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Yanx-v-Sawx and other O-o-T scores
Frayed Knot replied to Frayed Knot's topic in Archived Game Threads
Poor Michael Kay almost wet himself. Jeter came up w/2 out in the 10th and a runner on 3rd in a still scoreless game causing Kay to go into the whole 'how many times have we seen him come through' routine - ignoring that Jeter had already made the last out in 3 different innings tonight (3rd, 5th & 8th) including once w/a runner on 3rd and once w/bases loaded. He struck out. Sox now batting in the 12th. -
Yanx-v-Sawx and other O-o-T scores
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And it's still going to take them over 3 hours to play 9 even though no one has scored and there are very few hits. Beckett's another one of these guys who takes forever to throw a fucking pitch. -
Yanx-v-Sawx and other O-o-T scores
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Mets Genealogy (split from Jay Kleven)
Frayed Knot replied to Benjamin Grimm's topic in New York Mets Talk
... Now, if I had some kind of clue as to his family - parents' names, siblings' names, etc. I would be able to definitely find him Well, we know he had a brother named Jack - maybe it was actually John, but not necessarily. -
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That's what I hope happens in next year's ERA race, that the other NL pitchers Chase Michael Pelfrey.
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Dessens - 0.7 Green - 0.7 Tatis - 1.6 Murphy - 0.6 Cora - 0.8 Francoeur - 0.6
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Never saw UB, PT&A, or WS and count me among those never enthralled with Ferris So it's down to a two-way contest where Sixteen Candles outpoints Breakfast Club by a unanimous decision. If offered I would have put 'Pretty in Pink' in between.
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This is not 'must watch' TV
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Yanx-v-Sawx and other O-o-T scores
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Everything is harder in Yanqui Stadium ... everyone knows that. What traditionally made LF in YS1 difficult was a) that was the sun field and there was so much effing ground to cover But what Kay & co don't realize is that a) 90% of games are played at night now including (drum roll) THIS ONE! and that was two stadiums ago and this park is barely above average size in LCF Smoltz can't get anyone out. Sox brass keeps talking like he's just thisfar away from "finding it" or whatever but he isn't getting better as he goes on. That the Sox are giving him a regular spot in the rotation and just signed (re-signed really since he was theirs last) Paul Byrd means things aren't going too well in Chowder-land. Byrd - 38 - didn't sign this winter thinking instead that he'd find someone who needed help at mid-season. Fortunately, Jobba the Fat isn't doing much better. End of the 5th inning and this game is already longer than like half the NYM games I've been fishing up in that 1969 thread. -
Sawx have beaten the Yanx 8-straight this year and still manage to trail them by 2.5 games. If their luck runs out this weekend (4-game set) they could see the Yanx head into run-and-hide territory. Too bad we're not still in this thing in our division otherwise we would have been getting a kick out of the Nats not only sweeping the Marlins this week but doing so while coming back from 4-0 (Tues) & 6-0 (today) deficits. Phils beat Rox as Cliff Lee tossed another good game.
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Very few thought the deal for Ibanez was "cheap" at the time. It's also a bit tough to bust on Omar for signing too many older players and then turn around and blame him for NOT signing a 37 y/o to a 3-year deal.
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Clubs used to use that ploy a lot when they had 51 weeks to sign a guy; the Mets, for instance, didn't sign either Humber or Pelfrey until the following January. But with the deadline now in mid-August there's virtually no difference whether you announce a deal in early July or 4-to-5 weeks later. Teams mostly just want to get a guy signed so they can get him into their 'program' and monitor his workouts, etc. They can still limit his innings by stashing him in an instructional league if they think he threw too much already. Besides, this delay sounds like it was totally the product of Bud and his boys trying to artificially lower bonus demands even as they're all too happy to take the bigger bucks associated with televising and expanding the draft's profile.
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I think it's more a case like the Atlanta one above; club decides it's willing to give the kid the above-slot figure or the old-slot figure but doesn't really say 'Yes' to the client at MLB's request until much closer to the deadline for fear of starting an above-slot avalanche. Under that scenario, agent can't really claim he has a deal.
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Statements from the club: Reyes "The MRI showed significant scar tissue and inflammation behind the right knee, related to the hamstring tendon injury, which has caused continued pain. Reyes will remain in New York for manual physical therapy in an effort to break up the scar tissue and reduce the inflammation." BP's Will Carroll and his "inside info" on injuries adds; "Done for �09, surgery still option, but not a predictable option." On Niese they say; "Jonathon Niese has been admitted to the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. An MRI this afternoon revealed a complete tear of the right upper hamstring tendon from the bone. He will undergo surgery for its repair. Niese is out for the remainder of the season and is expected to be ready for Spring Training." Carroll adds; Surgery already done to re-attach. Should make full recovery, but timing is unknown.
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Yeah, I saw that soon after I wrote the above piece. This slotting system is an unworkable joke.
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Met fans seem to have an awful lot of confidence in Murphy's ability to play 2nd base - a position that he's played almost none of (a handful of minor league & AFL games) and those who have seen him play almost universally think he's ill-suited for. I think it's clear that if Castillo is out for any length of time you'll see Tatis at 2nd and Murphy at 1st as opposed to the other way around. Or now that AndyHandy is in the mix it becomes even less likely. The only possible scenario where I see them trying Muffy at the keystone is if/when Delgado returns full time and even then it's unlikely.
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="Benjamin Grimm":1d0i13go]My suspicion doesn't stem from the fact that he's at Single A, but that he's at Savannah instead of St. Lucie.[/quote:1d0i13go] First one then the other. Low-A is the logical step after the short-season NY-Penn league. Wright & Reyes did it that way with a full year at the lower level before jumping up to St, Lucie for another full year in Wright's case or a partial one in Reyes's. Now both of them were younger than this guy at the time, but were both much more heralded coming in too. Edgy DC Aug 06 2009 11:41 AM One guy who got pushed and was seemingly set back by it was Hector Pellot, debuting at 19 in the Sallie League. He was underwater there, ended up spending a second season, and now is on his second season in the Florida State League. Milledge-Gomez-Martinez. Outfielders who went through quickly. All still looking to establish themselves.
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The Mets in recent years have been aggressively pushing their high-ceiling guys up the ladder (particularly the younger Latin-American signs) even to the point of skipping over levels entirely. Too aggressively in the opinion of many. For the majority of players though it seems like they're content to move more "normally" on the order of a level per year if progress is shown, which, if nothing else, seems to be a change for the better as compared to the Steve Phillips years. Back then is was generally assumed that any player who was NOT one of the chosen few (1st, maybe 2nd round picks) was deemed to have little or no future value and were occasionally prematurely traded (Jason Bay) with little consideration to how they were looking. At least the Omar administration is getting contributions from the likes of Murphy (13th), Niese (7th), Parnell (9th) and is keeping their eye on the a guy like Thole (13th) plus several later-round pitchers.
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Of that group, only Ratliff is NOT a later-round pick and he's also the only one currently playing at a full-season league, ergo he's the only one who it would be even remotely possible to call a prospect. 23 year-olds drafted in the 20-something round playing in short-season ball don't get that kind of respect. It's not a big del, IMO, that Ratliff is spending an entire season at Savannah. A level per season (through AA anyway) is a perfectly acceptable rate of progress.
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Signing deadline only 11 days away -- anyone got a 'who signed so far' update? I know the top pick (#73) has not but I'm not sure beyond that. It's been slow going all around for 1st rounders and such. 20 of the first 32 have NOT signed yet - same figure as it was nearly a month ago. I don't think there's a 'waiting for Strasburg' factor since his negotiations are going to be totally out of whack compared to anyone else's. The most likely cause for the slower progress is MLB lowering their "slot recommendations" some 10% from last year and the clients are, not surprisingly, balking. Others have agreed to deals which are probably above the slots but MLB doesn't want to announce them until near deadline date for fear it will encourage others to break the ceiling too.
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Niese - 0.2 Figueroa - 3.2 Parnell - 0.9 Pagan - 2.5 Wright - 2.0 Schneider - 0.7 Francoeur - 0.5
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Wednesday, August 6 - Crosley Field: Reds 3 - Mets 2 -- Jim Merritt vs Jim McAndrew Reds win the battle of dueling complete games from guys named Jim. Mets get 10 hits but 9 are singles and score their only 2 runs in the top of the 1st. McAndrew (of Lost Nation, Iowa in case your weren't aware) gives up just 7 hits but Rose gets a double and two triples (knocks in one & scores one) while Bench�s leadoff HR in the 7th inning winds up as the difference maker. Neither pitcher issued a walk Game Time = 2:02 59 - 47; 2nd place; 9.0 Games out of 1st , 2.0 games ahead of 3rd place StL (Cubs beat Astros 5 - 4 ... at least somebody can beat the Astros)
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He may just be a late bloomer who's getting a chance now to show what he can be. That's why the next 200+ ABs he's likely to get this season will help define his role for next year. HIs overall career isn't anything special: .268/.322/.420 in what amounts to about one full season split up over pieces of four. But the more recent half of that is more like .295/.345/.450, not terrible for a guy who switch-hits, runs & fields and (hopefully) has two other OFers who have some more pop. Or he'd be a great 4th OF for us if some corner guy shows up under the Xmas tree this year, or might look real good to someone desperate for a CF (in exchange for a catcher?, for a 1B?), or maybe Beltran's days in CF are over and he takes over while Carlos mans a corner spot No decisions need to be made now, but he's busting his way into the conversation and out of the interchangeable spare parts file.
