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Links: Bullpen, Dunk Tank, Piazza, and Predictions

by Regis Courtemanche on March 27th, 2009 at 11:58 am

targetIn an article for SNY.tv, Ted Berg gives odds on who will make the back-end of the bullpen by Opening Day, writing:

Bobby Parnell (1:7): Somehow, the 24-year-old fireballer whose name sounds like it was pulled from the cast list of Grease has become a heavy favorite to make the Mets out of Spring Training. Most of the reports out of Port St. Lucie have Parnell as a lock to crack the squad, and it’s no secret that team brass is high on his abilities.”

Neil Best at Newsday relays that WFAN radio personality Mike Francessa may get in the dunk tank at Citi Field for charitable purposes.

…i’ll just let the comments section have fun with that one…

Eddie D’Anna at the Staten Island Advance thinks the Mets should retire Mike Piazza’s #31 no matter what.

Flushing Faithful discusses “The curious case of Nicholas Evans”, noting, “the Mets have a logjam right now so Nick Evans SHOULD go to Buffalo but he may force his way onto the roster.”

And it’s prediction season, so the guys at The Daily Stache offer up their ideas on how the lineup will perform in 2009, and I give my thoughts for the Phillies’ blog, Macho Row.