Recap: Jerry Manuel on WFAN
This afternoon, Jerry Manuel was a guest of Evan Roberts and Joe Beningo on WFAN.
Asked if his team could survive after the break, Manuel said that the pitching is good enough to stay competitive.
With regards to the poor defense of the team, Manuel said “we’re doing things to address that.”
…I wish I could see what exactly his staff has instilled in his players to correct the miscues…
Roberts then asked Manuel about the high frequency of mental errors, and Manuel attributed them to so many players playing at a frequency that was unexpected and while that doesn’t make them acceptable, he does take responsibility for that.
…well I am happy he doesn’t find them acceptable, but in my mind, there should be no reason why any Major League baseball player makes this amount of mental mistakes…
Manuel did acknowledge that when a mental mistake is made, he takes his player into the tunnel to address it.
With regards to Luis Castillo getting thrown out at third base last night, Manuel felt that it was a “smart gamble” and it coming down to Matt Kemp executing a great throw.
…I am not going to kill Castillo for the move only because I have to believe he was simply trying to make something happen, but when the team has not scored a run since a pitcher blooped an RBI single three days prior, I thought that he should’ve been more conservative…
Manuel went on to promise Beningo that if the Mets don’t score tonight, he will do what Billy Martin did and pull tomorrow’s lineup out of a hat.
…I am not so sure that is a bad idea right now, Jerry…
To listen to Manuel’s conversation with Joe and Evan, go to WFAN.com.
