-Jerry Manuel on Jose Reyes
6/19/10
Manuel’s Musing
6/18/10
They must be butter
Because they’re on a roll.
I’m both pleasantly surprised and very, very pleased with the Mets right now. Sweeping the Orioles and Indians is something they needed to do, but never did I think they would actually do it. Francisco Rodriguez tried his darndest to not let that happen, but the Mets and K-Rod were able to snatch victories away from the jaws of defeat each time.
Now, with the Mets on a seven-game winning streak, including six straight on the road – which is a shocker in it of itself – they’ll come back “home” to New York for a series against the Yankees in the Bronx.
The Mets, as likely none of us would have expected, are just one half game out of first place, trailing the Atlanta Braves. They’re also a full three games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves will be taking on the lowly Kansas City Royals this weekend, so winning against the Yankees is going to be important.
But – and here’s the gist of this whole post – I’m confident in the team. And that’s something that hasn’t been said in a while.
Yes, it’s only mid-June. Yes, the bullpen is way too shaky for my liking. Yes, Jenrry Mejia is still on the team for no good reason.
But I like the way they’re playing. I like that Carlos Beltran is inching closer to a return. I like that R.A. Dickey continues to be lightning in a bottle for the team.
Confidence in the Mets is something I haven’t had in a while. After last season’s fundamentally- and health-challenged team, it was hard to “believe” in 2010. Heck, I was already looking forward to 2011. But the team has played well recently, and now I actually expect the team to win when they take the field. Usually, it was just a happy surprised.
And that is an amazin’ feeling.
6/17/10
Quoted in AMNY
This marks the second time I’ve been quoted in AMNY, as something I said also appeared the day after Willie Randolph was fired.
Go me!
Manuel’s Musing
-Jerry Manuel instilling confidence in Jon Niese
6/16/10
Manuel’s Musing
-Jerry Manuel
Game Recap: Mets 7 – Indians 6
Not the prettiest of games.
The Good
Infield hits. David Wright went 3-5 and drove in three RBI. The three rib-eye steaks all came on infield hits.
Hustle. Jose Reyes is owed a steak dinner from Wright, as he busted from second base on one of Wright’s infield hits and scored. Wow.
A five-run fifth inning.
Ike Power. Davis hit his 8th home run of the year to straight-away center field. I thought it was going to be a can of corn but it kept carrying and carrying and carrying…
Johan Santana’s fifth, sixth and seventh. After a rocky start (see: below), Santana allowed only one hit over his last three innings on the bump.
The Bad & Ugly
Johan Santana’s first four innings. After being handed a 1-0 lead before he even threw a pitch, Santana surrendered a three-spot in the second and another run in the fourth. I didn’t think he was going to make it out of the fifth inning.
Seriously, K-Rod? What should have been a nice and easy 9th inning turned into a nail biter after K-Rod surrendered a two-run blast to Shelley Duncan.
The Indians defense. Jason Donald had a rough night in the field and the Indians got charged for three errors. Yikes.
Game Ball
Wright.
On Deck
7 p.m. Wednesday night.
6/15/10
Megdal for GM speech
Howard Megdal, who you may know from his writing on many different sites, is campaigning to be the General Manager of the New York Mets. Here are his campaign issues.
And for the rest of the speech, click here.
Mr. Megdal has made himself available to TheRopolitans.com for an interview, chat or something else. What would you be interested in hearing from Mr. Megdal? Let me know in the comments.
Manuel’s Musing
-Jerry Manuel
And frankly, it’s hard to argue with him right now.
6/14/10
Mets sign 25 picks
The Mets signed 25 of their picks, but not their first round pick Matt Harvey.
Here’s who they signed, via Andy McCullough…
-Fourth-round pick outfielder Cory Vaughn (from San Diego State; son of former major league All-Star Greg Vaughn)
-Seventh-round pick RHP Jeff Walters (Georgia)
-Eighth-round pick RHP Kenny McDowall (College of Southern Nevada)
-Ninth-round pick RHP Jacob deGrom (Stetson)
-11th-round pick LHP Adam Kolarek (Maryland)
-12th-round pick RHP Bret Mitchell (Minnesota State)
-13th-round pick third baseman Brian Harrison (Furman)
-14th-round pick second baseman James Brown (University of the Pacific)
-15th-round selection outfielder Tillman Pugh (Sonoma State)
-16th-round pick RHP Ryan Fraser (Memphis)
-17th-round pick RHP Chad Sheppard (Northwestern State)
-18th-round pick RHP A.J. Pinera (University of Tampa)
-19th-round pick RHP Jonathan Koutis (Embry-Riddle)
-20th-round pick first baseman Luke Stewart (Alabama-Birmingham)
-22nd-round pick shortstop Brandon Brown (University of South Alabama)
-25th-round selection RHP Peter Birdwell (Vanguard University)
-26th-round pick shortstop James Butler (Mississippi State)
-27th-round pick RHP Michael Weldon (Wayland Baptist University)
-28th-round pick LHP Jeremy Gould (Duke)
-29th-round selection LHP Hamilton Bennett (Tennessee Wesleyan College)
-30th-round pick LHP Joshua Edgin (Francis Marion University)
-32nd-round pick catcher Patrick Farrell (Regis University)
-33rd-round pick RHP Hunter Carnevale (University of the Pacific)
-34th-round selection shortstop Justin Schafer (UC-Davis)
-37th-round pick outfielder Dylan Brown (University of Tampa)
As I said on Draft Day, I just can’t get excited over baseball picks. Most of them are years away from every making an impact at the major league level. It just doesn’t have the quick result a la the NFL.
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