Congratulations to the Netherlands on eliminating the Dominican Republic from the world’s foremost made up baseball tournament. Several good things come out of this:
Jose Reyes returns home to Jerry’s watchful eye. Now Jerry can tinker with the Boostillo and Reyes dynamic to see who should lead off, bat two, bat nine or be outrighted to Buffalo.
No more stories about how sharp Pedro looks against Kingsale, Schoop & de Caster. I mean if Pedro doesn’t mind throwing three innings out of the bullpen once a week while the Mets are losing 9-2, fine bring him in – but to start him every 5th day is just asking to chew the bullpen.
In other Mets news (yay, Mets news!) the Post mentions that Jerry Manuel seemed caught off guard by the Duaner Sanchez release. Omar, are you not talking to the manager about player moves? Maybe this really was a budgetary layoff. At least they aren’t laying off office workers like the Same Old Jets are (technically it’s a “furlough” but that’s not as snarky).
I refuse to be part of the John Maine panic. He said he felt good. That’s good enough for me. Spring is about getting your work in not winning games.
Welcome back Jose.
I’ve been following the WBC and have been rooting for the Netherlands very happily. First, Holland is the closest country to the UK. Second, I figure if the Dutch go all the way, it will minimize the number of Mets who are away from Spring Training. A Netherlands/Japan final would be ideal. Jose’s back so far; fingers crossed the Puerto Ricans are eliminated asap so we can get the heart of the lineup back.