Did You Know that 20 year old Jenrry Mejia is the youngest pitcher to be on the Mets Opening Day roster since 19 year old Dwight Gooden in 1984?
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52 comments
prismo
4/5/2010-10:34am at 10:34 am (UTC -4)
I did not know.
CaseStreet
4/5/2010-10:36am at 10:36 am (UTC -4)
Now that mejia is here, I hope he has great success as the setup man and easily transitions to the rotation next year.
DNDJohan aka kistics
4/5/2010-10:46am at 10:46 am (UTC -4)
Me too.
GravediggerHebner
4/5/2010-10:41am at 10:41 am (UTC -4)
So he is on the roster then. As of last night he wasn’t according to Rubin’s tweets, which I see he says 2 minutes ago Mets waived Shawn Bowman. Nick of time there Metsies!
njstuckintx
4/5/2010-10:42am at 10:42 am (UTC -4)
Phwew…
stickguy
4/5/2010-10:47am at 10:47 am (UTC -4)
that was the biggest stiff left on the 40 man roster? Interesting.
GravediggerHebner
4/5/2010-10:52am at 10:52 am (UTC -4)
Not in my opinion, but I am guessing they didn’t want to waive a pitcher for the very realistic fear they will be blowing through lots of those, so they looked at 3B and thought “well we have David Wright to play on the ML club and we signed Mike Cervanek for Buffalo so Bowman’s the most expendable.”
Last night when I noticed the issue my guess was they would waive Nick Evans.
stickguy
4/5/2010-11:13am at 11:13 am (UTC -4)
no particular reason, but I think we will be seeing Mr. Evans again this year in NY.
Would have been a better bench option than Cat (assuming his injury issue from ST healed up, I have no idea about that) as the platoon guy for jacobs.
because just based on his career splits, Jacobs really needs one. And it gags me that they are using Tatis in that role.
Sometimes the thought process of the MEt FO escapes me.
Screw it. While I am at it, F Mart (while not being the best development method) should be up platooning with Frenchy.
Considering that jacobs and Francouer have some of th emost extreme split differentials out there, they both screm for a platoon partner (especially since they aren’t the greatest fielders in the world to make up for it).
njstuckintx
4/5/2010-11:19am at 11:19 am (UTC -4)
Frenchy not a good outfielder? I have to scratch my head at that statement.
stickguy
4/5/2010-11:25am at 11:25 am (UTC -4)
I didn’t say he wasn’t any good. He is a solid fielder, average range, and a strong arm.
My point was that while average (or whatever frenchy qualifies at) is good, he isn’t such a defensive + to make up for lousy numbers against RH pitching.
So, if you got another guy that is as good with the glove but can hit RH pitching much better, natural platoon.
Hey, I guarantee Bobby V would do it!
njstuckintx
4/5/2010-11:33am at 11:33 am (UTC -4)
Fair enough to your point. I always viewed him as a a defensive gem, solely due to his arm. He may not make the over the wall catches, but he stops a run from comeing in on the single with a man on 2nd.
I’d play him every day to get 1 of 3 results.
1. He rips it up. – couldn’t ask for more
2. He does decent, shows some value and can be moved for pitching, with F-mart taking over.
3. He sucks it up, is benched/something more drastic and F-Mart takes over.
I like him as a person and his interviews and such, but to me this is his last year here. I can’t see him holding back Fmart & he’s starting to get costly.
DNDJohan aka kistics
4/5/2010-10:51am at 10:51 am (UTC -4)
Can the Mets pick up Cust from the Waivers?
GravediggerHebner
4/5/2010-10:53am at 10:53 am (UTC -4)
They can but I doubt very much that they will. I think if they did he would be an older more expensive Chris Carter, and would mean Carter has zero chance of seeing the ML club.
DNDJohan aka kistics
4/5/2010-10:55am at 10:55 am (UTC -4)
you are right.
Kingman 26
4/5/2010-11:14am at 11:14 am (UTC -4)
But Grave, Cust is a guy who has had proven major league success…..lots of Ks, but look at those HR and BB. If he would go for it, he would be like having a mini-Adam Dunn on the bench.
Carter has proven he is a pretty good AAA player, nothing more.
stickguy
4/5/2010-11:17am at 11:17 am (UTC -4)
Kong, I think you need to give this one a rest. You are seriously starting to reach here.
Kingman 26
4/5/2010-11:43am at 11:43 am (UTC -4)
?
Jack Cust has 3 seasons with 25 HR and about 100 BB. In the majors.
Chris Carter has 26 MLB plate appearances.
Certainly not targeting you Grave; people just tend to go for something new, even if it is Carter, Dessens, Figgy, Misch, etc. Generally there is a reason a guy like Carter or Pascucci doesn’t make the majors.
stickguy
4/5/2010-12:50pm at 12:50 pm (UTC -4)
by your logic, BB will have to shut down in a few years, since we can never take a guy out of the minors, and they will run out of players!
Cust at his point is a DH, and basically Mike Jacobs with a little better OBP (but less slugging).
ANd I know you are big on improvement, and CUst is now 31, and for the last 3 years, has delcined noticeably at the ML level. OBP and Slg dropping, and Ks increasing.
And since he isn’t an upgrade over any of the options at 1B, what exactly are the Mets supposed to do with him? Actually, he never played 1B at all (hey, this sounds like Mike Lowell!), so he is a PH/corner OF type.
SO, are you looking for him to be the power bat off te bench/emergency 5th OF, or a FT platoon guy?
Someone though should pick him up to DH.
GravediggerHebner
4/5/2010-11:25am at 11:25 am (UTC -4)
Fair point, I should’ve added “more established” to “older and more expensive.”
But in my opinion neither guy would be on the 25 man roster right now, so Cust if he were willing would likely replace Carter at AAA as the “DH depth” because I believe despite relevant protests to the contrary that Catalanotto is here over Carter because he at least has experience at many defensive positions as well as as a pinch hitter. Therefore I believe if the organization chose Cat over Carter they would choose Cat over Cust.
Another factor: the 40 man is full and Carter is on it. Someone would have to be waived to make room for Cust.
DNDJohan aka kistics
4/5/2010-11:27am at 11:27 am (UTC -4)
Waive Green.
GravediggerHebner
4/5/2010-11:29am at 11:29 am (UTC -4)
They could and I wouldn’t complain but I bet they’d replace him with a different pitcher. To accommodate Cust it’s a position player that would probably have to go. Evans? Pridie? Santos?
stickguy
4/5/2010-11:33am at 11:33 am (UTC -4)
I suppose Evans is an odd man out, but I wouldn’t give up on him just yet.
And Pridie and Santos are actually decent depth, so I doubt they wil lgo anywhere.
Of course, as soon as a major (60 day DL) injury hits, that frees up a space onthe 40 man!
GravediggerHebner
4/5/2010-11:35am at 11:35 am (UTC -4)
There you go! I bet they could’ve kept Shawn Bowman and just put Kelvim Escobar on the 60 day DL. Do any of us think we’re going to see Kelvim before June anyway, if at all?
Mr North Jersey
4/5/2010-10:55am at 10:55 am (UTC -4)
]OFF TOPIC] I like the mets toolbar. I added wfan to the radio and I feel good.
DNDJohan aka kistics
4/5/2010-11:01am at 11:01 am (UTC -4)
what Mets toolbar?
Mr North Jersey
4/5/2010-11:02am at 11:02 am (UTC -4)
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/fan_forum/toolbar.jsp?c_id=nym
DNDJohan aka kistics
4/5/2010-11:12am at 11:12 am (UTC -4)
Thanks!
stickguy
4/5/2010-11:31am at 11:31 am (UTC -4)
This off season and ST seemed to last about 2 years. So glad that we can finally see the group in action.
And of course, starting complaining about what guys are actually doing, instead of what people expect them do do!
Man, a good first week will be nice to see. I actually do believe the rotation will look OK, but I have no idea what the hell we will get out of Ollie.
GravediggerHebner
4/5/2010-11:34am at 11:34 am (UTC -4)
In the context of complaining about what guys are actually doing, my guess is the first opportunity I’ll have to do that is if Cora (somehow) gets on base in the bottom of the 1st inning and then Castillo attempts to bunt him over.
Kingman 26
4/5/2010-11:44am at 11:44 am (UTC -4)
HAHA!
That would be an IDEAL and appropriate first inning.
DNDJohan aka kistics
4/5/2010-11:54am at 11:54 am (UTC -4)
Speaking of Castillo, I picked him up off the waivers today to replace Kinsler. I hope he swings for the fences once Cora gets on the base and hits a HR left handed against JJ!
ha!
GravediggerHebner
4/5/2010-11:57am at 11:57 am (UTC -4)
I saw that, it made me feel a tiny iota better about having picked up ODog the day before.
DNDJohan aka kistics
4/5/2010-11:59am at 11:59 am (UTC -4)
That I probably would’ve picked up ODog if he was available.
My choices were Castillo or Placebo…. Castillo is probably the worse choice, but I just could not pick up a Philly…
prismo
4/5/2010-12:01pm at 12:01 pm (UTC -4)
You gotta do what’s best for the team!
I realized earlier today that I have 4 Braves on my team. Oh well! I hope they do well, but the Braves lose anyway.
njstuckintx
4/5/2010-12:12pm at 12:12 pm (UTC -4)
It took me a while to figure out I could DL some people.
And Castillo made me chuckle. There wasn’t any other option out there?
DNDJohan aka kistics
4/5/2010-12:32pm at 12:32 pm (UTC -4)
it was castillo or placebo
njstuckintx
4/5/2010-12:42pm at 12:42 pm (UTC -4)
Ick.
GravediggerHebner
4/5/2010-12:45pm at 12:45 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, Castillo vs. Johnson & Nolasco or Placebo vs. Lannan & Marquis, I would’ve made the same choice.
~
njstuckintx
4/5/2010-3:18pm at 3:18 pm (UTC -4)
Looks like Castillo was the right call.
metsfan4decades
4/5/2010-12:00pm at 12:00 pm (UTC -4)
Ah, SNY Pregame show. All is right with the world….
metsfan4decades
4/5/2010-12:03pm at 12:03 pm (UTC -4)
Very nice job with their opening ‘Redemption’ montage.
rustyjr
4/5/2010-12:02pm at 12:02 pm (UTC -4)
At the game – citi looms amazin !! The museum exceeds all expectations !
rustyjr
4/5/2010-12:04pm at 12:04 pm (UTC -4)
*looks
metsfan4decades
4/5/2010-12:12pm at 12:12 pm (UTC -4)
SNY hour long pregame is going to show some of the new addition, includng the museum – up next.
I’m sure it won’t be half as good as being there though. Enjoy!
metsfan4decades
4/5/2010-12:28pm at 12:28 pm (UTC -4)
LOL – Lennon tweet:
Gary Matthews said spent OD eve watching “that other team in town, who will remain nameless.” Already endearing himself to #mets fans.
GravediggerHebner
4/5/2010-12:43pm at 12:43 pm (UTC -4)
Haha! Nice job GMat!
My most immediate wish is that the fans at the park will NOT boo Sean Green when he’s introduced. Give him one day folks, the booing Scott Scho on OD didn’t exactly end well.
metsfan4decades
4/5/2010-12:45pm at 12:45 pm (UTC -4)
Agreed.
Well, introducing the support staff right now and I didn’t hear any booing for the Mets trainers and conditioning trainer staff….
GravediggerHebner
4/5/2010-12:46pm at 12:46 pm (UTC -4)
LOL, that’s a good sign.
GravediggerHebner
4/5/2010-12:50pm at 12:50 pm (UTC -4)
I couldn’t really hear any reaction to Green. That’s better than BOOOO!
stickguy
4/5/2010-12:52pm at 12:52 pm (UTC -4)
I think I may go insane if Castillo sac bunts in te 1st inning on OD.
If you all notice, I have actually been leaving him alone recently. I decided to just hope he can at least hold his current level of slightly obove mediocrity for now.
GravediggerHebner
4/5/2010-12:53pm at 12:53 pm (UTC -4)
I bet Francoeur swings at the ceremonial first pitch.
njstuckintx
4/5/2010-12:58pm at 12:58 pm (UTC -4)
That made me chuckle.
Can you imagine though? Him jacking the ceremonial first pitch… That would generate some buzz around the league and blogospheres alike.