Rookie of the Year Talk

[batmagadanleadoff]

I just finished looking up Moises' Mets stats. I knew he was good, but I had to re-remember just how damn good he was.Did the Mets ever have any 40 year olds better than Moises and Rickey? They were better than most 25 year old Mets.

[Edgy MD]

Premature fireworks. Moises Alou is incorrect (1 X!). I'm looking for a guy who finished second in RoY voting AS A FORMER MET.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Preston Wilson?

[metsmarathon]

jason bay

[Edgy MD]

Thank you for participating, but the question was to be tiebreaker for our two finalists.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Did this person actually play for the Mets before heading to the other team, or are we talking guys who were traded out of the Mets system?

[Edgy MD]

He or she was a New York Met.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

That rules out Kazmir.

I have two guesses, which breaks the rules. I know Kevin Tapani had a cup of coffee then got decent with the Twins, and Terrance Long had a Starbucks stop and went to Oakland. (Was that part of the disastrous Izzy/Billy Taylor deal?

Picking one, I'm going to guess Long.

[Edgy MD]

Terrence Long is not the answer I was looking for, but it IS CORRECT!

I declare you Mets RotY Voting Support Champion. Congratulations.

The guy I was looking for was indeed 1999 RotY runner-up Preston Wilson (Marlins). But Terrence Long pulled it off again the very next year in the AL with the Athletics. Ex-Mets at the time were both.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

This was fun!

Baseball card collecting and its rookie emphasis pays off once in a while.

I thought about Preston, but I thought he spent more time with the Mets and wouldn't qualify.

I also was thinking about those Marlins trades -- I seem to remember we made a number of them -- and a bunch of young players went south. I was wondering about some of the pitchers -- Burnett, Yanrall, Peterson.

[batmagadanleadoff]

It's been a long time coming: 2014 Projected ROY winners.

Here's a list of each team's last Rookie of the Year Winner: 2014 Mets Jacob deGrom 2014 White Sox Jose Abreu 2013 Rays Wil Myers 2013 Marlins Jose Fernandez 2012 Angels Mike Trout 2012 Nationals Bryce Harper 2011 Braves Craig Kimbrel 2010 Rangers Neftali Perez 2010 Giants Buster Posey 2009 A�s Andrew Bailey 2008 Cubs Geovany Soto 2007 Red Sox Dustin Pedroia 2007 Brewers Ryan Braun 2006 Tigers Justin Verlander 2005 Phillies Ryan Howard 2004 Pirates Jason Bay 2003 Royals Angel Berroa 2002 Blue Jays Eric Hinske 2002 Rockies Jason Jennings 2001 Mariners Ichiro Suzuki 2001 Cardinals Albert Pujols 1999 Reds Scott Williamson 1998 D�Backs -No D'Back ever won this award- 1996 Yankees Derek Jeter 1996 Dodgers Todd Hollansworth 1995 Twins Marty Cordova 1991 Astros Jeff Bagwell 1990 Indians Sandy Alomar, Jr. 1989 Orioles Gregg Olson 1987 Padres Benito Santiago [crossout]1985 White Sox Ozzie Guillen[/crossout] [crossout]1984 Mets Dwight Gooden[/crossout]

[Edgy MD]

A 10th win would sure help to push the voters over any psychological hump.

You know what else would help? This gif of deGrom's slider.

[Edgy MD]

Mets announcing that deGrom won't make his final start.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Edgy MD wrote: Mets announcing that deGrom won't make his final start.

It's not so much that he won't make his final start as he has already made his final start.