2k13 NY Mets: Shea it Ain't So

[joncarlos]

Mets gonna Met, I guess. Harvey, Wright, Stanton, Ike, Niese, Gee, Murphy, and the rest would be a very below average team. Can stars and scrubs work in MLB?

[Sharky]

Mets gonna Met, I guess. Harvey, Wright, Stanton, Ike, Niese, Gee, Murphy, and the rest would be a very below average team. Can stars and scrubs work in MLB?

Good one, jc. "and the rest" was very Gilligan's Island (early version).

Don't forget Parnell.

I think most would rather have Stanton (or CarGo) than d'Arnaud and Wheeler. The Mets desperately need a bat.

[Roto Rooter]

Stanton is younger than D'Arnaud and the Mets are as deep with righty power arms as any team in baseball. I'd make that trade for Stanton, but not CarGo. That being said this is entirely a bunch of made up BS from a hack writer. He decided to make up that trade and then get a couple of anonymous quotes and blam now it's a thing.

[Sharky]

Stanton is younger than D'Arnaud and the Mets are as deep with righty power arms as any team in baseball. I'd make that trade for Stanton, but not CarGo. That being said this is entirely a bunch of made up BS from a hack writer. He decided to make up that trade and then get a couple of anonymous quotes and blam now it's a thing.

Yes, and probably a plant by Jay Horwitz (Mets PR guy). But nice to dream about.

[Roto Rooter]

Yes, and probably a plant by Jay Horwitz (Mets PR guy). But nice to dream about.

Jay Horowitz can barely tie his own shoes.

[revo]

Shea it ain't so!

"Mets super prospect Travis d’Arnaud suffered a non-displaced fracture on his left foot during a Triple-A game Wednesday night, GM Sandy Alderson said on Thursday. D’Arnaud, the key piece of the trade that sent R.A. Dickey to Toronto in December, took a foul off his foot while he was catching in the sixth inning of Las Vegas’ game.

According to Metsblog.com, d’Arnaud remained in the game to finish the top of the sixth and was able to walk off the field under his own power, but was then lifted for a pinch-hitter. Alderson said d’Arnaud will come to New York to visit team doctors at the Hospital for Special Surgery and there is no timetable for his return."

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-arnaud-suffers-left-foot-fracture-article-1.1320562

[Sharky]

The part that troubles me is that d'Arnaud will be visiting mets team doctors. That's scary given the track record of the mets' medical staff!

[revo]

The part that troubles me is that d'Arnaud will be visiting mets team doctors. That's scary given the track record of the mets' medical staff!

D'Arnaud out about 8 weeks.

[revo]

Shea it ain't so!

Mets signed OF Rick Ankiel to a one-year contract.
CBS Sports' Jon Heyman was the first to report that the two sides were talking. Ankiel batted just .194 with 35 strikeouts in 65 plate appearances before getting released last week by the Astros, but he has some power and a big arm. The 33-year-old should see semi-regular playing time in a New York outfield that lacks talent. He's starting in center field Monday night against the Cardinals in St. Louis.
Source: Adam Rubin on Twitter May 13 - 3:52 PM

[bryanbutler]

Shea it ain't so!

Mets signed OF Rick Ankiel to a one-year contract.

i noticed he's in their starting lineup tonight...

[Sharky]

I'm going to barf all over this thread. Time to get the lynch mob together for the Wilpons. It's a disgrace to field a team like this. We had better see a significant improvement in the roster next year. Johan Santana and Jason Bay should be off the books. No excuse.

[james33]

Ankiel would seem to fit right in with a New York outfield that lacks talent.

But were Nieuwenhuis and Cowgill (both demoted to AAA) really that worse than Ankiel?

[Fresno Bob]

you know things are bad when your team is picking up Astros castoffs....

[umjewman]

I know they hate Valdepin's attitude, but they could at least pretend to try to give him a shot at sustained playing time.

[Judge Jude]

Alderson, the GM, and MGR Collins were on FAN today.

Collins talked about Valdespin's OF efforts in the past tense: the Ankiel/Lagares CF platoon is with idea that at least they'll have some defense. But sounds like slumping Murphy may get some days off that Valdespin would take at 2B...