Steve Adams of MLBTR pointed out that ESPN’s Adam Rubin has speculated that the Mets will be
shopping IF Jason Turner and RP Jeremy Hefner. Both have one more option left. I’m not
exactly sure that the Turner rumors continue after Daniel
Murphy was sent back to New York for rehab. Debt is not the Mets strong
point, especially in the infield. The Murphy injury sound like a week to ten
day kind of rest and recovery, but we’ve been here before with Mets infielders.
For now, Turner will fill in with players like Brandon
Hicks, and Jordany Valdespin (possibly Josh Satin, who isn’t on the 40-man roster).
In a perfect world, Reese Havens would have been ready to take over and we
might never see Murphy again (not that I’m wishing that), but the Havens draft
pick just hasn’t developed. I’m very curious what the Mets are going to do come
April with second base. Havens could wind up back in Binghamton, but it really
is Danny Muno’s (.280 at A+) turn to play
there.Then there’s Wilmer Flores, who really
needs to start a conversion to second at AAA. So, where does Havens go?
As for Hefner, why would the Mets
think they could get a player for someone they don’t even want themselves? It
must have drove him crazy watching the Mets throw minor league contracts out to
all the guys they brought in. Yeah, let’s sign four or five guys and then keep
Hefner around until all the other teams have already figured out who their
40-man rosters are going to be? Nice.
It seems to me that teams evolve and
the days of both Turner and Hefney playing in Queens might have played out.
Hi Mack, After a very long winter I
can’t wait until the games start. I live in Sarasota Fl. and catch the St.
Lucie club when they come to Bradenton. First series is April 12-14 and it
looks like we'll have a great staff so it won’t matter which games I go to. Two
questions for you:
I know TC's talking
about Jordany Valdespin at 2nd base but why not try him in right field? He
played there in winter ball and has more upside than any other OFer we have.
Byrd just takes up space.....really don't get this one.
With the scarcity of outfield help next winter and that's if all those
predicted don't sign wouldn't it be more prudent on our part to look for solid
AA outfield prospects in exchange for our pitching surplus or are you thinking
that they'll go for a big trade for a major league OFer? Yours is my favorite
blog by far, keep up the great work. Thanks, Gary Seagren
Hi, Gary.
Regarding
Valdespin, it’s confusing to me also because the announcement came before the
Daniel Murphy injury. At that point the Mets didn’t need another second baseman
and you would think the best place for Valdespin to compete in the spring would
be the outfield.
I think you’re
seeing Collins cave into veterans being added to the mix of many positions and
this just may be his early downfall. Old guys usually play like old guys.
Regarding the
2014 outfield, all bets are off right now. You’re going down the right path and
trades for guys like Johan Santana, John Buck, and Shaun Marcus could
produce one or two AA/AAA prospect outfielders. In addition, members of the
Binghamton and St. Lucie pitching staff will be ripe for picking by other clubs
for the right exchange. I’m not exactly sure who on the current Mets team will
survive this. Duda, due to his bat, probably has the best chance, and
organizationally, den Dekker the best to rise.
Uh-oh… Reese Havens just stood
around today and didn’t participate in batting practice. Here we go again…
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