I gave all the other
writers on the site the first 24 hours to write about the Mike Piazza voting (or lack of it). I never expected
him to get in, nor do I until the rules change. Everybody keeps telling me that
he was the greatest hitting catcher in the history of the game, so I guess Mickey Cochrane’s lifetime batting average of .320 and
OBP of .419 means squat. Still, this isn’t the reason Piazza will never get what is needed to get in. They may love him in New York and remember him fondly in Los
Angeles, but everywhere else he was a suspected drug abuser (Jon Heyman said on ‘Hot Stove’ that he didn’t vote for
anyone that was even suspected of drug use) and was rumored to ‘walk on the
wild side’ when it came to sexual partners. Yeah I know, no one ever proved
either and my guess he was innocent of both ‘charges’, but, as long as the
voting process is done by sports writers that cover other baseball teams,
Piazza is not going to get home court advantage. I’m sorry folks, but he got
the shaft here… though I probably could have chosen a better way to describe it.
Chris Cotillo
@ChrisCotillo - Mets
are bringing Cory Vaughn (@sugarfreeCV) to big
league camp, according to @AdamRubinESPN
Most minor league teams vary between carrying four and five
oufielders on their active roster. Currently, there are six ‘on paper’ for
Vegas (Cesar Puello, Dustin Lawley, Darrell Cecilliani,
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Anthony Seratelli, Alonzo Harris) and you also have
UT-1B-3B Eric Campbell that can play both
corners.
Additionally, I could be wrong here and both Lawley and
Harris might start in Binghamton. If so, what do you do with Cory Vaughn, Travis Taijerson, Kyle Johnson, Gilbert Gomez,
and Joe Bonfe?
Lastly, the projected St. Lucie outfield has six more
outfielders… Brandon Nimmo, Jorge Rivero, Maikis De La
Cruz, Eudy Pina, Charley Thurber, and Greg Pron.
Lots of things have to change here in camp.
New York Mets closer Bobby Parnell, who underwent Sept. 10 surgery in
California for a herniated disk in his neck, has been fully cleared for
baseball activities. http://www.metstoday.com/9080/uncategorized/bobby-parnell-cleared-to-pitch/
Boy was my ‘source’ all wrong about Parnell. I was flatly
told three times that Parnell would not be ready come opening day. Of course,
being ‘cleared for baseball activities’ is not game ready, but it looks like
the Mets have their closer back.
If that’s true, my assumption is Vic
Black becomes the early favorite for the 8th inning dude and
your seven-man bullpen could look like these tow plus Josh
Edgin, Scott Rice, Carlos Torres, Jeurys Familia, and Gonzalez Germen.
Will they carry eight?
Adam Rubin –
Infielder Danny Muno has
joined Cory Vaughn as prospects getting an
invite to big-league spring training camp without being on the 40-man roster. http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/80412/muno-invited-to-big-league-camp?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Mack – I wouldn’t get too excited about this. There simply
isn’t that many infielders right now on this team and Muno can help eat up the
late innings.
You should
see a lot of Wilfredo Tovar as well.
Adam Rubin –
Strikeout
machine Jack Leatherisch, a lefty reliever, also
has been invited to big-league camp. Leathersich, a fifth-round pick in 2011
out of UMass-Lowell, has struck out 241 of 625 batters he has faced over three
seasons.
Non-roster free-agent signings Anthony
Seratelli, Taylor Teagarden, Miguel Socolovich, Joel Carreno and Brandon Allen also should be in camp.
Mack – The last five names standard operating
procedure for non-roster signees. The ‘Leather’ invite could be interesting,
especially if he finds the zone. Players at the MLB level are not going to
free-swing as much as he’s faced.
Oh
yeah… did I mention he was a lefty?
More Adam Rubin -
OF Dustin Lawley also received a big boy clubhouse invite.
Now, this is like the Leathersich invite. What happens if 'Leather' produces a 14 K/9 with a less than 3.0 BB/9... and Lawley hits 10+ homers in ST?
OF Dustin Lawley also received a big boy clubhouse invite.
Now, this is like the Leathersich invite. What happens if 'Leather' produces a 14 K/9 with a less than 3.0 BB/9... and Lawley hits 10+ homers in ST?
3 comments:
Mack it gets exciting as a mets fan to start to see these young guys comming into spring training. Where starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
@Greg B
Agreed...I can't wait to see the Leather rocket, Muno, Vaughn, and Lawley get some appearances against MLB caliber players.
It'll greatly effected their stocks as prospects and future contributors.
Inviting these guys to big boy camp is a big thing... it's a culmination of playing baseball since you were 5 years old.
I talked last night with John Church's mother and she said that John (who is getting married in a couple of weeks) is on Cloud 9.
Sometime I feel like a distant uncle to these 'kids' as I watch from afar they grow
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