error in Poll

correction who will hit the most hr in 2010 not 2009....my mistake

Prediction for 2010 (hr)

Reyes- 10-15 hr..considering hes 100% healthy
Castillo- 0-3 3's a max for this guy...he has no pop
Beltran- 25-30 if he doesnt hurt his knee again(08,09)
Bay- 25-35 i have faith in him playing at citi field
wright- 20-25(max 30) with a healthy lineup....he will produce!
Francoeur-15-25 new city, new stadium, new team.......can he return to 07 form?
Murphy- 15-20. 15 last yr...he survived the season healthy! why not give him 20hr!
Molina?-10-15, last year he had 20....12 hr home at at&t park and 8 away

at at&t park dimensions

Left field line - 339 feet (103 m)
Left field - 364 feet (111 m)
Left-center field - 404 feet (123 m)
Center field - 399 feet (122 m)
Right-center field - 421 feet (128 m)
Right field - 365 feet (111 m)
Right field line - 309 feet (94 m)


Citi field dimensions


Left field 335 ft (102 m)
Left center 364 (111)
Deep left center 384 (117)
Center field 408 (124)
Deep right center 415 (126)
Right center 378 (115)
Right field 330 (101)

Mets Reach Agreement With Jason Bay

WEDNESDAY, 4:07pm: Ed Price of AOL FanHouse tweets that Bay's 2014 vesting option is worth $17MM, but the slugger would receive $80MM total if it vests and $66MM if not. The math doesn't check out at first glance, but Price said he assumes there's a $3MM buyout if the option does not vest.

MetsBlog's Matthew Cerrone believes the contract will be backloaded and the vesting option "will be based on Bay averaging something like 140 games played each of the first four years of the deal."



(im not late) i knew about this...when WFAN announced it.......i haven't been blogging...its the holidays!

Bay and molina and my lineup

It’s Been 10 Days since offers to Bay & Molina

John Morosi of FoxSports.com believes free-agent catchers Rod Barajas, Jose Molina and Yorvit Torrealba will remain on the free-agent market until Molina signs a new contract.

Does bay want to be a mets? is it the stadium? or is it because the mets happen o suck?
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this who i want for the 2010 opening day lineup

Reyes
castillo
Beltran
Bay
wright
Jacob or delgado
Francoeur
molina
pitcher

Santana
sheets
pelf
marquis
perez

Jason bay update

"Bill Madden of the New York Daily News writes that Jason Bay can thank his agent, Joe Urbon, for pricing him out of a good situation in Boston. With no obvious bidders remaining for Bay besides the New York Mets, Madden says that Urbon returned to the Red Sox to see if they would revisit negotiations with Bay. The Sox, however, having signed Mike Cameron, no longer appear interested.

Madden thinks that Bay's reluctance to accept the Mets' four-year, $64MM offer suggests the outfielder is wary of playing in Citi Field for a team that "even with him, looks to be no better than a third-place club." Newsday's Ken Davidoff agrees that Citi Field could be a factor, as the Mets pursue Bay and other free agents. Davidoff points out that, statistically, the park doesn't seem all that bad for hitters, but it's hard to shake that perception."

The Mets have offered Bay a four-year deal worth $64 million, but Urbon is pushing for a fifth year.

Many believe that Bay simply doesn't want to play at the cavernous Citi Field.

Mets waiting by the bay, finding the chemistry and molina game

the mets haven't heard from jason bay yet.
Is Bay avoiding the mets? I hope not. The mets are likely going to get Bay, as the cardinals will get holliday, and the angels could get damon. Bay had 32 Hr last year, he would certainly be a big factor in the mets lineup.


He brings good leadership to any clubhouse. Him and Reyes played in the minors together and they got along great. Mets need to increase there chemistry, like in 2006 when they knew every game they were going to win!

The mets are also interested in bengie molina. This veteran would teach young pitchers well,as well has henry blanco too. Molina wants 3yr/20mil but the mets want2yr/around 16mil........obviously the mets are the top bidder for molina, primarily because they have the money to get him.

Lets play a wait game play a wait game
does he want money or a winning team is he playing a wait game, wait game
^^^beging of a remix to lady gaga love game XD

-Bre S.

Omar might make right moves in offseason.

he has signed chris coste and Henry blanco. Guys, coste is gonna go to the minors and try and make buffalo win. Henry Blanco is going to be the backup catcher for the mets. Omar is gonna try and get Bengie Molina.
The Jon lackey situation, we probably are not gonna get him! Omar is gonna get 2 decent pitchers, (joel pinero, randy wolf,or some pitcher similar). Omars main focus is on left fielder, he will be patient in the winter meetings, according to mlb hotstove. Hes gonna see what holliday wants, (probably omar will over 6 year 90 mil)

I think we need Pitching.
Pitching wins ball games

You can win a game 1-0....yes i know this was impossible for the mets the past 2 years!

Mets, Jays and Cubs working on 3-way Deal

Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com believes the Mets, Blue Jays and Cubs are discussing a three-way deal that would send Luis Castillo to Chicago, Milton Bradley to Toronto, and Lyle Overbay to the Mets.

According to major-league sources, Rosenthal writes, “The teams indeed have discussed the framework of such a deal,” however, it is a ‘longshot.’

The 32–year-old Overbay hit .265 with a .372 OBP, 16 HR and 35 doubles in 132 games for the Blue Jays in 2009.

Overbay will earn $7 million in 2010, after which he can be a free agent.

Castillo is due $6 million each of the next two seasons.

2006 mets

Offseason

* November 18, 2005: Xavier Nady was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Mets for Mike Cameron.
* November 24, 2005: Carlos Delgado was traded by the Florida Marlins with cash to the New York Mets for Mike Jacobs, Yusmeiro Petit, and Grant Psomas (minors).
* November 29, 2005: Billy Wagner was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
* December 5, 2005: Paul Lo Duca was traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Mets for Dante Brinkley (minors) and Gaby Hernandez (minors).
* December 12, 2005: Julio Franco was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
* January 22, 2006: Kris Benson was traded by the New York Mets to the Baltimore Orioles for Jorge Julio and John Maine.



2006 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers

* 40 Brian Bannister
* 19 Heath Bell
* 53 Chad Bradford
* 25 Pedro Feliciano
* 43 Bartolomé Fortunato
* 47 Tom Glavine
* 32 Geremi González
* 48 Aaron Heilman
* 26 Orlando Hernández
* 39 Roberto Hernández
* 49 Philip Humber
* 34 Jorge Julio
* 17 José Lima
* 33 John Maine
* 45 Pedro Martínez
* 59 Guillermo Mota
* 27 Darren Oliver
* 36 Henry Owens
* 34 Mike Pelfrey
* 46 Óliver Pérez
* 50 Duaner Sánchez
* 59 Alay Soler
* 29 Steve Trachsel
* 13 Billy Wagner
* 32 Dave Williams
* 38 Victor Zambrano

Catchers

* 11 Ramón Castro
* 6 Mike DiFelice
* 16 Paul LoDuca
* 36 Kelly Stinnett

Infielders

* 21 Carlos Delgado
* 23 Julio Franco
* 1 Anderson Hernandez
* 25 Kazuo Matsui
* 7 José Reyes
* 18 José Valentín
* 4 Chris Woodward
* 5 David Wright

Outfielders

* 15 Carlos Beltrán
* 10 Endy Chávez
* 20 Víctor Díaz
* 30 Cliff Floyd
* 20 Shawn Green
* 9 Ricky Ledee
* 32 Eli Marrero
* 44 Lastings Milledge
* 22 Xavier Nady
* 22 Michael Tucker

Manager

* 12 Willie Randolph

Coaches

* 50 Manny Acta (third base)
* 2 Sandy Alomar, Sr. (bench)
* 56 Guy Conti (bullpen)
* 54 Rick Down (hitting)
* 53 Jerry Manuel (first base)
* 51 Rick Peterson (pitching)

BY RONNIE MOSIMANN
STACHE WRITER

Don’t even get me started on last season. It was one of the most pain inflicting adventures I have ever experienced. Come mid-July, all hope was lost. Talks of next season were already starting to begin. Of course there was the typical trade deadline all-nighter, only to be zapped by Mr.Minaya once again. “I think we can solve the issues using the internal players we have in the organization.” Omar, you have already called everyone up. Unless you can turned rock into water, stop talking.

Hot Stove is heating up. Players options are being picked up, declined, etc. What’s next for the Mets? I know it’s easy to simply say “just spend huge dollars and get the best players out there,” but don’t forget- our GM is Omar Minaya. That won’t happen. I want to talk about two men who I believe have the ability to change the attitude and chemistry of this team into something we have not seen since 2006.

Bring back Cliff Floyd and Darren Oliver. Watching the 2009 ALCS killed me. Seeing Darren Oliver get huge outs for the Angels in the biggest of spots was heart-wrenching. All I could think about was him coming out of the bullpen for the Mets and knowing that the out would get made. Omar Minaya- trade for Darren Oliver. But-we’re not done. Cliff Floyd is possibly the Met that I loved the most since I have been a fan. I know he was/is injury prone- but I want him back for his attitude.

He kept guys like Reyes and Delgado loose. He especially kept Wright fresh and on his toes. Cliffy and David were great friends, and bringing back Floyd would not only change the morale in the clubhouse, but it would make our third basemen a very happy man. Floyd is loved by the fan base, and was cheered for very loudly on Opening Night at CitiField when he was introduced for the San Diego Padres. He was really happy in New York- and I would bet that he’d love to make a return for a year or two.

current and former Mets player of the day: marlon anderson

06/12/05

The Mets twice were within two outs of a fourth straight defeat, the second time thanks to an error by usually reliable first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz. But they were spared each occasion, first by a pinch-hit, inside-the-park home run by Marlon Anderson in the ninth inning and, then, after Mientkiewicz's error, by the third last-pitch home run of Floyd's career. If not for Anderson, the pinch-hitter extraordinaire, Mientkiewicz never would have had the chance to mess up. Anderson hit his first career inside-the-park homer and the seventh pinch-hit home run of his career off hard-throwing Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez.

With one out, Anderson hit a line drive into the right-center-field gap that center fielder Steve Finley misplayed. The ball caromed off Finley's leg and bounced along the warning track toward right field as Anderson rounded the bases.

Finley's relay to second baseman Kennedy was fine, and Kennedy's relay to the plate, though bounced and to the first-base side, beat Anderson.

But he slid in before backup catcher Jose Molina applied the tag, completing the Mets' first inside-the-park home run at Shea Sadium since 1989 and their first anywhere since 2000. In the play at the plate, Anderson mashed his face into Molina's mask -- he needed three stitches in his cheek -- and his knee into Molina's knee.

"It was well worth it," said Anderson who now has 13 hits in 28 pinch-hit at-bats.

questions for the GM

what players a are you interested in this offseason?
would you give holliday the years and the $ he wants?
are you gonna be a aggressive?
Are you going to sign top $ pitchers?

ALL of these questions have to be answered, they should of been answered last year but omar thought once he fixed the bullpen our team was amazing, WRONG!

mets need to be aggressive in signing free agents, if they are not, their rivals
(nl east teams) might pick up them.