Note: Picture of Mets German Catcher

April 21, 2008 at 2:57 pm · 12 comments

by Matthew Cerrone

here’s a picture of newly acquired German C Kai Gronauer, who turned down offers from the Twins and Pirates to sign with the Mets…

…thanks to Dominick, a reader of MetsBlog from Germany, for the picture

For more on Gronauer, click here.

{ 12 comments }

MacD81 April 21, 2008 at 3:00 pm

I’d be curious to know why he picked the Mets over these other teams. Where the Mets just offering more money?

tonypvteye April 21, 2008 at 3:09 pm

Um lets see, New York, Pittsburgh or St.Paul ?

MacD81 April 21, 2008 at 3:11 pm

I guess what I meant to ask is if the Mets have proactively gone into Europe and done a lot of scouting of players there and if so, did that presense make an impact on this guy beyond money or the allure of NYC?

kai258 April 21, 2008 at 3:57 pm

After Gronauer had turned down offers from the Minnesota Twins and Pittsburgh Pirates the Mets came up with a very attractive package in terms of signing bonus and the opportunity to attend further education on his original job…so it was a package of money and education- but I am sure we don´t talk about a fortune here.

MetsAllTheWay April 21, 2008 at 3:02 pm

Maybe he wanted a bigger market

jamesi11 April 21, 2008 at 3:20 pm

He plays baseball. So, Im sure he follows baseball in other countries since Europe isnt a baseball hotbed at all. Logically, he’d follow MLB seeing as its the biggest market, and seemingly everybody aspires to play here….

Perhaps hes a Met fan

gipper91375 April 21, 2008 at 3:57 pm

Zee peetch vill be a vastball. Don’t shake me off, or ve vill invade your country…isn’t it called zee Dominican? Ok? Jawhol? Goot.

Vastball, schnell!!!

DK April 21, 2008 at 4:56 pm

We will drink more becks.

CaseStreet April 21, 2008 at 3:58 pm

Duh. We have Johan Santana. Who wouldn’t want to catch the best pitcher in baseball?

TRex23 April 21, 2008 at 5:01 pm

Das Geht.

the clap April 21, 2008 at 5:01 pm

The Mets continue to span the globe in search of a catcher. Hopefully this kid is better than Patrick Maat and Francisco Pena. That shouldn’t be too hard.

backinbusiness April 21, 2008 at 5:10 pm

is he available tonight? i’m tired of cassanova.

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