May
22
Bruney goes for MRI, Albie optioned
ByWe got a tip to this effect this morning, but didn’t want to run with it until we got some sort of verification. That came from WFAN. They’re reporting that Brian Bruney will be unavailable tonight after undergoing an MRI on his elbow. Apparently it came back clean, but we’ll have more information when it becomes available.
Also, as expected, Jon Albaladejo has been optioned to AAA Scranton to make room for Chien-Ming Wang.
Finally, make sure to check out Rebecca’s post on Al Aceves, which was buried by this news post.
Gaaaaaah. That’s all I can come up with. Dammit.
Commence pant-crapping…………….now.
Really? Missing Bruney is a “pant crapping” moment?
Oh no…they’ll have to bring up Robertson and/or Melancon, consider converting Kontos to a reliever sooner rather than later, or bringing up fossum/towers to be the longman and using Aceves in more of a late innings role.
At this moment, Bruney is the second-best reliever on this team. Robertson/Melancon/Kontos/whoever may all be serviceable options at some point, but Bruney is only guy I trust out there after Mo.
Alf!?
Ok.
We’ve been on a 9-game winning streak in which he pitched one inning. So, I don’t feel like there’s a need to crap our pants over his lack of presence.
Yea not a good situation brewing….Tomko, Coke, Rivera…Burnett better pitch well tonight
…that means, in essence, CMW just took Alber-la-dingo’s spot in tonight’s game…
in the other game i give a crap about, Santana vs Dice-BB at Fenway.
PLEASE let the Mets remember to put in a DH on the scorecard…PUHLEEESE!!!!
I don’t think CMW will take his spot. He’ll strictly be a longman for the worst case scenario IMO.
BTW, doesn’t make a difference if they forget the DH spot, their lineup is pathetic past the 5 spot tonight.
Honestly, the Mets have no chance to win a game in this series. They giftwrapped a game to the Dodgers and played terribly overall. Now you take this lineup to Fenway against a Sox lineup with Youkilis and Bay mashing, and Lowell hitting 7th? No chance.
dude, johan. nuff said.
dice k will walk too many guys and give up 1 too many runs and the mets will win.
then they will proceed to get tarred and feathered the next 2 games
Santana 6.89 ERA at Fenway, only 4 games (3 starts) but still
Well if Santana can “contain” David Ortiz and make him 0-4 with 3 whiffs… that’ll put a smile on my face win or lose.
TeH BIG PAPI is back!!! Aaawwtiiiiiz!!!
0-3 with three K’s and a HBP followed by a fist pump…
The Mets’ lineup after Wright includes four pitchers:
Murphy – 1B
Church – RF
Beltran – CF
Sheffield – DH
Wright – 3B
Jeremy Reed – LF
Omir Santos – C
Ramon Martinez – SS
Luis Castillo – 2B
What sucks is, usually that makes me happy. Today it makes me mad.
i feel sheffield is worse than castillo at this point. either way that is AWFUL
Oh, jesus. That is horrendous. They won’t even make Matsuzaka throw a lot of pitches.
Santana could throw 7-8 innings of one-run ball and lose.
The bright spot, Sheff and Wright may hit a few off of or over the monster.
watching sheffield hit now is painful.
You’ll see. He’ll get a hit tonight, hopefully it comes at the right time. 360+ Avg. in his last 26 AB’s.
HOFer?
HOF asshole
Only Managers of the AL are allowed to forget to put DH on the scorecard
AL Manager of the Year*
Damnit. With Edwar and “Albie” both not around, Girardi is running out of his favorite guys to hand the ball off to when hes lookin for a blown save.
You have to wonder what’s going on with Bruney if he felt pain again so soon after being activated.
I’d like to hope it’s nothing serious but doesn’t portend well.
Our bullpen tonight is more or less Wang, Tomko and Coke. Good think Wang and Tomko can pitch more than an inning.
And Mo. Only 25 pitches in the last 4 days.
Wonder about this tip that you got this morning
So if Burnett gets knocked around early, we’re going to see Wang. If Wang still can’t hip-thrust that sinker down and gets smacked…. well then we deserve to lose the game.
I hope Bruney is available soon. His importance cannot be overstated IMO.
Got a pair of tickets for tonight if anyone wants em….promise to donate to RAB any amount. Scouts honor. I won’t be checking up on you.
Will be around another 15-20 min. Sorry I didn’t post sooner.
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-Scott
Sorry but no time to send this to a mod or I would have done so…
With Bruney out, why didn’t we bring up a reliever!? We know how Wang is (when he’s right) on extended rest. He should have made his start tonight.
It has to do with options, no? Unless you option him or put him on the DL, you can’t bring someone up in his place.
I would have loved another reliever though. Bring up Melancon or Robertson instead of Wang. Use Tomko as a long reliever, and if you don’t need him there, you still have him for one inning.
But it wouldn’t have been in place of Bruney, it would have been in place of Albie.
hey…can i change my 11 to a 7 on this news, or do i have to wait for next week?