Fish Wrap - Marlins 1, Mets 7

by GameFish on Apr 5, 2010 11:42 PM EDT in News and Rumors

Ah, sweet Opening Day. Is there anything better? Sun shining brightly, birds chirping gleefully, the smell of peanuts and cracker jack wafting through the fresh spring air… or at least that’s what you'd imagine opening day to be like, if you weren’t stuck in a cubicle at your place of employment, reloading Gameday audio 12,042 times while simultaneously researching where to purchase an atomic bomb with which to obliterate MLB.tv tech support.

[Deep cleansing breath.]

Luckily, when the Marlins opened their season against the Mets at Citi Field Monday, they gave us Fish fans a few reasons to be glad that it's hard to find a way to be in front of a television at 1:10 in the afternoon. Sure, it promised to be a good match-up with Marlins ace Josh Johnson starting against Johan Santana, but things didn't exactly unfold that way. (Not that I saw how any of it did unfold, but I got to watch those little cartoon-y figures on MLB Gameday, which we all know is practically the same as being there live.)

JJ lasted just five innings in his season debut, and gave up four runs on five hits, walked four, and put the Marlins in an early hole on a two-run shot to David Wright in the bottom of the first.

The Fish, meanwhile, couldn't get much of anything accomplished against Santana, who--despite the many hopes of every non-Mets fan in existence--did not miraculously forget how to pitch during the off-season. (I, for one, intend to return my voodoo dolls to the manufacturer for a full refund of the purchase price, less shipping and handling.)

The Fish managed a meager four hits off of Santana in his six innings of work. They finally got on the board in the sixth on an RBI double by Jorge Cantu that scored Chris Coghlan, but that was the last of the good news for Florida.

Things got sloppy for the Marlins as the bullpen took over in the sixth. The Mets scored four times, and Clay Hensley, Dan Meyer and Gaby Sanchez all committed errors in the half inning. Hensley--whose current ERA is 27.00, which is fun to say--gave up two runs to the Mets in his Marlins debut, and Tim Wood allowed a run in the seventh to make the score 7-1.

Aside from 2-for-4 afternoons from Hanley and Gaby, it was a sloppy, forgettable game that definitely didn’t leave Fish fans with warm, fuzzy feelings to kick off the regular season.

The good news is, we get to try this 161 more times.

Marlins 1, Mets 7

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I hate that we have tuesday off

After a game like that i’d like to see Ricky hit the mound soon as possible just to get it out of my head. One positive you can take from this is that Gaby looked good out there I guess.. I know it’s just one game, but i wonder what we’re going to do with Morrison if Gaby has an awesome year.

by tdp992 on Apr 6, 2010 12:15 AM EDT reply actions

If Gaby does great.....

Morrison moves to left and CC to second, eventually.

by craig on Apr 6, 2010 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions

i hate to jump on the bandwagon here...

but what was up with Maybin? I just dont see him in our future if he keeps playing like this (and I’m not just talking about his performance on opening day, this has been going on for a while)

by xquiles21x on Apr 6, 2010 10:59 AM EDT reply actions

Let's Not Jump Ship on Maybin Just Yet

I’m sure he had some opening day nerves, which could account for his swinging wildly at everything. Plus, it was against Santana. Let’s wait and see how he performs against pitchers that are merely good, not insanely nasty.

Gaby’s defense worries me, especially with Cantu the error machine over at 3rd. I have the MLB extra innings package and got the Mets broadcast yesterday and the Mets broadcasters repeatedly remarked on how Gaby wasn’t stretching nearly enough on throws to first. Again, it could just be opening day nerves, but we saw last year how having a quality defensive 1B can make a big difference.

by guitarist416 on Apr 6, 2010 11:11 AM EDT reply actions

Gaby/Cantu/Maybin

Gaby def needs to be stretching more. The team might need to switch Cantu and Gaby. Cantu is much better at first than third (where he lost a ton of games for us in 2008). Maybin, even in the outfield, where he is supposed to shine, looked totally lost. He needs to be able to read the ball coming off the bat much better, instead of taking several steps backwards every single time. A really good CF makes a bunch of those catches that seemed to be just out of his reach yesterday.
But it’s a long season.

by GMFB on Apr 6, 2010 11:20 AM EDT reply actions