Comments on: Q&A: Kevin Goldstein on Mets Pitching Prospects

By: Two-By-Four

Two-By-Four — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:28:29 +0000

It’s interesting to note that Goldstein is a major Mets fan.

By: andyglass1

andyglass1 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:51:01 +0000

Jordan – any thoughts on this from yesterday ?

2008-02-13 20:57:20

Not to be putting anyone in particular, down, but I have always wondered about “gurus” coming up with these reports on recent draftees and Minor Lg prospects…. are they actual scouts, working for a ML club or are they journalists with access to lots of reports and therefore just repeating info received from other qualified sources ?

Have any of the gurus played in the minors, to know what these young players are going through ? I would think having 10 or 20 years of experience watching hundreds or thousands of prospects develop is what makes one a guru / authority, giving one the insight to recognize natural talents /insticts / tools compared to all those other prospects.

By: andyglass1

andyglass1 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:33:55 +0000

So glad to see there others who out there who still value Pelf & his potential…. back in Nov / Dec you would have thought Mike was throwing in the high 70’s by the postings of his detractors.

here are career totals for Garza vs. Pelfry:
# starts, w-l, ip, hits, hrs, bb, k, era, whip, bat ave against

24 (8-13) 133 ip 158 hits 14 55 105 4.47 1.60 .297 baa
17 (5-9) 94 ip 110 hits 7 51 58 5.55 1.71 .300 baa

Obviously Garza pulled in a major talent in the trade with TB. however, comparing the #’s – the performances are fairly similar except, Garza gives up 1 less er/9 & he has more k’s /9

By: JohnGreatOneNJ

JohnGreatOneNJ — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:28:23 +0000

You know, the more and more I read this Goldstein character, the more crazy it drives me. Can he just, for once, say that he disagrees w/ Jordan? Why must somebody be “smoking something?” From me, the KING of sarcastic, his smarmy, slick comments drive me CRAZY!!! Don’t talk to him about the Mets youngsters anymore, because he will NEVER have anything even remotely decent to say about them…

By: Danny1986

Danny1986 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:37:52 +0000

Thanks for bringing this up. As soon as I saw that first question with reference to Pelfrey, I declined to read any further.

Jordan, other than Pelfrey perhaps being a failure on your 2007 fantasy baseball squad, exactly what is your justification for implying such a thing in reality baseball?

By: absentminded

absentminded — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:03:33 +0000

Jordan,

I’m more interested in our SP depth – Jon Niese, Nathan Vineyard, and Nick Carr in particular. I know they’re either raw or far away, but I’d like to hear about them.

Also, there are some really good prospect discussions going on among fans out there. You just have to look. But you have to keep in mind the 2-6 year development time for prospects. This isn’t the NBA or NFL draft. By the time some baseball prospects finally make the bigs, their draft classmates in other sports have already played and hit free agency…

By: Hit The Weights Zeile

Hit The Weights Zeile — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:50:37 +0000

just looking at that makes me excited for the draft. ive never been excited for a baseball draft like i am for NFL drafts but this year is definitely going to be different.

By: nyr2k2

nyr2k2 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:15:03 +0000

I was struggling with the disappearing post thing earlier. I tried embedding the link and all, to no avail.

By: Lightweis

Lightweis — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:09:40 +0000

Green hasn’t signed anywhere yet, and the Mets didn’t offer him arbitration, so it doesn’t matter.

That’s why they got nothing for LoDuca, they declined arbitration.

By: GregB

GregB — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:00:26 +0000

I’ve noticed that if you try to post with a link in the comment, the post disappears.

Anyway, this site has a 2008 Mock Draft:

My MLB Draft dot com slash MLB-Mock-Draft-2008

Interesting to see the types of players available and who the Mets might get.