10-3-11: - http://www.metsminorleagueblog.com/season-review-the-full-season-catchers - After a foot injury held him to 10 games in advanced-A in 2010, Francisco Pena returned and hit a whopping .223/.275/.310 in 95 games, 91 of which were spent behind the plate. He’s listed at 6’2″ and 230 pounds and it appeared soft when I saw him briefly in August. He threw out just 25% of potential base stealers (22 of 87). I don’t know what the Mets will do with Pena, who will be 22 in ten days, but sending him to St. Lucie for a fourth season in 2012 doesn’t seem like the right answer. However, his performance does not suggest that he’s at all ready for double-A.
Sid Fernandez (1993): By the end of 1993 season all of the shine was gone from the 1986 championship team. One of it’s last remaining links was El Sid, who’s pitching performance in Game Seven of the 1986 World Series is still one of the most underrated efforts in team history. McIlvaine told reporters he wanted to keep Sid, but instead the Baltimore Orioles signed him to a three year deal. Sid was clearly done by this time, lasting parts of two seasons with Baltimore and one season each in Philadelphia and Houston. As compensation, the Mets used Baltimore’s pick in the draft to get Jay Payton. One of the most enigmatic players in Met history, Payton overcame several years worth of injuries to hold the starting CF position for the 2000 champs. - http://www.metstoday.com/7084/11-12-offseason/adios-jose-five-free-agents-who-left-the-mets
Next on the returnee list will be RA Dickey, who was fantastic once again in 2011. That 8-13 record is undeserved, and should not at all reflect what he did last year. With a 3.28 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, and a 2.3 BB/9 ratio, it's clear that the work Dickey has done in Queens is nothing short of solid. While Dickey's numbers were a tiny bit better in 2010, it still shouldn't undermine his 2011. He'll be back in 2012, and if he can be anything like he was his first two seasons in Queens, that would be plenty for me. But how about the offense give him some run support, and also, can the bullpen hold some leads for him for a change? Despite Dickey's brilliance since pitching for the Mets, he's only gone 19-22. Not fair, and definitely not an accurate portrayal - http://www.queenscourier.com/articles/2011/10/09/blogs/mets/doc4e91f5866b250140369803.txt
Francisco Rodriguez said Sunday he would be open to returning to the New York Mets in the future. Rodriguez was the Mets' closer for 2 1/2 seasons before being traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in July for lefthander Daniel Ray Herrera and minor league pitcher Adrian Rosario. The Mets made the deal to avoid being responsible for a $17.5 million vesting option for 2012. Rodriguez will be a free agent this fall. Francisco Rodriguez pitched 2 1/2 seasons for the Mets before being traded to the Brewers in July. "I don't have no hard feelings for nobody. They did what they had to do. They needed to unload a lot of money and I was making too much money. But you never know what's going to happen one year from now, two years from now," Rodriguez told Newsday at the National League Championship Series. K-Rod's Brewers are playing the St. Louis Cardinals for a trip to the World Series. Read more: http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2011-10-10/francisco-rodriguez-said-sunday-he-would-be-open-to-returning-to-the-new-york-me#ixzz1aNb2f9cN
10-11-11: - http://bullpenbanter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=481:arizona-fall-league-who-to-watch-a-what-to-watch-for&catid=18:articles&Itemid=11 - Juan Lagares: (ER) Lagares will head to the AFL following what has been a breakout season. After a scorching 335 plate appearances in the FSL he's only been hotter at Double-A Binghamton. He's always shown a good speed/moderate power tools package, but is finally starting to show it on the field, and at just 22 is positioned to be a player of great interest to a Mets team which has been forced to give prominent roles to Jason Pridie and Willie Harris this year. Like many young players, Lagares' weakness is his walk rate, which hasn't hindered him this year but will almost surely do so at the highest level. He has shown solid contact skills, consistently good BaBIPs, and completely acceptable mid-teens strikeout rates the last three years, so there's much to like here. Lagares has played both OF corners this year, and while it's more likely he ends up a good back-up at multiple OF spots, he could become a fringe every day player in the mold of fellow Met Angel Pagan.
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