Jonathan Niese/Scott Elbert comparisions

 
With the former Bums playing the Current Bumbs tonight, (sorry, couldn’t resist) and Mets pitching prospect Jon Niese recently throwing one of his better outings with the A+ St. Lucie Mets yesterday, (7 innings, 1 walk, 4 hits, 6 strikeouts) a recent comparisons between Jon Niese and Dodgers prospect Scott Elbert was brought to my [...]

Philip Humber Not so bad after all

 
At Flushing University today, Taryn Cooper made her case for Philip Humber serving as the linchpin for the injected youth the Mets could really use right now.
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Thanks to having a Stat person in the FU community, I’ve enlisted the help of a nouveau look at how Humber is progressing in the minors. Currently, his K/BB [...]

Mets key to success…. or lack of it

Dave Pinto made an intresting point on Baseball Musings today about the Mets inability to score runs:
With a 5-3 loss to the Dodgers Monday night, the New York Mets have now lost seven of their last eight games. During this time, they’re getting on base at a .302 clip. Up until the start of this [...]

So this is why……..

From John Delcos’ Blog today:
Moises Alou had another MRI on his strained quad. More inflammation was found. “Nothing’s better. He’s not going to play anytime soon,’’ manager Willie Randolph said.
Hey, I’d still like to see Ben Johnson up here on the bench, but, one more month of Carlos Gomez? Lastings Milledge has to be kicking [...]