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Sabathia (Knee surgery), Hughes and Burnett as a rotation is like saying we have a rotation of Pelfrey, Dickey, Niese and Perez. One guy there is probably more problem than solution.
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Valadius wrote: What, no questions about Asian players? I wonder if someone had asked that if he would've laughed. Mine Yah conference call.
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He's pitching RIGHT NOW. first batter is a fielding error, then a strike out, wild pitch, a pop up and a ground out. second inning: ground out, K, popup.
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Fman99 wrote: RealityChuck wrote: Though one of these is strictly for The Birds -- if there's a Hitch. Now that's a six pack that I'd like to pound. they're probably like 80+ now.
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the picture is the best part. The guy who follows the Rays, misspells Luis and only mentions the guys that under performed without mentioning Dickey or Pagan.
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How's C.C.'s knee? Imagine he gets off to a slow start AND they don't get Lee?
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attgig wrote: I would think 5 years at anual jeter money could sway reyes... he's what, 28? gets him through 33. and if he keeps himself healthy, could set him up for a final contract till 40.... I think he might sign for less money a year than that this Spring. Before other teams can call him and tell him how much they think he's worth.
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"I heard if it was up to them, Omar Minaya and the scouts, they would have given me the money. ... (Fred) Wilpon didn't want to let it out," Beato said, referring to the Mets general manager and owner, respectively. "But I did what I had to do." they offered 750, slot was 800, he wanted a million. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/ny_local/2006/07/11/2006-07-11_beato_has_iron__mets_pass__b.html
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good article on him by Joe Janish: http://www.metstoday.com/5899/10-11-offseason/mets-could-get-beato-back/
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They'd have to add him to the 40 man to have protected him, which means, I guess, that they'd have to think he was ready this year or he's just wasting a spot. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=beato-001ped This Pedro Beato guy was actually drafted by Minaya his first year here, but didn't sign.
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attgig wrote: Ceetar wrote: Wonder what Angel Pagan gets if he puts up similar or slightly better (more RBI/Runs due to a better team) the next two years. He needs to up his steals like crazy to compare himself to Crawford. But, if beltran gets traded, and Pagan mans CF with great defense, that might do it too. Obviously he's got some improving to do, but not even that much. he did produce more WAR than Crawford last year even. Lots of long contracts going out. Makes you wonder. Conspiracy theory wise (It's the offseason, let's conspire away), Could owners sense that a salary cap may be emminent and are either looking to prolong the date that it could happen (after the last expiring contract?) or maybe try to preempt a competitive advantage by having guys grandfathered in?
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So what's the likely thinking here with the Ramirez guy? He just doesn't really have what it takes, in the Mets eyes? They'd rather take a gamble on other guys Rule 5's? Or they're going to sign enough guys to fill those 40 man slots? I mean having a hard thrower hanging around Buffalo to possibly help out in an inffective or injured pen doesn't sound like a bad guy to protect.
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bmfc1 wrote: Will the Mets draft a player and then immediately trade him (like last year)? Will the Mets draft a player and then give him away because of inept roster management (Darren O'Day)? Met property Edwin Ramirez is supposed to be the first player taken in the draft: http://www.metsblog.com/2010/12/08/rubin-on-the-rule-v-draft/ It's the Rule 5 Draft! Today at 9 AM!!! Last year they snatched a player away from the Phillies and traded him to the dodgers, which must have been some sort of backdoor deal with the Dodgers, but I'm not sure what the other end of it was. I thought it was just poor decision making on O'Day? because he came out sucking? edit- Wasn't O'Day that was sucking. I'm confusing him with that other guy..the free agent they signed, pitched like three innings, gave up a game winning homer and then got injured..
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Wonder what Angel Pagan gets if he puts up similar or slightly better (more RBI/Runs due to a better team) the next two years.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: MFYs will almost certainly counter with Lee, you'd think. Reyes is a goner I think. They'll try anyway. Still not sure if I'd rather they get stuck with him sucking for 6+ years, or them not get him, Brett Pettitte really retire, and they're begging us for Oliver Perez.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Is Crawford a $20 million hitter? Say goodbye to Jose Jose. I hope he does $20 million of damage to the Yankees. or something. please extend Jose soon.
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Vic Sage wrote: C'mon Cashman, go 8! 8 for $25m per! yeah, baby! For Feliciano? That'd be _awesome_
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I think I really believe we might see Dickey lead the league in complete games next year. The Mets have a nice variety of pitchers, which I think really helps. Niese and his curve, Pelfrey and his sinker, Dickey's knuckleball. Now imagine in a pennant race or short series and you can throw Dickey in relief as well? and then follow that up with 101mph heat from Parnell?
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talk is cheap. collins make comments the other day, in which he inferred that the "8th inning guy" could very well be the "game needs to be won in the 6th inning" guy. Hopefully all he's doing here is giving Bob a vote of confidence as the second best reliever.
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attgig wrote: yeah, no need to fret. it all just comes out of our pockets when buying tickets anyways, right? :-/ Right! Actually, I was thinkign about this the other day, but making the team watchable and competitive, even if less fans go to the games but watch on TV, must allow them to charge more to advertisers as well. So maybe they go and take the money out of Pepsi's pockets?
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Likely Sandy said "While we may be able to get a 'cheaper' guy later, Carrasco is solid, we like him, and it frees us up to focus on other things. We'll raise the amount we're going to spend this offseason by the amount we're "overpaying" Carrasco so that it doesn't actually inhibit the other signings that are needed." I hope anyway. This is how I felt about Cora's 2 million as well in the past. Sometimes it's not worth obsessing over a couple of hundred thousand.
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Edgy DC wrote: Really good summation. Thanks. The onus falls on the buyer (ie the baseball club) to screen (or identify) others. But you can only benefit from it, if other clubs are not alert to it. For example, the A's are now screening high school ballplayers, a category of players they wouldn't touch, to see if they are undervalued and subsequently exploit an advantage. If they can, I guarantee any advantage they may gain will only exist in the short-term. Especially if some guy writes a book about what they're doing and why. The writer portrays them as fairly smug about no one noticing are caring about 'new statistics'. For instance, he talks about showing players that they do better when they lay off the first pitch, and that works for a couple of days, and then they go back to swinging at it. Billy Beane also came off as a bit of a deranged lunatic.
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If you rearrange the letters in Omar Minaya you get Man Oar Ya Mi which was Paulino's nickname in high school spooky.
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1.2 for a probably backup catcher? Hmm, Maybe Chris Carter was cut, Adam, because he sucks, not because the Mets are too cheap to spend 200k.
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D.J. to with R.A. and J.P. Riccardi...who else?
