Welcome to New York Ike Davis
In times that Met fans have nothing to smile about, all we need is hope. A reason to believe things will get better.
That is why we welcome Ike Davis to the big leagues.
If the start of the season is the first two days (one of which was an off-day), then the Mets started on the right foot. Since then there have been ups and downs- Mostly downs
The Mets have not won a series yet this season (going 1-2 in each of their 4 series0, they even lost a series to the Nats (who may be off to a good start, but we all know they will not keep it up).
That is why we need Ike Davis. We need to believe that things can change- the hope is back for Mets fans.
I have heard some Mets fans (a minority) that are not happy about this move. They feel Davis needs more time in the minors. I don't get why? Ike is killing pitchers in AAA ball and had a great spring. It makes more sense to me to bring him up now. Especially since he is hot right now
We know Davis is probably not going to be Jason Heyward, but with the offense the Mets had got in first base from Mike Jacobs, Ike Davis could not be any worse
Jacobs was hitting .208 before the Mets sent him down. The bar is not too high for Davis, he is not replacing David Wright.
Ike should be up in New York this week, so welcome to New York.
[Update: Ike is starting tonight against the Cubs. Welcome!]
Mets-Tigers: Carlos Beltran For Granderson And Zumaya Good Idea?
We all know the Mets need to make changes after a disporting 2009 season, and that is why we need to be open to all ideas of change.
That is why I look at the Tigers and see a possible answer for the Mets, how about this offer: Carlos Beltran for Curtis Granderson And Joel Zumaya.
Yes, I know it sounds crazy at first. But hear me out and read my article. It may change your mind.
I know what you are thinking, Carlos Beltran is one of the best players on our team. Why would you trade him for a player that is not as good as him?
Well, I have three reasons why I think this is a good idea.
1. Getting younger is always good. Carlos Beltran is 33 years old, that means he is past his prime and on his way to being another Carlos Delgado very soon. Curtis Granderson is 28 years old, on the right side of 30 and Joel Zumaya is 25 years old- still young.
2. I do not think getting one new free agent is going to make the team the best in the NL East, to get more free agents you need money $$$. Beltran is making $18,622,809 a year for the next two years.
Yes, the Mets will need to pay part of his salary, But not all of it. Let's say the Mets need to pay $10,000,000 (and I am over doing it), $8,000,000is a lot of money that would help the Mets get players like John Lackey and Matt Holiday.
3. The Mets need bullpen help, Joel Zumaya may be a cheep, but good answer.
4. Carlos Beltran has had injury problems with the Mets, why take the risk with him this year?
Curtis Granderson is a great player whom the Tigers are looking to trade. This is the Mets' shot at becoming a better team.
If the Mets do not want to be the same 92-loss team they will need to chnge a lot this offseason.
Don't get me wrong, I love Carlos Beltran. He is the best center fielder of our time. But a new time is starting and the Mets need to adjust.
Another thing that is not helping Beltran's case is that most people think about one play when they think off Carlos Beltran. And that was striking out looking in the 9th inning of game seven of the NLCS in 2006.
Please let me know what you think by commenting about this article.
Ten worst moments of the season
Mets nation has spoken, we have the top ten worst moments of this Mets season.
It was not easy to put these together, but we did it. Thanks to all the great Mets fans that gave their vote to MetsObsessed.
So Mets fans, lets look at the top ten worst moments of this season.
#10.
Santana loses 2-1 without an earned run (4/12) 4%
#9.
Murphy's misadventures in left 4%
#8.
Albert Pujols Grand Slam in 10th (8/4) 5%
#7.
Mariano Rivera gets save #500, RBI #1, completing series sweep (6/28 vs Yankees) 5%
#6.
Lose 15-0. To Yankees. (6/14 vs Yankees) 6%
#5.
Pedro shuts out Mets to sweep doubleheader (9/13 vs Phillies) 6%
#4.
Bruntlett's unassisted triple play (8/23 vs Phillies) 7%
#3.
Pelfrey's three balks (5/17 vs Giants) 8%
#2.
11th inning: Church misses third, Reed throws it away (5/18 vs Dodgers) 11%
#1.
Luis drops game-winning ball at Yankee Stadium (6/12 vs Yankees) 32%
Vote For The Worst Mets Moment Of The Season
Yeah, that's how I feel too
It has been a long season with both good times and bad times.
But for some reason we Mets fans seam to remember the bad more then we remember the good.
I think there are two reasons for that.
1. We are Mets fans
2. There is way more bad then good to remember
There have been lots of bad moments this year.
How many times have you said this is as low as the Mets can get, and then they prove you wrong.
I feel that way every day, and I don't think I am alone.
And now comes the hard part, picking the worst moment of one of the worst seasons in Mets history (at least since 1993).
The Mets have had many bad moments this season. Is it Luis Castillo dropping the game winning ball against the Yankees or is it the ugliest inning ever in Dodger Stadium?
Mets fans may not get baseball in October or good baseball in 2009, but at least we get to pick the worst moment of the season.
Vote now and use your right as a Met fan to help us rank the top 10 worst Mets moments of the season.
Vote for as many moments you want, but please do not vote for the same thing twice.
The Mets are Done but Season Still Fun
It's never easy to see your team lose, but when your team is done anyway it makes it a bit easier to watch.
As a Mets fan, this season has just not gone the way I hoped it would. But what has happened has happened and the season is over.
Is it easy to see your team go down and lose player by player and game by game? No.
But can I enjoy the game even if I know the Mets are going to lose? Yes.
Since the Mets are done I do not feel like there are any must-win games.
Even if we go now on a five game winning streak, at best we may be back in the Wild Card race only about 7 games out.
And behind at least five teams, that may also go on winning streaks later in the year.
And if we go on a five game losing streak its OK, these games do not really matter much.
I am OK with the Mets losing, and I l love seeing great players playing great ball even if it is against the Mets.
Like when Albert Pujols hit the Grand Slam in the top of the 10th to win a game against the Mets.
Yes, it was not fun that we lost the game on that, you can't root for Albert Pujols to hit Home Runs against you.
But it was fun to see him get four RBI getting him closer to maybe winning the triple crown.
I just see this season is over, and there is nothing I can do about it.
And there are not many people I can blame.
Omar put out a great team on Opening Day for the Mets and Jerry has lost all his top players to injuries.
I guess we can blame the medical staff, but I do not know any of them so its hard to hate them.
All we can do is hope Omar cleans house down there.
So as the season comes down to its last month and a half we Mets fans should relax, take it easy.
Nothing to worry about, and not much we can do about it (as if there's something we can do about it when they're in the race).
So sit back, relax Mets fans.
There is not much more baseball to enjoy this year so get all you can out of what is left.
Who knows, its never to late for the Mets to get their first No-Hitter in franchise history. And with the great Johan Santana on our side, you never know when he may get one.
Let's watch the young Bobby Parnell grow and become a good baseball player, and Daniel Murphy is always fun to watch.
Maybe another Angel Pagan inside the park home run is on the way (update: the way he led off the next day was just as cool), and maybe another cycle is in the stars for the Mets.
Either way, enjoy what we have left, enjoy every pitch left in the season.
And then as they say, there is always next year!
Obsessed Even When Out of Race
I like reading the NY Post's Jay Greenberg but I disagreed with his Giant Mistake Not to Say Goodbye.
Gary Sheffield
The facts (apparently):
- The Giants claimed Sheffield off of waivers
- The Mets and Giants played chicken, the Mets demanding a legitimate prospect and the Giants offering next to nothing.
- The deadline passed with no deal, and the Mets pulled Sheff back and can no longer trade Sheff this season.
Greenberg argues (as do many others) that with the season hopelessly lost the Mets should just be moving on:
"He [Minaya] should have taken what he could get and moved on for the very reason that moving on should entirely be what is driving the organization, not the fear of empty seats near the end of Year One of a new ballpark."
I disagree on two points.
Greenberg writes that Minaya "should have taken what he could get" -- but that's not how you negotiate. The only way to get back some value is to make clear that you'll walk away if the deal doesn't meet your needs.
The more important point though is Greenberg's implication that Omar and Jerry Manuel's attempts to win games this year is part of some sinister plot to save their jobs.
I'm not a baseball professional like Greenberg or Minaya. Baseball isn't my livelihood, it's just my obsession. I love the game. Even when the Mets are out of the race, I can't stop myself from watching, from caring. Sheffield is the best hitter in the Mets lineup right now. If he goes, I have to watch Cory Sullivan (no offense, Cory) join Pagan in the outfield, and hit sixth because remarkably the Mets have at least two worse hitters in the lineup. The heart of the order becomes Daniel Murphy, Jeff Francoeur, and Fernando Tatis.
The Mets are paying Sheff minimum wage so waiving him isn't going to give them cash that they can use next year.
If the Mets can get value for him, great. If they can't, I'd just as soon have somebody in the lineup who can play the game. If Greenberg's point was that the Mets owe it to Sheff to let him go, that's a different argument, but I'd still say they owe it to their fans to demand value in return. And failing that, to play the best baseball they can.
In short, I think the guys who make a living from the game (including sportswriters) sometimes lose sight of the fans' need to see individuals and teams playing to win, whether tied in the bottom of the ninth of game seven or down for the count in a "meaningless game." All games are meaningless. And yet we watch because we love seeing talented players do their best. And all things being equal, I'd rather watch Sheff than Sullivan.
Mike Piazza: The Man That Did It Right.
Many players have played the game right and many players have played the game well. But not as many players played the game both right and well.
When you think about the players that played about ten years ago the first guys that come to mind are Bonds, McGwire, Clemens and Sosa.
Not many look back at those days and think about the great catcher Mike Piazza.
Mike Piazza is one of the guys that played the game right when it was not popular to do so.
I am not saying he was alone, the name Ken Griffy Jr. comes to mind when you think about playing the game right.
But Mike Piazza is the more underrated guy of the group that played the game right.
Think about it, how bad it would be if we find out Piazza is on the list.
How much the Dodgers and Mets fans would be devastated if he was one of the 104 men that did not play the game right.
And we will never really know if he was on it or not, at least until baseball releases the list to us the fans.
But sources (LJ Burgess) tell me that Mike Piazza is not on the list.
And I think we can trust my sources.
And Mike being off the list gives all he did so much more meaning.
It means a man and not a half monster hit the post 9/11 game Home Run to take the lead away from the Braves and give it to the hurt state of New York.
It means a man took the Mets to the World Series in 2000.
And it means a man was the captain of the Mets and one of the best catchers in the history of the game.
Thank you Mike Piazza for letting us be part of your great baseball career, and thank you Mike Piazza for helping make baseball the great game it is.
Should The Mets Send Wright, Santana and K-Rod Away?
As most of the world knows by now, the Mets stink and are having a very bad year.
And we all know the biggest reason the Mets suck this year is that most of their star players are on the DL.
As the Mets keep on losing and falling back in the division, you've got to wonder if it is worth it to keep the rest of the core of the team on the Mets for the rest of the season.
I am not saying trade them or anything like that, just give them time off so they don't join the rest of the top players on the DL.
The thing is that I do not just think it's bad luck that Reyes, Beltran, Delgado, Maine, F-Mart and Putz are on the DL.
You can say we may have seen it coming with Delgado, Maine, F-Mart and Putz. But Beltran and Reyes and lots of good back up's also going down I think we have more to blame here.
And that is why I hope Omar cleans house in the medical staff department so the Mets don't end up killing themselves.
But as we all know even if that does happen (and I don't think it will) it will only happen in the offseason.
Until then it may be a good idea for the Mets to keep Wright, Santana and K-Rod off the diamond and away from the danger.
I know I am not a season ticket holder, but I think this is the best move the Mets can make.
Maybe the Mets can do something like the Pirates did with their tickets sales.
I feel sorry for the fans, but I think it is for the better of the team.
I bet Omar and Jerry told these three guys that they are a big part of the future and to avoid injure any way possible.
Even if that means not diving hard for a ball or not sliding hard in to a base. And maybe we will not see Santana throw over 100 pitches often.
That is good, but I think the Mets should take it to the next level and keep their players safe.
I know Omar and the Wilpons will never do this, I don't know if any team's front office would ever do it.
But I just think it for the good of the team.
Are These the ‘69 Mets?
Are these the '69 Mets again?
I know guys like Richard Marsh have written articles like this, but I think all Mets fans deserve to give up on their team with a goodbye article.
With the season in its last two months, and players like Beltran, Delgado, Reyes, Maine and Putz coming back soon. Can we believe that these may be the '69 Mets all over again?
Well, I do not think so.
And these are a few reasons why.
1.
We do not know when players like Beltran, Delgado, Reyes, Maine and Putz are coming back. Day to Day has been known to be month to month for these Mets.
2.
The Phillis are running away with the NL East. The Mets are 10 games out, and the Phillies are looking like they do not need to stop winning now that Raul Ibnez is back from the DL.
3.
Even if the Phillies go down and lose all their star players like the Mets did. Both the Braves and the Marlins will jump on the NL East lead like it is water in a desert. And they are both better teams then the Mets right now.
4.
The NL Wild Card has seven teams ahead of the Mets in it. So even if the Giants and Rookies start losing the Brewers and the Braves will still win the Wild Card over the Mets.
5.
The Mets are looking like a AAA team, who would have thought we were going to see Alex Cora and Angle Pagan be starters for the Mets.
6.
If the Mets can't win at least two out of three from the Nats then how do we want them to best teams like the Phillies and Rookies?
7.
Omar and the Wilpons are not helping the Mets win, and it is to late now. They should have made deals that would bring in star players like Hallady back in June. And with not taking Hallady in the trade that was offered to them. They have shown that they are sealers (as I think they should be).
8.
We have a manager from a bad movie. He is a great guy, and he is very funny. But many of the things he does makes you want to jump off the roof.
9.
You can't teach defense. Professional baseball players should know how to catch a ball on a regular bases.
10.
David Wright, he may be the best player on the Mets this year, but the man that finished forth in MVP voting for the last two season has not hit with any power this year. He only has 5 Home Runs this year.
So in the end, the Mets are not showing us any sing of coming back.
And there are not many things to blame.
Yes, Omar the Wilpons and Jerry Manual have done a bad job. But we cant blame them for Beltran, Reyes and Delgado going on the DL.
And that is the main reason the Mets are not looking good this year.
The only ones we can blame are the medical staff.
How can a player like Jose Reyes who is a day to injure go down for two months?
I do not get it.
Well, better look next year.
This season may be over for the Mets, but it is never to late to build for the future.
Don’t worry Mets fans, the Wild Card is still in reach.
I know.
I am such a New Yorker for even thinking about it.
A team (that's not us) goes on a three game losing streak and I jump on the moment.
But I feel like I need to, I really want to see them fall to give the Mets a chance at the Wild Card.
So lets really look at this, and lets see if the Giants are for real.
Losing three in a row is never nice, but losing four in a row with a Pirates sweep is just bad.
And with Tim Lincecum getting beat up in the All-Star game, things are not looking great for the Giants right now.
But the pitching is fine, they are good on that.
The offense is bad, the only good hitter on the team is Pablo Sandoval. And who knows if he is the real deal or just another man that was hot for the first half of the season.
I hate to do this to Giants fans, but I do not think your team is that good.
Yes, they are one of the top 15 teams in baseball this first half.
But I don't think they will be the same team in the last two months of the season.
I think Pablo Sandoval will slow down, and there is not much Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain can do if the Giants do not score runs.
And that is what we have seen this series.
With losses like 2-1 and 2-0 the Giants offense has gone back to sleep, and things are not looking up for them.
And the rest of the NL wants that Wild Card. Teams like Colorado, Milwaukee, Houston, Florida, Atlanta, New York and Cincinnati are going to give the Giants a fight for that spot.
And teams like the Mets and Reds are going to get star players back soon.
How many games can Tim Lincecum win 1-0? And how many more No-Hitter's will the Giants get?
They need offense and if they don't get Matt Holiday or someone like that before the deadline, I do not think this team will win the Wild Card.
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