The Church of Sporadic Offense

I just finished reading Ump Bump's take on the Mets 2009 forecast and I couldn't disagree more with their assessment. They graded the Mets a C- and here is their final analysis, though I encourage you to read the full article. I suppose it's to Omar Minaya's credit that he didn't push the panic button after two consecutive late-season failures. Then again, the...

  Smiley Makes Nats a Laughingstock (again) Who's Smiling Now? SI.com's Melissa Seguar reports Nats' top prospect, the artist formerly known as 19-year-old Esmailyn Gonzalez, is actually 23-year-old Carlos Alvarez Daniel Lugo. Heads are gonna roll, starting with Jose Rijo, right? (Photo of ...

Assuming that the Mets go with a five player bench and seven relievers in the bullpen, it really leaves just three open bench spots beacause naturally you have the Tatis/Murphy platoon and backup catcher Ramon Castro taking up two of those precious five spots. 1. CA - Ramon Castro2. OF - Fernando Tatis/Daniel Murphy*3. 4. 5. I put together a small chart that shows all of the potential...

Well if any of you are like me, then by now you are feeling this tingling feeling of anxiousness as you eagerly wait for the season to start. I think it is going to be a good season and as a fan of competition, I think this season will bring some serious matchups. Last season had some unexpected surprises that I think most of us enjoyed (Yanks not making the playoffs and Tampa reaching...

Carlos Beltran had some very strong words for Cole Hamels yesterday. When asked about Hamels calling the Mets choke artists this winter beltran said “The only thing that I know is he will be watched every time he faces us. Hopefully we kill him, and then he’ll have to deal with the ...

I spent yesterday morning planning our spring training jaunt to Florida for the first week of March. We didn?t really have much choice on the date while working around our timeshare schedule limitations. This will be the first time we?ve used a timeshare - and not even at the resort we were ...

I loved this post from the always entertaining Hugging Harold Reynolds Exactly the laugh I needed after watching the video of the last piece of Shea Stadium coming down.

Despite all of my urgings to the contrary, apparently the Mets have no interest in Pudge Rodriguez. The keep saying that they are completely comfortable with Brian Schneider, Ramon Castro and Robinson Cancel......Despite what Pudge Rodriguez keeps saying, the Mets aren't interested in the ...

There was an AP report floating around that the Mets were one of three teams Pudge Rodriguez was considering. However, Bart Hubbuch of the NY Post says that despite what Pudge Rodriguez keeps saying, the Mets aren't interested in the veteran catcher and aren't talking to him about a contract. A high-ranking team source said there has been no discussion about Rodriguez in...

It's early and nobody has seen him pitch yet, but if I were to guess Livan Hernandez is third in line for the fifth starters job. Whether it's Tim Redding ( as Dan Warthen indicated) or Freddy Garcia I have to believe Livan falls somewhere behind them. Marty Noble in a recent mail bag explains ...

It's unclear the severity and Stokes himself is down playing it, but Adam Rubin is reporting that Brian Stokes has a hamstring injury that is at least keeping him from throwing off a mound. As I've said before the Mets have seven relievers in camp who are out of options, which includes Stokes. ...

With each bullpen session, Mets ace Johan Santana gets stronger. Sunday was no exception, when he threw his third bullpen session, a total of 30 pitches at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie Sunday.

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One of the most intriguing storylines in Port St. Lucie this spring will be the battle for the final slot in the Mets starting rotation.

This weekend, Roy Oswalt spoke out against Alex Rodriguez, and for me it was kind of refreshing to hear. At this point, baseball is taken a punch in the face at least in the public eye with the vents of last week, and now for the sake of it's future and credibility in the public eye, something ...