Mets Tie Braves 5-5 in Sprring Training Opener

Yesterday, the Mets tied the Atlanta Braves at 5, in 10 innings. Fernando Martinez and Willie Harris both hit homers. Jenry Mejia pitched 2 strong innings giving up an unearned run, and struck out 3. The Mets opening day starters played the first few innings, and then the prospects came in, and some have to prove the Mets a lot this Spring Training, because obviosly everyone wants an opening day spot, and only 25 players could.

I thought that the prospects did well, and if they could continue this way and someone gets injured, they could get called up, and do well. I see some of these players as rising stars. I don't think this will be a bad season, even after the whole Wilpon-Madoff issue.

Mets 2011 preview

The Mets are coming off 2 consecutive seasons with a losing record, and made some small moves this off-season. They lost pitcher Pedro Feliciano, but signed pitchers Chris Young, D.J Carraso, and Chris Capuano. They also signed outfielder Willie Harris, and his reputation is being a good fielder, and catcher Ronnie Paulino.

Over the last 2 years, their main problem was injuries. Due to injuries, they lost Carlos Beltran, Johan Santana, Jon Niese, Jason Bay, and David Wright for about 15 days. Those are 5 good players that spent time on the DL. I think that if their good players stay healthy, they could have a decent season. We already know that Johan Santana will miss the begining of the year, he is scheduled to return in June.

I think a good lineup for this year would be:
1. Jose Reyes-SS
2. Angel Pagan-RF
3. David Wright-3B
4. Jason Bay-LF
5. Beltran/Harris-CF
6. Thole/Paulino-C
7. Ike Davis-1B
8. Luis Castillo-2B

And the rotation could be:
1. Mike Pelfrey
2. R.A Dickey
3. Jon Niese
4. Chris Young
5. Chris Capuano
And when Johan Santana returns, he'll move to the #1 spot, everyone will shift over a spot, and Chris Capuano will move to the bullpen.

My prediction------- Final record: 82-80

Ollie Has One More Chance

This is a very important spring training for Oliver Perez. He met today with Sandy Alderson and Terry Collins about his future. Adam Rubin of ESPN says, " Perez will get an opportunity to get a spot in the starting rotation".
He threw a bullpen session today, and it was a big improvement compared to the last two years. Pitching coach Dan Warthen said that Ollie was throwing better today, than at any point last year. Perez said he came to Port St. Lucie to improve, and not to get released.
He played in winter ball, but he didn't look much better. He pitched 33 innings, walked 23 batters, and had a 5.18 ERA. Ollie really wants a spot in the starting rotation. I'm happy he is showing intensity for a starting spot, because he didn't last year. He sat in the bullpen, and made 12 million dollars. The Mets will give him one more chance. Hopefully, he'll take advantage of this chance, and show improvement.

Wilpons may have to sell entire team

Two years ago, Bernie Madoff stole around 300 million dollars. The Mets got some of the money back, but they weren't supposed to. Last Thursday, Moody's Investors Service sued the Mets up to 1 billion dollars.
Two weeks ago, they said they were going to sell 25% of the team. After they got sued they might now need to sell the whole team. I think the Wilpons should sell the whole team, and so do all Mets fans. Ever since the Madoff investing, Jason Bay was the only really good player the Mets signed.
Also, if the Wilpons don't sell the Mets, they'll raise the ticket prices to make more money. Then less people will attend games at Citi Field. This is three months after the Mets cut their prices 25%. Now, if the Wilpons don't sell the team, they'll have to raise it. The last two seasons, they had losing records, both those seasons they got no amazing players, because they lost money from Madoff. Weather they have the Wilpons own them or not, I hope the Mets could get a few all-stars.

Wilpons want to sell 25% of the Mets

Last week, Mets owner Fred Wilpon announced he was going to sell 25% of the team. The reason why Fred/Jeff Wilpon chose to make this big move is most likely because they lost about $300 million dollars 2 years ago from Bernie Maydoff. Martin Luther King lll is interested in buying them, so he may split the job with former Met Ed Kranpool. Hopefully, they'll get someone with a lot of money, so the Mets could get some good players.