Daily Archives: July 14, 2008
In a column for MLB.com, Marty Noble notes how the recent success of Damion Easley and Argenis Reyes may keep Luis Castillo on the bench when he is eligible to return from the DL on Thursday.
Jerry Manuel, on who will start at second upon Castillo’s return:
“When the time comes, we’ll make a decision on that and see how it fits. We’re really playing well at that position – I mean, very well. It’s going to be a tough one.”
“I need the [All-Star] break to think about that.”
Since July 1st, Damion Easley is batting .370 with a home run, three strikeouts and nine RBI in 46 at bats.
…i like how jerry plays the hot hand, and why shouldn’t he…’iceman’ easley has proved he deserves regular playing time…
…my only argument against that, and it’s a very weak one, is i would much rather have easley’s bat coming off the bench than castillo’s, whom i can never see pinch-hitting unless it was a sacrifice situation…other than that, keep at it damion…
In last night’s game, both Carlos Delgado and Carlos Beltran homered off of Rockies pitching.
During the Mets’ nine-game winning streak, Carlos Beltran is batting .316 with three home runs, four stolen bases and 10 RBI. Beltran has also struck out only three times.
In that stretch, Carlos Delgado has a .361 batting average and a .439 on-base percentage. He has slugged two homers and his batting average has climbed 12 points in the month of July to .248.
…this streak has certainly been a team effort, but seeing delgado’s bat come alive has been a welcome surprise…
Tagged Regis Courtemanche, Stats |In last night’s win against the Rockies, Mike Pelfrey pitched eight scoreless innings with five strikeouts, and only allowed six hits.
After leaving the field when the eighth was over, the crowd summoned Pelfrey out for a well-deserved curtain call.
Pelfrey, on coming back out:
“That’s awesome. I remember last year coming off the field several times getting booed. I saw Lastings Milledge get a curtain call. It’s something I always wanted to do. It was awesome. They started chanting, [Ramon] Castro looked at me, said ‘Get out there.’ I wasn’t going to say no.”
Jerry Manuel, on pulling Pelfrey after the eight inning:
“I really was considering sending him back out – strongly considering sending him back out – the reason being I think Pelfrey has a chance to leapfrog some people on the staff and become one of the top, top pitchers not only on our team, but in the league. It was the pitch count that concerned me more than anything. Eventually, at some point in his career, he’s going to learn how to complete a game with 110, 117 pitches. When he gets to that point, that’s when he’ll really be something special.”
Pelfrey has now pitched 16 consecutive scoreless innings, and has only allowed one run in his last three starts.
…the darn pitch count strikes again…although it would have been nice to see him pitch a complete game, why create undue stress on his arm…
…i was at the game and Shea had a playoff like atmosphere to it…not sure if i had ever heard ‘pelf-rey’ chants before, but like i said earlier, they were well-deserved…
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