The Mets Police

The Daily News reports that the Mets have asked MLB to change Andrew McCutchen’s hit on Saturday to an error on Dan Murphy.

What?

Hey baseball can you give one of our guys an error?

What??

It’s not like the hit stands between Dickey and a no-hitter.

The reason is to be “fair” and lower Dickey’s ERA.

What???

How does it help the Mets if Dickey has a lower ERA? So they can pay him more the next time his contract is up?

Friends, this is major evidence of the anti-Murph conspiracy. We saw it last week when the Mets benched the hottest hitter in baseball for a guy they DFA’d the next day. We heard it yesterday on the radio-cast where the two Not Howie’s tried to sell that Murphy left third early, and now this.

I’m on to you Mets, and #imwith28 and there are others in my group. We’ll be here, in the seats, watching you…

I was thinking about the business of baseball.

That’s where you spend some money to acquire a brand and some territorial rights. You need a storefront and some customers to visit. There are some additional revenue streams in broadcast rights and merchandise/licensing.

I grant you that Jose Reyes makes a baseball team better.

Does he help a business achieve profitability?

I have never worked for a baseball team so I don’t know.

Does “tickets + hot dogs + t-shirts + tv ads on SNY + rate at which WFAN renews” outweigh the salary it would take to pay Jose Reyes?

Is it more profitable to have “fewer tickets + fewer hot dogs + slightly lower ad rates + slightly lower WFAN rights” minus Tejada money?

I know the drill. Jose leaves, everyone complains. Nobody is ever going to be a Mets fan again. Bitch bitch complain.

Opening Day comes….full house. Ooh look Mike Piazza is throwing out the first pitch. One shiny new toy free agent and the merchandise starts moving. If the team ever gets in a pennant race the building will fill with all the “true” Mets fans.

I don’t know the answer. Ego aside, stomaching letting the Yankees own the town, with financial problems galore in Wilpon-land, is there another strategy here? Does winning actual matter to the business? It’s possible that it doesn’t.

Part of MLB.com’s radical new 21st century (2nd decade) inititative to let people embed clips! Imagine that!

I thought I’d take a player by player look at the team to see who has Manned Up and who has Played Better.  When I say “Played Better” I mean is playing better this season.

Dan Murphy – as discussed this morning, Manned Up about his error, has Played Better

Jose Reyes – definitely Played Better. Arguably an MVP season.

Tejada – definitely Played Better

Thole – needs to get with the program.  Man Up and tweet.  Play Better too.

Paulino – has Played Better.

Wright – hard to kill him with the back problem but would like to see him Play Better

Ike Davis – I miss this guy.  Incomplete.

Dillon Gee – totally Manned Up and Played Better.

RA Dickey – Mans up by playing one one foot.  Has Played Better last month

Capuano – I’d say he has Played Better than we have expected

Izzy – totally Manned Up by going out there seemingly every day.

Niese – has been playing fairly well..slightly better.

Santana – you know he’s gonna Man Up and pitch well when he gets back.

Bullpen Guys I didn’t mention – nothing excites me

K-Rod – he who helped create the phrase.  Manned Up, keeps quiet, pitched pretty well…good job.

Mike Pelfrey – dude you are supposed to be the ace.  Man Up and Play Better

Turner – definitely Played Better

Jason Bay – can’t say he hasn’t Manned Up.  He isn’t ducking criticism.  Does need to Play Better

Beltran – definitely Played Better

Duda – just got here but so far Played Better

Hairston & Harris – they need to Play Better

Pagan – has Played Better

Pridie – has Played Better

Overall, pretty impressive.  When you look at some of the names playing (aka Buffalo Bisons) you need to take a step back and applaud this bunch.  Imagine if the defacto ace was pitching like one, if the big bat in LF did anything, or if Ike and Wright handed in full seasons.  Add on some Santana…there might just be something here in 2012.

That’s it for half-Aase*  team analysis from me, back to unfiorms and randomness.

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Don Aase was 1-5 for the 1989 Mets.