Location: Flushing, N.Y. | Ballpark: Citi Field (42,000) | Spring Training: Port St. Lucie, Fla. Owner: Fred Wilpon | GM: Omar Minaya | Manager: Jerry Manuel | World Championships: 2
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POWER RANKINGS
Power Rankings
Date
Ranking
Previous
10/06/2009
24
24
Season in seven words: "Your foot's either broken, bruised or healthy." ... Hero: Any fan who watched more than 12 innings total in September ... Loserhead: Take your pick: the what-me-worry? manager, the newly castrated GM, the comically klutzy players, the in-denial owners ... Key needs: A team physician who can diagnose physical maladies with some degree of confidence, a third-base coach whose stay/go decisions don't make fans wonder if he's betting on the opposition and a Luis Castillo exorcism ... Prognosis: Organizations that enjoyed a far more successful 2009 remain jealous of the Santana/Wright/Beltran/Reyes core. Everybody here oughta take a few deep breaths before making any rash decisions.
09/29/2009
24
25
I hate to knock David Wright, given that he not only remained upright throughout most of this concussed Metsie season but also stuck around after the games to deal with the tabloid folk. Still, it was Minaya-dumb of him to admit that up-and-inside pitches still make him flinch a month after one of them rung his bell. Guess what he's going to be seeing at the plate for the immediate future? Come on, D.W., you're better than that.
09/22/2009
25
24
One suggested drill for the offseason: re-teaching the directionally impaired Metsies to run the bases by confining them to a series of mazes, like lab rats. ... Daniel Murphy unleashes more chaos with his glove than ADHD kids do with their air horns. ... I'm not sure which of the two generic Mets stories we're reading nowadays I prefer. The "Jeff Francoeur sure keeps the clubhouse jaunty!" angle enthralls, but the Mets-as-metaphor pieces ("they're crumbling like our country's infrastructure") practically sing with desperation. Gimme more of both.
09/15/2009
24
24
There's some cruel irony in Pedro Martinez beating the Metsies in the game that mathematically eliminated them from postseason contention. ... They've got Carlos Beltran back and Jose Reyes and Carlos Delgado might make late-season cameos. They're totally going to own the last week of September, assuming that eagle-eyed maintenance workers keep all clubhouse and dugout surfaces free of banana peels.
09/08/2009
24
24
On my list of the most depressing places in the continental United States, I rank CitiField third, behind Houston and Sharon Stone's boudoir but just ahead of the Knicks' trophy room. ... Either David Wright wears an oversized batting helmet that makes him look like the last kid picked for little league, or he risks getting his bell re-rung. The guy can't win. ... It says nice things about Carlos Beltran's work ethic that he is returning to his team at the end of a nowhere season, but it would've been nicer if somebody had been able to specifically diagnose his knee injury when it first occurred. "Bruised patellar contusion" doesn't really narrow it down all that much.
09/01/2009
24
23
On the plus side, they didn't lose any games last week due to misplaced equipment, failure to submit a lineup card or an act of God. On the minus side, they won only twice. Put it down in the ledger as a wash. ... Ever notice how Omar Minaya isn't allowed to speak to anybody anymore without a PR person babysitting him? That's gotta prove quite challenging in the boudoir and in the tub.
08/25/2009
23
23
With every passing day –- Tuesday saw Johan Santana done for the season -– the Mets' season looks less like something that belongs to the realm of sport and more like a Final Destination sequel. ... Two more scenes from a week: They ended one game by lining into an unassisted triple play and surrendered another when Luis Castillo couldn't be bothered to cover second base on a force play. ... This season has been such a disaster that Met fans actually thanked Gary Sheffield for popping off about his contract. It was the team's first predictable, manageable headache in months, as opposed to the hijinks involving orthopedists and Wall Street scammers.
08/18/2009
23
24
I have no idea what else can go wrong for this year's Metsies –- they've exhausted the possibilities of injury-related bad luck, so we're entering mauled-by-chimp territory here. All I know is that if I were Johan Santana, I'd avoid shellfish and unsecured construction sites. ... After the team's previous concussion follies –- e.g., dragging Ryan Church across the country last season when he was unable to blink without passing out -– you have to think they'll play it safe with David Wright, especially now that the 2009 season has been relegated to the discount bin. ... Actual Carlos Beltran injury update: "The next step is running in a straight line." Before too long, he might be adding a zig to his zag, or perhaps ascending a step stool to reach the travel valise on the closet's top shelf. Truly, we live in a time of enlightened rehab.
08/11/2009
24
20
Top three Metsie pratfalls for the week ending August 11: 3. Jon Niese shredding his hamstring while attempting to cover first base. 2. Anderson Hernandez throwing to first to complete a double play, only to belatedly realize that nobody was covering the bag. 1. Luis Castillo tripping down the dugout steps, perchance because his teammates violated ballpark protocol and possibly international law by not properly storing their gloves elsewhere ... I think we need to inject the Mets into the national dialogue about healthcare reform ... Jeff Francoeur has shaved his ".500 beard," which he swore he'd keep until the Mets became a winning team once anew. His likely next concession of defeat: trimming his ".300 OBP" mullet.
08/04/2009
20
23
The Metsies and their few remaining believers can yelp, "We are in the playoff race! We are!" as much as they like. That doesn't change the fact they aren't ... Omar Minaya is the Michael Jordan of sheepish, involuntary apologies ... Gotta love Oliver Perez and Mike Pelfrey doing their part to preserve the bullpen by passing the 100-pitch mark in the fifth inning ... Much has been made of Jeff Francoeur's 19 RBI in 20 games as a Met; much less has been made about his single unintentional walk in 81 plate appearances ... My favorite thing about watching the 2009 Mets: all the falling down. They fall down when they chase fly balls and they fall down when they round first base. I enjoy watching people fall down. Falling down = funny.
Preseason Power Rankings
Date
Ranking
Previous
02/16/2009
7
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If you're a Mets fan, you have to love that the A-Rod distraction is diverting talk-radio-wingnut attention away from your sad little left-field platoon of Fernando Tatis and Daniel Murphy. Insert could've-used-Abreu-or-Dunn blurb here. ... Carlos Beltran remains the most underrated player in baseball by a wide margin. ... They acted like the big-market team they are in rebuilding the bullpen with Frankie Rodriguez and J.J. Putz. Assuming Putz has recovered from his physical woes, he'll be the more effective of the two arms. K-Rod might have the gaudy save numbers, but his violent, left-foot-in-left-foot-out throwing motion portends a calamitous injury down the road.
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