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metstoday.com - 4 hours ago
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Free agents go on the open market today,
and with a lack of trading chips, the Mets
are expected to dive in deep to fill their multiple holes. At minimum, they need at least one starting pitcher — maybe two; a catcher; a left fielder; a ...
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10 Free Agency Fears for Mets Fans
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metstoday.com - 45 hours ago
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This afternoon in an appearance on XM 175
MLB Home Plate, former Mets catcher Paul LoDuca expressed
a desire to return to the big leagues in 2010. LoDuca missed all of 2009 due to injuries, but claims he is now 100 percent healthy, and ready to ...
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Paul LoDuca Wants To Come Back
A while back, Jason Marquis began to lobby for a Mets contract offer through his friend and advocate Jeff Francoeur . Now he’s made a full-blown pitch, suggesting to Bart Hubbach that he and the Mets are a “perfect fit”.
As we’ve discussed earlier, Jason Marquis needs ...
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New York Mets
Jason Marquis
According to Baseball America , the Braves have released former phenom outfielder Brian Barton.
Barton was considered a great athlete but went undrafted after a strong career at U Miami, as clubs believed he’d make use of his aerospace engineering degree rather than pursue baseball. ...
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Brian Barton
New York Mets
Cleveland Indians
St. Louis Cardinals
Blaine Boyer
BlueandOrange.net discusses what might have been had Steve Phillips succeeded in trading Jose Reyes and David Wright so many years ago.
John Delcos speaks from eyewitness testimony while supporting Marty Noble’s bombshell that some Mets didn’t mind losing
Delcos also sees a ...
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New York Mets
Steve Phillips
Jose Reyes
David Wright
Roy Halladay
This entry is part 34 in the series 2009 Mets Evaluations When Jeff Francoeur was acquired from the Braves in return for Ryan Church, the immediate reaction was mixed. On the one hand, the Mets were getting a 25-year-old, high-energy outfielder who regressed for two and a half years after ...
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New York Mets
Jeff Francoeur
Ryan Church
Stop the presses! The Mets have hired Dave Jauss as their bench coach for 2010!
I can envision people dancing in the streets upon hearing this extraordinary news.
Seriously, though, it’s an interesting choice. Clearly, Jauss is Jerry Manuel’s choice — Manuel hired Jauss ...
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New York Mets
Jerry Manuel
What exactly does a pro baseball scout look for when evaluating a ballplayer? What kinds of things does a scout consider, in addition to raw baseball skills? How can an amateur ballplayer attract the interest of a pro scout?
Find out by listenting to an interview I did with Tyrone Brooks, a ...
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Atlanta Braves
Cleveland Indians
metstoday.com - 3 days ago
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As mentioned in an earlier post, the list
of minor league free agents has been released, and
there are more than a few intriguing men to consider. Following are a few in particular that caught my eye, in no particular order. Joey Gathright ...
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Minor League Free Agent Options
The latest on Matt Holliday is that the Yankees aren’t interested ( per Buster Olney ), the Angels aren’t either , and the Red Sox and Jason Bay appear to be on the same wavelength. That said, the Mets may have only the Cardinals to bid against when the Holliday auction begins ...
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Matt Holliday
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Mark Teixeira
Boston Red Sox
Los Angeles Angels
Everyone knows Wally Backman is a bad guy. It’s a known fact. The guy is just bad news.
Right?
Not so fast.
Here’s a story of a bad guy doing something that you might not expect. And you certainly won’t be reading it anywhere else…
This past weekend – ...
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Wally Backman
New York Mets
John Delcos wonders what it will take to get Roy Halladay .
Drew Costello at MetsFansForever did a complete analysis of the Mets infield (geez, it took me a month to do the same!)
Andrew Vazzano at TheRopolitans offers the good and bad of trading Luis Castillo and signing Orlando Hudson .
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Roy Halladay
New York Mets
Buffalo Bisons
Yes, you’re likely more interested in the MAJOR League free agent list, but that one is still being assembled.
In the meantime, you can peruse the minor league free agents in search of bargains and diamonds in the rough.
Hat tip to FanGraphs .
In a few days we’ll discuss some ...
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New York Mets
metstoday.com - 4 days ago
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Anyone remember Ruben Gotay? He was in the
midst of being the Mets’ version of Robinson Cano
a few years back, but was curiously hated repressed by then-manager Willie Randolph (and undervalued by Marty Noble ). Willie valued defense at ...
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Ruben Gotay Back On the Radar
metstoday.com - 4 days ago
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This entry is part 33 in the series
2009 Mets Evaluations How do you evaluate a half-season
of performance that was riddled with nagging injuries? Carlos Beltran played in 81 ballgames — exactly one-half of a 162-game season. A good number ...
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2009 Analysis: Carlos Beltran
Most New York newspaper sources are reporting that Wally Backman will be returning to the Mets organization as a minor league manager, with the official announcement coming on Tuesday.
I had the pleasure of spending a few hours with Wally yesterday afternoon, just talking baseball. He would ...
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New York Mets
Wally Backman
Carlos Beltran recently told reporters that he’d like to see Carlos Delgado return to the Mets in 2010.
At a Harlem RBI event, Beltran said:
“Before I came to New York, I was at (Delgado’s) house (in Puerto Rico). I was talking to him. He’s planning to play ...
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New York Mets
Carlos Beltran
Carlos Delgado
RaysIndex put to rest an unfouded rumor that Carl Crawford was upset by Tampa Bay’s choice to exercise his 2010 option.
FireJerryManuel had some funny tweets in cheeky response to the Crawford rumor. FJM also has a great evaluation of Josh Thole and catcher offense .
Speaking of ...
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New York Mets
Carl Crawford
Bengie Molina
Josh Beckett
metstoday.com - 6 days ago
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Baseball America has a great evaluation of Jenrry
Mejia , written by Ben Badler who watched him
pitch in Arizona. Hat tip to FireJerryManuel . According to Badler, Mejia’s fastball ranged from 90-95 MPH and touched 96. His fastball is a ...
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Profile on Jenrry Mejia in Baseball America
Edgardo Alfonzo is eager to return to MLB, and wants to end his career as a New York Met, according to Kevin Kernan of the New York Post .
Fonzie hasn’t played in MLB since 2006, spending 2007-2008 in Indy ball and last season in Japan — leading the Yomiuri Giants to the ...
