Passing the Hat for Endy

[Guest Edgy DC]

Grendel.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Last I checked, Ender was toiling in high A with the Potomac Nationals.

Checking... Yup!

Did a little time in the Eastern League also.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Gary

[Frayed Knot]

I don't miss Marlon Anderson all that much.
Yeah, he was a nice bench player and all, but not all that unique and therefore very replaceable. Guys like him are hardly make or break types for winning teams.

Now, granted Endy is a bit of a different story as he's a career backup (and near washout) who's suddenly playing like a legit starter. But he's also got 3 HRs in about the same number of ABs that Cliff & Nady had(about 25 total?) and he's not going to be a CFer on this team as long as Beltran is young enough to roam out there.

So while I'd like to keep him and - seeing as how I don't believe he's yet reached FA status yet (unlike Marlon) - they should be able to retain him if they choose, he'd also make for some decent trade bait for someone desperate for a reasonably cheap CFer.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Marlon allowed the Mets to have a player on their all-time roster sharing a name with each player on the Jacksons' all-time roster.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I was gonna remark a theory I'm developing about bench players: It's not only good to get former starters the year they switch to reserves, but to do that every year seeing as good bench guys are rarely good bench guys two years in a row.

I'd have to study that to be sure, but I mean, Woody & Castro are two examples.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy DC wrote: Marlon allowed the Mets to have a player on their all-time roster sharing a name with a player on the Jacksons' all-time roster.

What about Jermaine Allensworth and Tito Navarro?

And Michael Tucker.

[Guest Edgy DC]

]I was gonna remark a theory I'm developing about bench players: It's not only good to get former starters the year they switch to reserves, but to do that every year seeing as good bench guys are rarely good bench guys two years in a row.

Whitey Herzog was pretty down with that. Almost coldly so, to read his book.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

It is so nice watching him patrol left field. His defense has been great lately.

[Guest cleonjones11]

Thing with Chavez..he looks like the fastest human being on the planet other than Jose Reyes..

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

The other night in Denver (think it was game 2 of that series), somebody hit a ball over his head/out of his reach, and I realized it was the first time I could recall that happening all year.

[Guest Edgy DC]

ND is having a great game tonight.

[metirish]

Is Endy signed just for this season?

[Valadius]

I believe so.

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, but he still should be short of FA-gency -- meaning the team would have control of him next year if they so choose.