According to MiLB.com, Edgardo Alfonzo is batting .335 with five HR and 33 RBI in 54 Winter-League games.
The 35-year-old former Mets infielder signed an incentive-laden Minor League contract with the Rangers on Dec. 17.
…thanks to the informative Peter Wade for the info…
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Good Luck Fonzi, hope you do well for the Rangers (if he makes it).
omar is going to end up trading 2 prospects for fonzi….BELIEVE IT
good for fonzi. i hope he gets back to the show sometime. i always enjoyed watching him play. he played the game the right way, always using proper fundamentals. he was my favorite met during the late 90’s, earley 2000’s.
Go Fonzi!
Fonzi is cool.
I’ll always have a soft spot for Fonzie. Remember the grasnd slam in the 1 game playoff against the reds in ‘99? Remeber him being the most consistant on base hitter in 2000. Good luck with the comeback!
How about the 2HR game in the ‘99 playoffs against ‘Zona with The Unit pitching? Or tying up game 3 of the NLDS against SF, with Rob Nen pitching, leading to Benny’s walk off?
ahhhh memories
How about the 6-6 game vs. the Astros where he hit 3 HR’s? My favorite 90s/early 2000s Met, bar-none. Class act all the way, in every regard.
Always liked the Fonz. But, am I crazy in thinking that he was at least slightly overrated? I remember him being annointed the best two strike hitter, the most intelligent batter etc etc.
He was pretty good on a lot of awful Mets teams.
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hahaha
i saw it coming.
Where’s Sandy? I need to hide behind him!!!
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As I recall…
1) During his early years, Mets we on the upswing, getting better each year, especially offensively, from ‘95 through ‘99
2) Alfonzo was an exceptional 2 strike hitter (one of the best)
3) He was analyzed as a young player, much like Wright and Reyes of the last few years. His numbers were good, but part of the perception was that he was still getting there.
We all thought he’d be a steady .300, 25-30 HR for a long time.
Alfonzo represents one of the Mets best prospects of the 1990s, one of the best Mets of ‘99 and 2000 teams and one of Steve Phillips best moves – in ignoring all that and realizing that his best days were behind him.
I think he was older than he claimed when he entered baseball and the mets let him go right as his career seemed to be getting shaky. That being said I remember him hitting over .300 in 2001 when Piazza was on the DL and the mets situation was pretty bleak in the rest of the line-up (see Mo Vaughn and Jeromy Burnitz). I think he was key and did not get enough credit for the strong years he had even if they were short lived…
Can you imagine the ovation he would receive if he made a trip back to Shea with the Rangers?
Might even trump Mikey’s…
Don’t get crazy…
OMG, HGH?!?! Just kidding…..
$10 says he has a better season than Luis Castillo.
What is that a beer and a quarter of a hot dog?
add 20% to it then…oofa
parking for the first 4 innings.
If you have a smart car maybe
better than Castilo? hahaha, i’ll take that bet, Fonzie is in winter leagues doing this, where Jose Lima is an ace. Make it $100 to make it more interesting and I’m certainly down.
I always liked him as a player. I hope he actually makes the Rangers, but mostly so there is no chance that he becomes available, and Omar picks him up! he can’t have much left at this point after years of chronic back issues, can he?
But, i wouldn’t take the bet on Castillo. I have a bad feeling he is going to really stink this year (and the 3 after that!)
Where’s my Robin Ventura, John Olerud, and Rey Ordonez update?
Best Infield Ever?
that was an amazing year, to be sure. And Fonzi was one of my favorite Mets.
What was it… 4 or 5 errors all year.. Just enough for us to make it to the 2000 WS and get beat by a bunch of juice bags.
…and he got ROBBED of the gold glove by Pokey Reese.
How many other pro athletes has anyone ever heard of that spent their own money to run ads on taxis in town thanking the fans for supporting them….after being let go by the team and signing elsewhere?
Fonzie rules and holds all.
defensively at least. But I gotta say, Kaz Matsui’s one bouncer to first was awe inspiring.
fonz was one the my faves…great fielder and excellent in the clutch…would love to see him get some big hits with rangers vs the skankees who always beat the freakin rangers…
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