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Twins OF Carlos Gomez, who was traded from the Mets for Johan Santana, hit for the cycle last night.
He is the first member of the Twins to hit for the cycle in 22 years.
To watch a clip of Gomez’s cycle, go to ESPN.com.
…i love that he sprints around the bases on the home run…it cracks me up when players do this…good for him…
In 117 at-bats this season, Gomez is hitting .282 with two HR, seven doubles, three triples, 11 RBI and 13 stolen bases while striking out roughly once every four plate appearances.
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As much as we needed and love Johan, Gomez is the guy we will all regret trading above all the others.
I will never forget the spectacular catch he made last year againgst the Yankees last May. He caught a potential two run hr. It was great for me because I saw the play at Yankee Stadium. Great night for him. Thanks for that memory Gomez.
then he doubled up a baserunner…it was magical and i watched it on my dvr dozens of times….
sometimes i feel like fernando martinez shouldve been traded instead of gomez but who knows maybe f-mart will come through with his own surprise.
but can you imagine a speed poisoned line up with reyes,gomez, castillo, beltran, and wright.
I don’t agree. I think Gomez has a ton of skills but I didn’t like his baseball sense at all. He has a terrible OBP too, and I bet that’s true throughout his career.
He’s 23. Twenty friggin’ three.
I know how old he is.
Well if you knew how old he was why did you make a ridiculous statement about the kind of player he’ll be for the rest of his career?
Last week there were rumors Gomez was headed back to the minors. Now he’s a baseball god. The point is, he’s young and talented, and has yet to develop a baseball identity. To assume anything so early in his career is flat out ignorant, whether for good or bad.
because ability to get on base tends not to develop in the same way other skills do.
I was expressing an opinion, not making some grand statement.
The nice thing is, if I’m wrong, nobody dies.
from the good omens file, the last Twin to hit for the cycle was Kirby Puckett… in 1986.
I refuse to believe Kirby Puckett ever hit a triple.
In ‘85 Puckett, was known as the tiny fast guy. He hit 13 triples, stole 21 bases, most of his batting average came from hustling out infield grounders. He also hit all four homers in his first two seasons. Combined. While starting all of both years.
Big Fat Kirby kind of took everyone by surprise.
Gomez has just about the same stats as Reyes this year, Jose really needs to get it together on a consistent basis.
true.
Honestly, it would have been a better trade if we traded Reyes instead of Gomez, but we got Santana, so it’s hard to really complain.
That’s nuts.
Yeah, I’m sorry, but that is an absolutely ridiculous statement. Gomez doesn’t even have a full season under his belt, Reyes is only a few years older (but still extremely young), and we all know how incredibly capable and talented Reyes can be at the major league level. Come on, man.
And, he’s a shortstop.
This is great, I love that Gomez is doing well. I hope he keeps it up.
I agree. I wish Gomez all the best in Minny. I hope the fans there will love his desire and play for the game. Sadly, I had him riding the bench on my fantasy team last night. I am kicking myself… DAMN! LOL
lol me tooo lol i could have used those points….
i didnt! I had Moises Alou riding the bench, oh yeah, im a fantasy genius
I hope he becomes a Hall of Famer.
I love these fans who say I regret this and that.
We got Johan Santana.
The Mets as an organization hope Gomez lights it up. SHow the rest of the league that maybe you shouldn’t underestimate are farm system. Making our prospects more desirable, in doing so making offers more desirable.
I don’t think anybody was saying they regret the trade. I think what they are saying is that of all the players traded, Gomez will be the one that makes us all go “wow.”
I’m happy for Gomez. I would have loved to see this guy as a Met, but you’ve got to give something to get; you hope this brings the Mets some good will in the trade department.
On the flip side, did anyone see Lastings Milledge on the last play in the Astros-Nats game last night? Maybe the camera angle hid something, but it looked liked he gave up on a ball he might have caught.
yup totally dogged it. He figured he had no shot to throw out the man tagging up at third, so he decided to not even try and catch the ball. That would drive me insane as a manager
defenitly looked that way. I was wondering if we would see him get called out on that by his manager.
I thought the same thing when I first saw it, it was like he gave up on it and didn’t really try hard.
Let it go.
Sorry Officer, didnt realize you were on duty today. I’ll be on my way.
Let what go? The collapse?