing) off one team already. I managed to pick up Cameron on waiver on the same team, which was nice.
Homestand Challenge - 12 Game predictions (POLL)
by dissento on May 31, 2005 11:59 AM EDT
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The Mets finally meet the West, but they do so back East, er, at home that is. We've looked like a decent team at home, but we haven't faced many world beaters. The next twelve games looks like we'll be facing the good, the bad, and the unpredictable.
10 Game Challenge (w/Poll)
by dissento on May 19, 2005 3:25 PM EDT
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This next stretch of ten games in a row is really going to show us what this team is (or isn't). The Yankees series is probably a circus where anything could happen -- it's hard to tell how good or bad the Yankees are right now. But then you know what we're getting with the Braves and Marlins.
At this pace....
by dissento on May 18, 2005 9:30 AM EDT
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It's 1/4 mark in the season, just about. Which is only significant because it makes the math easier to project out player stats for the full year. Just for kicks (below fold).
Predictions for May
by dissento on Apr 29, 2005 5:04 PM EDT
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May is going to be a tough month -- 3 with Atlanta, 4 with FL (who is not very good but still gives us trouble), 3 with the Yanks, 3 with the Cubs, and 3 with St. Louis. We have to hope to beat up on Philly, Milwaukee, and Cincy.
My prediction for the Month is 14-14.
Best case scenario is 16 wins and worst case is 9 wins.
I know nine wins would be disastrous but it's out there. Especially is we run into troublei Milwaukee again this year or if we can't figure out the Phillies (why can't we hit Randy Wolf? Why?)
Who is Mike Gonzalez...
by dissento on Apr 22, 2005 1:51 PM EDT
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... And what is worth?
Saw this today: The New York Daily News' Adam Rubin reports the New York Mets have expressed serious interest in acquiring RP Mike Gonzalez and RP John Grabow from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
I know nothing about these guys other than Gonzalez has 10k in 7.2 innings this year. Who are we talking about moving here?
Pleasant Surprises
by dissento on Apr 20, 2005 4:11 PM EDT
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The diary below this talks about the Free Agent nightmares (and some bad trades as well). But what were the pleasant surprises. Free agents, trades, or homegrown players who did more than one could hope for.
Only Four Outfielders?
by dissento on Apr 1, 2005 3:47 PM EST
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Without Joe McEwing, Kerry Robinson, Ron Calloway, or Victor Diaz are the Mets really going north with only Valent as a backup outfielder? That seems odd when you've got fragile Floyd and Cameron out there.
Can Cairo play OF in a pinch? How about Woodward?
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