The Mike and Corey Show

[Edgy MD]

Mets sign Mike Wilson and Corey Patterson, who's totally cuter than Cory Lidle and Cory Sullivan (the latter of whom I had totally forgotten existed until just this moment).

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/02/mets-sign-corey-patterson-mike-wilson.html

[metirish]

Corey Patterson was going to be great wasn't he?, or am I thinking about someone else?

[Edgy MD]

He and Hamilton were in the same class of uber-outfielders that you had better get the autographs of NOW!!!

Back then.

Contemporaries of Alex Escobar, for that matter.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I guess it's good to have them in the mix. Can't hurt, anyway. Maybe one of them will become an offensive version of R.A. Dickey.

I doubt that this impacts whether or not they pursue Michael Bourn.

[Guest sharpie]

I have the sick feeling that Corey Patterson will actually spend time playing in the Met outfield this season and will engender the same feeling that we had when Jose Offerman or Gerald Williams were clogging up lineup space.

[metirish]

sharpie wrote: I have the sick feeling that Corey Patterson will actually spend time playing in the Met outfield this season and will engender the same feeling that we had when Jose Offerman or Gerald Williams were clogging up lineup space.

2005, a Mets team on the up....2013?

[metirish]

God, can't believe this was 2005


http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2005.shtml

seems a lifetime ago.


The Dauber?

DeJean

aforementioned Ice?

[Edgy MD]

Despite what I wrote implied the other thread, Mike and Corey did not get camp invites with their contracts, and will head straight to minor league camp to work out with the Travis Taijerons and the ZeErika McQueens.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

metirish wrote: God, can't believe this was 2005 http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2005.shtml seems a lifetime ago. The Dauber? DeJean aforementioned Ice?

Mr. Koo had an OPS+ of 286!

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: He and Hamilton were in the same class of uber-outfielders that you had better get the autographs of NOW!!! .

Yeah, BA had those two as prospects 1 & 1A in one of their annual lists.
I believe they ultimately put Hamilton ahead of Patterson so as to not have a dead-tie, but they thought it was essentially even (even though the two did have different strengths and were hardly the same player).

Then, for the longest time, it seemed like neither one of them was going to make it in MLB.

[Frayed Knot]

Here we go: Baseball America's Top 20 in 2001
Check out some of these names. Lots of hits, but also some complete whiffs and in-betweens too.

1. Josh Hamilton, of, Devil Rays
2. Corey Patterson, of, Cubs
3. Josh Beckett, rhp, Marlins
4. Jon Rauch, rhp, White Sox
5. Ben Sheets, rhp, Brewers
6. Sean Burroughs, 3b, Padres
7. C.C. Sabathia, lhp, Indians
8. Ryan Anderson, lhp, Mariners
9. Ichiro Suzuki, of, Mariners
10. Nick Johnson, 1b, Yankees
11. Carlos Pena, 1b, Rangers
12. Vernon Wells, of, Blue Jays
13. Roy Oswalt, rhp, Astros
14. Drew Henson, 3b, Reds
15. Chin-Hui Tsao, rhp, Rockies
16. Antonio Perez, ss, Mariners
17. Juan Cruz, rhp, Cubs
18. Alex Escobar, of, Mets
19. Jerome Williams, rhp, Giants
20. Bobby Bradley, rhp, Pirates

[Edgy MD]

Drew Henson recently rejoined the Yankees as a minor league coach.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Here we go: Baseball America's Top 20 in 2001 Check out some of these names. Lots of hits, but also some complete whiffs and in-betweens too. 1. Josh Hamilton, of, Devil Rays 2. Corey Patterson, of, Cubs 3. Josh Beckett, rhp, Marlins 4. Jon Rauch, rhp, White Sox 5. Ben Sheets, rhp, Brewers

Rauchie's in every thread, today.

[seawolf17]

Here we go: Baseball America's Top 20 in 2001 Check out some of these names. Lots of hits, but also some complete whiffs and in-betweens too. 1. Josh Hamilton, of, Devil Rays 2. Corey Patterson, of, Cubs 3. Josh Beckett, rhp, Marlins 4. Jon Rauch, rhp, White Sox 5. Ben Sheets, rhp, Brewers Rauchie's in every thread, today.

He's tall. That happens.

[stevejrogers]

Ichiro counted as a prospect?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

No, Rogers, that was a 12-year-old joke snuck in there to see if anyone was paying attention.

[Fman99]

[Frayed Knot]

SteveJRogers wrote: Ichiro counted as a prospect?

Ichiro was unique to BA's prospect list and they weren't quite sure how to treat him but ultimately chose to do so as a prospect on account of him having never before played in MLB.
To be consistent they've done the same with subsequent Japanese players who have come over since (Matusi x 2 for example) although not all raters do the same.

[ashie62]

I see those failed prospects and am less concerned about losing a pick in signing Bourn.

Felix Pie is the new Corey Patterson moving from prospect, to suspect, to permanently mediocre.