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From Joe D. with a note : To all of my Sabermetric Mets friends... Happy Thanksgiving!
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Joe DiMaggio
New York Mets
Mets roundtable discussion, part five: Second-tier pitchers on the free-agent market - - NJ.com
And the exciting conclusion of our five-day blogger roundtable at NJ.com. Today's question:
If the Mets do not sign John Lackey, which other free-agent pitcher do you think would be the ...
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New York Mets
John Lackey
This is a post I prepared shortly after the season ended but never put up for whatever reason. The recent Hardball Times article by Jeremy Greenhouse " Criminals of WAR ", which correctly posits that we shouldn't be slaves to Fangraphs WAR, provided a reminder that this information was sitting ...
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New York Mets
Hot Stove Tracker - MLB.com
Sortable list of all free agents, including major and minor leagues. Type A/B status is indicated as well. Luis Ayala is still available.
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Luis Ayala
New York Mets
Matt Holliday is clearly the cream of the free agent crop, but there are a lot of other candidates for the Mets ' supposed left field vacancy. Here they are, in the same format as the starting pitchers from yesterday .
Player
2010 Age
WAR 2009
WAR 2008
WAR 2007
5-3-1
WAR $
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New York Mets
Matt Holliday
Mike Cameron
Johnny Damon
Jason Bay
is the headline I would use if the Mets had in fact signed Matt Holliday . Welcome to free agency.
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New York Mets
Matt Holliday
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Some are out watching the " New Moon " premiere and even fewer are at a midnight showing of " The Rocky Horror Picture Show ". With the ...
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Bengie Molina
New York Mets
TONIGHT AT 9PM ET IT’S PRO BASEBALL CENTRAL: METS HOT STOVE EDITION
I'll be on 'Pro Baseball Central' tonight at 9:30pm EST to chat about the Mets' long offseason. I'll mostly be talking about my spreadsheets, why I don't watch any games, and the myriad ways baseball could be improved by ...
MLB
New York Mets
Mets roundtable discussion, part four: Should Daniel Murphy start at first base in 2010? - - NJ.com
Part four of the blogger Q&A; from NJ.com. Nothing new from sizzlechest5. Here's today's question:
Could you live with Daniel Murphy starting at first base if the Mets sign Matt ...
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New York Mets
Matt Holliday
Jason Bay
I swore I'd never make fun of another Marty Noble Mailbag Inbox. Patrick from Connecticut had other plans :
What are your feelings about Sabermetrics? Do you pay attention to them, or are you still a believer in the traditional statistics? -- Patrick F., Stamford, ...
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New York Mets
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by AARON J. LATHAM - AP
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Last season, Jason Marquis and Randy Wolf were good deals for their respective teams. The Rockies traded aging reliever Luis Vizcaino for ...
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New York Mets
Jason Marquis
Randy Wolf
Meet the Mets
Toby Hyde provides us with a little update on Reese Havens down in Arizona . Ted Berg gives his two cents .
BlueandOrange.net presents an exercise in what might have been .
Why all this talk about Mark DeRosa when there's another guy out there who ...
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New York Mets
Jerry Manuel
Mark DeRosa
amazinavenue.com - 40 hours ago
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More photos » by Paul Connors - AP
Pitchers like Jon Garland can be useful and cost-effective
ways to upgrade a starting rotation. (AP Photo/Paul Connors) ...
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Exploiting Inefficiencies In The Pitching Market
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Kranepool Society :: A New York Mets Blog
found this 40 hours agofound this
Marty Noble: Glavine Claims Young Mets Weren't Offended By Losing
From Marty Noble's profile of Wally Backman:
And it's what Tom Glavine saw as far back as June 2007 -- losing was acceptable to some of the young players, they weren't suitably offended by it.
Let's take a trip down ...
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New York Mets
David Wright
Jose Reyes
Wally Backman
Tom Glavine
Mets roundtable discussion, part three: Matt Holliday, Jason Bay or John Lackey? - - NJ.com
Part three. Still anxiously awaiting the return of sizzlechest5.
If the Mets spend big on one free agent this winter -- and, obviously, there are only three high-priced options here: Matt ...
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New York Mets
Matt Holliday
Jason Bay
John Lackey
Meet the Mets
Bart Hubbuch writes that Wally Backman would be the logical heir to Jerry Manuel should the Mets dump their manager mid-season. Jason Fry is a little hesitant to take that risk . At this point, I can see the Mets going with Backman to appease the grission ...
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New York Mets
John Lackey
Wally Backman
amazinavenue.com - 2 days ago
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For Internet baseball writers, cries of apathy have
drowned out the usual complaining about the BBWAA Awards
voting. What used to be "here's why Johan Santana was a much better choice for the Cy than Bartolo Colon " has become "holy crap I couldn't ...
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Hall Of Fame Is Why Awards Still Matter
AL Cy Young Winner Uses Statistical Numbers
Zack Greinke, that's false hustle.
Interesting read. Not often you read MLB players talking about FIP and zone ratings.
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Cy Young
Zack Greinke
New York Mets
amazinavenue.com - 36 hours ago
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Here is an ode to the totally out
of control hot stove. Feel free to add any
to my not-that-funny comments. My Anonymous Source(s)... ...is actually Scott Boras and he's behind on his payments ! ...guarantee that Matt Halladay will be ...
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My Anonymous Sources...
