Wednesday’s Mets Links
There is a bunch of articles today, but most of it is about the same topics.
Mets sign three to Minors deals - Marty Noble stated that “The Mets signed catchers Raul Casanova and Gustavo Molina and right-hander Nate Field to Minor League contracts on Wednesday, inviting each to big league Spring Training camp.”
Maine, Perez to be big cogs for Mets - Marty Noble tells us how the Mets will be fine even without an ace calibur pitcher because Maine and Oli are each coming off of a 15 win season. The rotation will look like this if no trade is made: Pedro Martinez, John Maine, Oliver Perez, Orlando Hernandez, and either Mike Pelfrey or Phil Humber. In my opinion, the rotation is not strong enough for a legit playoff run because we don’t have the 2 power pitchers at the top of the lineup that opposing batters fear. We don’t have the Clemens and Pettitte, or Beckett and Burnitz, or Johnson and Shilling, or Pedro and Shilling. We have an older Pedro who throws much slower now kind of like Glavine. The Maddux and Glavine tandem didn’t throw hard enough to win the World Series more than once. Two young power pitchers at the top of the rotation is what succeeds in the Playoffs, and we don’t have it. It’s a problem.
Maine highlights Mets’ holiday party
Newsday:
Mets’ Maine, Perez look to improve themselves
Nationals believe they have a winner in Lo Duca - Look at the title of this article. One winner isn’t going to carry a team. They need a bunch of them to succeed.
New York Daily News:
Press conferences on Mitchell report findings set for Thursday
Jose Reyes to Mets: Get Johan Santana
Willie Randolph says Mets not giving up on Johan Santana or Erik Bedard
New York Post:
New York Times:
Steroid Report Expected to Cite About 50 Players
Mets Happy With Pitching Staff
The Star-Ledger:
