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Prior to last night’s game, Jerry Manuel told reporters that Luis Castillo’s entire body is essentially in pain, from his thigh to his hip to his back, due to overcompensating for pain in his knees.
In a post to his blog for the Bergen Record, Jeremy Cothran writes, “After games, Castillo often resembles a walking mummy, the way he’s wrapped from waist to toe in Ace bandages.”
…that’s terrible, yet totally funny
According to Manuel, the team will soon discuss whether the best course of action will be to simply put Castillo on the disabled list.
…the buzz from new orleans suggests that a second baseman from Triple-A could be promoted to take castillo’s spot on the roster, such as Argenis Reyes or Abraham Nunez…
Reyes, 25, is hitting .290 with 11 doubles and a .353 OBP in 79 games for Triple-A New Orleans, while hitting .358 in 81 at bats against left-handed pitchers.
Meanwhile, Nunez is batting just .191.
…frankly, Damion Easley has earned the chance to start in castillo’s place, regardless of whether castillo is on the disabled list…that said, i love the idea of having Reyes and Reyes as the middle infield duo…
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Is this Reyes at least mature… Gawd… I can’t take these immature children anymore. Let’s bring up some old guys who wont show emotion.
BTW when will the Mets play like the Rays. I watched their game on ESPN last night and for the first time in a long time I liked watching an American League baseball game.
I mean, we already have one immature Reyes. Sheesh.
If throwing a glove is a sign of immaturity, then I am a pre-teen. Just ask anyone on my Sunday Morning Softball team.
that game was awesome. I love this Rays team. They’re fun to watch, and they have a great story going, similar to the ‘69 Mets. Unlike the expansion Marlins and D-Backs, they built their team the old-fashioned way, and it’s paying off. I’m pulling for them to win the AL East outright and force the Yanks and Sox to fight for the Wild Card. I’d much rather watch the Rays right now instead of the Mets.
The d-backs haven’t built their team the only fashion way? Most of their players are from their own system
the 2001 D-Backs. Sorry for the confusion. And I was talking about the ‘97 Marlins too, not the ‘03 Marlins.
Why cant the Mets just trade Schoeweneis to the Brewers for Bill Hall and he can play 2b. Then we can release Eisley. Hall has demanded a trade and we definitely would get younger and perhaps a change of atmosphere would spark him to the numbers hes used to put up.
Trade Delgado to Seatle for Sexson. If he pans out keep him, if not let him walk and become a free agent.
Trade Heilmann to the Pirates for Nady. Then Heilman can start for the Bucs as he wants and he probably will do well for them. this way we can release Alou and Nady plays left. Nady, Beltran and Church, not bad an OF. Sexson, Hall, Reyes, Wright.
This is a shakeup!
Tough choice here…….can’t decide………so hard………maybe the good player having a good year?….i dunno…….don’t want to be wrong on this one……
Obviously Nunez will be the one to get the call since he is much closer to 40 than Reyes.
Wish i could say your wrong.
Well, if either one of the two could hit the ball out of the infield (on a fly, not a 27 hopper), it would be an instant upgrade.
I think Castillo should be cut before Delgado. Please don’t flood me with his numbers not being that bad with RISP, etc. I know what I see with my own two eyes. Here is what I see:
-if there are two men in scoring position with two outs and Castillo is up, it will take two hits to score both runners.
-if there is a man on third with one out and Castillo is up, it takes a base hit to score them.
Those are things that have been plaguing the Mets all season. The failure to plate runners from scoring position will haunt them…last night notwithstanding.
Fact is, Castillo could be a decent player on a different team. There is just no room on this team for a #2 hitter that can’t hit the ball out of the infield, or if you play him as an 8 hitter, that makes 6-7-8-9 a black hole in the lineup, until Alou comes back.
So, for now I say we should 60-Day DL him.
Normally I have been able to accept losses this year. And get over them. But today, I am just so sad. Even though it is the last day at work I just want to go home and cry myself back to sleep. “Why even watch them” I ask myself. Who knows the answer. :’-(
You watch them because you hate the Phillies. We are going to sweep this weekend. I really believe that. That was NOT sarcastic. That was sarcastic pause not.
Wont show emotion? Wait isn’t that one of the reasons why everyone hated Willie? Cuz he didn’t show emotion?
Don’t we complain all the time about how this team doesn’t show any heart or emotion? Sounds like you’re reffering to the Reyes event that happened on Manuel’s first day. Reyes came back and apologized-move on people!
We saw the post put up here early this week on how Troy Percival did the same thing with his manager-HES A VETERAN, HE HAS A RING! but why was it ok for him to do it.
Point is-if you want some hard ass guy coming in here who looks like “ah watever” when they lose-then you already got a team full of players like that. You can be mature and still show emotion.
If this comment was directed at my comment early:
1. Please reply in the right area.
2. Please note it was sarcastic.
Thank You.
maybe you should change your name to “MajorLeagueSarcasm (the following post is sarcastic unless otherwise stated)”
This team has been terrible since Nunez left. I think the choice is clear.
Reyes to Reyes.
It will be like having our own Gumbel to Gumbel.
Maybe we can make a trade to get JoJo reyes from the Braves as well.
yes, the sure answer to the mets’ problems is to have all infielders named reyes. that way, if they still suck, at least it will be entertaining to listen to keith fumble the call
We also need a 1b named Reyes, so we can get a Reyes-Reyes-Reyes double play
Reyes cubed!
I gather Duaner’s still sore and what not by his non appearance last night.
So basically this team is playing short in the bullpen and short on the bench. Castillo can help this team, but his defense is even hindered by these injuries, so just give him his 15 days and get him healthy again. Manuel probably exasperated this situation by not resting him when they knew he was sore and hurt.
“According to Manuel…the Mets will soon discuss the DL”
Soon? Wtf? Are they going to wait until he hasn’t played for 14 days and then talk about whether they should have a full and healthy bench for the biggest series so far this year? Fine, you have Castillo a chance to fight through it, but it’s hampering his ability and you need him healthy. Easley is hot right now, take advantage and get Castillo healthy for when Easley sucks again.
I’m so sick of this bum, Fire Jerry!
Thats funny. But not omar? PLEASE! whatever happens,
this GM CAN’T be allow to spend anymore of the wilpons
money!–AND no matter how we finish the season—–
NO MORE CONTRACTS to alou,delgado,pedro,duque,ollie
etc..That clears atleast 50mil plus alot of dead-weight off
this team for’09.We’ll still be stuck w/luis however BUT
no more money to fade/injured “stars” while WE have to
count on the likes of Tatis & Nunez!
There is a lot off with Omar, but there is plenty good he’s done too. I don’t think there is any significant upgrade you can make, particularly mid-season, at GM, but that’s hard to evaluate too. First off,
Alou was fine, it was a one year deal and just money. Omar failed to find a suitable backup guy for him, or they just all sucked (we have tried like 10 guys at the position and all..and it’d be less obvious had Church not gotten hurt)
Delgado was a good trade, and honestly he hasn’t been that bad. he’s got a low avg, which sucks, but he is driving in some runs. there isn’t really a better option out there.
Pedro was also a good deal, and while you knew he’s more ofa 140 than 160 game pitcher, no one expected or could predict the injuries he’s faced. Plus they’re weren’t really relying on him this year.
El Duque was a similar one year type deal that they hoped would pan out but were hoping to have other options. (The problem with all these ‘maybe they can help’ deals like El Duque and Alou is that they’ve _all_ seemed to fail)
Perez was a steal, and has helped so much since he’s been here. I assume you mean not paying him for next year, but I still think, and this is to be determined on how he pitches, that he’s better than the other options out there. If he shows up this year, just pay him. It doesn’t matter how much, just that he’s better than the alternative. He won’t be ancient and brittle at the end of whatever he signs.
This isn’t about ‘clearing payroll’. that’s not Omar’s job, his job is to find the best talent regardless of price, and if he can find that diamond in the rough OF/fix the bench/has Alou healthy, there is no reason why this team can’t make the playoffs, keep Omar, and get better next year.
Please stop!–of course Pedro was a no brainer
as was Delgado and Ollie was a steal BUT Alou?
You sign a guy and then re-sign a guy who has missed almost 1000games in his career to injury
to be our everyday LFer & 5/6 hitter? Giving him almost 20mil the last 2 yrs thus preventing the team
from someother possible move(s)while you can’t count on him(in his 40s) to play even half the time.
Additionaly,you knew Delgado coming into ‘08 was a
question as well due to age/injury SO our LFer/5/6
hitter was going to be that much more important but
you want to con’t to defend his signing?
My point w/the other 3 is that they cant be counted
on anymore!-Pedro was a GREAT pitcher BUT thats
done! Delgado like Petey is going to the HOF BUT
hes amount done. Ollie is and has always been
inconsistant and you dont give 5yrs-60/70mil to
that kind of player.Lastly w/Duque-Are you kidding?!
No. My point about Alou and El Duque is it’s not their signings that are bad, it’s the failure of/to sign anybody reliable to back them up. These guys were fine as a move thinking that “if these guys are here, they’re great weapons”. It’s the failure of Pagan/Anderson/Nixon/Tatis/etc to stay healthy, be productive that’s the real issue.
Of course, with Church back and Endy playing well, this isn’t an issue at this precise moment. The problem is broad/deeper/vaguer than that.
You should NEED high quality BACK-UPS when
you give tens of millions of $$$ to guys to be your
starters.
Inconsistency is the trademark of a team that is too young or too old, and we know where the Mets fall on that scale.
No matter how you cut it, the problem is that they have too many guys who don’t have any more upside. Save for the steriod/HGH era, who gets better after 30? or 35?
Ultimately, however, Omar’s decision not to fire Willie after last year will be the one that seals his fate. (And don’t tell me Manuel is no better, since he would not have gotten the job if Willie had been canned in the off-season.)
What do people think of this lineup? Given this recent series in which the Cardinals’ pitcher bats 8th, it got me thinking about Reyes. A lot of Reyes’ power goes for naught, since he is a leadoff batter and often comes up with no one on (either to start a game or because the 8th and 9th batters are in front of him). What do