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The Mets Acquire Chip Ambres, Citizens Of Buffalo Cheer
Amazin' Avenue — According to Hubbuch, The Mets got OF Chip Ambres from the Red Sox today. You may remember Ambres for his .376 wOBA with New Orleans in 2007. Total Zone had him at 17 runs above average that season. Ambres also had a three game stay with the Mets that year, in which he hit a GWRBI. He's probably an upgrade over Cory Sullivan or whoever else he'll take playing time from in Buffalo. If nothing else, he's a reminder of how uncreative Minaya is and how bad the Mets leftfield situation was in 2007. I suppose he's Emil Brown ...

The Pawtucket Red Sox Roster Crunch
Over the Monster — ... Over the last few years, Pawtucket has stagnated a little. Aside from a few major players moving up (Pedroia, Ellsbury, Lowrie), there has been an established core of AAAA position players who every so often get their shot at a cup of coffee. Now, the core seems destined to be broken up. Already, Chip Ambres was traded to the ...

Billy Wagner's Most Valuable Pitches
Amazin' Avenue — ... situations.  Walking the bases loaded in the 9th inning then striking out 3 in a row will result in higher WPA figures than a 1-2-3 inning.  The Mets won 8 out of the 10 games listed here, with the 2 losses coming within a rough 1 month stretch in 2008. 10. 7/22/2007 Play: Matt Kemp struck out swinging in the 10th inning WPA: .166 Game Result: Mets 5, Dodgers 4 Chip Ambres singled home Lastings Milledge in the 10th inning and Wagner ...