Rhode Island signee Jeff Diehl is expected to sign with the New York Mets tomorrow according to a report from the Providence Journal. Diehl’s father said the combined signing bonus and education-tuition payments will be worth “a little over $300,000.” Diehl was expected to compete for the starting catcher position with the Rams in the fall. - http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2011/08/08/2011-mlb-draft-news-and-notes-for-august-8th
Fernando Martinez:
So F-Mart is no longer the top prospect he was hyped to be when the Mets signed him as a sixteen year old. However, that doesn’t mean he still can’t be an effective everyday player. Unless the Mets acquire someone via trade or free agency, the Opening Day right field starter will likely come down to Lucas Duda or F-Mart (Nieunwenhuis might be in the mix as well but I see him competing for the center field job). Duda is getting plenty of at bats now and Martinez will be back with the team in September, but why wait? Why not have both Duda and Martinez in the lineup, close to everyday, at the same time for the next two months in order to see how each one performs against the same pitchers? With Murphy out, Duda could start at first base and Martinez in right field (neither one particularly excels on defense, so the judgement would be based primarily on offense). - http://risingapple.com/2011/08/08/its-time-to-promote-fernando-martinez-again
Daniel Murphy:
Daniel Murphy? Gone for the season ... done in by an errant spike by Jose Constanza (yeah, those Seinfeld jokes don't seem so f***ing funny anymore, do they!) Besides doing in the Mets for the short term hitting wise, Murphy's injury also drops his price in a potential trade in the offseason. You might say I'm crazy, but if Murphy had ended this season healthy, and Ike Davis was assured of coming back healthy in 2012, Sandy Alderson could have seen what Murphy was worth via trade to an American League in what might be the peak of his value. Sure, you'd like to see what Murphy could do at second base for a whole season, but he returns to the position for one damn inning and look what happens. I swear the Mets are like a Final Destination movie. Murphy, if he would have finished top 5 in batting probably could have brought back a significant amount in a trade if they had gone that route. Now, this pretty much assures that both Jekyll (at the plate) and Hyde (in the field) come back in 2012. If Murphy keeps hitting like he has, that's not a bad thing. But remember, Angel Pagan reached his peak last season and wasn't traded. Now what can you get for him? Not much. Murphy? You could still get something for him but not as much as you would have gotten if he had stayed healthy. I dig Murphy and his sweet bat and even his adventures in the field on a good day. But if Murphy would have given the Mets a couple of decent pitchers and perhaps a mid-level prospect, it would have been worth pursuing. Now? The flexibility is gone (maybe in more ways than one.) See you in March. - http://www.metstradamusblog.com/2011-articles/august/im-just-happy-they-didnt-drop-him.html
Bartolome Fortunato:
Bartolome Fortunato was the OTHER piece in the infamous trade in the summer of '04 that sent the Mets No. 1 pitching prospect to the Devil Rays. On July 30th, 2004 the Mets traded their top prospect Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano and of course Fortunato. Everyone knows how big a bust Zambrano was, but not many people remember how Fortunato fared with the Mets. After doing pretty well at the end of 2004, going 1-0 with a 3.86 earned run average and 20 strikeouts in 18 and 2/3 innings, Fortunato suffered a herniated disk in 2005 and was done for the year. He then pitched in two games in May of 2006 and didn’t play another game for the Mets. Fortunato then made the San Francisco Giants spring training roster in 2008, but was cut before the beginning of the year and he never made it to the majors again.
Stadium Dimensions:
Before the four-homer night, incoming minority partner David Einhorn watched batting practice with Fred Wilpon. And, according to Newsday, there was a lot of gesticulating about the outfield walls, which may be getting modified next season to make Citi Field more power friendly. David Lennon writes that the 16-foot wall in left could be halved, but cannot be moved in because behind the padding is a cement retaining wall. Sandy Alderson also modified the design of Petco Park after his first season on the job with the San Diego Padres. The GM acknowledged to Andrew Keh in the Times about dimension changes: "It is probably something we need to think about," while adding: "It’s not something we need to decide with regard to the team we have now. It’s something we need to decide with regard to the team we want to have in the future.” - http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/31438/mets-morning-briefing-8-7-11
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