Second Base

[MFS62]

I interpreted the question to mean who will be playing second base this year rather than who would we like to be playing second base this year.
I'd rather it be Gotay, but I feel we'll be seeing a lot of Mr. Anderson there.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Valentin might want to get that partially torn ACL operated on and cash in his season, rather than hope he can come back in September with that and a recently healed fracture.

[Frayed Knot]

DocTee wrote: Folks on the Royals pages seem to be down on Gotay-- saying things like his BA is inflated (limited AB) and his defense horrendous.

Sure, because they saw him over parts of 2 seasons (nearly 500 PAs) hitting all of .242/.292/.355,
so it's only natural to assume that his current .354/.385/.525 is a small-sample (106 PAs) fluke
that'll start reverting to the norm any day now.

The other side to the coin is that he was just 21 & 22 in his two seasons there, so you hope
that the 24 y/o model we've got now is the new & improved model who was simply given
up on too early.

Maybe that's true, maybe not ... but it looks like we're going to get at least a decent chance to
find out.


I haven't seen enough of his defense to swing me one way or the other so far.






* Oh no, I'm Bobby Bo

[MFS62]

Meet your new second baseman.
Just heard on the radio that Anderson Hernandez was recalled from AAA.
He was actually hot there, raising his average about 30 points to .280 in recent weeks.

Later

[nymr83]

if Anderson Hernandez starts over Gotay, willie should be fired.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

His stay with the Mets should be pretty brief. I would imagine that it shuldn't be long before Damion Easley returns to the team.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Nymr83 wrote: if Anderson Hernandez starts over Gotay, willie should be fired.

Do you think that's what'll happen?

[nymr83]

i dont know, willie might decide he likes his defense, we'll see.

[DocTee]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Guest iramets]

On the Pre-game show, Omar Gawd kept referring to Anderson Hernandez as "Marlon Anderson," which created no little confusion. Eddie C. helped him out, about like how you'd help out a retarded six-year old trying to put a sentence together.

Yes, I understand, Yancy: this information is tedious for you to keep reading.

[metirish]

iramets wrote: On the Pre-game show, Omar Gawd kept referring to Anderson Hernandez as "Marlon Anderson," which created no little confusion. Eddie C. helped him out, about like how you'd help out a retarded six-year old trying to put a sentence together. Yes, I understand, Yancy: this information is tedious for you to keep reading.

I have to laugh,I'm in the garage doing stuff and I heard the interview.I'm not even sure Omar picked up on Coleman correcting him.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Nymr83 wrote: i dont know, willie might decide he likes his defense, we'll see.

I'll guess he's not here to be the primary secondbaseman.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, Hernandez's defense didn't get him into the lineup today, but Gotay makes an argument for it.

[smg58]

From what I've seen, Gotay's problems in the field don't appear to have anything to do with limited range so much as some lapses in concentration, especially on potential double plays. That should be something he can work on. Plus I think the Mets need to show sustained life on offense in general before I'd consider Anderson Hernandez a risk they can afford at this point. At this point I think Gotay's earned an extended look, and hopefully he can keep the fielding issues to a bare minimum, and certainly not as costly as yesterday's throw turned out to be.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

A lack of concentration contributes to stuff like throwing errors.

His real problem is that he's just slightly slow to the ball. I don't know if that's concentration or just that he's slow to react.

[Elster88]

Edgy DC wrote: ="Nymr83"]if Anderson Hernandez starts over Gotay, willie should be fired. Do you think that's what'll happen?

Do you disagree with Nymr's statement?

[Guest Edgy DC]

No. But I thnk it's foolish for us to come up with scenarios to hate the manager for.

Do you think Hernandez is about to be instituted as the primary secondbaseman?

[Elster88]

="Edgy DC"]No. But I thnk it's foolish for us to come up with scenarios to hate the manager for. Do you think Hernandez is about to be instituted as the primary secondbaseman?

No I don't. But I don't see how that really matters.

Nymr said he'll call for Willie's release if he starts AHer. I tend to agree.

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Eh, I guess I see your point. I think Willie should be fired if he starts Castro in center. Kinda stupid.

[nymr83]

not nearly the same thing, one (starting Hernandez at 2B regularly right now) requires a manager to make a dumb indefensible move, the other (starting Castro in CF) requires that the manager be almost literally brain dead.

[Elster88]

They're pretty much the same thing because the odds of them happening are about zero for both.

[Guest cleonjones11]

How about 2B Chico Esquela "Baseball been bery bery good to me"