SS (2009 – Power 36; First Base Rate 34; Discipline 55; Speed 43) - We had Shields as a 5th round pick entering the draft, and admit to being a bit surprised when the Mets tabbed him in the 3rd round, after a disappointing junior year. While he played SS at Florida Southern, he profiled as an offensive second baseman in professional ball. More disconcerting for us was his abysmal NYP debut. None of Shields skills grade out as exceptional. While his most optimistic upside is that of a below average Major League secondbaseman, our feeling is that what he ultimately becomes will be far short of this. Look for Shields to open up 2010 in the SAL. - link
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His birth certificate and passport say outfielder Jose Tabata was born Aug. 12, 1988, in Anzoategui, Venezuela. Yet, during a recent radio interview, general manager Neal Huntington admitted there are “a lot of rumblings” that Tabata might actually be in his mid-20s. In Latin America, record-keeping can be spotty, especially when it comes to youngsters with excellent baseball skills. The New York Yankees investigated Tabata’s background in 2005 and, satisfied he truly was 16, signed him as an undrafted free agent. The Pirates are not publicly disputing Tabata’s age, and yet … “All of the documentation he has used to obtain his visa from the U.S. government and his passport from the Venezuelan government indicates his reported age is accurate,” Huntington said in an e-mail to the Tribune-Review. “Apart from unfounded speculation, there is nothing to indicate his age any different than reported. My point is that while we have reason to doubt his reported age, it is a non-issue to us.” Even if Tabata should have three or four more candles on his birthday cake, he’s still considered a top prospect. But how good he is, to a degree, does depend on his age - link
Former New York Mets catcher Ed Hearn says he has a bag of baseballs in his cellar. They are all from 1986, all from the National League Championship Series and they are all evidence that Mike Warren Scott cheated. The rumors started long before the NLCS. In May 1985, during one of Scott’s starts at Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs first baseman Leon Durham found a piece of sandpaper near the mound, “brand new,... link
The Mets didn’t sign a lefthanded pitcher to an MLB contract, though they did sign free agent submariner Jay Marshall to a minor-league deal. Would that have been enough for you, or would you have also inked Neal Cotts and/or Seth McClung to a minor league contract? Or, would you have signed Javier Lopez to a 1/$775K MLB deal? Or, would you still be going after one of Joe Beimel, Will Ohman, Alan Embree, Ron Mahay, and Ron Villone? - link
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