Edgy MD

So now I have to get under the hood and find out where to restore universal posting privileges.

If you look back on Clemens' post-season career, game by game, he's the least game guy ever with the reputation of a gamer. It's like he carefully planned on how to develop a post-season reputation and made each decision with an eye toward that. Enormous phony.

Great work. I registered and created a new profile, but was unable to post. I suppose a registrant still needs to be placed in an approved users group, but that should no longer be necessary now that we have the registrant answer a question and decipher a cryptogram.

I like how the card says "Matty," but the autograph says "Mateo."

Oddly enough, the greatest baseball dynasty is misnamed. They're known as the Rojas family in the Dominican Republic, but the Giants scout who originally signed Felipe took down his matronym for a surname, and once the paperwork is filed, it's filed.

And Tommy Tanous the new director of amateur scouting working under D3PO. (Really?)

I guess it all depends on what you believe a replacement looks like. I did the same once, burying Rey Ordòñez down at number 4 in 1998. I later yielded from that position, however.

I've been under the hood a half hour. Damned if I can think of what went wrong. Sucks.

Also uncle of 1997-1998 Met and Bobby Bonilla trade-bait Mel Rojas and cousin of 1975-1976 Astro Jose Sosa. Son of the greatest baseball dynasty there be.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: 30 - Reyes 29 - Beltran 28 - Murphy 27 - Dickey 26 - Niese 25 - Wright 24 - Tejada 23 - Capuano 22 - Davis 21 - Thole 20 - Duda 19 - Pagan 18 - Rodriguez 17 - Pelfrey 16 - Pagan 15 - Parnell 14 - Turner 13 - Bay 12 - Evans 11 - Pridie 10 - Schwinden 9 - Paulino 8 - Byrdak 7 - Baxter 6 - Hairston 5 - Young 4 - Gee 3 - Batista 2 - Thayer 1 - Isringhausen Oh, Izzy!

Yeah, you want to reward a guy for staying healthy, not force him to be an iron man, or to play through discomfort when it's not wise. That 700 number leaves almost no margin for error, and negotiators of good faith have to leave some.

Well, you could set a lower bonus at 650.

Oh, Bobby!

Tommy Tanous mentored by J.P. Ricciardi. "I'll always remember asking J.P. where should I send my resume. And he said, 'Look, I've got 17 years in this business.... I'm your resume'."

Dodgers: new owners could come along fast. Richie Rich folk too. Red Sox: always got money and Scutaro is a valuable trade commodity at that option price to help them add pitching. D-Backs: Steven Drew, tradeable also. I just threw them up against the wall as a f'rinstance. None of these teams are likely, but the small likelihood of each, taken collectively, makes for a challenging situation for the Mets. My dark horse bet... HOUSTON!

Alluded to in my wildy popular Raffy Perez thread. Predicted replacement: Adam Rubin.

I felt he'd get his $20 million before the season.

Wow, according to Rubin's story, Reyes is unwanted and unloved. And destined to die miserable and alone. I had no idea!

Well, I'm inclined to think Duda Duck is better --- wooden defense and constipated face and all --- but your point generally holds.

I think Pagan's getting closer to 4 in arbitration, but my guess is the Mets and him agree to something before that anyway right around that much. Gomez could be interesting, but I'd like someone with a higher career OBP than .291. So would everybody, but he has the potential to make his team's pitchers better everyday, is young enough that a new batting coach and approach might coax some offensive life from him, and can share the position until things solidify. But I think we're all thinking short-term solution until Nieuwenheis gets his shot. Or part of a shot. And Den Dekker behind him. (Only other Met with a space in his surname: Paul Lo Duca.)

Part of that is that Adam Rubin writes as much every chance he gets. He could be working from overwhelming evidence, but he could be just amplifying himself as he continues. Beat writers have been so prone.

Red Sox. Dodgers. Diamondbacks. Hello?

Ceetar wrote: Edgy DC wrote: I hear you about McLooty, but I'm not thinking just about getting batter in center, but getting cheaper and maybe getting more value for less munnny and hoping to re-invest elsewhere. And I suspect that, maybe, once-good players coming off debilitating injuries are the new undervalued resources in the marketplace --- even as I understand an athletic position like center may not be the place to play that card. perhaps. Does 4 million mean we get a better bet SP? From the sounds of it Alderson has budgeted out what he wants to spend on each 'hole' but presumably an extra 4 million might help get a 'better' guy at one of the spots. If you could find a good defensive specialist type guy, or maybe someone with a high OBP that doesn't necessarily hit that much? Everytime I think about it I keep coming back to Pagan being the best all-around option. By those terms (def. spec.), I think about Carlos Gomez, but don't know his availability. But he'll get $3 million or so this year while Pagan will likely get $5-6. The Moneyball A's went with a chump-change-making Terrence Long.

Ceetar wrote: Nate McLouth? nah.. Coco Crisp? Not great, but an upgrade defensively..made about ~5 million a year and had a bad 2011.. David DeJesus could be intriguing, down 2011 and injured 2010, but actually a pretty good player. Don't know if recent history keeps his price down, but he's type B. I hear you about McLooty, but I'm not thinking just about getting batter in center, but getting cheaper and maybe getting more value for less munnny and hoping to re-invest elsewhere. And I suspect that, maybe, once-good players coming off debilitating injuries are the new undervalued resources in the marketplace --- even as I understand an athletic position like center may not be the place to play that card.

I can see the folks that brought Castillo and Ollie Perez to camp maybe still sticking with him, lost faith and all, setting him up to have the job taken from him. But man, I'm starting to get all irrational about this Gomez notion. Somebody redirect me. Coco? McLouth?