Through 13 minor league seasons, all Jesus Feliciano did was hit, hit, and hit some more, posting a career .285 batting average while playing solid outfield defense. However, he didn’t do much else. For example, he didn’t get on base very often until fairly recently, he didn’t do anything extraordinary on the bases, and he … Read more
A few days ago, Fernando Martinez was inexplicably promoted to MLB after hitting .255 in AAA Buffalo.
I say “inexplicably” because
So there isn’t any big-time trade coming after all. Instead, the Mets have released Alex Cora and demoted Jesus Feliciano. Per the Mets’ PR department: METS RECALL OUTFIELDER FERNANDO MARTINEZ AND INFIELDER RUBEN TEJADA FROM BUFFALO (AAA); OPTION OUTFIELDER JESUS FELICIANO TO BUFFALO (AAA) AND RELEASE INFIELDER ALEX CORA FLUSHING, N.Y., August 7, 2010 – … Read more
In order to free up room for the recently promoted Fernando Martinez and Ruben Tejada, the Mets have demoted Jesus Feliciano and released a light-hitting second baseman. No, not Luis Castillo! Castillo is still owed $12 million over the next two years. Cutting ties with Castillo would be like cutting ties with Oliver Perez! Ridiculous! … Read more
Mets 6 Marlins 5 Crazy things can happen in San Juan. Strange things occurred before the game even started — Jose Reyes was held out of the game after experiencing “back stiffness” during batting practice. The blame was placed on the hard astroturf surface at Hiram Bithorn Stadium. This would be the same hard astrotuf … Read more
Mets 6 Twins 0 The Mets complete interleague play in dominant fashion. By shutting out the Twins, the Mets finish the season with a 13-5 record in interleague play. Let’s hope they play one more series against an American League team before the end of 2010. Game Notes Jon Niese shut out the Twins through … Read more
As previously noted, Jesus Feliciano and Josh Thole will be in tonight’s starting lineup, via ESPN NY’s Adam Rubin: Jose Reyes, SS Jesus Feliciano, CF David Wright, 3B Ike Davis, 1B Jason Bay, LF Josh Thole, C Jeff Francoeur, RF Ruben Tejada, 2B Mike Pelfrey, RHP
