You hated him in relief but you’ll love him as a starter! Miguel Batista gets the starting nod in today’s 1:10 matchup against the Dodgers.
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bjoura
July 21, 2012 – 10:57 am
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I knew Santana’s ankle was a concern immediately after the play. I thought he was coming out for sure, but to my surprised he stayed in there. Unfortunely, since that injury, he was given up 17 runs in 8.2 IP since, ugly
Miggy gets the 1st 2 batters, and then gets scared by Kemp and Ethier
throw a freaking strike!
Thank *** luis cruz
clean inning Batista!
Jason Bay-5HR, 7RBI’s, pathetic much?
Howdy
This doesn’t look good
No
It’s gone situation critical on all fronts.
I blame the black uniforms.
Its as good as any reason. I can’t believe they are trotting these jerseys out. Batista s u c k s
AS much as I hate the black unis, I hate that viewpoint of Alderson’s where we have to wait another week to determine if the club is a buyer. If we were a buyer a week ago we’d be in much better shape.
JV needs to stay up.
I love the drag bunt.
Ruben!
Im bummed we dumped cappy. Rt my man
Can’t blame Capuano for wanting the multi-year deal and I don’t blame Alderson for not offering it.
I would have given 2
But they didn’t know what was going to happen with Madoff.
C’mon David – great time for a HR
The $ on pelf, FF etc
I think they decided to do one year with Pelf rather than two with Capuano.
Yep, but…
It didn’t work out because Pelfrey got hurt. But it was a very defensible position, I think.
Josh and Howie recalling DW first game, t
gift run!
Oday anniversary
Excellent
wow – Bay turned on that. I don’t care if it was foul – that was a nice swing.
Bay with 7 RBI … Sad
Sounded good!
I’m a big proponent of Batista starting, but i think most people don’t, and since we need good morale badly, i think a switch to Harvey is the right move here
I can see good reasons for both calling Harvey up and keeping him in the minors, so I’m okay with whatever the Mets do. What I’m not happy with is sitting on their hands and not picking up a relief pitcher right now.
Agreed
Bay was right on that one, too. Fouled it straight back.
He’s got a “Capuano speed” bat
Its a bit of a calling card for Bay
i bet our SP is the worst in baseball post All-star break
all right Bay
Miracle
They just showed a graphic last 10 starts, Mets SP have an ERA over 7
After the good swings he had in the AB, I’m happy for Bay.
And some more 2-out runs
Yes the SP is a disaster. Who’s coming in fr Batista?
Hefner
Oh well
Two runs – good inning.
Ill take em
I wonder if Hefner is auditioning again for a starting role
I’d guess every one there must be!
You think he has it?
the stuff to be a starter?
Yeah
5th?
I see no reason he couldn’t be a 4.50 ERA type of guy.
Tough night in minors too
They said Wheeler got knocked around — what else happened?
McHugh knocked and st lucie nearly no hit
Kemp a met killer apparently
I don’t think Hairston had to slide on that one.
McHugh is fungible. I would have no problems trading him for a relief pitcher
They’re saying that on radio too
About McHugh?
Sliding hairston
If Hefner sticks in the majors he might have to get surgery on his ears like Niese did on his nose.
Hef turned this into a meak
Meal
That sound funny” what’s up with his ears?
Chatter software very hard on iPad keyboard
Go ronny
They’re kind of pointy and stick out some. Wouldn’t be awful for a normal person, but it seems like the type of thing if you were making 500K a year you would have done.
Ha!
Kemp not having the best defensive day
I think Niese had structural issues
And Abreu being, well, Abreu in the OF
Any chance they’ll rush Baxter back? they need him
Can he pitch?
No. but he can spark the team
Who was in RF for dodgers in LA and couldn’t care less about catching that hit a few weeks back?
That was VAn Slyke. Very disappointed he’s not around this time.
Ok RT! Let’s do. It!
When Baxter’s ready I think he replaces Nieuwenhuis
Hey y’all
Looks like Batista didn’t have it again, what shock
*what a shock
Arrrgghh, alright, c’mon Torres
Thx. Brian. Exactl.
::facepalm::
Seem like Kirk is headed down.
Tough one for Torres – looked like a hit.
Hey Mike – ready for the comeback?
How did they not score that inning?
Because Ruben couldn’t make contact
Oh the usual ways
Infield was playing back, all he had to do was hit the ball someplace besides pitcher.
7 hits and only 2 runs
And we were lucky to get those. Kemp should have caught that ball hit by Hairston.
This is becoming a nightmare
now the free swinging uribe walks AGAIN
And the schedule doesn’t let up. The west coast trip will be hard going too
Who knows, maybe that will pick them up? Are they visiting SD?
Hopefully we can grab an early lead and stop playing from behind all of the time.
If i remember correctly, the Mets good run in June began with playing SD
Yes, and SD has a habit of making us look bad
That shouldn’t have happened
Walks…
Wasn’t that dodger fan telling us yesterday he’s surprised anyone in that lineup other than Kemp/Ethier can’t score runs
Not getting the relief pitching we got yesterday.
Figure Hef is done?
What are the odds that Juan Uribe walks and scores from first on a double to LF? Those two things happening in the same inning have to be about a million to one.
And yet……..
Man the Gee injury had more impact than we thought
He was turning his season around too
Let’s get three runs back this inning.
6-2 sound familiar?
5-pitch inning – that’s pitiful
In the heart of the line up no less
From espn about Johan: He has allowed six or more earned runs in each of his past three starts, tying a franchise record
Did they say who else did that?
Pete Falcone? Roger Craig?
No
Wheeler gave up 8 in 3 2/3…ouch
Maybe that will stop the “promote him to the majors” talk
Perhaps
I’m glad Edgin is in the pen now.
I’m hopeful
Another solo shot
Good for ronny
Duda needs to go dunkin donuts on cappy
I think we only have 2 QS post break, and during those outings our offense couldn’t score a run
I hear ya. The SP is a real issue. And Duda is again
Struk out
Even if the Mets win, it still doesn’t feel good
No.but, we will always have the first half. I’m hopeful for a .500 season
Keith just compared Edgin to Randy Myers.
I can’t believe this season is turning into the previous 2
It just felt different to me
I think it’s too soon to say for sure that it will. I’m not convinced this isn’t just a rough patch.
The reason we all thought it could continue was because of the SP… boy we were wrong so far
Young’s last outing was decent and Niese’s last outing was very good. If Dickey can bounce back SP doesn’t have to be brutal going forward.
You know your pitching is struggling when Luis cruz Homers last night and goes 1-3 with a walk today
How do you manage CY? Pull him after 2 trips through line up?
I don’t think you can pull him if he’s pitching decent. But I do think you have to have someone warmed up and ready to go. It’s not ideal but I think you have to do it. There’s got to be someone in the pen who can get ready quicker than the other guys. Have that go on red alert after 18 batters.
Have that *guy*
Two Ks for Ruben today
Hes off for sure. The thing with young is that it goes down FAST. If he gets a runner on then yank him
Wright hasn’t had good ABs, either. Capuano’s stuff must be better than it looks on TV
I think there is a correlation between bad pitching and bad hitting. Cappy has that feature
The amount of 2 strike hits is inexcusable
Meanwhile, another good outing for Ben Sheets today.
He win game 1?
Nice”
Not over yet but he’s in line after 6 shutout innings.
I’m not sure what Hairston’s looking for but there were two very hittable pitches he let go by
broken bat hit — we’ll take it
Pull the ball Murphy
Good things happen when you pull that inside pitch!
Go Murph!
That pitch was more outside than I thought originally but the point still stands.
I don’t like this PH here
Kirk. C’mon buddy. No K
Got the run in – guess we can’t complain
Ok
Need a baserunner here Thole
Think we’ll see Dickey in the 9th?
And here he is. Let’s hope this doesn’t blow up on them. Surprised they just didn’t use Parnell. Seems like he could use a low leverage inning.
Here he comes
Is this low leverage?
No it isn’t. But it’s lower pressure than his last few.
Fear the knuckler!
The Dodger hitters this inning can’t be thrilled about having to face the knuckler
RA may need this too
Cohen pointed out if the Mets come back he could pick up the victory.
Parnell is now scarred and running in fear. He’s not cut out for the heat
Yeah, Howie did too. Wish this went 123 tho
Really?
So much for being good for Dickey…
why dickey? he is struggling in his starts? why would you want to mess with him and bring him into relief?
So his issues are now cemented in
i think they need to bring in a pitching-oriented manager
Hopefully this is the last time we ever see Dickey in relief during the regular season.
Yea. You don’t do it if he’s hot because you don’t want to mess him up.
And you shouldn’t do it when he’s struggling because well, he’s struggling
Another comeback that falls short, haven’t seen that before
I was hoping that Wright would get a shot here in the 9th
There ya go, need 1 more baserunner to make some noise
Yep good AB
Black jerseys explained. Edgardo Alfonso bobble head day
Hairston will probably be swinging for the fences, lets hope Jansen hangs one
Ok, 2 on….Scotty…hit it
He’s certainly due for a big hit
If i were jansen, i’d pitch him away and off the plate cause he’ll probably chase
I’d be happy for a strong ab rather than just hacking
Agreed name… He needs to be cautious
Ewell see y’all tomorrow
Offense continues to fight while the pitching crumbles away
Thought Hairston had a pitch to hit with the one he missed to make it two strikes.
Righty tomorrow, have a better chance