Justin asks: Hey Mack, you have like ten writers listed on your site, but
they don’t write very often. Are they real?
Mack: Lol.
Yes, Justin they are real, but they also have a real life with real
responsibilities. Mack’s Mets is my site and I dedicate 8-10 hours a day
here because this, gardening, playing with my daughter and grandchildren, and
spending time with my bride is all that remains in my life. I love doing it and
I love anything they add, when they add it. By the way, none of the writers do
this for me. They write when they want to say something to you, the readers. That’s
the way it should be.
Jamal asked: You used to be quite high on OF Cesar
Puello. Are you still?
Mack: You’re
a long time reader. You know the majority of my ‘contacts’ are scouts and they are
turned on by one thing, tools. Take a survey and Puello wins hands down as the
Mets outfielder with the highest ceiling. There’s no one even close.
2012 has been a
horrible year for him. First came a broken finger and then a hammy. His stats
going into Wednesday’s game in St. Lucie were: 189-AB, .249/.317/.392/.709,
14-SB, 53-K, 5-BB. Prospects don’t survive with 53 strikeouts in 189 at-bats
and only five walks. Jordany Valdespin walks
more than this and he’d swing at a poltergeist.
Puello is still young
and will play 2012 as a 22-year old. I’d send him back to Lucy and give him a
chance to dominate. First thing first… get through the Rule Five draft.
Ed Marcus
asks: Has your opinion
on Brandon Nimmo and Steven
Matz changed and where do you think they will begin next spring?
Mack - Actually they have. Steven is
having a hard time getting his arm back to 100% and had to be shut down again
in Kingsport. He was light out and hitting 100 and doesn’t have the ability to
hold back. I’m not sure that it was helping things right now. I look for him to held
back again in the spring and not start with a full season team.
Nimmo is a different
case right now. He’s turning out to be scary Trout/Harper-like good. This may
wind up to be the pick of the decade. I’m sure he’ll break for Savannah, but I
don’t think Lucy is out of the picture either.
David asked – Your writing has taken on a
negative tone over the past couple of years. You never said anything bad about
a Mets minor league player but that isn’t the case anymore. Is this Mets
burnout?
Mack – Hmm. You know, I don’t see that in
my writing but I trust what you say. I’ve tried so hard to always have the
backs of the minor league players who don’t deserve any of the grief the major
leaguers get. I’ve always felt that you are open game once you start earning
$400K a year, but $25K and a bad bed just doesn’t deserve grief from an unemployed
minor-league beat reporter. Maybe it is burnout. I’ll try and be better.
Tommy – Tell the truth, Mack. Don’t you
make up some of these questions just to create a post on a slow day?
Mack – Thanks for the question. No, it’s
tempting sometime, but I would never do something like that.
Lakisha asked – Hey Mack, I saw you picture
on your site. You’re hot. Wanna hook up?
Mack – See, I told you all these
questions are for real.
Awesome that you're hearing such great things about Nimmo. Trout/Harper comps make me giddy.
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to think we can pencil the Mets in for the #6 pick in the draft.
This is a team in total turmoil and could go as low as #2, as high as #14.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't wrong about drafting "someone" with only American Legion/Travel Team experience... but I was wrong about the player. He supposedly carries himself like a 25-year old.
I had real bad info on him when he was in extended camp. Turned out to be a jelious minor leaguer no longer in the organization.
The sky's the limit these days with kids like Trout and Harper. I can see Brandon playing St.Lucie/B-Mets in 2013 and B-Mets/AAA/September Queens in 2014
Director, Chris Weitz, has given clues that he may be open to a more experimental soundtrack than the first one. He has made scores of television appearances beginning with Ally McBeal and continuing with countless performances on Oprah Winfrey, Good Morning America, The Today Show, two PBS specials, the Superbowl, the Oscars and the closing ceremonies of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics with an audience of over 2 billion people. O Come All Ye Faithful (with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
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