Easley signed easily

[Guest OlerudOwned]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Aj6UzpTsHYUHz2N.SMZwfGKFCLcF?slug=ap-mets-easley&prov=ap&type=lgns

]NAPLES, Fla. (AP) -- Backup infielder Damion Easley and the New York Mets agreed Thursday to an $850,000, one-year contract. Easley hit .233 with nine homers and 28 RBIs in 189 at-bats last season with the Arizona Diamondbacks, playing 27 games at shortstop, 20 at third base, nine at second base, three at first base and one in right field.

I guess that spells the end of the Woodward era.

Easley hit three home runs in one game against Atlanta last season. I'd like to see more of that.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

36 years old.

[MFS62]

Nice pickup, especially for that amount of money.
He will make a nice platoon with Valentin who, IIRC didn't exactly kill lefty pitching.

I wanted the Mets to try to get him in the pre-Kaz days.
I be happy.
Later

[metirish]

Easley don't kill it either..and is worse against righties..

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I don't see much other than versatility to recommend him. I recall him as the symbol of the Tigers' issues in the early 2000s, grossly overpaid and was, for a time at least, the released player owed most on a contract ever. At least that's how I remember it.

Am I missing something?

[Guest patona314]

his father killed us on a regular basis, and I mean KIILLED us. F the pirates.

[metirish]

Born in New York,NY...checked baseballreference.com,your right Johnny,made some serious twine with the Tigers,at least for the player he is.

[stevejrogers]

="patona314"]his father killed us on a regular basis, and I mean KIILLED us. F the pirates.

Mike Easler you mean


Also a MFY and a bona fide "Hit Man" before Don Mattingly and Bret Hart made the nickname famous

[Guest KC]

MFS: >>>He will make a nice platoon with Valentin<<<

Let's pray that's not the plan for the position.

JD: >>>I don't see much other than versatility<<<

I see it this way, hopefully a good guy to plug in here and there ... the yearly
salaries guys like this pull in nowadays is amazin'.

[Guest patona314]

="SteveJRogers"] ="patona314"]his father killed us on a regular basis, and I mean KIILLED us. F the pirates. Mike Easler you mean Also a MFY and a bona fide "Hit Man" before these guys made the nickname famous

i just had a nice dinner and you made me blow chunks just looking at that baseball card. thank you for making me go to bed hungry.

[stevejrogers]

Heh, dude, the Met pitching of the era was worse than the Pirates Lumber Company of that era, so that combo...

Hey it worked out, we ended up with one of them as our hitting coach!

[Guest KC]

I vote we keep pictures like that of Bret Hart on the bedroom walls of
people who give a crap about him and out of a discussion of men on the
Mets' 2007 bench.

[Guest patona314]

the problem w/mike was that against everyone else, he pretty much sucked. we weren't the only ones w/sucky pitching back in the day

[Guest patona314]

KC wrote: I vote we keep pictures like that of Bret Hart on the bedroom walls of people who give a crap about him and out of a discussion of men on the Mets' 2007 bench.

why schaefer? "the one beer when you're having more than one"?. I better drink 20 then. (i always loved that marketing ploy). lots of drunk 60 year olds in queens because of it. GOD DAMMIIT GIVE ME A FRIGGIN RHEINGOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Frayed Knot]

]Am I missing something?

Well nothing except that he kinda fits the Dickshot test of marginal full-timer morphing into a decent bench player.
If all he's doing is replacing Woodward then I don't have any problem with this. Dude packs a little bit of pop and can play several positions.

He did sign one of those big dot-com era contracts w/Detroit off of those 20+ HR seasons. Then, when the 20+ became 10-15 they dumped him with 2 years and about $12-13mil remaining, a record for owed money until the Angels sent Appier packing with nearly $20 due.

I seem to remember him beating us with a late game hit while he was with Florida.

[Guest patona314]

Frayed Knot wrote: ]Am I missing something? Well nothing except that he kinda fits the Dickshot test of marginal full-timer morphing into a decent bench player. If all he's doing is replacing Woodward then I don't have any problem with this. Dude packs a little bit of pop and can play several positions. He did sign one of those big dot-com era contracts w/Detroit off of those 20+ HR seasons. Then, when the 20+ became 10-15 they dumped him with 2 years and about $12-13mil remaining, a record for owed money until the Angels sent Appier packing with nearly $20 due. I seem to remember him beating us with a late game hit while he was with Florida.

wasn't that the MO deal?

[stevejrogers]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/easlemi01.shtml

BA right around .270-.313 every year, OBP and Slugging weren't terrible.
All Star in 1981

Couple of top tens in Slug and OPS, pretty soild career, not exactly "Sucks against everyone and only does well against us" ala Joe McEwing vs Randy Johnson or Tommy Hutton vs Tom Seaver.

Wouldn't build a team around a player like that obviously, but a good cog in the middle.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Hit Man hurt us, but we weren't the only ones

You're part correct. He got us bad, though he got Toronto worse, though, and a few teams as bad.

Team	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
ATL	112	.259	.331	.500	.831
BAL	158	.272	.311	.367	.678
BOS	75	.387	.425	.533	.958
CAL	141	.333	.369	.560	.929
CHC	229	.319	.383	.454	.837
CHW	154	.260	.311	.403	.714
CIN	146	.260	.299	.459	.758
CLE	153	.281	.355	.386	.741
DET	150	.307	.370	.393	.763
HOU	118	.288	.323	.441	.764
KCR	131	.290	.347	.412	.759
LAD	125	.264	.311	.376	.687
MIL	133	.256	.340	.444	.784
MIN	128	.289	.359	.414	.773
MON	244	.307	.357	.512	.869
NYM	218	.321	.369	.560	.929
NYY	101	.277	.318	.426	.744
OAK	142	.282	.338	.521	.859
PHI	183	.333	.395	.530	.925
PIT	15	.267	.267	.267	.534
STL	156	.288	.331	.372	.703
SDP	118	.314	.357	.424	.781
SFG	133	.256	.315	.331	.646
SEA	128	.258	.326	.477	.803
TEX	151	.258	.356	.417	.773
TOR	135	.356	.407	.600	1.007

You're incorrect about him being Damian Easley's Dad though.

[Frayed Knot]

]wasn't that the MO deal?

Yes, we dealt Appier away to get Mo - and, as bad as Met fans complain about Vaughn, it was the Angels who wound up eating a much more expensive lunch on Appier. At least w/big Mo it was an injury that did him in and the insurance policy that was inherited from his Angels' contract paid off a majority of his final missed season.

[Guest patona314]

Frayed Knot wrote: ]wasn't that the MO deal? Yes, we dealt Appier away to get Mo - and, as bad as Met fans complain about Vaughn, it was the Angels who wound up eating a much more expensive lunch on Appier. At least w/big Mo it was an injury that did him in and the insurance policy that was inherited from his Angels' contract paid off a majority of his final missed season.

still, he sucked

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

]Well nothing except that he kinda fits the Dickshot test of marginal full-timer morphing into a decent bench player.

Yes, but he's on the old end of that scale. JD prefers the youngish vets who were pushed into service by poor teams as 21 year-old and are suddenly 28 yo benchies.

But sure, he's worth a shot as Woody's replacement and can fake it as Reyes' backup and fill in elsewhere (mad dog)I can't kill 'em for this(/mad dog)

[Guest patona314]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: ]Well nothing except that he kinda fits the Dickshot test of marginal full-timer morphing into a decent bench player. Yes, but he's on the old end of that scale. JD prefers the youngish vets who were pushed into service by poor teams as 21 year-old and are suddenly 28 yo benchies. But sure, he's worth a shot as Woody's replacement and can fake it as Reyes' backup and fill in elsewhere (mad dog)I can't kill 'em for this(/mad dog)

are you talking about yourself as a 3rd person? (JD prefers)?

[Guest patona314]

You're incorrect about him being Damian Easley's Dad though.

mike easley is the dad.. .. and my source is kiner...

[smg58]

He does have some pop, at least. Otherwise, I don't see much to recommend him. I wonder if that finishes the work on the infield, or simply gives them insurance if they can't get anybody else.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

smg58 wrote: I wonder if that finishes the work on the infield

Geez, I hope not.

[Guest sharpie]

On baseballreference.com Easley's most similar batter is our old friend Davey Johnson.