Perhaps We Should Discuss Ryan Raburn

[Edgy MD]

With Cuddy's roster spot open, the Mets suddenly have Eric Campbell back in play. Raburn does everything Campbell does (plays corner outfield, plays first, handles second, employs himself at third, hits lefties hard, wears a scruffy white guy beard), but had an excellent 2015 (after a bad 2014), while Campbell was pretty bad most of last season.

Raburn played almost not at all against right-handers last year, and made $2.5 million. He hasn't been a regular since 2011. But a career .264 / .339 / .487 // .827 split against lefties with a .325 / .415 / .589 // 1.004 in 2015 might be worth a small old-guy-role-player offer for him to join Nieuwenhuis or whoever among the outfield reserves, his lousy 2014 aside.

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[Guest d'Kong76]

He's got the Cuddyface thing down.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We should do that Steve Phillips trick where we offer Rayburn and Byrd and ideally a third FA lefty-masher multiposition player identical deals at the same time and say "first to respond gets the job."

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

We do need a lefty masher who plays first base, too (if not primarily), don't we?

STEVE PEARCE OR GTFO, FO.

[Frayed Knot]

Weird alternate-year progressions for Raburn
2012 OPS = 480 over 222 PA
2013 OPS = 901 over 277
2014 OPS = 547 over 212
2015 OPS = 936 over 201

That's not just erratic, it's freakin' absurd!!




Pearce, meanwhile, is in the opposite camp where he's coming off a bad season on the heels of a good one
2014 = 930
2015 = 711

Pearce is two years younger: 33 in April as opposed to Rayburn who turns 35 the same week.

[dgwphotography]

Pearce also had better numbers vs. righties than against lefties last year.

[Lefty Specialist]

Just like Fred to hire a dead game show host to distract us from Cespedes..



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