Mets Pitching Schedule for the Week
Who pitches when this week? Here you go:
Monday (intrasquad): Joselo Diaz, Robert Parnell, Jon Niese, Adam Bostick, Joe Smith, Ruddy Lugo, Steve Register, Juan Padilla, Duaner Sanchez, Ivan Maldonado and Andy Cavazos.
Tuesday (home vs. Univ. of Michigan): Jason Vargas, Eddie Kunz, Billy Wagner, Aaron Heilman, Ricardo Rincon, Carlos Muniz, Nelson Figueroa, Nate Field and Ryan Cullen.
Wednesday (at Tigers): Mike Pelfrey, Matt Wise, Pedro Feliciano, Jorge Sosa, Brian Stokes and Willie Collazo.
Thursday (at Cardinals): John Maine, Duaner Sanchez, Scott Schoeneweis, Joe Smith, Ruddy Lugo, Steve Register and Juan Padilla.
ANNNDDD HERREEE IS THE BIG DAY, EVERYBODY! WHAT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR:
Friday (home vs. Cardinals): Johan Santana, Billy Wagner, Aaron Heilman, Ricardo Rincon, Carlos Muniz, Nelson Figueroa and Eddie Kunz.
Whooo, I cannot wait for that one. Wait, I’ll be in Florida. Oh, well. I won’t see it, but I’ll be sure to find out how it goes.
A-Hern Must Go
It’s been several years now and Mets middle infielder Anderson Hernandez has yet to find his spot in the major leagues. He’s a great defensive infielder (see picture on right), which is the only thing that would keep him in the majors. There is a glaring problem with him, though.
He can’t hit in the major leagues. Period. Said. Done. He absolutely cannot step into the batters box at Shea or any other major league ballpark for a major league game and hit a live pitch without reaching first base safely. That’s about as simple as it gets. He can hit the ball, I’ve seen it, just not for base hits.
He needs to go, and the Mets have been putting him in the major league spring training, which is great, but he never does anything beneficial to the major league team. And if he does, wow, that will not last long. He heads straight to AAA because, well, remember he can’t hit in the major leagues?
Here is a little stat for everyone to see:
| 07 AAA batting avg. | 06-07 Winter League Bat Avg. | Career MLB Bat Avg. |
| .301 | .342 | .138 |
See what I mean now?
Anyway, I noticed that Hernandez is a big buddy of Jose Reyes. I knew that before, but when I went to Spring Training last year, I was amazed how much Reyes is joking around or playing with him. When it was time to play catch, Jose would yell out Anderson’s name asking to play catch. He also threw in some other random Spanish words, you know how Jose is.
So where was I? Oh, yeah. Then, that day at Spring Training, after the game was over, Hernandez came racing out to the Spring Training parking lot into Jose’s car. Well, he forgot something, which he later came out with. It appeared to be a shoe box, I’m guessing for his cleats? So then some guy asks to interview him and he storms by him like he is some hot-shot $20 mil per year starting Shortstop who just won the World Series. Gee, if I were him, I’d be GLAD that someone actually wants to interview someone as horrible at swinging a baseball bat (again, in the Majors only) as him.
Right now, Hernandez is listed as part of the Mets roster and not a non-roster invitee like I expected. Well, give him a chance, I guess…another chance, only his 50th chance…yikes…
Give it up, Anderson….either that or hopefully prove me wrong. Good luck with that.
Giants LB Pierce at Mets Camp
Well, this is cool. I’m blogging about BOTH teams on one post. Anyway, here you go!
John Lennon, from Newsday.com, said this morning on his Mets blog that Giants LB Antonio Pierce was in Port St. Lucie, Florida at the Mets Spring Training facility today. Pierce’s fiance, Jocelyn, is the new host of Mets Weekly on SNY
According to Lennon, Pierce was on the field this morning with Mets Closer Billy Wagner, who throws a football as part of his training routine. Pierce was joking around and laughing at Wagner, who played football in High School.
That is some funny stuff, yet I’d like to see Billy laughing at Antonio Pierce trying to throw a 100 mph fastball. Now that would be entertaining.
Going to Spring Training
I’ll be heading to a couple Spring Trainings next week. I’ll be at the Braves on the 2nd to see them play the Astros in Orlando, and then I’ll be going to the Mets complex on th
e 3rd to watch them play the Braves in Port St Lucie. I’ll have a press pass and will be writing for Baseball Youth Magazine.
I’ll be blogging quite a bit those two days, especially at night after all the action is finsihed. I’ll take notes throughout the day, so be sure to check in quite often those days.
Oliver Wins Arbitration Hearing
According to Jon Heyman at Sports Illustrated, Mets pitcher Oliver Perez won his arbitration hearing, winning over $6.5 mil, while the Mets argued he should only be making about $4.7 mil.
Whine, whine, whine, whine, whine. 4 Mil isn’t enough for you, Perez? Come on, Oliver, you’ll be a free-agent after this season, you can go make money after the season.
Anyway, who cares, its over with. Back to camp.