It's all Thole: Win 8-3

The Mets have finally found their future catcher. While Josh Thole will not be a Mike Piazza, he can still be an effective hitter. He went 2/5 yesterday with a steal, as he singled in his first major league at bat. His line stands at .400/.400/.600. He also showed what he could on the defensive side, committing one passed ball, and calling a great game. Yes, I am saying that Pat Misch's second good start is the result of Josh Thole. Misch went 7 inning, gave up 2 runs, both on homers, struck out 3 and walked 2, for his first Major League win. Despite not getting many strikeouts, he did miss some bats, with a swinging strike percentage of 7.4%, just below the major league average. The homers were back to back, and came in his last inning; Misch did a good job of keeping the Rockies off of the bases, giving up 6 hits and the 2 walks. If he continues to pitch like this, I see no harm in letting him try for the number 5 spot in the rotation next year. Every Met position player had a hit; Thole, Murphy and Hernandez had 2; Wright and Pagan had 3. Wright had 3 rbi's wearing a normal helmet; Murphy had 2, both on his 2 run homer in the 9th. Pagan had an rbi and scored twice. All in all a good day for the New York Mets.
Stupid Decision of the Day: I give Jerry a thumbs up for this performance. Though it was all Thole.
Random Thought of the Day: Knowing the Mets, Thole won't play for another week.
Clutch Play of the Game:Wright 2 run double in 5th. +.125 WPA
Up Next for the Mets: Back to Citi Field against the Cubs, 7:10 PM.
Bobby Parnell (3-7 5.81 ERA 4.32 FIP 4.53 tRA) makes another start.
Carlos Zambrano (7-6 3.91 ERA 3.89 FIP 4.61 tRA) pitches for the Cubs.

Misch Fails, Bullpen fails, lose 4-1

On the 40 year celebration of the '69 Mets, these '09 Mets tried to recreate how the '69 Mets did offensively, by only scoring 1 run. However, Jerry and Co did not realize that the '69 version won 100 games mainly because they only allowed 541 runs, second in the league (to the Cardinals-540). These '09 Mets don't have that luxary, and they don't have Seaver, Koosman, Tug McGraw, or even Nolan Ryan. Nope, tonight we had Tim Redding pitching. And to be fair to Tim, he went 5 innings, and gave up 1 hit, walked 3, k'ed 4. And he didn't allow a run. However he was on a 80 pitch count, so he was done. Jerry Manuel turned to newly called up Pat Misch. Which was a mistake, because he walked Victorino, and then gave up a 2 run homer to Chase Utley. Then Sean Green came in, struck out Werth for out number 2, and then gave up a double, another double, and finally got out of the inning after IBB Ruiz, when Happ grounded out. Elmer Dessens pitched a scoreless 7th, but then Feliciano walked Howard to lead off the 8th, gave up a double, got Ibanez to foul out, and then intentionally walked Feliz, leaving the mess to Brian Stokes. Who only allowed 1 run, in a situation where 1.58 runs are expected to score. So kudos to you Brian. Nelson Figueroa pitched a scoreless 9th. In the 9th, the Mets went down 1-2-3. The Mets only left 7 on.
Stupid Decision of the Day: Bringing in Misch. I could get into how bad he is, but do I really need to? He has an ERA of 5, a FIP of 4.97, and a tRA of 6.81. HE SUCKS. You could've gone to Dessens. Or Stokes. Or Billy Wagner.
Random Thought of the Day:If they trade Wagner, please get someone good in return. Like Clay Bucholz. Or Michael Bowden. Oh. Never mind.
Clutch Play of the Game: Omir Santos RBI single in the 2nd. +.093 WPA
Up Next for the Mets: Finale, 1:10 PM
Oliver Perez (3-3, 6.06 ERA 5.93 FIP 6.60 tRA) takes on former Met great (be nice to him, Citi faithful)
Pedro Martinez (1-0, 4.50 ERA 3.09 FIP 3.98 tRA)