Posts Tagged ‘fernando nieve
Mets Game 56: Win Over Marlins
Mets 6 Marlins 1 It was a shining afternoon both for the fans due to the sun, and for the Mets front office due to the fact that Mets farmhands led the way toward victory. Homegrown Jon Niese pitched 7 innings for the win, fellow farmhand Jennry Mejia threw a perfect 8th, #1 draft pick [...]
Mets Game 50: Loss to Brewers
Brewers 8 Mets 6 My wife summed it up perfectly: a long game is OK if it’s interesting. But when it’s not, it’s like you had your Saturday night stolen from you. Although there were 14 runs scored, and although the Mets were within 2 runs for the last half of the game, the contest [...]
Good Signs from Game One
Yes, I’m still basking in the glow of first place and undefeated status. It may disappear quickly, so let’s take a look at some positive signs while we still can … Johan Santana’s Slider He didn’t have his best stuff, but he had “good enough” stuff and allowed only one run through six. His velocity [...]
The Mets 2010 Starting Rotation
NY Sports Day reported this from the “21 Days of Clemente”, where Omar Minaya was a special guest: The GM was asked his opinion of the 2010 Mets starting rotation. He quickly answered, “[Johan] Santana, [Mike] Pelfrey, [John] Maine, [Oliver] Perez , [Jonathon] Niese and possibly a free agent.” Though it wasn’t an official press [...]
2009 Analysis: Fernando Nieve
When things were beginning to unravel in early June, Fernando Nieve burst on the scene and filled a huge hole in the starting rotation — only to be befallen by the injury bug a month later. Before going down with a season-ending leg injury, Nieve posted a sparkling 2.95 ERA through 7 starts and 36 [...]
That’s Some Cramp
It looked bad when Gary Sheffield came out of last Friday’s game against the Braves. Sheff had been running down a rocket off the bat of Yunel Escobar, then pulled up lame. Everyone assumed it was a hamstring pull. But alas, it was merely “a cramp”. Our collective sigh over that “close one” has now [...]
Mets Game 91: Loss to Braves
Braves 7 Mets 1 So much for the split. Things were looking bad right away, when starting pitcher Fernando Nieve left the game in the second inning with a pulled muscle in his leg trying to beat out an infield grounder — and was replaced by everyone’s favorite “long man” Tim Redding. Redding immediately served [...]
Mets Game 85: Loss to Reds
Reds 3 Mets 0 There was a game? Who knew? I thought the important Mets activity this Friday night was the trade of Ryan Church to Atlanta for Jeff Francoeur. And then when I saw Jeremy Reed in the #5 spot, I figured it was either a joke or the Mets were simply canceling the [...]
Mets Game 80: Loss to Phillies
Phillies 4 Mets 1 So much for taking over first place this weekend. Fernando Nieve was decent, if unspectacular, allowing 3 earned runs in 5 2/3 innings of work. But, he allowed six hits and walked another six, so every inning was a struggle. About what you might expect from a fill-in fifth starter facing [...]
Series Preview: Mets vs. Phillies
The phireworks will be on the phield in Philadelphia this weekend, as the second-place Mets take on the phirst-place Phillies in a series that could be a turning point in the season for both teams. In case you hadn’t noticed, the Phillies are not alone at the top of the division — the Florida Marlins [...]
