Tag: Florida Marlins

Preview: Mets at Marlins May 13, 2010

New York Mets (18-16) at Florida Marlins (16-18)  7:10 pm

Johan Santana (3-2 4.54) vs Josh Johnson (3-1 3.35)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets and Marlins start up a four game series in Miami tonight. The Marlins just won 2 of 3 from the Cubbies in Chicago. Johnson has been his usual rock-solid self with the Marlins winning two of the last three games that he started. Santana recovered a bit in his last start going 7.2IP against the Giants, but he did give up 4 ER. That’s shaky for him.

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Mets Road Trip Preview May 13-20, 2010

Boeing 747-8 Freighter Plane Makes First Test Flight

http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.jsThe Mets’ third road trip of the season has them visiting three of their NL East rivals for the first time this season. They face the Florida Marlins in a four-game weekend series to start off, head to Atlanta’s Turner Field to face the Braves for two, and then finish off against the surprising Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, with two games set to take place there.

Thursday, May 13th: Mets (Santana) vs. Marlins (Johnson) 7:10 PM, MLB Network Game

Friday, May 14th: Mets (Perez) vs. Marlins (Sanchez) 7:10 PM

Saturday: May 15th: Mets (Maine) vs. Marlins (Robertson) 7:10 PM

Sunday: May 16th: Mets (Niese) vs. Marlins (Nolasco) 1:10 PM

Monday, May 17th: Mets (Pelfrey) vs. Braves (Hudson) 7:10 PM

Tuesday, May 18th: Mets (Santana) vs. Braves (Lowe) 7:10 PM

Wednesday, May 19th: Mets (Perez) vs. Nationals (Hernandez) 7:05 PM

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Forbes 2010 Baseball Team Values

The annual Forbes list of baseball team valuations lists the Mets as the third most valuable team in MLB. They lost 6% from 2009 and stand behind only the Yankees and Red Sox.

Forbes came out with their annual list of team values yesterday. The Mets are listed as the third most valuable team in the game behind the Yankees and Red Sox. That’s not a big surprise to any of us. What is interesting is that the Mets declined in value by 6% from last year, the only team in the top half of the league to do so.

You can still see the 2009 list of values on Forbes’ website. The Mets fell behind the Red Sox by losing value. The heavy debt from Citi Field and the poor season certainly are to blame for the devaluation. Continue reading “Forbes 2010 Baseball Team Values”

Preview: Marlins at Mets April 8, 2010

Florida Marlins (1-1) at New York Mets (1-1) 7:10 pm

Nate Robertson (0-0 -.–) vs. Jon Niese (0-0 -.–)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Niese makes his first start of the year, and first time making it onto the opening day roster. Hopefully, he can keep the butterflies to a minimum and get some outs. I’d like to see Angel Pagan get a start for the first time this year as well. It’s the rubber game of the series that the Mets need to take. The key to the season is just winning series’.

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Preview: Marlins at Mets April 7, 2010

Florida Marlins (0-1) at New York Mets (1-0) 7:10 pm

Ricky Nolasco (0-0 -.–) vs. John Maine (0-0 -.–)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets look to continue the great performance they had on Monday against the Marlins with another win. Maine needs to come out throwing bullets in this one to try to redeem himself for the last two seasons of underachieving that he’s had.

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Mets 2010 Opening Day Preview of Offense

The New York Mets Jason Bay at Citi Field in New York

When the Mets put up 9 hits and 7 runs on Josh Johnson and the Marlins on opening day, I wasn’t really surprised. This is a team that can hit. Even the injury depleted 2009 team led the league with a .270 average. And the addition of Jason Bay makes this a much better offensive team.

Many of us were surprised that the Mets didn’t do anything to improve the pitching staff during the offseason. That includes me. I didn’t think the Mets would go crazy and sign John Lackey, but I did think they would bring in someone consistent like Jon Garland. When Randy Wolf got his ridiculous 3-year/$29.75 million deal, I knew the Mets wouldn’t be in the market for a pitcher with any kind of track record of success.

I had an email exchange with my friend, and frequent commenter, TD about this during the game on Monday. From TD:

I have no worries about them beating the ball to a pulp.  That’s a nice offense, even with Reyes and Beltran out.

Shoot, I don’t think they’ll even miss Beltran. If you set up the lineup properly, Even Matthews JR can be an above average good hitter.  He’ll see a lot of fastballs!

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Preview: Marlins at Mets April 5, 2010

Florida Marlins (0-0) at New York Mets (0-0) 1:10 pm

Josh Johnson (0-0 0.00) vs. Johan Santana (0-0 0.00)

TV: SNY   Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets try to get out to the fast start that Jerry Manuel talked about all spring against the Marlins. It won’t be easy against Josh Johnson and the team that likes to be a spoiler for the Mets. The Marlins would love to put a damper on opening day at Citi Field.

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