Tag: Los Angeles Dodgers

Deal Done- Manny To Dodgers, Bay To Red Sox

Manny Ramirez ends up with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox get Jason Bay. The Red Sox will cover the rest of Manny’s salary for this season. The Pirates get four players in return for Bay: Craig Hansen and Brandon Moss from Boston, and Andy LaRoche and Bryan Morris from the Dodgers.

It sounds like a good deal for all parties. The Red Sox had to move Manny, he was killing them with his lack of effort over the last few weeks. The Mets and Phillies may be the biggest benefactor of this trade because Manny didn’t land in Florida.

The Dodgers had to agree not to pick up Manny’s option year at the end of the season for him to accept the trade.

Santana Does It Again; Mets Over Dodgers 6-1

Johan Santana (7-3) is proving his value to the Mets this season. He put the hammer down on the Los Angeles Dodgers to take three out of four in the series. Santana gave up a run in the first inning, and then cruised through 7.2 innings for the win.

Ryan Church was back in the lineup and doesn’t appear to be feeling any ill effects from his concussion. He was 3 for 4 with two RBI’s a double and a home run in the third inning. Nice comeback!

Carlos Beltran also hit a home run in the five run third inning. It was his second game in a row with a homer, and also another long shot off the scoreboard in right center.

David Wright had a good game going 3 for 4 with 2 RBI’s and a stolen base.

The Mets leave for San Francisco tonight for a three game series.

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Fernando Tatis Proving Late And Close Ability

Mets outfielder Fernando Tatis during a Mets/Devil Rays spring training game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Fernando Tatis has electrified Mets fans with his offensive ability over his short stint with the Mets, 19 days to be exact. In that time he’s managed two game winning hits in the last four days. His “late and close” hitting has been impressive and New York Mets manager Willie Randolph sure needed it.

Randolph was called on the carpet by the Mets owners less than a week ago for running the highest paid team in the National League into a sub .500 record. I don’t know the exact contents of that conversation or if an ultimatum was given to Randolph. But I’m sure that one was was implied by the Mets owner. Randolph was left needing a player to make a difference quickly. I doubt that he ever thought that player would be Tatis.

Tatis has been in and out of the major leagues for the last five years and spent the entire 2007 season at Triple-A New Orleans. His presence has been felt like a bolt of lightning striking energy into an unispired Mets team over the last three weeks. He came through with a run scoring single off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Jonathan Broxton yesterday in the eighth inning. And he hit a two run double on Wednesday against the Florida Marlins to secure a 7-6 win in the bottom of the 12th inning. The Mets had fallen behind by one run in the top of the 12th. Continue reading “Fernando Tatis Proving Late And Close Ability”

On Deck: June 1- Dodgers At Mets

Los Angeles Dodgers (27-2) at New York Mets (2-27) 8:00pm

Hiroki Kuroda (2-4 3.29) vs. Johan Santana (6-3 3.41)

TV: ESPN Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets could take three out of four in this series with win tonight. That would be huge for Willie Randolph’s attempt at a return to respectability for this team. Johan Santana goes tonight on national TV. I’d love to see him go all nine innings tonight; we still haven’t seen his best stuff yet this season.

Mets Come Back In Eighth For 3-2 Win

I thought this game was completely out of hand for the Mets through seven innings. Chad Billingsley was cruising. He only gave up four hits and three walks through seven. But he had thrown 109 pitches and Joe Torre decided to take him out of the game. And that was all that the Mets needed.

After doing nothing offensively for the first seven innings, the Mets came alive against Jonathan Broxton. David Wright doubled and Carlos Beltran hit a huge home run off the scoreboard in right. It was about half way up the board like one of the old Darryl Strawberry shots. Carlos Delgado then singled, and Nick Evans pinch ran for him. Again, Fernando Tatis came up with a big hit to score Evans. I can’t believe how clutch Tatis has been.

Mike Pelfrey had a decent game overall even though it was a rough start. The Dodgers scored one in the first and one in the fourth. His line ended up looking good though, two runs over seven innings is a nice start. He looked like he was taking something off the fastball to try to throw more strikes, at least initially. We’ll see if it was enough to keep him on the roster when Pedro Martinez comes off on Tuesday.

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On Deck: May 31- Dodgers At Mets

Los Angeles Dodgers (27-27) at New York Mets (26-27)  3:55pm

Chad Billingsley (4-6) vs. Mike Pelfrey (2-6)

TV: Fox            Radio: WFAN

What to watch: With Pedro Martinez coming back to the roster on Tuesday, some decisions will have to be made regarding the starting pitching. Mike Pelfrey hasn’t pitched well at all since his no-hit bid two weeks ago. That’s starting to look more like a fluke performance than a view of what he could be in the future. Pelfrey needs to step up his game today if he wants to avoid a trip back to the minors. Frankly, his poor performances have been hurting the team.