Category: Spring Training

Mets Spring Training News: Reyes, Murphy, Jacobs

Today was my second day at Digital Domain Park and there was a ton of news today:

  • Jose Reyes will start the season on the disabled list
  • Daniel Murphy will start the season on the disabled list with a sprained knee
  • Mike Jacobs will make the team and probably start at first base on opening day
  • Chris Carter and Frank Catalonotto are vying for the final roster spot
  • The Mets are setting up the rotation to be Johan Santana, John Maine, Jon Niese, Mike Pelfrey, and Oliver Perez

That’s a lot to digest. While you’re doing that, I’ll tell you about my day today. I started out watching the morning work out and checking out the player’s cars being shipped back to New York. I got some great pictures of the work out that you can see in the slide show below.

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Mets 2010 Spring Training – Moving Day

It’s moving day here at Digital Domain Park. The trucks are here picking up the player’s cars as you can see in the image below. I’ll keep it short because I’m blogging from my phone.

I’ll be here all day. Stop by section 105 row A if you’re here for the game today against the Marlins. Nelson Figueroa is making his last bid to make the team today.

Mets Spring Training- Oliver Perez Fails Again

What a let down for my first day at Mets spring training this year. Oliver Perez gets rocked for 7 runs including giving up 3 home runs. Even Johan Santana had a rough day against the Triple-A Cardinals team. It was tough all the way around. Alex Cora got hit by a pitch in the hip and came out of the game too.

It’s really beyond anyone’s capability to comprehend what’s going on with Perez. There’s no consistency from game to game. And I’m a firm believer that there never will be. He may be able to put a few good starts together but not enough to warrant anyone’s expectations that he can do so with any regularity.

The only good news of the day was that Jose Reyes played in the minor league game and went 1 for 5. He didn’t go crazy on the bases, but did get out and do some running. It sounds like Reyes is still holding out hope to play on opening day. Even if he doesn’t make it into the lineup next week, he’s not far away from being ready to play.

Here are my photos from my first day here at Digital Domain Park:

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Oliver Perez at Digital Domain Park Today

Mets Spring Training - Oliver Perez
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It’s still strange to write Digital Domain instead of Tradition Field. But I’ll be there for today’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals with Oliver Perez on the mound. There’s no denying that Perez is one of the keys to the Mets’ success in 2010. So I can’t wait to get a first-hand look at him this year.

I also read a tweet from David Lennon that Johan Santana is throwing his tune-up for opening day against the minor leaguers today. I’ll have to see if I can find him on one of the side fields.

I’ll try to post some images and posts from my phone while I’m there.

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Mets Links: 2010 Opening Day Roster, Jason Bay

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There are a couple of quick links I wanted to put up today. I’m in Florida and being here really gets you in the spirit, even just walking out of the airport into the sunshine and warmth. More on that later…

Here are the links:

  • NY Post – Steve Serby continues to do his great Q&A with Jason Bay
  • NJ.com – Brian Costa writes about how the opening day roster is starting to shake out
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Video: Jose Reyes Returns From Thyroid Problem

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I thought it was a day to post some good news about the Mets. After the negative news about Dwight Gooden getting arrested again today, we need something positive to end the day on. That’s where Jose Reyes comes in, returning to spring training possibly in time to play on opening day.

Brian Costa of NJ.com put up some video of Reyes taking batting practice from the right side with Jerry Manuel watching carefully. The background noise is pretty annoying but it’s good to see Reyes swinging the bat again after two weeks away from the team with a thyroid problem.

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