Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Berry Berry Good Mets.

[Guest sharpie]

His top comp on Baseball Reference is Ryan Thompson.

[seawolf17]

If that's official, I like it. Mayberry career vs LHP: .269/.324/.533 with 30 HR in 490 AB.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Gonna whallop them lefties

[Edgy MD]

Mayberry NYC

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[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

And hey, Ryan Thompson wouldn't have made a terrible fifth OF (with center-ing capability)/1B.

It's official, then? Somewhat unique among erstwhile Phils, he always gave me that guy-I-wouldn't-mind-seeing-in-our-colors feeling. (Rollins, too.)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Internet says pending physical, 1-year Major League deal.

[Guest sharpie]

Not great news for Eric Campbell.

[Edgy MD]

Hits den Dekker harder, I think.

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: Hits den Dekker harder, I think.

den Dekker's a lefty (Though I prefer Nieuwenhuis). One of them probably still mans the bench with Mayberry.

Depending how you look at it, Flores/Tejada/Murphy up the middle and Recker as the C backup, you've got one more spot that you need to be able to backup 3B, so Campbell might still be okay.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I think we're not done.

[Edgy MD]

Ceetar wrote: Hits den Dekker harder, I think. den Dekker's a lefty (Though I prefer Nieuwenhuis). One of them probably still mans the bench with Mayberry.

Sure, likely Nieuwenhuis, based on options and performance.

Ceetar wrote: Depending how you look at it, Flores/Tejada/Murphy up the middle and Recker as the C backup, you've got one more spot that you need to be able to backup 3B, so Campbell might still be okay.

What I'm saying.

[Frayed Knot]

JMJ plays a decent defensive OF too, IIRC, so could fill in at any of the three positions -- or am I, like Andy Pettitte, misremembering here?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I think "fill-in" is the key phrase, there.

He's not embarrassing in the outfield, but he's no asset.

[Frayed Knot]

Well yeah, I don't expect to start on a regular basis anywhere.
I just meant that I have a vague opinion that he brings good defensive traits to the party and that he has played a decent amount of CF over the years, although it's possible that I may just be conflating him and Dom Brown* to the point where I'm mixing up which skills go with what guy.




* All those tall, black, OFs in Philly unis look alike to me

[smg58]

Not a bad pickup. He should definitely play against lefties.

Nieuwenhuis and den Dekker appear to be competing for one spot. I would hope, based on how he hit in the second half, that Nieuwenhuis has the leg up.

Campbell, I think, is on the outside looking in.

[Fman99]

Chico Escuela would approve.