The Mets are off to a decent start this season considering the fact that the Mets didn’t make any big acquisitions in the off-season and have had to deal with injuries to key players such as Jason Bay and Angel Pagan. The most we can hope for is that the Mets will stay around .500 and compete for a wild card berth. The Mets will need a cash infusion in order to be able to compete in the future. Some of that cash will likely come from an investor but I expect that the Mets will try to offload Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes or Johan Santana. Moving one or more of those players will cut salary and hopefully yield multiple quality players.
On a positive note both Jose Reyes and Ike Davis are having good seasons. Even Carlos Beltran is performing better than expected, but that could also make him more valuable trade bait. The Angel Pagan injury is disappointing because I really supported the idea of him being the regular center fielder. The biggest question marks for the Mets involve pitching. The Mets have a bargain basement starting and middle relief corps that can’t compete with the Phillies. One saving grace has been that Frankie Rodriquez has pitched well recently.
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May 8th, 2011
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We are two weeks away from opening day. Hard to believe I know. A real mixed bag on this podcast.
- Audio comment about Johan Santana from fan in Boston area.
- Audio comment from Greg in Connecticut about new child (congrats!), injuries and pitching.
- The fantasy league draft is on March 22nd. Details here.
- Recognizing the international audience. Jamie in Japan on how he gets the games.
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March 16th, 2008
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Sometimes you get news that trumps all the drama related to baseball and the playoffs. The news that Cory Lidle was killed in plane crash in Manhattan is that type of news.
I was completely off line for most of the day and my wife called me to tell me a small plane had crashed into a building in Manhattan. She told me it was a very small plane and a residential building so I thought that this should definitely be an accident. Then she called me back 10 minutes later to tell me that the plane was registered to Cory Lidle. So i just turned on ESPN and heard that it’s confirmed that he was involved in the crash. It’s simply unbelieveable. My thoughts are with the Lidle family and the families of the other people involved in this tragedy.
They’re also reporting that it looks like the Mets might not be able to get game 1 in due to rain. MLB is not postponing any games due to the crash and I think that’s the right move. But it looks like they may not get the game in anyway.
October 11th, 2006
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Who the heck is Anibel Sanchez and how in the world did he toss a no hitter? Well it was the D’backs they were playing. The Marlins are making things interesting in this wild card race. There’s a team with more youth than experience that could spoil some plans in a big way.
No matter, I think the Mets could handle the Fish no problem in the playoffs. The Phillies and Padres better watch out!
September 6th, 2006
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