Winter Jobs

[Edgy MD]

I'm always taken by suprise when these leagues start play before the World Series.

These are the guys Amazin' Avenue is reporting as playing in the winter leagues. I would have thought there'd be more and won't be shocked to find there are more. I was kind of hoping to see Taylor Buchholz and maybe Jenrry Mejia, among others. Manny Alvarez, with your 10 innings pitched in the summer of 2011, what say you?

Anyhow, we've got three infielders down south. Two showed up with their hitting sticks. Gamboa is kind of a secret, as he started 2011 late in the Gulf Coast League, tore the cover off the ball for 17 games, moved up to Savannah, kept hitting, and then was loaned out to Mexico City in the Mexican League, something that's done, but not usually with players so young or low down in the minors. But he held his own there even, going .265 / .302 / .465 // .771 in 21 games.

Hitting Guy	Team	League	Special Guest Manager	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	OPS
Josh Satin	Caracas	Venezuealan Winter League	Tim Teufel	.333	5	15	4	5	0	0	1	2	8	5	3	0	0	.500	.533	1.033
Wilmer Flores	Margarita	Venezuealan Winter League	Don Baylor	.200	5	20	0	4	0	0	0	1	4	1	3	0	0	.238	.200	.438
Juan Carlos Gamboa	Los Mochis	Mexican Pacific League	Enrique Reyes	.429	4	14	3	6	2	0	1	3	11	1	2	0	0	.467	.786	1.252

Pitching Guy	Team	League	Special Guest Manager	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GO/AO	AVG
Dylan Owen	Caracas	Venezuealan Winter League	Tim Teufel	0	0	3.00	2	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	2	0	0	8	9.00	.217
Armando Rodritguez	Escogido	Dominican Winter League	Tony DeFrancisco	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	.000

[Edgy MD]

Mets list of players in action in the offseason:

Juan Centeno, Arizona
Raul Chavez, Venezuela
Wilmer Flores, Venezuela
Juan Carlos Gamboa, Mexico
Juan Lagares, Arizona
Jefry Marte, Arizona
Niuman Romero, Venezuela
Wilfredo Tovar, Arizona
Marcos Camarena, Mexico
Dylan Owen, Venezuela
Ronny Morla, Dominican
Josh Satin, Venezuela
Jordany Valdespin, Dominican
Jeurys Familia, Dominican
Rhiner Cruz, Dominican
Armando Rodriguez, Dominican
Robert Carson, Arizona
Collin McHugh, Arizona
Erik Turgeon, Arizona
Taylor Whitenton, Arizona
Raul Reyes, Dominican
Juan Torres, Venezuela

No Alvarez, Mejia, or Buchholz.

No Santana either, for what that's worth.

[Frayed Knot]

- Mejia had TJ surgery in, what, May?, June? ... no way is he ready to throw in winter ball. We're probably talking the middle of next season before we see him on a mound for real-sies.

- Buchholz is another one who hasn't been heard from since he last pitched at the end of May and the subsequent announcement that he was dealing with "personal issues". Don't know what his status is.

- The first clue about Alvarez might be to find out why he only pitched 3 innings this season and when those were.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Frayed Knot wrote: Also not sure why this is in the NBB forum.

Moved.

[Edgy MD]

'Cuz when you post at 2 AM....

Buchholz was being treated for clinical depression. I don't know what hole Alvarez fell into.

[TransMonk]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Also not sure why this is in the NBB forum. Moved.

When I first saw this in the NBB forum, I thought maybe Edgy got a night gig as a security officer at Sears (or some such) for the holiday season.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I could've sworn I saw something about Nimmo playing winter ball (in the Dominican, maybe?).

No Murph, either. Is the second base experiment Adam Dunn?

[Edgy MD]

TransMonk wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Also not sure why this is in the NBB forum. Moved. When I first saw this in the NBB forum, I thought maybe Edgy got a night gig as a security officer at Sears (or some such) for the holiday season.

Is Sears hiring?