Comments on: Blog: So You Wanna Trade an OF Prospect

By: KinersKornerman

KinersKornerman — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:06:48 +0000

everybody’s correct that this was a slanted, incomplete and limited analysis.

If you’re going to talk about OFs, why not bring up trading Lee Mazzilli to Texas for Ron Darling and Walt Terrell. Terrell eventually became Howard Johnson. And now all three are working for the Mets. That could be the best trade ever, except for the Mazzilli part.

Plus how did that Babe Ruth trade work out for Boston?

By: Two-By-Four

Two-By-Four — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:19:45 +0000

Generation K was struck down by injuries with only Izzy retaining his considerable talents.

By: Hit The Weights Zeile

Hit The Weights Zeile — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:40:27 +0000

i dont get the media, how can you write an article like this and then also say no one wants our prospects bc they suck. technically in following whats said in this article EVERYONE should want our prospects because they are guaranteed to florish once they come to your team. my question is if omar gets santana will the media praise him for being able to get top talent for our supposed bad trading chips or will they more predictibly say that omar has now ruined our future bc carlos gomez and kevin mulvey will each be winning mvps and cy youngs for years to come.

By: Hit The Weights Zeile

Hit The Weights Zeile — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:37:35 +0000

what a ridiculous article i didnt know every one of out OF prospects that we traded went on to become hall of famers and all the ones we kept were total busts. you could write this article about any team. of course though its about the mets and how we dont know what we’re doing and we trade gems for garbage.

By: JohnMilner

JohnMilner — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:15:59 +0000

Kevin Mitchell. I haven’t heard that name in a long time. I was living in Houston in ’86, and went to a ‘stros game when the Mets were in town. Mitchell was down on the field, by the stands, just chatting with anyone who came by. It was his rookie season, if I remember correctly, and he was just looking for playing time. A nice kid, who turned into a hell of a batter. Unfortunately not for us…

By: metsrbest

metsrbest — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:11:09 +0000

BB America ranked him 8th on the Met prospect list behind the immortal Shawn Bowman, Ambiorix Conception, and Ian Bladergroen. In no way shape or form was he ever compared to Manny Ramirez unless it was some Met fan that did because he looked like Manny and he had a batting stance like Manny.

By: bigNJ

bigNJ — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:44:45 +0000

not even close……he was one of our highest rated prospects in all the mags out there

baseball america loved him for some time if i remember correctly

By: bigNJ

bigNJ — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:42:14 +0000

not at all look up his numbers…….he put up his best numbers with the mets

By: metsrbest

metsrbest — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:37:48 +0000

The only people who compared him to Manny were Met fans. LOL

By: marvelousmarv

marvelousmarv — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:34:58 +0000

Pls don’t mention Lenny Dykstra. He’d be a poster boy for the upcoming Mitchell report. He had promising seasons for us and would have been pretty good player. But lets get real, take a look at him w/ the Phils. He had to be juicing and if that doesn’t prove it look at his numbers that suddenly skyrocketed. DIdn’t he hit like .400 for the beginning of 1990. The mistake we made ws not getting anything for him. I remember when we got Juan Samuel they wanted him to recapture his magic from 1984 where he hit close to 30 HRs. Seems like a trend that we can’t seem to escape. Not getting enough for our guys, Dykstra, Kazmir, Kent, Milledge …