P Carlos Vazquez – 1.0-IP, 0-H, 0-R, 2-K, 1-BB, 4.08
C Juan Centeno – 0-2, .289
BNS = New York had an old lineup last season. Nick Swisher was still over 30 years old in right
field, Raul Ibanez was over 40 at DH and Brett Gardner, who would have been the youngest
position player, missed almost the entire season. Andy
Pettitte and Hiroki Kuroda were both
there last season as well, except New York also had Freddy Garcia being counted
upon. In a vacuum that’s what makes the criticism of age so silly. It’s not how
old these players are that should be feared, it’s how injury prone most Yankees
are regardless of age.
-frankly, there just isn’t enough Mets related stuff out there right
now to sustain a blog… writing about bad Yankees news is the second best thing
to good Mets news. It’s amazing how much this team has spent on their roster
and they could easily not make the playoffs in 2013. Imagine a year where all
of New York hates both their teams. Double amazing.
3B Wilmer Flores -
Bravos de Margarita – 2-2, 2-R, HR, 3-RBI, .295
This is Flores’ fifth home run of the VWL season and he continues to
impress as the premier bat in the league. Baseball is always interesting. There
will be somebody someday that will walk into their bosses office saying he
wants to be the guy to teach Flores how to play defensive baseball at some
future position. There’s always somebody that thinks they can do something
where everyone else has failed. Flores will make the major leagues because of a
bat that can’t be ignored, but it won’t be as a Mets third baseman. Where we go
from there is pure speculation at this point.
Fangraph\ on
Jake Odorizzi - The “other” prospect acquired by
Tampa Bay, Odorizzi is also ready to contribute in the majors, but the problem
is he might not get the chance any time soon now that he’s switched from the
pitching-starved Royals to the arms-galore Rays. The 22-year-old right-hander
profiles as a mid-rotation guy, with a solid-across-the-board four-pitch
arsenal. His pitchability is better than his stuff, which is how he took
advantage of younger, less-experienced batters in the low minors and explains
why his stats were a notch worse in the upper levels (not that a 2.93 ERA, 1.35
WHIP and 7.4 K/9 are bad). There isn’t much projection left, so it’s unlikely
Odorizzi will improve a ton, but he’s also already at the point where he can be
a pretty good innings-eating arm who knows his strengths and weaknesses well
enough to carve out a career as a No. 4 at worst.
-everybody was obsessed with Wil Myers,
but Odorizzi could easily be the hidden gem in this deal. Time will tell.
The Chicago Cubs have
announced that they are willing to pay a ‘sizable’ amount of the monies still
due LF Alfonso Soriano on his contract that runs
through 2014.
Look, I feel an obligation to
throw things against the wall, even if I don’t think they are a good idea. I always liked Soriano
for his power and, in one sense, he could solve LF for the next two seasons
while some of the kids mature.
Stay with me here… Soriano is due
$19mil in both 2013 and 2014. That’s a total of $38mil. What if the Mets could
get Chicago to pay $30mil of that… meaning, the Mets get an ex-all star who
still hit 32/108 last season.
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