4/23/10

Lineup with Reyes batting third

  1. Angel Pagan – CF
  2. Luis Castillo – 2B
  3. Jose Reyes – SS
  4. Jason Bay – LF
  5. David Wright – 3B
  6. Ike Davis – 1B
  7. Jeff Francoeur – RF
  8. Rod Barajas – C
  9. John Maine – RHP

So there you have it: Reyes is batting third.  What do you think?

Game Chat will be up at 7 p.m.

Manuel’s Musing

Manuel's Musing “I think the extra work is more what they call touch and feel, which means that you're working on your fundamentals and mechanics.”

-Jerry Manuel on touch and feel and fundamentals and mechanics

4/22/10

Game Recap: Mets 5 – Cubs 2

Francisco Rodriguez is now tied with Mike Pelfrey to the team lead in saves.

The Good

Johan Santana.  He worked himself into trouble a few times, but was able to pitch himself out of them each and every time.  The only run scored after Santana had left the game.  Six and 1/3 innings, eight hits and one earned run.  He struck out five.  I love it.

A five-out save.  Francisco Rodriguez came on in the 8th with the bases loaded and one out.  He allowed a sac-fly, but nothing more.  He set the Cubs down 1-2-3 in the 9th.  He struck out three en route to his first save of the season and his first five-out save since 2005.

The sixth.  Jose Reyes led off the inning with a walk, David Wright broke out of his funk with an RBI double over the head of Alfonso Soriano.  Jeff Francoeur, who was 0-for-his-last-24, sliced a single to right, scoring Wright.  Ike Davis singled, Rod Barajas walked, brining Angel Pagan to the plate with the bases loaded.  Pagan chopped one to second, which Barajas got in the way of before it made its way to Mike Fontenot, causing him to misplay the ball.  Francouer scored easily and Davis hustled all the way from second to score.  All awesome things.

Insurance.  Davis doubled with two outs in the 8th and Barajas followed with a single, chasing Davis home to extend the Mets lead to 5-2.

The Bad

Jerry Manuel’s bullpen usage.  He pulled Santana after 103 pitches in the sixth and brought on Fernando Nieve, for his 11th appearance in 16 games.  Nieve allowed a hit to his only batter before Manuel brought in Pedro Feliciano.  Perpetual Pedro worked out of the 7th, and came out to start the 8th.  After Feliciano allowed two batters to reach, Manuel called in Jenrry Mejia from the bullpen for his first “set-up” job.  Mejia walked his only batter before getting pulled, at which point Manuel brought on K-Rod for a five-out save.  Huh?

Jason Bay: 0-4, K

Wright’s 3 Ks.

Game Ball

Ike Davis and Johan Santana split it.  K-Rod gets an honorable mention.

On Deck

The Atlanta Braves come to Citi Field for a 7:10 p.m. game tomorrow.

Game Chat: CHC @ NYM [Game 16]

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Lineup [Game 16]

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

I wonder if the Game Chat could get more people than Citi Field.

Game Chat will be up at 7 p.m.

Jeff Francoeur is falling back to Earth [Graphs]

Almost there!So close!Hooray, regression!Should we throw a welcome back party for the old Jeff Francoeur?

Tip of the cap to Baseball-Reference for the stats.

Manuel’s Musing

Manuel's Musing “This is what I know about Gil Hodges: He believed keeping the game basic and simple. Too many of us try to complicate this very simple game”

-Jerry Manuel on Gil Hodges

4/21/10

Game Recap: Cubs 9 – Mets 3

Pretty ugly all around.

The Good

Ike Davis’ catch.  If you didn’t see it, watch it here.  A Web Gem, I think.

Rod Barajas went yard in the second inning.  The Mets only hit until the sixth, Barajas drove one deep to left field, his third of the year.  He has more home runs than he has walks: three to none.

The Bad & Ugly

The pitching.  Nine runs, eight earned against Oliver Perez, Manny Acosta, Raul Valdes and Hisanori Takahashi.  Perez wasn’t awful, but the bullpen was.  Just yuck.  No one was on point and the Cubs, who have only scored more runs than Houston, made them pay.

Mets pitchers walked nine Cubs.

The Mets managed only two hits off of Carlos Silva.

Jeff Francoeur is 0-for-his-last-22 and only saw eight pitches in four at-bats.

Game Ball

Ike for his catch.

On Deck

The Mets and Cubs finish it out tomorrow night, as Johan Santana takes the mound for a 7:10 p.m. start.

Game Chat: CHC @ NYM [Game 15]

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Lineup [Game 15]

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

Game Chat will be up at 7 p.m.

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