{"id":56,"date":"2007-07-30T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=56"},"modified":"2007-07-30T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-31T02:15:00","slug":"t-minus-30-days-and-castilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2007\/07\/30\/t-minus-30-days-and-castilling\/","title":{"rendered":"T Minus 30 days and Castilling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A lot happened today in Metland, and it was full of good tidings.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>The Mets today acquired Luis Castillo from the Twins, for basically no one.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Two minor leaguers I\u2019d never heard of, and probably won\u2019t be missed.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Luis Castillo is a good consistent player that will fit well here, and although it limits Gotay, I\u2019m pretty okay with it. <span style=\"\"> <\/span>Although I\u2019m getting the feeling that Ruben Gotay is this year\u2019s Endy Chavez.<span style=\"\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Pedro Martinez had another session today, and said he\u2019s pitching Wednesday night for Class A. <span style=\"\"> <\/span>Provided he does actually make this start, it\u2019s definite, not just hopeful, that Pedro will be back with the Mets in September.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>He has to be added to the roster 30 days after his first start, which puts him there by September first and should get him a couple of starts before the playoffs.<span style=\"\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Of course, Luis Castillo is only hitting .254 with runners in scoring position, but hopefully he can work on that.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>He can add some consistency to the Mets lineup, by batting second.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Plus once Beltran returns it\u2019ll be three switch hitters at the top of the lineup.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Will make opposing managers think twice before looking for match-ups.<span style=\"\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Mets aren\u2019t playing badly as of late, despite a mere split with the Nationals. Look for them to play well again this coming week, against <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and the Cubs.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Should be a fun week, as both those teams are struggling for the lead in the Central division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">On an opposing note, I\u2019m not worried about the Braves and Teixeira.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Sure he\u2019ll be good, but I really don\u2019t think it\u2019ll be the difference the Braves need to close the gap.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>I think both Castillo, and the resurgence of Delgado, who\u2019s had a great July, will hold them off.<span style=\"\">    <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot happened today in Metland, and it was full of good tidings. The Mets today acquired Luis Castillo from the Twins, for basically no one. Two minor leaguers I\u2019d never heard of, and probably won\u2019t be missed. Luis Castillo is a good consistent player that will fit well here, and although it limits Gotay, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2007\/07\/30\/t-minus-30-days-and-castilling\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;T Minus 30 days and Castilling&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[30,217,2964,169,63],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}