Mike Nichols

News: Mets Sign Abraham Nunez
By Mike Nichols - May 19, 2008 5:17 pm

The Mets announced that they have signed IF Abraham Nunez to a minor league contract, who will be assigned to Triple-A New Orleans.

Nunez batted .235 with 16 RBI in 252 at-bats for the Phillies last season.

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Comment by GregB
2008-05-19 17:18:35

Nunez, Reed…did the Mets think they were running low on crappy players and had to restock?

Comment by blains2000
2008-05-19 17:26:20

lol

 
Comment by ebfnyc
2008-05-19 18:54:42

hes almost Jewish until you get to the last name.

Comment by koosman3669
2008-05-19 19:37:37

Coulda been changed from Nunezki

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Comment by NY Sports Dog
2008-05-19 17:20:20

Solid pickup….utility infielders seem like a commodity Omar covets, and who knows when you’ll need another one.

That said, this guy is one of the worst hitters in the history of the steroid era modern baseball.

Comment by Tidewater
2008-05-19 17:50:53

Am I thinking of somebody else, or was he once considered a pretty big prospect.

Regardless, he is not any good at all.

 
Comment by iamatwork
2008-05-19 18:32:12

What happened to Anderson Hernandez, who is STILL on the 40 man roster?

Comment by krumbledkookie
2008-05-19 18:57:34

He’s proven he can hit everything EXCEPT major league pitching.

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Comment by Another Matt
2008-05-20 08:46:22

He’s not hitting AAA pitching right now either. (.197/.253/.303 - eurgh)

 
 
 
 
Comment by chicagometfan
2008-05-19 17:21:24

I sure hope they do not have to use Nunez but we are very thin on back up infielders so it can’t hurt.

 
Comment by TBlz
2008-05-19 17:23:10

That and you know at some point this summer, half the 25-man roster will keel over with some injury or another…

 
Comment by toomanyuniforms
2008-05-19 17:31:06

Give him an AB or two against the Phils and see if he’s motivated. Heck, we get burned by former Mets all the time.

 
Comment by jws366
2008-05-19 17:31:14

I would have preffered getting Jauque Jones for the minor league deal that the Marlins did.

Now thats what I call a smart investment.

Comment by Don Logan
2008-05-19 17:37:17

Marlins have room for him, Mets don’t. Jones wants to go where he can play. Not where he can play some OF in triple A until September.

 
 
Comment by Don Logan
2008-05-19 17:34:50

I think they’re just filling out their New Orleans roster, esp now that we have Tatis and Johnson was cut not too long ago.

Comment by Mingo
2008-05-20 07:55:09

That’s exactly it.

 
 
Comment by professor met
2008-05-19 17:36:47

get ready….get set…..BLEHHH!!!!!! I guess I see the logic. It’s just been a slow day and this has been the first post in a couple of hours. How about a post about how excited we are at the prospect of eviscerating glavine in front of hillbilly braves tomorrow? Mmmm.

Comment by K-Hern
2008-05-19 17:47:48

I like this guy’s plan, lets go with this

 
Comment by KinersKornerman
2008-05-19 18:58:46

Excellent use of the term of “eviscerate”
Much better than disembowel.

 
Comment by Bacci
2008-05-19 19:22:38

I know Glavine is the SP tomorrow but the real question is who will we face innings 2 thru 9?

 
 
Comment by dykstraw
2008-05-19 17:38:41

like i get that this is just a depth move but loooooord is nunez terrible

Comment by NY Sports Dog
2008-05-19 17:41:32

He does sux’d in a large way…amazing how many big league at bats this guy has tortured hometown fans with over the years. :-)

 
 
Comment by guierllNO MOta
2008-05-19 17:48:00

wait, the Mets are paying a guy 12K to go play in the minors and be around just in case all of our IF’s get hurt….Nonsense!!! Omar shouldve gotten Hanley Ramirez to back up Reyes…probably couldve gotten him straight up for Fernando Tatis !!!! Fire Omar!!!!

PS. Bobby V would make Nunez an all-star.

Comment by toomanyuniforms
2008-05-19 18:26:46

Can we please have a (self-imposed) moratorium on posts with the above tired formula. We get it. Met fans will blame everything and anything on Omar and Willie. Very observant. Note that it’s a ridiculously exaggerated caricature, but why make an argument when you can whip a straw man?

 
Comment by zemonstar
2008-05-19 18:36:13

i would have to agree with you sir

 
Comment by BBmetsfreak36
2008-05-19 18:55:54

im sorry but are you anywhere close to serious? please say no and go watch a baseball game and learn how things work. wow u better be kidding. that was almost as bad as the time i heard someone say trade delgado to the angels for pitching prospects, ben johnson for matt holiday and andersen hernandez for albert puhols. And anything left to go to chase utley.

Comment by KinersKornerman
2008-05-19 19:02:01

guierllNO MOta is not serious. It’s a little funny after a great Mets weekend.

I think he also wants to blame Willie for the bad golfing weather this afternoon.

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Comment by pbelli01
2008-05-19 17:58:43

sometimes these moves are made not even for the sake of the big league club, but just to add depth and experience to the AAA roster. Id be surprised if we ever saw him, but who knows

Comment by ExileInLA
2008-05-19 19:15:14

“Those who can, do. Those who can’t, get sent to AAA and hope that they get as lucky as Crash Davis did in the movies…”

Comment by KinersKornerman
2008-05-19 19:25:04

I couldn’t help but yell at the TV this weekend, “Rose goes in the front, Giambi”

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Comment by Koko
2008-05-19 18:01:50

I don’t care about Nunez.

I do care about the Mets paying back Tom Glavine for the last game of last year!!! Let’s Go Mets!!!

 
Comment by NY Sports Dog
2008-05-19 18:17:52

I care about world hunger; stabilizing oil prices; candle pin bowling; and the Mets….not in that order.

 
Comment by ness589
2008-05-19 18:24:53

He can probably hit better than Anderson Hernandez and field just as well.

 
Comment by SixtyNineEightySix
2008-05-19 18:27:47

Championship!!!

 
Comment by zemonstar
2008-05-19 18:33:24

MVP waiting to happen…

 
Comment by ebfnyc
2008-05-19 18:53:46

Signing Nunez is like getting beer at Yankee stadium in a plastic cup.

Comment by krumbledkookie
2008-05-19 18:59:27

I’ll take the beer.

 
Comment by KinersKornerman
2008-05-19 19:04:42

Nunez is les