Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Delcos Says Mets Need Perez To Win

John Delcos writes in his blog that for the Mets to have a productive season. they will need a big year from Oliver Perez.

Delcos writes, "Perez has all the tools and has tasted success before his career was derailed in large part by coaching in Pittsburgh that wanted to change him into a finesse pitcher."

...i totally disagree. First of all the Mets don't need a productive season from Perez to win. With there lineup and bullpen they have a great chance. Also, when exactly did Pittsburgh try to change him into a finesse pitcher?

Smith Being Recognized By Met Managment

According to the AP, sidearming righthander Joe Smith is catching the attention of Willie Randolph and Omar Minaya. Smith was selected in the third round of last years draft. Smith threw a scoreless inning in an intersquad game yesterday. "He's one of those guys that you definitely pay attention to." Randolph said.

...he should be in the bigs by midsummer. He is a firearming Chad Bradford.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Delgado Playing Like He Never Had Surgery

Carlos Delgado is coming off multiple surgeries and is playing as if nothing happened, says Mark Hale of the New York Post.


...carlos said that he is about 80-85% healthy. If he goes 2-2 with a homer in his first game to me he is 100%. Like, Amare Stoudemire scores 42 points and insists that he's not 100%.

...at the beginning of spring training usually all the articles is news that you've already read a thousand times. Very good article in my opinion, kudos to Mark Hale.

Milledge Working Hard

According to Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports, Lastings Milledge is trying to get better and is working very hard at improving himself.

...good for Lastings. Maybe he will be able to actually prove something to us, not just embarass us like last year. And after that throw yesterday, he's backing Brown's words.

Reyes Got Pop

According to David Lennon of Newsday, Jose Reyes is a player who can not only burn you with his speed, but he can also burn you with his pop. Lennon writes that despite being known as a speed threat, Reyes has got significant power.

...that's right. Jose has got good power potential and in my mind I can envision this being a stat line for years to come: .300/25/100/120/60. I know this might be just a little bit over exaggerating on the rubies, but 25 boppers shouldn't be that much of a problem for Jose.

Hernandez Starts Throwing Again

The word from camp is that Orlando Hernandez played long-toss today throwing for the first time since leaving the team last Thursday.

...no more missed time for El Duque is what the Mets gotta hope for.

Perfect Game By Both Sides in 2 1/2 Innings

In a intersquad game lasting 2 1/2 innings ended in a 0-0 tie between Jerry Manuel's team and Sandy Alomar's.

Phil Humber, John Main, Kevin Mulvey, Joe Smith and Scott Schoeneweis all threw perfect innings.

Both starters said they were pleased, but also noted it was only one inning and acknowledged not much can be learned.

F-Mart and Gomez Next Big Thing

Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports thinks that Fernando Martinez and Carlos Gomez may just be the next big thing.

...if you've never heard of them or watch them play here is a realistic comparation:

...i think the player Gomez is most comparable to is Ichiro. He knows how to get on base, steal a lot of bases and play great defense.

...F-Mart i can't really compare because he's only 18 (and I have never seen him play). But from what I can gather the player I would compare him to is a young Shawn Green.

No Extension For Lo Duca

According to New York Post writer Mark Hale, the Mets will probably not give Paul Lo Duca a contract extension before the start of the season.

...the Mets should not give an aging Lo Duca a big extension. In fact they shouldn't even resign him. This offseason they should go after Michael Barrett or Jorge Posada who both provide much more pop and who are a lot more consistent.

...even though Lo Duca is on my list of top 10 catchers. I don't like the idea of an aging catcher with no pop.

Milledge Matured???

New York Post writer Kevin Kernan believes Lastings Milledge had matured.

Milledge promises to never do what he did once last year (running down the left-field sideline and slapped fans hands after he hit a homer).

But he gives one special occasion on which he would do it "If I hit a game-winning home run in Shea Stadium in the World Series, you can write that down right now, if I get the game-winning World Series home run, I will do it."

...i personally would love to see Milledge hit the World Series game winning homer in a Mets uniform. But unfortunately I believe Omar will trade him away in a package for starting pitching around the trade deadline.

Hall of Famer Koufax Visits Camp

Jewish Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax visited camp yesterday and spent 15 minutes working with Chan Ho Park.

...
if Park would consitently put up half as good numbers as Koufax did, the Mets would not only be extremely happy, but also be picked as the favorite by every sportswriter to take the crown.

Alomar's Beat Manuel's

Yesterday in an intersquad game, Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes homered in the Sandy Alomar-managed team's 7-3 win over Jerry Manuel's squad.

Lastings Milledge
had a beautiful throw to nab Fernando Martinez trying to go first to third.

Click here to read what Daily News writer Adam Rubin had to say about the game.

...milledge's throw was amazing. Why hasn't anybody compared him to Vlad Guerrero?