Comments on: Minors: Chris Kline on Wilmer Flores

By: metinDC23

metinDC23 — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:30:29 +0000

There’s nothing wrong with signing kids young as long as you have some kind of youth development system (aka a lot of low minor league options, winterball, etc.). It only makes the player better, thus the team better.

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By: jdon

jdon — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:37:39 +0000

p.s. I expect news of omar signing an 11 year old some day soon.

By: jdon

jdon — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:36:21 +0000

I think it is despicable. How about a little high school? The Met logic is the convenient logic of: if we don’t sign him someone will. Well, how about the league laying down some kind of rule that says a kid has to finish high school to sign? Or, failing that, reach the age of eighteen. I know we will be dealing with fake birth certificates then, but the league should take some responsibility for determining how old a kid is. Sixteen? Come one. That is pathetic..

By: Two-By-Four

Two-By-Four — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:31:04 +0000

I can visualize Fred and Ethel Wilpon instructing Selig on how to best utilize his “slots” and pursue talent that tumbles to their draft position due to signability issues but for some reason they continue to be Selig’s lap dog. While there is more risk of considerable financial loss if the player fails it is still the best way to procure a player with enormous talent. When it comes to signing young talent I don’t think any stone should be left unturned and all avenues addressed. I would think that there is a bounty of extremely talented athletes in Brazil and Argentina that predominately play soccer. Setting up baseball academies in those countries might not be a bad idea.

By: Two-By-Four

Two-By-Four — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:15:01 +0000

Using Flores’ projected usefulness to the big club in 2008 in evaluating Omar’s miscalculation is somewhat short sighted. He is extremely young and could still develop into a solid major league catcher. We won’t know for at least a few more years whether or not losing Flores will hurt the Mets. Even if the Mets kept Flores I see him having no or little impact on the 2008 catching situation and very much a minor league prospect developing his skills.

By: bonatom

bonatom — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:07:24 +0000

16?!?!?! You have to be kidding me!!! Next the Mets will be signing Kids out of the Little League World Series (12yrs old, not the far fetched)

By: darkstar73

darkstar73 — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:29:22 +0000

but that explanation just isnt any fun, now is it Constnza? Too much perspective and sanity for most around here…it’s really only gotten worse around here, but glad to see you’re still fightingn the good fight. As for Flores, anyone who thinks he’s be the “answer” to our catching situation next year is kidding themselves. Would he be servicable? Maybe, but he’d also be a lot bigger of a risk than Lo Duca, and he certainly won’t be any bettter.

By: falcon4e

falcon4e — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:03:38 +0000

You’re right. Omar thought no one would keep Flores on the roster the whole year. Nationals as you said, were projected to be so bad they said why not?

Flores at worst would be the backup on the 2008 Mets.. but oh well.

By: Meddler

Meddler — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:22:30 +0000

Okay, lets be fair, its barely been more than a year since Perez. El Duque for Julio still isn’t even two years old yet, and even if Duque hasn’t produced down the stretches, you can’t say that’s not a brilliant trade. Technically, Benson deal isn’t even two years old yet, so throw Maine in there too.

Omar had a bad year, I won’t deny that, but 2006 was awesome for him. 2005 was sort of so-so. He got Pedro who got hurt but attracted lots of outside interest and he got Beltran who didn’t produce at all until 2006, but since has been pretty damn good.

My feeling is that the jury is now out again on Omar, whereas we all got pretty comfortable with him in 2006. He’s taken a step back, but not nearly enough to completely change the tune on him. If he can manage to swing a trade for a solid starting pitcher and score a solid right handed reliever and maybe even add a reliable bat, I bet we find him right back in our good graces.