Daniel Murphy - 2008 - minors. 2009 salary $401k: Really, I would not want to be Daniel Murphy. The organization has essentially said “We don’t need Manny. We got Murphy.” Not a good place to be, really. Not for anyone. Murphy appeared in 49 games last season and got [...]
As always, salary info courtesy of the awesome Cot’s Baseball Contracts and stats courtesy of the awesomer Baseball Reference.
C - Brian Schneider: 2008 salary - $4.9M. 2009 salary - $4.9M. Walk year: One of my favorite, least talked about statistics from this past season. Mets pitchers with Schneider behind the plate: [...]
And like that — it’s gone.
Maybe not gone, but on life support. The Mets managed to be the only one to drop their game while the Phillies and Brewers both won. The Phillies put the final nail in the Mets’ division hopes while the Brewers, at the very least, got the nail and [...]
Pedro Martinez made his last pitch for the Mets at 8:59 PM EST on September 25th, 2008. I know the exact time because as Jerry Manuel was walking out to the mound to remove him from the game, my DVR switched to Grey’s Anatomy because we had two things being recorded. In the [...]
If the baseball season is following The Script, is it possible that each game in a season follows a similar Script? It’s the only explanation that really makes sense. This game hit all four of the Mets standard game tactics. Jump in to the lead early, surrender the lead late, leave a [...]
The interesting thing about baseball is no matter how much drama has gone on over the course of a marathon season, it can still come down to the last week and have a six month emotional investment come down to a final six games. It seems like a thousand years ago that I wrote [...]
Well, here we are. After 155 games, the Mets have managed themselves in to a situation where they are 2.5 games out of the NL East and one game up on the National League Wildcard. The Brewers and the Mets are in a race to see who can collapse harder. The Mets [...]
Tom: Sexson to yankees
Tom: buh?
Mike: yeah I heard that
Mike: because they don’t have enough guys to play 1st
Mike: even tho Giambi’s doing absolutely fine at 1b
Tom: it’s not even like Giambi can’t hit lefties
Tom: .264/.386/.534 vs righties
Tom: .229/.385/.518 vs. lefties
Mike: what’s Sexson doin vs lhp this season?
Tom: he’s very good against lefties
Tom: .344/.423/.623
Mike: ahhhh
Mike: well…..
Mike: [...]
Mike: so seriously, how much we paying Manny?
Tom: yoof
Mike: well it’s Delgado + Alou
Tom: I’ve kind of gotten on board with the people who think they’re not releasing him
Mike: Manny Ramirez’s comments about his dealings with the Boston Red Sox front office hit a nerve with ownership.
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Manny Ramirez’s comments at the All-Star Game [...]
Arguing over whether the AL is better than the NL and using the All-Star Game as a point is pretty dumb. The AL has won the last 10 that went to decisions. This is still short of the National League’s 11-year winning streak and not remotely close to the 19-1 stretch the NL [...]
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