Game Preview: Mets at Orioles [Game 64] June 18, 2009

orioles-logoNew York Mets (33-30 Road: 15-19)  at Baltimore Orioles (28-37 Home: 20-17) 7:05 pm

Livan Hernandez (5-1 4.33) vs. Jason Berken (1-3 7.32)

TV: SNY  Radio:  WFAN

What to watch: The Mets and Orioles play the rubber game of the series before the team comes home to face the reigning American League champion Rays. The weather forecast is good for Baltimore tonight so there won’t be a problem getting the game in. Hernandez was rocked by the Yankees in his last start for 6 runs in 5.1 innings. But he’s been up and down so it’s difficult to know what to expect. There hasn’t been a lot of consistency. Berken is a rookie right-hander making his fifth career start. His first two starts were pretty good but he’s gotten beat up in his last two starts. The Orioles have lost 3 of the 4 games that he’s started.

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Game Preview: Mets at Orioles [Game 63] June 17, 2009

orioles-logoNew York Mets (33-29 Road: 15-18)  at Baltimore Orioles (27-37 Home: 19-17) 7:05 pm

Tim Redding (0-2 6.18) vs. Koji Uehara (2-4 4.37)

TV: SNY  Radio:  WFAN

What to watch: The Mets got a gift of a game last night due to 3 Baltimore errors. The Mets look to take another one tonight with Uehara on the mound. The Orioles have lost 7 of the last 8 games that he’s started. Redding has pitched pretty well in his last 2 starts for the Mets and looks to keep that trend alive tonight.

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Mets 6 – Orioles 4 June 16, 2009

The Mets got a solid start from Mike Pelfrey. He cruised through the first four innings easily. And I thought he was on his way going deep into the game. He ran into a little trouble in the fifth inning and some more in the sixth, giving up 2 runs. It seemed like he ran out of gas which is surprising for this time of the season. But his start was good enough to keep the Mets in the game.

Sean Green went 1.2 innings of scoreless ball. He’s been fantastic lately and hasn’t given up a run since May 15. He had about a month, starting at the end of April, where he was very inconsistent but he’s really found himself.

The Mets offense benefitted from 3 Orioles errors. But give them credit that they were able to make the Orioles pay for the errors. The Mets had 3 unearned runs in the game. Alex Cora was 3 for 5 hitting leadoff again. It was good to see him get something going. He was 1 for his last 15 at-bats coming into the game.

6.16.09

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Game Preview: Mets at Orioles [Game 62] June 16, 2009

orioles-logoNew York Mets (32-29 Road: 14-18)  at Baltimore Orioles (27-36 Home: 19-16) 7:05 pm

Mike Pelfrey (4-2 4.68) vs. Jeremy Guthrie (4-6 5.52)

TV: SNY  Radio:  WFAN

What to watch: The Orioles are in last place in the AL East and have lost 3 of their last 5 games. Guthrie has been up and down, with more down than up recently. The O’s have lost the last three games that Guthrie started. Pelfrey pitched pretty well in his last start against the Phillies. But he was victimized by a David Wright error that allowed 2 unearned runs to score on him.

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Report: Mets Possible Trade Targets 2009 Edition

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia

Buster Olney of ESPN.com reports today on the Mets possible trade targets. He focuses his attention on first base. But I’m not so sure that the Mets wouldn’t look at someone like Victor Martinez of the Indians or Matt Holliday of the A’s. The problem with getting a first baseman is that if Carlos Delgado is able to come back from the disabled list this season, there’s no place for him to play.

I still don’t think that the Mets will do anything until mid to late July anyway. At this point in the season they’ll be held up by teams for too much value in return. I think the economy will keep teams from taking on payroll like they have in the past. So as we get closer to the deadline, teams that want to unload players won’t find the number of suitors that they have in seasons past.

The potential trade targets that Olney mentions for the Mets are:

  1. Nick Johnson
  2. Aubrey Huff
  3. Jorge Cantu
  4. Dan Uggla
  5. Mark DeRosa

The Mets are going to have to look at someone that can move away from first base if Delgado gets back. Huff and DeRosa along with Martinez would be the players that I think are the most likely. The Orioles will get a nice look at Fernando Martinez this week. Hopefully, he has a good series to generate some interest for a trade for Huff.

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