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.

Mets Continue to Clean House

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Joe Janish

Somehow this news got buried at the bottom of Adam Rubin’s postgame report on Sunday night, as if it were inconsequential: Binghamton B-Mets manager Mako Oliveras and Gulf Coast League manager Julio Franco have been fired. Oliveras and Franco join … Continue reading →

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David Wright was NOT Disciplined

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Joe Janish

Despite at least one newspaper article to the contrary, David Wright was NOT BENCHED for disciplinary reasons on Sunday afternoon. I’ll state it again, so that it is perfectly clear: the fact that David Wright stopped running about 15-20 feet … Continue reading →

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David Wright is Unorthodox?

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Joe Janish

At first I thought this was the reason Wright played on the high holy day of Yom Kippur. Then I realized I had read the quote too quickly, and also realized Wright isn’t Jewish (though he and many Mets had … Continue reading →

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Chris Carter DFA’d

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Joe Janish

According to MLBTradeRumors (hat tip to NY Baseball Digest), the Red Sox have DFA’d Chris Carter — presumably the other “player to be named later” in the Billy Wagner trade. I’m not sure what exactly this means, mainly because I … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 157: Loss to Nationals

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Joe Janish

Nationals 2 Mets 1 The Mets lose their 90th game of the season, to a team who has already hurdled triple digits in losses. In addition, rookie stringbean Ross Detwiler earned his first MLB win — in his lucky 13th … Continue reading →

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Bring Wally Back, Man

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Joe Janish

The first shoe dropped when Tony Bernazard was relieved of his services. Most recently, Latin American scouting chief Ramon Pena met the same fate. Additionally, Omar Minaya’s former mentor and current right-hand man Sandy Johnson announced he’d be retiring at … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 156: Win Over Marlins

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Joe Janish

Mets 4 Marlins 0 Payback’s a beach … It wasn’t quite as dramatic as the Marlins’ extinguishing of the Mets’ playoff chances at the end of the 2007 and 2008 seasons, but this game more or less put the kibosh … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 155: Loss to Marlins

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Joe Janish

Marlins 9 Mets 6 A ninth-inning rally closed the gap, but the game really wasn’t that close. John Maine was OK through the first four frames, then the wheels came off in the fifth. By the time he exited, his … Continue reading →

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