Ceetar

I don't really care how much he's making, nor do I care what position he plays. I care about the aggregate of the entire team. And I know those billion walks become runs if the other guys, like Cuddyer and Flores and Murphy and Plawecki and Herrera and Pitcher start doing their job at the plate.

if you wanna talk about the other corner, however, he's a guy that needs to do more. He's the guy most underperforming with Murphy the runner up.

104 OPS+ last year. 100 this year in barely a meaningful sample. He hasn't driven the ball but he will, and if he has a .364 OBP the rest of the time? that's good.

Centerfield wrote: Is my memory messed up or was there a time where we did not like Nelson Figueroa? Maybe I'm confusing him with Heath Bell. I mean, he was a Quad-A guy that was starting to many games, but I don't think we necessarily disliked him.

�Michael said, �God, he�s calling me off on balls that are hit right to me, he�s unbelievable,'� Terry Collins relayed.

Edgy MD wrote: I checked this out once and I found at one point that two stations relaying the Mets feed were WTLA 1200 out of Syracuse and WAVZ 1300 out of New Haven. Give it a shot one night. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets_Radio_Network#Connecticut_.281_station.29

MFS62 wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: 50,000 Watts of clear channel should reach you easily. Have your wife move the antenna around while your tuning in! I know it should. I can even pick up a Buffalo Radio Station in my car driving home at night. But when I drive home, I can't get WOR-AM. I think it has to do with how the signal is aimed. I lose the signal around Katonah and never pick it up again all the way home. And no matter where I place my home radio, I still can't get the station. WOR says it is the "flagship of the Mets network". I wonder of that network includes any stations closer to me. Sigh. Later Smart Phone. MLB At-Bat app. I often don't even bother switching my car from Bluetooth to AM anymore. Is the 710 Omni-Directional? I'm not up on that.

well the ratings have been picking up, so..

nah, it's not like Recker is special. They'd have just DL'd him.

it's just Soup.

Nymr83 wrote: The Mets have posted "get to know Kevin Plawecki" articles on facebook and twitter in the last few hours, so while an injury is certainly possible, thats a pretty big "whoops" if they traded him. eh, the marketing department isn't on the Sandy conference calls.

I'm going injury to Plawecki. right elbow tendinitis. Makes sense that he's here as sorta a Taxi guy and no move has been announced yet because they want to be sure once guys get to the ballpark today.

Frayed Knot wrote: I think you're treating Duda's road to not just a starter but a potential upper-level one as much more of a sure thing than it ever was. Sickels gives out 'C' grades to average prospects and never went above 'C+' in any year. Those players are, in his mind, ones who may make the majors some day if things go well. That doesn't mean 'C' players can't be future regulars or even stars but that the odds are against it and many more C-level guys have a future as bench players or simply never make the majors at all. talking more about the draft than his individual rankings along the way really. He got a poor grade because he hadn't realized the potential, every single one of his entries on Duda mentions the potential to be much better than that. There are practically no prospects without a flaw here and there, which is why no one projects them to have MVP seasons, or even 22nd in the voting. I wonder what the lowest pick's ever been been written up to maybe have a shot at an MVP. probably not below the first round right? So outside of the specifics of the crap shoot and guess work it all is, I still say this is a boring write up. "Oh, I saw potential if he could leverage the power stroke because he always controlled the strike zone and just need to provide more value for a 1Bman of average defense".

yeah, Crawford is pretty good. there's not really a ton of 2b/SS type hitters that would _really_ help though. Makes it tough.

The talent was always there with Duda, and it was clear from the beginning. Not really. I mean obviously there's some talent there or you don't get drafted. But a 7th round college pick is nothing particularly special. I don't have the stats for the percentage of 7th rounders who even become an everyday player in the big leagues but I know it's a single digit percentage and I'd bet that that single digit is probably under 3. What Sickels is asking here is if anyone saw this coming, throwing the question open to the flocks of prospect geeks who frequent his site. One of the things I like about his site is that he's good at looking back at players who make or break out in the majors to see how accurate (or not) his projections were (something you'll never see from the crew who spent the last two months making absolutist pronouncements on the NFL draft). In this case he's looking at a player who is clearly out-playing his draft rank & prospect reports. I think his notes suggest he clearly saw it coming. And given the nature of the draft, probably everyone beyond the first 50 or so that makes significant progress in the majors could be described as out-playing is draft rank. Particularly ones that garner MVP votes. Duda is the only guy from the draft to make real contributions, but that seems to be the low-end. 2006: Doug Fister, Justin Turner, Mike Leake, Kristopher Negron, Michael McKenry 2005: Michael Brantley, Jon Niese, Will Venable 2003: 2003 Mike Aviles, Brian Bannister, Kyle Kendrick, Wesley Wright, Brendan Ryan I had to go back to 1999 to find a year with single digit make the majors % and that was Coco Crisp with nearly 30 bWAR. It's very clearly not unheard of to have a 7th round pick make a contribution, there are dozens of guys in the majors right now.Rules change of course, but it seems like 7th round might be right around the sweet spot of "Needs to make an adjustment, but if he does can be valuable".

Frayed Knot wrote: Ceetar wrote: That really wasn't that interesting. His grades were mostly 'meh, but with potential' until he figured out how to maximize the power stroke the scouting reports demanded based on his physical appearance. Which he did, and ta-da! But, to me, that's precisely why it is interesting. Most star players -- and while it's a stretch to call Lucas a 'star', a 30 HR year followed up by his current early season numbers mean we could be looking at the birth of one -- tend to come from those who were high draft picks and then highly touted as prospects. But here we have a modest draft round (7th) and a bunch of C/C+ grades all through the minors (remember, this is only one man's opinion) for a player who didn't even have a full time job until age 28. Those are the types where it can be fun to go back and look at what was being said about him all along. There's not nearly as much to be learned from analyzing the reports on kids who were superstars in HS, great in college, and then were top-10 overall picks before speeding through the minors. Right but "guy with good discipline and power potential" is probably written in dozens of reports every year. The talent was always there with Duda, and it was clear from the beginning. The interesting thing to me is from the scouting end. The Mets identified a player with potential, but also with a flaw in his swing that they felt they could correct. He drove the ball and had good plate disciplines skills. That's practically moneyball 101 isn't it? The interesting part to me is actually left out. Who, or what, was done in '10 to fully realize the power stroke? Oh, and he wasn't really platooned as Edgy pointed out, and it's not like he was suddenly good in 2014 either. He's been pretty much good the entire time, though merely average in 2012 for whatever reason. Was that the year he broke his wrist in the offseason? Duda's profile is a guy who could hit but didn't have a position, who really excelled once he found one. Not a late-bloomer like the post suggests.

Farmer Ted wrote: Johnny Monell on the way according to some twitter wonks. Odd move. I'd guess for Recker but who knows. But I doubt Monell is the answer to any of the Mets questions right now.

That really wasn't that interesting. His grades were mostly 'meh, but with potential' until he figured out how to maximize the power stroke the scouting reports demanded based on his physical appearance. Which he did, and ta-da!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: And he's back in the running to be the thousandth Met! (Are we the only ones who know about this upcoming milestone?) no.

TransMonk wrote: I need to see more from Herrera at the plate against ML pitching...but Murph could be an option as a lefty bench player. He could still start a couple times a week to spell Wright and Herrera. I hope Terry and Sandy are having these same conversations today. I'm sure they have them all the time. But yeah, Murphy is still our best offensive second baseman choice, and offense is still our #1 problem. We need Wright and d'Arnaud back. Or one of our middle infielders to actually hit.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I'm curious how many unearned runs the Mets have allowed this year. My achy guts tells me it's a league-worst contender. Anyone know where to find this stuff? I didn't see it on ESPN, BB-R, but maybe wasn't turning over the right stones. http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=fld≶=all&qual=0&type=1&season=2015&month=0&season1=2015&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=23,d click headers to sort.

Frayed Knot wrote: Ceetar wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Could be the lefthanded bench player is Muffy once David Wright comes back. can backup outfield too. No he can't. Then I don't think he's taking Kirk's job, for a myriad of other reasons.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Could be the lefthanded bench player is Muffy once David Wright comes back. can backup outfield too.

G-Fafif wrote: Just realized Ceetar misnumbered the IGT -- it was the 25th game of the year, not #26. No wonder his Mojo was disturbed. well crap.