Author Archives: Joe Janish

About Joe Janish

Joe Janish began MetsToday in 2005 to provide the unique perspective of a high-level player and coach -- he earned NCAA D-1 All-American honors as a catcher and coached several players who went on to play pro ball. As a result his posts often include mechanical evaluations, scout-like analysis, and opinions that go beyond the numbers. Follow Joe's baseball tips on Twitter at @onbaseball and at the On Baseball Google Plus page.

FOUND: Nick Evans

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Joe Janish

A year ago Daniel Murphy had a partner in crime — a righthanded-hitting version of an infielder-turned-outfielder with a simlarly promising bat, questionable glove, hustling approach, and fresh off a hitting streak in AA. The two rookies gave the team … Continue reading →

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Newsflash: Jose Reyes Has Torn Hamstring

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Joe Janish

No, this isn’t regurgitated news from months ago. This is a NEW tear in the back of his leg. From The New York Times: Before the game, the Mets said that Reyes, out since May, had torn the hamstring itself … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 159: Loss to Nationals

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Joe Janish

Nationals 7 Mets 4 The season cannot end soon enough. The Mets had a two-zip lead early, the Nats fought back with a run, the Met answered with an insurance run, the Nats got another run, and the Mets answered … Continue reading →

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Evaluating the Mets Pitching Staff

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Joe Janish

In David Lennon’s article on the “housecleaning” of the Mets, the poor performance of the pitching staff — and Dan Warthen’s responsiblity for it — was explained away by the injuries (funny, seems that EVERYTHING that’s gone wrong for the … Continue reading →

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Mets Soft? Look Again to the Jets

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Joe Janish

At Newsday today, David Lennon reported that more heads will be rolling in the Mets organization, and noted that “Mets decision-makers have been meeting regularly for the past six weeks in an effort to sort out what went wrong this … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 158: Loss to Nationals

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Joe Janish

Nationals 4 Mets 3 With their 91st loss, the Mets may have sunk to a position lower than their opponent. The Nationals may be twelve games worse overall, but right now, the teams are all too similar — and the … Continue reading →

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Setting Up the Excuse File

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Joe Janish

The 2009 season hasn’t yet ended, but already Mets manager Jerry Manuel is setting up excuses for the 2010 season. In our latest installment of “Manuel Being Manuel”, we have this gem from The Star-Ledger, in response to whether he … Continue reading →

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Mets Can Learn from the Jets

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Joe Janish

During the NFL offseason, the Jets made the somewhat surprising move of hiring Rex Ryan as their head coach. The hiring was met with mixed opinions from the pundits, and there were much eye rolling going on when Ryan addressed … Continue reading →

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