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Well, until tonight, there was Lagares. LAG AR ES And Nimmo not too far off.
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Noticed Wilmer's wearing some wraparound tatt on his right forearm that he didn't sport last year. Looks like Celtic knot design or somesuch.
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Down the Stretch They Come - AL Style 2014
Edgy MD replied to Frayed Knot's topic in New York Mets Talk
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Trying to remember the last Mets pitcher as slender as Montero. He makes deGrom look stocky.
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They're calling it a hyperextension online, which would tell me his season is probably over. "Hyperstrain" certainly sounds less grave.
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Flores in bloom tonight.
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There you go, Wilmer! I mean, that TOTALLY was a hanger in his wheelhouse, but I like the notion that his line tonight is him turning the corner.
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Mark Healey brought up the Leon Lee incident in his blog, and it is relevant. Since Jeff Wilpon is enjoying the benefit of the doubt the organization never gave to Lee, it might be a good idea if Jeff took a leave of absence, pending the resolution of the issue, and/or if the board asked him to.
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Things have unofficial names, too. Colloquial names.
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You can do a logo with an 1880s skyline, to represent the original Mets.
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I hear all of that. I was just hoping Bucket could elaborate on what he sees in Flore at second or short. Youth? Well, they all have youth until they don't. That ain't enough. Talent? As I said, the talent I see so far is mostly expressed in solid hand-eye coordination. What he mainly has going for him is a minor track record. And in that rather solid track record, he's almost never hit as soon as he's gotten called up a level, but 100 or 200 plate appearances in, he turns a corner and doesn't look back, so I'm willing to wait him out. What I'm not so thrilled about doing is giving him a job outright, when his only real weapon --- hitting a doubly .300 --- hasn't been unpacked yet. Let's see some torque in that swing and see some more balls land in the gap.
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And his alleged ++ defense isn't exactly making itself obvious in left. If they want to measure him at all against Lagares, they should be starting him in center against every third righty and thus getting Nieuwenhuis a go in left or right twice a week.
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Yeah, he came up with the roster expansion. He's had six trips to the plate in that time, logging an 0-4, a walk and an HbP. All but guaranteed to get removed from the roster at the end of the season.
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I'd probably disagree with that too, thus the thread. I mean, what is knowable about the future? But it is true that they've seen far more of him than den Dekker, and you've got to make assessments with what little PT you have to go around. Still, he's starting less than Recker. Or Tejada. Or Young. Satin, on the other hand. He's REALLY buried.
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Yeah, the issue can be that Terry and the organization's opinion is locked in with regard to what Nieuwenhuis can do. Not that they don't think he's a starter, necessarily, but they have a pretty good idea (or feel they have a pretty good idea) what he can bring as a starter or as a reserve or as a pinch hitter. So these September games can be used to give dD (only three days younger than Nieuwenhuis, but with far less MLB time) a chance to make an impression of his own.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm not with 28. Sorry, Muffy. Mets have enough to absorb the "loss" at 2B and help themselves more by redeloying the Muffy $$ elsewhere. That's what I think. Ceetar is on the other side. Anyone else have an opinion? I don't disagree. At least, I don't disagree that they're assets and the relative costs of them suggests that this is a reasonable course of action. But you seem to have more confidence than the room --- and a lot more than Ceetar --- in Flores himself. Can you elaborate on what inspires this confidence?
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Sometimes they count a guy's total production if he played there even a little. Yeah, I suspect as much too. Still the bulk of that is Young and he's almost all LF. So if it's even lower --- 1.8, 1.9 --- trading Daniel for his equal in left field value is an upgrade, assuming that the 3.5 that they get more than 1.8 or 1.9 at second. And considering the options available at second, that wouldn't be the craziest gamble.
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Why can't/won't Terry Collins find a start for Kirk Nieuwenhuis? Wild speculation is welcome.
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Ceetar wrote: But if you put together a package and trade 4.5 wins of player and get back 5.5, but end up playing a 3.5 win player where that 4.5 guy was.. What have you really accomplished. Question mark. Well, you could argue you've broken even (though I wouldn't), until you factor in what the previous productivity was at the position the 5.5-win guy has been plugged into. Huh? HUH?! HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM HOMERUN APPLES?! More seriously, right now, I think we're looking at about 2.1 WAR total out of left field, which is higher than I would have guessed.
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I dunno. It's something that can stand out stylistically. Most of the buildings referenced in the logo have the gothic symmetry of pre-war New York. The UN Building, from 1952, would be the newest thing there. The late-20th-century, a-symmetrical silhouette of the building would have caught your eye eventually, I think. But that's where the hijinks come in. Somebody perhaps was counting on folks not noticing, at least until it became entrenched. Worth noting: Boston Properties' CEO Mort Zuckerman shares Fred Wilpon's status among the more high-profile Bernie Madoff victims. I bet if you scratch deep enough, you'll find that they are partnered up in something.
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I'm confused too. If you trade a guy worth 4.5 wins, you either get a package back worth the same (replaced!) or more (shwing!), or less (doh!). They get worse maybe at second but improve somewhere else, or perhaps don't improve but cut salary to be invested somewhere else. The Yankees traded Alfonso Soriano in his beautiful youthful prime. That was 5.4 wins going out the door. Who were they going to replace him with? Miguel Cairo? Seriously? Booo! But then, the guy they traded him for, Alex Rodriguez, produced 7.6 wins. Yayyy! I mean, Booo!!!
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Rubino tweeting that the TV monitors throughout Citi Field have the UN building prominently displayed. Man, I was getting worked up there for a minute.
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Ceetar wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Trading Murphy ain't letting him walk. is it a gamble? Sure, all trades are. Certainly with somebody as ridiculously consistent and reliable as Murphy. But can they get an offensive upgrade? By packaging him with Niese or Gee or Colon, they sure can. Err, Murphy's not a free agent. We're not actually suggesting the Mets might just say "fuck it, no arb for you." are we? The term "let Murphy walk" originated with your post.
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Trading Murphy ain't letting him walk. is it a gamble? Sure, all trades are. Certainly with somebody as ridiculously consistent and reliable as Murphy. But can they get an offensive upgrade? By packaging him with Niese or Gee or Colon, they sure can.
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No, they are associated with it, just no longer the majority shareholders. Uni Watch says as much. But if it's an older thing that's been fixed, then it's been fixed. I dunno.
