The Mets have signed free-agent RHP Matt Wise to a one-year contract.
Wise, 32, was 3-2 with one save and a 4.19 ERA in a career-high 56 games last year for the Brewers.
Mets GM Omar Minaya, on Wise…
“Matt has had success in a variety of roles. He adds a versatile arm to the bullpen.”
Since 2005, Wise has posted a 3.27 ERA against the NL East.
…if i recall correctly, he was on course for a dominant season, but fell apart in late July after hitting a batter in the head…after that, it’s like his wheels came off and he could not find the strike zone to save his life…hopefully this has worked itself out…
He had a 2.19 ERA in June.
He then hit Pedro Lopez in the head, had a 4.22 ERA in July, had a 7.71 ERA in August and had a 10.38 ERA in September.
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Amen!!!!!
I know he is no savior…but good to know we are trying to improve some aspect of the pitching staff instead of sitting still.
I wish you could see me dancing in my chair at work… A decent reliever is all I asked for.. finally something
Sounds good … hopefully he’s not a headcase though.
Decent? I hope. But you know it’s like the Brewers replaced Wise with Mota. So I wouldn’t count on miracles. And is a 3.27 ERA really that good for a reliever?
uhhh yea!
SPLASH!
Willie actually wanted Rick, but this was as close as Omar could come…
http://www.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20070725&content_id=2109697&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin
Here is the link —-> WATCH MATT WISE HIT LOPEZ IN THE FACE —> CLICK ON ” LOPEZ HIT BY PITCH”
a wise move
this demands a full scale press conference!! only time will tell if this was a WISE move (i’m sure no one thought of this yet)
hahaha
there goes that extra roster spot for flexibility… but i do like it
If Gotay is in a deal 4 a top starter …it might open another slot….I mean we do have some versatile bench guys…Easley,Chavez,Anderson
New York’s 40-man now stands at 36.
this tells me El Duque might be in the rotation
. . . or Heilman?
No, Omar clearly said on SNY that Heilman had absolutely no chance to be a starter.
yea
i think the “heilman = starter” ship has sailed. he’s relegated to giving up go ahead hr’s in the 8th, instead of never seeing the 8th as a starter.
Might? Omar already said he was going to be
I think Omar has to say that. He has to temper the expectations of the fan. He does so by telling us he’ll be happy with Duque in our rotation, when you know he won’t be.
He might have said that Duque was going to be in the rotation, but I, personally, never believed it.
Wise can be a 7th inning guy or a long man and there’s not reason for 2 right handed long men…
upgrade from Sosa………..
What is Omar doing? Where’s the carving board?
Frankly, at this point, I wish Omar would just come out and say there is really nothing worth doing, go on vacation, and get on with the 12-18 ST record.
He just signed a quality reliever less than an hour ago who could slide into the 7th inning. A Heilman trade looks to be on the horizon to me.
i agree, especially if duaner comes back full force, which i am fairly optimistic he will, but who knows. then it looks like wise in the 7th, duaner the 8th, and then wagner of course. i just hope someone named johan is pitching the first 6.
He’d better be going the first 7….otherwise he wont break 200ip
lets hope that guy named johan can go more than 6.
does johan get dealt before XMas?
I would say ON Christmas would be nice. But that won’t happen because everyone will be on vacation because of the holiday. Unless the Wilpon’s do it themselves… so there is no chance at all.
yawn…..oye omar….a donde esta johan?
sounds like you’re willing to trade reyes & maine for johan. i bet you wish reyes pulls both his hamstrings this year just to prove you were right.
here’s 10 pts, go buy yourself a clue
WRONG! i’d trade anybody else we have in the minors plus heilman for him though. too bad that’s probably not going to do it but we can all still dream. as much as i can’t stand reyes’ showboating and jumping around in the dugout there’s no way i’d trade him for a 32 start pitcher no matter how great he is, so you my friend get
-100 + another -100 (for jumping to conclusions)
I was just ‘needling’ your previous post.
relax bud, take that needle out of your throat.
lick my butt
needless ignorant sexual remark
-500
needles negar of my post. am i the only one who is getting annoyed at the plus 10s and 500s after some1s comment? How about touche` or bad post? LOLZERS -1 billion for u
Maybe there is a sabermetric calculation for this. As for me, I believe it shows that the average age on Metsblog has drop significanlty since 2005.
bad post
throatneedle……
It’s “Oye Omar, donde esta Johan?” Personally, I would add “carajo?!?!” at the end of that sentence! :)
Santa….please bring us Santana!!
Wait a second…Omar did something right? Also, a 1 yr contract for a releiver???? Definitely call a press conference. Good signing Omar!
This either frees Heilman for a trade or is good insurance if Duaner is not ready for ST.
Is duaner at 300 lbs yet?
Ha, I’ve been wondering the same thing!
lol, he look like he was going that last spring
He was on a cab ride to get Dominican food when he hurt himself….He may look like Boomer by now…..
Yea, and Victor Zambrano was awesome in inter-league play.
you are officially the cowbell man of metsblog.
…and thats not a bad thing.
does cowbell man get free chartered private jets rides?
then we’re talking!
i bet i’d get a lot of points if he did ;)
We’ll take him.
This is just the splash that this team needed. I’m totally satisfied now with this depressing, miserable off-season. On the plus side, his 4.19ERA is considerable better than Brian Stokes’ 7.07ERA. It’s salsa-time baby.
+7
what has been depressing or miserable about it other than the fans impatience? The FAs I want (and player I want in a trade) are still unsigned.
Why is there a picture of Ben Sheets at the top of this post?
wishful thinking.
+2
Are we bringing back Sosa?? If not and Duque is #5 , who is the long man?? Next signing will be Chacon, mark my words.
Wise move.
I’ve always liked Wise having seen him pitch a few times. Nice pick-up. Hopefully, he has a nice year for us. Remember fellas, it’s the little moves which put you over the top.
By the way, I’ve assumed that Matt is the son of former Phillies and Cardinals pitcher Rick Wise. Actually, their pitching wind-ups are somewhat similar. Does anybody know if that’s true?
Sounds like he needs to get his head together, but I wouldn’t mind if he put one behind Jimmy Rollins.
amen. wish someone would shut him up just a little, even though i know he’s “always right” haha
I’d rather see one thrown AT Jimmy (talks a lot of junk) Rollins
Maybe if beaning Pedro Feliz once spooked Wise, then beaning him again will get him right. (I keed, I keed.)
maybe we can have Wise bean firemetmanagement…
Forget behind…..put one in his eardrum!
Spend some $$ instead of picking up other teams’ discarded trash. AKA why didn’t we sign one of the 3 or 4 Japanese relievers on the market this year? Last I checked, Saito and Okajima are bigtime bullpen pitchers- and were obtained pretty cheaply and kind of “under the radar.” But Omar only wants second hand tr*sh like Matt Wise. Are we supposed to get excited over this? I guess this is how they will justify the 20% increase in tix prices.
Japanese pitchers? One race at a time, buddy. He’s just learning about white players.
+10
is this name from “holy crip he’s a crapple!”
?
Nail meet Head!
Someone fire firemetmanagement?
But then again, I wouldn’t enjoy the daily comic relief routine by him everyday on this blog.
You do realize that signing a Japanese player would mean signing a completey unproven and unknown entity in the majors? We know they have been successful in Japan, but not in the U.S. We know Wise can pitch at least decently in the U.S. so why go for something that could turn out to be horrible? I hate the unlimited use of ignorant on here since it almost never truly applies but that sir, was an ignorant comment.
The only worthwhile transaction all offseason.
So you’re saying you’d like to have LoDuca and Milledge back?
20% increase in ticket prices for matt wise.
aw, i’d pay any amount to head up and see the mets at shea. even if i have watch them get beat 13-0 by the pirates or something.
Golly gee whitakers tina, well isn’t that precious! What a loyal fan you are to not care what ticket prices cost!
I’m the opposite. I’d rather see the Mets take some proactive steps towards making baseball affordable for families again. Like the Padres have the section of the Outfield thats like 5 dollar admission to watch the game from the park area of the stadium. If they insist on raising prices after last season, please deliver us a winning product, so at least i’m not miserable as i watch the team on TV.
That said i do share your sentiment that no number of bonehead moves or disrespectful rate hikes for us, the fans, will keep me from loving the team.
There will be $5 seats at 36 of the 81 homegames. Probably the picnic area but still I suppose it fits the bill.
Mets had $5 and $10 tickets all season last year. There are specials in UR and the picnic area all the time. I bought so many blocks of tickets at 5 and 10 bucks that they tried to sell me a ticket plan.
Looks like a decent signing. Rates are all around league-average, which should be fine coming out of the pen. Looking at that picture though, his delivery looks very bizarre. He’s not quite throwing across his body, but that angle’s gotta put some strain on his elbow or shoulder.
I thought they didn’t have roster spots available?
delgado, castillo, reyes, wright, scheider, church, beltran, alou
endy, castro, marlon, gotay, easly
pedro, maine, perez, duque, pelfrey
wags, heilman, duaner, schow, feliciano, sosa, wise
I’m counting 26:
Pen-Wagner, Duaner (if healthy), Heilman, Feliciano, Schoenweis, Wise, Sosa (7)
SP-Pedro, Perez, Maine, El Duque, Pelfrey/Humber (5)
C-Schneider, Castro (2)
IF-Wright, Reyes, Castillo, Delgado, Gotay, Anderson, Easley (7)
OF-Alou, Beltran, Church, Endy, Gomez (5)
Gotay or Gomez gets sent down.
I didn’t count Humber or Gomez as neither will start the season in the bigs. Unless Humber has an unbelievable ST, ala Brian Bannister
does this mean they are going to raise the ticket prices again?
+5
-10 for annoying posts
not awful, I could see him getting the 6th or 7th inning if willie uses him correctly.
Willie will find a way to overuse him.
Holy Cow… I thought Omar was on vacation. Nice signing. Not the major splash we were looking for but it is good. So who is next?
Say ‘aye’ if you didn’t know how Matt Wise was before today!
AYE!!!
ayeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! lol
it sounds like a common name, but i really dont know much about the brewers anyway.
do i get points?
+10
for being a girl who listens to the fan. god bless you.
There are probably more girls who listen to the FAN then you know. And more on this blog.
Hello :)
Wow, you’re pretty creepy
I can tell you they have something to do with beer.
i knew who he was but not how he was
i think some posters have actually referenced him as a good pick up for the bullpen earlier on in this week/month
And if we bring back Buddy Harrelson and Tommy Herr as coaches we can do a Bud-Wise-(H)err skit at shea between innings. A guy can dream…
+100
nicely played, my friend, nicely played.
Bee-you-tea-full!
LMAO!
Scary quote I found:
“Apparently the Brewers decided to acquire Mota and non-tender Wise because they liked Mota better than Wise”
puhahahahahaha
whether the quote is true or not, the brewers in essence gave up estrada for a chance to replace matt wise with mota.
nice!!!!!!
+10
scary if youre a brewers fan. as good as motas stuff is he could never get it together (naturally) here in NY. ill take wise over him any day.
i guess our thinking is, they gotta know something about wise that we don’t.
as for mota, his suckiness is plainly obvious.
I really hope this isn’t true..but then on the other hand where did this mysterious quote come from fire?
doesn’t really matter whether the quote is true or not, b/c that’s how it played out.
Ouch let’s pray he’s no Mota
i also found this quote
“Mets signed RHP Matt Wise, who had been with the Brewers, to a one-year contract.
The Brewers liked Guillermo Mota better, so they traded for him last month and then non-tendered Wise last week. Our guess is that Wise is the more effective pitcher next season, and the Mets are probably getting him for less than half the $3.2 million Mota was due to make. He’ll work in middle relief.–Rotoworld
Good luck to Matt in New York. He certainly did not sign where he expects to be the main set-up guy or anything like that.”
at this blog :
http://albethke.blogspot.com/
See ‘firemetsmanagement’ this is called showing proof of things you write.
Also, stop being such a negative a$$ about everything…yes this isn’t hte splash you wanted, but its a good signing and more people than not will see that
I hope there’s not some hidden reason for his horrendous late-season numbers. Feliz didn’t miss any games in July, so Wise couldn’t have been spooked because he injured a player. It’s just a little strange.
He sucks.
That’s not so hidden is it?
bc he didnt hit feliz…i think it was pedro lopez on the reds
http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=434601
look at the hit by pitch link on the right for the video
Ah, OK, thanks for that. Scary. Lopez didn’t play again for two months.
Wise’s career numbers don’t say “suck,” pointsguy. The second half represents a drastic and uncharacteristic meltdown, directly following the beaning.
It’s a good thing our pitching coach is such a renowned psychologist.
(only slightt sarcasm)
Courinrk:
Funniest post of the year!
whoa, firemetmanagement said something positive!!!!
No whammy’s
Big bucks
STOP!
You landed on Matt Wise.
We’ll wait 6 months to see if that’s a whammy or not.
imagine if we could sign dotel to a 1 year contract, then we could easily include heilman in a package for a starter.
First Omar rang up the Register (Chuh CHING) and now he makes a Wise move!!!!
This is why I’m a Met fan.
No other fan base is as darkly punny . . .
u forgot he was in the Church while he got em OH YEAH BRING IT BABY WOOOOHOOOOO KISS MY AZZ!
ewww
he was in church.
HAHA!!!!!
We are one sick, sick fanbase.
omar loves him, especially with Julio Franco watching…..
Fire everyone.
there you go!!! back to normal!
aww the guy on the fan said he thinks johan is going to the yanks.
that makes me sadddddddd.
:[
if its fat chesta or his little slave dont listen jsut drone there disgusting voices out
it was john heyman.. but he said that if he had to guess out of the three teams (yankees,mets and sox) ut would be the skanks… He said that Hughes is an attractive piece and something like Cabrera and some other prospect should do it. he is pulling it out of him a$$…
Yeah realisticly none of them have a clue and are giving their opinions. So if you really believe John Heyman is a sports analytical genius or can predict the future then start grieving. If not, just sit back and laugh at his stupidity.
He goes into the crapper the second half of the season just like the Mets.
looks to me like the Mets have a full 25 man roster, with Pelfrey the only one on the team with options.
Gotay is the last bench man, and Register or Dauner is the last pen guy.
This rotation is going to be brutal, and if they trade Heilman in a deal for Santana the pen could be brutal…
Yaaaaaaaawn. These small trades are making me sleepy. Wake me up when we sign a high impact player.
Omar….get Johan. Get him…..or you will hear the boos rain down on Ryan Church misplaying balls in right field all year long.
It is a-holes like you that don’t care about the “small trades”.. Is every trade supposed to be huge? 25 Mega stars on the team.. Go across town… I bet you booed Beltran also before he 40 HR’s in ‘06..
It doesn’t look like he wasn’t even a Type B free agent. Is this true? The Brewers get nothing for him?
He was non-tendered – no pick required for him.
this by far, is the funniest thread i’ve EVER READ on mets blog…from bud wise herr to ew IN church, and FIREMETSMANAGEMENTS obligatory FIRE EVERYONE (for NO reason) i must say, it’s good to see people jokin around a bit…
even though it’s at the ineptness of Mets Management
wait…… wasn’t he the one that couldn’t throw a strike against the mets that one game in milwaukee? he had thrown like 11 or 12 straight balls. in fact, i think he got pulled in the middle of an at-bat.
great….another guy that can’t throw strikes
LOL! OMG, I kinda remember that. We sure know how to pick ‘em! I love the Mets.
omg
i remember. no wait, that was billy wagner against the yankees.
no wait, it was john Maine in 6th inning of any game.
no wait, it was oliver perez when using the wrong arm angle.
no wait, it’s ALL OF THE ABOVE.
dun dun dun.
lick my butt mayn
yeah but don’t u people read EVERYTHING that is posted on any baseball site anywhere?
NO relievers are consistent from year to year, nor is signing them past 1 year a good deal.
Ergo, expect Wise to be dominating next year. Or terrible in the first half, and unhittable in the 2nd. Or Terrible all year next year.
You know, because he’s a middle reliever and they couldnt possibly string 2 similar seasons back to back, could they?
Heilman, Linebrink, Stanton, Nelson, Gutierrez, etc,…they all don’t count. Obviously
oh damn, you used ‘ergo’
+8
Good to see a “+” that ISNT a multiple of 5…i wanna see more “+37s” and “+12s” out there or even a “+Wally Backman” (6)
is wise being paid with the 20% increase in tickets sales money or the citifield fan walk bricks money?
http://www.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20070725&content_id=2109697&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin
Points guy has some good comments when he makes them. But seriously I think you have personally been responsible for degrading the comment section on this site.
The whole number rating thing is so tired already.
it might have been interesting when it started but now its just a shame.
I get to read someones idea on a trade then instead of comments being thought of and delivered….I get +10 or -500.
Sad actually….makes me long for the site when it was a little less populated but with guys who cared about the METS and had real value to add to the discourse.
I might be overreacting some but I think I speak for more than myself on this one
+10
Matt Wise! Matt Wise! I can hear the chant ringing through Shea.
hells bells time haha
7/31 Box Score
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
M Wise 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10-0 3.22
awesome outing
I remember that game. I know it was against the mets in Milwaukee, and if I’m not mistakin, it was the game that LoDuca hit that big homerun in the 9th off of Turnbow.
I remember the entire time saying that it wasn’t a “Wise” decision to bring that pitcher into the game. I’m glad I’ll be able to make that crack for an entire summer.
(ps. I really like the signing though)
Come to think of it, I might be wrong about that being the LoDuca game. whatever…
i think it was the game when easley hit the inside the park homerun i cood be wrong
Good pick up by Omar. Hopefully, Peterson can straighten out his head and get him pitching inside again. Then we’ve got a real 7th inning guy. He obviously can pitch real well when his head is straight.
He is a good bullpen addition. Go back and look at his career stats on Yahoo or wherever you go to get them. He has had some pretty good years with the Brew Crew. THe second half of last year notwithstanding….this guy is going to help us
A stronger bullpen than 2007 is a good move under any possible scenario.
it was a good bullpen, just way overused by willie
yes. sele, schoeneweis, and mota are waiting for their induction into baseball’s hall of fame.
feliciano, smith, and wagner were GOLD JERYY GOLD! then willie overworked them and the starters died. Heilman was pretty consistent…. and sosa had a few good weeks from what i recall
if clemens gets in, then why cant mota
BTW sele might have a case for the hall
not on the first ballot though. that would look bad for the kids.
If we were ever able to get Sanchez healthy (a big if), we would be very well off right now in the pen.
Wags – closer
Heilman – 7th and 8th
Sanchez – 7th and 8th
Feliciano – 7th and loogy specialist
Wise – 6th and 7th
Joe Smith – Roogy and 6th and 7th with funk
Show – long man and spot 6th and 7th plus loogy
Register likely does not make it.
Sosa in AAA as a reserve
more help in Kunz and Muniz at AAA
Pen actually looks really solid with a healthy and formerly very good Sanchez.
Plus, a rotation right now of Pedro, Duque, Maine, OP and Pelfrey is not looking all that bad until the injury bug hits.
It would look a ton better if we could put Santana at the front.
I have to say I’m really surprised that everyone is so happy about this signing. There’s been so much anti-omar sentiment this winter that I thought it would have taken nothing short Omar cloning Tom Seaver to fill out the rotation to satisfy you guys.
Fantastic little signing. At worst he is no impact and we lose the cash we spent on him, at best he can become a pretty good setup man.
no, fantastic would be getting a frontline starter, this is a decent low risk move.
P.S. Another fantastic thing is defecating in the toilet and not having to wipe! :)
He then hit Pedro Feliz in the head, had a 4.22 ERA in July, had a 7.71 ERA in August and had a 10.38 ERA in September.
Sounds like he will contribute down the stretch run..
BIG Freakin’ deal. Just what we need, another crappy arm to fall apart down the stretch…
I knew it was too good to last.
Since 2005, Wise has posted a 3.27 ERA against the NL East.
‘05 0.964 WHIP 6HR
‘06 1.331 WHIP 6HR
‘07 1.453 WHIP 6HR
That doesn’t suck.
I’m neutral on the wise signing. But you can’t just point to the NL East splits and say he is good. The Mets still have to play teams in the other divisions as well as the AL.
At least the commitment isn’t much so that if he is bad, they are less likely to hang on to him through the season in the hope he’ll improve. That’s what they did with Mota.
its not bad for one year, if it does not work out, it just doesnt, thats it
baby if you strip you can get a tip cos i like you just the way you are.
mary j blige?
timberkand?
its timbaland’s the way i are.
i just got it stuck in my head.
beter not be justin timbaland
haha i cant stand justin timberlake.
he tries too hard.
timbaland is the mastermind behind all his music anyway.
whatever there names are, they both suck
I think the Bulllpen is all set.
6th matt wise
7th duaner sanchez
8th aaron heilman
9th billy wagner
loogy – pedro feliciano
roogy – jorge sosa
long man – scotte schoenweis
Do we have room for Register and J. Smith?
unless we somehow trade them all for julio franco and livan hernandez
That and a sack of Taco Bell won’t buy us the NL Pennant this year……..We need to trade all of the prospect for Santana and Nathan…..
Sorry if I came off too harsh or misplaced my disappointment. No doubt that the success of the site itself is the reason for the new crappy posters. The growth in users and lousy posters will eventually suffocate the best part of the site.
Posting is open to all. Just throwing out my criticism I guess of where the site is evolving to.
NEVER underestimate the power of Taco Bell!
yeah doug melvin can…..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcmw0ufHoBo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcmw0ufHoBo&feature=related
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