Category: Spring Training

Mets And Marlins With Ollie Batting Second

The Florida Marlins are at Tradition Field today for the first Mets home game of the spring. All of the beat reporters are writing about Jerry Manuel’s batting order for the game with Oliver Perez batting second. Manuel’s trying to keep it light between 80-pitch batting cage barrages. Here’s the lineup for today’s game:

Luis Castillo ……… 2B
Oliver Perez ……… LHP
Jose Reyes ………. SS
Carlos Delgado ….. 1B
David Wright ……… 3B
Carlos Beltran ……. CF
Ryan Church ……… RF
Daniel Murphy ……..LF
Brian Schneider ….. C

Mets 2009 Spring Training Schedule Updated

I changed the display format of the spring training schedule to make it easier to read. You can see the entire Mets spring training schedule here at The Mets Report. Now that the games have started I need to make sure everything is in order. Let me know if you have any suggested changes in the comments below.

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Daily Mets Links: Church, Tatis, Manuel, And More

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There are plenty of stories to report about the Mets this morning from Port St. Lucie. They played their first intra-squad game yesterday with Jerry Manuel watching carefully from behind the shortstop position.

Onto the Mets in the news:

  • Ryan Church talked to  the media about Manuel telling the media that Fernando Tatis will see time in right field. Manuel said he didn’t care about the players reaction to his comments. He’s trying to put the team in the best position to win.
  • The Mets are likely to announce a player development agreement with the Mexico City Red Devils of the Mexican League. That’s the team that Ricardo Rincon played for last season.
  • Joel Sherman of the Post writes about Johan Santana mentoring Oliver Perez and Ryan Church downplaying talk of a right field platoon. This is a good, short read.
  • David Lennon of Newsday writes about Fernando Tatis’ aching palm and Ryan Church receiving an “I (heart) New York” t-shirt.
  • Ben Shipgel of the NY Times does a tremendous profile of new third base coach Razor Shines.
  • Ryan Fagan of The Sporting News does his 2009 Mets preview. He predicts a wild card berth for the Mets.
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Links: Mets News On Murphy, Church, Garcia, And More

Here are some links from all over the Internet about the Mets today:

  • Manager Jerry Manuel backtracks on yesterday’s statement about a Church/Tatis platoon in right field from the Daily News.
  • The starting outfielders are working out on Field 7 which is modeled after the Citi Field outfield dimensions from NY Times.
  • Jose Valentin is still trying to win a spot on the major league roster. But he’s okay with playing and coaching at Triple-A Buffalo if it comes to that from NY Times.
  • Daniel Murphy playing everyday in left field is the topic at Ontheblack.com.
  • Joel Sherman of the NY Post has two posts today about the RF and LF platoon issue. And he says that Freddy Garcia hasn’t looked great so far this spring.
  • The first game at Citi Field now will be between St. John’s and Georgetown on March 29.
  • Carlos Muniz joins the ranks of Mets pitchers working on a split finger fastball this spring.

Rosenthal: Mets Won’t Choke Again

We’ve got some video from Fox Sports and Ken Rosenthal today. Basically, he talks about K-Rod and Putz joining the Mets this season. He also gets into Redding, Garcia, Niece, and Parnell bolstering the fifth spot in the rotation.

Rosenthal does echo the sentiments I’ve heard a lot from Mets fans that Omar Minaya didn’t address the offense this offseason. But there may be some big bats available at the trade deadline this season. Namely, Matt Holliday and Maglio Ordonez are likely to become available for trades in my opinion.

Click the link below to watch the Fox Sports video.

Rosenthal: Mets upgrade bullpen
Rosenthal: Mets upgrade bullpen