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Thursday, May 15, 2008

SNY: Head to Head: Subway Series debate

Oh, shiit, stay out of all NY bars!...The bogus “SUBWAY SERIES© ® ™ £” is back! Steve Lombardi & Matthew Cerrone take it on.

Lombardi: Actually, the Mets other starters will present problems for the Yankees as well. Lefties have only batted .103 against (Saturday’s starter) Oliver Perez and the Yankees line-up is heavily weighted with them. (Also, while Perez’ ERA this season is almost five, it’s 3.86 on the road.) Lastly, some guy named Johan Santana will be pitching the other game for the Mets (on Friday).

When you see the significant stats for the Mets pitchers slated to start this series, and factor in the Yankees’ offensive woes, it becomes very clear that the Yankees will need Rasner, Pettitte and Wang to be on their game to win these games.

Coming into the games of May 14th, the Mets bullpen had allowed an OPS of .700 - which is just about league average for this split. On the flipside, the Yankees bullpen had allowed an OPS of .654 - which is better than league average.

If the Yankees starters can keep these games close, then I like the chances of their bullpen holding the line, and them winning against the Mets.

Repoz Posted: May 15, 2008 at 09:21 AM | 12 comment(s)
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1. Let The Healing Begin...(Met Fan Charlie) Posted: May 15, 2008 at 10:09 AM (#2781702)

I'm a-scared of this weekend...

2. Cowboy Popup Posted: May 15, 2008 at 10:21 AM (#2781714)

Eh, I'm more concerned with how they do against Kazmir tonight. The Yanks lose to Santana and eat Maine's lunch like they did last year. The series will be decided by which Ollie shows up.

3. Mets Fan Posted: May 15, 2008 at 10:33 AM (#2781725)

" eat Maine's lunch like they did last year"

The Yankees were a better team last year. MUCH better.

4. Benji Posted: May 15, 2008 at 11:50 AM (#2781842)

I can only hope for two out of three because Heilman will blow at least one of them.

5. SoSH U at work Posted: May 15, 2008 at 11:55 AM (#2781853)

Oh great, it's time for the in-season exhibition season part of the schedule.

6. Pagans in the Outfield (Matt) Posted: May 15, 2008 at 12:02 PM (#2781866)

Interleague play already? Really?

7. Paul Bunyan in technicolor (Justin T) Posted: May 15, 2008 at 12:19 PM (#2781885)

Baseball is pretty much dead to me during interleague play, and will be especially so now that they have struck up the band during finals. Last season, my interest in the season never fully recovered. Interleague play sucks so bad.

8. BTF's left-wing cheering section (formerly_dp) Posted: May 15, 2008 at 12:21 PM (#2781890)

The Yankees have a solid team, but like the Mets they have a lot of holes. I keep waiting for the Met offense to explode for a couple of weeks, but it hasn't happened yet. Having Endy up instead of Alou with the game on the line was a bit frustrating, and it's pretty much par for the course with how the season has been going...

9. Let The Healing Begin...(Met Fan Charlie) Posted: May 15, 2008 at 04:36 PM (#2782496)

I'm a-scared of this weekend...

After this afternoon's action, I'm now terrified of this weekend...

10. JJ1986 Posted: May 15, 2008 at 04:45 PM (#2782528)

The Mets need to call up Pascucci to DH. I don't want to see Angel Pagan or Marlon Anderson in the lineup.

11. Van Lingle Mungo Jerry Posted: May 15, 2008 at 05:14 PM (#2782561)

Pagan was placed on the DL. What you meant to say was "I don't want to see Fernando Tatis or Marlon Anderson in the lineup."

12. Mets Fan Posted: May 15, 2008 at 09:08 PM (#2782712)

Will be Endy against the righties, right?

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