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According to Adam Rubin of the Daily News, RHP Carlos Muniz is on his way from New Orleans to Shea Stadium.
Rubin continues on to explain why Aaron Heilman or Matt Wise could be the player Muniz replaces.
In three appearances earlier this season, Muniz allowed no runs and two hits while striking out two batters.
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Hopefully WISE
Let him coach
I agree….In my opinion, wise is just a poor man’s Aaron Heilman…Which isn’t saying much at all.
maybe pedro is going this week and pelf is gone
This guy will do no better.
why will he do no better, he came here earlier, pitched four scoreless innings only to be quickly sent back. he’s def worthy of a chance in the bigs
i agree. Why be negative about a new piece that can help. He has done a great job for us in AAA and when he was up here he did just fine.
Triple A is not the Majors. I’m all for giving him a shot and will have no problem with whoever is sent down for him but I don’t see him being that better over a long period of time. We’ve only had a short sample of him. I’d be surprised if he’s that much of an improvement. This team needs more than bringing up Carlos Muniz. Hopefully it’s a start.
All i am saying is lets stay positive about this and welcome some youth on this team. Hopefully its a trend to continue.
Hopefully
Maybe Pelfrey’s going down? Armas has looked good lately if they needed to use him for a start until Pedro pitches.
Pelf goes down. Muniz replaces Heilman.
Heilman to the rotation.
Makes tons of sense to me….but then again, this is the Mets we are talking about here.
it’d take heilman some time to build up to throwing 5+ innings, so we can’t just say put heilman in the rotation. as bad as pelfrey has been, i’m open to anything to get some f’n innings out of our starters. sick and tired of seeing 5 or 6 IP, 100 pitch outings from them.
after seeing him warm up early last night in the midst of another Pelfrey disgrace, I thought perhaps he may be on the Joba plan. Guess not.
But a Santana-Maine-Pedro-OP-Heilman rotation would not be too bad.
muniz is useless he will pitch in blowouts anyway
He’s more useful than you though.
I think that this Church4prez guy may be posting on here just to bring fan unity. Because no matter if you are a sunshiner or a doom and gloomer we all can’t stand him.
Amen, TRS86.
Hey, Gip I have to ask It’s not you is it? LOL Can someone get on this Church4Prez guy? Maybe it’s Vcarver?
havent seen vcarver post in a while…………..
I recently was informed FreeAaronHeilman is in fact the artist formerly known as VCarver
i was informed freeaaronheilman is actually aaron heilman and hes gunna continue sucking until he can go somewhere obscure to be a starter.
and metsftw is pedroissavior.
has go to be. Except he usually says one stupid/arrogant thing and that’s it. Pedroissavior would just go on and on and on and on.
So perhaps Pedroissavior’s balls finally dropped. because as metsftw, he’s showing a little less immaturity.
lucky i dropped by, otherwise no one at all would get your reference. pis was pre-06 bandwagon. but he was classic: if bill james and Rosanne had a child. Only he wasn’t funny.
i’m not “pedroissavior,” sorry. this is the only name i’ve ever used on metsblog. did i burst your bubble? i’m glad you’re thinking about me when i haven’t even posted in a topic, though. not creepy at all.
what can i say. it’s you use of vocabulary. it’s unforgetable.
and itsmetsforme…..you don’t post here enough anymore. we miss your battles with youngblood.
haha
i’m touched, danny.
I’ll guess Casanova….
No doubt Pelfrey is going down.
Heilman pitched 2 solid, and ultimately meaningless innings last night, preserving his ability to blow a much clser game for us soon.
Carlos Muniz! Way to jolt the ballclub!
Can he manage?
Heilman? They’ve been talking about him accepting a minor league assignment. He looked fine last night, though.
Or they’ve decided Pelfrey’s gone once Pedro returns, so they’re adding another bullpen arm in the interim.
Unless somebody’s hurt that we don’t know about. Woo hoo!
If nothing else, Heilman showed that he can handle the Darren Oliver role better than Aaron Sele could last year.
God please be Heilman
i think heilman did great last night, maybe thats a good role for him, to be a long relief, id give him a shot at that before sending him down, big pelf needs some work though
he always does well when the game doesn’t matter
you have to imagine that the mets need at least 90 wins to make the playoffs. in order to win 90, the mets need to go 67-46. to put that in perspective, if the mets were to play at that pace for 162 games, they would win 97 games.
Just like their 2006 season! Coincidence?
It’s far too early for “paces.” When they left Yankee Stadium they were on pace to go 89-75.
sorry, but when is it the correct time to talk about paces? when we’re 7 up with 17 to play?
it gets late early around here.
there is never a time for talk about paces, because they’re retarded. a guy had 2 rbi in the first game of the season?! He’s on pace for 324 rbi! wowwwwwwww!!!!!!11
hyperbole, but you get the point.
Maybe Heilman is going down
Heilman is terrible… If you think his 2 scoreless innings yesterday under no pressure whatsoever were good enough to keep him his job in the big leagues then the Mets deserve to be a sub .500 team. His performance this season has been unacceptable. BRING OUT THE HEILMANS AND BRING OUT THE MESS!!!
It was only the 5th inning and they were down by 3. He kept them in the game. Why would you think there was “no pressure”??
maybe they are rushing pedro this week
My money’s on Church to the DL. But only because I’m a pessimist and that would be some pretty lousy news. Plus, with starting position players like these, who needs a bench? Yuk, yuk, yuk…
I take that back. I’m not a pessimist. I’m just a severly dejected, generally cynical optimist…
I think we just came up with a dictionary explanation for Met fan.
Perfect!
theperfectpost
And if Ryan Church is going on the DL, I can tell you how thrilled I am that he’s had 4 pointless pinch-hitting appearances so he’s basically disabled 25 games.
No, I’m sure it’s another pitcher, because this team would rather carry 16 pitchers than any semblance of offensive options. Let’s keep running usless Endy Chavez out there in right and Nick “I am literally begging Willie to keep me in long enough to misplay a routine flyball into an inside-the-park homer” Evans in left, rather than find a replacement for Alou.
Well, in fairness to Evans, if Willie was smart, he’d be trying Evans at his natural position. Lets see if that happens tonight. When is Pagan due back?
Well that’s one hell of an “if” isn’t it?
Pagan appears to be in the witness relocation program.
All this fire Willie stuff is nonsense – if minaya does not pull off any sort of trade in the next 5 days, he should be fired. This team needs a blood transfusion.
and willie is in the witless protection program.
Unless you want him to trade F-mart for another quick fix, which is the last thing we need, what kind of trade could he make?
How about trading Santana for Gomez, Mulvey, Humber, and Guerra?
It would take Santana and F-Mart to get that package.
finding a replacement for Alou is not Willies job, and is easier said than done, Evans has done no worse than Alou would do tracking down balls.
Lets get BIG BROWN FIR LF
No, he’s got no arm at all. I mean, he has literally no arms, or hands, or opposable digits, being a horse and all.
He’d fit in perfectly with that cracked hoof.
BIG BROWN COMIN TO SHEA TONIGHT!!!
geez, former mets pitcher geremi gonzalez killed by lightning.
rip
Between the current team’s lack of spark and the thunderous blast ARod hit off him 2 years ago, I am certainly going to hell for the wide range of inappropriate jokes I am supressing right now.
It’s a truly a tragic story though – what a terrible thing ot happen to a young guy. Thoughts and prayers to his family.
you guys talking about barry bonds?
No, Big Brown doesn’t take horse steroids.
Evans and Muniz both up this week is a good sign, guys. Out with the dead wood, in with the youth. In a week when we all have a right to be frustrated, we can be cautiously optimistic about these moves.
I agree. Hopefully this is the start of a youth trend that the majority of baseball is taking ……
bandaid over a bullet wound imo. this team always makes moves two weeks too late.
No Big Brown. He has won more than our 1st baseman ss 3b cf and sp ever has
aside from Wanger, sometimes Smith and Show (yes, I said it) no one else has made a good impression from the ‘pen. fresh arm is good i guess
Reds designated Hatteberg. Maybe the Mets can take a flyer on him to platoon with Delgado.
It’s a good thought, as sad as it is to take castoffs from a Cincinnati team that has far more prospects than we do.
I know, seriously. But he is still a good hitter and can get on base.
He could be helpful, but who knows what the deal is with him? Did he play like crap cause he was losing playing time, or did he lose playing time because he was playing like crap?
The only problem with that is that I have never heard of Lefty-Lefty Platoon. On second thought, Willie might just be crazy enough to try it….
Screw a platoon, bench Delgado.
In Homer Simpson voice:
“Please be Heilman, please be Heilman….”
actually Heilman has had 2 solid outings his last 2 times out and hes better with multiple innings, since we have no long man, he is the closest we have
the obvious one is Pelfrey, I mean when/if Pedro came back, if they released Claudio Vargas and kept Pelfrey…then I will finally be the last holdout of the Fire Willie and Omar movement…Pelfrey was rushed up 2 years ago and it clearly has not benefited him or the mets.
I wish Delgado was the one going down……
He does suck right now no question, but so does everybody else. I want Heilman & Pelf gone bad. Pelf can come back when he used to the pen.
thats Gonzalez story is so bizarre and sad, I was almost hit by lightning, within 3 feet, pretty scary, I would think that the Mets have to send Pelfrey down, he needs work, Vargas at least throws strikes, all those deep counts hurts the defense too, fielders start playing on their heels, no ryhythm, Maine needs to pound that strike zone too, trust his stuff
Lets think about this logically.
The current bench (assuming Evans and Endy are starting) is:
Church-bc he can only pinch hit
Easley
Castro
Casanova
Tatis
Because of this lack of flexibility, if anyone of these guys were to go down Casanova or DL Church, you would have to bring up another fielder. Otherwise the bench would be way too shallow.
So if Muniz comes up its gotta be for a pitcher. Pedro is supposed to be back soon, but not soon enough that he can replace Pelfrey or Vargas next turn in the rotation. So why send either down now for a spot starter, when you can jsut give them one more turn and demote them after it in favor of Pedro.
This means the logically conclusion is Muniz is coming up to replace a reliver. its got to be heilman. Either they are just fed up with him or want him to get stretched out in the minors. Either way, its got to be him.
Why doesn’t Willie give Tatis a shot? He’s hitting any chance he gets and actually looks excited to be here. At least try to ride a few short-term hot bats while oyu can…
In all honesty, with the Mets going to their farm system, it appears that Omar is under the gun, not Willie. Its obvious the Mets got old and got old fast. They have too many old holes in the lineup. Somewhere, someone has waken up and been told to do whatever it takes to win. This is part of it. Cutting Sosa was also part of it.
Evans and Muniz are not ungodly prospects, but if the Mets have no future in the old guys they have, at least they are working on their future now. And Evans and Muniz will immediately have trade value as well. Its a good move for now and for the future.
LTS GET GARRET ATKINS OR HOLLIDAY HERE THEY WERE AVAILABLE ACCORIDNG TO FOX
You’re getting your news from FOX? That says enough about you.
We drafted Atkins initially, but he didn’t sign. I guess it’d be neat for him to end up here. But I don’t think he’s a good fit with the Mets right now. Nor do I think we have the pieces Colorado would want for him. And Holliday is a pipe dream for us. We definitely do not have the means to get him. Plus, I’m not convinced we should be “buyers” right now, Especially given the major league-wide parity. Come July 31, the market might be right to be on the “selling” end of some established-player-for-the-stretch-run-in-exchange-for-prospects deadline deals.
“or the Mets are about to make a series or moves over the next week or so…”
Lets hope this is the case, that they actually talked about a “plan” for turning this mess around after the mutual hugfest yesterday. I would welcome some roster moves, hopefully some position players as well. I want to like this team again.
Like it or not Heilman is a key part of our pen. Does not make sense to demote him now.
key failure in the pen.
I think we may see some changes around the edges. It would not surprise me to see Easley gone soon, perhaps replaced by Valentin. They could sign someone like Hatteberg or trade for a Millar to replace Marlon, depending upon when he may/may not be back.
I like the idea of mixing in more youth. The NY Rangers have done this quite successfully in recent years, but arguably they have a lot of talent to mix in with high priced vets like Jaromir Jagr.
great screen name, I was a Bruce Boisclair fan, good ideas too, Valentin would help the clubhouse too, and Hatteberg would be a excellent addition to this team
Well lets see, Church went to see a specialist, and someone gets called up from Minors. I think i found the answer!
you can not put church on the DL and bring up a pitcher.
you can not have a 4 man bench that includes two catchers.
Just doesnt make any sense.
It does when our bench is completely ineffective anyway and our starters are only good for 5 innings a night (if that). Plus, I’m sure some of those bullpen guys played shortstop in high school. Where has making sense gotten us, anyway?
Maybe we could just petition the league to let us expand our roster to 30… and use players from other teams…
Marlon cant go he is one of iwllies GUYS!!
thats about the only intelligent post you have made all day. congrats!
chruch4prez…for who????? FMart healthy is the only player we have that could get either of those Rockies…and it still prob isnt enough, wed need at least 1 pitching prospect.
give up beltran for holliday straight up. And they would do fmart for atkins
Yeah, that’s the answer. Give up another prospect and forget about the future.
Why would the Rockies do that? Beltran is owed 80 million over the next 3 years and isn’t hitting for power any more. Holiday is younger and will probably be cheaper even after he signs an extension.
the mets dont make sense either straw
theywouldnt take beltran for holliday…replace a guy making what like 10 per year for 2 years with a guy making 20 per year for 4 more? no no no….if the rockies trade holliday it will be for a stud whose young and under contract for years.
fmart for atkins is right, but do we need a 3B, as far as I can tell that is the only position on this team that does not need to be immediately benched or is constantly hurt….ok and catcher.
Atkins can play first as well(he has 16 career MLB games there, along with 17 MiLB games there).
David Wright has the arm of a first baseman.
Atkins is capable of playing 1B just as well as his current spot at 3B, if not for Todd Helton he would be the 1B for colorado
he is a 1b
FIRE THE JACKET AS WELL!!! HE IS USELESS!!! BRING BACK CLIFFY!!
holliday is a FA after this year
He’s a FA after 2009 actually.
Maybe last nite was the last audition for Heilman? Could there be a trade in the works here? Hmmm?
please lets dump him while he still has some value…
Worth seeing if the Rockies are interested in revisiting Heilman for Fuentes….
He’s their closer now. No way.
What does a team 10 games out need with a $5 million closer, especially one who is going to continue to earn more money.
they still dont want 3-4 years of beltran in return, period. and atkins plays 3rd, helton plays 1st. thats what we need, is another positioon change guy, because of defense isnt already awful (see Wright, Reyes, Beltran, all 746382764 of our LF’s, Delgado)
Betlran and Helton make the same money from now through 2011 inlcuding Heltons buyout for 2012.
The Rockies would do that trade in a heartbeat if Helton did not have a no trade clause and the Mets were insane.
Helton is 35 this season, where as Beltran just turned 31, Beltran will be younger when his deal ends than Helton is today.
Again, Atkins has experience at 1B, he’s played there before. And he cant be any worse at 1B than Delgado, and at least he can hit.
what happend to the castillo rally killer thread ????
i was about to ask the same thing!
i just dont understand all the castillo abuse… look at his numbers they are not great but certainly not bad… he is a role player. If the rest of this line-up just put up typical career avg’s castillo would never be mentioned. Foucsing on castillo is overlooking the real problems.
couldn’t agree with you more, the guy has a .361 OBP, plays a nice 2nd base, he is what he is, a slap hitter, I mean Wright hasn’t been exactly tearing up righties, Church hasn’t been able to stay on the field, Reyes is just starting to show life, and Beltran’s power has been nowhere to be found
atkins plays 1b in his career
16 games at 1st
Hey, that’s a full season!
Wait, wait, no. No, that’s football. Damn…
FYI: Rubin’s now saying Matt Wise may be hurt, hence the Muniz move.
yet another brilliant signing. how does this guy get hurt so much? he throws like 70.
lmao
on surfing the mets it says wise may be hurt again
by the way, did you like that Coldplay song?
Great signing my Omah. wise is awful
Just friggin great… why can’t Delgado be the 1 whose hurt?
I propose the Mets make at least one roster changed every single day. Yes, even during off days. Maybe the Mets can keep Delgado on the 25-Man roster but keep him useful by changeing his position. Delgado can be a hotdog or beer vender one night, then a Shea Stadium security guard the next. If he does a good job, then he can play the field.
Substitute Delgado with Heilman, Reyes, Beltran, and the rest of the team then rinse and repeat.
NEW YORK — The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The fourth-place Mets trail the first-place Marlins by 6 1/2 games after the Marlins’ 7-3 victory at Shea Stadium on Monday. The game was the Mets’ 49th and the Marlins’ 50th.
On May 30, 2004, the Mets 49th game was also the Marlins’ 50th. The Marlins’ 8-6 victory at Pro Player Stadium put the fourth-place Mets 6 1/2 games behind. The Marlins led the National League East that day.
The Mets’ and Marlins’ respective records — 23-26 and 30-20 — in 2004 are the same after Monday night, too.
Warning: The Marlins faded and finished third, 13 games behind the first-place Braves. The Mets collapsed and finished fourth, 25 games from first.
Note: Three Marlins from that 8-6 victory four years ago witnessed the 7-3 game as Mets on Monday, and two of the three participated. Damion Easley pinch-hit in both, and Luis Castillo played second in both. Ramon Castro, who had four at-bats for the Marlins in 2004, was a dugout spectator on Monday.
After 49 Mets games in 2004
Team W L PCT GB
Marlins 30 20 .600 —
Phillies 27 21 .563 2.0
Braves 24 25 .490 5.5
Mets 23 26 .469 6.5
Expos 16 33 .327 13.5
After 49 Mets games in 2008
Team W L Pct. GB
Marlins 30 20 .600 —
Braves 28 23 .549 2.5
Phillies 29 24 .547 2.5
Mets 23 26 .469 6.5
Nationals 22 30 .423 9.0
Interesting statistical oddity, but otherwise pointless…unless Art Howe and Ty Wigginton are coming back.
right now would even play 1st?
Looks to me like we might be seeing Wright as 1B some time in the next year or so
Big brown in a 1b and Delgado to run the Belmont next wekend
wise was a bad signing??????? he gets paid nothing, it was a great signing, its when 2MM Jorge sosa signing dont pan out that are bad deals, or 1MM to Dave Williams last year…oh no Brady Clark as a non-roster invite didnt work either!!! terrible Omar!!! how dare you pay 25K to people who didnt pan out, we only want our 119MM beltrans to play like little leaguers!!!
Where’s my boy Nady…a rock like that is badly needed.
in pittsburg
Can we trade Heilman for Nady? Please?
Supposedly the Pirates might trade him and Heilman still has some value.
He can play first for us. Please baseball Gods- you owe us.
I love it…then we can trade Nady back to the Pirates for a struggling Zach Duke or Tom Gorzelanny…and then re-acquire him for Tony Armas Jr. We can keep getting undervalued starters for Nady and then getting him back for worthless pieces!
I”m cool with it if you are.
As usual, we’ve driven Heilman’s value down to nothing, instead of using the insight that comes with watching him every day to trade high. The guy is either all over the place, or throwing the most hittable ball in the majors, or both.
he cost us a game this year
how about the 3 games castillo cost us in the last 2 weeks?
how bout the 3 games in the last 4 reyes has cost us, even the one where he hit 2 HR’s he cost us with his defense.
How about the games Pelfry and Ollie have cost us.
Or that the offense in general has by not hitting.
This game’s easy to play…
Especially if you just say, “”How about the games the Mets have cost us by SUCKING?!”
that would be too good to be true
Perhaps Heilman pitching two innings last nite is a sign that they’ll try him as a starter in place of Pelfrey next go round, and replace him in the pen with Muniz?
That’s a nice idea.
I simply can’t believe there are still people who think Aaron Heilman will ever – or should ever – start a game as a Met.
What are we more likely to see first?
A. Santa Claus
B. The Loch Ness Monster
C. Mets starter Aaron Heilman
D. A Unicorn
Are you implying that Santa Claus is in fact NOT coming to town?
aww man i had cookies and everything……
No, A. Santa Claus is the answer ;)
Heilman needs to be joba”ed in order to be a sp
My bad, you’re right – I guess there’s not enough time. It is, however, nice idea. Especially if he worked as a starter who we could then trade.
Thanks.
Rubin:
UPDATE: Word is Matt Wise is again ailing and is headed to the DL.
Brilliant!
We should just let him pitch hurt all season and sabotage games like we did with Schoeneweis last year or Looper in 05. Willie trusts his guys, even if they are injured.
Can we send willie to the DL?
HAHAHAHA! Best post ever!
What will happen first??
A.Willie Fired
B.Wright get a 2 out hit with risp
C.Heilman a Mets Sp
D.Delgado has a month hitting 320
E. Reyes admits he is off the crack
D. Hopefully.
It’ll be D, but it’ll be some quirk where he hits .320 over 4 days and then gets hurt.
I think Pelf is a nice kid, maybe we can turn him into a reliever, put some pepper in his food to make him mean.
BTW, I figured out a way for Willie to get some production out of his players … Waterboarding.
Bad footwork in the infield … waterboarding!!!
Don’t run out a play … waterboarding!!!
Walk the pitcher with a 3 run lead … WATERBOARDING!!!!
These will guys will start playing some good ball, you’ll see.
Or maybe they will grow gills?
this is hilarious.
Peterson sucks, has he made a good reliever out of anybody yet?
He helped Ollie for awhile, 3 seasons ago Ollie could not get out of his own way. But, slowly he is regressing as well.
But, if a reliever isn’t good before he gets here, he is not making a transformation under The Jacket’s watch.
Sanchez was alot better in 06 than he ever was as a Dodger, DBack or Pirate. Not sure if the jacket has anything to do with that.
Nah, he came out the gate like gangbusters. Last year Joe Smith came out the gate like gangbusters.
This year the gang is just busted.
BTW – what ever happened to Delgado’s notebook? Have we seen that thing in 2 years?
i think they made it into a movie…I think Jim Rockford was in it.
ive been asking that one myself. no one talks about that anymore.
gary/keith/ron have been very quiet about it as well.
anyone else think Wise has an odd delivery…and not in a good way?
he reminds me of a catapult…he sort of leans back with the ball straight up in the air and then sort of tips forward catapulting the ball towards home…it seems like the hitter would have a good view of the ball the whole time.
LMAO!!! I know. I guess writing down how much you suck can be painful after a while.
We need this guy to turn the corner. D Wright can not carry the team the way Delgado & Beltran can.
They should use big pelf as a long man.
Ha. That is a euonym. Long man for Pelfrey.
Euonym is my elevator’s word for today on the captivate network.
(N.) YOO’-O-NIM – name that suits a person or place
Just adding a little edumigation to the diskcussin.