Actually Curtis

[metsmarathon]

i like this a lot. i like granderson at 4/60 a lot better than i would have liked ellsbury at 7/150, or cano at 10/240.

also, i really hope not to see eric young take a meaningful, everyday role on this team. he's a useful spare part, but should not be an everyday player. if he's in our outfield and lagares is not, i'll be quite unhappy.

moreso if he's at second and murphy is not, (unless there's a massive return).

[metsmarathon]

regarding granderson's power, if you look to hittrackeronline, you can take a loot at grandy's home runs, normalized for atmospheric conditions, and compare them against ballpark dimensions.

last year, each of grandy's homers easily clears our right field fence.
in 2012, all but 9 of hte 43 homers he hit clear our fences. last i checked, 34 homers wouldn't be so bad. and a lot of them are gappers that could turn into extra bases and not just long fly outs. with his speed, maybe there's some extra triples in there. who knows.
in 2011, there's 4-6 of his 41 homers that might not make it out.

dude's got power. he's no cheap yankee stadium sham-homerun illusion.

[Ceetar]

metsmarathon wrote: dude's got power. he's no cheap yankee stadium sham-homerun illusion.

wind conditions, pitchers, etc. but yeah.

My only real concern there is that it seems like he may have altered his approach in 2012 in a homer happy way that led to a not very good season despite hitting a bunch. That approach has all the makings of trouble.

but I have faith that wouldn't be the case.

[Zvon]

yawoot! This is a well done good deal. This is a nice splash! Bravo Sandyman!

[dgwphotography]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: It's nice to get another one of the good guys, anyway. And DINGERS! I hope I'm really, really wrong about how this will play out.

I hope I'm wrong about this, too.

[ashie62]

I like it....alot

Danny Murphy may not..

[Ceetar]

Why does ESPN's ticker report all deals as "According to ESPN and 'media sources'"

Does that mean "yeah, other people said this and we're going to tell you about it like we're intimately involved, after we talk about Tim Tebow and tell you meaningless things about football."

[Guest 86-Dreamer]

Assuming he gets $15 million in 2014, the payroll projects now to approx. $78.8 million:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2013-payroll-salaries.shtml

Last year's payroll was $89 million. Hopefully they will go to at least $95 which would leave Sandy $16m to get a starting pitcher and at least one more credible major league bat.

I think Arroyo is the logical next move in the $10-11 million range and then will take some skilled trading to squeeze a bat into the budget. I think they will regret tendering Ike.

[Frayed Knot]

Ceetar wrote: Why does ESPN's ticker report all deals as "According to ESPN and 'media sources'"

It's their way of saying that they were beaten to the story (or, at best, that they reported it no earlier than 956 other sources) but still get to credit themselves with being among the ones cited as the source of this material.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Ceetar wrote: Why does ESPN's ticker report all deals as "According to ESPN and 'media sources'" It's their way of saying that they were beaten to the story (or, at best, that they reported it no earlier than 956 other sources) but still get to credit themselves with being among the ones cited as the source of this material.

Yeah, we were flipping to it at lunch during Millionaire commercials and it seemed like they waited until they had someone ESPN affiliated to talk about that they put it in the "Breaking News" section.

[stevejrogers]

Ceetar wrote: Ceetar wrote: Why does ESPN's ticker report all deals as "According to ESPN and 'media sources'" It's their way of saying that they were beaten to the story (or, at best, that they reported it no earlier than 956 other sources) but still get to credit themselves with being among the ones cited as the source of this material. Yeah, we were flipping to it at lunch during Millionaire commercials and it seemed like they waited until they had someone ESPN affiliated to talk about that they put it in the "Breaking News" section.

Yeah, that's been ESPN's MO for decades now. "Don't credit anyone but ourselves."

[MFS62]

Good hitter, good defender, class act, Fills a need. Not a terrible contract.
What's not to like?

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

Today's Daily News has a photoshopped picture of Curtis in his Mets uniform, wearing number 14.

Looked very strange to see that. Obviously, that's not gonna happen.

[Edgy MD]

They have no clue the of their faux pas, do they?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Looks like someone clued them in. They've repaired the online version, (the 14 was in the print edition) and removed the 4.

[stevejrogers]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Today's Daily News has a photoshopped picture of Curtis in his Mets uniform, wearing number 14. Looked very strange to see that. Obviously, that's not gonna happen.

SMH also at the 50th Anniversary patch, dead giveaway for a Photoshop job!

[Zvon]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Looks like someone clued them in. They've repaired the online version, (the 14 was in the print edition) and removed the 4.

So if he comes in and hits like 75 kabooms or we win the division 3 times in a row the newspaper could become a collectors item? Right? Lemme know before recycling on Monday.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

MFS62 wrote: Good hitter, good defender, class act, Fills a need. Not a terrible contract. What's not to like?

Declining hitter (over the last three years, steadily), declining defender (also over the last three years, if less steadily), moving to a position where his bat becomes less valuable, costs a high 2nd-round draft pick, may tie up more payroll than a similar/better asset in trade (Aoki, e.g.) would have.

On the plus side, he'll still have some power, and he's fast, and maybe the glove plays better in right (like, at least a scratch-defender level). Also, he knows Beyonce!

[Edgy MD]

Yeah? Well Tommy Hanson knows Hanson.