Mack Ade – Morning Report – 4-9-13

David Wright has played 61 straight games without an error.

Tim Kurkjian‏ @Kurkjian_ESPN8m

Mets catchers had 48 RBIs last year. They have 10 this year. John Buck is off to a great start. He has taken control of this pitching staff

Jorge Castillo - ‏@jorgeccastillo

            Terry Collins said Shaun Marcum has started playing catch. Still a ways away

-is it my imagine but does baseball players heal slower than, let’s say football or hockey players? No, they don’t because football and hockey players play through stiff necks and shit like this. Who extends this process? The player, the team, or the doctors?

Wally Backman on Zack Wheeler –

“He is the same spot Matt Harvey was at last year. It’s a matter of command. I think it’s going to be a matter of consistency. It was the first game. He was rushing a little bit. He showed signs of just dominating, and then he’d get a little bit erratic.”

Sorry for the lack of morning reports the past few days. I had some issues that kept line. Look for Sunday and Monday mornings to be lacking reports sportically.

Observatons:

            -well so much for that shitty hitting in Grayson Staduim, huh? Kevin Plawecki, Jeff Glenn, Jayce Boyd  and Brandon Nimmo are on fire which means they probably followed by batting tips I told them on Press Day (sic). Seriously, wouldn’t be nice if we would develop three or four read deal every day prospects here? I was going to try and schedule interviews with Boyd and Nimmo tonight and tomorrow, but the Doc has be off my feet for three days.

            -the same Latin names are throwing up the same goose eyes…Ynoa, Montero, Tapia, Mazzoni… wait a minute, that’s an Italian one, right. Even Syndergarrd got into the action with four scoreless innings. Folks, you have to trust me on this one… a lot of teams are sending a lot of scouts to check out these guys.

            -the MLB and MiLB sample is still a very small one so let’s not draw any conclusions until Mat 1^st. Majors wise, I hope you enjoyed playing the Marlins and Padres. It goes uphill from here.

            -Timely hitting. Timely hitting wins ballgames for marginal teams. Marlon Byrd was timely hitting. The Mets are 4-2 because of poor defensive decisions and timely hitting. Oh yeah, and there’s John Buck. Enjoy this ‘Buckarama’ while I lasts.

            -we talked earlier this week about the Plewecki-d’Arnaud-Maron onslaught in the minors. Now, guess who is leading the Mets in most of the offensive categories? Blake Friggin Forsythe! Can I get a catcher?

            -I mean, who expected a home run in each of the first seven games of the season. What would this team be doing right now with Justin Upton in the lineup?

            -Roy Halladay was jut dreadful in the second inning.

            -I mean, seriously, what if John Buck keeps this up? What if he's tied in the league in homers with J-Up going into the all-star break and the Mets are in the race?  d-Arnaud is already showing he's past AAA and he's playing away games in California. Can you actually trade Buck that early without telling your team you just don't believe what they are doing this season means anything? I know, it's earl, but WTF?

            -Matt Harvey obviously didn't have the great stuff from the beginning. A third-out strikeout to Laynce Nix in the second inning got him back on track.

           -we got another starter throwing goose eggs... Savannah's Logan Taylor threw five scoreless innings, striking out five, walking none, and scattering four hits.

           -The B-Mets RP Jack Leathersich threw two more scoreless innings (0.00).