March 12, 2010
This is the fifth installment of season preview videos that I did with Kerel Cooper of On The Black and Joe Janish of Mets Today. You can see the other videos on offseason grades, catchers/Daniel Murphy/Luis Castillo, Jose Reyes and David Wright, and the outfield.
In this video we talk about the starters, Francisco Rodriguez, [...]
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March 11, 2010
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by long-time Mets fan David Daniels. David is a Long Island native that gives his take on the state of the Mets in 2010. You can read David’s work at his site on Long Island life and tech.
Baseball’s back! Let the season begin, but before it does here [...]
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February 25, 2010
There’s a lot of good video coming from Port St. Lucie over the last few days. This one is from Brian Costa of the Star-Ledger featuring Johan Santana throwing a bullpen session to Rod Barajas.
Johan Santana
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January 28, 2010
I’ve been disappointed that the Mets didn’t do more to shore up the pitching rotation this offseason. I’m also surprised that they didn’t attempt an upgrade, even incremental, at first base. The more that I thought about it, after John Lackey, Matt Holliday, and Jason Bay signed their free agent deals there wasn’t anybody [...]
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January 25, 2010
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A few of the Mets are in Port St. Lucie for a few days before pitchers and catchers have to report. By far, the best coverage that I’ve seen is from Adam Rubin at the Daily News. He’s got this thing covered like a blanket.
It’s good to see that Johan Santana [...]
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October 19, 2009
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There’s only one certainty when it comes to the Mets starting pitchers for 2010: Johan Santana. As long as he’s healthy, there’s no reason to think he won’t be one of the best pitchers in baseball. He’s had some minor injury problems but I don’t expect to see any decline in [...]
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August 31, 2009
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The Mets are flying from Chicago to Colorado today. There’s no game but still plenty of news. Today is also the deadline for any trades of players that cleared waivers to play on the acquiring team’s postseason roster.
Anyway, here’s the news:
Carlos Beltran got the okay from Mets team doctors to start [...]
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August 28, 2009
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As the 2009 season slips away, it seems that more fingers are pointing in Omar Minaya’s direction when we try to determine who’s to blame. Although Minaya didn’t cause the severity and depth or the Mets injuries this season, he didn’t have a good backup plan either. As I’ve said all along, I [...]
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