Mejia pitched some high praise

Here’s what ESPN’s Keith Law had to say about Jenrry Mejia in AFL action…

The most impressive arm so far has been Jenrry Mejia of the New York Mets, who was on a short pitch count but showed two above-average pitches and a chance for a third. Mejia's fastball sat from 93-96 mph and touched 98, he also threw a plus changeup that looked more like a two-seamer at 85-87.
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The velocity comes easily, and if his command is better than what he showed on Wednesday and he can snap off that good curveball more frequently, he's a potential No. 1 or No. 2 starter.

I like the sound of that.  Don’t you?

For more from Law, click here.

Poll Results: Fans feel Mets fired the wrong coaches

In the latest poll, I asked fans if they thought the Mets fired the right coaches when they cut Sandy Alomar Sr. and Luis Alicea from the coaching staff and reassigned Razor Shines and Sandy Alomar Jr.

Here are the results…What do you think?

Next poll: Are you watching the playoffs this year?

Twitter Poll: Thoughts on Citi Field in it’s first season

I asked my Twitter followers what they thought about Citi Field this year.  Here are some responses…

DonCheech said: loved it

Ceetar said: I loved it. Needs more Mets stuff, but love it.

metsfanmurph said: Love Citi Field. Needs more Mets stuff. I would like to see the seats blue and orange, more Mets pictures, and blue walls

metsfanmurph continued: All in all I like watching a game there and I like that it is a pitchers park. I wouldn't want them to change the dimensions

scratchbomb said: fantastic. still needs more Met presence, but I think that's the only real complaint you can make about it

elZi said: Citi Field was an A+ in my book

DatNYCStar said: Looks great. Great food. Great stores. Not enuff Mets stuff though. A little bit too big maybe?

Metsfanfeed said: I love it. But it won't replace Shea.

Schulmania said: Great stadium, even better food, terrible product

What are your thoughts on Citi Field this year?

The ‘Ropolitans Radio recap [Ep. 2]

Here are some clips from The ‘Ropolitans radio.  Joining me on the segments were Andrew Fletcher, Jeremy Schilling and Corey Hersch.

Part 1: Playoff baseball & Ron Darling

Part 2: Billy Wagner

Part 3: Roy Halladay and such

More tomorrow…

The ‘Ropolitans Radio, 12-1 p.m. on WQAQ.com

Be sure to listen in to The ‘Ropolitans Radio from 12 – 1 p.m. on WQAQ.com (or 98.1 FM if you happen to be within a mile or two of Quinnipiac University).

Click here to listen in.

To contact me during the show, the call-in number is (203) 582-5555, my e-mail is TheRopolitans@gmail.com or send me a message on Twitter.

Mejia roughed up; Davis, Tejada keep hitting [AFL]

Jenrry Mejia took the mound for his first Arizona Fall League game, but only lasted one inning.

Mejia gave up only one hit, but walked three batters and allowed three runs to score.  He did strike out one while on the mound.

On more positive notes, Ike Davis picked up another hit and two more RBI.  Davis has driven in eight runs in only two games.

And Ruben Tejada added two more hits and scored two more runs, giving him four hits and four runs in the first two games of the AFL season.

Successful surgery for Reyes

Jose Reyes had successful surgery on the scar tissue around his hamstring tendon, according to Marty Noble.

Noble noted that Reyes should be fully healed by spring training in February.

Is Jeff Wilpon the real GM?

This is just strange.  But I’m not really surprised.

From Justin Terranova in the NY Post…

Peter Gammons today called owner Jeff Wilpon the general manager, and said Omar Minaya is only "out there to take the heat."

Gammons, as heard on the Michael Kay Show on 1050 ESPN New York, was asked why the Mets had not hired a particular coach. Gammons replied, “Ask the general manager, Jeff Wilpon.”

Asked why Minaya wasn’t interested, Gammons replied, “He’s not the general manager. Omar’s the one out there to take the heat.”

Thoughts?

Reyes surgery set for today

Jose Reyes will finally undergo surgery on his right hamstring tendon today.

The surgery will try to clean up the scar tissue around the injury.

Reyes will have the surgery in Dallas.

Link: Wagner not retiring?

Bean Stringfellow, Billy Wagner’s agent, tells the Boston Herald, “Those comments probably came right after the Red Sox lost, so I’d bet they were said in the heat of the moment, when he was very frustrated. That’s probably not the best time to take comments like that as gospel.”

The Wagner news will taper off after this, unless he actually does retire, I promise.  Or ride an alpaca through the streets.  Or something.