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The Mets and Red Sox tied 1–1 in 10 innings today.
- Johan Santana allowed no runs and two hits through four innings while striking out four of 15 batters.
- Carlos Delgado was 0–for-2 with two strike outs in his return to the lineup.
- Carlos Beltran was hitless in three at-bats in his return.
- Angel Pagan collected another hit, and is now batting .421 this spring.
…santana looked great, of course Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz were not in the lineup…additionally, while it would have been nice to see beltran and delgado get a hit, for now, it’s just nice to see them back on the field…
0-2 and 2 strikeouts? At least Delgado seems to no have not missed a beat now that he’s back from injury.
lol nice
mid season form
we need a guy that can tear the cover off the ball like benny “the jet” rodriguez aka BLASTINGS THRILLEDGE!!!! dude has been killing in ST
hi…its spring training?
ok, just figured i’d allow you to read your own comment again
its been said before, but pelfrey looked great in ST last year…others have done it, hell, do you think Pagan is the best on our team? i mean, its possible he plays like this all season but be real man, you have no idea what hes gonna do
and I don’t get the benny “the jet” rodriguez AKA?? explain?
somebody watched the sandlot too many times…
oh and Milledge is still garbage until he does it when it counts.
That is all.
Seriously. For every game he goes 2-3 with an RBI or two he goes 0-3/0-4 in at least two consecutive games.
that would make him a 200 hitter, last time i checked he was at 400 plus. the guy str8 up rakes.
talk to us in July or when theres some REAL stats to show
As a point of reference when Ryan Church was LM’s age he was at Kinston in the Carolina League hitting .241. Let’s see what LM has accomplished by the time he is 29. Until then the best we can say is that Acta reports that LM is working hard to improve his skills and that’s all you can ask of him.
Wow Delgado had one bad SPRING training game and now you all want to dump him. Let the man play at least a week’s worth to see if he’s got something left.
As long as Delgado isn’t on the DL he is our first baseman like it or not. He looks shot, but you aren’t going to pay him all that money to sit on the bench. Regardless of how bad he looked at time last year his season numbers were better than anything we can replace him with right now.
I’m as afraid he’s done as anyone, but I have to agree with the folks chiding the “he’s done” posts based on a Spring game. We said the same thing about Green last year based on a horrible Spring, and he ended up having a very nice season.
I’m not confident, but let’s get a bit of perspective here.
He’s done. You cant compare Green who was always a spray hitter with some power to Delgado who has made a career out of hitting for power. Not to mention Green was a spot OF and 1st baseman. Delgado is hitting in the middle of the lineup. Hes done. Finished. Its over for him. He will be an albatross around the neck of this team Its gonna be a MAJOR issue as the season goes on. Best case IMO is somethin to the effect of .250, 20, 85 and I would take the under in all catagories.
Sorry, that’s just silly. Green WAS a power hitter and made the adjustment to become a gap/spray hitter later in his career. Indeed, Delgado was making the same adjustment with some success in the 2nd half of last year. He has natural power to the opposite field, so he has every possibility to do exactly what Green did.
I actually tend to agree with you that he’s in serious decline, and that he simply cannot catch up to the inside fastball anymore. But your statement lacks anything resembling a knowledge of Delgado or Green.
I expect the worst, but to say “he’s done” during Spring Training is the definition of rediculous. There’s Mets fulilism, and then there’s what you’re doing.
You want Delgado to quit when he has more than $10M guaranteed money coming to him? Isiah Thomas will quit first. Leave him alone. He may be in decline, but he is a LOT better than Valentin would be at 1B.
I didn’t think Delgado looked shot at all; Lester had some great stuff, and CD’s at bats weren’t anything to be ashamed of. His first was a full-count checked swing strikeout on a slider away, the second was a filthy slider inside that broke over the plate–a nasty pitch. He laid off a couple of pitches that were tempting, showing a good eye. Lester’s not a scrub, and saying CD’s done because of two at bats in the spring is awfully thin.
good point, that first at-bat especially was good…he laid off the inside pitch he was swinging and missing at all year last year, and would have worked a walk if not for the check.. first at-bat back after a while, you give him a check swing.
Im sorry fellas. I have to go with the body of work over the last year over one AB(granted his 1st). His timing is so off its almost comical. Its not like he hit the ball hard last year and caught some hard breaks. Hes LOST at the plate. Spray hitters can adjust. Its very hard for power hitters, forget about OLD power hitters. Hes has been swinging with everything hes got since Toronto. Maybe the haters are wrong(and I really hope we are), but to me he’s done.
well, I don’t agree that he looks lost, and he’s been a very decent avg guy his whole career. I think if his approach is as sound as it has been for most of his baseball life, he’ll be fine. (and that’s what was so ugly last year: there were def times he looked like he’d never seen live pitching before)
We shall see.
thanks for a more informed and objective analysis of his at-bats. Right now his process at the plate is much more important than the result of his at-bat. Sounds like he’s trying to make adjustments. That bodes well. I, for one, am not at all convinced Delago is ‘finished’ just yet. I prefer to wait and see how he progesses over the few weeks.
It’s good to see fans who actually watch and understand the game rather than these stat heads who look at a stat sheet for 2 seconds and think they know something about baseball. I’m completely sincere here. Good job.
You can’t judge any player in their 1st game back after an injury during spring training. It’s absurd to take anything out of today’s game when it comes to Delgado or Beltran. There’s obviously just certain idiots in here that had unrealistic expectations of Delgado leaving the team in the offseason or take the “bored” comment from last season totally out of proportion so they’re going to continue to bash Delgado every chance they get. Yes, he had an off year next year but to already assume from a March 10 game that he still has nothing left is ridiculous.
*last year
January 10th, April 10th, August 10th…..He has nothing left. Zero. Nada. He SUCKS. Let him prove me wrong. I pray he does….
I don’t think he is done, I think he is just hurt. Unfortunately he won’t be healing anytime soon and therefor won’t be back in his 06 form. i still think he should be playing if he can. Maybe he will catch some lightning and hit 30 hr’s this year. I’ll take that. If Church does what I expect/hope, he might make up for Delgado’s drop off.
ur an idiot / lunatic if u think church is gonna hit 30+ homers this year.
I like Delgado and I hope he has a great comeback this year. However, I agree tha Omar really needs to bring in a strong plan B . I don’t know who that could be but Omar has got to solve this problem.
i can’t be on the side of sayin Delgado is DONE…i mean yes he had a horrible year last year…now its his first game back from injury…talk to me right before the season starts if hes still healthy…
Soooo….you really think hes gonna find it over the next 3 weeks? Man, I hope you’re right…..you’re not….but MAN I hope you are….
I remember all of last year thinking this is the week he isn’t half a second behind on fastballs, and 6 inches off of curves….never happened. Not going to happen a year later. I try to be an optimist on all things ‘Mets’, but you’re delusinal if you think hes gonna be an asset to this team in any way whatsoever.
i have to say, i’m being optimistic, but i’m also saying you are entitled to your opinion…
You obviously can’t let anyone on this board live with an opinion of hope for Delgado, you basically respond to anyone saying anything other than “delgado sucks” and try to say “i hope your right” but then basically tell them they are dumb.
As I told you, i’m someone who enjoys spring training and as long as people are or get healthy, i consider it good…
until the games matter, i’m not gonna panic, at the same time, i may jump on your bandwagon come april 1st…who knows…
but relax, let people converse
Ha, in many ways you are spot on. Hope is for suckers. Hope is for people that cannot recognize fact. Sure, I ‘hope’ he gets it together, but the facts(and my eyes) tell me hes going to be Problem 1A for the ‘08 NYM. Im fine with the pitching, Im fine with the likely platoons in the OF and at 2nd base. In the NL you only need 2 things from your 1st baseman. DECENT fielding and above average power numbers. Im all about the ‘address issues as they occur’ mentality. I was one of the people who never gave up last year until the bitter end. It just worries me that an everyday middle of the lineup guy looks like he can hardly hit with ANY regularity, and like many others have stated, has basically no backup plan….
hope is for suckers?
just .. wow.
Suckers. Those that rely on ‘hope/faith’ will constantly lose to those that are relentlessly persuing their goals. I never ‘hope’ for anything. I work as hard as I can towards something, put myself in the best possible position to achieve my goal and let the chips fall where they may.
I’ve got to think that having a new child born at the beginning of last season — on top of his injuries — have had to play some sort of factor in his performance. Maybe some people deal with it better than others? Gotta give it some thought…
Well, all that and he is old and no longer physicaly able to turn on the inside fastball.
We have to give Delgado a fair chance, but if he gets injured or just totally collapses we need a Plan B.
I wonder what the Reds would want for Dunn around the trade deadline or sooner if Votto is tearing it up for them (unless of course Dusty Baker destroys the way all the young guys on the team play). Dunn would be perfect, he could play LF and 1B depending on who is hurts/sucking. Even though he is a butcher in the field its not like Delgado and Alou are great fielders either. Blah, blah, strikes outs, but he still gets on base at a decent mark, walks, and hits HRs something Delgado might have lost the ability to do last season.
Whoops, meant to say Bruce for the Reds and not Votto. They have too many OFs at the moment.
Chances are Dusty Baker, being an absolutely horrible manager, will sour on Dunn by the trade deadline. He’ll start sitting him in favor of Corey Patterson because if there’s one thing Baker can’t stand it’s seeing his “bases clogged” with runners in scoring position (or empty because Dunn cleared them with a home run). . Dunn is an offensive force. People point to his strikeouts, but they don’t know anything. He’d be one hell of an addition to the Mets lineup, either as a replacement for Alou or Delgado.
hilarious – and true – take on dusty.
Everyone leave KKarlos alone.
Honestly though… I’m comfortable with him being out there on first base this season. Call it blind faith, but I think Delgado’s still got the juice.
(no reference to PEDs)
I want to believe too, but looking at his stats he has been on the decline for a couple of seasons and it doesn’t really look like he’s coming back. His BB and R have declined a ton over the past 4 seasons and his OBP has decreased in decent chunks the past 3 seasons. These aren’t things you want to see out of a power hitting 1b turning 36 in June.
god, if this comments section is anything like how this season is going to go on here, it’s going to be awful. Reactionary a bit? It’s one game, relax people. And to think that Omar could have somehow gotten rid of Delgado and replaced him is laughable. You don’t just get rid of 16 mill or whatever he’s making and replace that easily. It’s also not easy to replace 25 HRs and 85 RBI’s for a guy who had his worst season ever. Yes, it was his worst season ever, and you’re suggesting Valentin could do better? Valentin’s best year wouldn’t do that, and Delgado did that in his worst year. Now, i’m not going to say Delgado is “back”, but saying he’s done is foolish. Last year he was so up and down it was unbelievable. Wait for the season people.
I agree that hes our best(relative) option. No one is gonna take him with that contract, nor do I think Valentin is a better option. That still doesnt mean he doesnt suck though. Hes just our biggest weak link. Every team has a few. I still think the Mets are one of the top 3-4 teams in MLB, I just happen to hate our 1st baseman. I wish I could have seen some of you, “Give him a chance.” people when Benitez came running out of the pen in a close game. Were you so optimistic then too?
Can I ask when these supposed ‘ups’ were? I remember a game once in a while when he looked OK, but to say it was 50% up, 50% down is just not true.
i appreciate your argument, but I never said it was 50/50 now did I? I said it was very up and down, and comparing to past Delgado seasons, and what you come to expect from the guy, it was more down. I am obviously willing to admit that. However, there were ups, like his .939 OPS in July and his .949 OPS in September. He had an absolutely horrible April, probably worse then just horrible, and some other months were below normal “bad” months for Delgado. He also had a few injuries he was dealing with. Now, like I said, i’m not going to say he’s going to give up a 2003 like Delgado season, and probably not an ‘06 season. But I do think he can give us better then last year, and I”m willing to give him that before he proves he can’t. Delgado won’t hit above .300, but he is still capable of hitting 30 HRs and driving in 100 RBI’s. Will he do it? We’ll see. My guess is he hits .265, with 29 HRs and 90 RBI’s hitting 5th and 6th for this team, which is fine really.
Well, you DID say ‘last year he was so up and down’, so thats what I was going with. The 50/50 part was just my assumption. We’re both in the ‘give him a chance’ camp(not like our opinions matter one bit), but for entirely different reasons. You believe he may have a decent year, I just think we dont have anyone better to throw out there. Ill bet were both gonna be a more than just a tad nervous when he comes up with games on the line. Its not that I dont think theres anyway he wont have a decent year, I just have no faith in it. Again, to those that think I want him to fail you could not be further from the truth. I just believe he will.
I’m not declaring his done after one meaningless ST game, but he has been declining for several years now. I hate to be a pessimist but I can only see him having maybe a slightly better season than last year and that would still be below average for an NL first baseman (and way below average for one making $16mil). He keeps declining in walks and his SLG% was 100 points below his career average.
I want to be wrong, but I think the signs are pointing towards another mediocre season for him.
the question is, what are your other options? You can complain about something, but if you can’t change it, you’re probably better off just realizing Delgado isn’t Delgado from ‘03 or ‘06, but is still capable. Just accept what he is now and move on. Hope for the best. If he is a total and utterly complete bust, then you can complain, but its spring training, i’d save your heart some undue stress by relaxing until the games and the at bats count.
There could be a few options for 1st once the season starts and we get into the summer. But like I said in another post above, I’d give the guy a chance first because of his aforementioned difficulty to unload on a team.
I’m not stressed in the slightest. I just like discussing baseball and looking up stats and the like. I more than overjoyed that season is upon us and I can discuss someone’s declining walk rates and SLG%.
You have to give Delgado the chance to lose the job if he is that much of a decline. They go with in house players if they need to, but I agree with the other posters who mentioned that if he indeed isn’t pulling his weight anymore, then Omar needs a Plan B, but not until the trading deadline.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say Delgado hits 30+ homers and drives in 100+ this year and shuts all you unfaithful Mets’ fans up.
I’ll put money on it.
May I ask why thinking that a power hitter with decreasing output for several years, culminating in a diseasterous ‘07 where he was quoted as saying that he was ‘bored’ makes me unfaithful? Hes the one player(outside of El Duque) that I just think is gonna have a bad year. Soooooorrry for not having 100% confidence that every player on the team I root for is gonna have a good season. I really REALLY hope I’m wrong, but simply pointing out his obvious weaknesses does not make me a hater, nor ‘unfaithful’.
The thing is, he had one bad year… Give the guy a chance at least until the trade deadline… He isn’t known as one of the most consistent hitters in this past decade for nothing, you know…
TRADE DEADLINE?!?….Um, no thanks. Ill give him(again, not like it matters) until the end of April, maybe Mid May. If he still looks lethargic by then were in big trouble. Can I state one more time that I will be rooting for him just as much as any other Mets player. I hope he performs. But I just dont know how an older power hitter(supposedly on the level) suddenly recaptures something thats been slowly deteorating over the last year or so?
you can see it 2 way:
A) he had a bad year and he will rebound and produce numbers he’s used to.
B) he’s one of those guys that really doesn’t age well. Kind of like Mike Piazza, he goes along and hit for his usual numbers and suddenly hit a wall when his age caught up with him.
I think as a GM, you need to bank on scenerio B because if you’re wrong, it won’t get you fired. Hopefully Omar bets right on this one.
I’ll throw in $20 on that.
i love that screen name but save your money, we’re in a recession.
Joe over at Mets Today has a name that intrigues him–Andy Marte. He was a huge Braves prospect a couple of years ago, then he went to the Red Sox for Edgar Renteria, then wound up with the Indians. He’s out of options, though, and has a hitch in his swing (which could be corrected). The irony of getting a former Brave prospect onto the Mets is rich.
Delgado is what he is. A 36-year-old power hitter who is rapidly declining. I dont hold out hope for older players making “comebacks” like during the steroid era. However, he is our best option this year. My guess is his performance mirrors last year, up one month, down another. Probably knocks about 25-30 homers with an OBP of .360. Not too bad, but what are you going to do. However, next year is a different story, there are a couple of options for first base. The first is Mark Texeira. Boras is going to want a lot of money for him. The second is Adam Dunn, Although he is an outfielder, he’s played a few games at 1st base. Those are the best of the free agents. It would have been great if Minaya could have had Washington throw in Nick Johnson in the Milledge trade. He could have rehabbed while Delgado plays this year.
Hey- how ’bout some props for Santana who threw 4 scoreless innings? Why is no one posting about that good news and is only focusing on Delgado? I think Delgado is adhering to Bill Murray’s “Baby Steps” theory from “What About Bob?” First step: on the field accomplished. Next step: make contact (maybe tomorrow he’ll have a couple of popups.) Then, maybe a bloop single and by opening day he’ll have 3 homers! Everybody please relax!
Lets hope the last step isn’t Dr. Leo Marvin’s Death Therapy
Good point- Delgado’s all tied up, especially on those inside fastballs. He needs to get untied before the bomb explodes on his career and possibly the Mets season!
It’s a guaranteed cure, though.
I’m just saying, I have faith in all 25 men on that roster. From Delgado to Sanchez to Santana to Pedro.
Blind faith or faith with due diligence?
Trust, but verify.
Where is all the hate coming from?
Last year CD hit 24 HRs and 87 RBI. I’d be happy even with a 20% decline in THOSE stats.
It’s important to guage CD among his peers. Last year, he hit more HRs than Todd Helton or Derrek Lee. He had more RBIs than Youkilis or Aubrey Huff and more doubles than Ryan Howard or Lance Berkman. And he struck out only 3 more times than Wright and 7 more than Beltran.
I know these are selective stats and we would all rather have Tex or Adrian Gonzalez, but who’s available and clearly better? And please stop with the minor leagers who couldn’t make it on three other teams. That’s not the correct answer.
P.S. On a funny note, he was tied for 5th in stolen bases by a first basement.
But yea, Santana looked great today. I’ll be at his next start on the 15th, hopefully he can go 5 or 6 innings. Does anyone know if Pedro is pitching the 16th? I am going to that game too.
…i just want delgado to put up 25 home runs and 85 rbi’s in tough spots, it would be interesting to see his stats with runners in scoring position and in tight spots…can anyone get those? he’s going to be the 1st baseman this year, barring a catastrophic injury, so we should just roll with it and hope for the best…
…as far as after delgado in ‘09…i really like this nick evans kid…he’s put up solid numbers in the minors thus far and is the organizations top 1b prospect…i’d rather try and develop him and see what happens then engage in a bidding war for texeria…just some thoughts…
Scoring Posn, 2 out .188BA .316OBP .300SLG
Scoring Position: .229BA .332OBP .401SLG
Home: .225BA .313OBP .368SLG
I’d like to see these in relation to the other 1Bs with equal or greater pa’s (or ab’s) to alleviate prejudice. As far as I can see, he wasn’t the best, but he was far from the worst.
Well, the Mets seem to have a few minor league guys that could do a lot for themselves this year. Either reclaim prospect status (Carp), or vault themselves into ‘09 consideration (maybe Evans). If the kid has a monster year, who knows.
If there is someone that needs another year or so to be ready, they might decide to go with a 1 year stop gap.
Of course, the perfect outcome is the core postion guys stay strong (Beltran, Reyes, Wright Castillo), and CHurch fulfills all his promise and becomes another building block.
That just leaves 1B and Lf to fill, and if the young guys have big years inthe minors, 1, if not both, could be filled that way in 2009. Probably no more than 1 though, but man, if both were (succesfully), what a loaded core this team would have for the future!
you mean get stats that mean absolutely nothing?
I just vomited
here we go again about clutch. For those of you who are readers, check out a scientific paper entitled “Hitting with Runners in Scoring Position” by Jim Albert, Dept. of Math and Statistics, Bowling Green University, 2001. sorry, the link won’t post.
For those who aren’t big readers, here’s the scoop, “Altough players may have large observed situational effects for a particular season, there appears to be little evidence that players have different abilities to perform well in clutch situations.”
give it up. people will cling to this idea of clutch till they day they die, no matter how much evidence is presented to the contrary.
yup…it’s part of each fan’s perception of a particular event, and of media, that informs “clutch”. Beltran sucks, Wagner sucks, etc.
Hey Matt, let’s lose the SNY popunder, OK? Thanks!
It’s EXTREMELY simple to disallow popups on your browser.
Heres a prediction ……john maine 19-6-190 k’s in 2008
he’ll break 200 k’s
Heres another one…. lastings milledge..277-21hrs 81 rbis
Might give you that, but I will then predict that Church does at least as well in every catagory. Only caveat is RBIs, since that is heavily dependant on where they hit in the lineup (and of course, how many many are on base to drive in!)
And while i dont like milledge ive read plenty of scouting reports on him and most scouts seem to think he has gary sheffield like bat speed.
prediction:
church – 268 13 58 (the new shawn green)
thrillz – 321 26 92 (the next willie mays)
the next willie mays eh? not quite
I’m one of the believers that Maine will become an ace. 18-20+ wins, sub 3.5 era, 200+ k’s. I was blackballed over at sports-boards.net for saying so. I’m really the only Met fan over there and I think I handle them pretty well.
yohan santana ….21-7 260k’s
i think your right maine could become another david cone.
Think we could get mike jacobs back?
I wish we could trade for a young guy in detroit named jeff larrish he hit 28 hrs and had 100 rbis in AA ball and according to baseball america is a very good defensive 1st baseman.
how about we get craig brazell back?
Sosa and Evans for Jacobs, we pay majority of Sosa’s salary?
Why would you trade for a 1B with less power and equivalent batting average?
Delgado 24hr 87rbi .258/.333/.448
Jacobs 17hr 54rbi .265/.317/.458
And Jacobs might be in his prime at age 27. Give me Carlos Pena or forget about it.
I see what you’re saying, but we need somebody to fill in this year if Delgado starts tanking, and for next year when Delgado is gone. I don’t see us getting Pena with our barren farm system and lack of expendable players. And Jacobs has proven he can play in the bigs, and for that matter, play in New York.
And, if we could get him for Evans and Sosa, why not?
two things, bro
Jacobs is their starting 1B, so you need to blow them away to pry their only 1B on the active roster.
We got backup choices if CD goes down or downhill. Michel Abreu has looked good this spring. Easley, Anderson and Valentin can also fill in.
Trust me, I looked at the 1B list and there’s no improvements that jump out at us right now. Save teh prospects for a deadline deal if you really must.
i mean i liked jacobs and all…but i mean, instead of trading away a prospect and an arm (even though they are shopping him anyways), why not just stick with evans? that seems a bit steam to get him back when we already had him ya know? just saying…
My dark horse for the back-up OF/1B is ………
The Stash. Yes, I said it. Jose Valentin, whom the Mets love and who had a great right handed at bat today and who is ahead of his rehab schedule.
And, it would make for a great story.
Ed Coleman said on the FAN today that Willie took notice of the at bat and that Stash could be a good fit.
as long as he’s batting lefty, I’m all for it. He can’t hit righty, though.
if willie’s basing decisions on one at-bat then he is as stupid as a lot of us think he is.
I’m sorry, but are you guys amnesiacs? Do you remember how horrible he was last season? The fact that he FINALLY injured himself to the point where he couldn’t play was almost a godsend.
I know he had a great 2006, but he’s coming off a bad injury, a bad season, and he’s 2 years older. I’ll pass.
My only concern is how long Willie is going to let CD stink up the place this year.
Don’t get me wrong, I want him to do well, but last year Willie Maintained his love affair with CD and kept telling us that he was going to come out of his slump in April, May, June July, August…
And he kept him in the meat of the order while he was a turd.
I hope last years experience helps to give Willie greater clarity this year. I would rather “waste” 10 mil by having CD sit on the bench than blow a chance for a post season run with somebody, anybody else.
Omar’s handling of the 1st base situation has been nothing short of moronic. Yes he traded for Santana, and I give him major credit for that, but how in the world could he not have a Plan B for 1st when your starter was horrible last year and has been injured. I wish the Mets could have two GMs, Omar could be in charge of doing the big moves, and the other guy could do the little under the radar things.
It’s posts like this that just baffle me. Even if Valentin somehow had a great comeback year (after knee surgery and hes 38) there is no chance he comes even remotely close to the 87 RBI’s or 24 HR’s Delgado put up last year. Also how many games has valentin played there? 1, 2?
I hope that you are not serious with this post and its just a joke, because if you are serious you have wasted our time.
I say give him a few months but if he still can’t hit that inside pitch and everyone knows it we gotta start looking around. I hope there’s an answer out there. Get ready Omar.
plan b according to willie is everyone else in spring training ;)
I’d like to see us grab a nice defensive first baseman (do they still make those?), with the idea that taking runs away is at least better than nothing.
under the radar?
like stealing maine and OP?
like signing Endy?
Like bringing marlon and easly in?
Like getting Nady?
Lookup Delgado’s 2007 stats and compare these to all others at his position. 9th in HR, 11th in RBI, 13th in Doubles. Please. Chill.
Also, there’s no way Valentin hits 20HR and drives in 85 this year, just not gonna happen. Delgado is our First Baseman. Not going to change this year. Lets anty up some support and postive energy please.
Yea Valentin is super clutch like in game 7 of the NLCS in 06. You really should just be quiet. The more you post, the more credibility (if you had any to begin with) you lose.
hey dopey. although i agree with your posts that delgado is a waay better option than valentin, you can’t use *1* instance to prove a point.
If that were the case, I guess that would make Beltran, and our entire team for that matter, unclutch. Remember the september last year buddy?
Please repeat after me: “There is no such thing as clutch. There is no such thing as clutch. There is no such thing as clutch. Players performances in late and close trend closely to their career performance. Everything else is in my pea sized brain.”
That is all.
Hi, I’m Doug Mientkiewicz, you looking for me?
I prefer the ex-Yankee Phillips.
which would basically show that mets fans are pessimistic….we know that already
who ARE you?
Maybe because he plays first base for his favorite team? Perhaps it is not so much defending him as it is giving him the benefit of the doubt. It is March 10th and the guy is 2 AB’s removed from an injury..
I know it’s not trendy to root for people on your team that do not perform well. I mean this piece of crap has only hit 62 HR’s in the past 2 years…
I stand up for Delgado because we need him in order to win, simple as that.
I can see people wanting an insurance if he doesn’t play up to par (which the Mets should), but simply bashing him and saying he’s done just baffles me. So, if the Mets go into Opening Day with Car-Del in the lineup, are you simply going to root against him (therefore rooting against the Mets) just to prove a “told-you-so?” What happens if he has a “comeback year” and contends for the MVP? Just saying…
I hate to question any man’s fanhood, but wow you’re redonkulous…
how soon we forget, before omar we were trading kazmir for absolutly nothing. We all knew it, but our gm (the puppet duqette) or whoever was running that pathetic show did not. We need to remember where we were only four years ago before we start hammering omar too hard.
To be fair, or at least as close to fair as you can get, I don’t think the difference between Zambrano and Perez is not that much. One guy can never control his talent, and the other is coming to controling it…for now.
Then again, one cost Kazmir, the the only Nady. Hence, as close to fair as you can get.
Keep running down Delgado. His bat will shut you morons up before long!