Its really good. Everyone interviewed seems to emphasize just how loud it could get, almost like no other. I’ve always had the same feeling. Even ninth innings. It was a special place and I will miss it in a way that hard to explain.
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This post was written by bobsikes on April 4, 2009
Free agent acquisition Tim Redding will be shut down until further notice and will begin the year on the DL. Although the Mets were counting on having Redding win the 5th spot in the rotation, blessings are to be had for Jon Niese and Bobby Parnell.
Reddings injury is better spoken of as a condition. Conditions of his signing required an MRI of his shoulder. They were clean. But Redding did have surgery on a toe during the off-season and its understandable the normal conditioning of his entire throwing apparatus would be behind. Thus it manisfested as what is classified as an overuse type injury that’s accurately refered to as weakness in the shoulder. The Mets are saying its the muscles behind his shoulder which are responsible for slowing the arm down after the ball is delivered. the prognosis is very good.
At any rate, Redding’s departure represents further openings on the staff that goes north in just a few weeks now. Most observers are saying that the likely 5th starter spot will now go by default to Livan Hernandez. Perhaps so and it will be his as long as he gets his club to the 6th inning.
What about Niese and Parnell? The Mets probably had few thoughts about leaving with them in the first place. Both players played last year for the big club towrd the end, so the organization would like to keep their MLB service time down to perhaps get another off-season to control their contract. But this isn’t the main reason.
The Mets would love for either or both pichers to perform so well that they are almost force to take them. While the two have been impressive, they’ve not overly asserted themselves against major league hitters right now. So its best for them to begin the year in AAA and either be the first one’s called up or to dominate in a way that demonstrates they’ve improved beyond how they performed last season. The Mets would be delighted if they perform so well that they are almost forced to call them up.
Meanwhile, Redding’s temporary departure enables the club to keep them in camp longer and might be among the last players cut. This makes the two feel as if they are part of the club now and when they move to AAA they will feel like they made the club and are only in a temporary holding tank.
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This post was written by bobsikes on March 14, 2009
Apparently this is underway. There’s indications that it will revolve around Ramirez’ refusals to play. This is not new tactic by an unhappy ypawberrlayer. Think Gary Sheffield and Darryl Strawberry.
So what does Selig propose to do about it? Are MLB to start punishing players who conduct themselves this way when they are under garunteed contracts. We’ll see.
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This post was written by bobsikes on August 7, 2008
Writing in MLB.com, Anthony DiComo has this.
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This post was written by bobsikes on August 4, 2008
