2012 NY Mets Thread - "Hard Times"

[EmpireWF]

OPENING DAY IS 12 HOURS AWAY :Fap:

0-0 baby! Let's get that first W of the season out of the way on the back of Johan in his first start in over a year.

[EmpireWF]

1-0!!!

Torres will go to the 15-Day DL and Hairston moves to CF. I guess Rottino will get the call.

[Mogriffjr]

1-0!!!

Torres will go to the 15-Day DL and Hairston moves to CF. I guess Rottino will get the call.

Nope, Rottino would have required a 40-man removal of someone and we already lost Stinton to the Brew crew.

Kirk Cut-n-Paste will get the call...very excited...

I assume lineup will now be...

Tejada
Murph
Wright
Davis
Bay
Duda
Kirk-Cut-Paste
Thole

VERY lefty heavy...i know Hairston will get starts when a lefty is on the mound...

Personally, I'd move Duda up to #5, have Bay split up the lefties down below...

[EmpireWF]

Cool, they are calling up Kirk Nieuwenhuis (yeah, copy/pasted). Hopefully he can stay healthy and show something with these ABs.

This is what this season is all about, getting these young guys a chance and seeing whether they can play.

[Youk]

Good win. It's just one game, but to open up the season on a positive note is a good thing.

[EmpireWF]

A look at some prospects after opening games for Mets minor league affiliates courtesy metsminorleagueblog

AAA
RHP Matt Harvey - 4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 2 wild pitches, 54 of 95 pitches for strikes
CF Kirk Nieuwenhuis - 0-2, 2 BB, 1 SB
2B Jordany Valdespin - 1-4, 1 CS, 1 E

AA
RHP Collin McHugh - 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 52 of 86 pitches for strikes
CF Matt den Dekker - 0-3, 1 BB, 1 CS
LF Juan Lagares - 0-3, 1 BB

A
RF Cesar Puello - 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 SO
3B Wilmer Flores - 1-5, 1 RBI
LF Corey Vaughn - 1-4, 1 BB, 3 SO
CF Darrell Ceciliani - 1-5, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 SB

[EmpireWF]

The ball is FLYING off Wright's bat. His second HR of the season was a total BOMB.

:duda: baby! A pair of solo dingers.

Dickey pitched well, even if he walked 4 guys.

And the BULLPEN! Parnell and Rauch were perfect. Francisco gave up a couple hits but got a pair of strikeouts for his second save!

2-0!!!

Plus, Kirk had a couple hits in his MLB debut. Excited about this guy.

[Mogriffjr]

Wright's out looked great too...he made some great defensive plays...HE'S BAAAACK

[NAHSTE]

Jair fucking sucks and Fredi is a moron. Wright looks pretty good but the two pitches he hit hard today were nothing balls, low 80s with no movement that just sat belt high. Couldn't even tell if they were supposed to be breaking balls or fastballs, because again, Jurrjens fucking sucks.

Anyway, good job on the first two games. Hope we can salvage a win tomorrow, but we are just bad right now.

[Mogriffjr]

Jair fucking sucks and Fredi is a moron. Wright looks pretty good but the two pitches he hit hard today were nothing balls, low 80s with no movement that just sat belt high. Couldn't even tell if they were supposed to be breaking balls or fastballs, because again, Jurrjens fucking sucks.

Anyway, good job on the first two games. Hope we can salvage a win tomorrow, but we are just bad right now.

Someone was saying Heyward just looks disinterested out there...wanted to know what you think.

I think you guys have a good shot of taking the rubber with Minor on the mound and us likely starting this lineup...

SS Tejada
2B Murphy
3B Wright
LF Bay
RF Duda
CF Hairston
C Thole
1B Turner

BLEH...Bay looks horrible as ever...

[NAHSTE]

Someone was saying Heyward just looks disinterested out there...wanted to know what you think.

I don't see that from him. A lot of people like to call him lazy but I think that's mainly because we have a lot of racists in the fanbase, and he's more of a glider than a runner and the game comes so naturally to him.

The main problem I'm seeing from him so far is that he struggles catching up to even average fastballs on the inner half right now. I thought the problem was fixed in spring training but it's crept back up. I think because of his long arms it will always be a hole for him, but nobody really had the balls to test him there until the shoulder injury last season acted as a huge neon sign for the league.

He actually had a good game today, two walks and a triple, but he struck out when it mattered the most so that's what people will harp on. He's still a great fielder and base runner, so I still love watching him play and hope the bat comes back around. But a lot of the more ignorant fans are going to start to get really impatient.

[NAHSTE]

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[EmpireWF]

Jeez the new blue walls are so sexy...

LHP Darin Gorski made his 2012 debut in AA last night: 6.0 IP, 1 H, 3 BB, 7 SO. A great start coming off his great season at A-ball St. Lucie last year.

Metsminorleagueblog:

Jeff Paternostro reports that he touched 92, but it sounds like he was more regularly 90-91 mph with his fastball, while his changeup was filthy. Gorski had an outstanding 2011 in the Florida State League driven by better fastball velocity, and sharper off-speed stuff and it’s nice that it appears to have carried over to 2012. I had Gorski ranked as the #13 prospect in the system entering this year.

[NAHSTE]

I agree on the new walls, they look much better than the old ones, and they remind you of Shea (in a good way, lol).