The majority of the coverage for the better part of a month on this blog has been about the future of the Mets Manager, since that really has been the news for the Mets over that period of time. For a change of pace, lets look at some of the winter progress of Amazin's who went abroad for the winter in order to practice and get ready for the 2010 campaign.
Let's start with Olver Perez. Good News! He has won a game! Better news! He hasn't lost! Yeah! He's 1-0.
What I just did was a total misrepresentation of his stats. His first outing, which was an inning, really has been his only clean outing. So far he has pitched 5.0 innings and has allowed 5 ER. In addition he has allowed 7 hits, 3 BB and 6 K's over that period of time. So the only thing he is doing well is striking batters out, but he is still having some tremendous problems as a pitcher, and I really hope he pulls it around soon because I just don't think I can handle another season of him.
Murphy is having a pretty good winter so far, and could make things complicated again, among Mets fans and Management, as his numbers suggest that he should be playing somewhere on the team next year. He is batting .312 over 90+ AB so far with 6 2B, 3B, and 3 HR. He also adds to that about 9 BB so he has a OBP of .365. He is currently leading his team with 18 RBI's.
In case you wondering, Jesus Feliciano also plays winter ball. He's hitting .278 right now, continuing his life of just getting hits.
Also, fun fact, Julio Franco manages a winter team.
