2008 is over. I want this to be the longest running 2009 baseball thread.

Troll me here if the Phillies win, so I'll see it.

My wishlist for the offseason:

- Castillo to die. Or at the very least be injured seriously.

- Orlando Hudson at 2B
- Daniel Murphy to start in LF with Nick Evans spotting him
- Sign Derek Lowe or AJ Burnett
- Juan Cruz, Brandon Lyon and K-Rod added to the bullpen. We can keep a healthy Heilman, Feliciano, Smith, Stokes (in AAA on reserve) and I would like to see Kunz and/or Parnell in the majors.

Santana, Pelfrey, Burnett, Maine and Niese is my preferred starting 5.

10/19/2008 8:42:22 PM

add another to the prediction list:

10/19/2008 8:50:10 PM

After 44 years of mediocrity in Shea, here's to Citi Field:

10/19/2008 9:13:51 PM

let the "Shitty Field" jokes begin

10/19/2008 9:17:46 PM

A nickname befitting of its tenants

10/19/2008 9:24:36 PM

Maybe these cocksuckers will grow a pair of balls after seeing their biggest recent rivals win a title?

Anyway, I hate baseball right now and will continue to do so until the first move of the offseason is made.

10/27/2008 1:13:35 PM

Durham native, Razor Shines, signed on to be the Mets new 3b coach.

Coolest name in bball

10/28/2008 1:05:31 AM

when i first heard 'citi field' i thought it was 'city field', having only heard it, and thought it was really cool that they managed to do it w/o a sponsor.

oh well, go phils.

10/28/2008 1:21:50 AM

You really want Brandon Lyon on your team?

I wouldn't even want him on the Cardinals bullpen and theirs was worst in the bigs nearly this year.

10/28/2008 1:26:33 AM

there are talks of manny in left

10/28/2008 1:46:53 AM

The Curse of ... Billy Wagner?

Today we are all Phillies haters.

10/29/2008 10:59:22 PM

Fuentes or K-Rod? Thoughts? K-Rod will be a more risky contract life/expense.

Mets-Phils will be the most intense rivalry in baseball next year. I would be shocked if we didn't see a couple of brawls...

11/4/2008 12:18:23 PM

Bandwagon dude in my building was already sporting his "World Phucking Champions" shirt today

11/4/2008 1:24:06 PM

Quote :

"K-Rod added to the bullpen"

check.

reportedly 3 yr/$37M

12/9/2008 3:35:22 PM

I've shifted gears. Huston Street is the 8th inning guy. Get him Omar. Heilman and Evans. Give up Feliciano if need be... He's there for the taking.

Also sign Chad Cordero on a 1 year deal for $2M or so to prove he is healthy and then he can go close elsewhere next year.

12/9/2008 7:39:51 PM

i'm skeptical

so we'll see

12/9/2008 8:32:39 PM

If we had a reliable closer last year then the Phillies wouldn't even had made the playoffs. I'm psyched for 2009.

12/10/2008 5:13:46 PM

8:46 p.m. — Mets close to landing Putz

The Mets are close to landing a setup man for new closer Francisco Rodriguez — and that setup man is another closer from the American League West.

J.J. Putz appears headed to the Mets in a three-team trade with the Mariners and Indians.

Mets right-hander Aaron Heilman, outfielder Endy Chavez and first-base prospect Mike Carp are in the deal, as is Indians outfielder Franklin Gutierrez.

It is not yet clear which players are headed where.

- from Ken Rosenthal's blog

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That'd be awesome. Putz would be a great setup man and good insurance if something, God forbid, should happen to K-Rod. Plus I won't have to see the crappy posture of Aaron Heilman again.

12/10/2008 9:01:32 PM

J.J. Pootz

12/11/2008 12:41:57 AM

The Mets are definitely trying to address their needs. I wonder what will happen between K-Rod and Wagner if/when he comes back in 2010? Hopefully Putz will get hurt again next year and K-Rod will continue to decline (his stats were not that impressive other than the saves total in 08).

12/11/2008 8:46:19 AM

Wagner will never again pitch in a mets uniform

12/11/2008 10:28:14 AM

I really liked Joe Smith and I absolutely loved Endy Chavez...so sad to see them go.

12/11/2008 5:17:30 PM

I'm praying Lowe signs on, this pitching staff is going to be beastly.

[Edited on January 5, 2009 at 1:44 AM. Reason : -]

1/5/2009 1:43:55 AM

lol

who starts a new thread every season?

YOU START A W00T THREAD AND PRAY IT LASTS

1/5/2009 2:56:05 AM

Not sure I like this...I prefer a pitchers park over a bandbox like in Philly

but I hope it doesn't play like Petco where homeruns are rarities

Quote :

"Citi Field, the new ballpark for the New York Mets, is poised to become MLB's new Grand Canyon. City Field is a vast, cool weather, sea-level stadium, and those factors will have a hugely negative impact on home runs. *snip* Johan Santana and the rest of the Mets pitching staff will like the new park, but the Mets' front office should sign their power hitters now, before the word gets out. In spring 2009, baseball fans are going to get a live demonstration of what happens when a team sets out to design a pitcher's park, and overdo"

1/8/2009 10:16:17 AM

^ damn that is going to be a tough place to hit. When you factor in all of the offensive declines across baseball since the steroid era ended plus a huge park, we are going to be seeing a lot of 2-1, 3-2 games in the new stadium.

1/8/2009 11:29:20 AM

Don't forget about the airplanes knocking down potential homers as well.

1/8/2009 11:31:11 AM

Quote :

"lol who starts a new thread every season?"

Uh, we're Mets fans. Why would we want to be reminded of last season (repeat).

1/8/2009 11:44:28 AM

hopefully minaya wont blow it when it comes to signing lowe. id really hate to over pay for oliver perez

1/8/2009 6:22:59 PM

Count in Tim Redding for 2009.

1/10/2009 9:32:49 PM

So I read on metsblog that Wagner feels he might be ready in August.

How sick a backend of the bullpen would Wagner, Putz and K-Rod be?

^ meh... #5 at best and probably no better than Neise would be.

*** Also, check out this BOMB by F-Mart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5OtnS9doUg

[Edited on January 12, 2009 at 5:23 PM. Reason : x]

1/12/2009 5:22:34 PM

Quote :

"A person familiar with the Mets' actions confirmed on Monday that the club had reached a tentative agreement with the Perez on a three-year, $36 million contract."

"the Perez" lol

2/2/2009 7:38:17 PM

i have no idea why, but i really like oliver perez.

2/2/2009 7:54:44 PM

I do too. He walks a hell of a lot of batters (most walks in 2008 of any MLB pitcher) but he always keeps the game close enough to win. Mets.com says he had more no decisions last year (17) than any pitcher in Mets history. With a real bullpen, he has a chance to be a 20 game winner.

2/2/2009 7:59:00 PM

I like him at 8

I could live with him at 10

I hate him at 12

2/2/2009 8:08:45 PM

12 what? wins?

2/2/2009 8:44:07 PM

I heard today that they Mets are going to make Oscar Wilde their official mascot for the 09 season... wtf

2/2/2009 8:47:52 PM

^^ $mil/yr i assume

2/2/2009 9:06:18 PM

Who do you guys have for Left Field this year? I'm not sold on second base either.


Also, tim redding blows.

you guys should sign manny, hudson, and Sheets.

2/2/2009 9:16:30 PM

LF is Doug Murphy, he's a star in the making. He only had 50 games and 130 at-bats last year, but he hit .313 and he averaged 1.5 bases-per-hit (for comparison, David Wright was 1.7 and Jose Reyes was 1.6).

I'm worried about 2B but having a guaranteed 6 solid players in the lineup every night (Reyes, Wright, Beltran, Murphy, Church) makes me pretty happy, most teams don't have that. If Delgado continues where he left off last season then 2B is the only position to have any worries about.

2/2/2009 11:47:03 PM

daniel, doug, what's the difference?

2/3/2009 12:38:29 AM

Right. Sorry, not sure where Doug came from.

2/3/2009 12:51:08 AM

* Daniel Murphy

And interesting that Manny rejected his ONLY offer.

2/3/2009 11:38:25 AM

i really enjoyed watching murphy last year

however, i am still not convinced that he is more than a utility guy. yeah he was swinging a hot stick at the end of the year, but he is a below avg defender and avg baserunner.

i am hoping he does well because he was fun to watch

2/3/2009 4:59:31 PM

I'm really excited for this season, more so than the last 2 years. Every year we fix something different (offense, rotation, this year bullpen) and right now I don't see any major issues.

2/3/2009 6:46:00 PM

Anyone lined up for naming rights to the stadium if Citi backs out? I wonder what the chances of "New Shea Stadium" would be.

Let's Go Mets

2/4/2009 12:18:11 AM

Did anyone just see FMart's SHOT in the Caribbean WS? Only 2 RBIs in the 2-1 win... kid is going to be special.

Actually we have a few really good prospects coming along. FMart, 16 year old Wilmer Flores (his numbers in Rookie ball were siiiccckkk for a 16 year old) and I really like Brad Holt from UNC-W. He'll start at AA next year and he was unhittable in Brooklyn...

2/4/2009 12:19:54 AM

We got that guy from USCar in the draft last year too...he looked pretty good when NCSU played them in the regional.

2/4/2009 12:33:11 AM

Yeah, Reese Havens. He had elbow ligament soreness last year so he didn't play that much. He was drafted as a SS, but there were talks about moving him to 2B (that probably isn't realistic) or even C.

Ike Davis was our first overall pick, and he was fucking terrible in his half season in A ball...

2/4/2009 12:36:20 AM

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2/6/2009 11:50:45 AM