I don’t know if you remember, but I
was really excited when the Mets brought Pedro back. I thought he was a great
fit for the team and I loved the fact that he lived in walking distance to the
house I grew up in. Last year was a lot of good and a lot of no good, but this
year was just bad from the get-go. He pitched much better in AAA, but what does
that mean? Anyway, I guess this is no big loss for someone who, after one
night, looked pretty damn good behind the plate (Kelly
Shoppach). He really had Matt Harvey throwing
inside all night, something Josh Thole doesn’t
always seem comfortable doing. By the way, who are we writing about here?
‘The Keepers’
One of our readers told me the latest
over at MMO. As all of you know, ‘The Keepers’ has been a regular feature here
for seven years. Now, I come to find out that the owner there has
allowed one of his writers to begin a new feature called… wait for it… ‘The
Keepers’. The owner, Joe, was a personal friend of mine until we had a public
falling out and recently almost died twice, once from a heart condition and the
other from a hospital fire. He knows of my medical problems and yet he
continues to allow his flock to try and exasperate me and unbalance my bi-polar
condition. Well, everything is fine here, Joe. The meds are working just great
and feel free to flatter me by using the word ‘Stuff” or the phrase “I Could Be
Wrong’. I can always come up with new titles for the work I do.
I never was wrong about you.
New Hampshire Northeast
Delta Dental Stadium
I was compiling (nice word for
cutting and pasting) information on a Binghamton Mets game the other day and I
noticed the name of the stadium they were playing in. Are you kidding me? There
are actually three different sponsor names for one stadium? And a different
airlines to boot? How did Delta agree to have their names follow Northeast
Airlines?... oh, there is no more Northeast Airlines? It merged with Delta.
Okay, but still, two different names… oh, Northeast Delta Dental is the name of
one company in New Hampshire… err… never mind.
Barrett Loux
Do you remember me writing about this
guy? He was one of my favorites in the 2010 draft and I was hoping he still
would be around in the second round when the Mets turn came up. Instead, he
went sixth overall to Arizona ($2mil), but the deal blew up when he failed his
physical. He was declared a free agent and any tea could have signed him.
Naturally, the Mets didn’t.
Eventually Loux signed with the
Raners ($312K) and, as of last night, he’s 14-1 , 3.38, 91/35 K/BB 117 1/3
innings for Double-A Frisco.
Brandon Nimmo
Hey, you have to be impressed with a
6-RBI game, highlighted by a grand slam in the ninth. I’ve gone 180 on this
guy, though I always will question drafting a player this high up with such little
organized experience. That being said, the Mets best. outfield prospect talent
seems to be currently in the lower levels (Nimmo, Eudy
Pena, Vincente Lupo). The problem is we said the same thing a few years
ago when guys like Cory Vaughn, Matt den Dekker,
and Cesar Puello were there. This is why you
just don’t know what you have for 3-4 years. Sure, Mike
Trout and Bryce Harper are the exception,
right, but the closest we ever got to someone that moved this fast, and
excelled, would be Ruben Tejada. And anyway, the
Mets don’t trade convention picks up top, do they? Otherwise, Courtney Hawkins, James Ramsey, or Rock Rocker would be wearing a Mets uniform right now.
