Mets by the Scout

[Edgy MD]

Hi, I'm Marlin McPhail. I'm one of those guys who you, sleeping soundly in your beds, give nary a thought to. But I have the power to make you happy or sad. I'm a big league scout. And while scouting for the Mets, this has been my legacy:

Player Signed	Draft Yr	Overall	High Level	Current Status	ML WAR	ML AS Teams
Matt Harvey	2010	7	MLB	�NYM���40m	6.9	1
Ty Wigginton	1998	514	MLB	�Free Agent	2.4	1
Bobby Parnell	2005	269	MLB	�NYM���40m	2
Josh Edgin	2010	902	MLB	�NYM���40m	0.1
Collin McHugh	2008	554	MLB	�COL���40m	-1.9
Reese Havens	2008	22	AAA	�NYM�� in minors�Las Vegas�[AAA]
Michael Antonini	2007	573	AAA	�LAD�� in minors�Albuquerque�[AAA]
D.J. Wabick	2005	749	AAA	�Recently Active
Eric Niesen	2007	99	AAA	�Free Agent
Dylan Owen	2007	633	AAA	�Free Agent
Tony Maccani	2007	0	AAA	�Recently Active
Nick Maness	1997	360	AAA	�Recently Active
Eric Brown	2005	539	AA	�Retired
Stephen Clyne	2007	123	AA	�Recently Active
Jason Jacobs	2006	604	A+	�Assistant Coach -�University of Georgia�(2013)
Jeremy Gould	2010	842	A	�Free Agent
Nathan Vineyard	2007	47	A	�Retired

It may seem like a generally pedestrian bunch, or a mixed bag, but I bet I stack up well against most scouts. Let's face it. If most players don't reach the bigs, that means most scouts aren't netting big leaguers. I'm not quite sure what it means in this day and age to say a scout "signs" a prospect, when a potential #1 pick is going to be cross-checked by several guys, and ultimately brought in to negotiate with the team's top brass, but I like that somebody is still recording that somebody in the organization was the definitive champion of the likes of Matt Harvey (and Bobby Parnell, and, um, Jeremy Gould). I like that because I was that guy. I'm Marlin McPhail.

[Edgy MD]

Tell, me about it, Marlin!

Hi, I'm Jack Zdurienicik, currently under siege as GM (and alleged fraud) with the Seattle Mariners. In between extended periods of trying to spell my name, I've held several different posts with YOUR New York Mets.

• Area Scout, 1983-1989
  
• National Crosschecker, 1990
  
• National Crosschecker again 1994-1995
  
• Director of Minor League Operations, 1995-1998
  
• Special Assistant to the General Manager, 1998

You might think that's a heckuva lotta tenure, but during that time, only six Mets players have officially fallen onto my ledger sheet as Zdurienicik signings, and while three have made the majors, and a .500 batting average should be encouraging, the overall results are, well, I'm not planning to present them as Exhibit A as I seek to defend my honor this coming week.

Player Signed	Draft Yr	Overall	High Level	Current Status	ML WAR	ML AS Teams
Anthony Young	1987	977	MLB	�Retired	1.3
Archie Corbin	1986	414	MLB	�Retired	0.5
Terry McDaniel	1986	152	MLB	�Retired	-0.4
Lee Johnson	1986	799	AA	�Retired
Steve LaRose	1990	0	AA	�Retired
Mike Westbrook	1984	54	AA	�Retired

[G-Fafif]

D.J. Wabick 2005 749 AAA Recently Active

He's been keeping busy out west.

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[ashie62]

So Marlin McPhail is the bastard responsible for Reese Havens....

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Good Lord, that's one damning player roll for Ol' Jackie Z.

[Edgy MD]

Ashie62 wrote: So Marlin McPhail is the bastard responsible for Reese Havens....

That's one surprsingly narrow way to look at it.

[G-Fafif]

Also, he scouted Harvey, who's not even gonna pitch next season.

[Edgy MD]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Good Lord, that's one damning player roll for Ol' Jackie Z.

Yeah, the proof is in the pudding, and that sort of pudding is not the type the kids from the Pink Floyd record are going to eat happily.

Hi, I'm Steve Leavitt, and when not inspiring over-produced mid-eighties singles by YES, I've beaten the bushes for Mets (though now with the Twins) looking for prospects. My territory typically has been Southern California and Hawaii, and MAN SAKES, the women.

But you can't allow yourself to get distracted, because that moment is the difference between the signing CRAP or CARP, and while Jack Zdurienicik has landed you plenty of the former, I'm the guy who signed the latter.

Player Signed	Draft Yr	Overall	High Level	Current Status	ML WAR	ML AS Teams
Brian Bannister	2003	199	MLB	�Recently Active	5.1
Mike Carp	2004	254	MLB	�BOS���40m	2.3
Carlos Muniz	2003	379	MLB	�Recently Active	-0.1
Lucas Duda	2007	243	MLB	�NYM���40m	-0.9
Michael Olmsted	2007	303	AAA	�MIL�� in minors�Huntsville�[AA]
Eddy Camacho	2004	0	AAA	�Recently Active
Vincent Cordova	2003	259	AA	�Retired
Jamar Hill	2001	1433	AA	�Recently Active
Kevin Rios	2003	769	AA	�Indy Leagues
Brant Rustich	2007	93	A+	�Recently Active
Matt Fisher	2004	0	A	�Retired
Nick Giarraputo	2006	364	A	�CHW�� Minors
Mike Hebert	2008	224	A	�Recently Active
Brandon Kawal	2007	1162	A	�Retired
Matt Anderson	2005	929	A-	�Retired
Taylor George	2001	1002	A-	�Retired
Will Quaglieri	2004	0	A-	�Retired
Tyler Vaughn	2007	693	A-	�Retired
Kyle Johnson	2006	1379	RK	�Retired

[Edgy MD]

Hi, suckers. I'm Randy "Moose" Millgan.

You may know me as a fringey, thick-in-the-middle firstbaseman of Met seasons past. But I stayed in the game as a scout, and between the Mets and my current organization of Baltimore, TheBaseballCube credits me with all of one (ONE!) signing.

Player Signed	Draft Yr	Overall	High Level	Current Status	ML WAR	ML AS Teams
David Wright	2001	38	MLB	About to Be Married	46.6	7

I should just retire now, right?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I asked Moose Milligan for an interview once. He said he was busy.

[Edgy MD]

You should know better than to stand between me and my Wendy's, Bucket.



To his credit, I think he was slenderer as an Oriole. Or possibly, black is simply slimming.