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Mets roundtable discussion, part five: Second-tier pitchers on the free-agent market

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:28:00 +0000

With the hot stove league upon us, I asked four independent Mets bloggers for their thoughts on the state of the team and some of the decisions the Mets will face in the weeks and months ahead.

The 'Ropolitans | NY Mets Baseball Blog found this 2 days ago on nj.com

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Mets Looking Closely At Former Cardinals Starter

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:11:39 +0000

Yesterday, Adam Rubin of the Daily News reported that the Mets have some interest in free agent pitcher Joel Pineiro. The Mets, in search of an innings-eater to stabilize their rotation, are particularly intrigued by free-agent righthander Joel Pineiro, according to a team insider. ...

joed86 posted 4 days ago from metsmerizedonline.com

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Caveat Emptor

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:00:27 +0000

Hearing the Mets may be interested in free agent Joel Pineiro makes me very leery. After all doesn’t life for a Cardinals pitcher end post Duncan? The most recent example would be Jeff Suppan, a name that sends chills down every Mets fans spine. Suppan probably got his 4 year/$42 ...

msilva177 posted 5 days ago from nybaseballdigest.com

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How “lucky” were they? A look at FA starting pitchers

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:09:52 +0000

Judging by ERA, Seattle’s Erik Bedard (2.82) and Los Angeles’s Randy Wolf (3.23) would appear to have had the best seasons of this winter’s crop of free-agent starting pitchers (min. 70 IP). But did they? Expected Fielding Independent Pitching (xFIP) tells another story. By ...

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Joel Pineiro » Statistics » Batting | FanGraphs Baseball

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:00:47 +0000

Analysis: While tossing a career-high 214 innings, Pineiro won 15 games, produced a 3.53 ERA, struck out 105 and walked 27. His 1.14 walk-to-innings ratio was the best in the league, and Pineiro also ranked first in the majors with a 2.73-to-1 ground ball-to-fly ball ratio last season. Pineiro ...

The Real Dirty Mets Blog found this 12 days ago on fangraphs.com

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Cardinals Not Expecting Much At GM Meetings

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:11:02 +0000

Cardinals GM John Mozeliak is lowering expectations for this week even though his team has plenty of issues to address this offseason, according to Joe Strauss The St. Louis Post Dispatch . "I'd say the chances of us making anything happen there is very small," said Cardinals general manager ...

A League of Her Own found this 13 days ago on mlbtraderumors.com

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Free Agent Joel Pineiro

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:02:27 +0000

Joel Pineiro is a guy who got a lot of press this season because of his drastic shift from an ok pitch-to-contact, slight ground ball pitcher to an amazing tiny BB rate, extreme ground ball pitcher. As a free agent it is incumbent on teams examine the roots of this change as they evaluate him. ...

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New York Mets eye durable free-agent pitcher Joel Pineiro

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:55:41 +0000

The Mets , in search of an innings-eater to stabilize their rotation, are particularly intrigued by free-agent righthander Joel Pineiro , according to a team insider. Pineiro, 31, had 15 wins with the Cardinals in 2009, one shy of the career high he set with Seattle six years earlier. While ...

Circling The Bases found this 5 days ago on nydailynews.com

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Mets trolling the garbage heap, interested in Joel Piñeiro.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:54:52 +0000

Jon Heyman is tweeting that the Mets are interested in Piniero if his price tag falls below the $30 million mark over 3 years. The 31 year old right hander had a career year for the Cardinals this year. He was 15-12 and had an e.r.a of 3.49 over the span of 214 innings. His ...

bdepersis posted 11 days ago from metscitiblog.com

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Alberto vs. Orlando

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:52:15 +0000

Now that the Phuzzies have become the former world champions — dropping the World Series to New York’s Jedi Knights – we can return to baseball’s second season: as ultimate a test for GMs and owners as the on-the-field play of their counterparts during the regular ...

markperrydc posted 11 days ago from centerfieldgate.com

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Pineiro intrigues Mets...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:05:00 +0000

According to Adam Rubin at the Daily News the Mets are intrigued by Joel Pineiro. This is the second time this short off-season that Pineiro has been mentioned. It all depends on who you talk to in regards to him, some believe he always had the talent and just became confident in his skills, ...

edfever posted 5 days ago from metsfever.blogspot.com

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New York Mets after Joel Pineiro

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

The New York Mets had a dismal season last year and, beyond Johan Santana (notes) , the team could use a lot of help on the starting pitching front. Rumor has it the team is interested in signing Joel Pineiro (notes) , according to Sports Illustrated. Pineiro has spent the last three years ...

The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus found this 9 days ago on sports.yahoo.com

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Mets interested in Joel Pineiro

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:49:00 +0000

Already beginning the PR machine the Mets have begun to discard the top tier of free agents as being too expensive and are beginning to focus their efforts on the next level of free agents. One of the first things to come out of the GM meetings was that were already finding excuses to not be ...

edfever posted 11 days ago from metsfever.blogspot.com

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Mets Interested in Pineiro and Edwin Jackson

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:59:21 +0000

Two more names popped up on the rumor mill tonight: Joel Pineiro and Edwin Jackson. I am not surprised hearing Pineiro’s name since I thought back in September the Mets would go that route versus upgrading to John Lackey. The word that Pineiro wants $30 million for 3 years should ...

msilva177 posted 11 days ago from nybaseballdigest.com

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