pmallon

Going with a group tomorrow in two cars. One has a preferred passes and other does not. I was wondering if any one got there early enough to purchase a preferred pass? I think we got there 45 minutes after the lots opened for the first game and they were already holding the sign for pass holders only.

1-0 Win with Estrada going 5 innings, I'll take it!!

gotta be yo's last guy?

he is a little faster than Mark Kotsay...thanks Craig for that

We don't know what the long term plan is. They may ride the k-rod/axford duo for a couple of weeks. Rest everyone else until August. At that point maybe he starts letting the starters go deeper. Like I said if they keep pitching like this it is hard not to save everyone else at the expense of two guys. It is a good problem to have to say the least because it means they are all pitching well. Two factors that make me believe Marcum should have been pulled, while I felt strongly Narvy should have been kept in: 1) KRod/Ax didn't pitch yesterday and have Monday off. So they should be fresh over the next few days. 2) Nrcy was cruising more than Marcum, who was giving up a lot of fly balls the last couple innings, including a HR and near HR. RR is in a no win situation. He lets Narv in and Narv blows up like he seems to do we get after him for that. At this point in the season I subscribe to if you warm a guy up you use him. I think that helps keep everyone a little more fresh. You got more than you expected at that point out of Narv and Marcum. Use the weapons you have and get the win. Which RR seems to think involves K-rod/Axford duo. Right now it is very hard to argue with given the results (Wins and rest for and over worked bullpen prior to the K-rod trade).

You don't use him in every situation he is available because then at some point in time he isn't going to be available. Like I said. I don't think its a terrible situation to use him in. I just think you let Shaun start the inning and if anyone gets on base you bring him in. No need to burn him with Marcum cruising when who knows when we are going to need him next. We don't know what the long term plan is. They may ride the k-rod/axford duo for a couple of weeks. Rest everyone else until August. At that point maybe he starts letting the starters go deeper. Like I said if they keep pitching like this it is hard not to save everyone else at the expense of two guys. It is a good problem to have to say the least because it means they are all pitching well.

Big start to the end of the road trip!!

Only 90 pitches and the bottom of the order coming up. Why would they do that?If the back end keeps pitching well it's hard to argue with. It keeps the starters fresh.

You barely notice Joe West when he is behind the plate.

or ask him why he has been taking 3-2 strikes while running to first?

I agree that I don't see Boras accepting arbitration. I also don't think K-rod hired Boras with the intention of accepting. He is looking for one last pay day.

But neither of these apply to Gamel. Correct. I was just trying to answer your question about if they could be on the 40 man roster and traded. If this article is correct and those are the only two ways a player on the 40 man is a PTBNL, we can be assured it's not Gamel. Otherwise he would have been named already.

From what I gather they can be on the 40 man roster.

Looks like we are getting 5 mil from the Mets. http://twitter.com/#!/Joelsherman1/status/91014033792176128

I'm guessing we won't know the players for a while. I think they have 6 months to name the PTBNL. It will be a lot like the CC trade where we give them a list of players and they decided after the Minor League season has finished as to which ones they want.