Brian McRae, a 10-year major league veteran, has agreed to provide exclusive guest columns for Mets360.com during Spring Training. McRae will offer his perspective on spring training during the months of February and March. McRae played for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Toronto Blue Jays. In 10 seasons, he batted .261 and hit 103 career home runs. McRae played three - link
RP (2009 – Dominance 37; Stamina 68; HRrate 50; Control 48) - One of the taller prospects in the Minors, Moviel saw his 2009 season cut short by a knee injury. While the Mets thought enough of Moviel to make him their second round selection in 2007, it is a pick that has always puzzled us, as he doesn’t have a tremendous ceiling (how many 6’11” players can you say that about), with his fastball barely a low-90s offering, his curveball and change merely adequate pitches and he has occasional bouts with his command. But after spending his first three seasons as a starter, the Mets appear ready to move Moviel to the bullpen, where we have higher hopes for his success. As a reliever, Moviel will have to miss more bats and tighten up his control. Look for that journey to begin in AA in 2010.- link
Fernando Martinez was named the MVP of the Carribean Series for the Dominican Republic. While America was captivated by the Super Bowl, Los Leones del Escogido defeated Venezuela's Leones del Caracas on Sunday to clinch the title for the Dominican Republic. Martinez batted .348 with two home runs and four RBI in 23 at-bats during the series, a resurgence from his subpar regular season. It should give him a nice boost headed into Spring Training, but another year of seasoning at Triple-A Buffalo is probably in order. - link
Very few pitchers burst onto the scene and have an impact their rookie year. Our own Doc Gooden was an exception. Others that come to mind are Fernando Valenzuela in 81 and Mark ‘The Bird’ Fidrych in 76. But most pitchers, even the great ones, take a few seasons to develop. Tom Seaver was spectacular in his rookie year but only became better, winning the Cy Young Award in his 3rd season. Others like Curt Schilling take even longer. Schilling spent his 20’s struggling with mediocrity. It was not until his 30’s when he ‘learned’ how to pitch and became one of the best big game pitchers in the majors. His post-season winning percentage of .846 (11-2) is the highest in history of any pitcher with at least 10 decisions. - link
The Mets originally drafted Roger Clemens in the 12th round of the 1981 draft, one round ahead of Lenny Dykstra. Clemens chose to attend Texas instead.
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