Tag: Carlos Delgado

Contest Winner: Best Comment Of The Week June 23-27

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 04: Carlos Delgado #21 of the New York Mets rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers during game one of the National League Division Series at Shea Stadium on October 4, 2006 in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Travis Lindquist/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Carlos Delgado

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Reader “td” wins the contest this week for suggesting that the Mets trade Carlos Delgado between games of the double header yesterday to maximize his value. td wins a copy of the book “Mets By The Numbers” by Jon Springer and Matthew Silverman.

Thanks to Matthew Silverman for supporting the contest here. Be sure to visit his website for information on his group gathering at the Shea Stadium picnic area for a game on September 24 against the NL’s best team, the Chicago Cubs. At that point, there will only be five games left at Shea. So be sure to join the group for an evening against the NL’s best. Hopefully, there will be playoff implications hanging in the balance.

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On Deck: June 27- Yankees At Mets (Game 2)

New York Yankees (42-37 Road: 20-19) at New York Mets (39-39 Home: 21-16)  8:05pm

Sidney Ponson (4-1 3.88) vs. Pedro Martinez (2-1 6.57)

TV: YES, WPIX    Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets go for the split stadium double header sweep tonight. Ponson is making his first start for the Yankees this season after being released by the Rangers. Pedro gets his first start at Shea Stadium since his win versus Texas on June 15. Hopefully, the Mets crowd will lay off Carlos Delgado for one game after he went berserk in the Bronx.

Delgado’s 2 HR, 9 RBI Caps 15-6 Win Over Yanks

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There was too much offense by the Mets to even cover it all in this recap. Jerry Manuel has to be very happy with what he saw today. He’s been looking for more offense from the Mets, and now we’ll see if they can be consistent with it.

Carlos Delgado went crazy today offensively. He set a Mets team record with 9 RBI’s. He was 3 for 5 with a double, two homers, one of which was a grand slam and the other was a three run shot.

Luis Castillo went 2 for 3 with 3 walks and 2 stolen bases and 5 runs scored. David Wright was 4 for 5 with 3 RBI’s.

Mike Pelfrey, the Mets’ starter, was shaky today after his three previous starts were very good. Pelfrey consistently had men on base but I liked the way he never let the game get completely out of hand. That’s a good sign. He went five innings giving up four runs on eight hits and four walks.

Fernando Tatis played first base and had two incredible diving plays but was charged with throwing errors on both plays. One of the plays should have been an error charged to Pelfrey who didn’t catch the ball.

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Mets Claim Andy Phillips From Waivers

Andy Phillips was claimed off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds. He’s a right handed hitting first baseman but only had 21 at-bats for the Reds this season. He was 3 for 21. However, he did hit well at Triple-A Louisville: .315/ 5 HR/ 22 RBI in 40 games.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Wayne Krivsky just joined the Mets organization as a special assistant to the GM. He’s the one that signed Phillips with the Reds.

This may signal that the Mets front office is feeling the same dissatisfaction with Carlos Delgado that the fans are. I sure hope so.

Delgado, Nixon Homer As Mets Top Rockies 7-2

image The Mets got what they wanted out of John Maine. He went deeper into the game on fewer pitches and improved his record to 7-5. His line was: image

 

 

Pedro Feliciano, Joe Smith, and Aaron Heilman worked clean through the last 2.1 innings of the game.

Carlos Delgado hit his 11th home run off Aaron Cook in the Mets five run second inning. Trot Nixon also hit his first home run as a Met. Carlos Beltran was hitting screaming line drives all over the field tonight in a 3.for 5 effort.

The Mets absolutely look like they had an extra spring in their step tonight. It looks like the momentum from the 10th inning win in Los Angeles on Wednesday carried over to tonight’s game.

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Mets Taking Early BP At Coors Field

New York Mets third baseman David Wright before a Mets/Devil Rays spring training game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Reports are coming in that several Mets (David Wright, Brian Schneider, Fernando Tatis, Robinson Cancel, and even Carlos Delgado) are taking some early batting practice.  Apparently, Delgado didn’t do much of that during Willie Randolph’s reign as manager. The reports also say that Jerry Manuel is with the players running the show.

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Mets Rally But Lose To Rangers 8-7

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The bullpen failed the Mets again today. The offense had rallies in the eighth and ninth innings, but they couldn’t quite come back enough to make up for the bullpen.

John Maine left after 6.1 innings and a couple of men on base. He had a decent game up to that point giving up three runs on seven hits and no walks. Pedro Feliciano and Joe Smith came in to finish up the seventh and both were terrible. Ian Kinsler hit a huge home run off Smith. Then in the eighth innings Milton Bradley hit another long home run off Scott Schoenweiss.

The Mets offense was slow to get started but woke up late in the game. Carlos Delgado hit a homer off the scoreboard in the fourth inning and Carlos Beltran hit one to deep center in the sixth.

The Mets started a rally in the eighth and scored three runs. Inexplicably, with two outs Brian Schneider tried to tag on a fly to shallow right field. Bradley has a gun out there and threw out Schneider by three steps. Sandy Alomar made a big mistake on that call.

The Mets rallied again in the ninth inning and scored two runs but just couldn’t keep it going. Trot Nixon was in the middle of everything in his first game as a Met. He went 2 for 3 with a double off the wall in right and two walks. Nice start for his season with the Mets.

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