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The Game:
The Mets (10-9) begin a two-game series against the Nationals (6-15) tonight at Nationals Park in Washington D.C., starting at 7:10 pm EST.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- 2B Luis Castillo
- 3B David Wright
- CF Carlos Beltran
- RF Ryan Church
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- LF Angel Pagan
- C Brian Schneider
- P Johan Santana
The Pitchers:
LHP Johan Santana (2-2, 3.25 ERA) starts for the Mets. Santana earned a win in his last versus the Phillies on April 18, allowing three runs on four hits while striking out 10. Batters are 5-for-52 (.096) versus Santana when facing two strikes. He is 1-1 with a 2.40 ERA in two career starts versus the Nationals.
RHP Tim Redding (3-1, 3.27 ERA) takes the hill for the Nationals. Redding allowed four runs through six innings pitched in a win versus the Marlins on April 18, surrendering three hits and a walk while striking out 10. In six games, five starts, versus the Mets in his career, Redding is 1-0 with a 4.00 ERA.
The Notes:
Luis Castillo is batting .290 (9-for-31) with a double and three stolen bases in his last eight games.
The Mets are 9-2 this season when they score first.
Ronnie Belliard is 4-for-21 (.190) versus Santana in his career.
The Nationals are 3-for-8 (38%) in save opportunities this season.
How To Catch It:
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…enjoy, and as always, Let’s Go Mets…
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Church in front of Delgado???
THANK YOU WILLIE!!!
Did I call this lineup or what?!?! Let’s see if this works out for Beltran…
the lineup is moving in the right direction, but maybe willie should swap delgado for santana…..
no…not at all…he needs to swap pagan and castillo and let schneider hit 7th
also, he needs to let santana bat 8th and castillo 9th
Why?
Santana stands a better chance of getting on base than Castillo does.
This game just reassured me that Delgado is the root of all problems in this lineup, not Castillo. Today, in spots where Delgado would pop out or strikeout and kill the rally, Church came through. Castillo is going to be fine in the 2 hole as long as there are 2 players behind Wright who can drive in runs. Let’s see if this can work for two days straight….
Delgado batting 7th at this time would be even better.
Over/Under and crybaby comments complaining about Castillo batting second?
35
And it’s “crybaby” to point this out because . . .
You say “Over/Under and crybaby comments complaining about Castillo batting second?”
I say this without crying, Castllo batting 2nd is a no, no. It is very bad for any club not to have guys who are getting on base waaay more then him not get up very early in the order.
like Pagan, ideally
I don’t understand the loyalty to Castillo batting second. Although, with Church behind Beltran and Delgado moved down, I may be able to overlook that. I would have preferred Pagan 2, Schnieder 7, Castillo 8. Oh well, I’ll take what I can get.
PS- I’m not complaining about Castillo in the 2 hole. I’m just curious to the thinking behind it with the way he’s slumping. Especially now that you see Delgado moved down because of his slump.
Normally I would complain, but putting him at #2 allowed The Suck to bat #6. The only other option would be to move Pagan up to #2 or #5 and he is about as cold as The Suck is.
BEING BACK BOBBY V !!!!!
HEY! NOT COOL! we need cowbell man in citi field as well as the apple!
I know a lot of people are down on Castillo, but I still think he can be a very good number 2 hitter for this team if he puts up the numbers he has every year he’s played (.290 AVG, .370 OBP 20 Steals). It’s still early and I beleive he will be able to do this.
Delgado on the other hand I don’t think will ever be a number 5 hitter again and I’m glad Willie has him hitting 6th today and hoping that he will have him hitting 7th when Alou gets back. If we can get about .260 20HR 80 RBI (which may even be pushing it), that would not be bad for a 6 or 7 hitter.
I disagree. he seems to still be affected by his knee surgery in the off season, as evident by his request to Willie to rest him every 3-4 games.
Problem with your numebrs is that in all liklihood it would be a very weak .290/.370
I would rather have a doubles hitter batting 2nd, instead of a players whose game is sacrificing himself to get the runner over. This offense is not built to give up outs like that on purpose at the top of the lineup. Let him do it from the 8 hole.
How about when they hit good then put them in a better position in the order.
Because the hitters who are doing good should do it when others got on base before them.
Otherwise they stop the rallies.
And you do not change the order everyday, you do it when time has shown that a player is not hitting up to par.
sf
What we really need is a win tonight for Johan with Castillo and Delgado providing alot of offense!
I’d be happy if the just made contact with the ball and it got past the infield.
No, thats what they have been doing sporadically so fay this year. We need them to quiet us complainers!
With Johan it is either a win or go home crying.
If the ace can not do it with the Nats it would be time to ponder.
The line up actually looks good. now lets go mets
Now Alou comes back and bats 5th or 6th and knocks Delgado down to 7th. That should work!
And Delgado will be the highest paid #7 hitter in baseball… ever.
Probably still cheaper then those Skankee #9 hitters!
Yep, Giambi bats 7th and he makes 23+ mill. haha, what a world.
For $250k a year I’ll gladly hit 190 and play mediocre first base. Think they’ll take me up on it?
will you dye your goatee black?…if so then grab a glove my friend
Is that you, Doug Mientkiewicz?
I can hit Tim Redding so I dont care who is in the lineup as all 8 of them sucked in the 2 games vs CHC.
BTW…anyone else notice pitchers pitch worse and our offense does worse in every game Casanova plays? He is just awful (yes) or is the Schneid that important
Didn’t Redding completely shut them down in one of his starts against the Mets last season? I’m not trying to be a wiseass, I actually think he did but don’t remember.
Oh well, that was then. This is now.
I’ve complained enough for one lifetime. This is the lineup. Our ace is on the mound. It’s the Nationals. It’s not exactly a must win game, but it’s really not one you will feel at all good about if they lose.
LET’S GO METS!
I heard you only had warning track power against Tim Redding.
2 things i can’t understand, why people think Alou can play 1st well enough? And why people want to put Church at first? Church is a very good outfielder, if anyone would need to learn first, its Pagan, but obviously expecting him to do that would be a bit much. Even so, Church is way better in the field then Pagan.