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Post by Insomniac on Jan 29, 2011 17:25:10 GMT -5
The idea of a slow, 35-year-old Lance Berkman playing RF for St. Louis this year makes me giggle.
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Post by S-Chrome on Jan 29, 2011 19:17:47 GMT -5
The idea of a slow, 35-year-old Lance Berkman playing RF for St. Louis this year makes me giggle. Would the prospect of Varitek behind the plate lobbing three-hoppers to the Nugget be even more humorous? ;D
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Post by ani on Jan 29, 2011 19:22:29 GMT -5
None of those guys are a match for the immortal Luis Castillo
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Post by RKTaker on Jan 30, 2011 11:12:05 GMT -5
someone on another site actually suggested the mets trading santana to the cardinals for pujols
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Post by ani on Jan 30, 2011 11:22:42 GMT -5
someone on another site actually suggested the mets trading santana to the cardinals for pujols Pujols has said he would reject all trade proposals. Also, there are several reasons why this would never work, the two main reasons being: 1. Cards would want more. 2. Mets still can't afford to pay Albert.
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Post by RKTaker on Jan 30, 2011 11:25:02 GMT -5
someone on another site actually suggested the mets trading santana to the cardinals for pujols Pujols has said he would reject all trade proposals. Also, there are several reasons why this would never work, the two main reasons being: 1. Cards would want more. 2. Mets still can't afford to pay Albert. i never said it would work it sounds really stupid to me which it is and on frontburner someone actually said the mets should trade santana to the yankees which would work even less
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Post by ani on Jan 30, 2011 11:31:23 GMT -5
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Post by RKTaker on Jan 30, 2011 11:34:10 GMT -5
interesting and jw if the mets had to move would you still root for them I would
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Post by Cyno on Jan 30, 2011 11:36:46 GMT -5
Pujols has said he would reject all trade proposals. Also, there are several reasons why this would never work, the two main reasons being: 1. Cards would want more. 2. Mets still can't afford to pay Albert. i never said it would work it sounds really stupid to me which it is and on frontburner someone actually said the mets should trade santana to the yankees which would work even less That move makes zero sense for either team. The last thing the Yankees need is two starters who start playing in the middle of the season and the Mets need all the good starting pitching they can get.
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Post by RKTaker on Jan 30, 2011 11:41:04 GMT -5
i never said it would work it sounds really stupid to me which it is and on frontburner someone actually said the mets should trade santana to the yankees which would work even less That move makes zero sense for either team. The last thing the Yankees need is two starters who start playing in the middle of the season and the Mets need all the good starting pitching they can get. exactly plus the mets would get nobody for him we would just be selling him to the yankees does anybody know the player to be named later the mets were supposed to get for jacobs
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Post by ani on Jan 30, 2011 12:45:37 GMT -5
That move makes zero sense for either team. The last thing the Yankees need is two starters who start playing in the middle of the season and the Mets need all the good starting pitching they can get. exactly plus the mets would get nobody for him we would just be selling him to the yankees does anybody know the player to be named later the mets were supposed to get for jacobs I think they got cash. Also, I think I would probably root for the Nats or just root for baseball in general if the Mets moved. That would break my heart.
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Post by RKTaker on Jan 30, 2011 12:51:44 GMT -5
exactly plus the mets would get nobody for him we would just be selling him to the yankees does anybody know the player to be named later the mets were supposed to get for jacobs I think they got cash. Also, I think I would probably root for the Nats or just root for baseball in general if the Mets moved. That would break my heart. so we basically sold jacobs either way he was horrible with us stats for jacobs in las vegas 6 homeruns 34 rbis .308/.389/.492 avg
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Post by Biggtone23 on Jan 30, 2011 13:28:33 GMT -5
The Royals have offically moved top catching prospect Wil Myers to Right Field. As a 19 year old at class high A Wilmington he hit .346/.453/.512 . The move is being made because his bat will be ready for the bigs by 2012 or so while as a catcher he would have still needed a year or two to work on defense. Myers was the number 2 prospect for the Royals in baseball america's rankings behind Eric Hosmer.
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Post by Insomniac on Jan 30, 2011 13:36:09 GMT -5
The Royals have offically moved top catching prospect Wil Myers to Right Field. As a 19 year old at class high A Wilmington he hit .346/.453/.512 . The move is being made because his bat will be ready for the bigs by 2012 or so while as a catcher he would have still needed a year or two to work on defense. Myers was the number 2 prospect for the Royals in baseball america's rankings behind Eric Hosmer. If you've got a 19-year-old catcher who can put up a .965 OPS in high-A ball, why would you ever want to move him to the OF? That kind of offensive production is much more valuable coming from a backstop than a corner outfielder. The Royals are a few years away from competing anyways, so why not give the kid the time he needs to improve his defense behind the plate? I love what the Royals are doing with their minor league organization, but this move is perplexing.
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Post by ani on Jan 30, 2011 13:54:36 GMT -5
The Royals have offically moved top catching prospect Wil Myers to Right Field. As a 19 year old at class high A Wilmington he hit .346/.453/.512 . The move is being made because his bat will be ready for the bigs by 2012 or so while as a catcher he would have still needed a year or two to work on defense. Myers was the number 2 prospect for the Royals in baseball america's rankings behind Eric Hosmer. If you've got a 19-year-old catcher who can put up a .965 OPS in high-A ball, why would you ever want to move him to the OF? That kind of offensive production is much more valuable coming from a backstop than a corner outfielder. The Royals are a few years away from competing anyways, so why not give the kid the time he needs to improve his defense behind the plate? I love what the Royals are doing with their minor league organization, but this move is perplexing. No one ever thought he'd be a catcher even from the start. He's got a bat that can hit anywhere though. Very similar to Jesus Montero. Buster Olney reports that rival execs think the Mets financial situation makes it likely for the team to trade Jose Reyes at the deadline. In other news, expect Reyes to stay considering who is reporting this
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Post by Insomniac on Jan 30, 2011 14:08:19 GMT -5
No one ever thought he'd be a catcher even from the start. He's got a bat that can hit anywhere though. Very similar to Jesus Montero. Yeah, his bat seems to be close to ML-ready, but I just feel like they should give him at least another year as a catcher. It's not like they're moving him to the OF because he's bad behind the plate, but instead because he can hit so well. If the Royals were a team that already had a solid catcher in place, I could understand the move. But is there anyone else in their farm system that has that kind of potential as a catcher? And what's the rush? They're still probably a couple years away from competing anyways. I just think that if you've got a guy who can hit so well, you're better off trying to keep him at a position where offense is such a premium. Like with Montero, his bat would be great at 1B and DH. But as a catcher? He could be the next Piazza.
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Post by RKTaker on Jan 30, 2011 16:36:35 GMT -5
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Post by Cyno on Jan 30, 2011 17:17:21 GMT -5
If the Mets move, where would they go?
I think it's a pretty dumb move, personally. Moving the team wouldn't really do much of anything and Mets fans WILL come to the games if they actually get competitive again. They're in a massive market that definitely has enough room to support at least two teams, and has been for over a century. All they need to do is give a reason for fans to go to the ballpark.
Well, that and SNY does excellent business. Maybe not as much as YES, but it's still very successful.
Tampa? They need to move. The Mets? Hardly.
Though it does pose an interesting "What if?" if your favorite team moves to a completely different part of the country. Do you stay loyal? Do you root for the new team that comes into their old turf? Do you root for another team already in the area, even if they're a crosstown/divisional rival? Would Yankees fans ever become Mets fans or vice versa? Or Cubs/White Sox? Or Dodgers/Angels?
I will say this, though. Most of the Brooklyn Dodgers and NY Baseball Giants fans around the city switched over to the Yankees or became Mets fans eventually. Not a lot of San Fran or LAD fans here.
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Post by Insomniac on Jan 30, 2011 17:21:39 GMT -5
Where's all this talk coming from about the Mets moving? Why on Earth would this ever happen?
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Post by ani on Jan 30, 2011 17:42:48 GMT -5
Where's all this talk coming from about the Mets moving? Why on Earth would this ever happen? They're not moving. All hypothetical.
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