As we have alerted you
this week, today was the last day we accepted anonymous comments. The Blogger
system simply doesn’t handle the ever-growing spam problem here and this was a
necessary evil. I know we will lose some of our better comments from those of
you that would rather remain identified. Please do consider at least making up
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never a site that is flooded that way, probably because the majority of readers
of MMs are happy just being a reader of what we punch out here.
Anyway, thanks to those
of you that participated that way, some of which I know well. You will be
missed.
Coming up later today:
10 am - Christopher Soto – Mack’s Mets Top 25- #12 OF Cory Vaughn
12 noon - Herb G - Memo to Ike: Don’t Unpack Your Suitcase Just Yet.
12 noon - Herb G - Memo to Ike: Don’t Unpack Your Suitcase Just Yet.
2 pm - Student Sports - Top 100 HS Ballplayers in 2014 Draft
5 pm - The 2014 Preseason Golden Spike Award Watch List
8 pm - Draft 14 – Cameron Varga,
Alex Jackson, Monte Harrison, Alex Verdugo
11pm - A Quick Look - RHP - Lukas
Shiraldi – Texas
Bill Price –
We still don't know if d'Arnaud can hit like he's supposed to
hit, we still don't know if Bobby Parnell can
pitch like he's supposed to pitch, and we still don't know which Young will be
in the outfield. The bullpen? A crap shoot of course, but I like the young arms
the Mets have out there, and with more arms in camp than the Mets know what to
do with the bullpen will shake out. http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/bitterbill/2014/02/with-mets-almost-as-boring-as-jeter-can-the-games-finally-begin-0
Mack – The most important thing coming out of this
camp so far is the positive energy and the lack of injuries (don’t anyone bring
up foot boots). Yes, there are battles to be won, but they are all in camp by
relatively young, talented ballplayers. We’ll come out of this with a system
that works.
D’Arnaud has no competition at the catcher spot
other than his own production with a bat in his hand. The pitchers love him
behind the plate and he squares up like a master. It’s up to him if he fights
others for the 8th slot in the lineup.
Stop with all the Young and Young stories. It’s
starting to sound like an accounting firm instead of a baseball team. There
will be four outfielders. They will be rotated until one falls down. End of
story.
There will be a left hand hitting first baseman
that knows how to hit home runs and hit .230. Sorry, that’s what we have here
until Dominic Smith arrives someday.
And yes, there are a ton of young relief arms
that probably will be ignored once again in favor for Terry Collins’ AARP crew of under
achievers.
Still, as we’ve been pointing out these past
few weeks, this will be a far more talented ‘on the field’, no dead money team
and seems capable of reaching at least the .500 level (need some luck here…
hello luck…).
Now, all we need is a healthy camp and a clean
start out of the gate.
I’ve added three more names to the ‘spring
training battle’ lists located on the right column of the lead page on Mack’s
Mets. All are outfielders that probably have little or no chance of leaving
camp and flying to Queens this spring, but they may represent the future of
this team and need to be followed closely, beginning next Friday at 1pm (first
spring game).
In no particular order, they are:
Cory Vaughn – Vaughn has remained
streaky throughout his four year minor league career, though his total stat
line is a respectable .260/.362/.447/.809. It’s the 390 strikeouts in 1,505 at
bats that keeps the Mets wary of his eventual value to the team. Still, 123-RBIs
in the last two seasons is nothing to shake a bat at. My guess he will start
the season in Vegas (25-years old come May).
Cesar Puello – Take away one trip to
Biogenesis and Puello would have had a good chance of being considered for one
of the outfield slots this spring in Flushing. Instead, he’s going to have to
prove himself big time in Vegas for probably the entire season. And, the Mets
are going to have to keep a separate stat book on away games played in normal
air and humidity to see if he can produce the kind of numbers he did
consistently in Binghamton last year. Another Vegas starter.
Dustin Lawley – The wild card. The
converted third baseman became some kind of a power bat last season, hitting
26-HRs and 96-RBIs. Most o this was done in St. Lucie and a last minute
promotion to Las Vegas produced 1-HR and 4-RBIs in 20-AB. Technically, he
should play Binghamton this season, but he turns 25 in April and why not put
the likes of Darrell Cecilliani, Alonzo Harris, and Kirk Nieuwenhuis behind us and let these
three guys play Vegas together in 2014.
They seem to be your future so why not let them
be your present also.
Cameron-Chat –
Comment From bill - How do the Mets compete in 2015 and
beyond? The arms are great and coming, but FA market looks barren. Can you
trade for 1b, SS and 2-3 outfielders? Ahh
Dave Cameron: Of course you can. You can also
develop them
Sports Illustrated – Teams That Could Surprise -
New York Mets (74-88) - What was a poor offensive team last
year (14th in average, 14th in slugging and 11th in runs) should be improved
slightly with the addition of outfielder Curtis
Granderson. (The Mets would sign up today for Chris
Young to match the offense they found in Marlon Byrd last year.) But
without ace Matt Harvey, gone for the year
because of elbow surgery, the Mets are stuck in another transitional year, with
a goal of getting pitchers Noah Syndergaard and Zack Wheeler and catcher Travis
D'Arnaud established as building blocks for a run in 2015. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20140218/surprise-teams-mariners-giants-angels-padres-mets/#ixzz2ts9JRU2Y
8 comments:
I agree with you Mack these young, young stories are annoying.
Its Off topic but can me please someone explain what is going in with the phillies and the college players?
Speaking of healthy, anything from camp about how Familia or Mejia are doing?
How about a trade idea to start the morning? The latest Texas pitcher to go down is Matt Harrison. What would have to be added to Niese and Murphy to get Andrus? Andrus would be a great long term fit for the Mets, 2B then is open for Flores. Tejada becomes the super utility player. Move Montero into the starting rotation out of ST. Texas moves Profar to SS and Murphy at 2B. They also get a good, young contract friendly pitcher to slot in at the #3.
I like it, just switch out gee for niese and let them pickup a little of the $$$$ he is owed
@Michi
NCAA rules state that if you as an amateur player sign with an agent, you cannot return to the NCAA.
However this rule is widely disregarded as most players don't "sign" with but let agents handle signing bonus negotiations as courtesy.
In the Phillies case their 4th and 5th round draft picks elected to return to college when they did not get the money they wanted.
The phillies are siting that these players "signed" with agents and thus cannot return to playing college ball. THis is causes the two colleges to keep their best players on the bench while it goes through NCAA proceedings ....potentially losing them games.
Agencies are miffed by the Philles to the point where some are threatening to even considering advising drafted players (who are not seniors) to not sign with the Phillies.
@Mets Dreams....
ANdrus is owed a ton of money over a very long contract.....two things Sandy Alderson does not like...
Ernest -
late to the dance this morning...
both Familia and Mejia are 100% and going through their 40 pitch workouts from the practice nounds
Mets Dreams -
The Andrus contract represents everything Sandy Alderson is against.
You would have to change GMs before something like that happened.
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