Aug 26
I agree Ollie, this team stinks!
Both Kevin Burkhardt and Bart Hubbuch are reporting that Oliver Perez will have season-ending knee surgery. He should be ready for the start of spring training.
This leaves the Mets with a rotation of…Pelfrey, Redding, Parnell, Figueroa, and oh god I just threw up all over myself.
Update: Lance Broadway has been called up replace Perez’ roster spot.
Down, down, down the Mets sink
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54 comments
gategem
8/26/2009-3:44pm at 3:44 pm (UTC -4)
lol Too bad they can’t add a brain transplant.
mattsmith
8/26/2009-3:45pm at 3:45 pm (UTC -4)
This injury is actually good news for Mets fans, I’d imagine.
metsgirl31
8/26/2009-3:56pm at 3:56 pm (UTC -4)
For me, personally, its not good news really cuz its just too ridiculous anymore. Literally we are losing people daily and its downright weird. If Perez were the only pitcher or even player to go down for the rest of the year then maybe it wouldn’t be a huge loss but its too much to take getting bad news everyday. But that’s just my opinion…
gategem
8/26/2009-4:17pm at 4:17 pm (UTC -4)
I have been following baseball since the Brooklyn Dodgers days and I have never seen a season such as this one.
gategem
8/26/2009-4:29pm at 4:29 pm (UTC -4)
lol BTW I’m at an age where the only coverage I’ll have under the Obama/Pelosi Health plan will be a visit to the Jack Kevorkian clinic.
saltygary
8/26/2009-4:40pm at 4:40 pm (UTC -4)
Wrong place for this crap guy. Why don’t you go troll on the Huff Post website.
Kingman 26
8/26/2009-4:51pm at 4:51 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, I am with Salty….geez, we care about your immense baseball knowledge, not your politics.
And if you are an old and poor person, you might get MORE from Obama/Pelosi…..
gategem
8/26/2009-9:12pm at 9:12 pm (UTC -4)
It was meant as a joke. Didn’t you see the “lol.†It was not meant to offend anyone and if it did I’m sorry. In the future if I choose to post here (which I probably won’t) I’ll try and keep it to serious baseball matter.
prismo
8/27/2009-7:17am at 7:17 am (UTC -4)
You’re going to stop posting here because of what King and Salty said? Thin skin… I hope you reconsider.
trs86
8/27/2009-7:32am at 7:32 am (UTC -4)
Eh some are touchy right now about politicis, things are not quite going as planned.
Kingman 26
8/27/2009-9:53am at 9:53 am (UTC -4)
Not that at all TRS, not even remotely….our society is awash in utter political nonsense and lies, and I come here–and follow sports—as an enjoyable escape.
I don’t enjoy coming here and reading the same political silliness and baloney I see and hear everywhere else.
Bush and Cheney were not Nazis, Obama is not remotely a Marxist or Socialist, and I am sick to death of people repeating the utter horses**t they see and hear on Fox and MSNBC.
trs86
8/27/2009-10:25am at 10:25 am (UTC -4)
I am not saying in terms of Democrat or Republican Kingman. I am saying in terms of the country which makes people very touchy, everyone picks sides.
Kingman 26
8/27/2009-10:47am at 10:47 am (UTC -4)
Gotcha TRS…..I am at the point where it is VERY clear that no real, substantial, positive change will come to this country as long as the only ones who occupy office are the Repubs and Dems….they are, with minimal cosmetic differences, the same, when it comes to every issue of significance..
We need more choices to have real choice.
prismo
8/27/2009-10:51am at 10:51 am (UTC -4)
Omar/Jerry 2012?
saltygary
8/27/2009-11:56am at 11:56 am (UTC -4)
Not touchy one bit. If people want to talk politics maybe we need the real dirty political blog.
It just has no place here because unfortunately people either get offended at those things or they actually believe the BS that their being feed.
whataputz
8/26/2009-3:52pm at 3:52 pm (UTC -4)
Hard to see how we’ll be playing spoiler with a rotation of Pelf, and 4 names I will not list because I don’t feel like crying.
Mr North Jersey
8/26/2009-3:55pm at 3:55 pm (UTC -4)
LoL you just can’t make this shyt up.
All we now need is a folk song to tell the story of 2009 and we are all set.
Pelfrey and Murphy must have armed guards escorting them everywhere they go.
gategem
8/26/2009-4:19pm at 4:19 pm (UTC -4)
lol You realize the fans are not safe. The next time we attend a game at Citi we’ll probably catch the swine flu.
CaseStreet
8/26/2009-3:57pm at 3:57 pm (UTC -4)
Isn’t the term “season-ending” a bit misleading? Didn’t the season end when we couldn’t even win games during the easy part of the schedule. I think it ended on the West Coast trip.
whataputz
8/26/2009-3:57pm at 3:57 pm (UTC -4)
At this point I’m just hoping we can land a nice draft pick..keep losing Mets!
whataputz
8/26/2009-4:00pm at 4:00 pm (UTC -4)
Alot of people say the Pedro deal was bad, but at least he gave us some kind of production. Is it that ridiculous to think that Ollie will not win another 10 games in a Mets uniform? I mean talk about getting zero production, this guy stunk from day 1 of this contract.
Kingman 26
8/26/2009-4:07pm at 4:07 pm (UTC -4)
Titanic 2009, thy name is New York Mets.
It really is not funny anymore, or sad, it is downright bizarre.
Who the hell is left among even close to front-line players?
CaseStreet
8/26/2009-4:16pm at 4:16 pm (UTC -4)
I’m scared to even name any healthy Mets players.
Kingman 26
8/26/2009-4:19pm at 4:19 pm (UTC -4)
LOL! Yeah, good point, glad I did not mention any names!
Although the list would have been shorter than an Ollie start…..
CaseStreet
8/26/2009-4:17pm at 4:17 pm (UTC -4)
Tejada and Davis will be playing some October baseball!
gategem
8/26/2009-4:33pm at 4:33 pm (UTC -4)
lol I understand that during spring training Omar issued a little known and publicized response to a question that may have been prophetic:
“Iceberg, what Iceberg?â€
saltygary
8/26/2009-4:42pm at 4:42 pm (UTC -4)
I can’t believe that I was worried about Castillo’s health and production to start the season.
CaseStreet
8/26/2009-4:45pm at 4:45 pm (UTC -4)
Damn it, Salty! You had to jinx him.
tkfj
8/26/2009-4:45pm at 4:45 pm (UTC -4)
I just hope people don’t try to rationalize his season or signing, because of the injuries he has had. Sure he might have pitched better, its kind of hard not to, considering, but the guy is a head case and his only consistancy is being inconsistant. Not worth 12 mill.
Kingman 26
8/26/2009-4:54pm at 4:54 pm (UTC -4)
Maybe, maybe not.
Maybe he was indeed in less than great shape and got hurt at the WBC and was never healthy.
Maybe in 2010 he is the 2004/2007 Ollie and he becomes the number 2 starter.
Or maybe he just sux forever.
Regardless, don’t take his poster down, as we shall be seeing a lot more of Ollie.
His suckitude and injuries combine to make him among the most untradeable guys in the game.
whataputz
8/26/2009-5:05pm at 5:05 pm (UTC -4)
I think he owes it to the fans, and even to himself to bust his butt this offseason and really work hard to get himself in game shape. It’s time for young Ollie to become a man.
Kingman 26
8/26/2009-5:08pm at 5:08 pm (UTC -4)
I agree with this 100%, but the only problem is, isn’t that what we all were thinking last offseason?
You are SO right, and let’s hope he does come back in shape and ready to kick butt, but if he was totally out of shape and a head case this year, after signing his first really huge deal, and getting married, and getting the confidence the Mets showed in him, should we expect any more next year?
And yes, I know I was a pro-Ollie guy last winter, and people could have asked me the exact same thing….
stickguy
8/26/2009-5:14pm at 5:14 pm (UTC -4)
2011 will be his big year. After all, it is the last year of his contract, so Boras will hire him a personal trainer and an “enforcer” to make sure he gets in shape, and has a big year for his next contract. And good luck to that sucker team.
Why the heck didnt Omar act like he had a clue and just let him walk after he declined arbitration? Just sign a couple of the many available vets begging for jobs to tide them over for another year.
stickguy
8/26/2009-5:07pm at 5:07 pm (UTC -4)
he is far from the most untradeable. Pitching is always in demand, and lefties always seem to be hotter items.
and being in his 20s with only 2 years remaining is certainly a plus.
Not saying you wouldnt have to eat some $ or take back a bad contract, but he is certainly tradable.
Guys like Vernon Wells, now he is untradeable.
stickguy
8/26/2009-5:05pm at 5:05 pm (UTC -4)
the Wilponsa are probably really bummed about the teams falling record.
Now they will have a high draft pick, and will be on the hook for a bigger signing bonus!
I can’t imagine what they would do if they really ended up with the #1 pick, and had to deal with Boras. ALthough I can almost guarantee he wouldn’t get signed!
whataputz
8/26/2009-5:06pm at 5:06 pm (UTC -4)
Is Harper rep. by Boras?
stickguy
8/26/2009-5:09pm at 5:09 pm (UTC -4)
“adivsed” at this point, being as he is only 16 and in HS, and not even eligible for the draft next year, unless they sneak through a loophole (having him graduate HS early and start at CC I think).
Even if they get him, and scrounge up the 15 mill, how long before he is of any value to the Mets on the field?
whataputz
8/26/2009-5:10pm at 5:10 pm (UTC -4)
I think he is going to grad early. He’s supposed to be a phenom so I’d like to think he’d be out on the field by the time he’s 17 or 18..especially with that contract.
steveo
8/26/2009-5:25pm at 5:25 pm (UTC -4)
I know harper as one of our local heros he is a great kid I am here in vegas where he Lives and helps with younger kids my sons age. He has finished school early and is in csn junior college and will be eligible for next years draft
gipperpdx
8/26/2009-5:06pm at 5:06 pm (UTC -4)
How this team hasn’t fired the entire organization’s trainers and medical staff / consultants is beyond me.
Kingman 26
8/26/2009-5:10pm at 5:10 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, this is beyond crazy.
They better have a totally new team in place, beginning to develop new spring training health routines, immediately after the WS.
Another spring with everyone injured and getting off to a poor start is absolutely unacceptable.
whataputz
8/26/2009-5:09pm at 5:09 pm (UTC -4)
Why isn’t Carter playing? He;s prob one of the best bat we got!
stickguy
8/26/2009-5:10pm at 5:10 pm (UTC -4)
is he even offically Mets property yet, or is he still a PTBNL?
anyway, if he arrives, I would at least have him and evans splitting time in LF to see what they got. no real point in playing sullivan everyday, other than to fill out the lineup card.
whataputz
8/26/2009-5:13pm at 5:13 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah I was talking about this earlier. I like what I’ve seen from Sullivan, but he’s a bench player and we know it, so no point in playing him over the kids.
stickguy
8/26/2009-5:19pm at 5:19 pm (UTC -4)
I’m ready to go all in with kids on 9/1. If they have to be on the 40 man anyway, call them up.
lets see Tejada at SS (A Hern stinks) and Thole behind the plate (give Snieds the rest of the year off).
Evans and Carter can play LF.
A nice little taste to get their feet wet, and see what they can bring to the table.
And before TRS gets his knickers twisted, I am not endorsing giving any of them a job next year, but they can all be in the mix in ST to try and win a spot (F mart too I guess), and if not, Buffalo can have an actual good team for a change!
Not sure if their are any other pitchers that should come up. Hot and Mejjisa still need seasoning, so leave them alone, and I haven’t paid enough attention to see if anyone else deserves it, other than Bostick who should have been up 2 months ago.
The Mets could actually have a very good AA team next season, and scarily, a AAA with some talent on it.
Now just need a new FO organization to not foul them all up.
CaseStreet
8/26/2009-5:22pm at 5:22 pm (UTC -4)
“The Mets could actually have a very good AA team next season, and scarily, a AAA with some talent on it.”
They might’ve this year but they were all playing at Citi.
darknova306
8/26/2009-5:25pm at 5:25 pm (UTC -4)
You sure you want to risk the kids catching the injury bug on the major league team? Just kidding… sort of…
trs86
8/26/2009-8:03pm at 8:03 pm (UTC -4)
LOL, I am all for and looking forward to seeing them play Stick. Just not ready to count on them.
wannybackstra
8/27/2009-7:41am at 7:41 am (UTC -4)
They won’t put the 19 year old Tejada on the 40 man and start his service time clock.
trs86
8/27/2009-8:00am at 8:00 am (UTC -4)
Yeah most likely not but I did learn it’s based on days on the 40 man so those 30 days would not be a big issue. I always thought it was a clock but based on the explantion on MLBTR it is not.
metsfan4decades
8/26/2009-8:14pm at 8:14 pm (UTC -4)
Not surprised.
There is no way this is all just bad luck or coincidence. Need a new medical staff. Period.
whataputz
8/26/2009-8:26pm at 8:26 pm (UTC -4)
Why is Schneider playing!!! A. He doesn’t put the team in a good position to win. B. He’s old as balls and will be done with this team after the season.
whataputz
8/26/2009-9:41pm at 9:41 pm (UTC -4)
“Even if the two players don’t work out, you’ve saved salary.”- Keith Hernandez on the Billy Wagner trade.
This is exactly what annoys me. When you have to worry about 3 million dollars, you shouldn’t own the New York Mets. Granted the Mets payroll is the highest in the NL, but you’re talking about a NY team with a brand new stadium, and you’re worrying about 3 million! That’s not good.
trs86
8/27/2009-7:30am at 7:30 am (UTC -4)
It does not say we are worried about salary. It is saying that they played it safe by getting 2 players and 3+ M. Instead of risking arbitration. We all have our ideas about what would have happen but no one knows for sure. So the Mets played it safe. Nothing great or nothing bad about it. Safe.