Reinforcements 2011

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Along with ageless Miguel Batista, Joshes Stinson and Satin are up with the big club, effective tomorrow. (But they won't be eligible for the postseason!)

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Along with ageless Miguel Batista, Joshes Stinson and Satin are up with the big club, effective tomorrow. (But they won't be eligible for the postseason!)

Shoot! And we had home field advantage in the World Series, too! Could have used them!

[Frayed Knot]

Nights with Josh Satin
never reaching the fence
Hope he can hit some
cuz he can't play defense
...

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wright's in Manhattan
In a penthouse on Fifth
Batista calls him
'Cuz he wants to crash with

[Benjamin Grimm]

No Schwinden? Or just not yet?

Mets to Add Two From Minors By ANDREW KEH The Mets announced Wednesday night that they would promote two minor leaguers, pitcher Josh Stinson and infielder Josh Satin, once rosters can expand on Sept. 1. And the call-ups, as expected, exhibited just how much the Mets� vision of the season has changed since spring training, well before the team was ravaged by injuries and trades. On Wednesday, Manager Terry Collins listed the names that he had expected to see as September call-ups: Ruben Tejada, Lucas Duda, Nick Evans, Mike Nickeas. �And they�re all already here,� Collins said. As Collins explained, many players the Mets would have granted chances to showcase their skills are already getting those opportunities. At the same time, the Mets are effectively out of the pennant race, meaning they do not need to stock their bench with additional tools. Earlier Wednesday, the assistant general manager John Ricco revealed how the Mets� front office had managed these particular circumstances approaching the call-up period. �You can always use extra bullpen arms,� Ricco said. �It�s been a long season, guys are getting tired. September�s a good time to be able to supplement the team a bit.� Stinson, 23, a 6-foot-4 right-hander, fits that category. He has worked most recently out of the bullpen for Class AA Binghamton, posting a 3.99 earned run average in 27 games there. Ricco said: �The other thing you look to do is if there�s a guy or two who�s had an outstanding minor league season, whether or not they�re a prospect, sometimes you look to reward them.� That would be Satin. Satin, 26, started the year at Class AA Binghamton, where he hit .325 with 11 home runs in 94 games. He continued to hit at Buffalo, posting a .317 average with one home run in 38 games. His skills call to mind Daniel Murphy: a line-drive hitter with perhaps no natural position in the field. In an interview this month, General Manager Sandy Alderson acknowledged some of Satin�s shortcomings and said he doubted the Mets would promote him by year�s end. �He�s older, and some commentators will say he doesn�t have a position,� Alderson said. But, as Alderson added, �He�s an excellent hitter, and if you can hit, you�ll get an opportunity in the big leagues.� Alderson proved his own words true.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Uniform numbers:

Stinson 63
Satin 3

[HahnSolo]

A John Ricco sighting!

[MFS62]

I used to think that if Horace Clark and Chuck Hiller could be every day second basemen in the majors, so could I.
And Satin has to be better than I was.
Welcome to the bigs, Josh, even though your mother still wishes you were a Doctor.

Later

[metirish]

Was there not a young gun in the minors able to take the start tonight instead of Batista?, nothing against Miquel, just curious.

[MFS62]

metirish wrote: Was there not a young gun in the minors able to take the start tonight instead of Batista?, nothing against Miquel, just curious.

I don't think there's a single pitcher who I would like to see (Familia) who would be able to take this start in a normal turn. At least RA will have someone his own generation and intellect in the clubhouse.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

Were any of you present at Josh Satin's birth? I have conflicting reports about his birthplace. Was it Hidden Hills, California? Or Los Angeles?

[MFS62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Were any of you present at Josh Satin's birth? I have conflicting reports about his birthplace. Was it Hidden Hills, California? Or Los Angeles?

Hidden Hills is part of Los Angeles County.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Hills,_California

Probably like a Riverdale/ Bronx kind of thing.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

That seems to explain the discrepancy.

Thanks!

[Frayed Knot]

MFS62 wrote: metirish wrote: Was there not a young gun in the minors able to take the start tonight instead of Batista?, nothing against Miquel, just curious. I don't think there's a single pitcher who I would like to see (Familia) who would be able to take this start in a normal turn. At least RA will have someone his own generation and intellect in the clubhouse.

Plus you've got the questions about burning option years and adding players to 40-man rosters only to risk losing them this winter that simply aren't worth the handful of starts a young'un would get over the next few weeks.
Mejia would have been a candidate but he's all injured and shit. Adding Batista carries no risk to it and makes him the perfect fill-in type for this sort of situation.

[Frayed Knot]

MFS62 wrote: Were any of you present at Josh Satin's birth? I have conflicting reports about his birthplace. Was it Hidden Hills, California? Or Los Angeles? Hidden Hills is part of Los Angeles County. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Hills,_California Probably like a Riverdale/ Bronx kind of thing.

It was probably part of the territory added to LA by John Huston and the corrupt water commission.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Uniform numbers: Stinson 63 Satin 3

I just checked MBTN and Stinson is in fact going to be the first-ever number 63 for the Mets.

I long ago decided that if I ever bought a Mets jersey (which is unlikely) I'd get 63, for two reasons: No Met had ever worn it, and it's the year of my birth.

Now one of those two reasons is shot.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Uniform numbers: Stinson 63 Satin 3 I just checked MBTN and Stinson is in fact going to be the first-ever number 63 for the Mets. I long ago decided that if I ever bought a Mets jersey (which is unlikely) I'd get 63, for two reasons: No Met had ever worn it, and it's the year of my birth. Now one of those two reasons is shot.

Kind of wild that this is the first time a Met has worn a number as the team closes in on 50 years. Granted, it's a spring training number. I have to consult one of my favorite books to learn how many other numbers below 70 have never been worn. Can't be too many.

[G-Fafif]

Miguel Batista became the 18th player to make his Met debut on September 1 -- thus the 18th member of the New Toy Club. Maybe its most unlikely, given his vintage. He's the seventh NTCer to Met-debut on 9/1 with prior MLB experience. All five before last year (Joaquin Arias) arrived amid ultimately doomed pennant races: Ron Herbel (1970), Lou Thornton (1989), Charlie O'Brien and Tommy Herr (1990) and Rigo Beltran (1998).

Eight almost New Toys made their debuts on September 2. The first two, Buddy Harrelson and Dick Selma, chose (or had chosen for them) the same day Casey Stengel had his number retired, 9/2/1965. You may have seen the clip of the unceremonious ceremony the Mets held, well before game time, probably before BP, with Ol' Case posing for photographers in an empty Shea Stadum.

Then again Casey's prime constituency with the Mets was the media, so maybe there was something to it.

[G-Fafif]

Dan Herrera joins the pen, wearing 19.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Uniform numbers: Stinson 63 Satin 3 I just checked MBTN and Stinson is in fact going to be the first-ever number 63 for the Mets. I long ago decided that if I ever bought a Mets jersey (which is unlikely) I'd get 63, for two reasons: No Met had ever worn it, and it's the year of my birth. Now one of those two reasons is shot. Kind of wild that this is the first time a Met has worn a number as the team closes in on 50 years. Granted, it's a spring training number. I have to consult one of my favorite books to learn how many other numbers below 70 have never been worn. Can't be too many.

Are we certain on this 63 for Stinson? Roster has him listed as 64 (although that was also his number in Spring Training)

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Uniform numbers: Stinson 63 Satin 3 I just checked MBTN and Stinson is in fact going to be the first-ever number 63 for the Mets. I long ago decided that if I ever bought a Mets jersey (which is unlikely) I'd get 63, for two reasons: No Met had ever worn it, and it's the year of my birth. Now one of those two reasons is shot. Kind of wild that this is the first time a Met has worn a number as the team closes in on 50 years. Granted, it's a spring training number. I have to consult one of my favorite books to learn how many other numbers below 70 have never been worn. Can't be too many. Are we certain on this 63 for Stinson? Roster has him listed as 64 (although that was also his number in Spring Training)

he was just 64 in the game, so..

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Makes you forget Elmer Dessens ever lived.

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Makes you forget Elmer Dessens ever lived.

who?

I spent about an hour this afternoon trying to remember Mike Hessman.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I just remembered that Gary Sheffield spent all of 2009 as a Met. UMDB says he batted cleanup 44 times. Whoah!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'm alreday forgetting that Miguel Batista was ever a Met.

My latest "no memory Met" is Cory Sullivan.

[G-Fafif]

Josh Stinson: Ninth Met to make MLB debut on September 2, joining Buddy Harrelson, Dick Selma, Mookie Wilson, Wally Backman, Kevin Elster, Danny Garcia, Tim Hamulack and Jon Niese.

It's like making your major league debut on September 1 -- but later.

[Guest themetfairy]

Josh Satin waits with envy....

[Met Hunter]

Ray(Knight) Jeff(In)nis Rick(White) Josh(Satin)

[G-Fafif]

Met Hunter wrote: Ray(Knight) Jeff(In)nis Rick(White) Josh(Satin)

Parnell never reaching the end.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Schwinden, Pascucci, and Baxter added. Backman and Teufel to follow.