Checking in for the first time in awhile. A frank discussion about why I think the Mets are not performing well and what I think about the outlook for the rest of the 2010 season.
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Greetings from Corfu Greece
Rob,
Great podcast dude. The Amazin's are dancin' with the girl that brung them. I also agree with you regarding Castillo. Since its obvious Omar has decided to tank this season I say sit Castillo and play Tejada.
Phil
Welcome Phil. Thanks. My
Welcome Phil. Thanks. My heart is bleeding a little bit right now. The 2010 season doesn't appear to be salvageable to me. So yes, why not play Ruben Tejada?
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I'll check it out when I get back home, am driving cross-country this week. Nebraska and Wyoming today! Don't suppose I'm missing much as Mets things go. I've 98% given up on 2010. The team's done nothing to help itself but I do acknowledge the possibility that doing nothing was the best option--no sense throwing away Thole or Davis for what, a 2-month Hail Mary trade?
Tejada
Rob,
Tejada won the ballgame with his glove last night, or so I've been told by the blogosphere (hard to see night games here in Greece). Jerry needs to keep this kid in the line-up!
What does Jerry do with Frenchy when Bay returns? I say bench Bay. Frenchy might not have the best B.A but the guy has had some big hits for us this year. Far bigger then anything Bay has done IMO.
Tonight's the night! Hopefully I'll be able to watch as I believe the season rests on a Mets victory!
Thanks for this forum Rob. I don't get to talk much baseball here unless I'm talking to myself doing a podcast:-)
Phil
back home now
And I've download, listened and deleted (iTunes is a vicious place). I'm not sold on Tejada yet as I posted in another comment. There were times last year when you hated to turn around and see that Castillo was having a better season than you expected him to, that he was hitting .310 or so, but it didn't last, there was THE POP-UP and his range is not there anymore, but you really nailed a few points:
1) The Mets are/were again in a lousy spot at the trading deadline, too good to sell and too bad to buy those one or two pieces that wouldn't put them over the top anyway. Worse still, this appears as a reluctance to buy or cheapness, which infuriates the fans and I'm not a parent but sometimes you just have to say no.
2) No more injuries for this year that are going to have impact on 2011. No Beltran/Delgado-type cases. Just be glad Johan seems set to go into the offseason strong and the guessing game will be what we get out of Maine and/or Perez. Please, can we do anything with Perez? Send him to Japan??
3) A .500 season will still be a great improvement on last season's collapse, but then again the collapse was exacerbated by injuries, so maybe without the injuries THAT would've been an 80-85-win team. Depends on your starting point.
4) Fire Manuel, don't...don't really care, but some players seem to respond well to him, but the team has trouble maintaining an intensity level and getting refocused when the wheels start to come off and I think that comes down to the coaches. That's day-to-day stuff that they should be monitoring in the clubhouse, during drills, etc. So a coaching shakeup sounds like the way to go. Have the Mets ever had a good hitting coach by the way??
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