Ex Met Bannister To Start For Royals
Former Met Brian Bannister has been recalled by the Kansas City Royals and will start their game against the Indians on Wednesday night in Cleveland. Bannister, 28, was 0-1 with a 3.46 ERA in three starts for Omaha. He suffered through a 9-16 season last year with a 5.76 ERA. Bannister was traded by the […]
Delcos: When Is It Enough Regarding Burgos
I was going to write a post about Ambiorix Burgos today following the investigation in his involvement in a hit and run accident that left 2 women dead. (Police say Burgos was driving the SUV that hit the women.) John Delcos beat me to it on his NY Mets Report blog with a post he […]
Crasnick: Banny On The Verge
Jerry Crasnick at ESPN.com has written about several young pitchers on the verge of something big. Coming in at fourth on the list (out of 9) is Brian Bannister. About the former Met Crasnick says “Outside of Greg Maddux, there might not be a pitcher in the game right now so consistently described as “cerebral.” […]
El Duque Starting Slow
It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted but interestingly enough not much has happened. Carlos Beltran had a mini war of words through the media with Jimmy Rollins after Beltran said the Mets were the team to beat this year. Oliver Perez handed the Mets organization their first arbitration loss in 16 years. […]
Three Rehabbing Pitchers
Some off season injury notes…. Orlando Hernandez had a bunion removed from his foot. El Duque will also have surgery to repair a tendon in his right foot. He should be ready in plenty of time for spring training. Duaner Sanchez may participate in winter ball and is expected to be ready for spring training. […]
Bullpen Notes
With Duaner Sanchez out at least four months with a hairline fracture in his right shoulder and Guillermo Mota serving a 50 game suspension for steroids use the Mets bullpen is suffering. Aaron Heilman will now cover the 8th inning but he has been slowed by tendinitis and off season acquisition Ambiorix Burgos has had […]
Burgos Impresses
Most of the local Mets beat writers who have blogs have commented on Ambiorix Burgos first session against live batters today. Apparently the guy throws some real heat. Lastings Milledge was heard saying “ow!” as he ran to first base after hitting a ground ball to second base. I’m not really surprised that Burgos throws […]
Banny Banishded for Reliever
There are reports that the Mets are close to a trade that would send starting pitcher Brian Bannister to the Kansas City Royals for reliever Ambiorix Burgos. Burgos is looked at as a kind of Oliver Perez of the bullpen: high upside but yet to consistently perform to his potential.
