Abraham Almonte Is ...

[Edgy MD]

Adding a veteran journeyman outfielder at the end of his career can do a lot of things. Helping to redeem the last third of a losing season seems like more than a stretch, though.



The list above is of guys who were longtime outfielders, sorta-starters-but-sorta-reserves during their primes, all with the Braves on the résumés, all who came up not particularly because of merit so much as a rough spell of attrition for one reason or another.



All came to mind as I read about Almonte. That's not fair to Abraham, but that's what happened.

[MFS62]

I went back to see how long it had been since their prior "decent" years before they came to the Mets as my basis for making a decision.

I didn't see any significant difference, but welcome back to the Bigs, Abraham.



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