Archive for October, 2007
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Friday, October 26th, 2007I stopped by the Citi Field site today. You can see the full batch of pictures in this thread or on Webshots.
On the Roosevelt Ave. side, the arched brick facade is being installed near the rotunda.
There has been a lot of work inside the rotunda, too. More brick has been installed, along with […]
Daily Links 10/26/07
Friday, October 26th, 2007The Rockies dig themselves a huge hole, falling down in the World Series 2-0. They head back home, sending Josh Fogg to the mound against Dice-K on Saturday night. Making a return to the standard format, onto today’s Daily Links…
SNY: Sorting Through the Speculation: Ted Berg of SNY takes a look […]
Injury News
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Adam Rubin notes on his blog, Surfing the Mets, that Duaner Sanchez is already listed on the roster for the Gigantes in the Dominican Winter League. After suffering a separated shoulder in an unfortunate taxi accident in 2006, Sanchez was attempting a comeback in Spring Training this year when he suffered a hairline fracture […]
Free Agent Profile: Troy Percival
Thursday, October 25th, 2007A surprisingly under-the-radar story of the 2007 season was the successful return from retirement of relief pitcher Troy Percival. Percival’s arm troubles began in 2005 with the Detroit Tigers when he suffered a season-ending forearm injury. He tried to return in 2006, but pain in his arm forced him to spend the year […]
International Free Agents
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Older news, but some may have missed it. According to Baseball America, these are the players the Mets inked during the signing period, with more likely to come soon.
Dominican Republic
Jefry Marte, Third Base ($550,000)
Cesar Puello, Outfield
Hansel Santana, Catcher
Cesar Santana, Outfield
Miguel Tejada, Shortstop
Jeurys Familia, Pitcher
Leandro Geremy, Pitcher
Andres Perez, Outfield
Carlos Perez, Shortstop
Amauris Valdez, Catcher
Milvin Vargas, Catcher
Venezuela
Wilmer Flores, […]
Offseason Primer
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Courtesy of MLB.com, these are the important dates to remember this offseason:
Day after the end of the World Series: 15-day period to elect free-agency begins
10th day after World Series: ARod’s day. He must opt out or his contract remains in tact. This one’s obviously not on MLB.com
16th day after World Series: First […]
Japanese Pitcher Scouting Reports
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Prospect Insider takes a look at the four Japanese pitchers who are looking to come to the United States next season. Three of them, Hiroki Kuroda, Koji Uehara, and Kenshin Kawakami, are free agents and will require no posting fees. Kazumi Saitoh may look to be posted by his club, and would require […]
Daily Links 10/25/07
Thursday, October 25th, 2007A day after the start of the World Series, I’ve decided to switch it up a bit today. I’m going to share some of my favorite baseball-related websites and blogs out there on the web. I read every one of these on a regular basis, and hopefully you will too. In no particular […]
Discussion of the Day 10/24/07
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007On the forums, JMB brings up a great question:
What did you first think of John Maine?
If I recall correctly, a lot of people hated the Benson for Julio/Maine trade, citing the Mets’ lack of starting pitching after the deal and the inclusion of Jorge Julio. What did you think of the deal at first? […]
Daily Links 10/24/07
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007Omar told reporters yesterday that the Mets will not pursue Rudy Jaramillo to be hitting coach, instead sticking with Howard Johnson, citing the Mets’ offensive numbers in the 2nd half. However, it’s pretty clear the Mets didn’t want to give the impression that Willie’s job was on the line. Rickey Henderson will not […]
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