Between the Mets overcoming a three-run hole in the 9th inning and taking the lead in the 14th… and Billy Hatcher hitting a game-tying homer in the bottom of the 14th… and the Mets scoring three in the 16th and the Astros scoring two before Jesse Orosco struck out Kevin Bass with the tying and winning runs on… the Mets seemed too exhausted at the end to celebrate their pennant. On my short list for wildest and most exciting game I have ever watched. - HBT
Dillon Gee:
Gee is going to be 25 in April, and pitched a combined 173 innings in 2007 between his NCAA appearances and Brooklyn, as well as 154 innings for St. Lucie and Binghamton in 2008. Of course, 2009 was an injury plagued year (torn labrum) which limited him to 48 innings. There is very little doubt that heavy usage at age 22 contributed to that injury. In other words, the innings issue should have been addressed by the Mets when they drafted him in 2007 before he got hurt. With his heavy workload history I don’t see 200 innings in 2011 as a big deal for Gee, who relies on command, smarts, and guile more than pure stuff. It may just be my perception, but individuals who know how to pitch seem to battle through these types of scenarios. They know their body and limitations, and manage it properly. -
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Steve Trachsel:
Trachsel was either lucky for five years, the Mets played better defense behind him for five years than they did for everyone else, or he induced balls that were more easily turned into outs. Those .012 don’t seem like big differences, but for a contact pitcher like Trachsel it saves him six hits a season, which shaves about .20 runs off his ERA. But that still explains away just .20 runs of a .58 run difference between Trachsel’s FIP and ERA. I have no answer for the other .38 runs. A little help from pitcher friendly Shea Stadium here and there, maybe, but that’s not enough. Steve Trachsel’s success with the Mets is a mystery. - link
David Cone:
Over .600 winning percentage with the Mets. His 20 win season in 1988 was right up there with Gooden and Seaver for one of the best in team history. The Mets got the young, immature, and hot headed Cone, or the numbers could have been better. Who could forget his 19 strikeout game the last day of 1991 while the cops were waiting to question him for rape? He would mature and become a key component of the late nineties Yankees dynasty, pitching a perfect game for them in 1999. Amazing that many remember him for his time with the Yankees, but the majority of his production came with the Mets. - NYBD
Carlos Beltran:
Believe it or not (I can’t), this is Beltran’s final year on his seven-year contract that he signed back in January of 2005. It seemed at the time that Beltran would be a Met for life, but now we certainly know that’s not the case. There’s been no talk of the Mets trying to retain Beltran, so it’s apparent this will be his farewell tour in Flushing. The Mets would love to get a glimpse of the production that the 2006-08 Beltran gave them, but coming off two injury-riddled seasons, that might be a stretch. But if the Mets are having a successful season, you can expect that Beltran is contributing in some way. He’s in the same boat as Reyes, though. General Manager Sandy Alderson could try and swing him to a contender that is in some need of offense at the deadline. - metsreport.
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