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Jorge Campillo, starting for the Braves today, pitched successfully against the Mets this season. He made two starts and one relief appearance, good for a 13 strikeouts in 11 2/3 innings and a 2,31 ERA.
The Marlins and Phillies combined for 45 home runs in 16 games head-to-head this season, nearly three per game. Jorge Cantu leads the Marlins with six against the Phillies. Ryan Howard leads the way for the Phillies, also with six long balls.
The Nationals landed Syracuse for their new AAA affiliate. The Chiefs switched from the Blue Jays to the Nationals because of the wealth of talent in the Nationals minor league system.
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Lets go METS
So, who prefers these meaningful games in September over a rout of NL East where the Mets clinch during the summertime?
If winning by double digit games means another NLCS loss, I prefer this.
I prefer ‘06 over ‘08. But in essence I know what you mean, however, the only reason it’s even a pennant race is because the Mets have had a couple of stretches of mediocracy. The Phillies aren’t good, and if the Mets let them in, It’d be bad. That’s why last year was labeled a ‘collapse’ and no one talks about how the ‘better Phillies beat out the Mets just at the end’. We were, and are the better team. It’s not something that’s greatly up in the air, so that takes the steam out of the race a little bit. The Mets are and should be expected to win.
Well, last year was called a collapse because regardless of who was better, a seven game lead was lost in 17 games. Even if the Phils were thought to be better and slumping until the end, it was a collapse by the team in front.
Besides, the Phils went 9-4 in the last 13 games after they swept the Mets, it’s not like they went 12-1. The Mets could have played under .500 and won, but kept losing.
Well, to be fair, the Phillies made up 8 games in the standings in 15 games (they had a one game lead after game 160).
And the Phillies had the same record as the Padres and the Rockies, but no one will ever know what would have happened with that 3 way tie for the wild card.
that would have been great… having first a division breaker tie between the mets and phi and then a 3 way tie for the wild card with the loser… god damn you Tom Glavine
Glavine should retire and get back to that craphole he calls Atlanta
I would respectfully disagree and say that the Phillies actually ARE good, but flawed. Much like the Mets.
David needs to work on his pluperfect
I do sit-ups every morning to make sure mine are in great shape.
Why did we get Buffalo instead of Syracuse?
Close enough.
Nice sell by Syracuse….
They “chose” the Nats because the Mets chose Buffalo and there was no one else left…
What, a 6.81 ERA in his last eight appearances is all it took to stop comparing Campillo to Hall of Famers?
LOL to that.
Here’s the lineup as the Mets go for four wins in a row tonight at Turner Field:
Reyes, ss
Murphy, lf
Wright, 3b
Delgado, 1b
Beltran, cf
Church, rf
Castillo, 2b
Schneider, c
Martinez, rhp
nyd
John Maine tossed 24 pitches against five Mets batters this afternoon at Turner Field. His velocity and control weren’t what he’d like, but Maine said if he wakes up tomorrow feeling healthy, he’d be ready to be activated Monday against the Cubs.
“I think it’s all right,” Maine said. “No pain.”
Maine still felt the tightness, or knot, at the back of his back shoulder.
UPDATE: The always blunt Dan Warthen described Maine as rusty and with velocity equivalent to the first week of spring training. The pitching coach said Maine will again face batters Monday in a simulated setting before being activated. Warthen believes Maine could get batters out with this type of pitching, but to be a true help in late innings, he’d need to get to the mid-90s mph, not what he estimated as today’s 86-87 mph.
Here are some answers from Maine:
“I felt like a little knot, a little tightness back there, but no pain, which is good. I’m just a couple of ticks off because I haven’t seen a hitter. The control’s not there, but it was pretty good.”
On whether he can get in a game soon:
“I hope. I think it really all depends on what it’s like tomorrow. If I can’t throw tomorrow then there’s no way. We’ll have to wait until tomorrow.”
Whether his mechanics were out of whack, exposing him to risk of other injury:
“The only thing (pitching coach Dan Warthen) was looking at was my arm angle. He said it was fine. When I was missing, I was missing down. That’s always a good sign.”
Why he didn’t have regular-season pop on fastball:
“It’s different anyway in a game. I don’t think even if I was healthy I could come out and have a lot of pop on it anyway. I think it’s just like spring training throwing to hitters. You don’t have your best stuff. It’s better than I thought.”
Whether it felt natural:
“It feels kind of foreign because it’s been over three weeks. I guess it’s been a month since I last pitched. It’s different. I’ve been doing what I can just shadow boxing in the pen, but it’s not the same. Until I got on a mound, it was a little different, but it will come back.”
Whether he can be effective:
“I think I can get guys out. Yeah. The more pitches I throw, the higher the velocity and the better control is going to be.”
maine should be ready for the playoffs “hopefully but likely” and all i can say now is,,,
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
MURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRPHY
Maine, with only a mid to high 80s fastball and inconsistent control will not be much of a help right now. Hopefully, he can be ready for the playoffs.
“Losses Back”: a fake stat.
Or a stat used and understood by those with at least half a brain.
It’s only relevant when there is a X.5 lead or deficit.
If Pedro blows it today he’s not pitching his next start!
Pedro most likely has a maximum of 2 rotten starts left in a Met uniform, and for that we can all be very grateful.
Well, for what it is worth, Pedro’s numbers the first time through the lineup are very solid. Who knows, maybe he could be solid out of the pen in the post season…