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The Mets fell to the Detroit Tigers by the score of 4-2 today in the Grapefruit League opener in Lakeland, Florida.
- Mike Pelfrey started and pitched two scoreless innings, allowing just a base hit and striking one.
- Ramon Castro drove home Angel Pagan with a sacrifice fly in the first, and Anderson Machado tripled home Michel Abreu in the second inning.
- Ryan Church, the only projected Major League starter in the lineup, was 0-for-2 with a walk.
- OF prospect Fernando Martinez was 1-for-1.
- Off-season signees Matt Wise and Brian Stokes both tossed a scoreless inning, as did Triple A LHP Adam Bostick and bullpen locks Pedro Feliciano and Jorge Sosa.
- Left hander Willie Collazo, a September callup last year, surrendered all four runs in the seventh inning.
…most important is the nice outing by Pelfrey, followed closely by solid bullpen work… the Tigers had nearly their entire big league lineup out there, too…
Pelfrey, after his start on his chances of making the team, as quoted by Adam Rubin at the NY Daily News:
“I don’t know if there’s even a slot open. Of course, anybody you ask, they want to be on the team. It’s the same way. I want to be on this team and I want to help them. I’ll just try to make the decision difficult. I think the chances of the whole staff going the whole year without something happening, it’s slim. If I don’t get it out of spring training, I’ll get my opportunity. There’s no way I can be mad. They’ve given me opportunities and I just haven’t taken advantage of them. That’s the bottom line.”
The Mets will be in Jupiter tomorrow to take on the St. Louis Cardinals. John Maine will make his first start of the spring.
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Phillies won today. Already 1 game back. Pathetic.
Dude, these games mean less than nothing. This is going to be a LOOONG journey. Don’t get too wrapped up in spring training games. The most signifcant thing here is Pelf’s outing. Very encouraging.
Ummm… I think hes trying to be funny…
Oh no already 0-1 in Spring training, hurry everybody, head for the hills!
I’m onthe ledge
he failed
These people are pretty funny.
Dear Lord you people are Ridiculous, who gave up those 4 runs? some guy that has no chance in making The Mets this year, so who cares what he did? The Mets Pithcers that actually matter pitched very well today, and Michale Abreu had another hit, hes looked good.
lets not even mention that the Mets only had 1 actual starter in the game at all, so all of you relax.
I think everyone acting upset about this loss today is being sarcastic. Everybody here realized these games mean nothing. Let’s just be healthy and ready to go in Miami next month.
good first game. gotta like Pelf’s quote. the final score means zilch…what matters is everyone gets a good solid outing.
Yeah, glad to see he has a solid outlook on things.
And the collapse continues.
not mentioned was the brawl that started when the
managers exchanged lineup cards.
Great another long year
Agree with Tug…I like what Pelf had to say…I’m sure everyone here is rooting for the kid..he’s got the ability, its a question of getting there mentally and learning to execute. Assuming it comes together, this is the best part of watching home grown talent
FIRE WILLIE. This is getting ridiculous.
What did the rest of the team do?
Carlos Beltran was seen throwing a baseball in the air to himself a few times and David Wright took a couple sips of Gatorade.
Henderson’s gone, so nobody played cards.
those guys didnt even make the trip. they just stayed in PSL and took bp and relaxed
how can you not root for this kid? The way I look at it, if you pencil him into the #5 slot, it will help the bullpen in 2 ways. Hopefully he is able to work deep into games giving the pen less work and two, duque is a better option out of the pen than jorge sosa. we can have sosa start in AAA and be ready for a spot start in case we need him.
The only problem is that El Duque may not be as good an option out of the pen as you think he would be.
How long do you think it will take for Duque to pull or dislocate something when he has to get loose as often as he would have to pitching out of the bullpen?
He’s better off with the time between starts. Nobody on our team benefits from rest more than Duque.
How often do you use a long man? 4-5 innings a week? Plus, if the choice is an injury prone 5th starter or an injury prone long man, i would rather store those fragile bones in the pen.
Point taken, but wouldn’t you want to have El Duque’s stuff available to you in something more than a long reliever’s role? That is, assuming that he is healthy to begin with and is not throwing BP fastballs to opposing hitters. I would. When he’s on he is better than a long reliever IMO.
Pelfrey > El Duque
Is Michael Abreau related to Bobby?
Doubtful. Michael is Cuban, Bobby Venezuela.
Michel abreu
Hah my bad I added two extra A’s
Was at the game today….gotta say that Abreu looked good. Made good contact all day. Absolutely stung that first single he hit. Someone definintely to look at this spring. ?sleeper backup 1B?
i have been waiting for him to make it to the majors for years….. whenever i would go to bigmanton mets games (which was like 3-4 times) he was the best player on the team, besides the year that carlos gomez was his teammate….. only problem is no one knows how old he is… when he came over from cuba he was originally signed by Boston i tihnk but they released him because he lied about his age or something and then he ended up in the mets system and has been in the minors for years….. its not like he’s some young prospect who is still developing and will inevitably make it big
he is actual 35. he played in the series with cuba and the orioles and if you had the amount of time that has past to his listed birth date it gives you 35 years old.
actually* add*
Michel is also not afraid of the wall.
Thank God he got a visa this year.
pelfrey just has to go out and get his work in and listen to what the coaches tell him.
it would probably be better for him to go to AAA, in warmer weather, on turn and get ready for the mid summer call.
he was excellent his first 3 or 4 starts in 2007 too.
met nation is pulling hard for mike to succeed.
Personally I think Pelf turned the corner last September. He’ll get his shot this year and I don’t think he’ll look back.
agree… had great command and movement today. Handled detroit best with relative ease(a very impressive top to bottom lineup.) Hopefully the begginning of things 2come
PELFREY FOR THE 5TH!
honestly…if he continues to pitch this effectively…it needs to be considered. If last septembers momentum continues thru this spring….we finally get the pitcher everyone has been touting for so long…..would be nice given the durablilty and contract issues of the rest of the staff
Lets all calm down with Pelfrey as the #5 starter.
If Duque is healthy he will and should be the #5 starter. He can do more throwing 60mph that pelfrey can do throwing 90 at this point. no need to rush pelfrey. i hope he does great this spring and he is ready to go when called upon. we all know Duque will take a mid year Ciesta, and at that point Pelfrey can come up.
There is nothing lost with Pelfrey in the minors while Duque starts every fifth day.
Its not like Duque is going to go 1-8 with a 6+ ERA. he will be the best #5 starter in the NL.
no problem with that approach….sounds very reasonable. just excited with how impressive he looked today. Tigers opening day and that lineup of stars was completely silenced…as was the crowd…….