Matthew Cerrone
Note: Picture of Mets German Catcher
By Matthew Cerrone - Apr 21, 2008 2:57 pm

…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.

BallHype: hype it up! Digg!
Posted in Mets on April 21st, 2008
RSS 2.0 Both comments and pings are currently closed.

12 Responses to “Note: Picture of Mets German Catcher”

Newer Comments »
  1. MacD81 says:
    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 says:
      April 21, 2008 at 3:09 pm

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

      • MacD81 says:
        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 says:
          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.

  2. MetsAllTheWay says:
    April 21, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    Maybe he wanted a bigger market

  3. jamesi11 says:
    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

  4. gipper91375 says:
    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!!!

  5. CaseStreet says:
    April 21, 2008 at 3:58 pm

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

  6. TRex23 says:
    April 21, 2008 at 5:01 pm

    Das Geht.

  7. the clap says:
    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.

  8. backinbusiness says:
    April 21, 2008 at 5:10 pm

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

Newer Comments »
« Read: Wright & Utley Headline the Series Minors: Recap from Sunday, April 20 »