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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Dudes with the 'don't trade Reyes' banner pictured in the Snooze today apparently were kicked out of the park. I was talking with the guy in the orange shirt at McFadden's last night. Meanwhile on a related topic, Bill Madden with about the worst piece of shit he's ever written this morning. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2011/06/06/2011-06-06_to_do_wright_by_david_club_should_do_him_a_favor__deal.html OMFG , Mets owe it to him to trade him? ....Madden has out done himself.

Don't trade Reyes signed - metirish

No power like you said but they do sure seem to put together good at bats and I think it all starts with Reyes , he looks very accomplished at the plate these days.

The Second Spitter wrote: Injuries aside, Juicer Bay's a fucken embarrassment. Gee I'd hate to think how he'd be feeling these days if he was Latino or African. he'd be feeling confused? Can't stand the sight of him , he should be benched.

Interesting Mets Look to Open Their Wallets By BRIAN COSTA With their finances in distress, the Mets need to stay in the good graces of Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig. And yet, now more than ever, it's essential that they ignore Selig's wishes in one critical area: the amateur draft. For years, they have adhered closely to MLB recommendations on signing bonuses for draft picks, sometimes to the detriment of their farm system. But with the draft set to begin Monday, general manager Sandy Alderson said the Mets will have the flexibility to spend more than MLB would prefer, better known as spending over slot. The proof will be in the dollars they dole out to their draft picks, a figure that won't be known for a couple of months. But despite all their financial issues, the Mets appear poised to spend more aggressively in this draft than they have in years. "Obviously, there's a lot of hit and miss in the draft, but you do have to spend money on talent," Alderson said. "I don't expect to be over slot in every round�but we're going to be prepared to do that." The actual draft selections, which will be made over three days, cost nothing. Teams have until Aug. 15 to sign their picks. But money plays a role in teams' decisions on whom to draft. The more coveted players usually indicate to interested teams before the draft how much money they'd be looking for. Players expected to demand a high sum sometimes are selected later than talent alone would dictate. The Mets, who hold the 13th overall pick, will select players based on the recommendations of Paul DePodesta, their vice president of player development and amateur scouting. But scouting acumen must be met with the financial wherewithal to put it to use. "Teams very rarely in the first few rounds are going to take a player that they don't think they have a realistic chance to sign," said Jim Callis, executive editor of Baseball America. "If you're hoping to spend slot money and the guy wants more, you might have to walk away from it." The slotting system, in which MLB recommends a bonus figure for each pick, was first implemented in 2000. Alderson, who was baseball's executive vice president of baseball operations at the time, helped create it. The purpose was to curb the escalation of signing bonuses, which, in theory, would benefit all clubs. But because the slotting recommendations aren't part of the collective-bargaining agreement, teams aren't bound by them. Several big-market teams, most notably the Yankees and Red Sox, have all but ignored them, using their financial advantage to bolster their farm system. But the Mets have been an exception. They did go over slot to sign pitcher Matt Harvey, their first-round pick in 2010, to a $2.5 million bonus. But in general, they haven't spent aggressively on the draft. In the first 10 rounds of the 2010 draft, the Mets doled out $3.9 million to nine players. They spent 4% more than MLB recommended, which ranked 20th in the majors, according to Baseball America. The Yankees spent $5.1 million in the first 10 rounds, going 88% over slot. In the past five drafts combined, the Mets have spent roughly $20.6 million, less than all but one team in baseball, the Chicago White Sox. DePodesta still has a budget he must work within (he declined to disclose the figure). But he doesn't expect it to hamper his ability to find talent. "I don't know how our absolute spending will end up lining up," DePodesta said. "But I'll put it this way: On draft day, I think we're going into it with the idea that when our turn comes to pick in every round, we're going to take the guy that we think is the best player on the board and not worry so much about the signability portion of it. We're going to go after what we believe is talent." Spending more money on the draft would be, to some degree, a reallocation of resources for the Mets. For much of the past decade, the organization has valued past performance, doling out hundreds of millions of dollars to high-priced free agents. But the return on those investments hasn't been good. The Mets' major-league payroll is expected to drop substantially in 2012. And while much of that will represent cost-cutting, Alderson said some of that money will likely be reinvested in player development. "It's one big pie of spending," DePodesta said. "Because my focus right now is scouting, of course I'm going to push for a bigger signing-bonus budget and carve some out of other areas to do that. But the fact is, in order to do that, you have to make sacrifices."

A lot of empty seats right there behind home plate.

Keith Law projects the Mets The club's new mandate is to take pitching? The Mets select 13th in the draft on Monday night, and also picked up a compensatory pick at No. 44 for losing Pedro Feliciano as a free agent to the Yankees. ESPN draft guru Keith Law projects the Mets taking Taylor Guerreri, a right-handed pitcher from Spring Valley High School in South Carolina. Law adds: The club's new mandate is to take pitching. Taylor Jungmann would be the choice over Guerrieri if he's available; Jed Bradley is another option. Preferred bats are still Levi Michael, Mikie Mahtook and Javier Baez. Here are possible selections. If you have ESPN Insider access, click here for a full first-round draft projection from Law. The draft begins at 7 p.m. Monday, with the first round and supplemental picks on the opening night. Taylor Guerrieri, RHP, Spring Valley HS (S.C.) Law says: Guerrieri is one of the top prep arms in this year's draft, showing huge velocity with a knockout curveball and a good frame. I've had scouts tell me it's the best raw stuff of any high school pitcher in this draft, sitting 92-97 in most outings with a knockout breaking ball and a body to match. More in Insider here. Taylor Jungmann, RHP, University of Texas Law says: Jungmann is one of several three-year performers among college pitchers in this year's draft, and he does it while looking like he isn't even breaking a sweat. Jungmann can sit 91-93 but go back for 94-95 whenever he wants it, and he pairs it with a hammer curveball at 75-78 with two-plane break. More in Insider here. Jed Bradley, LHP, Georgia Tech Law says: Bradley has the size, arm strength, and left-handedness that scouts love to see, making him a clear first-rounder this year, while the lack of an average breaking ball is raising questions about his long-term ceiling. More in Insider here. Levi Michael, SS, University of North Carolina Law says: Michael has established himself as the best college shortstop in this year's draft, although the competition for that title wasn't very strong. But as a switch-hitter who can run and has shown he can handle the position he's almost certain to go in the first round. More in Insider here. Mikie Mahtook, OF, LSU Law says: Mahtook entered the year as a safe, high-probability college bat who could play up the middle and would hit enough to be an everyday guy. But in a year when new BBCOR bats have power numbers down all over the country he's ratcheted up his own power output, establishing himself as a five-tool player with some star potential. More in Insider here. Javier Baez, SS, Arlington Country Day, Jacksonville (Fla.). Law says: Baez has crazy bat speed and big future power potential, but needs to find a position and show a little more energy on the field. At the plate Baez unleashes on every pitch with a max-effort swing that, when he squares a ball up, produces loud, hard contact. He doesn't shorten up or ever use another approach beyond "swing with all you've got," and he can get too power-happy and start to swing uphill. More in Insider here. also from Rubin AdamRubinESPN On this date in 1973, the #Mets drafted Lee Mazzilli in the first round out of Brooklyn's Lincoln High School.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I gotta say, as overmatched as we are, and with as many bad breaks and bad losses as we've absorbed so far this year, I am enjoying the 2011 Mets as much as any Mets team since 05/06 (I kinda liked the 05ers). When they took a cockpunch loss last year, I felt as if they got what they deserved by playing sloppy, passive, poorly piloted loserball. Whereas this team takes bad losses mostly because the other teams have more talent, and not as a result of anything more than that.. And they fight just as hard the next night. Gee "four pitches and a lot of guts" said Bobby Ojeda in the postgame. I agree with that. gotta agree , and to add to Ojeda Darling says of Gee that yeah he's a rookie but he knows how to pitch, he has a clue. This is an easy team to like really , we have a bunch of interchangeable players playing around the infield, Uggla got an XBH tonight down third that maybe Wright makes but it wasn't for a lack of effort that Turner didn't make it , same goes for Murphy, Tejada I'm loving . Go Mets.

Gwreck wrote: I get the joke and all, it's just not that funny. jesus man lighten up . wow.

dgwphotography wrote: You know, taking this park into consideration, if they have to choose between one or the other, Reyes just might be the better one to keep... I was thinking the same thing.

Gwreck wrote: Look, there's Burkhardt again! Let's all pile on unnecessarily! Oh, wait - he's doing an interesting an informative report that adds to my knowledge of the team and enjoyment of the broadcast. Guys? I like the guy plenty but since someone here pointed out that he always says Guys I laugh , seriously his Sisk interview was a riot. KB might have the best job in the world for a Mets fan. Guys?

For Gee [youtube:6bl7obng]7YUuyzQDmjY[/youtube:6bl7obng] Guys?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: This seems to have settled into one of those nothing's-going-on pitchers' duels. Bay certainly complied , 0 for his last 15 and wasn't even close on whiffing right there. Guys?

Doug Sisk talking to Burkhardt, he asks him about getting recognized "still" , fucks sake Kev Sisk looks like the driver from Ice Road Truckers you eggit. Sisk scoffed at him and told him he hardly gets recognized as he's "plain" looking. Guys?

KBurkhardtSNY RT @SNY_Guilfoyle: If you missed the Pre Game show, Wally Backman on Jeurys Familia, "He's about as good as I've seen since Doc Gooden" don't be a wally Wally.

For a movie depicting a few months in 2008 in which the effects are still being felt this was I thought a compelling account of the Wall Street/Lehman/Goldman/Banks disaster. A bunch of mid level actors play the central characters in this drama , none better than William Hurt playing Hank Paulson , can you make a person like Paulson a sympathetic figure?, in this he comes across as having the weight of the world on his shoulders, getting physically sick from the burden of being the man in charge. I at least felt for the guy, it's hard at times to figure out in reality who were the "bad guys" in the real life crisis that happened. I think what works in this telling is that you basically have the main players in the drama represented but you see them only in this crisis mode for the most part, except Buffet played by Ed Asner making multi billion decisions while out getting ice cream with his grand daughters. Paul Giamatti's Ben Bernanke is great , silent, whispering and brooding , Billy Crudup's Timothy Gei"loaningthner is seen making huge decisions while out jogging , it's that kind of movie , things happened quickly and at times Paulson's team change their minds on the fly about how to proceed and frankly they don't come out looking good for it. The idea of "loaning" the banks money which eventually is what happened was broached and dismissed by Paulson several times , when they saw it was all they could do they go to DC with three sheets of paper and the politicians can't get around the fact that one it's only three pages.....needs to be a lot longer, that was kinda of funny and frustrating to see how things like that might work, that bill failed the first vote but then passed. James Woods as Dick Fuld comes out as the biggest prick and I thought the movie made it seem at times like he was the main cause , maybe he was the symbol of all that was wrong? You know how this ends and how it's still affecting the world , but for all that it was still enjoyable.

Apparently though it's not "three more weeks " to the docs who maintain Wright is on their timetable as they said six weeks from diagnosis and Alderson and the Mets thought they meant six weeks from the time of the injury. Glad to see the medical mis-communication went away with Minaya.

Wright out three more weeks.... Rubin Sandy Alderson says David Wright, based on previous X-Ray, needs to remain inactive for three more weeks. Rubin Alderson: "Maybe we'll have David back for Santana's first start." Fucked is what we are

great KTE man....

I'm all Bachman Turner Overdrive

metsmarathon wrote: Scouts liked Jeter over the Mets' Jose Reyes because of Jeter's durability. yeah, i can kinda go along with this logic. if reyes gets hurt, you're gonna take a big hit with your replacement player. if jeter gets hurt, your team might improve. lol

Ceetar wrote: Jeter still a top SS Scouts liked Jeter over the Mets' Jose Reyes because of Jeter's durability. The Blue Jays' Escobar wasn't a lock over Jeter among the five scouts we spoke with. With the criteria only being who would you want for this season, the scout said he would put Jeter at No. 9 on his list. Those ahead of Jeter were the Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki, the Phillies' Jimmy Rollins, the Cubs' Starlin Castro, the Braves' Alex Gonzalez, the Indians' Asdrubal Cabrera, the Rangers' Elvis Andrus, the Blue Jays' Yunel Escobar and the White Sox's Alexei Ramirez. barf. come the fuck on , who writes this shit, let's narrow the criteria all the way down so we can get Jeter in the top ten.

Acosta on his way.

O'Connor optioned to Buffalo, no corresponding move as yet. Turner wins rookie of the month, would you believe he's the first Mets player to win it since it was established in 2001 , per Rubin.

Great AB by Beltran right there. Cohen was ready to ring him up on the pitch that made it 3-2