Category Archives: 13-14 Offseason

Dillon Gee Opens Season for Mets

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Joe Janish

In case you don’t know already, Dillon Gee will be the starting pitcher today, Opening Day, for the New York Mets. Gee will be the 23rd Opening Day starter in Mets history. Did he deserve the Opening Day nod?

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Dice-K to AAA

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Joe Janish

The New York Mets have made their final cuts before Opening Day. Jenrry Mejia makes the roster — and the rotation — while Daisuke Matsuzaka does not.

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If Ruben Tejada is the Answer, What was the Question?

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Dan Capwell

I wonder if Ruben Tejada did a little dance when news of Wilmer Flores’ demotion to AAA was announced. I’ll bet Omar Quintanilla was happy as well. Barring a trade (yeah right), Tejada and Q will be respectively, the Mets’ … Continue reading →

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Will Mets Roll with Dice-K?

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Joe Janish

The Mets have until noon today (Tuesday) to either inform Daisuke Matsuzaka that he’s made the 25-man roster, or pay him $100,000 to go to the minors. Based on his spring performance, one would think Dice-K will make the club. … Continue reading →

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How Pitchers Can Avoid Tommy John Surgery

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Joe Janish

Yesterday on the SNY broadcast of the spring training split-squad game between the Mets and Nationals, Ron Darling gave his take on Tommy John surgery, suggesting that “everyone is different” in regard to recovery, and while all pitchers get the … Continue reading →

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Should Mets Bat Pitcher Eighth?

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Joe Janish

From “DanB” in the comments section: Hey Joe, I am (surprise!) tired of talking about why our shortstop position sucks. What about a good ole’ baseball post about Collins’ idea (actually LaRussa’s) of pitchers batting 8th? At first I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Jonathon Niese Not Out of the Woods

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Joe Janish

The good news, which you likely already heard: the MRI of Jonathon Niese‘s elbow came back clean — there was no sign of damage. The bad news: that doesn’t necessarily mean that Niese will be OK, able to start Opening … Continue reading →

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Mets Demote Rafael Montero and Noah Syndergaard

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Joe Janish

In case you missed it, two of the Mets most promising pitching prospects have been reassigned to minor-league camp. In other, somewhat unrelated news, Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost named 22-year-old phenom Yordano Ventura as his team’s #3 starter.

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