Preview: Phillies at Mets May 25, 2010

Philadelphia Phillies (26-17) at (New York Mets (22-23)   7:10 pm

Jamie Moyer (5-3 4.30) vs R.A. Dickey (0-0 3.00)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Phillies come to town after losing two of three at home to the Red Sox. The Phils have won 5 of the 8 games Moyer started this season including a start in Philly against the Mets on May 2nd. In his career, he’s 9-5 with a 3.86 ERA in 23 starts against the Mets. Dickey made his first start against the Nationals on May 19th and it was decent. He went 6 IP and gave up 2 ER. We just have to hope that he can have some consistency in his starts. Over Dickey’s career, right-handed batters have hit him much harder than lefties (.322 BA to .263). Maybe he’ll be able to keep the Phillies’ big lefties down for a while.

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Mets Must Pursue Roy Oswalt

MLB: Houston Astros at Los Angeles Dodgers

http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.jsHouston Astros’ ace Roy Oswalt recently told management he wanted to be traded.

The Mets have lost three starting pitchers in the last two weeks, two to injury and one to… well, awfulness.

I’m not the only one who sees a fit here, right?

Oswalt’s W-L isn’t the best this season at 2-6, but that’s heavily influenced due to a terrible Houston team behind him. His ERA is 2.66 (career 3.21) and he has 60 strikeouts on the year, putting him on pace for 221.

Oswalt would be under the Mets’ control for the remainder of this season and next season, with a club option for 2012, so this move would be more than just a four-month rental. It would set our top three starting pitchers as Johan Santana, Oswalt, and Mike Pelfrey. Not sure there’s a better 1-2-3 in the majors. Continue reading “Mets Must Pursue Roy Oswalt”

Yankees-Mets Series Renews Inter-League Hype

Joe Mauer
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Two years ago I wrote about why I love inter-league games. And I still haven’t changed my mind. The Mets-Yankees series was fantastic. The games were competitive and the final game Sunday night was a nail-biter right down to the last K-Rod strike out of A-Rod. It doesn’t get much better than that.

I understand why some people are done with the annual Yankees series’ and inter-league games in general. But I’m really pumped for Detroit and Minnesota coming to New York next month. They’re both playing really well right now, 1 and 2 in the AL Central. Joe Mauer and Justin Morneua are players that I rarely get to see. I’d pay to see those guys play and I don’t have to degrade myself by going to Yankee Stadium to do it.

Since 1997 we’ve heard players say that the Yankees-Mets series is just another series. But there definitely seems to be some extra fire on the field from my perspective. I don’t buy what they’re selling at all.

A Johan Santana-Justin Verlander match up would be fantastic. Sure, it doesn’t have the same impact in the standings as a National League game. But I just like to watch good players play. Especially when I don’t get to see them frequently except on Baseball Tonight highlights. So I’m renewing my praise of inter-league games. Major League Baseball got this one right.

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Mets 6 – Yankees 4 May 23, 2010

New York Mets Johan Santana reacts after the Mets pulled off a double play on New York Yankees Brett Gardner in their MLB game in New York

http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.jsThe Mets got a huge game from Johan Santana and Jason Bay to take two of three from the Yankees. Santana was rock solid through 7.2 IP only giving up 1 ER. He started to get into trouble in the eighth but he had been in shut down mode throughout the game only giving up the one run in the seventh.

Jason Bay has been starting to break out for a few games. He’s been hitting the ball well but still hadn’t shown any real power. Until tonight. Bay was 2 for 2 with 2 homers. He was totally on the ball. It’s exactly what we’ve been expecting from him for the past seven weeks.

K-Rod made things interesting in the ninth. After Ryota Igarashi returned from the disabled list with a stinker. He allowed 2 hits and a walk before he needed help. K-Rod gave up two hits also and faced A-Rod as the winning run. It was a long at-bat and really tense but K-Rod got the strikeout to win the game. It shouldn’t have been that tight but a win is a win.

It’s a very nice series win for the Mets and may just keep the pink slip away from Jerry Manuel for a while.

Box score

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Preview: Yankees at Mets May 23, 2010

New York Yankees (26-17) at (New York Mets (21-23)   8:05 pm

CC Sabathia (4-2 3.43) vs Johan Santana  (3-2 3.72)

TV: ESPN   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets and Yankees play the rubber game of the series. Sabathia has had a couple of starts this season that weren’t that great. And the Yankees have lost the last two games that he started. Santana has pitched extremely well in his last three starts but the Mets have lost two of three. It should be another good pitching match up tonight.

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