Isn't 103 pitches pretty low for a knuckleballer? Or was this time Jerry (shockingly) right for pulling Dickey?
Why would you take out the knuckleballer, who had pitched remarkably well through 6, when his pitch count was juts barely over 100? Isn't one of the main perks of having a knuckballer on staff that they have rubber arms and can pitch forever? You wouldn't know it the way Jerry uses the bullpen.
Carter did knock in an extra insurance run PHing for Dicky, but I still would have prefered to leave in the knuckle baller. If Carter keeps hitting like he has, Murhpy is going to be spending a lot of time in AAA.
I thought the same thing about taking Dickey out, but I guess Jerry wins this one, as the pinch hitter Carter drove in a run, and Valdes got through the inning.
I think that complete games gives Jerry nightmares!hmy: He always over used his pen, especially Nieve, he throws him out almost evey game it seems...
They should try out Murph at 2B in AAA. If he proves a decent fielder there, he could prove to be better than both Cora and Castillo.
I think they tried that in winter league a few seasons ago, didn't seem to leave a lasting impression with the organization. Should go ahead and give the kid Tajada a chance there. The Mets are hoping Havens (AA) will be ready by next season, but he has never played a full season without getting hurt. Satin (A) also looks like he might have a good bat, not sure how his D is.
The starting pitching the last 4 games has been stellar, great game by Dickey tonight.... let's take it into tomorrow because we're gonna need it the next two nights. On the opposite end the Phils have looked very beatable the last few times out.
the season that Murph tried 2B in winterball, he got hurt during winterball, and only played like 10 games or something
He also played 17 games at second base (poorly) in Binghamton in 2008, which is obviously still not enough games to tell if he can do it. The only way they can really find out is to play him at second every day in the minors for months, but that's not the sort of thing the Mets ever seem to do. (See Mejia for another example.)
Maine continues to complain about the Mets having the nerve to pull him and put him on the disabled list. Is anyone else getting as sick of him as I am? This guy has been mediocre-to-lousy for 2 1/2 years (4.55 ERA, 1.402 WHIP, 1.66 K/BB ratio, 5.33 average innings per start since 2008), and downright awful this year (6.13, 1.815, 1.56, 4.96 [even omitting that last start], respectively), yet all we hear from him is how the Mets are being unfair by not letting him keep pitching. You'd think that given that performance he'd just keep his mouth shut. It's hard to believe that he and Perez were two of the top pitching prospects in baseball going into the 2008 season. http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/francoeur-denies-strawberry-upset-mets-players-1.1949605
I agree. He's giving himself entirely way too much credit. He had nice numbers for us in 06 and 07, and he had real hard stuff. The past few years though he's been on and off hurt, and he's had a bunch of arm problems. He came back this year but the stuff isn't the same. He's missing about 9 MPH on his fastball. There's obviously something wrong. He's fudged with his pitching and throwing mechanics, and he's tried to re-invent himself too, adding a few pitches to his arsenal to offset his loss in velocity on the FB (I believe he should have done this while he still HAD the FB velocity). It hasn't worked out and he's pitched pretty bad this year, and no need for him to be out there fucking it up for the team, disregarding how much of a 'fighter' he is. Again, there's something wrong, and he needs to get fucking checked out right now.
