Ceetar

oof. we can try moving I guess? I emailed, but everyone give me avail for 21st/23rd and if that doesn't work either.. I dunno, we might have to see if we can find some stand-in auctioners.

Rubin is really just that Rovell guy for the Mets. or was. or whatever. I'd forgotten that in the years since I paid any attention to him.

Kevin Kaczmarski in the game again. 25 year old never been above A ball. I assume we'll get 56 articles and posts about him tomorrow?

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I reject the notion that Opening Day is "most likely" out of the question. I don't think he needs 6 weeks of throwing/fielding to be able to man the position. No need to rush obviously, but if he starts gradually throwing on say March 20th, that's still 2 full weeks before Opening Day. And if he sticks to Minors games( I don't know how the shorter DL stint thing works with the beginning of the season. used to be you could back date by about 10 days) you could even take a few more days onto that. Of course, that's all without other setbacks in the recovery, or other issues. I respectfully reject your rejection. I'd say with the amount of time he's missed he would need as many reps as possible, both offensively and defensively, to get timing back on both ends at the very least. You don't just roll out of bed, especially with a bad back, neck, and shoulder and start hitting MLB pitching and fielding your position at more than a passable level. All this stuff needs continual work to work. If he's able to get reps in minor league games, great.

G-Fafif wrote: David did return to camp. Whatever they said about DH, apparently, as of last week, he wasn't jumping at the chance. Sandy Alderson, the Mets’ general manager, said Wright would not throw for about two weeks and then would begin doing so gradually. A recovery in time for opening day is most likely out of the question. But Wright refused to put a timetable on his return. He has received medical clearance to swing a bat and play as a designated hitter in spring training games. Wright de-emphasized that, saying his primary focus is to get the shoulder back to health first. I mean he's a pro and doesn't really need 6 weeks of swinging to get up to speed. Probably prioritizing the rehab type stuff. I imagine him showing up as DH then would be the first signs his shoulder is feeling better/throwing. I reject the notion that Opening Day is "most likely" out of the question. I don't think he needs 6 weeks of throwing/fielding to be able to man the position. No need to rush obviously, but if he starts gradually throwing on say March 20th, that's still 2 full weeks before Opening Day. And if he sticks to Minors games( I don't know how the shorter DL stint thing works with the beginning of the season. used to be you could back date by about 10 days) you could even take a few more days onto that. Of course, that's all without other setbacks in the recovery, or other issues.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Ceetar wrote: Anyone know what happened to "David Wright can still DH?" Is he in camp with them? Or is he going around visiting doctors? I believe he's in camp, he's done with doctors. If I had to wager he's with Barwis in camp somewhere.

Anyone know what happened to "David Wright can still DH?"

110 games, 320 PA (200/120 R/L), 18 HR, 6.1BB%, 14 BB%. .270/.315/.420. wRC+ of 105 0.5 fWAR Really not sure where he's going to end up playing, besides a couple of stints at third for when both Wright and Reyes are banged up. Maybe he gets some vs. lefty AB for Duda at first. Actually he'll play a lot of 8th/9th innings at first when Collins foolishly removes Duda when the opponent brings in a lefty.

Edgy MD wrote: Ceetar wrote: I guess it depends on your definition of palatable and honorable. Advertising versus trying to turn your dead alum's name into gold by selling it. Surely you'll please see that I was not suggesting the ballpark be named in Carter's honor because of potential income, but on the merits of the honor alone, and was only bringing up potential income to counter the notion of a financial challenge that a team faces in forgoing awarding naming rights to a corporate sponsor. Sure. but that ship has sailed imo, teams are looking for the revenue. They're not going to ax a revenue stream, and working from there, any "Maybe we can make the money by leveraging Carter" is mining him for money. Especially after the fact. It'd be different if it was 5 years ago and they decided to name it that, especially if they bought out the naming rights contract.

Frayed Knot wrote: Even that second video in the link of the more modified version of Capps's delivery doesn't look like it should be legal to me. me neither, but then, I'm not sure it was ever legal.

Seems inevitable he gets a suspension, so, shorter season which means his yearly dead-arm ineffective period will be a larger %, but roughly the same year otherwise. 62IP, 9.8 K/9 3.1 BB/9, 2.33 ERA, 2 fWAR some counting stats. I dunno, I mean, Reed is better and should remain the closer but probably won't. I'll say 33 saves.

Meh. Edgin could be fine, the control returning. But he'll probably be shuttled a few times and ultimately unused, traded, or released. 8 IP, 3.5 ERA, 10 k/9, 2.5 bb/9.

Frayed Knot wrote: An addition to Rule 5.07 formalizes an umpire interpretation by stipulating that a pitcher may not take a second step toward home plate with either foot or otherwise reset his pivot foot in his delivery of the pitch. If there is at least one runner on base, then such an action will be called as a balk under Rule 6.02(a). If the bases are unoccupied, then it will be considered an illegal pitch under Rule 6.02(. -- could be dubbed as the Carter Capps and/or Jordan Whelan rule for those pitchers who combine their pitching motion with their triple jump workouts. Not sure exactly how it'll be determined what's legit and what isn't but at least they're acknowledging that it's an issue which needs addressing. post on Fangraphs with some quotes about how maybe it won't actually affect Capps, but I guess we'll see. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/mlb-has-clarified-its-carter-capps-position/

It came from the Mets probably http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/los-angeles-dodgers-outfielder-new-york-mets-complaint-defense-laser-markers-ken-rosenthal-052816

Edgy MD wrote: Kids, don't believe GAMEDAY reports in spring. They typically don't report the number of pitches, balls and strikes. All strikeouts are typically reported as being on three pitches, all walks are on four pitches, all balls in play are typically reported as coming on the first pitch. no way, it's working fine as far as I can tell. [tweet] [/tweet]

Zvon wrote: Ceetar wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Unlike Conforto, who's been so great for so long, that they've probably already made him his HOF plaque. I'm also skeptical about Conforto, fwiw. Those numbers against lefties are beyond pathetic, and I take zero stock in Spring Training. I'm hoping the wrist problems he dealt with last year were a lot of the problem, but that's besides the point of what Flores needs to do to get more playing time. Well he went 0-3 last game, all Ks. Only one vs. a lefty, but all 3 Ks took only 9 pitches. Didn't see a ball. Interesting after his hot start. Not worried yet. Maybe he was told to look at more pitches or something silly like that. I say leave this kid alone and let him rake. He didn't see a ball? you sure on that? regardless, today he hit well. not that any of it matters.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Unlike Conforto, who's been so great for so long, that they've probably already made him his HOF plaque. I'm also skeptical about Conforto, fwiw. Those numbers against lefties are beyond pathetic, and I take zero stock in Spring Training. I'm hoping the wrist problems he dealt with last year were a lot of the problem, but that's besides the point of what Flores needs to do to get more playing time.

Edgy MD wrote: We have a five-run third, with damage coming against Molina and Gilmartin. Let's get the bats out, gents. it'd be awkward to hit without those if they left 'em on the bus, definitely.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: If you give more weight to Flores's recent seasons and less weight to when he was barely in his 20's, you're looking at Babe Ruth numbers against lefties. Babe Ruth. Do you want me to find you 100 PA stretches where garbage players you've never heard of were awesome against lefties? Because that's a small sample. Also Babe Ruth was _still_ another 20% or so better than that. over his career. Hell, in 1920 he was roughly TWICE as good.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Ceetar wrote: hit righties maybe? Why not make a case to give Flores more AB's against righties on the theory that he's young enough where he might show improvement? It's the same argument many make to get Conforto more AB's against lefties. Except that Conforto, not even at his best, ever hit righties the way Flores crushes lefties. If every pitcher out there were a lefty, Flores would be putting up Babe Ruth numbers. He'd be like Cespedes during his incredible run in 2015. his career wRC+ against lefties is 125. If everyone he faced was a lefty he'd have been 33rd best hitter in baseball last year, with the likes of Jean Segura and Wilson Ramos. And honestly, that _might_ be just enough to make him a useful player, since he's got a career 84 wRC+ against righties. About 1/4 starters are lefty, so if you gave him his off days against righties, liberally, you'd probably have a case. But he's had 900 PA against righties. His splits got _more_ extreme last year. It was the selective usage by Collins that even made him look good at all. Sure, he can learn, anyone can learn. Conforto too, who's numbers against lefties are nearly as bad as mine. But we've seen a lot of evidence and I don't think the percentages of that gamble are worth it, barring necessity. Of course, he's also slow and maybe bad on defense depending where we're playing him.

I mean, I'm not buying non-USA stuff, so probably that. I own, and almost fit into, a Wright-4 shirtsey from 2009 that I bought at the USA-PR game.

G-Fafif wrote: Ceetar wrote: is 3. Kurt Abbott? I feel like he got more than that but maybe not. Abbott wasn't on the 1999 club. right! mixed up 2000 and 99 and was guessing maybe he stuck around for a few more the next season. oh well. you're probably right with Mahomes anyway.

is 3. Kurt Abbott? I feel like he got more than that but maybe not.

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Lefty Specialist wrote: This kind of solves the 'who leads off' problem, until Reyes gets hurt of course. not really, but for Collins probably yeah.