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No more OF for Murphy

supermets — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:58:18 -0000

No more OF for Murphy

Manuel suggested placing Murphy in left field might have been a mistake and said his days in the outfield are over for now. He suggested Murphy was relieved by the news.

"His reaction, it surprised me," Manuel said. "He just lit up, had a big smile. I spoke with (outfield coach) Razor (Shines) about it and he said, ‘Oh yeah, he’s like a kid with a new toy.’ Whereas I’m like, ‘I’m scared to death. If he can’t catch it out there, how’s he going to catch it in here?’"

-Rubin

Amazin Avenue Fantasy League #2?

supermets — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:22:57 -0000

It seems like there were a lot of people interested in the first one so I was thinking of making a second one if enough people want to join.

It'll be on Yahoo and the live draft is scheduled for Thursday March 5 at 8:00pm EST.

The settings are currently:

12 teams
Rotisserie scoring
5x5 scoring(BA, HR, RBI, SB, R, W, ERA, WHIP, SV, K)
Positions: C,1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, Util, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL, DL

If more people want Head to Head scoring I'll change it.

To join click here and enter in 71492 as the League ID and metsin09 as the password. The first 11 people to join will be in.

Mets Make Offer To Oliver Perez

supermets — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:20:51 -0000

Mets Make Offer To Oliver Perez

"During tonight’s Hot Stove show on the MLB Network, SI.com’s Jon Heyman said the Mets offered free-agent LHP Oliver Perez a three-year deal, ‘worth close to $30 million.’"

Eric's take:

Interesting. I had read last week that Minaya favored Perez even though almost everyone else fancied Derek Lowe, but I didn't realize he liked him so much that he'd throw an offer out there. I think Perez will be about as quick to accept this deal as Lowe was to accept the 3/$36 million deal the Mets offered him (which was rebuffed and whose very existence has been denied by Scott Boras).

Clearly, Minaya is not content to lose both Lowe and Perez, so he now (reportedly) has offers on the table for each. Who knows where Boras will take this.

Mets trade the Show

supermets — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:04:02 -0000

Mets trade the Show

for Connor Robertson

Sickels' Top 100 Prospect List?

supermets — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:03:48 -0000

NY Baseball Digest has an article about Sickels' Top 100 list, which I didn't know he even made. (Doesn't he usually make a 50/50 list?)

I assume this is in his prospect book (which I didn't buy) but I was just wondering if this will be posted on this website.

The article only talks about the 4 Mets and the 4 Yankees in the Top 100, so I'd like to see the rest of the list without buying the book that I can't afford.

And for those who don't want to open the link, here is what is listed:

29: Wilmer Flores
31: Fernando Martinez
37: Jesus Montero
39: Jonathan Niese
56: Austin Jackson
58: Dellin Betances
77: Mike Carp
91: Zach McAllister

Mets Shadow Draft

supermets — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:42:14 -0000

I decided to start a mets shadow draft this year. Here's what I have so far:

18: Ike Davis (best bat left on the board, I really like him)

22: Christian Freidrich (a steal with pick #22, should move quickly)

33: Zach Collier (after taking pretty safe college guys at 18 and 22, I decided to go with the high reward OF. I was debating between him, DeVall, and Scheppers, but decided Scheppers might fall to the second round. If I had known he wouldn't, I might have gone with him.)

68: Tim Melville (If I'm the Mets and I think he has a chance of signing, I take him here. If I think he wants way too much money, and I mean WAY TOO MUCH, then I'd go with Tyler Sample.)

100: Ross Seaton (Really glad to get him this late, he has great potential, and he already has a good fastball and slider)

134: Adrian Nieto

164: Zach Putnam (I love getting him this late)

194: Isaac Galloway (Love getting him, it was between him and Thames. If I could see more of Thames medical record, I would probably have gone with him)

That's what I have so far. I I think I did far better than the Mets.

EDIT: Added Adrian Nieto as 134th pick, added Putnam, Galloway

Poll

Who had a better first 5 picks?

Mets

15 votes

Shadow Mets

20 votes

35 votes | Poll has closed

Mike Carp and Nick Evans

supermets — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:01:51 -0000

Both play for the Binghamton Mets and are first baseman. They've both been hitting outstandingly so far(One plays DH, other at first everyday).

Both players were drafted out of high school in 2004. Evans is 22, and Carp is 21(22 in June).

In 2006, Carp has a breakout year at Hi-A, but he struggled with injuries in 2007, so he's repeating AA. In 2007, Evans had a breakout year in Hi-A, and now he's at AA.

Carp is hitting .474 with 4 HR, 4 2B, 13 RBI, a .895 SLG and a .500 OBP. His entire career, people have been worried about his ability to hit lefties, who he has never hit, but he has 2 HR and is hitting .412 against LHP this year

Evans is hitting .444 with 2 HR, 3 2B, 2 3B, 13 RBI, a .806 SLG and a .476 OBP.

Do either of these guys have a chance of becoming real prospects? Top 100 guys?