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The Game:
The Mets (16-15) play the finale of their three-games series versus the Dodgers (19-14) tonight at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, game at 3:10 pm EST.
The Lineup:
- SS Jose Reyes
- 2B Luis Castillo
- 3B David Wright
- CF Carlos Beltran
- RF Ryan Church
- LF Angel Pagan
- 1B Marlon Anderson
- C Raul Casanova
- P John Maine
…i’m shocked to see Damion Easley not in the lineup today playing second because, a) i would think willie would give castillo the day off and, b) easley is batting .375 against penny in his career…
The Pitchers:
RHP John Maine (3-2, 3.48 ERA) starts for the Mets. Maine earned a win in his last start on May 2 versus the Diamondbacks allowing two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over 6.0 IP. He has allowed two earned runs or less in last five starts. In three career starts versus the Dodgers, Maine is 0-3 with a 5.06 ERA.
RHP Brad Penny (5-2, 3.19 ERA) takes the hill for the Dodgers. In his las starts on May 2 versus the Rockies, Penny earned a win surrendering three runs on three hits and four walks while striking out one over 5.0 IP. Penny is 5-11 with a 5.66 ERA in 19 career starts versus the Mets.
The Notes:
David Wright is batting .643 with 2 HR and 6 RBI in 14 career at-bats versus Penny.
The Dodgers bullpen is 9-2 with a 2.77 ERA this season, striking out 105 batters through 117.0 IP.
Rafael Furcal is 5-for-9 (.556) with a homerun in his career versus Maine.
For more insight on the Dodgers, check out Blogger Beat.
How To Catch It:
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The Bleachers:
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…enjoy, and as always, Let’s Go Mets…
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Ya Gotta Have Fun!
Soda Popinski!
lol
haha, that took me a second
needed a good laugh
haha
Let’s try to salvage something…Let’s go Mets!
Yeah! this is the game we bust out of this “slump”. At least I hope so.
yea! especially with a lineup that consists of luis castillo batting second, marlon anderson batting 7th!!!!!, and raul casanova batting anywhere.
fire willie
thanks for bringing something to the conversation!
it’s straight and to the point. no more speculating about what he is thinking, or reasons behind his idiotic decisions. Just fire the enemy already.
Yea…at least Willie won’t use us to “prove you’re not about the money” and flee for Seattle.
Prediction for today.
Ollie: 0IP, 0H, 0ER, 0K, ND
and boras’ demands will go up $1M per year
He’ll find a way to walk one or two guys…just WAIT!
I think Ollie should start stepping on the line and Delgado, Beltran, Castillo and Wright should start hopping over it.
If the Mets lose today I say they fire willie and rick peterson and hire Guiseppe Franco and The Verizon Fios Tech to right this sinking ship.
Guiseppe Franco ftw!
lmao
I will be more than happy to whip these boys into shape.
Seriously though, how many weak grounders and fastballs to the knee cap does Castillo have to take before Willie sits him down and give Easly more playing time?
Willie’s gut told him to stick with Castillo. Why would he think about Easley. Besides…taking Alou out and moving Church to 5th allows him to try to prove to the fans how stupid we all are for asking for Castillo to be moved from the 2 hole.
Castillo batting 2nd > Pagan batting 5th, which was the other scenario with both Alou and Delgado getting the day off.
you must not be paying attention. Everything Willie does is wrong. If someone grounds out, it’s because willie didn’t motivate him properly. If a pitcher gets shelled, it’s because willie doesn’t have confidence in him. If a pitcher has a good game it’s because willie got lucky and that pitcher would have had an even better game with a different manager. If someone hits a homerun for the mets it’s just a matter of luck and was hit in spite of willie.
If Willie wins manager of the year, it’s because his brother was the Governor of Florida.
Art Howe once won manager of the year… want him back?
Definitely not. Believe it or not, I’m a Willie supporter and always have been. Art Howe was blessed with 3 excellent starting pitchers as well as a very deep lineup and “The Jacket”.
Fact is, Art Howe couldn’t hold a candle to Willie. I just think the end is near.
Pagan batting 2nd, Easley in the 6th hole.
pagan stinks and Easley shouldn’t ever start.
Anderson Hernandez should start and Castillo should be bought out.
as bad as you might think castillo is, he is hitting about 100 points higher than ahern would. and he is a better baserunner.
It is sunny outside today.
wow mackey, was waiting for you to say it was snowing.
i would rather watch anderson hernandez bat 100 points lower than castillo (that’s a rough estimate anyway. would like to see where you get these numbers), but have a greater chance of improving over the next 4 years. i could live with poor performance, as long as it is youth and has a chance of getting better.
for example, i say let’s live with pelfrey’s lumps right now. get em out of the way.
Where do I get my numbers?
Anderson Hernandez career batting average - .138 through 87 at bats.
2008 Castillo - .237 through 97 at bats.
Sorry it wasn’t exactly 100 points. pretty close though, huh?
And just becasue someone is young, doesn’t mean they are going to turn into a productive hitter. Some people (like hernandez) just suck. Castillo is an all-star and a winner.
Oh, and a-hern is batting an even .200 in AAA with a .252 OBP and only 2 SBs with one CS. He is junk, I don’t care how old he is.
I didn’t say he is guaranteed to get better. I said there is at least a chance he will get better. Whereas, Castillo will either remain a constant or he will regress (unless he starts hanging out with Barry Bonds’ dealer).
…and if 87 at bats were enough to judge a major league hitter, then Beltran is horrible.
you asked where i got my numbers… baseball-reference… castillo regressing or remaining constant is better than a-hern can ever dream to be
if 87 at bats aren’t enough to judge a major league hitter, perhaps everyone should slow down on their rush to kill castillo. At least he has proven over a long career that he has the ability to hit ML pitching.