Recently a story ran about the plethora of high quality
Toronto Blue Jays now playing for other teams.
That got me to thinking about the former Mets earning their living
around baseball so I set about trying to come up with a similar list. Surprisingly, there were very few credible
offensive players once you got past Carlos Beltran, Daniel Murphy and Justin Turner. You have quite a few starters and relievers
which makes sense since this organization is more well known for developing guys
who throw the ball than they are for guys who wield a bat:
1B James
Loney (FA)
2B Daniel
Murphy (Nationals)
SS Ruben
Tejada (minors with Yankees)
3B Justin
Turner (Dodgers)
LF Carlos
Beltran (Astros)
CF Carlos
Gomez (Rangers)
RF Angel
Pagan (FA)
C Anthony
Recker (Braves)
SP R.A.
Dickey (Braves)
SP Bartolo
Colon (Braves)
SP Michael
Fulmer (Tigers)
SP Chris
Young (Royals)
SP Colin
McHugh (Astros)
SP Mike
Pelfrey (Tigers)
SP Jonathon
Niese (FA)
RP Frankie
Rodriguez (Tigers)
RP Joe Smith
(FA)
RP Tyler
Clippard (Yankees)
RP Matt
Bowman (Cardinals)
RP Matt Koch
(Diamondbacks)
RP Oliver
Perez (Nationals)
RP Carlos
Torres (Brewers)
RP Antonio
Bastardo (Pirates)
RP Dario
Alvarez (Braves)
RP Eric O’Flaherty
(Braves)
RP John Gant (Cardinals)
RP Jerry
Blevins (FA)
RP Fernando
Salas (FA)
RP Chris
Capuano (FA)
RP Yusmeiro
Petit (FA)
Bench Chris Young
(Red Sox)
Bench Kirk
Nieuwenhuis (Brewers)
Bench Matt den Dekker
Marlins)
Bench Marlon Byrd
(FA)
Bench Alejandro de
Aza (FA)
Bench Jeff Francoeur
(FA)
Bench Kelly Johnson
(FA)
Is there anyone conspicuous I missed?
12 comments:
Colin Cowbell (gill)
Maybe -
1B Ike Davis (FA)
Quite a telling list - almost no hitters. No one else I can think of, off hand. While not too many offensive guys, Murphy and Turner are two toughies to lose for nothing.
I guess its good that very few of these players: Murphy, Turner, Fulmer are actually really good. Some of the others are certainly adequate but nothing I think we are missing out on. Beltran does continue to impress. One of the few players you could have signed to a 10-12 year deal and got your moneys worth. Hall of Famer.
Bautista was Once a Met...for less than 24 hours in 2004. Traded JUstin Huber (C) for Bautista---then they turned around and Traded Bautista and Ty Wigginton to The Pirates for Benson and Keppinger.
Thanks for the update on Bautista. I did a quick scan of his record and didn't see anything for the Mets, but remember also hearing he was once property of the team. I didn't know the details.
We got Benson's wife out of that deal.
'Tis a shame she's more fondly remembered than her husband's tenure as a Met:
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/93928/benson_medium.jpg
Apparently, like the Mets, she no longer wanted him either.
They sure loved her at Clemson
how about Bobby Parnell?
Is he still kicking around somewhere?
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