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Back Pages: Santana, Series in Washington

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Elliot Teichman

Honestly, I don’t remember last time the back pages covered a preview of the Mets next series. I guess we really are the talk of the town:

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Get To Know A Draft Pick: Gavin Cecchini (Louisiana’s Mr. Baseball)

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Elliot Teichman

With the 12th pick in the draft, the Mets selected SS Gavin Cecchini out of Louisiana (Barbe High School). Currently Cecchini has a commitment with Ole Miss.

The Mets actually draft Gavin a day after he was named Louisiana’s Mr. Baseball. In his senior season Gavin had a .413 BA, 7 HR, 32 RBI and 31 SB. In this article, Gavin talks about how he was actually benched by his father (his coach) after a slump early on in his High School career. Right off the bat from reading this article, I’m a fan of Gavin’s mental make up. Fighting through a slump and hardship early helps lead to success later on (or in other words, its better to fail and overcome early than have that happen later on in life, Ike Davis). This explains why some of his early high school numbers look fairly awful. His rebound though, obviously, has been fantastic.

This profile talks about Gavin’s quick hands and ability to hit the ball hard to all parts of the field. The profile mentions that he has the physical make up to stay at the short stop position, and potentially be a speed threat, which is lacking right now in the Mets current farm system. The major rankers have him ranked between 11 and 19 overall, and as one of the best SS in the draft.

This pick seems to make sense with the Nimmo pick from last year. Try to roll the dice with the high picks, and (we’ll see as the draft progresses) go with the safer college picks soon after. As with all high school players, signability could be an issue. The Mets right now lack bat prospects and getting some deep in the system like Cecchini and Nimmo could be the nice boost that the farm system needs, especially if the Mets go into full on compete mode in 2014 and need to trade some prospects.

Game Preview: Cardinals @ Mets

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Elliot Teichman

The Mets go for the four game sweep this afternoon as they play the Cardinals at home for game 4 of the of the series. Last night in 8th inning the Cardinals were finally able to scratch out a run against the Mets but it wasn’t nearly enough as the Mets won 6-1 thanks in large part to a great start by Jon Niese where he struck out 10 batters and had one of his best curve balls of the season. Dillon Gee tries to keep the momentum going today as he faces off against Kyle Lohse.

Gee is 4-3 on the season with a 4.69 ERA. Dillon is starting to get some momentum of his own as in his last two starts he has pitched a combined 13.2 innings allowing 3 ER, which is an ERA of 1.98. Last season he faced the Cards once and picked up the win after pitching 7.0 innings allowing only 2 ER. The Cardinals have the following numbers against Gee:

Freese 1-3
Holliday 0-3
Molina 0-3

Lohse is 5-1 with a 3.36 ERA over 11 starts and 67 innings of work. In his last four starts he has pitched a total of 23.2 innings with no record and a 5.70 ERA. Last season he faced the Mets once pitching 5.2 innings while allowing 10 hits and 4 ER. The Mets have the following numbers against Kyle:

Wright 9-19, 2B, 2 HR
Hairston 1-7
Murphy 0-5
Duda 1-2
Quintanilla 1-7

Let’s Go Mets!

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2012 Uniform Change: San Francisco become the 1912 Giants

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Elliot Teichman

In one of the best throwback games of the year, the Giants and the Cubs turned back the clock 100 years on Saturday and both teams looked great. The Giants wore the 1912 New York Giants uniforms which were blank with dark pinstripes and the interlocking NY on the sleeve (and number on the back). A lot of the players wore the socks to match as well creating this awesome uniform look.

You can actually buy these uniforms as well, which is where their cool factor drops by about 2920393 points. First off, you can’t get a blank one, but all of them not only have numbers on the back, they have names as well…why?!

Also in normal MLB fashion, you can purchase the Giants‘ hat for $35. However, the Giants hat is a blank hat. So for the second time this year you can spend $35 to purchase a blank MLB hat.

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Back Pages: Maher and Niese

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Elliot Teichman

Three straight days of back page/front page dominance from the NY Mets:

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Game Preview: Cardinals @ Mets

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Elliot Teichman

The Mets were selected for the 8 PM game tonight as the Mets and Cardinals play game 3 in their 4 game set. Before tonight’s game, the Mets will honor John Franco as he enters the Mets Hall of Fame. In on the field news, the Mets have dominated so far this series as Johan Santana threw a no hitter and Dickey pitched a complete game shut out yesterday. Jon Niese will try to keep it going tonight as he takes on Jake Westbrook.

Niese is 3-2 on the season over 10 games with a 4.55 ERA over 55.1 innings of work. The month of May wasn’t so kind to Niese as he made 6 starts, 2 good, 4 not so good and ended up with a 6.07 ERA over the month. Last season he had a good start against the Cardinals as he pitched 6.0 innings with 3 ER and 5 hits while striking out 7 batters. The Cardinals have the following numbers against Jon:

Holliday 1-7
Molina 0-6
Freese 0-3
Furcal 0-2

The Mets bats will get a crack at Jake Westbrook tonight who is 4-4 with a 3.54 ERA over 10 game sand 61.0 innings of work. Jake is 0-2 in his last four starts as he has also struggled in the month of May. The Cards are 0-4 in those four starts as Westbrook posted an ERA of 8.10. Jake enjoyed success against the Mets last year as he was 1-0 in two starts with a 1.93 ERA (3 ER over 14.0 innings). The Mets have the following numbers against Jake:

Torres 3-12, 2B
Wright 0-7
Davis 2-4
Duda 2-3, 2B
Murphy 0-3
Thole 2-2, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

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2012 Uniform Change: Milwaukee Brewers (Cerveceros)

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Elliot Teichman

Last night the Brewers had their annual Milwaukee Cervececros celebration and for the second straight year they went with gold tops instead of navy blue or any of their other uniform tops.

Via Uni Watch Blog, here is a picture of this years jerseys and last years.

It looks like this year they dulled the uniform color as compared to last year. Although the version they are selling online this year, looks a lot like last years, no?

Here’s last year’s article that has some photos of older Cerveceros jerseys.

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Back Pages: Day After the No-Hitter

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Elliot Teichman

The Mets on the New York back pages continue to salute Johan Santana:

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Game Preview: Cardinals @ Mets

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Elliot Teichman

Johan Santana and the Mets made history last night. Honestly, since the last out of last night’s game thinking of baseball has been surreal. I’m positive no fan base ever has or ever will celebrate a regular season no-hitter like the Mets and Mets fans did last night. Anyway, Dickey is charged with following up Johan Santana’s performance as he takes on the Cardinals in this afternoon’s game. The Cardinals will be sending out Lance Lynn to try to quiet the Mets bats.

Dickey is 7-1 on the season with a 3.06 ERA over 64.2 innings of work. In the month of May Dickey made 5 starts with a 4-0 record over 34.0 innings of work and a 1.83 ERA. Last season he faced the Cardinals once going 6.1 innings allowing 8 hits and 4 earned runs. The Cardinals have the following numbers on R.A. Dickey:

Beltran 4-14, HR
Holliday 3-6, 2B
Molina 1-4
Freese 0-3

Lance Lynn is 8-1 this season with a 2.54 ERA over 63.2 innings of work. In his last four starts he is 2-1 over 25.0 innings of work with an ERA of 4.32. Lance has a very limited history against the Mets, last season he faced the Mets for 1.2 innings allowing 1 ER. The Mets have the following numbers against Lynn:

Torres 1-3
Duda 0-1
Murphy 0-1

Let’s Go Mets! Check 213 Miles From Shea!