JOE’S TAKE: Davis has quickly become one of my favorite Mets. He has an intensity and drive you don’t see in some of the other players and he absolutely hates to lose. I see him quickly becoming on of the leaders of this team in the mold of Keith Hernandez. His quick bat and the power he generates from from his lower body tells me we could see many 30+ home run seasons in his future. His defense is close to elite and it won’t be long until he starts racking up a few Gold Gloves. Get back on the diamond Ike Davis, it’s what you were born to do. http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/11/2011-player-review-ike-davis-1b.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MetsMerizedOnline-GetMetsmerized-NewYorkMets+%28Mets+Merized+Online%29
Wilmer Flores: Coming into this season he was touted as the top prospect in the Mets entire farm system. Scouts have raved about his bat and “special hands” for years, but when are we going to see it? I know he is young, and just turned 20 years of age, but he has now played 4 full seasons in the Minor leagues and we are still waiting. His season line was just very unimpressive with the exception of the fact that he drove in over 80 runs. At this point in his young career he doesn’t walk enough (26 in 507 AB’s), and his power stroke has not fully developed like many had hoped it would. He had just 9 home runs this year, down from his professional high of 11 last season. He still has not consistently driven the ball in the gaps as he only had 26 doubles on the season, also down from his high of 34 last season. His production is not awful, it is just not worthy of all the hype, and especially not worthy of an organizational top prospect ranking. He began the year playing for Single-A St. Lucie, and that is exactly where he finished the season. He did not perform well enough to be promoted like many of his teammates did. Being that this is his fourth full professional season, not being promoted speaks volumes for where he is right now. http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/11/mets-top-position-player-prospects-were-disappointing-in-2011.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MetsMerizedOnline-GetMetsmerized-NewYorkMets+%28Mets+Merized+Online%29
Washington Senators outfielder Fred Valentine, who played under Hodges from 1964-67, also praised the character of his fallen manager. “Throughout my whole playing career I think I gave him 100, 110 percent while I was on the field. … I knew what type of person he was. He was a devoted person, a devoted manager and he treated all of the players equally well. All of the ballplayers seemed to like the way that he managed,” said Valentine. He hopes that the upcoming vote will land Hodges in Cooperstown. “I can’t say enough about Gil Hodges about a manager. I’m just praying as I told Mrs. Hodges [today], that he will make it to the Hall of Fame where he deserves to be.” Continue reading on Examiner.com Hodges' legacy upheld at Winning Beyond Winning's annual dinner - New York Baseball History | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/baseball-history-in-new-york/hodges-legacy-upheld-at-winning-beyond-winning-annual-dinner#ixzz1e726dccJ
The Mets signed outfielder Ced Landrum as a free agent on May 14, 1993. Following his signing, he reported to the Norfolk Tides, the Mets top minor league club where he hit .291 with 5 home runs and 29 RBIs. He was promoted to New York in the middle of August and made his Met debut on August 13 as a pinch runner for Eddie Murray. Landrum finished out the season with the Mets appearing in 22 games mainly as a pinch hitter. He hit .263 (5 for 19) with one RBI. His only RBI came during the Mets 9-8 loss to the Chicago Cubs on September 4. The Mets released Landrum following the season http://www.newyorkmetshistoryonline.com/all-time-mets/ced-landrum-his-mets-career-1993
Even if you calculate that the best-case scenario has less than a 10 percent chance of happening – isn’t a minimum shot of that type of upside worth rolling the dice on in the particular case the Mets find themselves in for the 2012 season? Especially when you note that ZiPS projects Turner for a .265/.327/.372 line this year and Tejada for a .259/.329/.339 mark. If the Mets are going to improve in 2012, they need to have their best players on the field on a regular basis. Throughout the bulk of his career with the Mets, Murphy has been a very good hitter. It would be a great advantage if the Mets could have Murphy at second base, where his offense figures to be among the league’s best. And while his defense may not be Gold Glove caliber, he does not figure to be Boswell-esque, either. The only way to know for sure is to give him as many reps as possible and hope that with coaching he can improve his technique around the bag and avoid injury http://mets360.com/?p=8462&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mets360%2Ffeed+%28Mets360+Feed%29
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