Comments on: Minors: Mets sign Junior Spivey, Franco a Coach

By: The Slider

The Slider — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:55:52 +0000

Just being silly. You got to admit, they are two great baseball names.

By: Stan A

Stan A — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:13:04 +0000

Astros have signed Pudge for 1.5 mil down, and another potential 1.5 mil in performance related bonuses. Pudge is hitting up a storm in the WBC for PR. Was this really out of the Mets budget?

By: jack123

jack123 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:22:13 +0000

I don’t think we need conspiracy theories here. We lost our closer and for the last month of the season we would have been better off nailing the bullpen door shut and having our opener finish the game underarm. Set aside the 36 blown saves – we lost over 20 games where we scored five runs or more That’s where you’ll find the one game that kept us out of October – in a pitching staff held together with duct tape and hope. I’ll pass on the tin foil hat, thanks anyway.

By: cver

cver — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:41:43 +0000

Not to, at this point, single any one acquisition or decision out, but I have to say this. The Mets are a team that each of the last 2 years missed the playoffs by a game or two – a game or two! Let’s face it – DON’T GIVE OMAR, BERNAZARD and their merry men too much credit!!!! They have been CAVALIER in MANY of their decisions. Though I see no smoking guns, I have seen circumstancial evidence that points to some of these signings being possibly based more on personal relationships/friendships than on being the absolute friggin’ best candidates on the whole planet for these positions. If Omar is gonna go to the middle east, Africa or whereever to spread the word – if we’re gonna have a WBC – we SHOULD have the best in the WORLD! They are available and in this economy, they are at bargain rates. Even to bring in for the limited number of minor league tryouts or for the limited number of minor league managerial positions, which are VERY IMPORTANT, I just wonder (and I’m not talking about Julio Franco) if there has been the exhaustive search that is imperative. And these can be the differences that win or lose those one or two games.

By: jack123

jack123 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:16:25 +0000

I was also thinking – where are our farm team pitchers? Who is the Murphy or Evans (or Kielty or Flores) on the mound?

By: fongulalou

fongulalou — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:11:47 +0000

Huh??

By: The Slider

The Slider — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:06:44 +0000

We need Junior Spivey to be our first base coach while Razor Shines is the third base coach.

Only then will we overcome the collapses of the past two years and win the Division.

By: fongulalou

fongulalou — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:02:57 +0000

Please, No Ben Sheets! Ever!
As for Scheider, no biggie.
There are only about 10 teams in all the
MLB w/better Catching situations and
none of them are available.

By: jack123

jack123 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:51:12 +0000

Does anyone know the latest on Sheets?

Pitching continues to be a worry, but every now and again I look at the lineup and, well, wow:

Reyes
Castillo
Murphy
Beltran
Delgado
Wright
Church
Schneider

And you’ve got Evans and Tatis if Church hits a slump.

Castillo and Schneider are the only week links. That and the first six innings of pitching. ;-)

By: euchreking

euchreking — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:42:16 +0000

Yes indeed, this made me laugh!