Adam Rubin of the New York Daily News did a good Q&A with Angel Pagan today. He’s such a great story early in this season and it sounds like he’s a good guy.
I’m surprised that Endy Chavez is starting his second game in a row tonight. Angel’s been so good in left for the past few weeks.
Ed Coleman, the Mets beat reporter, joins Joe & Evan on WFAN.
Wright talks about his game, this season, and the Phillies rivalry.
New York Mets (10-7) at Chicago Cubs (12-6) 7:05pm
John Maine (1-1) vs. Carlos Zambrano (2-0)
TV: ESPN Radio: WFAN
What to watch: Zambrano’s a great pitcher, so this could be a real pitchers duel. Maine looks like he’s getting his spring training form back. The Mets begin their two game series in Chicago with a national TV game and then head to Washington on Wednesday.
Chase Utley hit two homers off Mike Pelfrey and had four RBI’s. Pelfrey was just terrible pitching five innings and giving up 10 hits, two walks and four earned runs. Pedro Feliciano wasn’t much better in the seventh giving up two hits a walk and a run in .2 innings.
Jose Reyes 2 for 5 and David Wright 2 for 3 continued their hot hitting but it wasn’t enough to overcome Pelfrey’s poor start. The Mets had two men on base in the ninth against Brad Lidge but Luis Castillo couldn’t get a bunt down, Wright popped out, and Beltran hit a hard grounder up the middle that Eric Bruntlett made a great diving play on.
The Mets still took two out of three in the series so as long as they keep winning series they’ll be fine. They fly to Chicago tonight to play to against the Cubs.
Multiple media outlets are reporting that the Philadelphia Phillies placed shortstop Jimmy Rollins on the 15-day disabled list today. He hasn’t started the last ten games due to an ankle injury.
This is the first post in a series called “Pick ’em” that I decided to run to compare somewhat similar players at a position. The premise is that you get to pick one of the two players to fill the position on your team. Of course, I’ll give my thoughts and then let you have your say in the comments section at the bottom of the post.
I decided to start this series with Jose Reyes and Jimmy Rollins. It’s a timely comparison with the Mets on the verge of sweeping the Phillies tonight on national TV. I think it would be universally recognized that these are two of the premier shortstops in the National League if not all of baseball. For the purpose of this comparison we’ll ignore any current injuries. Specifically, Jimmy Rollins has a sprained ankle that we’ll disregard.
There are, of course, other tremendous shortstops out there that may be compared to Reyes in the future such as Hanley Ramirez, Troy Tulowitzki, Stephen Drew, and even Alex Rodriguz (the best shortstop in the world that doesn’t play shortstop), among others. Continue reading “Pick ’em: Jose Reyes or Jimmy Rollins”
The Mets Report 