link - 2011 is probably the most-referenced-thing about the Mets these days, but I do hope that Beltran returns. It’d seem wise of the Mets to have a discussion with him about moving over to right field, which would benefit the team because of Angel Pagan’s abilities and Beltran because it’d definitely give him at least a little bit less wear and tear on an already worn down set of knees. The only way the Mets should trade Beltran this winter is if some team offers up a good return or to pay the entirety of his salary. If they’re out of it at the trade deadline next summer and Beltran continues to hit, I would support trading him because it’d be a reasonable time to get something good in return, and missing out on my favorite Met in another (hypothetical) season gone awry probably wouldn’t affect me all that much.
link - Because as Mejia, one of the brightest young prospects in the Mets’ system, hurled his 42nd pitch of the night – a fastball plugged into the dirt in the third inning – that was the most dangerous of the scenarios. Whether a pitcher the team considers part of the future, will continue to be plagued with arm trouble. “I said ‘same thing before?’” Warthen said. “And Mejia said ‘absolutely not.’ “I saw him flinch on the mound and I asked (Mejia) if he was alright and Henry Blanco answered me, he had basically seen the same thing and already asked Mejia and Blanco told me he felt like his shoulder was a little sore. We saw the flinch and, you know, I have nothing more than that right now.”
link - Still, putting a face and a name to the somewhat amorphous idea of the replacement player might be instructive as well as amusing. Perhaps personifying replacement level would make it more palatable to late adopters; it could be that the concept is simply waiting for its Mario Mendoza to come along and offer up his name for a chance at ignoble fame (though Mendoza himself fell too far below replacement to fit this bill). However, players who embody replacement level are out there; as Posnanski suggested, “The stat could easily be WAM—Wins Above McEwing.” Poz was referring, of course, to “Super” Joe McEwing, who accumulated 1,963 plate appearances over the course of nine major-league seasons, and according to Sean Smith’s implementation of WAR at Baseball Reference, accumulated exactly 0.0 wins above replacement for his trouble (WARP gives him credit for -0.4, while FanGraphs thinks more highly of his efforts, crediting him with a whopping 2.7 WAR). McEwing certainly matches the description, but can we do any better?
link - The contract: 2009, 3 years, $37 million - The injury: Torn ligament in right thumb - What went wrong: He jawed with Brian Bruney, with Tony Bernazard, with bullpen coach Randy Niemann. Rodriguez’s off-field temper always managed to overshadow his occasional on-field brilliance. The Mets are now trying to make his contract non-guaranteed. Rodriguez and the players’ union are fighting back. It likely won’t end well.
link - 2010 Sterling Pitcherof the Year: Mark Cohoon - Cohoon split time during the 2010 campaign between Savannah (A) and Binghamton (AA). In 26 games (all starts) games between the two stops, he went 12-5 with a 2.57 ERA. Cohoon started the year at Savannah, and went 7-1 with a 1.30 ERA in 13 starts. In 90.1 innings for the Sand Gnats, he allowed 68 hits, 15 runs -- 13 earned -- and 17 walks, while striking out 75. After being promoted to Binghamton in late June, he went 5-4 with a 4.18 ERA. In 71.0 innings for the B-Mets, he allowed 74 hits, 41 runs -- 33 earned -- and 15 walks, while striking out 56. In 2009, pitching for the Cyclones, Cohoon led the New York-Penn League with nine wins (9-2), and ranked sixth with a 2.15 ERA. In a league-high 92.0 IP, he allowed 69 hits, 26 runs, 22 earned, and 20 walks, with 70 strikeouts. Opponents hit .210 against Cohoon, and he surrendered just 18 extra-base hits, while facing 356 batters. Mark’s nine wins tied a Cyclones’ franchise record, and his 92.0 innings established a new club record. Cohoon pitched six or more innings in 12 of his 14 starts, and allowed two earned runs or less 10 times. He struck out a season-high nine batters on 8/15 vs. ONT.
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