2013 IPP: Jordany Valdespin

[Benjamin Grimm]

When he was in AA, I proclaimed him my favorite Mets minor leaguer. Since then he's been tainted with a bit of a bad reputation, but I'm not sure if it's because he's a bad guy, or if he's a free spirit who just needs to mature a bit. (Hopefully it's the latter.) My guess is that he'll have one or two pretty solid seasons in the big leagues, but won't have the staying power to have a lengthy career. Maybe that solid season (let's say 20 homers and 80 rbi) will come with the Mets, but I don't think it will be in 2013.

I do think he'll see more playing time than anyone was thinking he'd get a month or so ago. I'll say 280 at bats, 11 homers, .255. Most of his games will come in the outfield, but he'll appear in the infield about ten times.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

"The poor man's Alfonzo Soriano" as put by The Bard.

I still think there's a chance his hot spring, the fluidity of the Met bench and the coming 40-man crunch gets him traded this week but otherwise

10-30 267/320/449 in 250 PA

[Edgy MD]

It's good that he's the poor man's Alfonso Soriano, because the rich man's Alfonso Soriano has ripped that rich man off.

[Chad ochoseis]

120 PA. 5 HR, 27 RBI, .273/.317/.410. Traded to a contender before the deadline, becoming the rich man's Joe McEwing. Gets the coveted Nutty Buddy endorsement, with the tagline "I'm still the man now."

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Honestly... I have NO f*cking clue.

[Vic Sage]

yeah, he could turn into an all-star CFer or be out of baseball within 3 years. Hi-Risk/Hi-Reward. Worth giving him a shot, since we have nobody better in the OF, and Murphy at 2b hasn't exactly been an iron horse.

[ashie62]

400 AB 12-50 .270

Dyes the beard orange at some point.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'd bet on "tweeted penis photos" or "sexual harassment, other" first-- if anything, he seems to have an underdeveloped sense of humor/whimsy.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, if he's going to do something individualist, it's going to be something that's already desperately tired/played out/kinda douchey.

I'll bet on a controversy on the team flight when he shows up in jeans hanging halfway down his ass.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Based on nothing but my Don Zimmer-like intuition, I feel like Jordany's gonna get popped for PEDs one day.

[Lefty Specialist]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Based on nothing but my Don Zimmer-like intuition, I feel like Jordany's gonna get popped for PEDs one day.

This.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

5 Cranebucks on Tweets-his-junk

[Ceetar]

I'd probably still start him in the minors, if Kirk is ready to go for Opening Day, but I think he makes the team so..

I dunno. .270/.322/.430? And that's extremely optimistic. 300 PA. 12 HR, 2 Extremely hair-wrenching errors, 2 instagram photos that spark media-fed drama.

[MFS62]

.278 - 17 - 68 in 145 games, playing wherever Terry needs him.

Hey, if they finally convinced him to wear a cup, anything's possible.

Later

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

The guy hit five pinch-hit homers last year. If he keeps that up, he can let the fungus grow on his shower shoes and the press will think he's colorful.

I like him. He's got a chance here. I think he stick because it's not like we have anyone much better: .280, 23 homers 75 rbi.

[Frayed Knot]

The good news this spring for Valdespin: 50 PAs: 17 for 47 with 5 XBHs (he tripled to lead off tonight's game) and just two Ks
The bad news: 1 walk plus 2 CS in 3 attempts

[batmagadanleadoff]

I predict he takes a heater right in the cock. And it'll serve him right for not wearing a protective cup.