All-Purpose 2006 Where Have You Gone... Former Mets Thread

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Yeah I just thought I'd get the thread started. No news, yet anyway

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

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[Guest ABG]

Klapisch sez Darling to join the SNY booth with Cohen and Hernandez.

Example 1A of over-sentimentality. Darling is among the worst announcers I've heard this side of Bill Maas.

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[Guest Edgy DC]

Edgy DC Site Admin Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Posts: 5979 Location: DC Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:26 pm	A sequel to The Thread That Outed Berenyi, which has been retired and is enjoying it's leisure. Conflicting reports have Preston Wilson ready to sign with Houston and ready to join the Pirates. Not much else to report this day among the sexy exies. _________________ K
Centerfield 439) Danny Garcia 2B, LF, 2003-2004 Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 621 Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:41 pm	I thought that the "Where have you gone" thread was supposed to be this thread. I'm confused.
DocTee 482) Butch Metzger RP, 1978 Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 199 Location: California Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:46 pm	As reported in the Signings Thread, Burnitz close to deal with Bucs-- WIlson, Bay, and Burnitz--that's one helluva ex-Mets OF!
Edgy DC Site Admin Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Posts: 5979 Location: DC Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:02 pm	Well, I didn't see that thread, OK? _________________ K

[Guest Edgy DC]

http://www.raysbaseball.com/Joselo_Diaz.jpgJoselo Diaz, who came from the Mets along with Kole Strayhorn and Victor Diaz for Jeromy Burnitz, has signed with the Texas Rangers as a minor league free agent.

He split last season with Cleveland and Tampa Bay. I'm not sure of the circumstances under which he left the Mets. (OE: He was the throw-in in the Kazmir deal. I thought I remembered that but wasn't sure.)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bono signs a minor league deal with the Jays.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Preston Wilson, in the end, is going to the Astros. (Jeromy Burnitz appears to have grabbed his spot in Pittsburgh.) They now have five starting-quality outfielders that they have to find places for.

Phillips was reportedly signed by Toronto as a "favor" to John Gibbons, who worked with him plenty in the Mets system.

[smg58]

So I guess the Astros are committed to Berkman at first, which means they don't expect Bagwell back.

What's the going rate on Chris Burke? He looked like he was starting to get it in the second half (.781 OPS after the All-Star break), and had a few big hits in the playoffs, but it looks like he might have less playing time in store this year than last. There's still quite a bit of upside there.

Then again, Houston may be serious about a Tejada deal, so a lot of pieces might move.

[Theoldmole]

What happened to Rico Brogna, good fit?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Retired.

I think we should call this thread, "Mike Marshall, Turd, (And Other Ex-Met Updates)."

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Are you suggesting that Mike Marshall isn't worth a crap?

Or that he is?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Former Met first-round draftee Lee May, Jr. has a new post.

Nothing else going on in Turdland.

[Guest Edgy DC]

24 at 75.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Former Met Shawn Estes is expected to sign with San Diego today, replacing former Met teammate Pedro Astacio.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bono Sings the Blues in The Toronto Star.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Pitching coach for your Fullerton Flyers is... Charlie Hough.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Blaine Beatty, still playing at 42? (See Debbie Fisher's entry at the bottom.)

[MFS62]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Blaine Beatty, still playing at 42? (See Debbie Fisher's entry at the bottom.)

I thought I read that he was coaching in the minors last year.

Later

[Guest GYC]

]Danny Garcia - 2B - Yankees Yankees signed second baseman-outfielder Danny Garcia to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. It wasn't so long ago that the Mets thought Garcia might be their second baseman of the future. He signed a minor league deal with the Indians a year ago and then missed most of the season. It's likely that he'll play second base for Triple-A Columbus. Jan. 6 - 6:13 pm et

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/clubhouse_news.asp?leaguenum=&sport=MLB&majteam=NYY

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't think the Mets ever really thought of him as such.

[metirish]

from Newsday...

] The Yankees' list of non-roster invitees also includes returnee Ramiro Mendoza, who pitched in only one game last year, and righthander Mark Corey, best known for a marijuana-smoking incident with the 2002 Mets.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bud Harrelson helps woman with gross misreading of musical theater to bring baseball to Bridgeport.

[Theoldmole]

She fell in love with baseball because of Damn Yankees, and she roots for the Yankees?

[MFS62]

TheOldMole wrote: She fell in love with baseball because of Damn Yankees, and she roots for the Yankees?

We know she has a lot of money. But if she were smart, why would she be living in Brifgeport?

Later

[Willets Point]

Why did we get rid of the Rico Brogna thread, it was our last link to Swan Swan H (aka gf21212121)?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Now it lives under glass in featured archives.

[Willets Point]

Bring it back ... NOW!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Ishii considers fighting pork -

]Baseball: Ex-Met Ishii meets Nippon Ham after Rakuten+ .c Kyodo News Service TOKYO, Jan. 8 (Kyodo) - Left-handed pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii, who was released by the New York Mets last month, held talks with the Nippon Ham Fighters on Sunday, a day after he met with the Rakuten Eagles. Ishii was undecided whether to join Nippon Ham and is scheduled to have talks with his former team Yakult Swallows on Tuesday. ''I don't know where we stand in the hunt for Ishii. But he listened to me diligently. I want him to come to our team whatever happens,'' said Nippon Ham General Manager Shigeru Takada, who hopes that Ishii will fill a spot in the starting rotation. A total of seven Japanese and major league clubs have reportedly shown interest in acquiring him.

[Guest Edgy DC]

All of our ex-Met updates this evening are two-fers.

Gary Carter replaces Tim Teufel.

Kevin Appier joined by Fernando Vi�a, sigining minor-league deals with Seattle.

Gerry Hunsicker hires Mike Cubbage.

[Guest vtmet]

Butch Huskey: Assistant Coach for the Cameron Aggies (Lawton, OK) College Baseball Program.

http://goaggies.cameron.edu/baseball/assistant

Assistant Coach Butch Huskey

Butch Huskey joined the Cameron baseball coaching staff prior to the 2004 season. He assists head coach Todd Holland with on-field instruction while also serving as the hitting coach and opponent scout for the Aggies.

A Lawton native with seven years of Major League Baseball experience, Huskey was a two-sport All-Stater in both baseball and footbal at Lawton�s Eisenhower High School. He was selected by the New York Mets in the seventh round of the 1989 amateur draft following his senior year at EHS and made his major league debut with the Mets on Sept. 8, 1993.

Huskey appeared in 642 Major League games from 1993-2000, collecting 555 career hits, including 86 home runs and 98 doubles. Huskey has a lifetime batting average of .267 and 336 career RBIs. He played a variety of positions during his career in the bigs, getting time at third base, first base and outfield.

Huskey played five seasons with the Mets before being traded to Seattle in December of 1998. He spent half a season with the Mariners before another trade sent him cross-country to Boston in July of 1999. At the conclusion of the 1999 season, Huskey was granted free agency and signed with Minnesota prior to the 2000 season. He was later involved in the trade that sent Todd Walker to Colorado and played his final Major Legue game on Oct. 1, 2000, with the Rockies.

Huskey finished his career with a lifetime on-base percentage of .318. In more than 2,000 Major League at-bats, Huskey had a career slugging percentage of .442.