According to Adam Rubin, John Maine will start the Mets’ second game, followed by Jon Niese, then Mike Pelfrey, then Ollie Perez. I’m guessing it’s just about spacing out Perez and Maine to spare the bullpen as best as possible.
Rob Neyer already weighed in on this, but it seems like total crap that switch-pitcher Pat Venditte is ticketed for Single-A again. I get that he has short stuff, but obviously there’s no precedent for a pitcher like him, and he dominated the level last season. No reason not to see what he can do in Double-A.
Some anonymous Met thinks the team is babying Jose Reyes. James Kannengieser makes a good point: Some anonymous Met should shut up.
Every part of the last bit here, focusing on Jamie Oliver’s new show, was amazing. Good for Colbert and good for these kids. Yes, Chicken McNuggets are kind of gross. They’re also delicious.
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I happen to agree with that anonymous Met player here. I think the Mets are babying him, and are doing if for exactly the reasons that player mentions. IMO its a complete CYA move, so that if he did re-injure himslef, the Mets could not be blamed for it.
But on the flip side, while I agree with the players assesment, I also can fully understand why the Mets are doing this, and cant really blame them.
I agree that they are babying him, but I’m glad they are doing it. It seems that the media simply forgot about the hamstring issue once the thyroid issue arose. Its a long season. Gotta make sure those valuable legs are good to go before you stick him out there and expect to leg out a triple on a cold, damp night in Flushing. And if they DL him, he can be back after one week. That’s not such a big deal in light of the length of the season.
With that said, I still think we are going to see him by April 7th, if not on opening day.
i dig jamie oliver’s attempts to bring some moderation to the american diet, but those kids are awesome. and it just goes to show the power of the mcnugget.
You’d think that Anonymous, as a Mets player would be glad that the training staff finally pulled their heads out of their asses and are now being cautious with their players’ health instead of rushing them.