****Official 2007 NY Mets NL East Champs Thread****

[capone0]

Good luck with Jorge Sosa. I'm assuming the same one that had 1 good season for the Braves, then was horrid two seasons ago.

[BobOjedaFan]

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Park started over Sosa because Sosa had pitched on Sunday. I guess they could have held him out of his start on Sunday, but I can't find fault with keeping Sosa on track the way he's pitching in AAA. And let's not forget that Sosa had a very bad year last year. There's nothing wrong with being more careful with him in the hope you can recapture 2005, instead of bouncing him up and down as you can do with Park, who the team probably cares less about.

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Umm, Sosa was unavailable because he pitched the DAY BEFORE!. They knew about the injury before he made that meanigless start for New Orleans. Yes I haven't forgotten that Sosa has a bad yr last yr. But let's also not forget Chan Ho Park's entire BAD CAREER. Thats why theyre both in AAA, if they were awesome theyde be in the majors. Both were given the opportunity to see who could suck less. Sosa was obviously the winner. The Mets need to reward performance, not being the bigger name.

[BobOjedaFan]

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Good luck with Jorge Sosa. I'm assuming the same one that had 1 good season for the Braves, then was horrid two seasons ago.

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Yeah, remember that time he gave up 2 Grand Slams in the same inning to one guy?, ...... oh wait

[capone0]

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Park started over Sosa because Sosa had pitched on Sunday. I guess they could have held him out of his start on Sunday, but I can't find fault with keeping Sosa on track the way he's pitching in AAA. And let's not forget that Sosa had a very bad year last year. There's nothing wrong with being more careful with him in the hope you can recapture 2005, instead of bouncing him up and down as you can do with Park, who the team probably cares less about.

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Umm, Sosa was unavailable because he pitched the DAY BEFORE!. They knew about the injury before he made that meanigless start for New Orleans. Yes I haven't forgotten that Sosa has a bad yr last yr. But let's also not forget Chan Ho Park's entire BAD CAREER. Thats why theyre both in AAA, if they were awesome theyde be in the majors. Both were given the opportunity to see who could suck less. Sosa was obviously the winner. The Mets need to reward performance, not being the bigger name.

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Sosa has had 1 good half of a season with the Braves. It's pretty much an outlier if you look at the rest of his stats. He might be pitching well in the minors but I don't trust the guy. I'm saying this as a Braves fan. I think he might be able to have a couple of solid starts, but I wouldn't expect him to do anything for your team. Chan Ho Park sucks, but Sosa is not that much better or worse.

[BobOjedaFan]

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Park started over Sosa because Sosa had pitched on Sunday. I guess they could have held him out of his start on Sunday, but I can't find fault with keeping Sosa on track the way he's pitching in AAA. And let's not forget that Sosa had a very bad year last year. There's nothing wrong with being more careful with him in the hope you can recapture 2005, instead of bouncing him up and down as you can do with Park, who the team probably cares less about.

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Umm, Sosa was unavailable because he pitched the DAY BEFORE!. They knew about the injury before he made that meanigless start for New Orleans. Yes I haven't forgotten that Sosa has a bad yr last yr. But let's also not forget Chan Ho Park's entire BAD CAREER. Thats why theyre both in AAA, if they were awesome theyde be in the majors. Both were given the opportunity to see who could suck less. Sosa was obviously the winner. The Mets need to reward performance, not being the bigger name.

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Sosa has had 1 good half of a season with the Braves. It's pretty much an outlier if you look at the rest of his stats. He might be pitching well in the minors but I don't trust the guy. I'm saying this as a Braves fan. I think he might be able to have a couple of solid starts, but I wouldn't expect him to do anything for your team. Chan Ho Park sucks, but Sosa is not that much better or worse.

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Yeah, so why not reward the guy who's actually pitching well? This isn't even a question of me wanting the Mets to win at this point. It's agreed both guys suck, you have similar chances with either, then you might as well REWARD the guy who is pitching well in the minors. I'm making this complaint on the behalf of Sosa.

[BobOjedaFan]

And to the guy who said Sosa is pitching well in the minors so because of that we don't want to mess it up and take him out of rotation. That is the friggan baseball equivalent of a girl turning you down because she doesn't want to 'ruin the friendship'

[Wynton]

Wasn't Sosa 13-3 in 2005, with an ERA of 2.55, before turning awful last year (ERA over 5)?

That gives one somewhat more hope than the track record of Park, who looks like he has no chance of ever being good again.

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And to the guy who said Sosa is pitching well in the minors so because of that we don't want to mess it up and take him out of rotation. That is the friggan baseball equivalent of a girl turning you down because she doesn't want to 'ruin the friendship'

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lol totally agree. if they started sosa knowing full well they'd need a spot start on monday it's ridiculous.

James

[Needle77]

Well this can all be solved if Ollie can stay on his current trend of good starts. Pelfrey has an important start tonight and if he can get a quality start, great, or just keep it like 3 runs in 5 or 6 innings would be great as well.

[capone0]

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Wasn't Sosa 13-3 in 2005, with an ERA of 2.55, before turning awful last year (ERA over 5)?

That gives one somewhat more hope than the track record of Park, who looks like he has no chance of ever being good again.

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Check out the rest of his pitching. I know he was with TB, but he had 1 year which is an obvious outlier. I could careless, as a Braves fan I hope he pitches for you guys but I wouldn't expect anything close to 2005. I'm not even sure why he was so good in 2005, maybe it was our pitching coach, but last year he was a disaster.