Mike Pelfrey was on the mound for the start of today's Mets / Nationals match.
In the first inning, Pelfrey allowed three earned runs to score on four hits. Ryan Zimmerman doubled home Christian Guzman for the first run of the game. Nick Johnson then hit a two-run home run to drive in Zimmerman.
Through two innings, likely all Pelfrey will pitch today, he allowed three runs on four hits while striking out one.
Update - 1:54 p.m.: Pelfrey is still in for the third inning. He allowed one hit and a walk, but struck out two in his third inning of work.
For three innings, Pelfrey struck out three and allowed three runs on five hits.
3/4/09
Starting squad against Nats
Here is today's starting line up as the Mets take on the Washing Nationals.
Angel Pagan -- CF
Daniel Murphy -- LF
Nick Evans -- 1B
Ryan Church -- RF
Fernando Tatis -- 3B
Mike Pelfrey -- RHP
Jose Valentin -- SS
Ramon Castro -- C
Andy Green -- 2B
If you thought the pitcher batting second in the order was weird...Jerry Manuel likes to keep people on their toes.
The game is not available on TV.
Angel Pagan -- CF
Daniel Murphy -- LF
Nick Evans -- 1B
Ryan Church -- RF
Fernando Tatis -- 3B
Mike Pelfrey -- RHP
Jose Valentin -- SS
Ramon Castro -- C
Andy Green -- 2B
If you thought the pitcher batting second in the order was weird...Jerry Manuel likes to keep people on their toes.
The game is not available on TV.
46 pitches
Johan Santana and his fateful left elbow threw 46 pitches in a bullpen session early today. Santana maintains that he could still be on track for Opening Day.
Who cares, Johan? If you don't start until mid-April, but you still make 30+ healthy starts all year, that's all I want. Opening Day means nothing, especially against an non-division team like the Reds.
Just sit on the bench for a few games and make your first start at Citi Field's opening day. It'll mean more to you and the team.
Who cares, Johan? If you don't start until mid-April, but you still make 30+ healthy starts all year, that's all I want. Opening Day means nothing, especially against an non-division team like the Reds.
Just sit on the bench for a few games and make your first start at Citi Field's opening day. It'll mean more to you and the team.
3/3/09
Santana not going to make Opening Day start
David Lennon breaks the news that Johan Santana will not be the Opening Day starter for the New York Mets.
As long as he's healthy to make 30+ starts in 2009, I don't care when he pitches. Still, not a good sign.
Pitching coach Dan Warthen just explained that Santana is not likely to get into a Grapefruit League game until March 18 and that pretty much wipes out any chance of him being ready for Opening Day.Is this a shrewd move by the Mets to have him start the first game at Citi Field? I doubt it, but it's something to think about.
As long as he's healthy to make 30+ starts in 2009, I don't care when he pitches. Still, not a good sign.
Game Recap: Cardinals 15 -- Mets 4
It seems no one wants that fifth spot of the rotation.
Following Garcia, Jon Switzer took the mound for one inning. He allowed two earned runs on two hits, paired with a walk and a strikeout.
Dillon Gee fared the worst of the pitchers, but was hurt by a pair of errors. Gee allowed seven runs (two earned) in one inning on five hits.
Rocky Cherry and Victor De Los Santos each pitched one inning of no-hit baseball, with Cherry tallying one strike out.
Carlos Muniz and Kyle Snyder each allowed one run in their inning of work, sandwiched around a hitless inning from Tom Martin.
Angel Pagan continued his hot spring, going 1-1 with a walk and driving in two runs with his single in the seventh inning.
On The Mound
Freddy Garcia made the start for the Mets trying to rebound from a poor outing the first time around. It did not go well. Two innings, three hits and two home runs later, the Cardinals had the lead 4-0. Garcia did strike out three batters and walked one, but the two homers really looked bad. Chris Duncan's three-run shot was crushed.Following Garcia, Jon Switzer took the mound for one inning. He allowed two earned runs on two hits, paired with a walk and a strikeout.
Dillon Gee fared the worst of the pitchers, but was hurt by a pair of errors. Gee allowed seven runs (two earned) in one inning on five hits.
Rocky Cherry and Victor De Los Santos each pitched one inning of no-hit baseball, with Cherry tallying one strike out.
Carlos Muniz and Kyle Snyder each allowed one run in their inning of work, sandwiched around a hitless inning from Tom Martin.
At The Plate
Robinson Cancel and Marlon Anderson were the only Mets with multiple hits. Cancel had a single, double and one RBI. Anderson doubled twice and picked up a RBI.Angel Pagan continued his hot spring, going 1-1 with a walk and driving in two runs with his single in the seventh inning.
In The Field
Jose Coronado and Gee each committed one error. Luis Castillo, Coronado and Marlon Anderson also completed one double play.Next Up
The Mets will take on their NL East rivals Washington Nationals tomorrow, but won't grace your television screens again until Saturday.
The sun shines on this gloomy SNY viewer
I thought today was going to be a bad day. Seems I was way wrong as SNY has brightened my day significantly.
First thing to note: Scott Ferrall, or as I like to call him "The Reason No One Watches 'The Wheelhouse,'" is gone for good. Neil Best notes that his contract was up, and SNY wisely chose to set him to pasture. Maybe I'll actually watch that show (or at least not scramble for the mute button when the commercial comes on).
Secondly, SNY is going to make watching Mets baseball a lot more interesting. According to Multichannel (via Retire 31), SNY will be one of the first channels to embrace the new MVP Enhancement system.
First thing to note: Scott Ferrall, or as I like to call him "The Reason No One Watches 'The Wheelhouse,'" is gone for good. Neil Best notes that his contract was up, and SNY wisely chose to set him to pasture. Maybe I'll actually watch that show (or at least not scramble for the mute button when the commercial comes on).
Secondly, SNY is going to make watching Mets baseball a lot more interesting. According to Multichannel (via Retire 31), SNY will be one of the first channels to embrace the new MVP Enhancement system.
This new system will allow SNY and its on-air team to enhance the game story with post-production capabilities in real time. With this new technology, SNY will incorporate five new features into its 2009 Mets telecasts: SNY magnify, flow motion, pitch differential and speed and distance trackers.
SNY magnify will not only hyper-zoom over the magnified area, but it will move with the player or object as the clip is played. SNY will be able to use this enhancement for plays at any base, a hit batsman, a ball near the foul pole or outfield wall. For example, on a close pickoff play at first base, the ball, glove and foot or hand of the runner can be magnified and followed into the bag.
With flow motion, SNY analysts Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez can dissect a pitcher's motion or batter's swing through overlays on repeated plays that will identify patters over the course of a ballgame.
The regional's pitch differential feature will illustrate a sequence by zooming in to where a catcher sets up, where the ball finishes and the point of contact with the bat.
As for the speed and distance trackers, SNY will be able to trace the speeds and distances of players on the base paths or in the outfield, as well as on balls that are pitched, hit or thrown by the fielders.
The article notes that SNY will also debut a new graphics package.
Oh, how exciting. I can't wait to listen to Keith Hernandez gush over all his new technology. I want to be a fly on the wall during that training session...
"Wait...so now we not only have the Coors Light Freeze Frame...but...HYPER ZOOM?!? I don't even know what that means, but I like it!"
Yes, Keith. You're going to have too much fun this season.
Well done, SNY. I'm very proud of you.
Gasp! I agree will Wallace Matthews
In my life long love/hate relationship with Wallace Matthews, I usually find myself shaking my head and pounding my fist when I finish up reading his columns. Only once in a blue moon do I sit here and nod "Why yes, Wally...you're actually right!"
Well today is one of those days (it's also Square Root Day, which only happens nine times a century -- coincidence? I think not).
Matthews column today focuses on Johan Santana's elbow and how the Mets magically declared him fit as a fiddle after zero medical tests and 31 pitches on a mound.
The Mets better be taking the utmost caution with their prized possession. He is the single most valuable person to the franchise, both monetarily and talent wise.
My train of thought here is that he will hang around in Florida a little while longer before heading back to New York for tests once the weather is a bit nicer. There is no reason not to heed caution and get him tested no matter what. Haven't they heard "Better Safe Than Sorry"?
Santana is a gamer. He pitched through the pain of a torn meniscus last year -- what makes them think he's going to proclaim himself injured now?
I would also like to know why he has to go to New York. The Mets have been hosting spring training in Florida from their inception, first in St. Petersburg and now in Port St. Lucie. Could it have occurred to them in that time that maybe the better thing to do is to find a doctor in Florida whom they trust instead of shipping every injury back to New York for "tests."
I'm sure there are plenty of MRI machines in the state of Florida with all the old people escaping to warmer weather. They break their hips a lot, if you hadn't heard.
The Mets need to get Santana tested, be it in Florida, New York or Kalamazoo. He's too important to the team and there is no need to make assumptions about his arm without taking a good, hard look at it.
Because you know what they say about assumptions...
Well today is one of those days (it's also Square Root Day, which only happens nine times a century -- coincidence? I think not).
Matthews column today focuses on Johan Santana's elbow and how the Mets magically declared him fit as a fiddle after zero medical tests and 31 pitches on a mound.
Yet based on one bullpen session, in which Warthen acknowledged Santana threw at about 80 percent velocity, not only did the Mets proclaim him recovered from whatever elbow woe caused him to be scratched from starts Friday and today, but they canceled plans to fly him back to New York for an MRI.He's so right it hurts.
I'll concede them the weather yesterday, which made flying home iffy at best, but how can they possibly declare Santana healed when no one more qualified than a pitching coach has even looked at him? One with glasses, no less?
The Mets better be taking the utmost caution with their prized possession. He is the single most valuable person to the franchise, both monetarily and talent wise.
My train of thought here is that he will hang around in Florida a little while longer before heading back to New York for tests once the weather is a bit nicer. There is no reason not to heed caution and get him tested no matter what. Haven't they heard "Better Safe Than Sorry"?
Santana is a gamer. He pitched through the pain of a torn meniscus last year -- what makes them think he's going to proclaim himself injured now?
I would also like to know why he has to go to New York. The Mets have been hosting spring training in Florida from their inception, first in St. Petersburg and now in Port St. Lucie. Could it have occurred to them in that time that maybe the better thing to do is to find a doctor in Florida whom they trust instead of shipping every injury back to New York for "tests."
I'm sure there are plenty of MRI machines in the state of Florida with all the old people escaping to warmer weather. They break their hips a lot, if you hadn't heard.
The Mets need to get Santana tested, be it in Florida, New York or Kalamazoo. He's too important to the team and there is no need to make assumptions about his arm without taking a good, hard look at it.
Because you know what they say about assumptions...
3/2/09
Steve Somers reading Green Eggs and Ham
In honor of Dr. Seuss' 105th birthday, which would have been today, I wanted to re-post this audio of Steve "The Shmooze" Somers reading the classic "Green Eggs and Ham."
Click here for the audio. It's well worth it.
Click here for the audio. It's well worth it.
I have tickets to Citi Field...do you?
March 29, 2009 -- My first trip to Citi Field. Unfortunately, the Mets will not be playing. I'll be seeing the St. Johns Red Storm and the Georgetown Hoyas face off in a Big East college baseball game.
I'm not really going for the game, as you probably have guessed. I'm there to take an early peak at the new stadium and see the venue where I will watch thousands of games played over the next few decades.
I'm pretty excited. I will also be meeting up with Kerel Cooper of OnTheBlack.com to film a video from the new ballpark. Should be a great time.
I'm not really going for the game, as you probably have guessed. I'm there to take an early peak at the new stadium and see the venue where I will watch thousands of games played over the next few decades.
I'm pretty excited. I will also be meeting up with Kerel Cooper of OnTheBlack.com to film a video from the new ballpark. Should be a great time.
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