2008 Mets!!! LETS GO METS!!!

Complaining about Willie Randolph mismanaging a bullpen is like complaining about Doc Rivers mismanaging a rotation. It's useful for venting frustration, but nothing's going to change. Randolph simply isn't a real good manager. And his mismanagement of the bullpen is just further proof of that.

We should have traded Heilman when his value was high. I wouldn't trust him with anything less than a 5 run lead at this point.

 

With his handling of this bullpen Willie Randolph will:

A) Cause a mass suicide of our relievers sometime in August.

B) Have them go on strike by July and have us finish the season with Free Agent pickups Paul Quantrill and Dennis Cook. (Is Roger McDowell available?)

C) Get himself fired in October when we finish 4 games out of the playoffs.

Pick one. Just one.

 

Willie doesnt take all the blame on this one. Ya he goofed by bringing in Heilman, no question. But 3 runs against the nats? Come on! It should never have even come to Heilman.

What the hell is going on with Jose Reyes? Hes hitting what, 258? Hes been consistently mediocre since getting pulled out of a game for not running out the grounder last summer. Right now hes a candidate for the most overrated player in baseball. Last year at this time we were talking about him as a top 5 player in baseball. Now hes the 3rd, maybe 4th best SS in the division. I dont know if its the manager or something going on internally, but whatever it is, this team goes as he goes so he better get his stuff together. He deserves to hear it the way hes been playing.

 

Someone just offered me Michael Young and Aaron Harang for Jose in my fantasy league. Think Im gonna have to take it. Im in 3rd place even with his struggles...

 

I think youre nuts if you take it. Even with Jose's struggles hes an elte fantasy option because of his SB's and runs. Young is good but he gets easy to find rbi stats and carries a good, not great BA that Jose can easily replicate.

 

Very well could be but jose needs to get his game back to justify his antics.

 

I also have Johnny Peralta at SS. Jose hasnt been stealing that many bases (see the problem is you have to GET ON BASE to steal them) and his avg. is horrible right now.

I dont think Id be losing that much by platooning Young/Peralta. Sides I have Carl Crawford who steals quite a few bases and scores alot of runs. I'll give Jose another couple weeks to get his act together. Sadly for Mets fans (great for Braves fans ) I dont think he has lived up to the hype. It appears NY is wearing on him.

Hes a great player and may turn it around, but he's not a great hitter and will have to walk alot more to be successful.

 

Theres a few problems with what youre saying:
1. Fantasy and reality are very different. Peralta and Young are very good SS for big league teams. Fantasy wise they only contribute 2 stats, occasionally 3. Young always has good rbi and BA, sometimes really contributes in runs or homers. Peralta had the one good HR year but otherwise is strictly rbi and runs. The problem is that Reyes contributes in the harder to find stats (SB, Runs), and is capable of contributing in the other 3, hrs, rbi and BA. So youre giving a potentially 5 stat player for guys who maximize at 3.

2. Youre selling low on Reyes. you probably spent a high pick on him and youre giving him away for a decent SP and a decent ss. Problem is those guys are drafted about 100- 125 spots later. So youre not getting value and youre selling low.

3. You appear to let your feelings towards your teams division rivals interfere with good judgement. Fantasy is all about being detatched from your favorite team in real life. Last year I felt dirty as a pig in poop when I owned Chipper, Smoltz, Hudson, McCann, and Kelly Johnson. But after I won that league and the $800 prize I felt a lot better. If you can win with your favorite players, great. But if you have to win with players you dont necessarily like, you do what you have to do to win. Basically you have to detach yourself more from an emotional standpoint.

 

Pelfrey lookin good so far (please keep it up)....
5ip
0 hits
3k
3bb

 

Nah, he will continue on this path...hes had success against washington this year and last year including a 7inning shutout ealier this year. He just needs to keep doing what hes doing but for the love of god stop walking the #8 hitter (Jesus Flores); hes done it twice already today.

Can we get this guy some run support now?

 

6 innings of no hit ball. 79 pitches so far. This has a chance to be historic....

 

I hear what you're saying bro, but Reyes ISNT producing in those areas right now. And I own Beltran as well, I dont let my homerism interfere with Fantasy Sports trust me. You make a fair point about selling low, I'd def have to revise the trade for a better pitcher than Aaron Harang.

I like Jose as a player, but if he maintains this horrid pace then what? Sometimes you have to cut your losses. Id have a whole teams of Mets, Phillies, and Marlins if I knew I could win with it.

BTW, this is the third year in a row Ive selected Reyes within my top 2 picks...

 

Paul Konerko and David Ortiz start horribly every year and usually dont heat up til mid may. It doesnt stop me from drafting or trading for them. Just keep it in mind that what someone does in April and early May isnt necessarily the path they will continue down.....

If you trade reyes you should be getting peavy webb or johan back with young for the drop off youre taking.

 

well there goes the no no...me and my big mouth

 

Jason Bergman is just about equal to the task in that game.

 

dear offense...

we're playing a day game. Can ya get Pelfrey some support? Ugh, this is aggravating to watch. This team has no clue how to get runners home with risp.

 

HAHHAHAHAHA WELCOME TO THE BRAVES WORLD HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

thank goodness wise got out of that before we had to witness another heilman debacle.

now for once can beltran come up with a big home run to start the top of the 9th?

 

i hate willie harris. that catch was ridiculous

 

man we suck....line drive by delgado to boone (at 1b) beltran gets doubled off 3rd.

3-4 home stand against 2 last place teams

 

This....uh, this might not be QUITE what we need right now. It's like they're TRYING to get Willie Randolph fired. Actually, come to think of it, maybe this IS what we need right now.

 

With 1 out, tying run 90 feet away, you shouldn't be running on contact...period. If its a base hit, beltran walks home. If it's a fly ball, odds are he jogs home.. No need to be running on contact, 90 feet from home.

 

Yeah, and he was wearing a Pats hat as he said it...

 

I actually agree with Wagner.

One hes asking his teammates and coaches to be accountable. Why are they asking a closer all the tough questions? People always make fun of relievers the way they make fun of punters and kickers now Wagner's stuck as the team spokesperson? What kind of ******ation is that? To boot, he met with Delgado over it for like an hour today.

The second thing is it led to willie having a close door meeting for about an hour and a half. he was supposed to meet the press at 4:30 today (Girardi was slotted for 4:00), and willie didnt get out there til after 5:30. So maybe it led to a good ***chewing for some of these guys. Wright and Castillo for not hustling on Wrights pop up and Beltran for being dumb on 3rd with less then 2 outs yesterday.

Ive thought about this and where Willie lost this team wasnt when reyes was pulled from that game in Houston last year for not hustling; it was when he relaxed the rules. All the rules about facial hair and how to wear your uniform and everything else we dont hear about anymore. At some point they feared him enough to listen whereas now I think the words go in one ear and out the other. We're wasting our time with him right now, his time and our's because its very rare that a manager can really lose a team and get them back, though I think Cholly did a good job of that last year in Philly.

 

Man, that was sweet to hear a "Let's Go Mets!" chant at Yankee Stadium.

I agree, though, Willie's definitely on thin ice. In retrospect he probably should have been fired after last season. That was one of the rare times that "change for the sake of change" might have been the right move. I don't know who would take over, though. Ken Oberkfell, perhaps, the AAA manager?

 

I wouldn't mind at all giving Bobby V another shot, but you're right, he's pretty happy where he is. Frankly, I wish they'd done this in the offseason, and we could have brought in Joe Torre. You KNOW he'd have taken the Mets job, just to piss off the Steinbrothers. I would imagine that Mazzilli would be on any short list, considering he works right there in NY. I forget whether he's with SNY or YES.

 

OK, thanks. Couldn't remember which. The fact that he's with SNY would move him up the list a couple notches. The Mets have been fond of promoting their own.