Wilmer Flores

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

If you adopted Wilmer Flores, please come out and take a bow. Reportedly en route to NYC (and third base?!?)

[MFS62]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: If you adopted Wilmer Flores, please come out and take a bow. Reportedly en route to NYC (and third base?!?)

Glad to hear it.
Thanks.
Later

[Edgy MD]

Of course.

I guess there's going to be work enough, as even moving Young to second, Satin is the righthanded thirbaseman and the righthanded firstbaseman.

[Centerfield]

Awesome. This must be the NY third-baseman about to make his debut that all the press has been buzzing about.

[Edgy MD]

According to Jay Horwitz, the first Met since Randy Bobb in 1970 to debut (on the team, if not on the field) on his birthday.

[metirish]

some guy with this,

Rob Cast ?@_robcast 6m
Re: Flores, only 32 players ever made ML debut on bday, including Yanks 3B David Adams. Only four had a hit, only 1 homered (Aderholt, '39).

Rob Cast ?@_robcast 5m
Wilmer Flores will likely become the second #Met to ever make his ML debut on his birthday. RHP John Pacella was the first in 1977.
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[batmagadanleadoff]

I would've named this thread Flowers.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yes that'd be real clever. How about we play guess the number?

0
4
8
15
16
17
19
24
34
36
38
43
55
58
60-65
67-72
74
76-99
00

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'm getting a 00 vibe.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'll guess 17, but I'd like it to be 8 or 24.

[Guest d'Kong76]

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[bigpurple:32a1t0qq]0[/bigpurple:32a1t0qq]

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Guest d'Kong76]

[batmagadanleadoff]

[dinosaur jesus]

Happy birthday, Wilmer.

[Edgy MD]

Four is the correct answer.

[Ceetar]

I'd go with #1, but he was 4 in Vegas.

edit: see?

[Edgy MD]

Wilmer Four-es.

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: Wilmer Four-es.

Four Eyes (Four Es? no, only if he's a butcher) can be his nickname.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think his nickname should be "Mrs. Flintstone".

[G-Fafif]

Per @Mets:

Wilmer Flores will wear #4 & if he plays tonight will join RHP John Pacella as only players in Mets history to make MLB debut on birthday.

No word on his hat size.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Edgy MD wrote: Wilmer Four-es.

Let's hope not, although it's slightly better than E-six Snead.

[G-Fafif]

Mets third baseman wearing No. 4 immediately summons to mind Jose Moreno, who played there three times, as opposed to, I don't know, Gold Glove winner/120-RBI slugger Robin Ventura, who played there three years.

[Zvon]

Wilmer Flores will wear #4 & if he plays tonight will join RHP John Pacella as only players in Mets history to make MLB debut on birthday.

Then he must play tonight! Lets start an internet campaign and make some Met history!

[Edgy MD]

I'm so very proud. If there's anything I am consistently wrong at, it's guessing number assignments.

That said, I'm definitely an advocate of not assigning the same number twice in one year.

[Frayed Knot]

What I'm most interesting in seeing (aside from him getting 3 XBHs of course) is how slow/not slow he is.
There have been numerous notes via the internet prospect world over the last few years talking about his TOTAL lack of foot-speed; like tagging him with 25-30 rating (on the scouts 20-80 scale) which is basically like saying he's an honorary Molina brother - something that seemed way out of proportion for a thin-ish (listed at 6' 3"/190) teen/near-teen (turns 22 today).

[Edgy MD]

[Frayed Knot]

Par-Nell to the Dee-Ell is the corresponding move.

[Edgy MD]

First pitch shows a quick bat.

[Edgy MD]

How about that .000 fielding percentage?