Seven Reasons for Mets Optimism
The news is terrible for the New York Mets. After suffering through a litany of sometimes embarrassing injuries during their 70 win 2009 season, they will begin the 2010 season without Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes. It seems that everything that they suffered through in 2009 is happening all over again from the rash of injuries to the bizarre announcements
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Lest We Forget, Johan Santana
Baseball observers have short memories. Check that, people have short memories. Perhaps it is not even a short memory but rather an inborn tendency to look for the next “best thing” rather than watch what is going on in the present. It is a human flaw that is only heightened in Baseball. It happens
First Pitch 8/25: Peavy, Giambi, More Mets Misery
Peavy on the comeback trail, Big G returns, more Mets Misery, and the Rockies’ shot at the Dodgers highlight Tuesday’s First Pitch. Peavy Returning Jake Peavy took another step towards helping the White Sox’s playoff push last night as he threw five shutout innings in his rehab start. He threw
Call the Cops…The Mets Stole Johan
By Gary Armida Steal. Embezzle. Burglarize. Fleece. Heist. Poach. Pillage. Ransack. Swindle. Those are all appropriate words to describe what the New York Mets organization did to the Minnesota Twins organization. Ok, that might have been a tad dramatic, but you get the idea. Pending the signing
Long-Term Contracts for Pitchers
Is signing pitchers to long-term contracts worth the risk? By Gary Armida With a Johan Santana trade seemingly imminent, baseball analysts have started to discuss the value of signing a starting pitcher to a long term contract yet again. In this case, Santana is rumored to score a contract of seven
Fungos 12/3
A Quick Look Around the League to get your Week Started… With the Winter Meetings beginning today, we should see some trades start to fly. Once the Johan Santana sweepstakes ends, it will get more interesting with Dan Haren, Erik Bedard, and Dontrelle Willis all possibly available. Over the
Fungos 11/30
A tour of the MLB newspapers for your Friday… Ah, the calm before the Winter Meetings, which begin Monday and run until Thursday. I am looking forward to some trades this year. The past few years have been a bust on big name deals, but with the lack of quality free agents available, the one way
On second thought…Call the Twins’ Bluff
Johan is not worth the price of admission…this year. By Gary Armida A pitcher as great as Johan Santana is rarely available when he is in his prime. In a rare case such as this, fans and media outlets will yell, “Trade whoever to get him.” We even read in the Fungos section here that
