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lets go mets please somebody answer my question. on the other page. someone did but they talked about last year and that wasn’t the question and as always lets go mets lets go mets lets go mets lets go mets lets go mets

Why don’t you go play in rush hour traffic?

Here ya go, Terry:

Lucky Starting Pitching:
There is no way the Mets end the year with the NL’s second-lowest ERA. Mike Pelfrey and Livan Hernandez are pitching over their heads and are still below-average. Your second-best pitcher, John Maine, is mediocre and injury-prone. And even Johan won’t be able to perform like this all year. Watch out for the pitcher that gives you his best performance in the first two months of the season.

I didn’t even mention your fifth-starter situation, which is even uglier than the Phils’. At least we have a respectable core of MLB-level talent moving through the minors that can pitch by the end of this year or next. I don’t see too many more rotation options in your system.

People playing over their head:
Alex Cora, Luis Castillo, and Carlos Beltran are not as good as they look right now. Carlos Delgado is prone to severe cold-streaks and he may never return from his next one at his age.

Defense:
You’re going to have to step up your defense if you want to survive in Citi Bank Park long-term. While your cavernous park can cover mistakes for your starting pitching, it also puts a lot of pressure on the defense. As we know, the Mets don’t always respond so well to pressure (had to throw that in there).

Bullpen:
While you’ve added two solid pieces to your back end, they only account for the 8th and 9th innings. What are you going to do when Pelfrey, Livan, and X expose you in the 6th and 7th?

And while K-Rod is nice to have, he is still in line to blow 4-7 more saves this season looking at his career numbers.

Character:
The Mets have never handled publicity/controversy well, and are in an even worse position to do so this year with Gary Sheffield, an all-time A-hole, on their team.

The Phillies:
The Phils are going to upgrade a number of positions over the course of the season with callups and the return of JC. Their rotation has been awful so far but should improve as Hamels, Myers, and Blanton have all been pitching well BELOW where they should expect to by the end of the year. We also have a number of possible replacements for Moyer and Park (in Happ, Kendrick, Worley, Carrasco). The teams are neck and neck at this point, so you’ve got to wonder how the Mets are really going to improve upon what they are doing right now to keep up.

nice job clicheguevara
you’re completely right.
the mets are screwed.
I’m a big douche

If we stop answeing the mets trols, they will go away, when you answer them you are ruining it for the rest of us , please stop, this is for phillies talk and yes other fans can chime in but not the idiots who root for the muts. Tim hopefully will stop them from posting.

WORRY and WORRY some more about the Phillies and stop trying to get under someone skin by putting on the page
“And while K-Rod is nice to have, he is still in line to blow 4-7 more saves this season looking at his career numbers.”
Like I said yesterday there are alot of stupid people on here who are not baseball fans let alone Philly fans……….

the real terry, asking a single question after abour 15 posts of nothing but bashing Phillies Phans only gets people to ignore you. Nice try though. As for Church being an outstanding fielder. LOL. Very funny. and “If Gary Sheffield starts controversy the mets will just cut him.” Has he been cut yet? Going on ESPN and calling out every team he has ever played with saying he has been the “best player on every team” he has ever played on. LOL. Thats the beginning of a controversy.

Is MLB Audio not working for anyone else? I can’t get the Phils or the Nats feed.

wait..why is blanton pitching? isnt it usually myers after hamels??

clicheguevara How is Maine injury prone just had one injury???

this is a site to talk about the phillies!!! not the mets..get over it and go find a mets blog

you also say that at delgado’s age he may not perform the same. If thats the case you better watch out for raul Ibanez

and stop talking about the Mets

I am responding to a comment

fine i will talk about the Phillies. their starting pitching is horrible their bullpen is average. Lidge just had a career year. madsen is nothing special. their hitting is overrated. thier stats are inflated because of the ball park they play in. opposing pithers are afraid to throw strikes in that stadium thats why they score alot. Jason werth is a journey man outfeilder who is taking advantge of that stadium.what’s so good about victorino he is batting 2.52. Rollins is a career 2.70 hitter. Utley isn’t a young player he is 30 years old the same age as Johan santana.

Boy this team sucks this year. Blanton blows, there d is aweful and they cant hit. We are just like the Mets. Hey Terry tell me where you hang out. I would love to have a few of my friends visit you….Dont mess man

hey gang … just got done work … has blanton been pitching this bad all game?

a solid 5th inning though, so at least that’s fun

The Phillies are horrible this year. Things all broke right for them last year. You are not going to win with Blanton and Moyer. There offense is horrible right now.

Yeah Jeff haha they’ve usually gone on a tear whenever Charlie breaks stuff

unless like 5 more players get hit

first, mikemike, colorado is very good for outdoors, and activities and stuff, but I just dont like it, I would rather be back home in the Philly Area. real Terry, Just because Sheffield hit 501 HRs in his career doesnt make him the best player on every team he ever played with. I dont think he was. Was he a good player on those teams, yes, but was he “the best” that he has convinced himself he is? I dojnt think so. As for the “the throw” that church made. Everyone makes good throws every once and a while, but everytime I turn on the TV its another error by murphy and Church. But considering I cant stand the mets, I try not to watch them. As for this year and this game? I wont go as far as this team “sucks” but they do look lost right now. They have beaten some awesome teams, and they have lost to some not so good teams. Beaten the Cards pretty good, and they are a really good team. Lost to the Nats before, and looks like they will again. Hopefully we will get out of this slump. The alarming this, besides losing AGAIN to one of the 2 worst teams in baseball, is that fact that Charlie Manuel keep saying he doesnt find the need to address the team. Uh, ok I know its early, and there is still plenty of time to turn it around, but get with it manuel. The pitching has been anywhere from horrible to Mediocre, and the offense has been very hot and cold, mostly cold lately. Address the team. Tell them to get their heads out of their butts. We CAN AND HAVE won with this team. Ibanez has been playing better than Burrel had, so if anything we SHOULD be better. Its about time to do some soul searching!

I mean the Nats have better hitting this year but their pitching still sucks, maybe not as bad as ours right now but sucks none the less.

They need to make a statement this weekend and get their bats and ptiching on track!

Ruiz is red hot!

looks like Blanton is coming out.