link - Like Milton Bradley, Oliver Perez only has one year left on his deal. Also like Bradley, that deal is expensive and despite his raw talent, this is a guy who has run out of chances. The .500 Mets have fallen quite a bit behind the pace in the NL East, and while they may still consider themselves contenders, there's always next year. Either way, Perez has been an absolutely disaster for this team. In 14 games this season, Perez has a 6.70 ERA. That's actually an improvement over the 14 games he pitched for the Mets last season, when he had a 6.82 ERA. In 43 innings this season, Perez has walked 37 batters, striking out 33. Perez has talent, and after 2011, I expect he'll end up somewhere, competing for a spot and a relatively small salary. But with $12 million on his deal next year, he's simply not worth it.
link - The knock on Thole coming into the season was that he was not a good defensive backstop. Now he is the personal catcher for knuckleball pitcher R.A. Dickey, the hardest pitcher on the staff to catch. Some wondered if Thole, who chokes up on the bat more than any Mets player since Felix Millan, had enough power to hit in the majors but he already has two doubles and a HR this season. Playing time is a concern for Thole, but with Rod Barajas on the DL, more ABs have developed for the 23-year-old. Thole’s forte is AVG and he is hitting .323 in 62 ABs this season. Thole may only play two or three games per week, but that is an outstanding AVG, especially for those in leagues which start two catchers.
8-7 from: - link - Cuan is undefeated on the year, going 5-0 with a 1.66 ERA in nine starts. In 59.2 innings, he has allowed 49 hits, 16 runs, 11 earned, and 10 walks, while striking out 48 batters. He has thrown the most innings in the league, and allowed just one home run all season. Cuan has pitched 5.0 innings or more and allowed two earned runs or less in each of his starts this year. Angel -- a 21-year-old native of David, Chirqui in Panama -- was signed by the Mets as a non-drafted free agent in 2007.
link - Cesar Puello, OF, Grade C: .293/.377/.363 with 44 steals in 53 attempts for Savannah. Loads of speed, plate discipline is so-so, lacks power, just 19 years old.
link - In a year in which many pitching prospects have hit a wall for the Mets, there are a duo of struggling young arms that the Mets might want to move. Right-handed pitcher Josh Stinson has flown under the radar for the Mets this year. He's gone 9-1 with a 3.47 ERA in 30 games and 12 starts. He's had some ups and downs through his minor league career and the Mets could bait teams while he's pitching well.
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Ollie ~ I know this sounds simplistic, but it's something I can't let go of because IT IS so damn simplistic....
Why can't anyone get Ollie to land that right foot of his perpendicular to the catcher. He lands at a closed angle to home plate. I'm not going to get into all the other pitching mechanics that stem from that. You know them well I imagine. Can someone just correct his landing foot please? This is another something I just tired of talking about.
He Does Not Land With His Foot Pointing Towards His Catcher.!!!
It's baffling to me why no one will correct this flaw of his.
That's a good point and I'll pass it on to some of the brass...
Have you ever been a catcher?
Catcher's know when a pitcher has reached the God-given ability given to them.
We simply have seen the best of Ollie, which wasn't even good enough then.
I don't know what the Mets will do here. What I do know is Perez still will be paid and the Mets do not have the currentl funds to replace him.
Ollie is a smart guy. He knows no one is going to assume this contract, and, if he agreed to go to Buffalo, he might as well move there.
I'm sure he will be released in the off-season. This can't continue past this.
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