link - With the Mets out of the race, it’s time to raise the question whether Jose Reyes should just take his time to heal completely for next year. He has no plans to push it – the oblique strain never fully disappeared the first time – and that could hurt his chances of catching Pagan’s stolen-base total. AngelPagan was third in the NL with 32 stolen bases; Reyes was tied for fourth with 28 heading into Thursday night. “They’re among the elite in that area,” Manuel said. “And you have two of them at the top, they create a lot of problems for the opposition.”
link - Hisanori Takahashi has proven himself to be both a versatile and talented pitcher in his short time with the New York Mets. The 35-year-old Japanese rookie has a 3.95 ERA and a 3.79 FIP in 107 innings split between the bullpen and the starting rotation. Between the two, Takahashi has compiled 1.4 WAR and shown that he is worth of a full time MLB starting role. Takahashi’s agent, Peter Greenberg, released a statement that suggested that Takahashi may prefer a partciular role and that said role is a determinant in which team Takahashi signs with in 2011: “He has obviously established himself in the major leagues. He liked it in New York and would love the chance to take the next step here. But we’ll have to wait until the season ends to sit down with him to see what he’s thinking for next year as far as if he has a preference to any particular role.”
link - Mike Nickeas, 27, C - Hulet / BA: NR / NR - Line: 318 PA, .283/.403/.396 (.323 BABIP), .372 wOBA, 112 wOBA+ (Double-A) - Notes: Nickeas is technically getting called up from Triple-A Buffalo, but only had 26 PAs there. And though I’m sure he’s one of the nicest guys around, he very probably won’t end up on Kris Liakos’ list of the best Greek baseball players.
link - Royals manager Ned Yost said he will start using Philip Humber in more high-leverage situations out of the bullpen. Humber has thrown 7 2/3 scoreless innings as a member of the Royals bullpen. "We were saving him for extended innings because he can do it," Yost said. "But now, we’re going to have more protection down there. So he’ll probably move more into a sixth- or seventh-inning slot because he’s producing with his opportunities. Every time we’ve sent him out there, he’s got the job done. So we’ll up his role a little bit."
link - Jason Bay was brought in with the intention of powering the offense. A poor man’s Matt Holliday – if you want to call a $66 million dollar contract poor – Bay has never seemed quite comfortable in the confines of CitiField. An assessment of Bay’s production last year showed that the majority of his round trippers were dead pull shots at Fenway. Considering left field at Citi fares no worse than Fenway- in fact slightly better considering the lack of the Green Monster – it was safe to assume Bay would do quite well at CitiField. Of course Jason decided to become more of a gap hitter at Citifield thus ending that assumption. Bay’s numbers this year, .259 BA, 6 HR, 47 RBI and a .749 OPS. To add injury to insult, Bay ingloriously ended (perhaps?) his 2010 season when he slammed his head into the outfield fence in L.A., catching a fly ball, earning a concussion. Somewhere Ryan Church is popping an Excederin in solidarity.
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