Road Trip -- IGT 5/18 Mets (Niese) @ Jays (Romero)

nmigliore · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 9:54 pm

Johnson might be the best reliever we have.

Mets Fan In ATL · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 9:55 pm

Awesome

He wanted to get that curveball over for a strike

nmigliore · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 9:55 pm

Hey, a strikeout! Jon Rauch doesn't know what those are.

nmigliore · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 9:57 pm

Phillies have won 6 straight. Mets suddenly not far from being out of last; a half game.

R Nitelight · **Joined:** Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:12 pm **Posts:** 32526

nmigliore wrote:

Phillies have won 6 straight. Mets suddenly not far from being out of last.

Then we better come back and win this one....

nmigliore · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 10:04 pm

Kevin Millwood, of all pitchers, has a no-hitter going in the 6th at Coors. Yeah, at Coors.

Edit: and there it goes.

nmigliore · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 10:08 pm

Rob Johnson generated more swinging strikes tonight than Robert Carson (1). He also threw more offspeed pitches for a strike (1).

:lol:

rejoice1 · **Joined:** Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:33 pm **Posts:** 4744

can we bid Acosta Adieu now, please?

Hilltop · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 10:44 pm

R Nitelight wrote:

Hilltop wrote:

Metro2007 wrote:

Poor Verlander:(

I don't remember the '04 draft. Was Verlander priced out of our range? It's rough to think we were 1 pick away from Bruce and Verlander. What a different team it would be. Oh, well. If ifs and buts were candy and knots....you know the rest.

Verlander was off the board.

I should have worded better. I knew he was off one spot before us but did the Mets actually have a chance at signing him if they had taken him?

pennst92 · **Joined:** Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:42 pm **Posts:** 1445

I hate to rage against the machine, but Niese has gotta be the most frustrating guy on the staff...yeah, I know, pick your reliever, but Niese has got good stuff but never seems to be able to put it together from start to start.

terrible...

MarkJohnson>You · **Joined:** Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:56 pm **Posts:** 41184

Not the most impressive debut inning but count me "in" for Carson. Can't teach consistent 96, especially from the left side.

The off speed stuff lags but that's special velocity. I like it- lets make something of it.

MarkJohnson>You · **Joined:** Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:56 pm **Posts:** 41184

We've heard whispers of this in the past, mostly from Andy Martino, but now a quote from Warthen about Niese's work ethic:

Quote:

"He’s had a couple of poor games against teams he doesn’t know very well,” Warthen told Puma. “A couple of us talked to him the other day and told him he could do a little bit better with the studying of hitters.”

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/mets/war ... CCA431OkUP

Road Trip -- IGT 5/18 Mets (Niese) @ Jays (Romero)

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