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Yea, someone named Doc and the word Anthrax is definately worthy of at least surveillance ;-)
Yea, dep. So far, so good!
By the way, I think the Mets should really sign Curt Schilling. A move to the NL for a couple of years might not be so bad.
Heck, give him a year and a second year with his option if he reaches certain incentives.
it is the best type. ccha & nd !!
When I was a kid, my mom never planned enough Halloween candy to give out. By the end of the day, we were giving the kids loose pennies….and my father would wonder the next day why the house got egged :-)
yeah, like making it to his next birthday! LOL
Curt Schilling and Billy Wagner on one team might be a bit much. The NY media might just explode with excitement from the statements they’d get out of those two.
i know some parents who take their own little kids’ candy and give it out to the older kids who come by later… makes sense when you think about it… sort of…
I’d take a chance on Schilling, but as I said earlier…we always wind up with old guys who break down, miss lots of time and can only go 5 innings. Yes, Schilling was good in the playoffs and WS, but the BoSox had a bullpen that could come in for 4 innings.
exactly shea….another ancient 5-inning guy in the rotation
and we’ll have another bullpen meltdown in August
When my brother and I used to go trick-or-treating, my parents would always take the candy we got that we didn’t like and give it to the trick-or-treaters who came by our house.
Schilling is a pretty risky option. If there are no good, relatively young pitchers to be had, I’d be ok with schilling on a short contract. But please, please don’t sign him for a bunch of years for a ton of money only to have him break down on us.
The good news is, for him to miss a really important game they’d probably have to cut off his pitching arm or something. He does seem pretty tough.
Schilling has averaged 6+ IP / start the last 2 seasons
its definitely a valid point and his health is a concern.
I would be still be down for it.
I think switching leagues and pitching in Shea would be nice to him.
Others should be brought in too. I want El Duque’s fatter half!
You can never have too many pitchers.
and young, durable ones are nice. but i dont think its realistic without giving up the farm.
there’s always joe blanton! lol ;)
What I definitely don’t want is for Schilling to go to Philly and go out and beat us a bunch of times next year.
I have an idea!
let’s wait until July, then give Schilling a pro-rated contract for the rest of the year….
oops, I think another team tried that this year :-)
some parents put the little ‘uns in another room ’round 7:15 or so with a licorice stick and just hand out their stuff @ random to whoever knocks @ the door..
Schilling and Pedro reunited.
But didn’t Schilling rip Pedro for leaving the Sox?
if schilling is not going back to boston, i would think philly is the fave to land him.
is that more incentive to go after him? who knows…
yea, there’s some heat between them. i dont really remember the particulars.
maybe taking him to keep him away from philly is a good idea, dep
I dunno…risky either way imho
Pedro felt hurt because they refused to talk extension with him but would with Schilling.
the smarter die-hard Sox fans I know were generally very
nervous whenever Schilling pitched this year in particular
true that 71, definite risk involved in this one.
the nice thing is he’ll go for a 1 year with an option or something type deal and we can still bring in other guys for backup. get me livan!
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/2007-10-31-elias-rankings-complete_N.htm?csp=34
Elias Rankings released.
Unfortunately, Castillo ended up being a B. Behind Iguchi and DeRosa, that were the last A rank 2Bs. Doh!
Green was also a B. PLD is a B. Castro with limited at bats was almost a B.
Given that Schilling is a fly-ball pitcher, he’d be a lot less successful in Philly than he would be at Shea.
Please no Livan. *shudders*
but Future, I also do recall Schilling ripping Pedro over something else….damn, I can’t remember now….but I do know I was pissed and surprised at Schilling for saying whatever it was he said….lol
but win or lose, with Livan, he’d throw 180 pitches and the bullpen would be guaranteed a rest whenever he started :)
Livan is gonna be this year’s LimaTime award winner
its his time. he’s worked hard to get the chance.
Castillo is a B? damn
well the mets are probly going to resign him anyway. i’ll be surprised if they dont. that makes it easier to swallow.
The weird thing about the bullpen meltdown is that it wasn’t because of a new level of being overworked - at least not collectively. In 2006 the pen hurled 542-2/3 innings. In 2007 that dropped to 511-2/3.
Obviously that meant the starters lasted longer in 2007 - they averaged 5.8 innings per start. So if Schilling or any starter lasted an average of a full 6ip it’d be a slight improvement over the 2007 rotation as a whole.
Excellent point, Jess.
And he gave up like 28 and 21 homers the past two years respectively.
assuming pedro, maine, ollie, duque make up the first four…
I would like a non-pelfrey to take that 5th spot. i could live with pelfrey being the 5 because i believe in him and saw some flashes in 07. but i understand ppl not wanting him there at all.
I would be more comfortable knowing pelfrey is starting off 08 in AAA.
the guy has really not had that much success at AAA, and it would be nice to see him get some before coming back up.
I think this was discussed, but between Pedro and Duque, we really need a bullet-proof starting pitcher to round out that rotation. You can say whatever you want about Glavine, and hate him for his pathetic performance when we needed him - but the guy is as durable as they come.
No, I’m not saying we should bring him back, but he was a guy that consistently gave you a full season’s work and never broke down.
I would definitely take Livan. He is a horse and will give you the innings. I just don’t want the likes of Lawrence, Sele, Lima and Jeremi Gonzalez pitching when Schilling and Duque go down. And I want pelfrey in AAA. Sorry, but although he showed occasional competence, he’s got a ways to go. Does anyone think they’d give SoSo a chance to start again?
I like Sosa in our bullpen as a righty specialist type. not much more.
if we keep him around, joe smith may start in AAA too.
not sure if it was discussed yet, but Kerry Wood is now a FA….
I would take a shot on him as a reliever, assuming he wants to relieve.
His fastball was back in the high 90s at the end of the year.
OMG, I forgot about Joe Smith. I guess a lot of this will play out in ST. But they better have a bunch of pitchers to audition. I think they should try Humber in the bullpen as well.
The Mets should not be turned off to the idea of converting Pelfrey into a reliever if it’s clear his secondary pitches aren’t good enough to be a starter midway through 2008.
i would definitely take a flyer on wood.
unfortunately he has a ton of teams sniffing around him. he’s gonna get something silly.
i agree, dep….the list of teams for Wood will be long
Someone also mentioned Matt Clement. What’s his story?
Wood would be a terrific replacement for Glavine as a #2.
And it would allow El Duque to move to the pen full-time.
HUGE assumption that Wood will stay healthy though.
Clement is also a free agent and Boston has no plans to re-sign him. VERY risky project.
clement was pretty darn good from 2003-2005.
in 2005 he was awesome the first half, then got hit in the head with a line drive and stunk the entire 2nd half. i think carl crawford hit it.
in 06, he was pretty bad and then got shut down late for shoulder surgery.
he was never able to make it back in 2007 but he was expected to miss most of it anyways.
i think he’s supposed to be healthy, but who knows.
I can’t even remember the last time I saw Clement pitch.
Mid-2006 before he got hurt maybe?
I forgot about that line drive, dep, nice catch….
and yeah, i think it was crawford
yup, i believe he got shut down in Sept 06.
and hasnt pitched at the ML level since.
the guy had great stuff. minor league deal? absolutely.
but i think someone will give him more than that.
Worth a chance as a reclamation project For Peterson if he’s cheap? Work with him in ST and then send him to AAA. Just askin’. I don’t have a clue.
Clement had 12 starts in 2006 for Boston, going 5-5 in 65 innings.
the Cubbies went sour on Clement in 2004 (9-13, but not horrible numbers otherwise) before the BoSox took a chance
I seem to remember Clement (when good) as not giving up many hits and having a very good bb/k ratio
The Nets are now pulling a “Mets” and collapsing at the end! Yikes!
The Nets ALWAYS went through long shooting droughts during games last year. They still have no post game and will just need hot shooting nights or defensive stands to win games.
this is a crazy little game. the bulls are so fast, its crazy.
antoine wright is having himself a nice little game.
does this sound like a GM asking a guy to move? via mc lite
During a conference call this afternoon, Mets GM Omar Minaya told reporters that he has contacted the agent for David Wright to let him know what the team’s thinking is, with regards to the rumors involving the Mets and Alex Rodriguez.
Minaya, during the conference call…
“I expect to talk to David, because I think it’s only right, because with a free-agent like that there’s going to be speculation and all those things - and usually I try to communicate with my players to tell them exactly what our thinking is…I will tell you that we are very happy with David Wright as our third baseman, I will tell you that Willie is very happy with David Wright as our third baseman…Put it this way, we think we have one of the greatest young players, and greatest young third basemen in the game today.”
Minaya also told reporters that he has yet to speak with Scott Boras during this off-season.
PS!!! Antoine Wright!!!!
those are some great shots the nets are taking this last minute.
way to finish! or not.
Sounds like DW will be playing 3rd base.
Vince Carter being Vince Carter…..ugh!
whoooooooo. thank god we’re going to OT
that was close
Wow….the Nets lucked out. Wallace could have made that shot! At least Carter played “D.”
the nets completely pissed that lead away in the last 1:20. nets need to have a strong OT and get this W
Vince has played good D today. he’s been active.
that lazy dribbling when he got his pocket picked was HORRIBLE!!! i was laughing but it was bad
They sure did, dep. Lots of air balls and let the Bulls steal the ball.
wright! wow
roto says….
Carlos Silva, who could command north of $32 million for four years as a free agent this winter, won’t net the Twins any compensation under the newly unveiled Elias rankings.
The same goes for Kyle Lohse and the Phillies. We’ve railed against them for years and we’ll do it again: the Elias rankings are a complete joke and it’s in everyone’s best interests to base free-agent compensation off another system. It’s ludicrous that Silva and Lohse don’t qualify, yet Troy Percival, who pitched 40 innings during the two years the rankings cover, is a Type B free agent, meaning he could net the Cardinals a supplemental first-round pick. One more example of the idiocy: Robinson Cano and Mike Lowell are rated above Alex Rodriguez among infielders (A-Rod is still a Type A, of course).
Who is this Wright kid? Not David( lol)….the Nets one.
That’s very interesting about the Elias rankings…
Wow! Lucky shot by jefferson.
Jefferson just got hurt. Oy vey!
we drafted him like 3 drafts ago. outta Texas A&M.
he’s sure having a strong game. very nice to see. he wasnt particularly good in the preseason. but he looks like he wants some minutes.
RJ is shooting very well tonight.
Did he play much last year? I don’t remember him well.
So we resigned Alou and Easley, both moves I like. Anything else I miss?
he played some last year…probly 15+ minutes a game.
he played very little the year before.
he looks different this year, maybe that’s why you dont recognize him. also he’s playing well! lol
he looks much bigger this year too
naw woody, not much besides that.
No wood…that was the signings for the day. Lots of ARod and Schilling chatter.
Where do you stand on each of those guys?
35 of 39 from the line!
thats just awesome. win a lot of games doing that kind of stuff
RJ!!!!
looks like the nets may get this one!!!
nets start the season off strong.
Looks like the Nets pulled this out, dep! yea!
37/41! nice
solid win, we’ll take it.
Knicks don’t get their first spanking until friday.
They start on the road, don’t they Wood?
yeah Shea at Cleveland too.
So Kellen Clemens gets his shot finally. I dotn expect wins with the jets D, just hope Clemens can improve.
Best line of south park was the very last one by butters…….
hey tim whats up
sweet tim, i havent watched it yet. i got it taping at midnight
Whats up everyone? Noticed some of you were a little peeved at how the Dodgers handled the Little situation. From what I heard today, from someone who knows their pitching coach, Little informed his coaches right after the season he was debating his future and warned his coaches there may be changes
Very interesting. I can definitely see Little not being sure about wanting to stay on the job after the AGE WAR! the Dodgers had this year.
We were talking about the Little situation today when someone who has a parent who is neighbors with the pitching coach spoke up. Rick has a big horse stable in the county adjacent to my county and is a well known sports figure (probably the biggest besides a dude who plays QB for Indy, who lives 30 minutes north of Dalton in Tennessee) in the area because of his long baseball career and his sporting goods store in Chattanooga. I guess the best way to describe it was maybe, when Little resigned, it wasn’t a surprise to people who were in the inner circle. I’m sure your right Jessica, the age war had something to do with it.
wood? you still there?