link - Personally, I would have taken Arkansas third baseman Zack Cox at No. 7, but Harvey was a legitimate pick. He had as much upside as any college righty starter, and he really came on this spring. Nothing wrong with that choice. As for the rest of the draft, I thought the Mets as usual were more conservative than they should have been. I like some of their picks–Blake Forsythe (third round), Cory Vaughn (fourth) and Matt den Dekker (fifth) were all decent values where they got them–but I continue to be baffled that they don’t spend more money and get more aggressive with the draft.
link - Throw on your guessing caps and then write down the top five in batter BB/K ratio this season. Albert Pujols and Joe Mauer are layups. Aubrey Huff is a shocker and Daric Barton is the black beauty amongst the group, but none of those four leads the league. Nope, that honor goes to Jeff Keppinger as the 30-year-old’s 1.38 ratio nary edges out Pujols’ 1.30. Keppinger’s wOBA is at .331, above league average, and he should very well surpass his previous career best – an insane 2.2 figure from 2007 that he racked up in 276 plate appearances. Not too bad for someone whose career transactions include being traded in the Kris Benson to New York deal as well as in separate deals for Ruben Gotay, Russ Haltiwanger, and Drew Sutton.
link - I’ve been down false trails before, finding players who read newspapers, magazines, and plenty who have read books but without that addiction to books that some people have. This is not just a ballplayer thing. This is a people thing. One former Yankee, I was told by a teammate, was “a big reader.” I walked over to his locker eager to find a literature discussion. There he was, book in hand and it was Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. Nothing against Dan Brown, whose books many of you may own (based on sales figures, 3-4 copies of each). But this is kind of like getting introduced to someone at a party described as “a huge Mets fan” and it turns out he knows who David Wright is. Dickey, on the other hand? Well, let me put it this way: find me another pitcher who talks to reporters about his starts in front of a locker containing both the poetry anthology “The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart” and debut fiction by literary heartthrob Junot Diaz. Go ahead. I’ll wait.
link ~ 2010 salary $2.9M: He is a free agent at the end of the season and it's still uncertain if the Mets will bring him back. Feliciano has been with the team for eight years and has been one of the best non-closer relief pitchers in Mets history. The price tag for him might be a bit much, but I have a feeling the Mets will bring him back.
link – Aderlin Rodriguez was honored as the Kingsport Mets hitter of the year before the Sunday August 29 game against the Bristol White Sox. Rodriguez has been a consistent producer in the middle of the lineup this season. The 18 year old third baseman is third in the Appy League with 13 home runs and 48 RBI's. In addition his team leading .555 slugging percentage is 4th in the league while his .312 batting is good for 6th.
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