One thing seems certain: Wright will benefit from having Bay hitting behind him in the lineup. Manuel is expected to open the season with Jose Reyes, Wright and Bay in the 3-4-5 spots.
Wright wants to drive the ball more this season after hitting only 10 homers in 2009, when he appeared intent on slapping the ball to the opposite field.
"I thought today he had some of the better swings I've seen him have in a long time," Manuel said. "I thought all his at-bats looked like there was a threat he was going to hit the ball hard somewhere. He was in a good position all day." link
Johan Santana is ready to roll.
The Mets ace, in a tune-up before his first Grapefruit League start of the season, scheduled for Tuesday against the Astros, yesterday faced hitters for the first time since undergoing surgery last Sept. 1 to remove bone chips from his left elbow.
Rod Barajas and Josh Thole served as Santana's batting competition in a 40-pitch outing that lasted two innings. Each inning consisted of four outs.
Santana's throwing sessions previously had been limited to a bullpen mound.
"The reason I wanted to throw like this today was because I wanted to get into a game-situation mode," Santana said. "That's the way it is going to be on Tuesday and from now on. You're going to go into games where you have to compete, and that's what I wanted to do. link
A wide-ranging gathering of scientists, medical professionals and representatives from sports organizations met for an all-day "Science Behind Anti-Doping" symposium on Thursday at Major League Baseball's headquarters, sharing in-depth information and biological strategy in what one of the speakers called "a concerted effort to get out in front."
"Today's workshop gave an introduction to the lay of the land for anti-doping," Cornell professor J. Thomas Brenna said after giving a highly academic lecture called "Characterization of the Human Urinary Steroidome" during Session 2 devoted to anti-doping research developments. "We can see that there is a dedicated group scientifically, legally and elsewhere that are turning their attention to anti-doping research, to retaining the integrity of sports. - link
-so what do they do, sit around and tell each other that dope is bad for you? DOH.
Yesterday, I was talking to my cousin, she's from New York, and she said, 'Do you think they just did it for the heck of it, just so people don't say they didn't (try to make a big signing)?'" Molina told the Daily News yesterday. "In my opinion, I think they did, because I think if they really wanted me, they would have made a better offer so I could be happy to go to New York. ... If they would've offered me two years, I would've been there already. It didn't work out, and I'm very happy I stayed on the West Coast." - link
Ike's Future:
Weaknesses - Davis has pretty good plate coverage -- I've seen him make good contact by pulling pitchers on the outside corner of the plate -- but he becomes pull happy at times and he ends up rolling over. He has to work on his approach and make better use of the entire field. Also, while Davis crushed right handed pitching, lefties baffled him. His lefty/right splits were enormous (1.000 OPS vs. RHP, .672 OPS vs. LHP).
Davis is regarded as a potentially plus defender at first base. He's rather agile with good hands though he's a below average runner.
Best Case Outcome - Above average everyday first baseman
More Likely Outcome - More of an average everyday first baseman...I remind you of the kind of numbers one must put up to be considered an even average first baseman. A worst case scenario would be that Davis proves unable to hit left handed pitching on a consistent basis and has to be platooned with a right handed bat. But that's much more than most predicted of Davis entering the 2009 season. - link
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