By: Mr. Met (Staff
writer NFL Prozach)
The first weekend of March is over
and already the Mets are back at their old tricks injuries, deception, and
possible lies from this team’s management’s staff. Once again the Met’s are becoming riddled by injuries;
let’s start with the latest to the Met’s Centerfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis. Captain Kirk (as referred to by most fans)
left today’s game with what is being called a knee bruise. However, Nieuwenhuis was seen being carted to
the clubhouse, so my question is that how is this just a knee bruise? To take things a step further if a player
injuries his knee enough to the point where he cannot walk off the field under
his own power and hasn’t yet seen a doctor given the history of the Met’s medical
staff I think it may be premature to call this a knee bruise, I know Collin
Cowgill has had a strong showing so far this spring but there is the reason the
Mets got him on the cheap. So what are
the Mets to do in Centerfield if this bruise winds up like Ike Davis’s ankle
bruise and Carlos Beltran’s knee bruise from years past? Well besides
Collin Cowgill who I already mentioned the Mets may choose to take a long hard
look at Matt Den Decker, Den Decker who is known as a glove first Centerfield
option maybe what the Mets need in the spacious Citi Field outfield. But don’t rule out the Mets re- exploring Jordany
Valdespin out there as he is quick and athletic and flashes some surprising
power as the Mets have a lineup that is deprived off all three features. Another interesting option would be the take
a look at Marlon Byrd in Centerfield.
Byrd has hit well so far this spring and Terry Collins has even said
that right now he is the favorite to win the Right Field job outright out of
spring training. Byrd who has played
Center Field before would allow the Mets to play Mike Baxter in Right Field or
take a chance with a minor league deal on Vladimir Guerrero. Any way you slice this if Captain Kirk is out
any prolonged period of time it may spell trouble for the Mets. General Manager Sandy Alderson made jokes
about the outfield before injuries I wonder if he will now with injuries roll
up his sleeves and try to find a solution to this problem.
Now how about what’s going on with
Lucas Duda, although, he’s hit relatively well lately he’s been pulled twice
from lineups both times due to non-injury related items supposedly. The first excuse of Duda not being ready to
face live pitching because of him being behind due to his wrist injury is a plausible
excuse, however, more recently he was pulled from the lineup again with what is
being called a non-injury related issue but we were not told what exactly. Given the recent history of this ball club
and organization I have every reason to believe that this is just that injury related
ad once again GM Sandy Alderson is trying to play the media and the fans like
we are fools. 
Before, I get to the Johan Santana
situation which is absolutely sickening to me I would like to give you my
thoughts on Frank Francisco and Zack Wheeler. First on Francisco it is now being reported
by WFAN that according to Terry Collins he may not be ready for Opening Day and
the Mets will go with Bobby Parnell as closer if this is the case. In my opinion I hope Francisco takes his time
and gets healthy and ready to pitch because he was TERRIBLE last year and given the apparent rebuilding stage of this
ball club it may not be a bad idea to give Parnell the first shot at being
closer with all of spring training to prepare himself for that role. Now on Zack Wheeler it is being reported that
he will throw a bullpen session sometime this week after mildly straining his oblique
last Saturday taking batting practice.
This has now become even more of a pressing situation with the Mets with
the Santana situation but I would like to state that I for one hope the Mets do
not let this situation have any type of effect on how they handle Zack Wheeler
or Jenrry Mejia for that manner who has arrived late to spring training due to
a random VISA check in his native Dominican Republic. Mejia looked horrible in his first spring
action as it was apparently clear he was not ready for that start.
Now on to Johan Santana, Santana
was sidelined with what was called arm weakness at the time. Some have suggested to me on twitter that
this is some type of undisclosed injury to Santana which would then indicate to
me another lie by this team’s front office.
However, this is now being characterized by the Met’s staff as Johan
Santana not being in pitching shape. GM
Sandy Alderson then went on to say Johan Santana would probably not be able to
throw of a mound for another ten days. Well folks today Santana threw off a mound,
although, not from the full distance Santana was defiantly sore afterwards
saying to reporters that spring training and practice is for practice. Santana is obviously sore with the Mets front
office and in doing so made them look like fools, although, they do a pretty
good job of that themselves. However, I
hope in all this Santana didn’t throw off a mound to answer a dare from GM
Sandy Alderson as that could end up impacting Zack Wheeler later in the year
which could then have a ripple effect on the Mets long term plan. With that being said it probably isn’t the
greatest idea to publically challenge or try to shame a veteran like Johan
Santana who is known for his great work ethic.
Check back tomorrow for my update
on the Mets, the WBC, and my preview of Team USA &
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