Adopted: Matt den Dekker

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Three-and-a-half weeks in the cast down, one-and-a-half to go.

In the meantime, "Yakety Sax"-worthy "rehab" hijinx.

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Bright light city, gonna set its field, gonna set its field on fire.

="@UpperDekker"]???

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A nice last-ten-games (11-for-30, with a .367/.406/.467 line) has him up to a respectable-for-anywhere-else .265/.333/.441, with 10 XBH and 11 BB over 102 desert ABs.

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The pit boss has to be starting to pay attention by now; MDD's ultrahot weekend (8-for-15 with two BB, 3 XBH, 5 R, 5 RBI) has him at .292/.355/.475 for his Vegas tenure (120 PAs).

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Up to .297/.365/.506, 31 R, 6 HR, 36 RBI, 17 XBH over 175 plate appearances, with a BB% peeking over 10 percent (!).

I hope his room's being comped... and that he's got one waiting for him at the Holiday Inn LaGuardia this month.

[Edgy MD]

Is it crazy that I should dream of a Dykstra/Wilson thingie? With Lagares and DD sharing center and then one of them sliding over to a corner for super-duper late-inning defense?

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MdD gets an honorable mention in this week's Ba 'Hot Sheet'

Matt den Dekker, cf, Mets.
A wrist injury sidelined the 26-year-old den Dekker for first three months of Triple-A Las Vegas� season, but he�s enjoyed the thin mountain air this August, going 12-for-27 (.444) with a pair of homers and a triple this week to push his OPS to .970 for the month. The Mets face a 40-man roster decision on the 2010 fifth-rounder this offseason, so den Dekker may receive a September callup if he remains healthy and productive.

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They usually get younger players, but he's maybe a good candidate for the AFL, so he can get something closer to a full season in.

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Gonna fly now. (Along with Robert Carson and Recker... in anticipation of an imminent catcher/outfielder trade?)

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Matt is in Major League camp -

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He looks so much swarthier this spring.

[Edgy MD]

This guy is positively raking right now. If Nieuwenhuis isn't back soon, dD sure will be.

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He's walking more, too (10.0% BB-rate) and striking out a lot less (17.3%, a career low so far, and continuing a downward trend over the last three seasons). If the "new" approach-- it could be that his pop is leading to more intentional (and pitch-around-type) BBs-- sticks, and the medium-pop does, too, well, he'll be useful. Heck, if he can even provide replacement-level bat-man-ing, he'll be a Sam Fuld-plus kinda value.

His call-up is apparently a matter of hot debate within the organization.