"The answer to this question is more difficult to answer, but to do so I must first dispense with a common statement i've seen on this blog: Pelfrey is the same this year as before. This is an incorrect statement. Pelfrey's xFIP is usually the root cause of this assertion, but there are several reasons [...]
"He's run into some tough luck," catcher Josh Thole said. "I'm sure he doesn't have as many wins as he would like or should have. But I'm telling you, I can [only] think of one time where he went out and just had no feel for the knuckleball. Other than that, he's been unbelievable." Thole [...]
"But they have hit merely eight [grand slams] since '06 and none in the 202 games since Angel Pagan slammed the D-backs at Citi Field on Aug. 1 last year. And they have allowed 15 since Pagan's, the 15th coming on Labor Day in Washington. One other team in history has allowed as many as [...]
"Here is another way to look at this: The Yanks felt similarly after the 1995 season about a young corner infielder with power (Russ Davis) and a talented lefty starter (Sterling Hitchcock) as the Mets feel now about the powerful Ike Davis and lefty Niese. The Yanks turned their duo into dynasty cornerstones Tino Martinez [...]
"I can't blame Omar for this. This is one snake bit team. If I were the Wilpons, I would start taking the whole family to church or to synagogue. Perhaps God will come into their heart and soul and whisper SELL... SELL ... SELL" Commenter vman650 on what it will take to turn the Mets [...]
"We put very good players in place who didn't play very well. It's best to jump-start and get a manager to motivate these players and get the best out of the veterans and the young players," owner Fred Wilpon said at a news conference. "I believe these guys are as good as we all thought [...]
"Josh Thole crowds the plate A LOT. He’s right on the line. Yet, he some how manages to pull the ball foul anytime they pitch him in. I also enjoy his pre-bat routine, with the crouching and repeatedly tapping the bat on the plate… it’s not exact, but, for some reason, it reminds me of [...]
"Forget about being the New York Mets and playing baseball," Wright said. "I think that just being American and living in this country, we owe it to those guys to say thank you and tell them how much we appreciate what they put on the line every day -- and a lot of times what [...]
"I don’t like the fact that he’s cruising right along and he just walks two guys, Kev. It just seems like… It’s one start so I don’t want to beat up on him but Mike’s at the point in his career now and we still don’t know what he is. "What is he? He’s had [...]
As a fantasy player I love updates that indicate that players are into fantasy, too. Here's a tweet that mentions Mets players and fantasy football. "Pelf mocking Thole's fantasy draft. 'If you really wanted Eli that bad, you could have picked him up today on the waiver wire.'" Source: Adam Rubin on Twitter If you [...]
"Jeff Francoeur was one of the most pleasant men to walk into a baseball clubhouse in my 15 years covering the sport, and I’m happy for him that he gets to take part in a pennant race. I just wish he would’ve taken a pitch or two while he was here. And, you know, hit [...]
"Compared to last year, he's come a long, long way," said Mike Nickeas, the Mets catcher who caught Mejia in Double-A and Triple-A and was called up on Thursday to start as his batterymate Saturday. "I think his off-speed stuff for strikes has been tremendous this year, and his last four or five outings have [...]