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.

Link Roundup

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Joe Janish

Several members of the media question the emasculation of Ramon Castro, including Ed Coleman. Similarly, Adam Rubin believes Jerry Manuel is burning his bridges with Castro, and doesn’t understand why he was tweaking Ryan Church earlier this spring, either. Oh, … Continue reading →

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Santos for Castro Revisited

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Joe Janish

There were other reasons the Mets lost yesterday, but the magnifying glass is on Jerry Manuel’s unbelievably illogical decision to replace Ramon Castro with Omir Santos in the bottom of the ninth, with two outs and the bases loaded. Per … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 21: Loss to Marlins

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Joe Janish

Marlins 4 Mets 3 One of the reasons the Mets obtained J.J. Putz and Francisco Rodriguez was to make sure the starts of Johan Santana would not be wasted. After all, their ace lefty might have won 20 games in … Continue reading →

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Link Roundup

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Joe Janish

Deadspin reports on Citi Field security removing a man’s sign that read “Fire Jerry Manuel”. Russell Zanca at Metsmerized Online suggests the bullpen is NOT fixed after all, and says Sean Green is “kind of Heilman and Schoeneweis rolled into … Continue reading →

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Manuel On Mets Inability to Come Back

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Joe Janish

During last night’s postgame press conference, David Lennon posed a direct question to Jerry Manuel regarding the Mets’ inability to come back in games after falling behind. Please listen, and if you can glean anything that resembles something other than … Continue reading →

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Mets Game 20: Loss to Marlins

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Joe Janish

Marlins 7 Mets For the second straight time, the Mets beat up on Ricky Nolasco, lighting him up for four runs on six hits and three walks in five innings of work. Gary Sheffield ripped a two-run triple in the … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Tom Sturdivant

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Joe Janish

For a brief period, Tom Sturdivant was a dominant starting pitcher for the New York Yankees, going 32-14 from 1956-57 and helping the Bronx Bombers to the World Series in each year. The big righthander relied on outstanding control and … Continue reading →

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Where They Are Now: Jason Vargas

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Joe Janish

One of the forgotten pieces of the J.J. Putz deal — Jason Vargas — has gotten off to a strong start in the hitter-friendly PCL. It’s easy to forget Vargas was part of the deal … most people forgot he … Continue reading →

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