Mets Who Continue With Lesser Teams, 2009

[Guest Edgy DC]

Royce Ring signs with the Cardinals.

Gary Bennett gets his contract bought out by Los Angeles.

[Fman99]

Claudio Vargas also goes to the Dodgas.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Chan Ho Park finalizes his deal with Phillie.

[Farmer Ted]

Scott Strickland with a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers of Chavez Ravine.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

MFYs employ Bill Livesley as scout and invite John Rodriguez (08 AAA) to camp.

Astros sign Danny Graves to a minor league deal.

Glendon Rusch inks minor lg contract with the Rockies.

[Vic Sage]

wasnt Livesley the scout that recommended the Kazmir trade?

[Frayed Knot]

Yup.
Had previously been with the D-Rays and loved Zambrano from back then.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Probably not a coincidence that Victor Zambrano spent the second half of 2008 scratching around the Yankees' system.

[Guest attgig]

Craig Brazell invited to Orioles camp

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

The Dodgers appear to be stocking up on former Mets: Guillermo Mota and Kris Benson.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Craig Brazell will make an excellent O. He even spent all that time in Omaha with an O on his cap.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Edgardo Alfonzo: Man of Intrigue

Third baseman Edgardo Alfonzo, who last played in the majors in 2006, is intriguing clubs with his performance in the Venezuelan Winter League. Alfonzo, 35, has a batting average/on-base/slugging line of .322/.383/.483, with eight home runs and 42 RBIs in 60 games. He also lost weight, and could make a worthwhile investment on a minor-league deal, starting at Class AAA and working back to the majors.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9085812/Tight-on-money,-Braves-slow-search-for-a-hitter?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=49

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'd love to see him shuffle off to Buffalo and put pressure on Castillo from below.

[Guest attgig]

I doubt he'd be able to play 2b anymore. He may be able to be some help for Delgado at 1b, as a righty option.

http://www.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Edgardo%20Alfonzo&pos=3B&sid=l135&t=p_pbp&pid=110135

The hat looks like he's playing for the Tides.

[smg58]

I felt bad seeing him play for the Ducks last year. I'm not sure he'd be any more of an adventure defensively at second than the guy we currently have there. If his back is OK, he's worth a minor league deal and a shot to be the 25th man.

[duan]

i still can't believe I was so wrong.

I suggested that Edgardo Alfonso get "Posada Money" at the time.
1-0 to steve phillips (if he were GM who let him go)

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Bleeping Timo Perez, forever breaking into his trot...


DETROIT -- Detroit signed outfielder Timo Perez to a minor league contract and invited him to major league spring training. Perez hit .302 with 13 home runs and 63 RBIs last year for Triple-A Toledo.

Seven on the 40-man roster agreed to 2009 contracts: pitchers Kyle Bloom, Alfredo Figaro, Chris Lambert and Zach Simons; catcher Dusty Ryan; infielder Michael Hollimon; and outfielder Casper

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm guessing Timo is one of the top AAA players of the last 20 years.

[seawolf17]

outfielder Casper

[Guest Edgy DC]

He's got a little sliding dirt on his bottom.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Tyler Yates signs a one-year deal as a Pirate. Yates sounds like a good example of a Pirate name.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Cliff signs with the Pads

[TransMonk]

Cliff signs with the Pads[/quote:1snvoui8]

Don't you mean the 2009 NL West Champion San Diego Padres?

[Farmer Ted]

Brian Bannister, one year deal with Royals with Cheese.

[Benjamin Grimm]

They're paying him in cheese? Does the collective bargaining agreement allow that?

[Vic Sage]

its government cheese... part of the stimulus package.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Edgardo Alfonzo, Yomiuri Giant.

[metirish]

I admire Alfonzo's desire to keep playing{still only 35) , hard to believe that his last season with the Mets was 2002.

[G-Fafif]

On the final day of the 2008 season, Scott Schoeneweis (homer to Helms) had a twin, and his name was Luis Ayala (homer to Uggla).

Now Luis Ayala is a Twin.

Spooky!

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's about time a Met free agent got signed. Our 2008 team has been untouchable in the offseason marketplace.