3/16/10

Folly's HOF Nominees, ST Stats, K-Rod's New Delivery, Barajas on Niese... and Bad Blood

Foley's Hall Of Fame Nominees:

CURRENT LIVING EX-PLAYERS

Joe McEwing – “Super Joe,” now a manager in the White Sox minor league system

BROADCASTERS

Tim McCarver – Network TV analyst

Bob Murphy – Longtime Mets Broadcaster


ST Stats:

Fernando Martinez- 8 gms, 22 ABs, .542 / 1.136 / .591.


Gary Matthews Jr.- 7 gms, 21 ABs, .417 / .762 / .333.

Angel Pagan- 8 gms, 21 ABs, .304 /.429 /.238.
Ike Davis- 10 gms, 22 ABs, .560/.909/.500 - 4 fielding errors

Chris Carter- 6gms, 11 ABs, .500/ 1.364/ .455

Mike Jacobs- 7 gms, 16 ABs, .429 / .625 /.250

Dan Murphy- 8 gms, 22 ABs, .222 / .292 /.167

Figueroa- 3 gms, 8 inn, ERA 0.00, 4 hits, 3 walks, 9 strikeouts

Takahashi- 2 gms, 6 inn, ERA 0.00, 2 hits, 0 walks, 9 strikeouts

Nieve- 3 gms, 9 inn, ERA 6.00, 12 hits, 6 runs, 5 walks, 2 strikeouts

Niese- 3 gms, 9 inn, ERA 7.02, 10 hits, 6 runs, 4 walks, 7 strikeouts

Kiko Calero- 1 gm, 1 inn, 0.00 ERA, 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 SO

Jennry Mejia- 3 gms, 7.1 inn, 1.23 ERA, 5 hits, 1 run, 0 walks, 8 SO

Elmer Dessens- 4 gms, 3.1 inn, 2.70 ERA, 4 hits, 1 run, 0 walks, 1 SO

Bobby Parnell-4 gms, 6.1 inn, 4.26 ERA, 7 hits, 3 runs, 4 walks, 7 SO

Sean Green- 4 gms, 4 inn, 4.50 ERA, 3 hits, 2 runs, 6 walks, 4 SO

Ryota Igarashi- 5 gms, 6 inn, 1-2 SVO, 6.00 ERA, 7 hits, 4 runs, 1 walk, 1 SO. - more from Ed

K-Rod's New Delivery:

Beyond the glasses, K-Rod has made a change in his delivery. He’s standing taller on the mound to get more of a downward angle on his pitches and it worked to perfection. For a team that has had nothing but bad news this spring, this was major relief. “He used to be open and crouched,” pitching coach Dan Warthen explained. “We kind of raised him up a little and moved his foot over a little bit.” Read more: link


Barajas on Niese:

There’s no question Jonathon Niese has impressed Rod Barajas. The Mets catcher told The Post yesterday that not only does he believe Niese is ready for the majors, but said the 23-year-old lefty’s stuff resembles that of Cliff Lee. Niese is part of the Mets’ fifth-starter competition, along with Fernando Nieve, Nelson Figueroa and Hisanori Takahashi. Niese and Nieve were in action yesterday against the Cardinals, each pitching three innings and allowing two earned runs in the Mets’ 6-5 victory. “I thought both of them threw OK today,” pitching coach Dan Warthen said. “Neither one was exceptional.” Read more: link








Bad Blood:

Keep an eye on the Mets-Cardinals meetings the rest of the spring. It might get interesting. Some Mets were not happy that a fastball by St. Louis' Eduardo Sanchez was a little too up and in on David Wright in the seventh inning of the Mets' 6-5 win over the Cardinals at Tradition Field. "We'll remember that," one Met told The Post. Wright, who was beaned by the Giants' Matt Cain last year and suffered a concussion, got out of the way of the pitch and later struck out in the at-bat. He disgustedly threw down his bat. The Mets also thought it was out of the spring training norm for St. Louis manager Tony La Russa to intentionally walk Jeff Francoeur in the eighth. As one Met noted, "We could have walked [Albert] Pujols in a similar situation."-
Read more: link

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