I heard from ex-prospect and local hotshot,
P Zach Dotson, who, so far, has made it a living being in the Mets extended
camp:
zach Dotson @_ZachDotson @JohnMackinAde I'm 2 weeks away from being
game ready
This
is real good news for people like me that believe in this kid.
Giants sign Jeff Francoeur to minors deal
James Preller -
In the professional ranks, it
happens with draft picks. The guy taken in the 2nd Round will get a much longer
look (read: opportunity to succeed) than the 12th Rounder. That’s life. It’s
not exactly unfair, either, since the kid earned that slot through years of
play. With the late draft pick, it’s the opposite; he begins with two
proverbial strikes against him, almost no room for failure. That kind of player
has to force his way into a team’s plans. The wonderful thing is that some of
those late-bloomers develop a tough hide in the process. They compete harder,
dig deeper, get tougher. They love proving the experts wrong. http://2guystalkingmetsbaseball.com/two-outliers-opportunity-knocks-softly-for-jeremy-hefner-josh-satin/
This
was a story about Josh Satin and Jeremy Hefner, two players
I assume the Mets will do everything in their power to keep in their
organization next season. Obviously, add these two to your 40-man.
San Diego Padres club president Tom Garfinkel has resigned
Word is that San Diego is now in the selling mode. What
do they have out there to look for?
P
Huston Street (0-4, 4.30)– assumption of $7mil 2014 contract
CF
Cameron Maybin (.157 - DL) - $5.1/mil-2014, $7.1mil-2015, $8.1mil-2016
C
Nick Hundley (.246) - $4mil-2014
OF
Chris Denofria (.267) - $2.25mil-2014
LHP
Cory Luebke (DL) -
$3.125-2014, $5.357-2015
Former Mets pitcher Kris Benson's ex-wife
Anna was arrested Monday after a bizarre incident in which she broke into his
Georgia apartment with weapons and demanded money. According to the TMZ report,
Anna had Kris at gunpoint and ordered him to pay her cash a day after a court
order forced her to vacate the residence. She was wearing a bulletproof vest
and also had a metal baton. Kris told her he would pay her but left to call the
police instead. http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/backpage/former_mets_pitcher_benson_held_bagsmbKbalPfVmZwzjU8fL#ixzz2YY4Bx4ER
My
daughter went to college with Kris. Good guy, but just picked his women badly.
Officials have decided to slow down the
process of handing out suspensions involving the Biogenesis Clinic mess in
South Florida. Purists of the game wanted certain players (Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta, Everth Cabrera, Bartolo Colon) from being prevented from playing in the upcoming all-star
game, but investigators don’t want to rush this and screw things up.
It will happen when it happens, but what’s
important here, is the fact that this is not going away, meaning, there will
probably be a 50-game suspension for OF Cesar
Puello, even if all he did was make an
appointment and walk in the door.
I continue to be surprised that Puello
hasn’t been sent to Vegas. I assume it’s so he can participate in the
Binghamton playoffs and I also expect him to come to Queens in September as
part of the add-on squad then. Look for the 50-games to take place at the
beginning of next season.
Howard Megdel on Carlos Torres –
In the abstract, the Mets have
the luxury of waiting until the end of the season to make decisions about
Torres and 2014. But in a world where Bobby Parnell can fetch a significant
return in trade, and the Mets badly need position players, how well Torres can
step in is something the Mets would be better off knowing in weeks, not months,
ahead of the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline. Let’s just wait on
proclaiming Carlos Torres a bullpen mainstay. But don’t envy Mets decision-makers.
They don’t have the luxury of waiting much longer. http://mets.lohudblogs.com/2013/07/09/how-real-is-carlos-torres/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
This sounds like a good plan, unless someone
gets hurt and Torres could set in as an emergency starter for the remainder of
the season.
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