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| Jason Bay |
It was known that Jason Bay’s numbers were going to drop making the transition from Fenway Park in 2009 to Citi Field in 2010. What wasn’t expected was how much he’d struggle hitting in the other NL ballparks. Playing on the road for the Pirates from 2004 to 2008, Bay had a .279 batting average, .531 slugging percentage, and averaged a home run every 16.2 at-bats. In his first year with the Mets, Bay hit .243, with a .354 slugging percentage and a home run every 63 road at-bats. If he’d homered at his 2004 to 2008 road rate, he should have had 12 home runs at the time of his injury. He had three. - espn
Pedro Beato, Baltimore Orioles, RP. Born 10/27/86, bats R, throws R, 6'6", 230 lbs. Beato, a native of the Dominican Republic, came to the United States at the age of 12 and went to high school in Brooklyn, where he excelled as a pitcher. He underwent Tommy John surgery in April of 2004, which greatly reduced his standing in the 2005 draft, as teams were leery of the recent injury. The Mets selected him in the 17th round, and when he emerged from his recovery throwing as well as ever, he became one of the highest-profile draft-and-follow players of his class. He and the Mets were unable to come to an agreement, and shortly thereafter the Orioles took him in the sandwich round and gave him a million dollar signing bonus. He started out well, even pitching in the 2007 Futures Game, but experienced a mysterious loss of velocity (probably mechanically-related) that dampened his standing as a prospect. His velocity is mostly back this season, and a move to the pen has re-energized his career. Beato throws a low-to-mid-90s fastball, a big curve, and an inconsistent change, and also experiments with various other pitches. At AA Bowie this year, he made the Eastern League's All-Star team on the strength of a 2.11 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP, and 50 strikeouts in 59 2/3 innings. He pitched a large number of multi-inning appearances and remained effective in spite of the extra work, giving him added tactical value as a potential bullpen option. - bucsdugout.
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| Metstradamus |
need to make something clear right off the bat here: I'm still down with Sandy Alderson's current plan, which is to lie low and concentrate on the minors and the draft and build from within after building the "within". It's not that I'm happy with the inactivity, but unfortunately it's necessary. I do wish that the plan included a little more creativity, a little more roster turnover, and a little less sifting through the Boof Bonser Bin, but it's still only December. - metstradamusblog.
It’s difficult to overstate just how horrible the early Mets were. Facing exactly the same competitive conditions as the Colt .45s, the Mets finished 24 games behind Houston in 1962. The Mets finished 18 games out of ninth place in 1962, and 15 back in 1963. The ‘62 entry, losing the most games of any team in the 20th century, remains the benchmark of baseball futility. Rob Neyer’s analysis concludes, “After studying this issue for quite some time, I feel pretty comfortable in asserting that the 1962 New York Mets were the worst baseball team in the 20th century.” The only other ballclubs in history to be as wretched over a sustained period as the early Mets were the Philadelphia Phillies and Athletics in their bleakest periods, and the notorious St. Louis/Cleveland National League franchise of the late 1890s. -
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| Jeff Chiu |
1. The price of Zack Greinke just kinda exploded, as both the Yankees and Rangers are left scrambling for their alternate ace. Throw the Angels potentially into the mix (MLBTR Conjecture), and KC has potentially the most valuable piece left on the market. 2. The Mets can saber all they want, but the division goes through Philly for the foreseeable future.3. This is not a rejection of New York, so you guys can forget that conversation right now. Or, you can mock that conversation and point out that he picked Phila-freaking-delphia. - beyondtheboxscore.
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