Lineup [Game 9]

1. Jose Reyes – SS
2. Luis Castillo – 2B
3. David Wright – 3B
4. Jason Bay – LF
5. Jeff Francoeur – RF
6. Fernando Tatis – 1B
7. Henry Blanco – C
8. Angel Pagan – CF
9. Mike Pelfrey – RHP

Game Chat will be up around 3:00 p.m.

Manuel’s Musing

“I think if we keep ourselves in games, we have a shot because of the fight that's in the club.”

-Jerry Manuel on the Mets

Game Recap: Rockies 6 – Mets 5

Welcome to the big leagues, Jenrry Mejia.

The Good

Jeff Francoeur’s hitting streak is still alive, this time due to a solo home run in the first inning.  He was even intentionally walked.

David Wright also went yard, a two-run shot in the third inning.

The Mets scratched back with runs in the 8th and 9th innings to force extra innings. 

Raul Valdes, Fernando Nieve, Pedro Feliciano and Ryota Igarashi turned in scoreless innings in relief.

Three stolen bases: Jose Reyes, Jason Bay, Gary Matthews Jr.

The Bad & Ugly

Mejia, in his first pressure situation, surrendered a leadoff home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to end the game.

Jon Niese, the starter, surrendered 9 hits and 5 earned runs in five innings of work.  He also hit two batsmen.

Mike Jacobs is a mess at first base.  That is all.

Aaron Cook, the Rockies starter, hit two doubles and scored once.

The Rockies committed three errors (should have been four).

Game Ball

Francoeur: 1-3, HR, 2 BB (Two!)

On Deck

The Mets and Rockies finish out the series tomorrow afternoon, a 3:10 p.m. start time.

Game Chat: NYM @ COL [Game 8]

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Lineup [Game 8]

1. Jose Reyes – SS
2. Luis Castillo – 2B
3. David Wright – 3B
4. Jason Bay – LF
5. Mike Jacobs – 1B
6. Jeff Francoeur – RF
7. Rod Barajas – C
8. Angel Pagan – CF
9. Jon Niese – LHP

Game Chat will be up around 8:30 p.m.

Rubin: Bowman claimed by Jays

Forever blocked by David Wright, Shawn Bowman has been claimed by the Toronto Blue Jays, according to Adam Rubin.

Yes, it’s early, but…

The Mets are only 7 games into the season.  That’s very, very early in baseball terms.  But, to me and to many, they’re giving fans very little to hope for so far.

• We haven’t even made two full turns of the rotation, and the team is already talking about dropping John Maine from the starting five.
• The team’s “starting first baseman” is being outplayed by Fernando Tatis.
• The team’s most expensive reliever, Francisco Rodriguez, is yet to have a save opportunity.
• Many fans are already calling for Jerry Manuel’s head.
• Many fans are already calling for Omar Minaya’s head.
• The stadium, for home games, is drawing smaller crowds than last year when the team was already out of playoff contention.

We’re seven games in.  There are 155 more games to play.  But at this pace, it’s a miracle fans aren’t revolting, jumping ship and burning merchandise in the parking lot.

It’s early, but many have seen enough.  But change for change’s sake isn’t going to cut it.  The team, from the front office on down, needs to present some sort of plan for fixing everything that seems to be wrong with the organization.  The fans see it, the media sees it, it’s time for the Mets to be up-front about their situation and spell it out for the angry mob that seems to be growing.

At this point in time, it seems the Mets are just floating along aimlessly, without a way to steer or even a planned direction to head in.  I’d love to see Fred Wilpon cop to it all, say that the team is going for an overhaul and start fixing things internally, externally and whatever-ternally helps the Mets out.

It might be a blow to the pride of the Mets, but in the long run, the transparency will help the sanity of the fans - the ones who put the money into everyone’s pockets – the ones that matter.

Poll: Who do you want to manage the Mets?

Simple and to the point.  Vote!

Manuel’s Musing

“It's a struggle when you get down that many runs that early.”

-Jerry Manuel on being down early

Game Recap: Rockies 11 – Mets 3

Hopefully you turned this game off and went to bed long ago.

The Good

David Wright hit a solo home run, his second of the season.

Jeff Francoeur’s hitting streak is still alive.  He’s hit in all seven games this season.

Raul Valdes and Jenrry Mejia turned in scoreless stints, two innings and one inning respectively.

Jose Reyes singled twice.  Still think he should be rehabbing in the minor leagues, though.

Jason Bay picked up his first RBI for the Mets in the 8th inning.  It made the game 11-3.  Yay.

The Bad & Ugly

Pretty much everything else…

John Maine: 3 IP, 7 H, 8 ER, 3 BB, 4 K.  Yeah, he just looks awful out there.

Mets pitchers walked 10 Rockies.  10!

Rockies pitching struck out 10 Mets.  10!

Fernando Nieve only lasted 1/3 of an inning and was charged with 3 ER.

Greg Smith, who hadn’t won a game since 2008, threw seven innings against the Mets, allowing only two earned runs and striking out eight.

Game Ball

David Wright.

On Deck

Same Mets time, same Mets channel: 8:45 p.m. tomorrow.  Jon Niese, baby!