Outfield: Next?

[Edgy MD]

Andres Torres has the only Met run of the season and he cashed it in on the way to what looks like the disabled list. Our number five hitter looked a little frozen in the headlights on his lone at-bat. And they're going to need him all the more now.

OE: Look at all those letters!

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

That's a lot of lengthy surnames.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I suggested in the game thread they look at Justin Maxwell. He just got released by the MFYs because he couldn't beat out Andruw Jones for a job. He has some CF and division experience, 28 years old and a former high-ish draft pick, bats righty.

[Edgy MD]

That's some good outside-the-box thinking, boy. Check "Other," if you will.

A righthanded guy, though, only doubles down on the pressure on Baxter. Not having your discerning eye for the waiver wire, I'm checking the Valdespin box. He's my adoptee, he's versatile, he could use the emotional boost of a brief callup, he can pinch-run, and he probably would've gotten his hacks in during that at-bat.

Loewen would seem to be the guy you're going for if you want more extra-basiness. I think versatility, aggressiveness, and contact could be more of an asset at this time.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

I don;t know who Matt Tuiasosopo is, but his name tells me there's an outside chance he could be related to The Rock.

[Edgy MD]

Matt Tuiasosopo.

[Edgy MD]

According to Rubin, Torres has told him directly that he's heading to the List.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Am on #TeamMaxwell myself. Failing that, gimme all your Loewen... all your hair and whiffin' too.

[Valadius]

Fuck it. Call up the football player.

[Edgy MD]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Am on #TeamMaxwell myself. Failing that, gimme all your Loewen... all your hair and whiffin' too.

You know, try and find a picture of Loewen where he doesn't look at least a little bit high.

[Guest vtmet]

Capt Kirk is the only choice that has experience playing Centerfield, appears ready to hit MLB pitching, and is already on the 40 man roster...IMO, any other move would be a bigger risk...gives Kirk a chance to get a short taste for the MLB experience & it wouldn't risk losing another guy off of the 40 man roster (we've already lost Stinson when he was removed from the 40 man roster)...

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Cubs are trying to move Marking Byrd. Interested?

[metirish]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Cubs are trying to move Marking Byrd. Interested?

He's a total bollox right or am I conflating him with someone else?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

For the minimum or, say, Schwinden? Sure. While I understand the appeal of controllable arms, I've never really understood the appeal of Schwinden in particular...least of all, Schwinden instead of ANOTHER cheap asset.

Tuiasasopo, people? Really?

[Ceetar]

vtmet wrote: Capt Kirk is the only choice that has experience playing Centerfield, appears ready to hit MLB pitching, and is already on the 40 man roster...IMO, any other move would be a bigger risk...gives Kirk a chance to get a short taste for the MLB experience & it wouldn't risk losing another guy off of the 40 man roster (we've already lost Stinson when he was removed from the 40 man roster)...

This is the easy answer, but I'm really not sure if it's the right one. I'm really not sure what the best answer is right now.

Kirk hasn't quite been back from his oblique long enough. I'd be skeptical even if he was alrady a major leaguer, but to rush him into real games might be a tad hasty. But, he's playing tonight right for Buffalo?

[Frayed Knot]

Maxwell was so far off my radar I had to go look him up.
Very thin ML resume where he hasn't played since briefly in 2010.
Minor league numbers don't look so bad but, of course, that's the minor leagues.
Maybe they should into picking him up but that doesn't mean you throw him into the NY lineup right away.

Baxter was Terry's only LF bat off the bench today and that will be the case on most days unless Turner is starting for Murphy or something goofy like that. That all points to Loewen as the likely beneficiary of the Torres injury unless they really want a 'true' CF out there instead of Hairston and think Dekker and/or Nieuwenhuis are ready to handle a month or more on a more or less everyday basis.

I think it'll be Loewen.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Maxwell had a torn labrim and missed most of last year I was only aware of him because he was getting his name in the paper for having a good spring for the mfys. Byrd males something like 6 mills.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Maxwell, IIRC (and that ain't no sure thing, granted), looked more than half-decent in center for the Nats; what scant defensive stat evidence there is seems to indicate that he's solid-to-good there and in RF. He's also got isolated-power numbers in the low .200s, nice speed, and though he strikes out a LOT (30% of the time), he also walks far more than virtually all of our other candidates.

Loewen has nothing but one strong AAA season... in the stat-inflated PCL; he also doesn't appear to have quite the same baserunning ability that Maxwell does, and is much iffier in the glove department. I want to see more from him, and a solid month more of healthy, improving performance from Kirk, before I bring either of them to Flushing.

I'm not saying Maxwell's a starter-- I'm saying he's a really interesting cheap bench/spot-start/defensive-replacement option with pop, a strong record against lefties, and-- at 28-- more than a puncher's chance of post-hype-prospect-y mild improvement.

[Fman99]

vtmet wrote: Capt Kirk is the only choice that has experience playing Centerfield, appears ready to hit MLB pitching, and is already on the 40 man roster...IMO, any other move would be a bigger risk...gives Kirk a chance to get a short taste for the MLB experience & it wouldn't risk losing another guy off of the 40 man roster (we've already lost Stinson when he was removed from the 40 man roster)...

Sounds reasonable, I'm buying. I don't really have a horse in this race.

[Edgy MD]

I'm just tickled that there's 15 folks voting in this poll. Let's face it, the CPF has been deader than Albany on a Tuesday night.

I think Valdespin has shown as much readiness for the bigs. I'd like to see Nieuwenhuis get some work at AAA. He was only healthy enough to get into 53 games last year.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Source: Beam Him Up To The Bigs.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Source: Beam Him Up To The Bigs.

So how long do you think it's gonna take for the James T. Kirk puns to die.....cos I;m not sure I can live in a world where I'm exposed to them on a daily basis.

[Ceetar]

Source: Beam Him Up To The Bigs. So how long do you think it's gonna take for the James T. Kirk puns to die.....cos I;m not sure I can live in a world where I'm exposed to them on a daily basis.

I'm hoping never..

just hope he doesn't re-injure himself pushing too hard.

[duan]

i've got a Benny Agyiani style surge in my head for Kirk

"10 homers in his first 73 at-bats. "

[MFS62]

Source: Beam Him Up To The Bigs. So how long do you think it's gonna take for the James T. Kirk puns to die.....cos I;m not sure I can live in a world where I'm exposed to them on a daily basis.

That's why I refer to him as the "Dutch Treat" , because he makes opponents pay.

Later

[nymr83]

Source: Beam Him Up To The Bigs. So how long do you think it's gonna take for the James T. Kirk puns to die.....cos I;m not sure I can live in a world where I'm exposed to them on a daily basis. I'm hoping never.. just hope he doesn't re-injure himself pushing too hard.

Ditto on both counts, Live Long and Prosper, Star Trek jokes!

[Frayed Knot]

Source: Beam Him Up To The Bigs. So how long do you think it's gonna take for the James T. Kirk puns to die.....cos I;m not sure I can live in a world where I'm exposed to them on a daily basis. That's why I refer to him as the "Dutch Treat" , because he makes opponents pay.

I like that one.

[Fman99]

Mr. Spock, set phasers to "Awesome."

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'm thinking... close-and-late walkup music?

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[Edgy MD]

Maxwell claimed by the Astros.