New York Mets (MVP 05)

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Hey, people. I have decided to start a new owner with the New York Metropolitans. I'll see how long this lasts, but most likely, it will be a long time.
Keep in mind, I make A LOT of trades.

All stats and other info for this owner mode (home games being played at Fred Wilpon Stadium) will be posted on this site.
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BTW, I use a combination of all of Jistic's all-star level sliders. I play on the Cube.

Here's my stadium info:

Fred Wilpon Stadium
Field Shape: Small
Wall Color: Dark Green
Far Wall: Padded
Seat Color: Blue
Green Grass
Mow Pattern: Criss-Cross
Dirt: Dirt
Batter Box 1
EA Sports Logo

Bought Popcorn/Ice Cream
Bought Prospect Place
Bought Arcade Room

Well, that's what I've done so far. Trade info in a flash.

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Here's my trades and signing info (I did a lot, and am proud of what I've got ). These trades are from April 3rd and 4th.

Tom Glavine & Victor Zambrano to Oakland for Eric Chavez
Eric Chavez and Mike Ginter to Oakland for Barry Zito
Tyler Yates and Carlos Beltran for Ichiro
Kaz Matsui, Mike Piazza, and Grant Roberts to Baltimore for Javy Lopez and Top 100 prospect Rafael Rodriguez (I will be using the game's names)
Hideki Inoue, Rafael Rodriguez, and Pedro Feliciano for Mark Loretta
Signed Carlos Delgado
Signed Magglio Ordonez
Carlos Delgado, Magglio Ordonez, and Aaron Heilman for Miguel Tejada
Miguel Tejada and Andres Galarraga for Scott Rolen
Scott Rolen, Mike DeJean, and Scott Strickland for Mark Grudzielanek and Albert Pujols
Braden Looper and Mark Loretta for Francisco Rodriguez
Signed Roberto Hernandez
Signed Robb Nen
Robb Nen, Eric Valent, and Felix Heredia for Ricardo Rincon, Justin Duchscherer, and Top 100 prospect Pat Lidge.

More trades real soon.

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Signed Jeromy Burnitz
Jeromy Burnitz, Joe McEwing, and Danny Garcia for Juan Pierre
Cliff Floyd and Mike Cameron for Carl Crawford
Signed Esteban Loaiza
Signed Jeff Nelson
Signed Tony Clark
Signed Prospect Robert Johnson
Kris Benson and Esteban Loaiza for Tim Wakefield
Robert Johnson, Jae Weong Seo, and Jeff Nelson for Orlando Hernandez
Signed Prospect Brian Valenzuela
Signed Prospect Ken Robertson
Signed Aaron Sele
Aaron Sele for Jason Standridge
Chad Borland and Jason Phillips for Yhency Brazoban and Dioner Navarro
Victor Diaz for Chad Cordero
Signed Jay Powell
Jay Powell for Mark and Dick Smallenberg
Signed Steve Sparks
Steve Sparks, Ricky Bottalico, and Heath Bell for Chris Smallenberg and Andy Phillips
Called up Ramon Castro
Signed Prospect Lee Powell
Traded Craig Brazell for prospect Tim Matthews
Signed Buddy Groom
Signed Roberto Alomar
Buddy Groom and Roberto Alomar for Jose Offerman and Jason Kubel
Signed Prospect Kurt Mahood
Signed Prospect Raul Carroll
Mike Francisco and Jason Kubel for Joel Doonan

Well, how do you like the trades? Please post how you feel. I might get to player pages in the near future, but don't count on it. I plan for a great year.

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Pitching Rotation:

Pedro Martinez- Last year with Boston, he went 16-9 with a 3.90 E.R.A., and had 227 K's. He also won a World Series ring.

Barry Zito-

Last year with Oakland, he went 11-11 with a 4.48 E.R.A., and had 163 K's.
Steve Trachsel-

Last year, he went 12-13 with a 4.00 E.R.A., and had 117 K's.
Orlando Hernandez-

Last year with the New York Yankees, he went 8-2 with a 3.30 E.R.A., and had 84 K's.
Tim Wakefield-

Last year, as a teammate of Pedro Martinez in Boston, the knuckleballer went 12-10, with a 4.87 E.R.A., and had 116 K's.

LRP: Justin Duchsherer-

Last year with Oakland, Justin went 7-6 with a 3.27 E.R.A., had 59 K's, and no saves.
MRP: Yhency Brazoban-

Last year with the LA Dodgers, he went 6-2 with a 2.48 ERA, and had 27 K’s and 0 saves
MRP: Ricardo Rincon-

Last year with the Oakland A's, he went 1-1 with a 3.68 ERA, had 40 K’s and 0 saves
SU: Roberto Hernandez-

Last year with Philadelphia, he went 3-5 with a 4.76 ERA, had 44 K’s and 0 saves.
SU: Chad Cordero-

Last year with the Montreal Expos (who are no longer), he went 7-3, with a 2.94 ERA, had 83 K’s, and 14 saves.
CP: Francisco Rodriguez-


Last year as an Angel, he went 4-1 with a 1.82 ERA, had an amazing 123 K’s, and 12 saves.

Well, that's my pitching rotation. Hopefully, batting pages will be coming sometime in the near future.

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Before I go into the Projected Batting Order, I made one more trade. I signed prospect Tony Farmer, and traded him to Houston for Willy Taveras (who will start the year in the MLB) and for Dan Wheeler (who will start the year in AA). Now off we go.

Projected Batting Order

W/DH

1: RF Ichiro-

Last season with Seattle, he batted .372, with 8 HR’s, 60 RBI’s, had 36 SB’s, and set an MLB record with 262 hits.

2: LF Juan Pierre-


Last season with Florida, he batted .326, with 3 HR’s, 49 RBI’s, had 45 SB’s, and racked up 221 hits.

3: 1B Albert Pujols-

Last season with St. Louis, he batted .331 with 46 HR’s and 123 RBI’s, 5 SB’s, and 196 hits.

4: C Javy Lopez-

Last season with Baltimore, he batted .316 with 23 HR’s, 86 RBI’s, no stolen bases and 183 hits.

5: 3B David Wright-


Last season, although he got a late season call up (played only 70 Major League Games), he batted .293 with 14 HR’s, 40 RBI’s, had 6 SB’s, and had 77 hits.

6: DH Tony Clark-
























Last season with the Yankees, he batted .221, with 16 HR’s, 49 RBI’s, had no stolen bases, and had 56 hits.

7: CF Carl Crawford-

Last season with Tampa Bay, the speedster batted .296, had 11 HR’s, 55 RBI’s, 59 SB’s, and 185 hits.

8: SS Jose Reyes-

Last season, shortened by injury, Jose batted .255, had 2 HR’s, 14 RBI’s, 19 SB’s, and had 56 hits in a total of 53 games.

9: 2B Mark Grudzielanek-

Last season with the Cubs, Mark batted .307, with 6 HR’s, 23 RBI’s, had 1 SB and had 79 hits.

Without DH, everybody under Tony Clark should move up a spot, and the pitcher would bat 9th.

Bench



2B/UTIL- Miguel Cairo-

Last season with the Yankees, he batted .292, with 6 HR’s, 42 RBI’s, 11 SB’s and 105 hits.

C- Dioner Navarro-

Last season with the Yankees, he played only 5 games due to a late season callup, but when he did play, he batted .429, with 0 HR’s, 1 RBI, 0 SB’s, and 3 hits.

2B, 1B, OF- Marlon Anderson-

Last season with St. Louis, he batted .237 with 8 HR’s, 28 RBI’s, 6 SB’s, and 60 hits.

C- Ramon Castro-

Last season with Florida, he batted .135, with 3 HR’s, 8 RBI’s, 0 SB’s, and had 13 hits.

CF/OF- Willy Taveras-

Last season with Houston, he went 0-1, but scored 2 runs, and had 1 SB. He is a top 100 prospect.

1B/DH- Tony Clark- (see W DH)

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UPCOMING SERIES FOR THE NEW YORK METS

4/4-4/7 3 Game series against the Cincinatti Reds.

Who to watch out for: Ken Griffey Jr.


Yes, I know that he's had injuries in the past, and you'd like me to go with Adam Dunn, but this is Opening Day. Ken Griffey Jr. usually gets about halfway through the season and then, he tears his hamstring. But because this is both team's opening series, then Ken Griffey most likely will have a good series. The Mets can't let him hurt them, and they have got to continue to strike out Adam Dunn like everyone has.

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Mets Today (4/4/05)

Volume I Issue I

Sponsored by EA Sports

Great American Ball Park

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
New York Mets	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	8	0
Cincinnati Reds	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	4	0
W- Pedro Martinez (NYM) 1-0 L- Eric Milton (CIN) 0-1 S- Francisco Rodriguez (NYM) 1

Opening Day

The Mets didn't exactly start off the season on a great note, but neither did the Reds. The Mets had some great offense in the first four innings, and that was all they needed. All though the season didn't start with what most people would call a bang, the Mets did the little things right. They bunted. They stole. After Jose Reyes had a single and stole a base, Pedro Martinez bunted him over to third. They drove in runners. After an Ichiro out, with Reyes on 3rd, Juan Pierre had an RBI single. When Juan Pierre hit a double, the very next batter Albert Pujols drove in Juan Pierre.

Pedro Martinez also pitched well. In 7 innings of work, he gave up only 1 run, a 7th inning home run to Sean Casey. However, by that time, the Mets had enough of a cushion to cruise along to victory.

Player of the Game:

Juan Pierre


Statistics

Mets:

Batting

RF- Ichiro 1-4 3 K's 3B
LF- J. Pierre- 2-4 1 R 1 RBI 2B 0-1 SB
1B- A. Pujols- 1-4 1 RBI 0-1 SB
C- J. Lopez- 2-4 1 R
3B- D. Wright- 0-3 1 BB 1 SO
2B- M. Grudzielanek- 0-3 3 Ks
CF- C. Crawford- 1-3 1 RBI 1 SO 1-1 SB
SS- J. Reyes- 1-3 1 R 1-1 SB
P- P. Martinez- 0-1 SH
PH- T. Clark- 0-1

Pitching

Pedro Martinez- 7 IP 3 H 1 R 1 ER 4 SO 1 HR (Season E.R.A. 1.29) (1-0)
Chad Cordero- 2/3 IP 1 H 1 BB (Season E.R.A. 0.00)
Francisco Rodriguez- 1 1/3 IP 0 H 1 SO (Save 1)
Record- 1-0
Probable Pitcher for next game- Barry Zito (No Record)

Reds:
Batting

2B- D. Jimenez- 0-4
SS- F. Lopez- 1-4 2 SO 0-1 SB
1B S. Casey- 2-3 1 R 1 RBI 1 SO 1 HR 1 HBP
CF- K. Griffey Jr.- 0-4
LF- A. Dunn- 0-3
RF- W. Pena- 0-2 1 BB
3B- J. Randa- 0-3 1 SO
C- J. Larue- 0-3 1 SO
P- E. Miton- 0-1
PH- A. Kearns- 0-1
PH- Ja. Valentin- 1-1

Pitching

Eric Milton 6 IP 6 H 3 R 3 ER 1 BB 9 SO (Season 4.50 E.R.A.) (0-1)
David Weathers 2 IP 1 H 1 SO (Season 0.00 E.R.A)
Joe Valentine 1 IP 1 H (Season 0.00 E.R.A.)
Record- 0-1
Probable pitcher for next game- Paul Wilson (No Record)

One more thing, there is no game tomorrow, April 6. Sports Today returns then. For all of you, have a nice two days.

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Has anyone been reading this?

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Well, obviously, no one has, so I might as well stop.

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I feel so hurt .

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Last chance, going once.

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Going twice.

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I read it occationally. It was just odd at the beginning with all of the transactions. You might have been better off just doing a fantasy draft. Also, maybe you put a little too much effort into just one game. Try to shorten things up so you can update more often.

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Hooray! A reader!