Weekend Edition -
CBS Sports –
Best team: 1986 - The World Series champs were
108-54 in the regular season, outscoring their opponents by 205 runs. They were
the best team in the NL in runs, hits, walks, average, on-base percentage,
slugging percentage, ERA, home runs allowed (that is, they allowed the fewest)
and toward the top in most categories. They won the NL East by 21.5 games and
were never seriously challenged after a 20-4 start. The well-rounded ballclub
had power in Gary Carter and Darryl Strawberry, speed in Lenny
Dykstra and Mookie Wilson, some
outstanding defenders in Carter and Keith Hernandez
(and more), veteran leadership in Carter, George Foster
and Ray Knight and a deep bench. The rotation
was fronted by uber-talented Dwight Gooden with Ron Darling, Bob Ojeda and Sid
Fernandez chipping in with quality seasons. The Roger
McDowell and Jesse Orosco-led bullpen was
great, too. And, of course, there was Davey Johnson at the helm. - http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25006337/franchise-bestsworsts-new-york-mets
HNGN –
With Matt Harvey returning
in April from Tommy John surgery, the Mets will have six starting pitchers to
kick off the 2015 season. And that's not counting the eventual promotion of top
prospect Noah Syndergaard, who is expected to
reach the big leagues at some point in 2015. Gee, Colon and Jon Niese were subject of trade talks earlier in the
offseason, but nothing has developed since the Rangers, Rockies, Padres and
Giants expressed interest in Gee as recently as two weeks ago. Is he the most
likely to be traded? According to Anthony DiComo of
MLB.com, it doesn't look like it right now. He says the team is "not
close" to trading Gee, or any of their other starters. Jay Jaffe of Sports Illustrated suggests Gee or Niese
are likely to be moved before Opening Day, but he doesn't limit them to those
options. New York has a stockpile of young talent pitchers, including
Syndergaard, Rafael Montero, Steven Matz and Marcos Molina. - http://www.hngn.com/articles/64718/20150129/new-york-mets-rumors-trade-coming-soon-for-dillon-gee-team-heading-into-spring-training-with-six-starters.htm
More Gee -
Mack - As of this morning, Mets
pitcher Dillon Gee remains on the Mets roster.
The
assumption here is he is going to be traded and the team will start the 2014
season with a rotation of Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler,
Jacob deGrom, Bartolo Colon, and Jonathan Niese.
It’s
becoming quite obvious that there just may not be a very good market for Gee,
who went 7-8, 4.01, 1,25, in 137.1 innings last season. By league standards,
these are pretty good numbers for an SP5, but let’s look deeper.
His
MLB career stats are 40-34, 3.91, 1.29.
In
a world where you covert good pitching, have we considered sending him to the
Mets pen in April to await events to develop? Trades happen 52 weeks a year, as
do pitching injuries.
Or,
has anyone considered approaching Matt Harvey (duck
when you ask this) and suggesting he go on some sixth day rotation so his
innings are spread out over the season? Gee could be slotted in here as an SP6,
as needed.
James Preller mentioned
in a comment (Carlos Torres post by Ernest Dove) that Torres is the perfect ‘rubber arm’
needed in a bullpen. Wouldn’t Gee offer the Mets a more talented brand of
rubber here?
Look,
all of this have to go away when Noah Syndergaard is
promoted to Queens, and I have no plan this year for Steven
Matz. I’m just saying just don’t drop this guy until you get a proper
return.
Dave
Singer –
The long winter is almost over, so on
this Saturday morning you gets bits and pieces—we are all gearing up for
February and that magical moment when actual players report for actual,
official, baseball activities. Pitchers
and catchers report to camp on February 19th, signaling the beginning of Spring
Training. You just know that Daniel
Murphy is chomping at the bit to get back in the action. Position players are due in camp by the 24th,
though most report early. Long gone are
the days where players regularly held out in the Spring to buy themselves a few
extra weeks of off-season rest. The
first full squad workout is scheduled for February 26th.
Sad
news yesterday when we found out that Bobby Ojeda won’t be back in 2015 to
resume his duties for SNY. Ojeda is
ending a 6-year run for what appears to be money. One source claimed that the differences in
what Ojeda wanted and what he was offered was “not substantial.” - http://mets360.com/?p=24427
Michael
Mordente –
The Superbowl is tomorrow and it
cannot come and go soon enough. At least
the talk of deflated balls will go by the wayside. As for our beloved Mets it's time to start
dusting off the equipment, move down to Port St. Lucie and see whats what.
The
off-season is done, save for a minor trade or two, and while we have all
complained, bitched and moaned about not getting a shortstop or another left
handed reliever we need to take the roster for what it is and see where we end
up.
So
here we go, all positions are filled as of now.
There is the glass half-full and half-empty approach to this year. I think it will be a complete bust or great
improvement from the prior few years.
Infield: Half-full - Duda continues to mash, gives 25
and 85, Murph does what Murph does, hits .300 and doesn't kill us
defensively. The Captain returns to
form, hits 20 homers and around 90 RBI.
d'Arnaud continues to grow as a hitter, cuts down on the passed balls
and makes Plawecki trade bait. Flores
surprises everyone, plays acceptable defense and hits .260 with 15 homers and
70 RBI. - http://effingmets.blogspot.com/2015/01/almost-there.html
9 comments:
The drawback on keeping Gee into the season is his higher bucks
I don't know why you are thinking that Matz wont ascend this year. If he pitches well in AAA, he would follow the same timeline of Harvey and Wheeler and what Thor was expected to do last year. He has pitched extremely well over the past two years, improving upon promotion and pitching big in big games. I think he will outpitch Thor in Vegas
Anon Joe F
Joe F
I'm just conservative on Matz, especially since I'm surrounded with a lot of good pitching
Joe - unlike Harvey and Wheeler, Matz didn't reach AAA last year - in that regard, he is more like Thor.
I would rather use this year as development and upping his innings - unless he is absolutely needed
RE Gee - I have said before, his value will go up between now and the end of the spring - when someone gets hurt and a team needs a pitcher, Gee will look more attractive
Harvey only pitched half a season at Buffalo before being promoted and Wheeler did get to AAA the year before being promoted, but it was only for 6 starts, so not really a full look at the league. Both of them were promoted after 20 AAA starts and I think that Matz will get there by end of July. I would prefer to have him come up when he can get hitters out and not hold him back, unless he is getting bombed. I would also like the 2016 rotation to be on the field to end 2015 because I would want to get rid of all inning limits and have the full rotation in place, with some experience. I saw Matz firsthand last year and he was flat out dominant, so I expect that to continue in Vegas. If he is K'ing a batter an inning, has a solid Vegas adjusted ERA and is winning, why wouldn't you bring him up? I think he will outperform Thor in the first half. It also allows clearance for salary, which can be used on Heyward next year.
Anon Joe F
Joe, the problem is that Matz doesn't exist in a vacuum -- and right now, and for the foreseeable future, there's no room in Flushing. Since he hasn't pitched AAA yet, let him start there and allow the season to unfold.
James Preller
Seattle 24, New England 21
Mack, Re: Infield "Glass Half Full Recap" ...is that a Rose Colored Glass?
That projected result is more CUP RUNNETH OVER than Half Full!
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