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February 24, 2005

Spring Training Open Thread

This is an open thread for anyone to talk about Spring Training thus far. What is everyone's favorite story or moment of the first eight days of the real Spring?

Eric | 04:55 PM EST | Comments: 5 | TrackBack: 12

March 26, 2004

Down To The Wire

With only a couple of starts left to prove their worth, the Mets candidates for the fifth starter role are still trying to edge each other out. Unlike last season, when the likes of David Cone, Jason Middlebrook, Mike Bacsik, and Tommy Tammisimo all sucked big time, this year's group is making the decision difficult for a good reason. Here are their stats entering this weekend's games that could very well decide their fates for the start of the season.

METS POTENTIAL FIFTH STARTERS - 2004 SPRING TRAINING

                    IP    ERA    WHIP   SO  BB   HR
Tyler Yates        14.0   0.64   1.00    7   3    0
James Baldwin       7.0   1.29   0.71    6   1    0
Scott Erickson     11.0   2.57   1.14    4   2    0
Aaron Heilman      17.1   3.64   1.15   19   4    4
Grant Roberts      19.1   3.72   1.34   16   9    1

Eric | 12:31 AM EST | TrackBack: 1

March 09, 2004

Mets Beat Cardinals, 6-4

In Spring Training action yesterday afternoon in Port St. Lucie, the Mets beat the Cardinals 6-4. Mike Piazza went 3-3, including a three-run homer. Steve Trachsel started the game for the Mets, pitching three scoreless innings while surrendering only one hit, striking out two. Grant Roberts turned in the most impressive pitching performance of the game, striking out six Cardinals in three innings of work. He allowed two hits and picked up the "W".

Kaz Matsui went 0-2 with a hard line-out to second. The Mets Grapefruit League record is now 4-2.

Eric | 10:37 AM EST | TrackBack: 0

March 04, 2004

Mets Bounce Back

After dropping their Spring Training opener yesterday to the Dodgers 13-4, the Mets beat the Cardinals today 4-2. I don't think the game was televised, so I'm relying on the box score to piece together the action. If any of this is incorrect, please feel free to flame me in the comments.

Jason Phillips got the Mets on the board with a solo shot in the top of the first inning. Thanks to the bizarro-world rules of Spring Training, Steve Trachsel got credit for the win after giving up no hits and a walk in the first two innings. For those of you keeping score, a regular season game would require a pitcher to finish the fifth inning of a winning ballgame in order to qualify for the win.

The Mets staff held the Cardinals to two hits through seven innings, those two being surrendered by Grant Roberts. Roberts also walked a batter and struck out two in a couple of innings of work.

Raul Gonzalez had a two-run single and Prentice Redman added an RBI single in a three-run seventh.

Orber Moreno struck out two in his inning, while Dan "The Man" Wheeler got lit up for two runs in the eighth before closing out the game.

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If you haven't done so already, be sure to check out Aaron Gleeman's running diary of yesterday's game. And if you don't visit Aaron's Baseball Blog on a daily basis, you're truly missing out on some of the best baseball writing available anywhere.

Eric | 05:58 PM EST | Comments: 3 | TrackBack: 1

March 02, 2004

Let The Games Begin

2004 is officially underway, as the Mets had their first intra-squad exhibition game yesterday at Tradition Field. There were lots of good signs among some of the younger Mets players. Jose Reyes, who reportedly has added 15 pounds of mostly muscle over the winter, jacked a homerun into the wind from the left side of the plate. David Wright also hit a two-run bomb while going 3-3.

Scott Kazmir, the Mets top pitching prospect, also impressed, though not with the heat this time. Despite his ability to bring the gas in the high 90's, Kazmir dropped a backdoor changeup on Craig Brazell that left him holding his junk:

"He really had a lot of zip on the ball, and it gets on you quickly. Then he threw that changeup that backdoored me; it was a great pitch."

Kazmir also has a nasty slider. Brazell, meanwhile, has apparently been putting on a power clinic in batting practice this week, after hitting 17 homeruns in 111 games last season.

Eric | 11:35 AM EST | Comments: 6 | TrackBack: 14

February 20, 2004

A Tradition Of Futility

Coinciding with $10 million worth of renovations, the Mets announced yesterday that their Spring Training facility in Port St. Lucis, FL, previously named Thomas J. White Stadium, has been re-christened "Tradition Field".

Mets COO Jeff Wilpon said:

"We couldn't have a more perfect name for our newly renovated stadium. Tradition Field is a classic name that is not only synonymous with the Treasure Coast, but also with the first-rate values of our organization. We know our fans will enjoy all the tremendous new amenities."

Once I finished gagging myself with a stick, it didn't take long to surmise that the Mets borrowed a page from the Yankees' book, whose own Spring Training facility is similarly yet less ambiguously named "Legends Field".

Feedback: What do you think of the new name? What "tradition" is it emblematic of?

Eric | 02:02 PM EST | Comments: 5 | TrackBack: 1

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