Continuing...
Who is your favorite all time Mets shortstop?
Some candidates...
Bud Harrelson... Jose Reyes... Rey Ordonez...
Amed Rosario... Roy McMillan... Ruben Tejada...
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6 comments:
The best was Jose but my favorite is playing there right now.
I agree.
Roy McMillan, although his best days were past him when e became a Met (a familiar refrain, huh?).
He could REALLY go deep in the SS hole and gun people down at first.
Howard Johnson was big, of course.
Over his whole career, Jose Reyes was the most talented. Too bad about his multiple injuries.
Bud Harrelson? Another fine fielder, and was I shocked when he finally hit his first career homer in 1967 - I think it was an in-the-parker that scotted past the right fielder's dive coming in. It took him 3 more years to hit the next one, and he averaged one every 800 plate appearances. As I love power, that rules him out as a favorite for me. His 267 career RBIs too - ugh.
One name conspicuously left off this list was the allegedly juicing Kevin Elster who came from out of nowhere in 1996 with the Texas Rangers to hit 24 hone runs and drive in 99 when he was a .228 career hitter with a max of 10 HRs and 55 RBIs previously.
Let's not forget defensively challenged Asdrubal Cabrera who many felt was an odd addition to the roster but one who contributed to many wins with his bat.
I looked up Harrelson's average 162 game production: 14 doubles, 5 triples, 0.7 homers and 28 RBIs. I can't imagine his low-powered career being as lengthy now as it was back then.
So do I. But if Jose hadn't rejected the Mets he probably would still be my fave.
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