A lookahead to the 2012 New York Mets

This year, The New York Mets have new players, a (new) ballpark, and some new noses on their squad. I'm hear to show you what to look for in this year's Metros.
Low Expectations: Don't expect to much out of the Mets this year, has they are going to figure out how to play on without their long-time shortstop, Jose Reyes, who left for the Miami Marlins just before the winter meetings. This means that Ruben Tejada or Ronny Cedeno will most likely be starting at Shortstop for the Mets Opening Day. The loss of Reyes gave the Marlins the spark that the Mets once had, and their great pitching staff does not make the Mets chances any better. I predict that the Mets will end up under .500 another year, and could even end up in the cellar of the NL East.
Big Citi Changes: GM Sandy Alderson finally finalized the move of making Citi field into a more "hitter-friendly" ballpark early in the offseason. They brought in the "great wall of Flushing" in Left Field in to 385 feet. They brought in the Mo's Zone in right center field from 415 feet to 395 feet. These changes in the ballpark will definitley help power hitters like David Wright and Jason Bay rise to their Million Dollar Contracts potential.
New Nose Niese: During last year, Now San Francisco Giant Carlos Beltran suggested to Jonathan Niese for him to get a new nose to help him breath easier on the mound while pitching. When Niese showed up to pitchers and Catchers camp in mid-February, his nose had a whole new look to it! The new nose for Niese should help his delivery to be more aero-dynamic while on the mound. Well in his first Spring Training outing, The Mets and Niese could breath much easier. He faced 7 batters in 2 innings and did not let any runs in, and struck out 2.
Additions to Watch: The Mets picked up a few new faces in The offseason to help their offensive punch. They traded center fielder Angel Pagan to the Giants for speedy center-fielder Andres Torres. Torres will most likey be our leadoff man, the spot the Reyes held last year. The Mets also got free agent Shortstop Ronny Cedeno who was on the Pirates last year. Cedeno holds the Major League record for most games played without comitting an error in the field. Him and Ruben Tejada will battle it out for the starting job at Shortstop.
Don't Forget Him!: I bet when Johan Santana warmed up on September 20,2010, he was not thinking about his left shoulder, which was tearing apart after each warm up pitch he threw. He took the mound for the Mets that day, not knowing what was to come. Johan did not pitch again for 18 months to Major League batters. Johan arrived to camp in February with his shoulder repaired, smiling, and ready to pitch. When he made his spring debut, Johan looked like his old self, pitching 2 innings, not even allowing a hit. Look for Johan to have at least a double digit win season this year, and maybe make a run for the Comeback player of the year award.
All in all, love this baseball season while you can, and GO METS!!!
R.I.P Gary "The Kid" Carter #8. Never Forget Jose Reyes.

Offseason Havoc

The New York Mets start their offseason Havoc as we head into the winter meetings. Here are the big deals the Mets have made and I will keep updating you.
1. Nick Evans declares for free agency.
2. Jose Reyes agrees to 6 year/ 106 Million dollar contract with the Miami Marlins
3. Mets trade OF Angel Pagan to the San Francisco Giants for OF Andres Torres and P Ramon Ramirez
4. Sign P Jon Rauch to a 1- year, 3.5 Million dollar contract.
5. Sign P Frank Ramirez to a 2 year, 12 Million dollar contract.
Pray for Gary "The Kid" Carter #8. Never Forget Jose Reyes.

The Great Plague of Injuries Strikes Again

Some would say that the Mets are leading the league in MRIs. They say that because once again the Mets have been struck with what is known as "The Great Plague of Injuries" And its all thanks to Chris Young, Johan Santana, Jose Reyes, Daniel Murphy, and Ike Davis. 3 of the 5 guys in that list are likely or certainly done for the year (Davis, Young,Murphy) Ike got hurt in Mid-May when he sprained his ankle and got a bone bruise in his left leg. Young tore his shoulder apart again, and Murphy, the latest to be struck by injury, got spiked by Jose Contanza and tore his MCL. Reyes could be back by late-August with a Hamstring pull, and Santana could be back early September after he had season ending surgery last year. Because of all these Injuries, the Mets Season is probably in the crapper, I think our goal for the rest of this year is for us to finish .500 or above and finish in 3rd place in the NL east.

Pray for Gary "The Kid" Carter #8.

Trade Grades

The Mets were fairly quiet over the trade deadline, as they only made two trades overall. Im here to tell you if the Mets aced or Failed these trades.
Trade #1: #75 RP Francisco Rodriguez to Brewers for 2 players to be named later.
Grades: Mets: B-*
Brewers: B
The reason i gave the Mets a B- was because they in fact DID get rid of the attitude and contract of Frankie Rodriguez, considering if he finished 20 more games h would have gotten a 17.5 Million dollar bonus, but i gave them the minus because i thought they could have gotten more then probably 2 non-high-end prospects for Frankie. I give the Brewers and B because This helps them in the NL Central race and to sure up there wobbly 'pen.
Trade #2: #15 OF Carlos Beltran to Giants for SP Zack Wheeler
Grades: Mets A+
Giants: C
The reason i gave the Mets an A+ was because they really did ace this trade. They got Zack Wheeler, the #33 prospect in the nation and the #10 Starting Pitcher Prospect, Even though they did give up one of there best sluggers in Carlos Beltran, Carlos is 33 and exiting his prime. So the reason i give the Giants an C is because Carlos will reall only be a 1 or 2 year rental, but for the Mets they get an top-40 prospect who is 21 and will help the Mets in the long-term future.
Post your comments down below and i will leave a poll up and you take your pick: Which trade was the BEST the Mets Made?
*= depending how good the players they get back

Pray for Gary "The Kid" Carter #8.

Standing Update #2

Here is how the Mets are doing Standing-Wise through 109 games
NL East: 3rd Place out of 5, 14.5 gms behind leader Philadelphia
N.L: Tied for 7th place out of 16, 14.5 gms behind leader Philadelphia
MLB: Tied for 15th Place out of 30, 14.5 gms behind leader Philadelphia
Wild Card: Tied for 4th Place out of 13, 7.5 gms behind leader Atlanta
The Mets are 55-54 (.505), 17-17 in Day Games, 38-37 in Night Games, 55-54 on Grass, 13-15 in 1-Run Games, 5-5 in Extra Inning Games, 56-53 is our Expected W-L, 18-23 vs NL East, 16-11 vs the NL Central, 12-11 Vs NL West, 9-9 in Interleague Play, 41-43 vs Right Handed Pitchers, 14-11 Vs Left Handed Pitchers.
Pray for Gary "The Kid" Carter #8.

Going, Going, Gone?

Over this whole rollercoaster year for the Mets on the field, there has been a lot of speculation of selling off the field. At the start of the year, Jose Reyes was the topic of these trade rumors so to speak. Next, came the nasty Fred Wilpon Comments on Jose Reyes and David Wright. Then, some people thought that we might trade the long-time face-of-the-franchise David Wright in order to keep Jose. When that died down, We traded Francisco Rodriguez to the Brewers for two minor league prospects over the All-star break. Then, the latest edition of this saga is that we have put up white flags because of that K-rod trade, SO that meant that th next person probably to go is Carlos Beltran, reports say that the Red Sox, Pirates, and Giants are interested if we put him on the market. Back to Jose: We have started secret negotiations with Jose in order to get a deal done that will let him stay in New york.

Pray for Gary "The Kid" Carter #8.

What If...?

Life is full of "What Ifs?". Sometime we ask ourselves "what if" this and "what if" that when in reality, it does not do a thing to think about those things. But in the next few segments of this post I'm gonna reflect on the "what ifs" of the Mets season so far through 90 games.
What If David Wright hadn't dove to make that tag on Carlos Lee on April 19, we could have lost that game, but we would not have lost the face of the franchise for 40+ games. What If Ike Davis hadn't gone in to catch that pop-up and let David catch it and did not sprain his ankle. What If Jose Reyes didn't run so hard down the 1st base line (though i can't blame him) and strained his hamstring, he would have 123 hits on the year, but we would have won more games. If you put all of these What Ifs together, it all comes out to one conclusion, a contending baseball team. The Mets have 5 key players out right now (David Wright, Ike Davis, Jose Reyes, Johan Santana, Chris Young) and if we had all these player, we could be contending in our division. But Terry Collins has pulled all of his young guns out of his pocket and has pushed our team over .500.
Pray for Gary "The Kid" Carter #8.

No Reyes? No Problem.

Since Jose Reyes strained his hamstring on Saturday afternoon, The Mets have been playing all there cards right, as they have been 4-0 without him in the lineup. Update: the New York Post states that the Mets will hold secret negotiations with Jose Reyes to get a deal done and for him to get a new contract. Jose Is likely to go on the DL. If there was a worse time for him to go on the DL, i wanna know about it because the Mets face a stretch of 7 All-Star Pitchers in a row starting Thursday at Los Angeles. The pitchers are 7/7: Clayton Kershaw 7/8: Ryan Vogelsong 7/9: Tim Lincecum 7/10: Matt Cain then the Big 3 in Citi Field.
Pray for Gary "The Kid" Carter #8.

Jose Report 7-6-11

MVP?: What is Greatness in Sports? Is it hitting 50 Home Runs in a year, Scoring 25,000 points in your career, or shattering tons of records? In my Opinion, Greatness is helping your team win games every time out. Thats what Jose Reyes has done all year for the Mets. Reyes has racked up ridiculous numbers as he leads the N.L in Batting Average (.354), Hits (124), Triples (15) and is second in Stolen Bases (30). The question is though, could Reyes beat out big bat guys like Prince Fielder and Joey Votto, or Triple Crown Threat guys like Matt Kemp for the N.L MVP award?

Hammy Whammy: Jose Reyes was looking invincible before Saturday's game Vs the Yankees, but then in the 1st Inning, he showed signs that he was just human, as he suffered a grade 1 Hamstring strain in the 1st inning. The Mets do not want to push Reyes to get back into the Lineup, Terry said earlier this week that it was stupid to have Reyes for one day or night then lose him for 3 weeks.

Comeback Kid: Going into the last day of All-Star voting, Jose Reyes was down by more then 221,000 votes going into the day, right behind Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzski. The Final vote count was that Reyes won by 800,000. This means that Reyes would have to AT LEAST gotten 1 million votes in the FINAL day of Voting to beat out Tulo for the Starting Shortstop position.

Reyes= Greatest?: Alex Rodriguez, usually not very sympathetic to players on his crosstown Rival, said on Friday night, right before the first game of the Subway Series, that Jose Reyes is the greatest player in baseball right now. Thats Right. A-Rod said this. He said he was better than himself, Derek Jeter, Mark Teixera, Curtis Granderson, Matt Kemp, Adrian Gonzalez, Albert Pujols, Cliff Lee, Roy Halladay. etc. Was A-Rod trying to play mind games with Reyes, or really being serious. Leave your Answers down below.

all stats come from ESPN.com

Pray for Gary "The Kid" Carter #8.

Mid-Season Awards

Here are the Mid- season awards on the Mets so far this year.
MVP: Jose Reyes. The clear cut choice for this award as Reyes has been tearing it up all year and has been electrifying to the team.
Silver Slugger: Carlos Beltran. Beltran leads the team in Home Runs and RBI's so far this year even after having microfracture surgery last year.
Cy Young: Dillion Gee. Dillion leads the team in Wins and ERA as he started out the year 7-0.
Rookie Of the Year: Justin Turner. JT won Rookie of the Month in May and has shown us that he wants that 2nd basemen's job.
Pray for Gary "The Kid" Carter #8.