Category Archives: Link
Link: Cesar Puello’s power is on the rise Ashley Marshall, Milb.com
Link: Searching for rays of hope Paul Festa, Mets Today
5 Mets links to read for Sunday, May 12
To duplicate Tom Seaver’s feats, Matt Harvey must excel both on the mound and in the clubhouse (Vaccaro, NY Post).
The Mets will soon need to make a decision on what to do with Jordany Valdespin (Lennon, Newsday).
The Mets need to remain patient with Zack Wheeler (McCarron, Daily News).
Daniel Murphy is working to perfect his swing (Vorkunov, Star Ledger).
Ike Davis could use some time in Las Vegas (Kerwick, Bergen Record).
Link: Could the Mets be the Rays of the future? David Groveman, Mets360
Link: The Mets: Elite baserunners Jack Moore, FanGraphs
Link: Matt Harvey’s nearly perfect outing Drew Sheppard, FanGraphs
Link: Aren’t the Mets what we thought they were? Danny Abriano, Rising Apple
4 Mets links to read for Sunday, May 5
Ruben Tejada has proven to be an excellent hitter with two strikes (Carig, Newsday).
Bobby Parnell is the team’s closer of the future, and the present (Ackert, Daily News).
Terry Collins isn’t concerned about Shaun Marcum (Castillo, Star Ledger).
The Mets win when they score five runs in a game (Kerwick, Bergen Record).
Michael Baron, MetsBlog.com:
As Kerwick points out, the Mets are scoring 4.93 runs per game, but are allowing 4.78 runs per game. Kerwick cites the bullpen needing to improve to afford the Mets an opportunity to win lower-scoring games, and that is true. But as I’ve said over and over again, the Mets are basically asking the bullpen to pitch more than four innings three out of every five days, and it’s a lot to ask any bullpen to succeed under such conditions. As such, the Mets need longer outings from pitchers not named Jon Niese and Matt Harvey so to shorten the game for the bullpen and allow Terry Collins to play late-game matchups better. That will help limit the damage late in games and allow the arms in the bullpen to better pitch to their strengths.
