Author: Dave Doyle

Frequently disappointed Mets fan

Mets Trade For Anderson Hernandez

Anderson Hernandez
Image by Keith Allison via Flickr

The Mets did another deal with the struggling Washington Nationals today re-acquiring light-hitting infielder Anderson Hernandez. You probably recall that the Mets sent Hernandez to the Nationals about one year ago to complete the deal for Luis Ayala.

This season with the Nats he’s hitting .251| .310| .320 with 9 doubles, 1 homer and 23 RBI’s in 77 games.

The Mets sent Single-A second baseman Greg Veloz to the Nationals in return.

Clearly, this is a move intended as insurance for Luis Castillo‘s injury. This doesn’t bolster the team for a playoff run. Far from it. Hernandez is a live body that can play second base and that’s all.

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Pre-Game: Mets at Padres Aug. 6, 2009

PadresNewLogoNew York Mets (51-56 Road: 29-25) at San Diego Padres (44-65 Home: 27-29) 10:05pm

Livan Hernandez (7-5 4.77) vs. Clayton Richard (4-3 4.47)

TV: SNY

What to watch: The Mets and Padres start up a four game series tonight at Petco Park. The Padres just lost two of three to the Braves in Atlanta. Richard has worked from the pen and started this year. His last three starts have been excellent only allowing 3 runs in 21.2 innings. Hernandez has made three solid starts in a row after struggling in early July. He’s allowed 7 runs in 20 innings in those starts.

Don’t forget to visit The Mets Report Live Game Chat during the game to chat with other Mets fans!

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Mets Jose Reyes Injury Update

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia

All of the Mets beat writers are reporting that Jose Reyes had another MRI today in New York that revealed significant scar tissue and inflammation behind his right knee. He left Port St. Lucie, where he was rehabbing, because of pain in his leg. The plan is for him to stay in New York for physical therapy to break up the scar tissue and reduce the inflammation.

I’m starting to doubt that we’ll see Reyes back on the field again this year. I’m sure that he’d like to be able to finish the season with the team so he can go into next year without such a bad taste in his mouth. Reyes hasn’t played since May 20 and only played in 36 games this season.

Mets Lose Jon Niese For 2009 Season

Jon_NieseReports are coming out tonight that Jon Niese is gone for the season after leaving the game in the second inning today. His right hamstring tendon is completely torn from the bone, an ugly injury. All of us that saw the game today knew it was serious when he collapsed on the mound and couldn’t walk off the field.

He’ll have surgery and is expected to recover in time for 2010 spring training. What a shame for the 22 year-old who really seemed to have found himself since struggling early this season.

Jerry Manuel told the media in his post game press conference that the Mets are considering starting Bobby Parnell in Niese’s spot. That could get interesting considering how badly Parnell has struggled for much of this season.

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MetsReport.com Site Changes

Flickr photo courtesy of stage88
Flickr photo courtesy of stage88

You may have noticed some changes to the site today. I’ve had the same layout for more than a year and wanted to change things up a bit. The Mets should really try the same as well. There are some things that I’ve been doing with the site over the last year that just didn’t fit into the layout that I was using. So it was time for a change.

You’ll notice my Twitter and Facebook profiles are much more prominent now. That’s something that’s developed over the last year along with the site.

The site is also less complex now making it faster to load in your browser. That was a big priority for me. The sophistication of the previous layout didn’t lend itself to speed.

I hope you like the changes and it’s still somewhat in progress. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

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Post Game: Mets-Cardinals August 5, 2009

We have some post game audio from Bobby Parnell and Jerry Manuel after the Mets 9-0 win over the Cardinals.  Here’s Parnell talking about his game and the injury to Jon Niese:

And here’s Jerry Manuel talking about the win, the injury to Niese, Gary Sheffield, and the possibility of moving Parnell to the rotation:
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Mets 9 – Cardinals 0 August 5, 2009

NEW YORK - APRIL 15: Gary Sheffield of the Ne...
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The Mets broke out the bats for this one and rocked the Cardinals before leaving for San Diego today. The bad news is that they lost two more players in the process. Jon Niese started the game and went 1.2 innings only giving up 1 hit and 1 walk. But in the second inning he was covering first base on a ground ball and appeared to be hurt badly. He went into the splits with his front leg slipping in the dirt. He attempted to throw a pitch to test the leg and went down in a heap on the mound. And he was carried off the field by the trainers. It looked pretty serious.

Gary Sheffield left the game in the bottom of the sixth inning after hitting a ball to the wall in left center. It looked like an easy double but Sheffield stopped at first base and immediately walked off the field. Apparently, his right hamstring was bothering him again.

The Mets got some outstanding offense for a change. They were all over Kyle Lohse for 5 of their 9 runs. He couldn’t make it out of the third inning. David Wright and Angel Pagan did the most damage getting three hits apiece and both homered in the game.

Nelson Figueroa got another chance today and made the most of it going 4.1 scoreless innings in relief of Niese. Bobby Parnell then came in and threw 3 scoreless innings. After the game, Jerry Manuel said that they’re stretching Parnell out in anticipation that he’ll be moving to the rotation.

The Mets leave for San Diego feeling a little better about themselves after taking a beating at home by the D-Backs and splitting the two-game series with the Cardinals.

Box score

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