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The Mets need a bullpen overhaul.

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The Mets bullpen have struggled beyond belief as of late. The reason for this is simple, its a group of pretty much nobodies. Don’t get me wrong, various members have been great such as Byrdak, Rauch, Parnell, and even Francisco at points. However, we have had Acosta, Ramirez, Schwinden, and Egbert. Schwinden and Egbert? Does anyone besides Mets fans recognize those two besides their families? Anyways, here is the solution, Acosta is already gone, and now Schwinden and Egbert also need to be gone. Their replacements, Elvin Ramirez and Jenrry Mejia.

Tim Byrdak has been overworked this year, by a lot. Ramirez was supposed to suffice for that, however he has seen lefties hit .333 against him so far this year. The solution lies in the 2010 stats of Jenrry Mejia. In 2010, Jenrry Mejia held lefties to a .203 batting average and righties to a .340. This could take the load off some lefties and act like a second lefty out of the pen. Furthermore, Elvin Ramirez is ready. He has dominated AAA so far this year and I am excited to see him in the bigs next year. These two moves could easily fix our bullpen.

Mets Sign Francisco, Rauch

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The Mets were not just trading tonight, they were signing relievers. We grabbed the tallest pitcher in major league history and a reliever with great stuff and potential. Frank had an up and down year last year, but if he is right, he is good. Rauch got 1 year 3.5MM and Francisco got 2 yrs 12MM. Maybe a little too much for Francisco but I’ll live.

Mets Post Game: Mets 6, Dodgers 0

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Box Score

3 Standout Performances:

  1. Carlos Beltran went 2 for 4 with a 2 run homer to put the Mets of the board.
  2. Jason Bay hit 2 homers today, one solo and one 3-run shot.
  3. Mike Pelfrey pitched 6 scoreless innings and allowed 5 hits, walking 2, and striking out 2.

It is so strange how well Pelf pitches with Paulino behind the plate. He is a different looking guy. He throws inside and is so much more confident when Paulino catches him.

Who would have thought that all of the Mets offense today would be all from home runs. Kind of funny thinking how the ball doesn’t carry in LA at night and the Mets can barely hit a homer every 2 games.

Today was so good for Jason Bay. He pulled one homer and hit the other one to the opposite field. This really showed that he could be coming around as a hitter for the Mets…hopefully.

3 wins in a row! Lets go Mets!

Mets Post Game: Mets 3, A’s 2 F/13

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Box Score

3 Standout Performances:

  1. R.A. Dickey was phenomenal going 8 innings, letting up 3 hits, 1 run, and struck out 9 Athletics.
  2. K-Rod blew the save in the 9th for his 3rd of the year and his 2nd in a row.
  3. Justin Turner had a clutch go-ahead RBI single and a walk-off Hit by pitch.

Dickey had so much movement tonight and honestly had no-hit stuff. His Knuckler was moving so well. He made one mistake to Suzuki that was a homer and Hairston lost the other ball in the lights. Too bad that K-Rod blew the save for him.

Turner finds new ways to drive in runs every night. Tonight he drove in a run on a HBP and he is the Mets most clutch player so far this year.

Bay regressed again, so I don’t know when he will return to his old form.

The Mets bullpen (besides K-Rod) was so good tonight not giving up a run over 4 innings and striking out 5.

They had the strikeout pitch going tonight striking out 16 Athletics.

Grade for the Game: B+

Mets Post Game: Mets 6, Braves 4

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By the Numbers:

  • Dickey pitched 8 strong innings giving up 1 run on 4 hits. He walked 1 and struck out 3 Braves.
  • Jose Reyes went 2 for 4 with a double and RBI.
  • Daniel Murphy went 2 for 3 with a walk.
  • Beltran hit an RBI double and left the game early after fouling a ball off his shin.
  • Pagan, Tejada, and Turner had RBI singles.
  • Acosta gave up 2 runs in 1/3 of an inning and K-rod gave up 1 in the final 2/3.

Dickey was great today with his second great start in a row. His knuckler was great as it fooled the Braves hitters all night. It looks like he is back to himself again. I wish he could have gone 9, but I guess his pitch limit was over.

Jose Reyes is starting to defy words. He is just amazing. He could be buying his way into a Mets uniform for years to come.

The offense was great without Bay tonight. Even with Murphy as a cleanup hitter they can still produce without home runs. 4 of the starting 9 tonight are hitting above .300.

The bullpen is awful. Simply put, it needs help and alot of it.

Grade for the Game: B

Mets Post Game: Pirates 9, Mets 3

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By the Numbers:

  • Chris Capuano went 6+ innings, let up 8 hits, 5 runs, 1 walk, and 2 strikeouts.
  • Justin Turner hit a homer tonight, that is bigger than it sounds.
  • Ruben Tejada had 2 hits and 2 RBIs.
  • Beltran and Murphy each had 2 hits also.
  • Beato let up 3 runs in one inning while Dale Thayer had a scoreless outing.

Chris Capuano pitched SO much better than  his line. Once again he had a shutout through 6 innings and then just fell apart in the 7th.

Justin Turner’s homer ended a 10 game drought for the Mets today If you think about it they is at least 97 homerless innings.

Ruben Tejada has produced so well offensively for him, he has been great all year.

The Mets are just going through one blow up inning per game. It was the 7th and 8th tonight. Our bullpen just flat out sucks lately. They need to get their act back together.

Grade for the Game: C

Mets Post Game: Mets 9, Phillies 5

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By the Numbers:

  • Jon Niese started and was great going 6 1/3 innings letting up 5 hits. 1 run (0 earned), 2 walks, and 6 strikeouts.
  • Jose Reyes had 4 hits, an RBI, and 2 triples today.
  • Josh Thole and Daniel Murphy each had 3 hits. Thole had 3 RBI while Murph had one.
  • Turner and Bay had 2 hits a piece.
  • Tejada had an RBI hit as did Angel Pagan.
  • The bullpen struggled as Buchholz gave up 3 runs and Beato gave up 1.

Jon Niese was great today throwing a career high 122 pitches. He got out of all of the jams he pitched into only faltering after a Reyes error.

Speaking of Reyes, as Gary Cohen said we are running out of adjectives to describe Jose and the price grows higher every day. He had yet another great game.

Thole had a huge day breaking out of a long slump he also did not strikeout. Whatever tinkering he did with his swing, it worked.

The bullpen is in a rut right now. It just gives up run after run almost blowing an 8 run lead today. If they don’t straighten up, this team will not win games.

I feel Bay getting into a hot streak now with 2 straight games with RBI hits.

Grade for the Game: B+

Mets Post Games: Brewers 8, Mets 7; Brewers 3, Mets 1

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I thought we could try a double post game in honor of tonights double header.

The Numbers: (Game 1)

  1. In game 1, David Wright hit a 2 run homer and Lucas Duda hit a solo shot off of Gallardo.
  2. The Mets were down 6-0 in Game 1 and led 7-6 at one point.
  3. Jose Reyes went 3 for 5 with 2 doubles and a triple.
  4. Jon Niese pitched badly going 2 1/3 and letting up 6 runs.

That’s sad that Niese’s year ended that way…hope to see him excel in 2011.

It was good to see David Wright get to 100 RBIs on the year…good milestone for him.

Ike is red hot this september.

Grade for the Game: B-

The Numbers: (Game 2)

  1. Jose Reyes, Angel Pagan, and R.A. Dickey had all 5 Met hits tonight.
  2. Ike Davis drove in the only run on a sac fly.
  3. Dickey went 6 innings and gave up a run while striking out 4
  4. Feliciano went 0 innings and gave up 2 runs.
  5. Green and Valdes finished the night for the Mets.

I wish RA Dickey would have had a win in his final start. He certainly deserved one.

So they can hit against Gallardo but no Bush….that makes no sense whatsoever.

Well they have to sweep the Nats to finish .500

Grade for the Game: D

Mets Post Game: Marlins 5, Mets 3

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The Numbers:

  1. Mike Pelfrey started and was great throwing 7 innings giving up 2 runs (1 earned) 0 walks and 4 strikeouts.
  2. Lucas Duda and David Wright drove in the Mets runs each with a solo homer.
  3. David Wright had 3 hits, Ruben Tejada had 2 hits, and Lucas Duda had 2 hits.
  4. Pedro Feliciano cruised to get the first 2 outs of the 8th but, then Dessens came in and let up 4 straight hits and 3 runs to give the Marlins a lead.

The Mets got 10 hits and 1 run, that is ALOT of runners left on base. Clutch hits wanted.

Mike Pelfrey looked great, a strong finish could get him off on the right foot for 2011.

David Wright is 5 RBI away from 100…hopefully he can get there.

Duda is on fire lately, raising his batting average from .030 to .170 in a week. A .140 point jump.

Grade for the Game: C-

Mets Post Game: Braves 6, Mets 3

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The Numbers:

  1. David Wright got the scoring started hitting a 2 run homer off of Derek Lowe. He has got a good shot at 100 RBIs this year.
  2. R.A. Dickey started giving up 10 hits, 4 runs, and 2 walks. The bullpen let 2 inherited runners score.
  3. Manny Acosta came in to face the bat of Derrek Lee and gave up a grand slam, go figures.
  4. The Mets scored their 3rd run on a double play.

Wow…swept at home, regardless that sucks.

David hitting an opposite field homer is a HUGE boost for him, his swing could be getting hot.

The Mets would have won today without that grand slam.

Grade for the Game: D