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Boy, listening to the Met fans on radio, you’d think Willie was already gone. I’ll be sitting with a rational bunch today, curious to hear their take on things.
That’s interesting. It’s a nice move — minor league contract, so literally no harm done if he fails, and so you can’t chalk it up to panic, and while the odds of payoff are remote (Williamson hasn’t pitched as many as 40 innings in a season since 2003), it’s always nice to have as many reasonably competent people in AAA as possible.
To create a major league roster spot for Lillibridge, the Braves returned right-handed reliever Phil Stockman to Richmond, one day after the 6-foot-8 Aussie had been recalled. And to open a spot on the 40-man roster for Lillibridge, the Braves designated minor league reliever Zach Schreiber for assignment.
As bad as Pol Pot was in Cambodia, and as bad as he’s been in our bullpen this year, and as bad as this Whiskey Falls ad campaign is….NONE of these things are as bad as Prado’s defense has been this year. I’m absolutely baffled that anyone but him be given “delenda est” honors, even with whatever sporadic offense he’s given us thus far.
How is it possible that the Molina catching for the Mets today is not one of the three already acknowledged catching Molinas? I just assumed it was Jose but it looks like there is another one.
Let’s quickly trade Prado for whatever we can get while teams will still be fooled by his batting average. The Marlins like infielders who can’t catch. Maybe they’d take him.
And Kotsay is the median hitter; four of the guys are better than him, and four guys are worse. When Kotsay is your fifth-best hitter, you’re in trouble.
Not that the Mets, with the decaying remains of Delgado, useless against righties Easley, and the long-lost Molina, are a whole lot better.
Y Escobar Left game-right index finger day-to-day
C Jones Left game-strained right quadriceps day-to-day
T Glavine Strained right hamstring on 15-day DL
P Moylan Bone spur, right elbow on 15-day DL
R Soriano Right elbow tendinitis on 15-day DL
M Hampton Strained left pectoral on 15-day DL
M Gonzalez Recovery from left elbow surgery on 15-day DL
O Infante Broken left hand on 15-day DL
A Lerew Recovery from left elbow surgery on 60-day DL
I’ve never been there in person, but on TV Shea has the worst sound system. Everything sounds like it’s in a can. Plus, their music & sound effects selection is circa. 1992.
The thing is that Tim was more hit-unlucky than anything. He didn’t walk anyone and didn’t give up any homers, but the balls fell where there weren’t fielders.
I really don’t understand what happened to Schreiber…. Sure, he got off to bad start and he has had trouble with his command, but it is hard to believe that he was not worth a roster spot.
Again, I don’t understand why the Braves traded two players for Ridgway, who had pitched in all of 3 games for Tampa Bay.
These are not complaints–I simply assume that the Braves know a lot more about their players than we do.
That said, it would not surprise me at all to see Schreiber pitch in the majors this year and become a decent reliever….
I think the NFL draft has officially killed the internet. Neither ESPN.com nor mlb.com will load, so I can’t listen to the radio feed. Moreover, I just went to a sports bar with the MLB package, and the Fox channel the game’s on is “not available” in our area, whatever the hell that means.
I see the Falcons took Matt Ryan. I like that pick. They already have Joey Harrington, and now they have a young Joey Harrington for him to tutor. With luck, he’ll be a backup in the league for years.
Between the Falcons’ pick and the Braves 1-run loss situation, I’m basically about ready to root for another city’s teams. Not to be too melodramatic or anything.
At this point, we’re not being melodramatic over the one-run loss thing … this unusually poor run of form in these close games has been going on since ‘06 … and unless it gets reversed, this will be a third successive year out of the playoffs.
Let’s face it: We have an injury-prone team that does just enough to lose each and every time a game gets close. I hate to say it, but that’s the way it is.
It’s not as though we can blame one area of the team for the one-run issues … It’s easy to put it on the bullpen, but that seems more culpable in the losses like we saw earlier this week, and certainly the bullpen has done its job quite well the last three days (with Resop nowhere to be found — coincidence? I think not) … This team has lost one-run games in almost every manner imaginable … so unfortunately one starts wondering about less tangible items, e.g. toughness/character/poise.
I don’t really believe players reach this level without being tough. I would prefer losing one-run games in lots of ways to just one, because if it’s just one it seems like a real problem and not bad luck.
Boy, listening to the Met fans on radio, you’d think Willie was already gone. I’ll be sitting with a rational bunch today, curious to hear their take on things.
Off to Shea. Go Huddy. Let’s keep them down.
April 26th, 2008 at 8:49 amBraves sign Scott Williamson
http://tinyurl.com/6hzfae
April 26th, 2008 at 8:53 am“Atlanta was looking to replace Phil Stockman, who was called up to the big leagues Friday, on the Richmond roster.”
What does this mean? I don’t get it.
April 26th, 2008 at 9:06 amThat’s interesting. It’s a nice move — minor league contract, so literally no harm done if he fails, and so you can’t chalk it up to panic, and while the odds of payoff are remote (Williamson hasn’t pitched as many as 40 innings in a season since 2003), it’s always nice to have as many reasonably competent people in AAA as possible.
April 26th, 2008 at 9:10 amHopefully that means they’re expecting Stockman to STAY with the big boys, which would be awesome if it happens.
Phil, whatever Hampton has, don’t catch it, okay?
April 26th, 2008 at 9:11 am#5
And that they plan to release poseR once they call up Hampton. And then replace Hampton with Williamson the following day.
April 26th, 2008 at 10:14 amStockman down, Lillibridge up. Chipper & Escobar out of the lineup.
April 26th, 2008 at 10:36 amI know Lilli is a defensive replacement, but when was the last time a guy with a .540 OPS got called up?
April 26th, 2008 at 10:47 amdunno, but I’d start by checking the transaction files of Pete Orr and Chris Woodward
April 26th, 2008 at 11:00 amWow, what a horrible lineup.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:11 amwhy is Chipper out of the lineup? Is this one of those days where Bobby tries to make it hard on Hudson–like a challenge?
April 26th, 2008 at 11:13 am# 10…indeed. I was just laughing about the same thing.
In other news, Salty was called up today.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:14 amAlex R. called me… he was not happy about Chipper taking the day off.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:16 amNobody should be happy. What’s his paycheck again? MVP candidates usually play, not take a weekend off.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:17 amA heathly Chipper is are only chance. If this is what it takes, so be it.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:19 amI doubt he volunteered to take the day off. But I could be wrong.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:19 amOur only chance, that should read. Early lead.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:19 amChipper’s out with back spasms.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:21 amBack spasms for Chipper, per DOB:
http://tinyurl.com/4sf47m
April 26th, 2008 at 11:22 amI was responding to the suggestion that he ‘took the day off.’
Anyway, back spasms are no good. Sigh.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:23 amTo create a major league roster spot for Lillibridge, the Braves returned right-handed reliever Phil Stockman to Richmond, one day after the 6-foot-8 Aussie had been recalled. And to open a spot on the 40-man roster for Lillibridge, the Braves designated minor league reliever Zach Schreiber for assignment.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:26 amF#*&&#$ING PRADO!
April 26th, 2008 at 11:27 amWow, the Braves DFAd Zach Schreiber. He was off to a bad start, but that’s just crazy. Meanwhile, Paul Pot continues to log major league service time.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:27 amThat was per DOB, by the way.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:28 amSo the obvious move to DFA Resop, keep Stockman and bring up Lillibridge was too…obvious?
Perhaps it was too compentent for our current GM.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:30 amSchreiber has a career 2.63 minor league ERA. And now he’s gone.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:31 amResop currently has a 9+ ERA. And he’s still here.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:31 amAs bad as Pol Pot was in Cambodia, and as bad as he’s been in our bullpen this year, and as bad as this Whiskey Falls ad campaign is….NONE of these things are as bad as Prado’s defense has been this year. I’m absolutely baffled that anyone but him be given “delenda est” honors, even with whatever sporadic offense he’s given us thus far.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:31 amHow is it possible that the Molina catching for the Mets today is not one of the three already acknowledged catching Molinas? I just assumed it was Jose but it looks like there is another one.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:32 amAt least Jeff’s going to be patient, take a pitch or two against Maine, who’s been all over the place. Oh wait.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:32 amA first pitch pop out. I call it a Frenchy.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:33 amLet’s quickly trade Prado for whatever we can get while teams will still be fooled by his batting average. The Marlins like infielders who can’t catch. Maybe they’d take him.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:33 amThere has to be something more to the Schreiber situation.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:34 amI really don’t like this lineup. If Francoeur is having a bad day, it’s like four pitchers in a row after McCann.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:39 amChipper missed a series in NY last year, for someone who loves playing there he sure misses a lot of time when we are there
April 26th, 2008 at 11:40 amAnd Kotsay is the median hitter; four of the guys are better than him, and four guys are worse. When Kotsay is your fifth-best hitter, you’re in trouble.
Not that the Mets, with the decaying remains of Delgado, useless against righties Easley, and the long-lost Molina, are a whole lot better.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:41 am“Not that the Mets, with the decaying remains of Delgado, useless against righties Easley, and the long-lost Molina, are a whole lot better.”
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the best of the NL East!
April 26th, 2008 at 11:44 amcheck out our injury report
Y Escobar Left game-right index finger day-to-day
C Jones Left game-strained right quadriceps day-to-day
T Glavine Strained right hamstring on 15-day DL
P Moylan Bone spur, right elbow on 15-day DL
R Soriano Right elbow tendinitis on 15-day DL
M Hampton Strained left pectoral on 15-day DL
M Gonzalez Recovery from left elbow surgery on 15-day DL
O Infante Broken left hand on 15-day DL
A Lerew Recovery from left elbow surgery on 60-day DL
that’s incredible…
April 26th, 2008 at 11:46 amis Escobar available for a pinch bunter later? Bobby?
April 26th, 2008 at 11:47 amResop must have really, really incriminating pictures.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:50 amResop must have Wren’s children locked in the basement.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:51 amWild pitch, 2-0 Braves.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:00 pmMets fans don’t even know who to boo anymore.
When in doubt, boo the manager.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:00 pmTie game. Beltran strikes again.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:07 pmDammit, Tim. 3-0.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:10 pm3-2, I mean.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:10 pmI’ve never been there in person, but on TV Shea has the worst sound system. Everything sounds like it’s in a can. Plus, their music & sound effects selection is circa. 1992.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:13 pmWhat’s with all this bunting once someone’s on first?
April 26th, 2008 at 12:22 pmAnd Hudson is out of the game after three innings. Oh, boy.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:24 pmHe can’t be right.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:24 pmUm, Tim, we can’t lose you too.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:25 pmQuestion on Lillibridge. Is there no rule against playing in the majors if you’ve not hit puberty yet?
Hope the bullpen can keep us in it.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:26 pmThe thing is that Tim was more hit-unlucky than anything. He didn’t walk anyone and didn’t give up any homers, but the balls fell where there weren’t fielders.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:27 pmCan Leo come back to be the pitcher’s strength and conditioning coach? We were remarkably injury free with him.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:28 pmHe also gave up more flyballs than usual.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:28 pmNow with Buddy in, this has got to be the worst lineup we have had in a long time.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:28 pmHudson was at 60 pitches.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:29 pmWait, is Hudson hurt?
April 26th, 2008 at 12:30 pmLet’s see… Two innings for Carlyle. Two innings for Campillo. Then it’s Resop Time!
April 26th, 2008 at 12:30 pmI really don’t understand what happened to Schreiber…. Sure, he got off to bad start and he has had trouble with his command, but it is hard to believe that he was not worth a roster spot.
Again, I don’t understand why the Braves traded two players for Ridgway, who had pitched in all of 3 games for Tampa Bay.
These are not complaints–I simply assume that the Braves know a lot more about their players than we do.
That said, it would not surprise me at all to see Schreiber pitch in the majors this year and become a decent reliever….
April 26th, 2008 at 12:32 pmGood job Buddy.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:33 pmNo Chipper, No Esco, now no Hudson, may as well take Tex and McCann out and call this one a day.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:33 pmBlanco, Prado and Lillibridge–feels like a flashback to last year’s Richmond team….
April 26th, 2008 at 12:35 pmmlb.tv just died on me. Anyone with the same problem?
April 26th, 2008 at 12:40 pmI think the NFL draft has officially killed the internet. Neither ESPN.com nor mlb.com will load, so I can’t listen to the radio feed. Moreover, I just went to a sports bar with the MLB package, and the Fox channel the game’s on is “not available” in our area, whatever the hell that means.
I’m mad.
Also, apparently the Braves are playing horribly.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:48 pmI’ve got a bad feeling about this game.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:55 pmRing continues to suck….
April 26th, 2008 at 12:55 pmmlb.tv working fine for me….. And Kotsay falls asleep in the outfield.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:55 pmKotsay… that was just… terrible.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:57 pmMLB.com just came on for me.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:58 pmSo John Maine just came out, possibly with an injury. I’m sure Mets fans are hating themselves right now.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:04 pmIf they lose Maine and we lose Hudson, who is better off?
April 26th, 2008 at 1:05 pmFrenchy is going for some doubles record? What’s he on pace to get for doubles this year?
April 26th, 2008 at 1:09 pmHudson’s better than Maine, but this would make Nelson Figueroa their fourth starter, so…
I’d say they can afford to lose him even less than we can afford to lose Hudson. But I hope to hell we haven’t lost him.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:10 pmlol lillibridge looks like he belongs in little league.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:10 pmUnfortunately, that’s how he’s hitting, too.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:13 pmMatt Ryan to Falcons – selection in one minute..
April 26th, 2008 at 1:17 pmTEX!
April 26th, 2008 at 1:18 pmWhat’d Teixeira do?
April 26th, 2008 at 1:19 pmWhat a play by Tex!
April 26th, 2008 at 1:19 pmIf Lillibridge catches that clean he was out all the way.
I’m not liking this kid so far.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:20 pmTex backhanded a sharply hit groundball and threw out Angel Pagan at home, after Pagan had tripled.
We seem to be throwing out a lot of guys at home these days.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:21 pmHe made a nice stop and threw out pagan at the plate, from his knees!
April 26th, 2008 at 1:21 pmTeixiera smothered a ground ball and threw home from one knee to nab Pagan at the plate.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:21 pmLillibridge is not so handsome looking.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:22 pm#85
Chalk it up to puberty.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:23 pmhaha, good nickname for him.
NotSoHandsome
April 26th, 2008 at 1:23 pmHow about Pubert, like from Addams Family Values?
April 26th, 2008 at 1:26 pmThat works too.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:31 pmwhatever Campillo did this offseason he should share with our other guys. That curve or change is nasty
April 26th, 2008 at 1:38 pmCampillo just struck out the side. He’s clearly this year’s version of Key Ray.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:40 pmRay never struck out Wright Beltran and Church in order
April 26th, 2008 at 1:41 pmNo patience. Everybody swings at everything.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:44 pmYunel pinch running for Bmac
April 26th, 2008 at 1:45 pmanother 1 run loss??
April 26th, 2008 at 1:50 pmAnother one run loss.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:50 pmFrenchy doesn’t come through again. Nothing could be less shocking.
No hitters up next inning, so I guess we are 0-8 in one run games.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:50 pmI know this is a minor point, but, um… the game isn’t over yet.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:54 pmjust guessing on the future outcome
April 26th, 2008 at 1:55 pmIt’s not over; it just feels that way because of the likelihood we will be down one run going into the ninth.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:56 pmHow would you like to face Billy Wagner in your first MLB game? That’s what Lillibridge has to look forward to next inning.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:56 pmWith the bottom of the order coming up….
April 26th, 2008 at 1:56 pmOn a day like this, I really wonder what is going to happen next.
Oh wait, ailing Smoltzie is pitching tomorrow.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:57 pmLillibridge will come up big against Wagner. He has looked so lost so far at the plate.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:58 pmChip has to find a way to hit for Lillibridge. Just hit it out and you can walk around the bases.
April 26th, 2008 at 1:59 pmdoes Pena hit for Miller? Diaz will probably hit this inning also
April 26th, 2008 at 2:00 pmPrado has more hits than anyone else in the lineup today. Maybe he’ll hit a solo homer and we can lose in extras.
Also, Campillo: 2.0 IP, 1 BB, 4 K, 0 H, 0 ER
Entire Braves bullpen today: 5 IP, 2 BB, 6 K, 2 H, 0 ER.
Wow.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:01 pmPena would hit in the pitcher’s spot which would come up before Miller.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:01 pmI see the Falcons took Matt Ryan. I like that pick. They already have Joey Harrington, and now they have a young Joey Harrington for him to tutor. With luck, he’ll be a backup in the league for years.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:02 pmDammit — Prado was a few feet from making me a genius.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:03 pm#107
AAR,
You didn’t miss by much. Alas, neither did Prado.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:03 pmCan’t believe Chipper isn’t hitting here. His back must be really bad.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:03 pm38–Lerew had surgery on his right elbow
Wagner vs Lillibridge just isn’t fair
April 26th, 2008 at 2:06 pmAnother one-run loss.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:06 pmTwo up, two down. 0-8 in one-run games this year. Thirteen straight defeats in one-run road games, according to the Mets broadcast.
This is not bad luck; this is a crisis.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:06 pmoh and if you’re wondering a tie goes to the runner and Diaz was safe, and like we all said earlier “another one run loss.”
April 26th, 2008 at 2:07 pmBetween the Falcons’ pick and the Braves 1-run loss situation, I’m basically about ready to root for another city’s teams. Not to be too melodramatic or anything.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:07 pmUgh.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:08 pmwell, at least we only lost by 1 run . . . . oh, wait.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:08 pmI blame Phil Fulmer and Andruw Jones.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:10 pmAt this point, we’re not being melodramatic over the one-run loss thing … this unusually poor run of form in these close games has been going on since ‘06 … and unless it gets reversed, this will be a third successive year out of the playoffs.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:11 pmLet’s face it: We have an injury-prone team that does just enough to lose each and every time a game gets close. I hate to say it, but that’s the way it is.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:12 pmIt’s not as though we can blame one area of the team for the one-run issues … It’s easy to put it on the bullpen, but that seems more culpable in the losses like we saw earlier this week, and certainly the bullpen has done its job quite well the last three days (with Resop nowhere to be found — coincidence? I think not) … This team has lost one-run games in almost every manner imaginable … so unfortunately one starts wondering about less tangible items, e.g. toughness/character/poise.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:17 pmI don’t really believe players reach this level without being tough. I would prefer losing one-run games in lots of ways to just one, because if it’s just one it seems like a real problem and not bad luck.
Recap is up. MATT RYAN?!?!?!?!??
April 26th, 2008 at 2:19 pm