Comments on: Buzz: Nady, Reed, Thames, DaVanon, Etc.

By: cver

cver — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:12:20 +0000

At this point, Pagan, Clark and even Tatis in the outfield seem like not so awful a possibility to start out. Pagan and Tatis have been quite good, although I do know that Tatis is late to the party, due to visa problems and is not really an outfielder. These guys are hungry though and seem to be playing the game the right way (certainly Pagan is). Something that sticks out here as a trivia note is that DaVanon’s name has come up before in other offseasons, as I recall.

By: gomets019

gomets019 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:22:01 +0000

Pelfrey for Nady. Nady is perfect fit for now and 09 to replace Degado (beyond texeira theres nothing at first base and Fmart replacing Alou leaves DWright as our only righty in the lineup). Pelfrey has done nothing in the majors, nothing in the minors, nothing since college except that 1 good game against the braves down the stretch. He has 1 pitch he can barely locate and after seeing him again this spring I’m convinced he couldn’t handle even being a set up guy- not in NY, not gonna happen. Nady fills so many needs for us, can handle NY, bat 5th in a good lineup, and he’d probably re-sign. Pelfreys stock is dropping each day, given that he has a million dollar per year contract, if we don’t get something for him now I fear all is lost. Just watch him fumble and bumble and play with his mouthpiece-this is our future no.2? Thank God we’ve got Johan and I pray that Pedro can pitch a couple more years. 13 hits, 8 runs, 4 innings, against Baltimore. I don’t care if Duque is throwing 40 mph. Pelfrey s gotta go

By: gomets019

gomets019 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:06:11 +0000

Nady is the guy we really need-badly. And if he costs Mike Pelfrey, so be it! He can bat fifth in a good lineup and not embarrass himself. He can handle NY. Sure, We’ll be alright without alou, but what happens when/if Delgado, Easley, Beltran, Castillo, aggravate their nagging injuries. If Easley goes down again (while Alou is out) or is Starting for another injured player our lineup and bench are pretty awful. Also, we need a first baseman next year and beyond texiera there aint much. Fmarts lefty bat will prob replace Alous righty bat in left next year, leaving Wright as the only righty bat in the lineup. Nady would be a nice way to balance the lineup this year and next-he would such a useful player for us. Mike Pelfrey is a mediocre half season at AAA from being considered a floip at this point. This spring has ended as poorly as last and the truth is he hasn’t done anything post college, not even in the minors. You can’t watch this guy fumble and bumble and play with his mouthpiece-struggling with his control of the one pitch he has and seriously think he’s gonna a top of rotation starter for a good NY team. Not even in a few years. Not even as a reliver, which is more fitting his repetoire, NOT IN NY- NO WAY-NOT GONNA HAPPEN! Let the pirates have him for Nady and a decent relief prospect while he still has any value. We already raped them on Perez for Nady. Even if Pelfrey ended up being decent or even good in the low pressure of Pittsburg, could any1 really say we didn’t win the trades as a whole regardless? Exactly what kind of “insurance” is Pelfrey going to provide giving up 13 hits and eight runs in 4 innings to Baltimore? At this point I’d rather give Brian Lawrence or Chan Ho Park another shot than let Pelfrey lose another 7 games to start the year. Shit, Nady might be able to pitch more effectively

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:46:07 +0000

Not to mention that the writer did mention the injury. If he;s going to take a shot, which is his right, he should at least be accurate.

By: Jayperez

Jayperez — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:24:08 +0000

Milledge will not live up to the hype that everyone gives him. Why would the twins the pass on milledge for the best pitcher in baseball? That just doesnt make sense if milledge is “so good” why would they not include him in that package and pick Gomez over him. The reason is they saw what alot of people saw in that milledge will one day be good but his ceiling is not that high as it once was. Im telling you milledge will not have a phenominal season as most milledge fans think. Talk to me when he can hit a ML breaking pitch.

By: zen

zen — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:06:43 +0000

anderson hernandez wasn’t a top draft pick. he also has never been the offensive player that milledge had been.

saying he won’t be good is wishful thinking. he can hit. he can also play center-field. he will be a top 3 offensive player at his position (cf) this year in the nl behind beltran and andruw jones.

By: cyclone

cyclone — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:43:02 +0000

So must every GM who passed on Milledge when we dangled him in front of them over the winter.

Anderson Hernandez is a good minor league hitter too…

Milledge is not going to amount to anything much. He is not the next coming of Gary Sheffield. More like Jacque Jones…

By: metsftw

metsftw — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:42:18 +0000

you can’t just extrapolate a guy’s numbers like that. otherwise if you had a guy who hit 5 bombs in 10 games you’d be saying that he would’ve hit 90 home runs in a season.

also, milledge can hit minor league pitching. good for him, so can david newhan and anderson hernandez.

By: zen

zen — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:09:27 +0000

milledge hit .330+ at class ‘a’ ball, double ‘a’ ball a briefly at triple ‘a’ ball. he hit .271avg .341obs in the majors. think he can’t hit the breaking ball? scouts must be incompetent.

his pro-rated numbers from last year’s 7hr 29rbi would be 21hr 87rbi as a 21 year old

By: Nutz15

Nutz15 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:05:38 +0000

What’s up with them placing Register on waivers?

Reliever Steven Register has been placed on waivers, two sources unaffiliated with the Mets told the Daily News. That signals that Mets officials intend to turn elsewhere – presumably to Joe Smith or Brian Stokes – if Duaner Sanchez is not ready to break camp with the team.

Sanchez is next scheduled to pitch tomorrow, but he has yet to make relief appearances on consecutive days. Back-to-back appearances are a prerequisite to Sanchez being on the Opening Day roster, Wiilie Randolph has said.

Scouts believe Register, a Rule 5 pick from the Rockies, is likely to be claimed off waivers and end up in some team’s MLB bullpen for the start of the season.

If he did clear waivers, the Mets, who paid $50,000 for Register, would have to offer him back to Colorado for $25,000. It’s believed the Mets at that point would try to work out a trade with the Rockies that would make Register permanently part of the Mets’ organization.

(Daily News blog)