Berg didn’t remember this guy pitched for the Mets. I forgot about him too. He had a nice year out of the White Sox bullpen in 2004 as their closer. He struggled in 05′ and was released in August. The Mets 2005 bullpen was a mess thanks largely to misuse by manager Willie Randolph and Takatsu was no exception. The only memory I have of him, and it’s fuzzy, is he gave up a big hit to Miguel Cabrera that dealt the Mets a crushing loss in early September. His Mets career was brief and lasted less than 10 innings. - Mike Silva
Worst with Walks – Combined -
Patsy Donovan 2.549
Lou Boudreau 2.472
Bill Virdon 2.462
Casey Stengel 2.448
Bill Rigney 2.434
Stengel’s teams earned more walks than they surrendered six times in 25 campaigns. Alternately, they had a –100 differential in half-dozen seasons. For his full career, his squads allowed nearly 1,000 more than they gave up. Stengel’s score with hitters, 1.061, is technically average, but a lurking variable distorts it: Mickey Mantle. In his decade under Stengel, Mantle constantly appeared among the league leaders in walks, averaging 100 per year in the 1950s. For that reason alone, Stengel should have scored above average. Aside from Mantle, Stengel had only a half-dozen times a batter garnered 80 walks in a campaign. Stengel’s walk imbalance partially explained his interest in the double play. Walks allow men to get on base, but are not very good ways to advance runners already on. Stengel would let them have first, provided he could figure out a way to make the next man ground into two outs. - link to book
What am I missing about Matt Capps? He lools like a young Benitez, all fastball. He had 1 really-good season & has been getting worse. - matthewcerrone
According to Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com, Bengie Molina is the key to the free agent catcher market. "Once Bengie signs, the catching market is going to go quick," said one person in the industry. While the Mets are widely believed to be bidding against themselves for Molina, Rod Barajas, Yorvit Torrealba and Jose Molina could benefit if the 35-year-old backstop receives a multi-year contract this winter. According to a source briefed on the talks, the Mets and Molina are "not close" on an agreement, calling negotiations a "waiting game." - Rotoworld
Matsui’s injury risk: You’re laughing because Nick Johnson isn’t exactly Lou Gehrig when it comes to staying in the lineup. It’s true that Johnson gets hurt, some are very freaky (I was at the Saturday afternoon game when he broke his leg at Shea), but I believe Yankees are looking for him to play about 120 games. The chances of injury are far less if he is just taking four at bats a game. I wouldn’t be surprised if Johnson looked at it that too since there was interest in him from National League clubs. I believe at this point in his career Matsui is just as much an injury risk as Johnson, and the Yankees have hinted how surprised they were that he held up. Remember, he looked awfully gimpy at times during the first half before he picked up his performance the final 100 games. - nybaseballdigest
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