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Yesterday, upon reporting that Livan Hernandez had been claimed from waivers by the Rockies, Ken Rosenthal wrote at FoxSports.com, ‘The Rockies beat out another NL team with a better record.’
…i think most people, including myself, assumed the mystery team from the NL had to be the Mets…
However, according to Peter Gammons at his blog for ESPN.com, “The Mets did not put in a claim for Hernandez because they believe John Maine will be back, and they’re willing to try Jon Niese if necessary.”
…speaking of niese, there is a lot of mixed buzz about whether he will start on Saturday, in place of maine…i have heard people suggest it will certainly go to Claudio Vargas, while others believe the Mets are waiting until the last minute to make announcement because it will be niese, meanwhile others assume it will be Brian Stokes, because he was pulled early from his last start in Triple-A…
…i am still hoping for niese, as i believe most fans are…
Now the he’s a Rock, it really doesn’t matter – but I am glad to hear that Omar didn’t jump at this guy.
Matty, that first home wkend of spring training, was it that Dodger game we went to that Niese pitched? Or am I remembering another outing that weekend? He was surprisingly awesome.
Zoe, I put up a bunch of photos of Niese from that day on MetsToday:
http://www.metstoday.com/jon-niese/
Excellent! You must have been right by us–I have similar pics of Omar and Koufax. And the lovely Fred Wilpon was right in front of them.
um … i was sitting next to you … how many margaritas did you have that afternoon ? ;-)
wow…! probably a lot then.
you weren’t there the whole time, right? you’re not in my pics–and i can’t see how that could happen! :-)
I heard it might be Brian Stokes, who was scratched from his AAA start last night.
Adam Rubin reports that Brian Stokes was pulled from his AAA start, indicating that he’s the Saturday starter. Rubin says that Vargas was grabbing his elbow following his last start, and that Niese is not expected to be used against the predominantly right-handed hitting Marlins.
Wow the injury bug isn’t only limited to the big league club, it’s spreading through the minors too.
Its never too early to start training for the DL
El Duque and Alou started it off, they can be the instructors of the DL league with guest appearances by Carl Pavano and Mark Prior.
Lets not forget one of my all time favorites Mike Hampton!….LMAO
Most of the time I believe the media believes every baseball player that’s latino Omar “loves” especially from the expos. I don’t think Omar had much interest in Livan to begin with.
I was going to say something similar. Next time someone complains that Omar is latino-crazy, let us all remember that he did not pursue Livan when he easily could have. And thank goodness he didn’t!
Remember Sammy Sosa too, everyone said he wanted Sosa when Cliff Floyd was with the Mets. If Omar wanted him, he would of went after him hard like he did Santana and Delgado.
Would have, not would of.
Nor did he give up a big package for Manny who we “know” he has been in love with for years.
Favre throwing first pitch at Shea today?
Much rather him be throwing the last one today.
Woah! Someone is feeling witty today. Nice. hahaha
Nah. Brett will more than likely join the team in a non-playing role in Cleveland tonight!
he is supposed to be in NYC this morning though for a helicopter tour of NY and you never know, anythings possible. But yes, he will also join the Jets tonight in Cleveland. He will throw out a first pitch sometime this season I bet.
I bet it was the Astros that put in a claim for him. A team like Houston that’s poised to make a big run needs a good veteran innings-eater like Livan to bolster the rotation.
Livan is going to take the Rockies FAR … Actually more like other teams are going to take Livan far out of the ballpark. lol
I wouldn’t doubt that. The stupidity of Ed Wade knows no boundaries.
Anyone notice on mlbtraderumors.com that both Sanchez and Showy cleared waivers? I doubt anything will happen there but still interesting to see.
I didn’t even know they were on waivers. I would think someone would want Sho
Same here. I’m really surprised Scho cleared.
3.5 million is a lot of dough for a lefty specialist
True however he’s still better than most lefty relievers out there, Scho is holding lefties under .200 and that’s pretty good even if he makes a chunk of change.
If we all agree his stats are good.. then obviously its his pay check that allowed him to clear waivers.. that’s all I’m saying…
I’m actually glad Scho did, while Wagner is out, Mets will need him. Feliciano hasn’t been lights out either and it’s good to have another lefty in the pen’.
Ugh my comments keep disappearing and I don’t know why.
But anyway, I hope him getting the call, if he does, over Niese has nothing to do with the righty lefty thing. Since anyone with the internet can look up the marlins numbers and see they’ve been much worse against lefty.
May have to do with putting Niese in a very tough spot… Everyone knows who he is now.. he was the guy not traded for alot of differnet players that could of plugged some holes.. and now you’re asking him to start against the team you’re chasing..
They may very well just want to avoid that circus
Some of my comments don’t appear and I really don’t say anything half as bad as I’ve seen from other posters that call others names. It seems everytime I post more than 2 paragraphs, it doesn’t appear. Oh well.
I don’t even think you have to say anything bad, there are just random words/names that trigger it. Like ch*e*e*se and Gr*i*f*f*ey Jr. It’s odd.
Both Duaner Sanchez and Scott Schoeneweis cleared waivers.
Any news on the Giusseppe Franco interview. I saw him interviewed on SNY last night and it was hysterical!!! Beningo was loving it.
All we are saying is give Niese a chance
He’s 21 he will get plenty of chances. Just no need for that to be against the Marlins in a very important series.
Sorry, you are correct. I just liked the line, has a nice ring to it. As a matter of fact, it’s been stuck in my head for about fifteen minutes now.
since 1964 nice beatles reference