Lets take this series!
Matz will bid to win his seventh straight start when the New York Mets and Washington Nationals meet in Wednesday’s 1:05 p.m. ET rubber game at Nationals Park.
f Matz goes to 7-0 in a seven-start stretch with a win Wednesday, he would be the first Mets pitcher to do so since Steve Trachsel in 2006.
Looks like Mets might make a move regarding Harvey
Columnist Joel Sherman in the Post describes the Mets signing James Loney to cover first base during Lucas Duda’s absence as a no-brainer.
Flores went 2-for-3 and logged seven innings at first base as his rehab assignment began with Double-A Binghamton. Flores is eligible to be activated from the disabled list on Friday.
LGM!!
I was one of the few nats fans that didn't mind shutting him down. he wasn't pitching well when they did. and in the NLDS vs. STL you would have taken away Detwiler's start which was brilliant...then in game 5 (which would have been strasburgs start) the BP still could have coughed up the game like it did anyway.
I was one of the few nats fans that didn't mind shutting him down. he wasn't pitching well when they did. and in the NLDS vs. STL you would have taken away Detwiler's start which was brilliant...then in game 5 (which would have been strasburgs start) the BP still could have coughed up the game like it did anyway.
That's a little much. Roark as been very good this year. They want this game.
As for his injury in Spring Training, I fully believe that the team and Terry made that situation way worse than it could have been. Matt is under no obligation to explain his injury...but it's going to be discussed because he is a very popular public figure. The fact that the team created this aura of mystery coupled with Terry's comments about it only helped the media to go in their own direction. Add to the fact that Terry lets the media know that Harvey was pissed at the media...lol...way to help your player.
Harvey seems a bit thin-skinned, you think? If you want to live with a larger-than-life personality...then own it. You can't reap all the rewards and then piss and moan when things don't go your way. The fans and media will eat you up...and rightfully so.
Great post. Some people love to fall back on the cliché that the media and fans suck but Harvey sought the limelight when things were going well and now wants to run and hide when things are not going well. Doesn't work that way.
Offensively Plawecki and Rivera are about the same. I'd take the better glove and send Plawecki for further education in AAA
Obviously Duda's back won't magically heal itself but Flores plus Loney (possibly) is alot better than Campbell.
Plawecki needs to stay down in AAA, to me Rivera beat him out for the backup spot based on his arm alone.
The Harvey I've seen slip through cracks is emotional and sensitive. He was borderline in tears when we clinched the division last year. He didn't like the media's comments at all earlier this season about his medical condition.
I mean this guy has been caught out in Manhattan drinking two glasses of "wine". lol.
Maybe he isn't who we thought he was. This entire situation and watching him completely fold like a tent in the middle innings sort of backs that up. He seems defeated.
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nats sitting harper and revere with Roark vs. Matz. basically conceding.
I was one of the few nats fans that didn't mind shutting him down. he wasn't pitching well when they did. and in the NLDS vs. STL you would have taken away Detwiler's start which was brilliant...then in game 5 (which would have been strasburgs start) the BP still could have coughed up the game like it did anyway.
That's a little much. Roark as been very good this year. They want this game.
I've been pleasantly surprised with Roark and, yes, they want this game, but taking out two of our better hitters against one of your best SP's is giving you guys a hell of an advantage. I bet Michael Taylor strikes out 4 times today.
only good thing is that Roark doesn't give up the HR's like some of our other SP's do.
FYI - its very warm and sunny today. it feels like summer time.
Couldn't disagree more. The NY media will always, without fail, use their own agenda for taking athletes down, with no sound reasoning whatsoever. Then, when things turn around, they forget it even happened, as if these athletes owe them something or somehow don't remember that they basically shit on people behind a computer for a living. This latest gem from Vaccaro:
But Harvey has long played by his own guidelines, and has been enabled to do so, the Mets complicit in allowing that to happen. When times were good in 2013, and for most of last season, that meant playing the role of man-about-town, of big-stage bon vivant. It meant cultivating this image that he was a man’s man, a tough guy’s tough guy, equal to the demands of both stardom and the big city.
What a joke.
And what an empty jersey he’s turned out to be.
This - coming after a guy who pitched 216 innings after TJ - the most ever in baseball history - all to please YOU, MIKE VACARRO, and delivered one of the most dominating performances in Mets World Series history to boot.
Maybe he's starting to get his stroke going now. Let's hope.
Cabrera in the starting lineup. But Reynolds takes the field?
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are out for blood.
Couldn't disagree more. The NY media will always, without fail, use their own agenda for taking athletes down, with no sound reasoning whatsoever. Then, when things turn around, they forget it even happened, as if these athletes owe them something or somehow don't remember that they basically shit on people behind a computer for a living. This latest gem from Vaccaro:
But Harvey has long played by his own guidelines, and has been enabled to do so, the Mets complicit in allowing that to happen. When times were good in 2013, and for most of last season, that meant playing the role of man-about-town, of big-stage bon vivant. It meant cultivating this image that he was a man’s man, a tough guy’s tough guy, equal to the demands of both stardom and the big city.
What a joke.
And what an empty jersey he’s turned out to be.
This - coming after a guy who pitched 216 innings after TJ - the most ever in baseball history - all to please YOU, MIKE VACARRO, and delivered one of the most dominating performances in Mets World Series history to boot.
Oh well...agree to disagree. Like I said, NY media is one of the worst, but it's not as bad as most people like to exaggerate it to be. I've read plenty of articles and comments in support of Harvey.
But whatever, ready to move on.
If Herrera catches fire again, call him up and move Walker to first.
How many warnings before the ban hammer comes swinging your way?
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with Plawecki. When TDA comes back, Id rather keep the defensive stud in Rivera as the backup. Send Plawecki's ass to AAA.
How many warnings before the ban hammer comes swinging your way?
Lol. Sorry man. Nothing personal. He's has been dreadful offensively. He hasn't hit since AA!
Why would we hear about that? How often does Warthen really speak to the media?
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Didn't realize Warthen also declined to talk to the media last night. We haven't heard a peep about it.
Why would we hear about that? How often does Warthen really speak to the media?
The point is he WAS asked last night and refused.
Eric Campbell is this years Eric Campbell.
Probably De Aza is this years John Mayberry Jr who was last years Chris Young who was the prior years Rick Ankiel
Travis d'Arnaud worked out back in Port St. Lucie on Wednesday morning. He is throwing with no issue.
Good news. He's probably about 90 days away from returning now. And about 93 days away from going back onto the DL.
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Travis d'Arnaud worked out back in Port St. Lucie on Wednesday morning. He is throwing with no issue.
Good news. He's probably about 90 days away from returning now. And about 93 days away from going back onto the DL.
I know you're being funny but my guess is two weeks.
My go-to stat on René Rivera
Highest CS % - Active Catchers (250+ games)
Yadier Molina 40%
René Rivera 34.4%
That narrative is false if we are going off last year. He was fine throwing runners out. All depends on how that shoulder is.