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According to Adam Rubin at his blog for the Daily News, Triple-A OF Chris Aguila is on his way from New Orleans to Shea Stadium.
For more on Aguila, be sure to read Rubin’s post.
Aguila was hitting .318 with 17 HR and 40 RBI in 218 at bats.
He is batting .353 against left-handed pitching, with a .413 OBP.
In a recent report for ESPN.com, fantasy baseball guru Erik Karabell wrote:
“The Mets might want to take a look at Aguila in the outfield…Yes, this is the same singles hitter who did very little in the Marlins outfield…but he’s playing well and hitting for power now.”
Aguila hit .234 with 18 extra base hits and nine walks in 141 games played for the Marlins between 2004 and 2006.
Ted Berg and Val Pascucci are not going to be happy about this news!
I can’t speak for Pascucci, but I’m thrilled. Similar type of player, and one I’ve been advocating (maybe not as loudly as Pascucci) for a while.
I was just kidding around Ted I know you’ve been showing love to both Aguila and Pascucci, maybe a little more for Valentino. Lets hope Aguila can come up and contribute something to this team, god only knows we need it.
Great news, as Pascucci has no fielding ability and Valentin is probably better as a coach at this stage.
Meh. We’ll see what he does. It can’t hurt at this point. How old is this guy? Also, I wonder if he’ll get to start much, and if so whose spot he takes…
He is 29 and I would bet he will platoon with Endy.
Yep but new blood on this team. Lets see what the kids got.
according to wikipedia, Aguila has been doing Polynesian fire knife dancing since he was in the fifth grade. that’s exactly what the mets need in the dugout.
Can he play a little 1B?
He hasn’t in the majors, but I think Arizona State was eliminated from the post season so maybe Ike Davis is available.
he should be playing every day wile church is on the DL. He’ll only be up here for a little bit, give him EVERY chance to show the team he deserves to STAY here
The winning streak starts today.
Willie will bat him 8th and he’ll see absolutely nothing to hit!
Probably. That 8th slot in the lineup should be Schneider’s everyday that he’s in the lineup. Willie refuses to seriously shuffle the order. I would like to see. Assuming everybody is healthy
Reyes
Beltran
Wright
Church
Alou
Delgado
Castillo
Schneider
Pitcher
what are you doing batting Church 4th? I know he’s had a good start, but come on, he’s not a cleanup hitter, get real… If anything, bat him between Wright and Beltran…
Beltran definitely isn’t a clean-up hitter either.
benny agbayani?
Yay, another established bum.
At least people will feel stupid now for clamoring for him.
I know, right!
The Mets should get Matt Holiday, he’s pretty good. We could trade Chris Aguila, Jonathan Niese, Mike Carp, and Jay Payton for him.
92-70, here we come.
Holiday finishes in the top 10 in all offensive categories every year. You think the Rockies will trade him for that crop of garbage you wrote down? And where the heck did you find Jay Payton??
Holliday also only slugs a bit over .400 out of Coors Lite, too. Park illusion……
I think your sarcasm meter is broken. Might want to bring it in for a check-up.
This is great news. This is a can’t lose situation. If he does great, he a keeper, if not, then back to AAA.
How does it work with these guys on MiLB contracts? I assume they can’t be sent back down to AAA without clearing waivers, right?
finally. i’m shocked they didn’t go for another guy with a negative batting average
God I hate this team, but i cant stop watching. I need to cut off con-ed.
It’ s like abad wreck. You know you shouldn’t look because of what you might see, but you can’t look away either. That’s what makes us Mets fans.
Big mistake sending Abraham Nunez down. He was clutch!!
Time for Willie to throw him into the lineup and let him get over exposed like Tatis, Endy, Marlon, Easley, etc.
But I hope for the best….
Our next Benny Agbayani!!